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But because Eric threw out the caa apocalypse that deeply analyzed the operation mode of caa, and then a series of reforms carried out by the brokerage companies who felt the threat of caa, Hollywood has now formed three brokerage companies of caa and wma. In order to compete with awakened opponents, it is impossible for caa to maintain its previous strong position in the process of cooperating with big film companies, and Michael Ovitz's ranking has also fallen to the top five.

In the new Hollywood Power List, Firefly left other film companies far behind with 27% of the North American box office share in 1992. Eric has no suspense on the top of the Hollywood Power List. Michael Lynn of Firefly Pictures and Katzenberg of Disney Pictures occupy the sixth and ninth positions respectively. Although the rankings are not too high, Firefly Pictures only occupies the top ten. The three positions have caused a lot of discussion in the industry.

There is no dispute that Eric won the first place. Firefly's performance is really there, and Tornado directed by Eric himself also won the 1992 annual box office with a global box office of nearly 700 million US dollars. Box office champion. But a lot of media struggled to accept that Premiere magazine also included Michael Lynn and Katzenberg in the top ten.

In Hollywood, almost any list is controversial, which makes it easy to stir up conversations and increase the popularity of the list. As for the doubts from the outside world, Premier magazine will of course not admit that there is a problem with its own list.

The main topic of the media before each Oscar is often focused on the films that were nominated for the Oscars that year, and the shortlisted films showed their magical powers. At the same time as public relations, he also launched a public opinion offensive in the media. But this year is different. Schindler's List hangs high above its competitors with its absolute shoji correctness. Because of the special status of Jews in Hollywood, the methods of canvassing votes in previous years are basically useless this year, and competitors who are also shortlisted dare not launch a public opinion offensive against Schindler's List. The topic of Premiere magazine's Hollywood Power List was also picked up.

...Warner co-president Robert Daly said in an interview with reporters that it was precisely because the board of directors did not make a decision on the position for a long time that Time Warner's performance was surpassed by Firefly. When asked about another player who ranked second with himself Warner co-president Terry Semel and Robert Daly declined to comment. Robert Daly's move was an apparent pressure on Warner's board.

According to rumors, Robert Daly and Eric Williams have a very close personal relationship. This condition is likely to become an important bargaining chip for Robert Daly to win Time Warner, because Time Warner's predecessor Steve Ross is an important factor in consolidating his position. The way is by establishing good personal relationships with well-known Hollywood filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg.

... Former New Line Cinema President Robert Shea publicly claimed that Michael Lynn was just a puppet set up by Eric Williams, and that Michael Lynn had no decision-making power over Firefly's business. Firefly Pictures rarely publicly refuted Robert Shea's remarks show that Mr. Michael Lynn has made a tremendous contribution to the company during his tenure at Firefly Pictures.

... Variety magazine's well-known film critic Andrew Fraser publicly criticized the selection criteria of the Hollywood Power List, saying that the list should not be the Hollywood Power List, but should be renamed the Hollywood Power List.

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In the corner manor, Drew had to get up early because he was going to audition for the heroine of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sitting at the dining table, drinking porridge, casually glanced at the bold print on a newspaper in Eric's hand. He muttered: I really don't know what to argue about,

I was ranked 15th with Liz, and we didn't say anything.

Eric turned a page of the newspaper in his hand and smiled: Is it my delusion that someone sneered at the Hollywood Power List yesterday on Hollywood Online?

Absolutely, if you keep busy like this, if you don't stay with me, you will definitely get Alzheimer's early, the girl said with a smile, and the baby face quickly came over: Eric, Let's go to Century City today and help us pick the heroine of Buffy, okay?

Didn't Liz say she was going to audition for the heroine a few days ago, hasn't she been selected yet?

No, we have been picking directors and some supporting roles, and the audition for the heroine is scheduled for today.

Eric considered today's original schedule, and there is nothing important, and as Xiao Nizi just said, Eric does not want to become a 'robot' who can only work: Okay, I will wait a minute. Call the studio and tell me, you won't be here today, when will the audition start?

Ten o'clock, so we don't have to hurry, there are only sixteen final candidates, and we can definitely finish the interview today, so we don't have to hurry over there, Drew replied.

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When Eric and Drew were still chatting about the heroine of Buffy at Pointy Manor, Michael Eisner had arrived at the Burbank Universal Headquarters.

In the recent Hollywood power list, because of the turmoil of Universal Pictures last year, Michael Eisner, who has just been in charge of Universal for a year, was ranked tenth by Premier magazine.

But whether in the face of reporters or in private, Michael Eisner takes it lightly. As the film critic of Variety magazine said, the Hollywood Power List is essentially a list of influencers from the previous year in Hollywood. Shan, although ranked tenth, in fact, the power of Michael Eisner in Hollywood, who has completely controlled Universal, is definitely much higher than this list. Universal is one of the seven major film companies after all. One, and it has deep roots.

At the end of last year, the strategy of winning by volume made Universal's fourth-quarter profit higher than that of the first three quarters combined. Michael Eisner also consolidated his position in the heart of Panasonic's parent company.

However, the model in which Hollywood relies on big-budget movies to generate most of its profits has gradually emerged. Want to get better grades. Relying on low- and mid-budget films is definitely not going to work. What's more, any film company has its own limits for releasing films. So Michael Eisner has been picking out suitable big-budget projects for Universal since the end of last year.

So far, Universal has started filming an action film Fate of the Dead, starring Harrison Ford, with a total investment of $50 million. This is a TV adaptation, and the project was snatched from Warner Bros. Desperados is optimistic, Universal paid an extra $3 million to the copyright owner for this. And also increased the director and actor Harrison Ford's pay.

If Eric were here, he would definitely be more surprised by Michael Eisner's vision. Desperados was the first part of the original film that was introduced to the mainland in the 1990s. When Drew started to collect copyright for Huahua Pictures , Eric also had the idea of ​​​​this movie, but unfortunately, Eric did not have any accurate information about the movie in his memory, so he had to give up in the end.

In fact, although Michael. Eisner in the last few years of Disney, has let go of the production business, focusing on the promotion and marketing of the film. But during the Paramount era, Michael Eisner also served as head of production under Barry Diller. When it comes to Raiders of the Lost Ark, most people may think of Steven Spielberg at the first thought, but few people know that the reason why Raiders of the Lost Ark was actually filmed was the same as that of Michael E. Sina's strong support is inseparable.

After a brief regular meeting with several executives from Universal, Michael Eisner returned to his office to start the day's work.

The assistant put the stack of documents that had been prepared on Michael Eisner's desk, handed the top one to the other party, and said, Mr. Eisner, the documents just passed by the legal department, they said The idea for the remake of The Mummy was first proposed by James Jakes of Alpha-Company. They obtained the authorization for the remake in 1991. In the agreement, they cooperated with Universal to develop it, but at that time Sid Simberg was only willing to The film was made into a low-cost horror film with an investment of no more than 10 million US dollars, so they temporarily gave up the idea of ​​shooting. If the other party is not willing to give up the original license, it will take at least 2 million US dollars in litigation fees to get the license back. Or, drag until the authorization expires.

How long was the original authorization? Michael Eisner asked without looking up.

The assistant hesitated and said, Ten years.

Then you call James Jakes directly. Either we pay a liquidated damages and he gives up the authorization, or see him in court and he will get nothing in the end.

The assistant opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he nodded quickly: Okay, Mr. Eisner, in addition, the first draft of the script for The Mummy has also been completed. In the penultimate folder, according to your suggestion The model of Raiders of the Lost Ark also left a foreshadowing of the development of a sequel, and the production department asked whether to start looking for a director and hero and heroine?

Michael Eisner found the script of The Mummy and opened it, hurriedly read the first synopsis, looked up and said, You pass the script to Mr. Spielberg and ask him if he is interested. , In addition, the heroine should contact Nicole Kidman.

Mr. Eisner, I think Nicole Kidman is a little out of place. After 'Mr \u0026 Mrs. Smith', her salary has risen to 10 million US dollars, which is almost the highest among actresses, and the heroine of 'The Mummy' A weak librarian, a stark contrast to the female killer in Mr \u0026 Mrs Smith.

Michael Eisner raised his head and said to his assistant: I think you haven't seen Nicole Kidman's Sleepless in Seattle and Hot Police Flower, this is a very malleable and absolutely excellent acting. Actress, the higher pay is definitely worth it, and I have some other considerations, so you can just do as I tell you.

The assistant nodded. Seeing that Michael Eisner had no other orders, he turned and left the office.

Michael Eisner turned his attention to the script of The Mummy again. A month ago, Michael Eisner found the remake plan of the film in some project files left by Sid Simberg, which made him very Soon, an adventure series about mummies was developed in the style of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Westerners have always had a strong interest in themes such as adventure and treasure hunting. Coupled with the success of the Raiders of the Lost Ark series, Michael Eisner believes that as long as a good script can be found, supplemented by excellent special effects , the success of this series is very likely.

And the idea of ​​leaning towards Spielberg as the director and Nicole Kidman as the heroine was something he had already thought about. Although he also knows that Spielberg is unlikely to agree, he can at least make sure that Spielberg's name is a producer.

As for the heroine candidate, in addition to seeing Nicole's current box office appeal, Michael Eisner also has no intention of testing Eric. The script is handed over to Nicole, and Eric will definitely be able to see it. Last fall, because Universal took the initiative to mention Joanna Pakula to cover up the incident, Eric still owes him a favor. Michael Eisner can be sure that Eric should take this opportunity to pay back the favor. '.

Michael Eisner knew that as long as the Mummy series could be successful, his global position would become unbreakable, so Michael Eisner spared no effort to make so many arrangements.

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Century City Twentieth Century Fox headquarters, with the expansion of tg, Elizabeth rented an entire floor in the Fox Building as the headquarters of tg.

When Eric and Drew arrived at ten o'clock, a large group of girls and their agents had gathered in the corridor on the floor where tg company was located.

When walking through the corridor, Eric could even see that the eyes of these girls clearly began to glow, like a little she-wolf who only saw prey, and he was sure that it was definitely not an illusion. As a girl in a beige trench coat first put down her restraint, stepped forward to greet Eric and asked for an autograph, other girls who responded also gathered around.

Eric signed a few names for these girls, who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, before being escorted by the security guards in the building into the tg headquarters.

During the whole process, the little girl who followed her kept looking at all this with a smile.

The two pushed the door into Drew's office together, and the girl suddenly rushed to Eric's side.

Eric put his hands on his chest subconsciously and said with a smile, Hey, what are you doing, aren't you jealous because I'm so popular?

The girl rolled his eyes at him, but a small paw reached into the pocket of Eric's coat, and quickly took out several small pieces of paper full of contact information from both pockets. (To be continued...)

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