I’m in Hollywood

The focus of the Vanity Fair party should be the external media area. Entering the party hall, the atmosphere becomes very relaxed and relaxed.

Eric walked into the party hall, greeted the familiar guests, and looked around, looking for Nicole and several others, Columbia Films CEO Bill Michanick walked with a middle-aged man with black-framed eyes. When he came over, he recognized the middle-aged man as Barry Sonnenfeld, the director of the Men in Black series, and Eric also greeted him.

After approaching, Barry Sonnenfeld took the initiative to extend his hand to Eric and greeted with a smile: Good evening, Mr. Williams.

Hello, Barry, Eric and Barry Sonnenfeld shook hands, then reached out to Bill Michanick, greeted them, and asked, What are you talking about?

Bill Michalnick: Something about cinema.

Feeling the vague tone of Bill Michanic, Barry Sonnenfeld raised his glass to Eric wisely, and said, Then, Mr. Williams, you talk, I'll have a chat with Will. call.

Eric nodded to the other party, watched him leave, took a glass of red wine from the passing waiter, walked to the corner with Bill Michanick, and asked, How's it going?

Bill Michanick and Barry Sonnenfeld approached, and the topic of course could only be the Men in Black series.

Bill Michanick shook his head with a wry smile, and said, Barry and Will have just signed a contract with Warner Bros. Jon Peters' project is a TV adaptation film called Raiders. I asked about it. , a sci-fi film about two agents trying to protect the president against an evil doctor, set a hundred years ago. Also, I think Warners is clearly copying Men in Black this time. mode, in addition to Jon Peters, Barry and Will, Warner also intends to use another male protagonist similar to the role of Tommy Lee Jones. Science fiction, dual male protagonists, comedy style, except that aliens are replaced by The mechanical monsters made by Doctor Evil, other elements are exactly the same.

Eric couldn't help frowning slightly when he listened to Bill Michanick's words.

After Sony took down the positions of the two Columbia helms Peter Cooper and Jon Peters a few years ago, Peter Cooper, who has made a lot of money, is already enjoying his retirement, but Jon Peters is still active in Hollywood, once again. Transferred to the former owner of Warner Bros.

The original Men in Black, although it was the project chosen by Eric, was mainly responsible for the team of Columbia at that time, namely Jon Peters and others.

It's not unusual for Hollywood to follow suit, but this kind of near-total copying is a bit disgusting. If Warners pulls Tommy Lee Jones in again, it's simply an alien version of Black Lives Matter. Clothes.

Eric has no impression of the film Raiders, and he doesn't know whether the butterfly came out or it was too rushed.

Continuing to ask Bill Michanick a few more questions, Eric realized that Raiders, to be precise, should be counted as a western costume sci-fi film.

Western, costume, and sci-fi, these three elements combine to give people a completely nondescript feeling. Eric even thought of the Rocketman that Disney had a fiasco at the box office, which was also a relatively retro sci-fi film. , Raiders has added some more street-style western elements.

Thinking involuntarily, feeling that he was beginning to fall into thinking bias, Eric shook his head and shook off these thoughts.

Pirates of the Caribbean such a full-fledged film can be a box office hit, who can be sure of the outcome of Raiders?

However, speaking of it, Warner's recent moves in the film business are really frequent. First, it won the distribution rights of Adam Sandler's Dad Rush, and then stole Lola at the Sundance Film Festival. Run, and now this Raiders.

The merger of AOL and Time Warner is under intense review by the U.S. Department of Justice. Thinking about it, these actions should be a result of Time Warner's eagerness to make some achievements to consolidate its own power in the new company after the merger.

Although this Raiders is really a bit awkward, Eric does not plan to have any emotional battle with Warner.

Of course, in the future, if this film wants to get any good advertising resources on the TV platform of the Firefly system, don't even think about it, and the digital field will not provide any special effects support for this film. Warner is ready to let itself, Universal, Pyra Let's do it yourself in the era of light and shadow that the three families fiddled with together.

With these thoughts in mind, Eric was about to part with Bill Michanic when a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him, and he stopped him and asked, John Wu is in charge of an action movie on your side recently, right? ?

Well, Stupid Killer, the main creator has just been confirmed, and it will start soon, Bill Michanic nodded and said, Eric, is there any problem?

No, I mean, is Wu still working on a war movie?

Yeah, he also showed me the script, it's called The Wind Whisperer, Bill Michanick said, remembering it again, By the way, Kenneth said hello to me last time, Said you told everyone not to get involved in this project, so I didn't continue talking with him.

Eric thought that it was indeed The Wind Whisperer, but he was calm on the surface, but told Bill Michanic: You think of a way to push this project to Warner.

Bill Michanick immediately understood what Eric was going to do, and smiled bitterly on his face again, and said, But, Eric, you haven't read this script yet, in fact, I think this project is pretty good, Are you so sure that Wu will screw up?

Everyone has something they are good at, Eric said. Have you heard of Wu making war movies? Actually, I don't understand why Wu is interested in war movies. He made comedies a long time ago. , the results were a mess, and then I turned to the action film field, and I found the right direction, and now I have to transform again, I am not optimistic at all.

Every director wants to keep trying new things, Bill Michanick said. Don't you do that all the time yourself?

I'm not in the mood to argue with you, Eric shook his head and smiled, Anyway, just do as I say.

Bill Michanick was a little confused and said, But, what should I do?

This is your business, use your brain, Eric flicked his finger on the glass in his hand and said, For example, you said that after reading this script, I suddenly became interested in this project again. Then talk to Wu, make the conditions tougher, and quietly let the wind out, and naturally someone will come to snatch it.

What if it's taken away by Universal and Paramount?

Anyway, as long as we don't do it, Eric shrugged and said, However, I think it is most likely to fall into the hands of Warner. On Universal, Michael is now more savvy than you think. As for Paramount, Redstone is becoming more and more conservative and is unlikely to take action.

Okay, Bill Michanick nodded helplessly, and couldn't help but say, Eric, what if, I mean, what if Wind Whisperer succeeds?

Two ways, Eric said, but only raised a finger and waved it in front of Bill Michanic, and said with a smile, You help me take the blame, or do I take the blame myself?

Boss, can I choose the second one?

What do you say?

Separated from Bill Michanick, Eric just noticed Julia's figure, so he walked straight to a booth not far away.

When I came to the booth, I found that in addition to Julia and Elizabeth, and Amy Pascal, Tina Brown was also here.

Although he is the boss, it is impossible for Eric to pay attention to the specific itinerary of his subordinates. Tina Brown was the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, and she created the Vanity Fair party. Although she had already joined Yahoo, she appeared here. Although Eric was a little surprised, he was not surprised at all.

After greeting, Eric sat down between the two women Julia and Elizabeth unceremoniously.

Julia greeted the waiter like a daughter-in-law and handed Eric a glass of wine, but Elizabeth asked curiously, What were you talking about with Bill just now? It's been so long?

The topic between Hollywood men, of course, is saving the world, Eric made a joke, was gently beaten by Elizabeth, and asked with a smile: So, what about you?

Elizabeth glanced at Eric and said, I'm asking Amy and the others to help me with an idea of ​​what movie to make for Firefly. What do you think of Harry Potter?

Eric put down the wine glass and raised his hand in a sign of surrender, and 'begged' said: You can let go of Harry Potter, and count what I owe you?

Several women laughed together, apparently already knowing about Eric and Elizabeth's $100 million box office bet on Blair Witch. In addition, in the past two years, as the popularity of the Harry Potter series has continued to rise, the Firefly Group has also begun to discuss the issue of officially launching the film project. Recently, rumors have spread to the media.

Everyone laughed, Tina Brown said: Speaking of which, Blair Witch is really a miracle, Eric, I came here this time to sort out the marketing plan for Blair Witch myself. It will definitely be a great inspiration for Yahoo's business.

Eric heard Tina Brown take the initiative to explain his intention, nodded, and said: I will have breakfast with Jeffrey tomorrow morning, you can come too, let's chat. In addition, is there any information that needs to be consulted? Yes, I will let this side cooperate with you as much as possible.

To get direct help from the big boss, Tina Brown naturally couldn't ask for it.

After a few chats, Eric didn't snub Amy Pascal, and asked: Amy, how is the preparation for Bourne Bound?

Doug Liman just finished his new film, I've talked to him, and he's happy to take over the film, Amy replied: In addition, for the male lead, ICM has recommended several candidates Come here, I'm planning to send you a copy of the materials next week.

Eric felt something was wrong, he thought about it, and asked, By the way, what about the producer?

Amy replied, John wants to take charge himself, and I think it's feasible.

The John Amy was talking about should be John Carley, the vice president of MGM.

Eric didn't have the heart to explore the reason, and he shook his head and said, Isn't John Carley in charge of the TV business, he should concentrate on doing it well, Eric thought for a while, and then Said: I remember that in Amberlin, Frank Marshall and Katherine Kennedy wanted to withdraw. You try to contact them, and it is best to pull them both over.

Since the history of Hollywood has been seriously distorted by Eric, the big butterfly, Spielberg and others replaced Amberlin Films, which was once the status of DreamWorks, and its decline is much faster than the original time and space. It's just that in the past few years, Lao Si's group has felt that going solo is not as simple as they thought, and now there are signs of disbanding.

Frank Marshall and Kathryn Kennedy were once the ace producers of Spielberg's family, and the famous Raiders of the Lost Ark series and Back to the Future series were both involved in the production. The previous Bourne Bound series happened to come from their husband and wife. It would be better if they could be brought to MGM to form the 'original team'.

It shouldn't be easy, Amy said, I heard that they want to set up their own production company.

Eric was not worried when he heard this.

The two couples set up a production company, and they must still find a big studio to be affiliated with. It is probably equivalent to the relationship between Jerry Bruckheimer's production company and Firefly. Eric does not believe that with the current situation in Hollywood, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy also wanted to set up independent studios to produce and distribute their films.

You contact them first, and if necessary, I will talk to them in person.

Amy nodded and said, Well then, I'll make an appointment with them tomorrow.

Eric and Amy were talking, noticing the twinkling of Elizabeth's eyes beside her, she smiled and hooked her little finger on the back of her hand, before waiting for the girl to react, she asked, Where's Drew? Should she be here?

How do I know, Elizabeth curled her lips and said, I didn't raise her as a daughter.

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

As soon as Elizabeth's voice fell, the girl's voice came from the side: I think you can already be my mother.

Eric turned around, and the little girl wearing a ginger-yellow one-shoulder dress had already squeezed past Julia outside and sat on his lap. Her little hands began to grope on him, and she asked with a smile: Where is it, where is it, I heard that she was here, but I couldn't find it after looking around. You must have hidden her, right?

Don't touch it, Eric smiled while holding down the girl's restless little paws, I made her smaller and hid it in her ears. I'll show you secretly when I go back, and don't scare everyone.

The girl hummed in dissatisfaction. This deck was just right for three people on one side of the chair, and four people couldn't squeeze in. Seeing that Julia and Elizabeth had no intention of giving themselves a seat, the girl had to rub out again in dissatisfaction. .

Amy and Tina on the opposite side saw this and stood up with a smile, saying that they were going to say hello to the others. When the two left, the girl sat down opposite, still a little reluctant, and said, You must have hidden her, right?