Hollywood New Century

"I don't even know what movie you are investing in? There is no splash at all," Simon sat on the sofa in his living room, looking at the box office results of the recently-released Summit Entertainment's previously invested movies, too bad!

"Beautiful and Ugly" and "Never Back Down" were both drawn out of theaters within two weeks of their release. The low-budget films developed by Peak Entertainment before are really inferior.

"No way, it's all Summit Entertainment's plan last year, and there is another "Bloom Brothers" released in June, which is a relatively large investment before Summit Entertainment," Laura Collins explained.

“The Mummy heroine Rachel Weisz and The Pianist hero Adrien Brody, both of them are Oscar winners for acting,” Simon looked at the Broome Bros. The main creator, Rachel Weisz, has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, while Adrien Brody is the Oscar winner.

However, Simon also finds out that the other main character in the film, Mark Ruffalo, is not the future Hulk.

"Well, director Rian Johnson's 2006 low-budget 'Chasing' was a big hit at the St. Denis Film Festival, and 'Broom Brothers' was also a crime theme, and he raised $20 million. As for Several leading actors joined at a low salary, and Summit Entertainment invested $14 million in the film and owned the North American copyright of the film," Laura Collins responded truthfully.

"It seems that the leading actors are more optimistic about this movie," Simon nodded. It must be in the form of sharing accounts. Small-budget movies invite big stars, and that's it. Of course, people should be optimistic about your script.

"Actually, this movie was co-produced by Weinstein Pictures and Final Stage Entertainment, but Weinstein Pictures sold the North American market to Summit Entertainment," Laura Collins thinks this is Weinstein Pictures Not optimistic about the value of this movie.

"Okay, let's wait for the release, it's only two months away," Simon said and waved his hand. Anyway, these three movies have signed distribution contracts, it doesn't matter.

Now, Simon has only left Katherine Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker", which was to be released by Summit Entertainment, and the rest have been stopped.

"After the release of "Bloom Brothers" in June, the peak will be changed to Aurora Pictures, as the production and distribution label of Xinghai Entertainment's genre films!" Simon said flatly.

"Okay," Laura Collins also nodded in response, it's a trivial matter anyway, it's just a label under Xinghai Pictures.

"The sci-fi film "District 9" produced by Peter Jackson has signed a contract with us, with a budget of 30 million US dollars, and the schedule is September next year;"

"The "Weakness" crew has been set up with a budget of $35 million. The schedule is set for November next year, and the crew will start shooting in Brooklyn, New York at the end of the month;"

Listening to Laura Collins' report, Simon asked: "Michael Oher weighs more than 340 pounds. Shouldn't it be hard to find an actor to play him?"

"Oh, the guy the crew found for the lead role was Quinton Aaron, who was the perfect weight for the original, about 380 pounds, and was a black security guard!" Laura Collins explained.

"That's good!" Simon nodded and said, and then said: "The two projects of "Twilight City" and "Fake Marriage" have also begun to audition for actors. It seems that the progress is not very fast?"

"Both the male and female protagonists have not yet been decided. Ms. Anne Fletcher, the director of "Fake Marriage", has already cooperated with us on "26 Dresses". The heroine candidate, she and the producer both felt that they should find an influential actress. Comedy for the heroine of a romance," Laura Collins said, recalling.

"We were in contact with Julia Roberts, but her pay was too high. For this romantic comedy film, our budget was $40 million, and her agent rejected our offer, and the share model was also different. Didn't talk to us!"

"Julia Roberts, the Oscar-winning actress and her influence, the budget of $40 million is indeed too low," Simon smiled and shook his head, the romantic comedy is indeed a low-budget movie, but the budget is $40 million , to find such a top star, the conditions for the later division are good, and it is not worth it.

"The budget of 'Fake Marriage' plus $5 million, the heroine went to get in touch with Sandra Bullock. Although she has been immersed for a few years, she still has influence," Simon Pike said of the "Fake Marriage" Adding 5 million dollars to the budget is the advance payment for the star's remuneration. The sharing model is better to follow the old rules, and use the method of increasing the sharing level, joke!

"When the time comes, show me the list of candidates for Twilight," Simon looked at the plan for the movie "Twilight," directed by Kathryn Hardwick and written by Melissa Rosenberg and Stephanie Meyer, author of the original novel, are all women.

""Mouse", "New Moon", "Eclipse" started in 2005, the fourth "Dawn" will be published this year, Stephanie Mayer's novels are getting better and better, if we adapt The first one is successful, and you have a franchise," Laura Collins said. It's important for studios to have a profitable franchise.

"Don't worry, how could Xinghai Pictures not have its own series of movies," Simon of course valued the "Twilight" series. The actors are almost all newcomers. Anyway, the love of handsome men and beauties, vampires and werewolves, is in one pot, and the production cost of the movie also low.

"As well as the script of "He Comes Tonight", Ms. Jacobson believes that the investment in the film is huge and needs to be decided by the boss. In the end, it is the first film produced by Xinghai Qixing Pictures, "The Loyal Dog Hachiko" Now, the budget is under $15 million!" Laura Collins reports on all the film projects the company is working on or will be working on.

""The Loyal Dog Hachiko" is a remake of RB's old movie. This movie has a great influence on RB. We must pay attention to the RB market. As a literary film, the actor who plays the professor should have good acting skills and highlight the warm and touching emotions. , North American audiences are not suitable for such delicate emotional expression, mainly the Asian market, supplemented by the European market,” Simon said, after all, the commercialization of the North American market is too serious, and touching movies are only good in the eyes of film critics , Americans don't like to contribute to the box office of touching movies. Europe is more literary, but in this aspect it is not as good as Asia, especially the market in the Greater China cultural circle is the main force.

"As for 'He's Coming Tonight,' I'll take care of it myself," Simon continued leaning on the sofa.

"Ms. Jacobson also has this idea. "Hachiko" can be used as a stepping stone for us to enter the Asian market. After all, the Asian market is now mainly RB, and then China," Laura Collins also echoed.