Chapter 976 Watching a Movie

For film company operators, if they can't maintain a good attitude and try their best to prepare for the worst for each film project, they may go crazy after a few movies. After all, investment of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars can be lost in the blink of an eye. This kind of big deal is too stimulating for people's nerves.

Regardless of whether you are optimistic about "Ace of Power Spy", as the Easter schedule is approaching, the last wave of marketing campaigns by the three companies is still in full swing.

The TV trailers of the film are playing more and more intensively, and all kinds of news about Easter movie packages are emerging one after another. Even some non-Firefly-system Easter movies have begun to rub the gimmick of 'Easter Movie Package' intentionally or unintentionally. self-promotion.

However, whether it is "Ace Power 2", "Wedding Singer" or "Alien", it is obviously not a movie that is likely to win the favor of film critics. Therefore, before the official release of the film, none of the three companies has organized the three films. Any media preview.

Unable to see the film in advance, the media naturally began to guess based on subjective impressions.

Both "Wedding Singer" and "Alien" are brand new scripts. There is no basis for the previous work, and the media has to focus on "Ace Power 2", which has already released a previous work and is also the first in the Easter schedule.

Although the first movie of "Ace of Power Spy" won the box office of more than 60 million US dollars, but the North American box office brought Fox nearly double the cost compared with the cost, but the film's reputation in the media can only be used for one Bad words to describe.

Coupled with the general box office rules of the spoof series such as "Fighting Condor" and "Fighting Wisdom Stars" of the same type in the past, most media are not optimistic about the box office prospects of "Ace Power Spy 2". Some media directly stated that Fox I have been reluctant to hold a preview meeting because the film is too bad.

And so on, to judge the quality of the other two films is not satisfactory. It has to be said that this view is still recognized by a large part of the media.

In comparison, "City of Angels", the only big-budget film on the Easter schedule, held a lively media preview in Los Angeles a week after the Oscars. Some of Warner's PR factors are included, but the overall reputation is not bad. The media that participated in the test screening generally gave a score of more than seven points, which is not excellent, but it has reached the standard worth watching. Coupled with the box office appeal of Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan, Warner Bros. can be described as Full of confidence.

And so on until April 1st, because of the spoof nature of "Ace Power 2", Fox deliberately chose April Fool's Day to hold a small but very interesting premiere in a Los Angeles theater. , the invited guests are basically the media within the three companies' systems and the core lucky audience.

The premiere of "City of Angels" was scheduled on the second day, and the venue also chose the China Grand Theater, where Hollywood movies often hold premieres.

On April 3, the Easter schedule officially opened. "Ace of Power 2" opened at the same time on 3,091 screens in North America. Perhaps out of prudence, Warner Bros. only arranged for "City of Angels" to open in the early 2,700s. paint the screen.

This is not difficult to understand. In the era of film, for a large-scale film, the cost of copying alone is a very expensive expense.

"City of Angels" is nearly two hours long. According to the average production cost of about $1,500 per copy, and 2,700 copies, this expenditure has exceeded $4 million, which is enough to make a small-budget movie. The duration of "Ace Power 2" is about 90 minutes. Although the production cost of a single copy is cheaper, it exceeds 3,000 copies and the overall cost is more than 3 million US dollars.

In Firefly Studios, Eric built the "City of Liberty" ahead of time, so Tony Stark's mansion in "Iron Man" could only be redesigned.

The Iron Man mansion in the setting is located on the top of Beverly Hills.

Compared with Liberty City, the new mansion design is full of angular mechanical atmosphere, which is more in line with Tony Stark's status as a genius engineer.

During the shooting process, Larry Ellison saw the design draft of this new mansion, and was quite excited to make it a reality, and used it to compete with Eric's Point Manor in Malibu. , he has been envious of Jiaojiao Manor for too long.

However, after calculating the cost of construction, Larry Ellison had to give up.

Because the brand new Iron Man mansion, if you want to restore it on Beverly Hills, it will cost at least $100 million.

Compared to Larry Ellison's tens of billions of dollars, this money does not seem to be much, but in fact, more than 90% of Larry Ellison's personal assets are in stocks. control, Larry Ellison certainly cannot easily sell any share of the stock, and most of his remaining assets are real estate such as real estate, which Larry Ellison can actually use freely. Funds, only one or two million.

The former Larry Ellison bought yacht islands aggressively, and it was also a few years later that Oracle established the dominance of the database software industry, and the company also generated a large amount of dividend income. Right now, Oracle is in the midst of competing for market position with several major competitors of the same level. Even if Oracle makes a profit, it is all used for the development of the company, and it is impossible to give any dividends to shareholders.

Therefore, although he didn't say it, Larry Ellison, who likes a luxurious life by nature, was quite envious of Eric during filming. After completing the role of Happy Hogan, he still pretended to only take For the reason that a dollar is too bad, I borrowed a vh-60 helicopter from Eric, and flew back to San Francisco all the way, with no intention of returning it until now.

Although the mansion was conceived on the top of Beverly Hills, the interior layout was still set up in the studio's soundstage.

Today is the last day of the work week, but it is Bridget Fonda and Natasha Henstridge who are on the set. of that play.

After the shot was done again, Joss Whedon shouted 'good' loudly and said, "Well, that's it for today's work, and this is Miss Henstridge's last game. Let's thank her for her dedication to this film during this time, thank you."

Saying that, Joss Whedon applauded first, and all the surrounding staff put down their work and applauded. Although at first everyone thought that Natasha Henstridge got the role because of Eric, during this time, Natasha Henstridge's outstanding performance is also obvious to all.

Natasha Henstridge was a little disappointed in her excitement. She stood on the field and bowed politely to everyone: "Thank you, thank you, I am also very happy to cooperate with you all."

Everyone was polite, and Natasha walked into the dressing room under the leadership of the staff. She just wore a shirt, the hem completely covered the bottoms, and the two long legs were broadcast to the males at the scene. How many benefits.

Natasha left, and the others began to get busy again.

The internal drama of Tony Stark's mansion, with the end of this scene, is completely over. Next, the crew will begin the long and difficult location shooting.

Joss Whedon breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and instructed the assistant director beside him to personally supervise several workers who came specially, carefully packed the surrounding furniture, and then sent it back to Jiaojiao Manor.

Although Joss Whedon couldn't really see why a simple coffee table was worth $60,000, the crew had bought insurance for these furniture before they were used, and the insurance company approved them all after sending people to evaluate them. the value of these furniture.

As they were busy, Eric and Jeff Bridges also came in from the outside. The two of them were in today's scene before Bridget Fonda and Natasha Henstridge, and after the last scene, Both of them rushed to remove their makeup, and by this time they had changed into their normal clothes.

After a little chat with Joss Whedon about next week's shooting schedule, Bridget Fonda and Natasha Henstridge walked over with a smile and greeted a few people.

After talking about business, Jeff Bridges said goodbye and left, Joss Whedon had other things and also walked away, but the two women stayed, Bridget Fonda finally found the opportunity and asked: "Ire Ke, are you free tomorrow?"

Eric looked at Bridget Fonda's formal appearance, nodded and said, "Is there something wrong?"

"Tomorrow night, the Coppolas are throwing a party, Sofia, do you remember her? Sofia just finished her first directorial work, and she said you encouraged her to try other jobs. So, if If you're free tomorrow, she wants you to go and see her work."

Eric smiled and said, "Tomorrow night, are you going to a party or watching a movie?"

Realizing that he didn't say it clearly, Bridget Fonda said: "If you have time, go to the movies tomorrow afternoon, and stay at the Coppola Manor for the party at night."

"Tomorrow, I will definitely watch the demos filmed during this time with Jos," Eric had to shake his head regretfully, and said, "Well, I'll see if I can pass the night."

"Well, that's it," Bridget Fonda just helped convey the invitation, but naturally he wouldn't be too eager, stepped forward to hug Eric, and chatted with Natasha Henstridge Say hello, and leave.

Eric looked around and said to Natasha Henstridge, "Let's go out too."

Natasha Henstridge nodded and followed Eric out of the studio.

It was just after five o'clock in the afternoon, and the daytime in Los Angeles began to slowly get longer. The two walked on the corridor of the park, which was flooded with orange sunlight, and soon came to the administrative area with less traffic.

"The copyright of "Underworld" has been bought, but it will take several months to write the script. If the filming starts, it is estimated that it will wait until September," Eric and Natasha said casually, suddenly remembering something, said : "In this case, you may have to miss this year's Victoria's Secret show."

"It's okay," Natasha shook her head and said, "Actually, I've been thinking for a while now, can I concentrate on my development as an actor, Eric, do you think it's okay?"

In the past two years, the Wei Mi Legion has accelerated the pace of upgrading. Natasha Henstridge is 24 years old this year. Compared with Cindy, she is naturally very young, but she also knows that she is not one of the supermodels that Victoria's Secret has focused on, and it is impossible to stay in Victoria's Secret for a long time. on the stage.

What's more, models are far from comparable to movie stars in terms of professional life and personal income.

Eric nodded and said: "Of course, next year's "Iron Man" will be released, even if you have half your foot in Hollywood. As long as "Underworld" is successful, you will almost be able to rank in the second tier, whether Hollywood actresses can be promoted First-tier, in fact, it takes a lot of luck. But as long as you can secure a second-tier position, you will not be short of film appointments in the future. Oh, speaking of which, Hollywood is still very much in demand for vases, not to mention your beautiful vase.”

Natasha smiled, but she had no dislike for Eric calling her a vase, she still had self-knowledge. Although Hollywood also has very beautiful first-line actresses, like Nicole Kidman, but the other party's acting skills can really throw her a few streets away.

As long as she can gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, Natasha is already very satisfied.

"Eric, actually, um, I do hope that I can have the opportunity to cooperate with you."

Eric pointed to the studio area behind him and said, "Aren't we working together recently?"

"I mean, participating in, um, your movie," Natasha said in a sullen voice, and then she backed away and said, "Am I too fanciful?"

"Of course not," Eric shook his head and smiled: "If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely invite you. This is not a perfunctory, the key is to really meet the right role. And, strictly speaking, we will in the future The expectations for cooperation are still very high, and everyone knows that I have been making commercial films, and the requirements for acting are not so harsh in this kind of film."

Although she knew that even if Eric said so, the chances of the two of them working together in the future were extremely slim, but Natasha was still very happy and said, "Then I'll wait. Besides, Eric, do you have any plans for tonight? "

"Watching a movie, I have already packed a luxury screening room," Eric nodded, then looked at Natasha: "So, Miss Henstridge, can I have the honor to invite you together?"

Natasha didn't ask what the movie meant at all, just nodded and said, "Of course."