Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 506 I Don't Make This Kind of Sequel

Ronald brought Morita Noriyuki back. More than a month later, he had shaved off his beard. A makeup artist was called to install a similar fake beard on him. Ronald took a close-up shot.

Since it was impossible to rent the gymnasium at Cal State University, find extras, and re-set the scene, Ronald used a workaround.

He took another piece of film against a wooden board with a dark background, with a head-sized hole dug in the middle, and took a few seconds with the camera.Then put the two sections of film of the same length on a light printer, and re-expose them together.

The end result is Mr. Miyagi's satisfied smile, made on a dark background.The whole shot is only a short time, and the audience is just emotional at that time, they should not pay attention to the background, Ronald feels that he can get past it.

The fine editing on the working copy was completed, and Ronald notified Weintraub to send it to the laboratory, make an edit of the negative according to the sequence number on the editing record, and then reprint a copy.

This copy is called a response copy, and Weintraub sent it to Columbia's senior management. After they read it and agreed, they would send it to the MPAA for rating.

Ronald can finally take a vacation.Even Iron Man felt a bit drained after shooting two films back-to-back.This feeling of exhaustion is not only physical, but more mental.

After sleeping soundly for a day and a night, Ronald felt that he had recovered a little.He was about to go out to look for food when he received a call from Minahan.

"I'm at your door, and all the old partners are here, come out quickly, let's have fun together."

After taking a hasty shower, Ronald came out to see that apart from Minahan, the main actors of "Breakdance", Sabado, Boogaloo Prawns, were all in a limousine in front of his house.

Minahan opened the door and let Ronald come up.There is a lot of space in the car, and there are all kinds of TV, telephone and wine cabinet inside.Everyone sat in a circle, and Minahan took out a bottle of champagne from the wine cabinet and gave Ronald a glass.

"Cheers!, Ronald. Our movie has passed the MPAA rating and is officially PG. Orion's 'Hot Boys' hasn't finished editing yet, so it hasn't gotten a rating yet, and there's no way to talk to us about it." Competing for slots. MGM found us early May slots, quack quack. Now pick up Lucinda Dickie."

"Which opponents will we have then?" Ronald didn't pay much attention to the matter of "Breakdance". He didn't expect Minahan to make rapid progress here.

"At the same time, we will encounter Universal's youth film 'Sixteen Candles', and before that, [-]th Century Fox's 'Emerald', and Warner Bros.' 'Police Academy'."

When Ronald heard it, they were all acquaintances. "Sixteen Candles" is the directorial debut of John Hughes, and I also helped him say good things about choosing his favorite heroine, Molly Ringwald.

"Emerald" is Robert Zemeckis's "Back to the Future" written by himself, because no one casts him, so he wants to make a commercial film to prove his strength.

"Police Academy" is the last job of the casting director Pamela. I heard that the heroine is a big beauty.

"That's good, we don't have any strong opponents." Ronald nodded, "What about after that?"

"And then, hey hey. Then there's the Indiana Jones sequel, Raiders and Raiders in two weeks, and a Robert Redford baseball player movie, 'Born to Be,' and you know, it's almost summer."

Ronald understands that Cannon's strength is limited, and MGM will not invest too much resources in an exploitation film, and will not get the best schedules.However, starting before the summer holidays, there are no strong competitors at this time.

"Okay, that's not bad," Ronald thought, "Let's leave this exploitation film as it is, and save the summer file for my heartfelt work 'Longwei Boy'."

"Ronald", the two master dancers Bugaloo Daxia and Sabadu came over to say hello to Ronald when they finished speaking. They received a secret order from Minahan today to curry favor with Ronald.

"Hi, how are you?" Ronald saw that the two of them seemed to be still wearing their old clothes, and they didn't look like they were making much money.

"I'm still the same, I won't change my life attitude just because of a movie", Sabado still put on a pretentious attitude.

"I'm just waiting for the movie to come out and I'll be famous", Boogaloo Prawn is simpler, sometimes even a little childish.

"Didn't you help MJ with the choreography? By the way, what happened to his fire?" Ronald remembered Michael Jackson's injury.

"Hey, that's really a strange fire." Bugaloo Prawn began to talk about the situation at that time.

"We didn't think there was anything wrong with the advertisement until the sixth one. Who knew that a firework happened to happen, and the sparks fell on MJ's head, and it burned up all at once. He didn't see it at first, so he jumped. In two steps, the whole hair was on fire. We rushed up to spray the fire extinguisher to get him out."

"Is he okay?" Ronald remembered the TV saying that he was injured and needed to be hospitalized.

"I just burned a piece of my hair and injured my scalp. I heard that it was not serious. Pepsi paid him a lot of money because of this accident. Now he can't dance, so let us take a vacation. When he recovers from his injury, we will return to the hospital. go."

Ronald noticed that Sabado didn't speak, and squinted at Boogaloo Prawn, it seemed that jealousy was everywhere.

"Why isn't Lucinda with you?" Ronald changed the subject.

"She has practiced gymnastics since she was a child, and I heard that a friend has entered the American national team and is going to participate in this summer's Olympic Games." Sabado understands this better.

The group went to Lucinda's house again, picked her up and went to the mansion rented by Minahan to have a party.

Smiling and making noise, Ronald felt that his feeling of exhaustion was much better.It seems that I will spend more time with young friends in the future, which will help to restore my creative vitality.

"Ronald, when will the sequel be made? We all heard that MGM is very optimistic about the movie's box office, and we also want to make some money." After playing for a while, Boogaloo came over to open the topic first.

"That's right, we didn't make any money from the first film. If there is a sequel, our salary can be raised a little bit. That money doesn't match our artistic value. It's not that I need that money, but The market should give us a fair evaluation." Shabadu began to find reasons for himself to make money.

"It seems that you are all very confident in this movie." Ronald did not answer, "If you want to make a sequel, you have to tell Minahan that he is the producer of the movie."

"Hahaha", Lucinda Dickey has already made three films, she knows the thoughts of her two companions better, she mainly wants to make money, and then become famous, "Ronald, Minahan approached us to talk about signing a sequel He still wants you to be the director."

"Anthracene?" Ronald didn't expect to have the idea of ​​making a sequel so soon, so he thought about it carefully.Then talk to Minahan.

"Do you think he'll say yes?" Boogaloo asked Lucinda.

"I don't know. I heard that another of his films is a big production. It's unlikely. In this industry, there are very few people who have made a big production and can put down their face to make a small one."

"Minahan, I heard you want to start a sequel?" Ronald asked him.

"Yes," Minahan replied, "Well, I think the box office of this movie will exceed my expectations, so I want to strike while the iron is hot."

"But in this case, how do you arrange the plot?" Ronald asked, "The three protagonists, Ma Da, Cyclone, and Kelly, have finished their stories. Why don't you find a new protagonist, and I think Farr will play a supporting role. Ken is good, how about you tell their story?"

"Ronald, that's not okay." Minahan shook his head, "The audience will only come to see what adventures the three protagonists have experienced in the future, especially Ma Da. He has captivated many audiences who watched the trial screening."

"It's okay to say that, but it's not the movie I'm interested in." Ronald replied.

If you want to make a movie with a story, you can still consider it, but this follow-up sequel must follow the original routine again. Ronald is not interested in making this kind of movie.

He understands that the stories of the three protagonists are over, and if he insists on filming, the inner logic of the story will be lost. It is better to wait two or three years before filming the new challenges they encounter.Ronald didn't want to be criticized like Stallone's "Flying Dragon".

"Then I've found another director?" Minahan felt a little regretful, "I still want to work together again, you will always be my No.1 choice."

Although I am not good at directing, Minahan's appreciation level is not bad. Knowing that Ronald can make a movie that satisfies many people in a short period of time is still very powerful.

"There will always be a chance." Ronald raised his glass with him, "How do you arrange the promotional schedule for break dance?"

"Orion issued a statement saying that the company's finances are fine," Minahan sat down, "but I think they must be tight on money. So we're going to strike while they can't fight back."

Seeing Minahan making a gesture of punching his fist, Ronald felt that it was right. Since the competitors did not have enough money, he should start early and attract all the audience who are interested in breakdancing to his movie. It's a reasonable play.

"I plan to start next month, cooperate with MGM, negotiate with theaters, and release marketing materials in advance at that time.

We're going to Britain next month to promote the joint release of 'Sahara' and 'Breakdance', and then to Cannes in May to sell 'Breakdance' to Europe, taking advantage of domestic box office explosions. "

Ronald calculated his own time, and it seemed that there was no problem, so he agreed.

Minahan is ambitious. After being hit one after another, he was encouraged by Ronald's "break dance". He has always been very optimistic about the movies he is watching. If it sells a box office of 3000 to [-] million, it can also give Cannon a shot in the arm.

With the blessing of the North American box office and a similar number of sales in Europe, this movie will give Cannonball a firm foothold.

Minahan rounded up a few more leads and got them ready for a marketing tour in nightclubs across the country before and after the film's release.This kind of dance movie, which has a large number of potential customers in a disco nightclub, is a good place to do live marketing.

"Lucinda, you have to practice, at least do your backspin. Otherwise, I'm afraid many nightclubs won't accept your jazzy breakdance." Minahan confessed.

"I can teach you, but you don't work hard enough." Shabadu still looked superior.

"No, I just need to learn backspin, and Ronald can teach me." Lucinda was tired of Sabado's attitude, and she took the initiative to talk to Ronald, and told the girl who wanted to fuck a white girl but didn't know how. Do the Latinos aside.

"I hear you care about gymnastics now?" Ronald asked Lucinda Dickey.

"Yeah, I heard that the Sowell League is going to participate in the Olympics this time. My friend was selected for the American gymnastics team. She said that Sowell is very strong, but she is determined to challenge their dominance."

"Are they willing to send a team this time? Last time I remember we boycotted the Olympics in Moscow."

"I don't know. Now it is said that their general secretary is an enlightened person. Besides, they also want to beat America in the Olympics."

The Cold War was indeed an all-round competition, not only in the military, economy, technology, aerospace, etc., but also in culture, art and sports. Everyone spared no effort to prove that they are the more advanced side.

Speaking of which, I don't know if the alliance has released any new movies in the past two years, or if there was a good movie like "Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears" released last time.

(End of this chapter)