Hollywood New Century

In the northern suburbs of Paris, a large-scale ball is being held in a large castle estate built in the 19th century.

"Boss, the film adaptation rights of "Second Breath" have been obtained!" Ashley Brax, who returned from Monaco, was reporting to Simon in the corner of the manor.

"Very well, how about the North American distribution rights for Europa Pictures' action movie "Hurricane Rescue"?" Simon saw the executives of Europa Pictures in this castle manor.

"I just talked, Europa Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox seem to have a cooperation, and they are currently negotiating. If we say so..." Ashley Brax said.

"Heh, what's wrong with the cooperation? It was released in February. At present, "Hurricane Rescue" is also released in a few countries such as France. It is obvious that we have not negotiated with 20th Century Fox. We are playing fair," Simon said. said incredulously,

"Twenty Century Fox didn't take it too seriously for an action movie that cost only $25 million!"

"Price?" Ashley Brax asked. After all, if you like this movie, the price will be higher.

"According to the current reputation and box office of "Hurricane Rescue", if the North American copyright is bought out, the price can be higher, and the price is not higher than 25 million US dollars. won.

"The highest price is 25 million US dollars. At this price, the North American copyright is bought out. It is estimated that it is almost the same. One North American market will allow Europa Pictures to earn back the production cost." Ashley Brax is meaningless. Action movies still have a certain amount in the DVD market. of influence.

"It's almost there, at least we paid it all in one lump sum. After all, Europa Pictures doesn't have much capital, and the investors behind, such as French TV Station No. 4, M5 Pictures, etc., who don't want to recover the funds as soon as possible? We have to wait until the film is released. Split the account, wait for the DVD market, the TV show, it's too long!" Simon laughed, could Luc Besson still not agree?

Earlier, "Danny the Wolf", produced by Luc Besson and cooperating with Jet Li, invested 45 million US dollars, and the North American box office was less than 5 million US dollars. It was a loss!

"Okay, got it, then I'll go and talk to Mr. Pierre Angie again," Ashley Brax said.

Pierre Angel was the one who formed Europa Pictures with Luc Besson and is now the CEO of Europa Pictures.

Simon nodded, and Ashley Brax walked away immediately. After the success of "Hurricane Rescue", the sequel will definitely start, and Xinghai Pictures will definitely continue to be the distributor in the North American market.

20th Century Fox, Simon can only say sorry in his heart, after all, "Juno" and "The Queen Wears Prada" were taken away by himself.

"Mr. Pike, good evening!" A greeting sounded just as Simon was about to find Eva Green.

A man and a woman came to Simon, the British actress Rachel Weisz and his director husband Darren Aronofsky.

As the heroine of the first two parts of the "Mummy" series, Rachel Weisz's popularity is still good; Darren Aronofsky, as a Harvard graduate, has directed "Pi" and "Requiem for Dreams" ".

"Good evening, both of you!" Simon shook hands with the couple, after all, Rachel Weisz hasn't divorced yet and married Daniel Craig!

"After Mr. Parker attended the Cannes Film Festival, hasn't he gone back yet?" Rachel Weisz's "Bloom Brothers" to be released this year is also released by Xinghai Pictures.

"Come and see, Paris is the entertainment capital of France," Simon said and shook hands with the two.

"Indeed, there are major French film companies on this side of Paris, and Europa Pictures is headquartered in Saint-Denis, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, on the northern outskirts of Paris, not far from here," Darren Aronoff said. Skye said.

"Yeah, now Xinghai Pictures is developing in the film distribution industry, and I have to go to the front line to see it myself," Simon said, holding up the glass and touching the two of them.

"Really?" Darren Aronofsky's eyes lit up when he heard it. He just filmed a sports drama last year and is still looking for a distributor!

"Mr. Pike, I directed a low-budget sports-drama movie last year about wrestling, a literary film starring Mickey Rourke!"

"Wrestling? Mickey Rourke," Simon suddenly thought of something, wasn't "Wrestling King" exactly what this guy filmed?

"What's the name of the movie?"

"It's called "The Wrestling King", and it tells the story of a once-in-a-lifetime professional wrestler in the 1980s from glory to failure..."

It's not the most important thing, and the guy who later directed "Black Swan" was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and earned Natalie Portman an Oscar.

Simon looked at Darren Aronofsky again, as if remembering that the guy had been preparing for the shoot for years.

"Take some time and take your movie to Xinghai Pictures. Now Xinghai Qixing Pictures specializes in investing in, producing and distributing independent movies," Simon said indifferently, looking very calm, the other party would definitely not be able to see it at the moment Simon has already regarded "Wrestling King" as a movie of Xinghai Pictures.

"By the way, Darren, do you have any other plans at the moment?" Simon asked again before Darren Aronofsky could react.

"Universal has a script "The Substitute" about a supernatural thriller about ballet. Early last year, I handed over a detailed shooting plan to Universal, hoping to get start-up funds for the shooting. However, Universal needs I made this film in a short and fast way, which means shooting the film in the shortest possible time. However, I didn't have a complete script at the time, and Universal Pictures didn't invest, so I shot last year. "The Wrestling King"!" Darren Aronofsky said helplessly.

""Substitute", a ballet super thriller story," Simon smiled, the original script was in Universal Pictures, and this is the original script of the future movie "Black Swan".

Simon remembers very clearly that "Black Swan" was released by Twentieth Century Fox in its previous life, and it seems that Universal Pictures should have given up.

"Xinghai Qixing Pictures is very supportive of independent films now!" Simon said, the meaning is obvious, Darren Aronofsky can also understand, saying that Xinghai Pictures may support his directing plan.

"Thank you!" Darren Aronofsky and Rachel Weisz both thanked.

Simon nodded, he seemed to have dug a lot of 20th Century Fox's walls, and now there are two more!