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Walking out of the Relativity Building, John Waters had a faint smile on his thin face. This trip was not in vain, and he and Ronan Anderson have reached a preliminary cooperation intention.

It depends on the next negotiation.

As for New Line Cinema and Robert Shea, John Waters couldn't handle that much.

Robert Shea cost him two years.

As early as the success of Chicago that year, he thought about making Hairspray into a movie again, but he didn't get the corresponding attention.

John Waters is a freelance director and producer who doesn't tie his future to one studio.

Musical and musical films are now in a resurgent period, and we must hurry up.

The film market in October was calm, and there were very few films that really caused a sensation. In the second week after Mamma Mia was released in North America, Sony Columbia's Legend of Zorro officially opened in North America.

This is the sequel to 1998's The Mask of Zorro.

The first was a success, but the second dragged on for too long, until Antonio Banderas was old and Catherine Zeta-Jones beauty was old.

Moreover, Hollywood is no longer Hollywood in the 1990s. The film market has changed too fast and too much.

In terms of action movies, the audience has experienced the baptism of various special effects and wonders, and it is difficult to be obsessed with a grand rogue movie as before.

The Legend of Zorro did not bring much impact to Mamma Mia. It only received $16.32 million in the North American box office in the first weekend, which was far lower than the $23.51 million of Mamma Mia in the second weekend.

Relativity Entertainment's musical film has a very stable trend. It has only been released in North America for ten days, and its cumulative box office has reached 77.78 million US dollars.

It is inevitable that the box office in North America will exceed 100 million.

The internal forecast released by Embassy Pictures shows that Mamma Mia is enough to recover the total cost of the production budget and publicity investment only by relying on the North American box office share.

Overseas revenue will be the film's net profit.

Starting this weekend, Mamma Mia has also landed in many overseas markets,

Since the musical first appeared in London's West End, the film performed best commercially in the UK.

The box office in the UK opened as high as 13.15 million US dollars!

Including other overseas markets, Mamma Mia earned nearly 30 million US dollars in its first overseas weekend.

If nothing else, it's not a problem for the film to gross more than $100 million overseas.

Meanwhile, the soundtrack to Mamma Mia topped Billboard's album chart, as predicted.

For the soundtrack alone, Embassy Pictures has earned more than $4 million.

The success of Mamma Mia also made Ronan completely determined to continue developing the genre of musicals.

Sandsea Entertainment quickly settled the negotiation with John Waters, and decided to invest 30 million US dollars to shoot and produce the film of the same name adapted from the musical Hairspray, which won multiple Tony Awards.

It includes John Waters' copyright transfer fee of US$5 million and project establishment bonus.

After all, this is a famous Tony Award-winning musical, and the copyright is in the hands of industry veterans like John Waters. It is impossible to get it at a low price.

Hairspray will be formally established within this year, and will be released by the end of next year or in the first half of 2007.

The most important determining factor comes from the choice of actress for the heroine.

Young actresses who can sing and dance are not difficult to find in Hollywood. It is no exaggeration to say that Taylor Swift, who is preparing for the audition for Hannah Montana, can also find some similar actresses in Hollywood. come out.

But on top of these conditions, plus the option of fat man, the difficulty is quite high.

She is good at singing and dancing, has certain acting skills, and is a big fat man. Such young actresses, even in Hollywood, are not easy to find.

According to John Waters' idea, the best way is to find a suitable actress and let her gain weight quickly and become a big fat man.

For male actors, it's not a big problem, but it's really hard to say whether the girls are willing to sacrifice for it.

It is estimated that the actresses would rather compensate the director or producer for messing around than make such a choice.

If you can't lose weight, it will be a tragedy.

Even if you lose weight, loose skin and the like are scary.

Not every actress has the guts of Charlize Theron.

Moreover, the fat required in this film far exceeds what Charlize Theron did in the first place.

The audience of Hairspray will not be a problem, at least it will not be narrower than Mamma Mia, and anti-discrimination is also one of the value orientations recognized by the public.

The social situation in the United States is changing rapidly. This is not Ronan himself. People around who are a little more sensitive can basically feel it.

The black movement has become more radical, various anti-discrimination activities emerge in endlessly, the voice of women's rights is ringing out day by day, and the gay community raises rainbow flags for parades at every turn...

These will have a profound impact on Hollywood film production and market response.

In October, another Gay Pride took place in the Hollywood area, in solidarity with the Canadian group next door to fight for the right to legally marry this year.

In Los Angeles, this is already the fifth time this year.

Last year, Massachusetts became the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage, and this group in more states in the United States is also seeking to legalize marriage.

California seems to be open, but in fact there is a lot of resistance.

This is why there are frequent gay parades in Los Angeles.

Equal rights, this will become a theme that will never become obsolete in American society in the next decade or so.

Standing in front of the office window, Ronan looked at the rainbow flag flying outside the Relativity Building and said, Movies related to this aspect will also become popular.

Jessica Felton was holding a cup of coffee, standing next to Ronan, and also looking outside: So, you deliberately chose to make Brokeback Mountain at this time?

Ronan smiled and said, It's in line with the social trend.

Today's parade, thousands of homosexuals set off from North Hollywood, through the entire Hollywood area, and finally arrived in Century City in Beverly Hills.

Jessica Felton said: It is said that many Hollywood stars who support gays also participated in the parade.

Ronan was very sure: As far as I know, Charlize Theron, Sophia Loren and others have all gone, and they are in front of the Film Academy next door. The initiators of this event are also there.

They are very smart. Jessica Felton immediately thought of the meaning behind this: Hollywood always likes to be in the forefront of this kind of thing, and the promotional effect of movies and TV is great.

She looked at Ronan: If Brokeback Mountain wins, Relativity Entertainment will be ahead of everyone in Hollywood.

Ronan said, It's just a step ahead.

Jessica Felton suddenly asked: Ronan, you support them?

If someone else asked this question, Ronan would never answer, but Jessica Felton, like Robert Lee and George Clint, is someone he can trust.

And this is his office, so the words can't spread outside.

I can't talk about support. Ronan said truthfully: I don't object, I don't support, just let nature take its course.

He turned to Jessica Felton: What about you? As far as I know, you haven't had a boyfriend?

Me? Jessica Felton wondered.

Ronan deliberately joked: You won't carry the rainbow flag one day, right?

No. Jessica Felton said bluntly: Absolutely not.

She picked up the coffee cup and took a sip: My views on this group are the same as yours. I don't support or oppose it.

Ronan said: I specially asked people to investigate. When the New Year comes, they will hold a huge parade. Brokeback Mountain will be released in North America before then.

Jessica Felton smiled: You're the best at taking advantage of social situations.

Ronan smiled: Such a good condition can't be wasted, right?

This Hairspray is also taking advantage of the social situation of anti-discrimination and equal rights. Jessica Felton said: Do you want this musical film to hit the Oscars?

Ronan shook his head: It's not decided yet, we'll talk about it when the film is made. He thought for a while, and then said: Jesse, John Waters is also the director and producer of this project, but the first producer It is impossible to give him the position, you take care of it.

Jessica Felton nodded: The filming of Juno is progressing smoothly, and I'm not too busy here. I can take care of the preparatory stage, but after the filming and production are completed, the final review work will still be up to you do it.

Ronan said: Okay, when you go back to Sandsea Entertainment, go see John Waters.

It's almost time, I'm going back. Jessica Felton picked up the coffee cup and turned around while drinking.

This movement can be easily completed by normal people, but because of the sudden shaking of the tall and straight mountain, Jessica Felton's hand trembled, and the coffee inevitably spilled out of the cup he was holding.

Due to the protrusion of the mountain, the coffee was blocked, and the brown liquid fell on Jessica Felton's white sweater.

Ronan quickly took the coffee cup in her hand. Since the position was too sensitive to touch, he could only ask, Are you all right?

It's okay. Jessica Felton said with annoyed expression, It hasn't been like this for a long time!

Ronan tested the temperature of the cup and said, Fortunately, it's not hot.

He hurried to the desk, took some paper towels and handed them to Jessica Felton, Jessica Felton took them and wiped the sweater lightly, the stains on the white were too obvious.

Jessica Felton simply stopped wiping: I'll go back and change.

Ronan pointed and asked, Are you okay? How about I ask Connie to buy one for you.

No need. Jessica Felton waved her hand: I'm used to this kind of situation, just see it when people see it.

Ronan couldn't say anything more, and sent Jessica Felton out of the office.

Jessica Felton didn't really seem to care much, she walked through the corridor and walked into the elevator room.

Ronan shook his head, told Connie a word, and went to the floor below to discuss with Ang Lee about the awards season and Oscar PR.

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