Chapter 219: scruples less

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The Academy Awards are over, and Tom Cruise once again missed out on the Best Actor statuette, to Geoffrey Rush in "Sparkling Presence."

"Mr. Sweetheart" won only one Best Supporting Actor Award, and the biggest Oscar winner was "The English Patient", which won several awards.

Miramax Films and Harvey Weinstein, the producers of The English Patient, are expected to make a fortune, perhaps the most important income of the year.

Miramax Films is not a mainstream commercial film company, except that it will buy a lot of film copyrights at various film festivals at low prices and get North American distribution business.

The most important source of income for Miramax Films is all on the annual Oscars.

While making Harvey-Weinstein famous, he can call the wind and rain in the independent film circle.

"what?"

"Saul-Zaenz has repented!"

In the office building of Miramax Films, Harvey Weinstein stopped smoking a cigar with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

"Yes." Bob Weinstein nodded helplessly.

Bob Weinstein, another founder of Miramax Films, is also one of the famous Wayne Brothers.

It's just that Bob Weinstein is much more low-key than Harvey Weinstein.

"Damn bastard."

Harvey Weinstein took a deep puff on his cigar and then cursed, "Without the support of Miramax, Saul Zaentz can only continue begging for mercy from 20th Century Fox."

After a while, Harvey Weinstein calmed down a lot and asked, "Unless he finds a new partner."

Harvey Weinstein is very familiar with the situation of Saul Zaentz and has helped him very generously.

Of course, in return, Miramax Pictures got a lot of money from it.

When filming "The English Patient", Saul Zaentz had a falling out with his partner company 20th Century Fox. It was Miramax Films and Harvey Weinstein who stepped forward and not only invested in "The English Patient". ".

Also on the Oscars, a lot of money was invested in public relations, resulting in the film "The English Patient" winning multiple awards.

"Saul Zaentz has indeed found a new collaborator." Bob Weinstein looked much calmer.

Regarding the proposal to adapt "The Lord of the Rings", he is not very in favor of this matter. To adapt an epic masterpiece, the entire project budget needs at least tens of millions of dollars, or even an investment of more than 100 million dollars.

This is only the investment budget of a film. With the existing funds and financing channels of Miramax Films, it is impossible to come up with such a large amount of funds.

At this time, Saul Zaenz had a new partner, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"who is it!"

Harvey Weinstein showed a stern look on his face, "I want to know which **** it is!"

With the status of Miramax Films in independent films and the support of Disney behind it, Harvey Weinstein has enough confidence even in the face of one of the remaining seven major Hollywood film companies.

"Orion Films."

"Saul Zaentz sold the copyrights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" to Orion Pictures at a high price." Bob Weinstein said a very unexpected name.

Orion Pictures!

"It's Ryan Gosling!" Harvey Weinstein showed a hint of surprise on his face, and then said sarcastically, "Saul Zaentz, I found a good partner this time."

Cooperating with Orion Films, not only can take the opportunity to sell a high-end film, but also find an opportunity to ease the relationship with 20th Century Fox.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"With the style of Ryan Gosling and Orion Films, one of the seven major film companies will inevitably be involved." Bob Weinstein said in a reminding tone.

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Harvey Weinstein's eyes flashed a trace of unwillingness.

However, he didn't say much in the end.

Ryan Gosling is no longer the director of horror films that he could choose at will. He owns Orion Films and several commercial films, and his status is completely different.

I'm afraid that without waiting for Miramax Films to make any move, some high-level people in Disney will come forward to stop and take the opportunity to improve the relationship with Ryan Gosling.

For example, Miramax Films has always been disliked, Touchstone Films and Carter-Eisner.

Both companies release independent films, so bumps and bumps are inevitable.

Of course, there is another important reason. As the major shareholder of Miramax Films, Disney has no interest in spending huge sums of money to adapt "The Lord of the Rings", and directly rejected the request for funds.

Even if Miramax Pictures finally buys the copyright, it will face insufficient funds.

Orion Films purchased the film and television adaptation copyrights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", which did not cause any public opinion in Hollywood. Similar film and television copyright transactions happen in Hollywood every day.

No one would believe that Orion Films' ambitious adaptation of a Western epic would be an investment far beyond that of "Terminator 3".

Such a huge investment project is almost impossible to realize. The "Titanic" produced by 20th Century Fox and Paramount spent huge sums of money is the best example right now.

Facing James Cameron's constant requests for additional budgets, both Paramount executives and 20th Century Fox executives were frightened.

I am afraid that the film's box office will not be satisfactory in the future. Paramount and 20th Century Fox may not go bankrupt because of this, but they will definitely bear a large amount of debt.

Compared with the 20th Century Fox of the same period in the previous life, the current situation of 20th Century Fox is much better.

With the box office hit of "Terminator 3", which has brought hundreds of millions of dollars to 20th Century Fox, there will be no shortage of funds in the short term.

Paramount was a bit miserable. Many company executives regretted their decision to invest in "Titanic".

At the premiere of "The Sixth Sense", Shirley Lansing was obviously tired.

As "Titanic" entered the post-production process, film director James Cameron expressed the need for additional investment.

Paramount did some calculations, and according to James Cameron's request, the budget investment for the entire project may eventually exceed 200 million US dollars, enough to be recorded in Hollywood history.

The most expensive film ever made in Hollywood.

Shirley Lansing has been hesitant to directly reject James Cameron's request for additional investment. Obviously, it is impossible. There is indeed no money in the crew's account. If the additional investment is not continued, the entire film production plan can only be suspended. .

If you agree to continue to invest more!

Then Paramount will face a film with an investment of up to 200 million US dollars. If future publicity expenses are added, the investment cost of the entire project will be as high as 250 million US dollars, a figure that is enough to make Paramount vomit blood.

So for the past few days, Shirley Lansing has been looking unsightly. This will be the biggest mistake she has made since she took charge of Paramount.

"Worried about the film's box office!" Ryan asked, glancing at Shirley-Lansing next to him.

"It has nothing to do with The Sixth Sense, it's Cameron's business." Shirley Lansing didn't hide anything.

Everyone in Hollywood already knows about James Cameron and the "Titanic" and how many people are waiting to see the joke.

"If the "Titanic" project lacks funds, Orion Films can provide part of it." Ryan said very frankly.

"If necessary, Orion Pictures will not be forgotten." Shirley Lansing did not refuse, and it is a good thing for Paramount to share the risk with one more film company.

Ryan nodded without saying anything.

Investing in "Titanic" was just a temporary idea, not really wanting to invest. If it was last year, he wouldn't even mention it.

With the rise of DreamWorks, Ryan's scruples suddenly became much less.

This year, DreamWorks is not only preparing to release three films, but also will cooperate closely with Paramount. For example, "Saving Private Ryan" has a budget of 70 million US dollars, and "Clash of Heaven and Earth" has a budget of 75 million US dollars. UU Reading www.uukanshu .com is a partnership project with Paramount.

In addition, there are animated feature films such as "Prince of Egypt", "Ants and Heroes", "Crystal Soldier" and other films.

Both are expected to be released next year.

Among them, "Prince of Egypt" has a budget of 60 million US dollars, "Little Ants" has a budget of 60 million US dollars, and "Crystal Soldier" has a budget of 6 million US dollars.

In addition to film and television, DreamWorks also has actions on records.

It can be said that DreamWorks has shown its ambitions in three aspects: movies, animated feature films, and records.

It can be seen from this that DreamWorks has such a huge ambition. It is not only intended to become a second-tier film company, but to develop towards the seven major Hollywood film companies.

In contrast, Orion Pictures can only be regarded as a small business. In addition to "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" co-produced with 20th Century Fox, there is only the upcoming "Sixth Sense" and "Spike" which is in preparation. time".

By the way, there is also "A Basket of Little Ghosts" which is expected to be released in the near future.

For the box office of this film, Ryan didn't have much expectations. It is very rare to make tens of millions or millions of dollars.

Even, there is the possibility of rushing to the street.

If it weren't for the release of "The Sixth Sense", Orion Pictures might not have released the film in theaters, at most it would have been screened for a few days, and then it would directly release offline route tapes and discs.

The large-scale release of this film in theaters is almost equal to losing money.

Of course, if it is released together with "The Sixth Sense", at least there will be no loss.

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