Superstar

Columbia Pictures’ 1994 was very hard.

In this year when masterpieces gathered and created the pinnacle, Columbia Pictures contributed three masterpieces, "The Years of Love", "Shawshank's Redemption" and "Little Women". However, in terms of box office, Columbia Pictures was lackluster. They had no North American box office for a single film in the whole year, which exceeded 100 million, making it the bottom of the eight major film companies.

What’s more sad is that among Columbia Pictures’ works, the North American box office champion of the year is the "Long Love Years", with only 66 million US dollars in the box office, and only three movies with the North American box office exceeding 50 million. . This is definitely a shame.

How can Mark Canton, the president of Columbia Pictures, not be in a hurry?

Therefore, making up for the relationship with Hugo is one of the important reasons, but Columbia Pictures are so proactive in seeking cooperation, more because of Hugo's strong box office appeal nowadays, they need a superstar like Hugo.

Hugo glanced through the script submitted by Columbia Pictures, and Rick made a proper understanding beside him and said that it must be admitted that Columbia Pictures is indeed sincere. The scripts they submitted to Hugo are diverse, diversified, and the main markets are also completely different. You can feel their desire for this cooperation.

Among them are romantic comedies such as "The White House Romance (the.... This work is obviously intended to replicate the success of "Sleepless in Seattle" the year before, and invites the "Yihai Xiongfeng" that had collaborated with Hugo. The combination of screenwriters and directors-Alan Sorkin and Rob Reiner, hope to build the iron triangle again. This work cost more than 60 million yuan, and I am very willing to pay Hugo US$10 million in remuneration.

Rick mentioned that they are also willing to give the choice of the heroine to Hugo, which is one step closer than the original "life and death speed", which also means that Hugo is already big enough to choose his own partner. Obviously a huge improvement.

There is also an excellent adaptation of the famous book "Sense and Emotion (sense. and.. Emma Thompson was invited to write the script. Rick mentioned that if Hugo is interested, he can work together with Emma to complete the script. Change job. However, this project is only in the preparatory stage, and the cast and production cast have not been determined. Columbia Pictures stated that they hope this work can become a real masterpiece. Although the investment is not high, it will make a difference in the art film market.

Of course, Hugo knows very well that this work is director Li. Ann's first official work in the European and American film market is also a blockbuster masterpiece.

There is also the action blockbuster "Money Train (. with an investment of 70 million US dollars. This work is willing to pay Hugo 15 million US dollars in remuneration, hoping that he can reproduce the box office glory of "Life and Death Speed".

There are two most notable works, "Man in Black (man.in. and "Air Force One (.. One, because both of these works have paid 20 million U.S. dollars. Obviously It is also a work that Columbia Pictures has high hopes for.

"Men in Black" naturally needless to say, this work allowed Will Smith to complete three consecutive works with a burst of explosive feats and successfully rank among the superstars, and the great success of this work has also resulted in two sequels. They are all very good, and they can be regarded as one of the best humor classics in science fiction movies.

Columbia Pictures are so confident in this work because they persuaded Steven Spielberg to be the producer, and this gave out 90 million with a big wave of the script when the script was not completed. U.S. dollar budget—not including Hugo’s 20 million remuneration for the time being. In other words, if Hugo is willing to play, Columbia Pictures is willing to pay 110 million U.S. dollars for this work.

Relying on Steven's personal friendship, Columbia Pictures has great hopes for this work to invite Hugo to appear. However, the script is less than half completed at present, and the script and outline submitted to Hugo are only the first less than fifteen pages of the script and outline. Obviously, it will take some time to prepare.

The quality of the work "Air Force One" is moderate. It is a typical popcorn commercial blockbuster, a typical American personal heroism work, and it has become another Harrison Ford work at the box office. If Hugo remembers correctly, At that time, the North American box office of this work was close to 200 million. The domestic market was still considering introducing it. Although it failed to make a trip, it still attracted a lot of attention.

Columbia Pictures’ greatest confidence in this work comes from the screenwriter Andrew-w-Marlow (andrew.w.), not because he is famous—on the contrary, this is just his debut, but because Andrew wrote the script. At that time, the prototype in my mind was Hugo, which can be said to be a work tailored for Hugo. Therefore, Columbia Pictures also made a big stroke and gave a budget of 80 million yuan-Hugo's salary is calculated separately, provided that Hugo is willing to take this work.

This is just a screenplay after Rick's screening. The quality level is very good. It is conceivable that Rick's script from Columbia Pictures will be in double digits. Columbia Pictures’ sincerity can be seen. They have considered almost from all angles, and the quality of the script is also in place. Obviously they have absolute confidence in this cooperation.

The several Colombian scripts that Rick brought over today have their own merits. "Men in Black", "Air Force One", and "Money Train" are all commercial films, among which "Men in Black" is outstanding. The script of "Men in Black" is full of imagination, and the rhythm arrangement of humor is also very good. As an entertainment commercial film, even after twenty years, it is a masterpiece worthy of people's recollection.

But unexpectedly, Hugo flipped through the "Men in Black" script in his hand, which was far from the finished product in his impression. Only the first five or six pages can see the huge gap. I can hardly believe that this is the "man in black" who will be loved by countless people in later generations.

Seeing Hugo opening the "Men in Black", Rick also felt very happy, and began to explain, "Columbia Pictures is now seeking Quentin to be the director. I don't know what the result will be." Hugo was a little surprised, he remembered The director of the "Men in Black" series should be Barry Sonnenfeld (barry.) who relied on the "Adams" to make his name. If Quentin were to direct him, I really don't know what it would look like.

Rick continues to throw bombs, "There are still several actors fighting for your role. Chris O'Donnell and David Hummer (.) are all very interested, but Columbia Pictures did not respond. They are still waiting for your reply."

Hugo was astonished again. Although Chris O'Donnell missed the role of "Scent of a Woman", he still successfully became the Robin in "Batman forever (Batman.. This work will Released in this summer vacation, it is recognized by many film critics as a box office giant; David Hummer is the famous Ross in "Friends". Although the first season of this comedy is still on the air, all the actors in the play Has gained considerable popularity.

Unexpectedly, they are also competing for the actor in "Men in Black", which means that the original actor in the story was set as white, but it was Will Smith who made the movie in the end.

There were countless interesting thoughts flashing in Hugo's mind for a time, but his brain was still running fast.

Objectively speaking, the scripts of "Air Force One" and "Money Train" are too simple and not very attractive. Even though the former is tailored for Hugo, it is more to repeat Hugo's "speed of life and death". The image in "not only has no breakthrough, but the script is not as fast as "life and death."

As for "Men in Black", the initial script is too bad, and it must be revised drastically, otherwise it will definitely hit the street; secondly, Hugo always insists that this movie can be successful, Will and Tommy Lee Jones The black and white match is one of the elements. If he replaces Will and partnered with Tommy, it is estimated that the success of the work will be more difficult.

After thinking about it carefully, Hugo still put all three scripts on the left hand side. Rick saw Hugo’s action and categorized the three scripts together, which was obviously a hint of dissatisfaction. Rick couldn’t help but paused and sighed helplessly-without disguising, it provokes Joseph and Summer. Pulling aside all laughed.

As for the two works of "White House Romance" and "Sense and Emotion", the scripts are absolutely excellent, and the quality is outstanding, which is really impressive. The former demonstrates Allen’s later creation of "Social Network" and "News Room", which is much more mature than the period of "Yihai Xiongfeng"; the latter is the best proof of Emma as a talented woman, which is needed for the adaptation of famous works. Strong literary heritage, clear thinking, and magnificent structure are all available.

However, the former repeats the style of "Sleepless in Seattle", with little breakthrough. Hugo can't feel the passionate sense of challenge, and his attitude is relatively less positive; the breakthrough of the latter lies in a group of female characters. To make it harder to hear, the male character in Jane Austen’s works is more like a symbol and a vase. The true depth has always been on the woman. The movie eventually chose Hugo Grant to play, so Hugo didn’t have too much. interest.

But after thinking about it carefully, UU read www. Hugo still put these two scripts on the right hand side at uukānshu.com, which are considered to be pending works. Encountering an excellent script requires fate and a little bit of luck, so there is no need to cut off all possibilities now.

"Hugo, don't you think about this work anymore?" Rick considered his own tone and said, Hugo cast his eyes over, and the script in Rick's hand was "Men in Black", "You know , Steven called me back yesterday."

Hugo couldn't help but smile. From the audience's point of view, Hugo liked the work "Men in Black" very much, but... Hugo raised his head and saw the expectation in Rick's eyes. After hesitating, Hugo reached out and took it. The script is placed on the right hand side, "This script is really terrible. If Steven calls you, remember to remind him of this."

Hugo understands Rick’s meaning, regardless of whether Hugo is willing to take over the filming of "Men in Black", but if there is news that "Hugo is considering", the 20 million remuneration plus Steven will lead the production. The project will immediately become a topic, which is helpful for the next actions of the Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company. On the one hand, it can alleviate the pressure of dissatisfaction with Hugo's salary in the current brokerage circle, and on the other hand, it can also make people feel The capabilities of elite brokerage companies are impressive.

So, all Hugo needs to do is to put this script in pending, which is enough.