Chapter 711 (1/2)

The original time line, which is basically copying the routine of instinct, can be described as a ”powerful” creative team.

The film is directed by William Fredkin, who once directed Exorcist and French drug trafficking network, written by Joe ezerthaas, the creator of instinct, and the heroine is Linda Fiorentino. The production cost of the film is as high as $50 million.

It's a pity that Joe ezerthaas's ”jade flame” and ”showgirl” both failed at the box office in 1995. The famous screenwriter, who was once sought after by Hollywood, has been reduced to the level of no one's interest and never turned over.

Simon and Jonathan talked about the play for another reason.

William Friedkin is the husband of sherry Lansing, MGM's director.

Hollywood is not used to some people's habit of eating a movie for a lifetime. William Friedkin once directed the phenomenal Exorcist. At that time, it was not only a box office hit in the world, but also the first horror movie in Hollywood history to get an Oscar nomination for best picture.

Time has changed, but now William Friedkin is completely out of breath, and even has no money to eat. He can only work as a director of TV series most of the time.

Since she is a husband and wife, Shirley Lansing of course has to think about her husband. She has been trying to recommend Friedkin to direct some projects over the years. Because of the fashion trend in recent years, and she is also good at it, Lansing also takes a fancy to jade flame this time, hoping that Fredkin can turn over.

Simon attaches great importance to Shirley Lansing, a rare female executive in Hollywood history, but it is impossible to invest in such a project with a large budget and doomed to failure.

MGM, which has just regained its vitality, can't stand such hardships.

Since Simon lacks interest in this project, Jonathan doesn't mention it any more. Instead, he says, ”the review of Disney's acquisition in Washington should be completed by next month at the latest. Vivendi is not satisfied with the current management. They should try to dig people from you, right?”

Simon nodded and asked with a smile, ”Vivendi contacted you, too?”

In recent half a year, Jeffrey carsenberg has left, Michael Eisner has resigned because of illness, Frank wells is about to retire, and three executives who brought Disney from decline to prosperity in the 1980s have been swept away. Vivendi, who is about to win Disney, is not satisfied with other current executives of the company. During this period, Vivendi has begun to look for a place for the big film company A leader.

At present, the most powerful entertainment in Hollywood is undoubtedly the top priority.

However, the traditional concept of ”prefer to be a chicken head” is right. It's a pity that there is a big difference between Disney and Denise, and it's still a mess. The core of Denise entertainment can basically see the future industry trend of Hollywood. There is no reason to jump into a broken bowl even if you want to share a big bowl with some people.

As for those who are willing to change jobs, Vivendi doesn't look up to them.

Besides danielis, some famous independent producers or senior managers of brokerage companies are also suitable target candidates.

Michael owitz was a good choice.

This time, however, Michael owitz is far from the top of Hollywood's power list. Moreover, because Eisner had sent an invitation to owitz before, the two sides almost reached an agreement. Then Vivendi launched a takeover of Disney. As a diehard who opposed Vivendi's takeover of Disney, Eisner was out of the game, and owitz, who had a good personal relationship with Eisner, was also involved. Naturally, it was impossible to get this position again.

Then, Jonathan, who has a good relationship with Simon, is undoubtedly another suitable target.

Jonathan listened to Simon's question and nodded, ”yes, but I've already refused.”

Jonathan Friedman would have loved to be able to run a big Hollywood studio without danielis entertainment.

The brokerage company seems to be prosperous. In the final analysis, it's still a job of serving people. Even if you hold the shares of a brokerage company, the price of the enterprise itself will not be too high because the talent agency company lacks fixed assets. In contrast, running a big film company is the real power.

This is also the main reason why Michael owitz was willing to give up his position as ”the first person on the Hollywood power list” in the original time and space and switch to Disney's second leader.

Now it's different.

Jonathan can also see that, compared with Denise entertainment, which has a market value of more than 100 billion and continues to expand, the other major Hollywood companies will only continue to decline in the future, and this decline is inevitably driven by Denise. Jonathan doesn't think that his personal friendship with Simon can make the young man in front of him feel free from the company he runs.

As a result, not only will Simon's help not be given to the job hopping to Disney, the friendship between the two sides in the past may vanish.

Jonathan often regrets it now, too.

At the beginning, he did not have the opportunity to join danielis entertainment. If he did, he would not only be one of the core executives of danielis entertainment, but also become a billionaire or even a billion level millionaire with the listing of danielis.In contrast, although he has become the head of wma, over the years, Jonathan's accumulated wealth can only exceed $50 million, a large part of which comes from Simon's occasional investment advice.

Simon was pleased that Jonathan could make that choice.

Disney is Simon's target.

Although he was grateful for Jonathan's help, Simon would not change danielis Entertainment's established expansion strategy for him.

The two talked about Denise's latest foreign cooperation plan and Paramount's agreement with DreamWorks. It was hard to avoid some social activities. It was not until ten o'clock in the night that Simon and Charlize Theron left Jonathan's reception and stayed in a luxury house near Beverly Hills.

The following weekend, the most noticeable news in Hollywood came from MGM.

Although there is no official announcement, the news that MGM is about to restart the 007 series and get two cooperation projects from Denise quickly spread.

James Bond's appeal goes without saying.

Moreover, along with the news of a series of restarts, and the news that MGM has gained more control over 007, these are quite significant benefits for MGM, which has been silent for a long time.

The other two projects with Denise are eye-catching.

In the 1970s, the popular TV series ”baby thunderbolt” and Robert rudlund's best-selling novel series ”spy”.

Among the related news, ”series” is undoubtedly the key word.