Chapter 285 (1/2)
”Simon, since you don't feel the story just now, what about this: Denny is an awe inspiring policeman outside, but he grew up like a mouse who saw a cat in front of his harsh and irascible mother. One day in the process of duty, Denny met his favorite girl Teresa, the two soon fell in love. However, Denny is worried that her mother will not be satisfied with Teresa. She is very careful in getting along with her girlfriend, so she makes a series of jokes
In the office.
John Hughes gave Simon several story ideas in a row, but Simon didn't say anything.
After John Hughes introduced another idea, they discussed a few words, Simon pretended not to say: ”John, I think uncle Buck's box office performance should be very good, so do you want to make a more pure children's film?”
John Hughes thought of something terrible and shook his head: ”Simon, children's movies have always been a forbidden area in Hollywood. I deeply realized this point in the process of shooting uncle Barker this time. Those little guys made me suffer a lot. Sometimes I want to change people. So I really don't want to go through it again. ”
Uncle buck tells the story of Russell and his wife who have to temporarily give their three children to their bachelor brother buck Russell because of some family changes.
According to the original agreement, ”Uncle buck” is in the charge of John Hughes. Simon didn't pay much attention to the production process. He didn't expect such disputes.
As we all know, children and animals are the two most difficult elements in Hollywood movies.
Simon heard what John Hughes said and understood why he didn't have the idea of ”kid in charge of the house” again.
In the original time and space, John Hughes should cooperate with the three little actors in Uncle buck very happily, especially Macaulay Calkin left a deep impression on him, which led to the birth of the subsequent ”kid in the house”. However, in the new version of Uncle buck, the three actors are no longer the original actors, and have brought John Hughes a lot of trouble in the shooting process. In a bad mood, it's hard for the filmmaker to think of another children's film.
After confirming that ”home is a kid” has been completely knocked out, Simon stopped beating around the Bush and said, ”it's actually a children's film idea that I produced after watching the sample film of Uncle buck. John, I think this project is very suitable for your style. In addition, the ideas you just introduced also give me some inspiration, just like that young man and woman during their vigil at a convenience store The story of meeting two thieves. So, how about making another children's film? If you don't want to be a director, you can let others be responsible for it. The salary scheme you get in this project can refer to Uncle buck. However, this time danielis entertainment also needs to be involved in the project decision-making, especially the casting
In the ”Uncle buck” contract originally negotiated by the two sides, John Hughes, as a screenwriter, director and producer, was awarded a base salary of $5 million plus 10% of the North American box office share.
John Hughes is a very smart man.
Simon westero was inspired by his film, which is also Simon westero's idea. Looking at the box office results of Simon westero's films in recent years, just the recent ”sixth sense”, the box office in North America hit 300 million US dollars.
What's more, with reference to Uncle Buck's $5 million base salary plus 10% of the North American box office share, John Hughes is not one of those directors with strong personality. He knows he's just a film businessman, so he can't think of any reason to refuse.
”So, Simon, can you tell me more about your idea?”
Seeing that John Hughes agreed almost without any hesitation, Simon also began to elaborate the general plot of ”the kid in charge”.
As for returning the project to John Hughes, and maintaining the North American box office sharing scheme of $5 million base salary plus 10%, Simon has nothing to give up.
John Hughes as the main creator can ensure the ”original” of the new version of ”kid in charge”. Moreover, if the new version of ”kid in charge” can achieve the amazing box office results of more than 280 million US dollars in North America, John Hughes is fully entitled to take the salary of 30 million US dollars.
In a word, this decision is also influenced by Simon's recent change of ideas.
In fact, the truth is similar to the recent 10 foreign film cooperation plans. If we blindly pursue to maximize profits, all the profits will fall into Denise's entertainment pocket, Hollywood filmmakers will not have much incentive to cooperate with Denise's entertainment.
The two discussed for about an hour, and the meeting ended.
John Hughes then decided to stay in Los Angeles for another week in order to continue to communicate with Simon and write out the outline of the story of ”home by a kid”.
After the weekend, after some detailed discussions, Denise entertainment and fox jointly held a press conference to announce the project of the first film of the 10 film plans, sleeping with the enemy.
Sleeping with the enemy is an original novel of the same name written by a woman writer named Nancy price in 1987. After the novel appeared on the market, its fame and sales volume were not big. After Fox's script Department won the adaptation right at a low price of $150000, it has been shelved.After the announcement of this project, the original novel sleeping with the enemy, which was previously unknown, immediately attracted the attention of a large number of media. The sales volume of the novel increased rapidly, and the publishers had to print it urgently.
Then, August 16, Wednesday.
Denise entertainment and Disney jointly held another press conference to announce the approval of the second of the 10 film plans. The new project is called ”the hand shaking the cradle”. It is also a classic thriller in Simon's memory. It tells the story of a housewife disguised as a nanny after her husband committed suicide and miscarriage to retaliate against the family that caused her family tragedy It's a matter of time.
Similar to sleeping with the enemy, the hand in the cradle is also not well-known, and it is also the script of Amanda srvo, a female screenwriter.
The difference is that ”the hand shaking the cradle” is not an original novel, but an original script.
In addition to the confidentiality measures taken by Denise entertainment and Disney Company, the media can only guess the content of the story of ”shaking the cradle's hand” based on some scattered information.
It is no accident that the two plays are not well-known.
Those well-known copyrights that are highly valued by various film companies will not be shared with danielis entertainment, just as Simon will not co invest with other studios in ”kid's house”, which has been quietly approved. Most of the projects that can be sent to Simon are not well-known or have uncertain prospects.
The following Friday, August 18.