Chapter 1165 1165 The Outcome Is Unpredictable
Tom Cruise joined "Mission Impossible" for $10 million and became part of a lineup of filmmakers to share the box office risk of the work; Jon Voight and Ving. Rhames together Join "Mission Impossible"; the crew is contacting Jean-Renault, hoping to invite him to join...
It only kicked off in April, and the news about "Mission Impossible" followed one after another, and the limelight was no different.
Another head-to-head competition between Hugo and Tom Cruise ended with Tom's victory, making people sigh that Hugo is an upstart after all, and Hollywood's network roots are still not solid enough.
In the "Mission Impossible" wave after wave of news offensive, another piece of news was quietly announced. The official news from New Line Pictures, they did not inform the media on a large scale, but only informed two familiar It's just the media, it seems to be very low-key, but as soon as the news was announced, it was immediately frowned upon. Because the latest news is about Hugo.
"Hugo Lancaster officially joins the 'Seven Deadly Sins'."
Such a simple piece of news, without any additional information, immediately made the media boil. Hugo didn't join "Mission Impossible", and then chose "Seven Deadly Sins". Is this a prank? Or is it because of the quality of "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Mission Impossible"?
Almost overnight, the "Seven Deadly Sins" were exposed by the media inside and out.
The New Line Film Company is also very smart. The news is released little by little, so that the news is always fresh, and more and more people pay attention to the work of "Seven Deadly Sins". The effect of the early publicity is superimposed little by little. It is not inferior to the popularity of "Mission Impossible".
"The director is David Fincher? Isn't this a rookie, and he also smashed 'Alien 3', how could he be directed by him? An ominous foreboding."
"The first appearance of the cast is Morgan Freeman! Hugo and Morgan's first collaboration, missed 'The Shawshank Redemption', and finally met in 'The Seven Deadly Sins', two Oscar nominations for best actor The audience's drama is very exciting!"
"The second is Gwyneth Paltrow! Steven Spielberg's goddaughter, with a hard enough background and beautiful enough looks, seems to have a good show! And got a family support, the film doesn't seem to be that simple."
"Brad-Pitt! After Brad and Tom in 'Interview with the Vampire', this time Brad and Hugo face off! Are the roles of the two in the film confrontation or cooperation? What kind of spark did it collide with?"
"Brad, Hugo, Gwyneth! Do you want to start a love triangle? An exciting script character setting!"
"Brad, a new star in acting; Hugo, a backbone in acting; Morgan, a veteran in acting! The confrontation between the three actors is enough to make everyone look forward to the cooperation!"
The news changed almost every day, and the focus of the media quietly shifted from "Mission Impossible" to "The Seven Deadly Sins", discussing directors, actors, producers, investment, script... Finally all The focus is on the three male actors, especially Hugo and Brad.
There is no need for the media to incite it again. Everyone clearly knows that the showdown between Hugo and Brad is full of countless highlights. This time, it is not a battle over the air, but two people are performing a showdown in the same work. Just like "Interview with the Vampire", everything will be known after the movie is released.
The "Mission Impossible" competition between Hugo and Tom has just come to an end, and here Hugo and Brad will face off in the "Seven Deadly Sins", which almost makes the news media happy, every day. It's Christmas!
It's just that Tom robbed "Mission Impossible" and finally chose "Seven Deadly Sins". Is this really a wise choice? The voice of concern in the news media reappeared, and the media led by the "New York Post" once again began to plan for Hugo's future painstakingly.
"One is a big production with an investment of 80 million dollars, one is a small production with a budget of only 30 million; one is an Oscar like Brian De Palma, Steven Zellian, Robert Downey The high-level cast is on the front line, with the little-known David Fincher and Andrew Kevin Walker on one side; the ambitious work that Paramount has focused on creating, and the work of New Line Pictures, which is trembling and asking for directions.
Is this really a wise choice? "
Colin Meyer has a heart that thinks completely for Hugo, but clearly lists the difference between "Mission Impossible" and "Seven Deadly Sins", "Since 'Before Sunrise', Lancashire Te's career has always been in a dangerous situation. It is undoubtedly wise and correct to choose 'Mission Impossible' to give it a go, but unfortunately this gamble has also failed, which once again shows the decline of Lancaster's current career. Momentum - Lost in the duel with Cruise.
After being abandoned by 'Mission Impossible', he chose the 'Seven Deadly Sins' and returned to the route of 'Pulp Fiction' - even more dangerous than 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Life and Death', is this really correct? Or, did the wrong choice of the 'Hudson Eagle' type reappear, and the 'Hudson Eagle' type of collapse spell reappeared? "
Unlike in the past, he always questioned Hugo. Now Colin is more of a sympathetic character who thinks for Hugo wholeheartedly, telling the crisis of the situation in the name of worrying about Hugo. The "Hugo Career Crisis Theory" that has gradually settled down has resurfaced again at this time, and it has set off stormy waves with a more turbulent attitude.
However, is the "Seven Deadly Sins" really the wrong choice? is it really like this?
In addition to the "New York Post", there are naturally many media who have calmly analyzed it. Soon, they discovered a very interesting phenomenon. Although the news about the "Seven Deadly Sins" was lively and buzzing, in fact, most of the It's all official news from New Line Pictures, and the official news is also very simple, and there is not much to be revealed.
For example, how much did the three actors get paid? In other words, what is the salary of Hugo and Brad, excluding the always low-key Morgan Freeman? Who is the leading actor and who is the supporting actor? Or the setting of two male protagonists like in "Interview with the Vampire"?
These news New Line Pictures was tightly covered and airtight, and there was no news at all.
The media had been inquiring about it for a while, and then vaguely heard that "Hugo's salary may be 10 million US dollars", but this news has not received any response from the official and Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company, so everyone continues to chase the wind and the shadows. know if it's true.
If it was before "Mission Impossible", people would definitely be excited about this news, because this is the first work that has paid tens of millions since Hugo debuted thirteen years ago - of course, no one in the circle would be like this. It is believed that "Life and Death" and "Pulp Fiction" have already received 30 million yuan for Hugo. In terms of salary alone, Hugo is the number one person in Hollywood today, no doubt.
However, after deducting box office dividends and only calculating the guaranteed film remuneration, this is indeed the first time Hugo has received tens of millions of dollars in remuneration.
But what about now? After "Mission Impossible", people have clearly known that Hugo has the ability of 20 million US dollars. As long as Hugo is willing to nod, there will be companies one after another; So, 10 million is not surprising.
The point is, the Los Angeles Times confirmed that "Hugo is not playing the most important role." Although this news is ambiguous, there is not much reference value at all, just like in "Interview with the Vampire", Brad's role is obviously more than Tom's, and Brad is still the core role of the story, but both of them can be male The protagonist, and Tom is even more brilliant. Therefore, this news is actually said to be equal to not said.
But it's better than nothing, at least people can be sure that Hugo is not an absolute hero in terms of sheer weight. If this news is true, it also means that the highest paid actor in "Seven Deadly Sins" is not the male lead. This is the first time ever!
Soon there were a lot of gossip about the "Seven Deadly Sins". Brad was the male lead, and Hugo was the second male lead. However, Brad's salary was only five million, and Hugo was not. With 10 million yuan, this undifferentiated pattern of primary and secondary also made the confrontation between the two more tense.
Although these news have not been officially confirmed, the brokerage companies of Hugo and Brad are also silent; but the media has been unable to bear it any longer, and all the hype has become noisy.
If all this is true, then Hugo starred in "Seven Deadly Sins" and got the same pay as Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible", and Hugo also beat Brad in the same show. The confrontation between the two is not inferior to the big production of "Mission Impossible". In terms of topicality, the two sides can be said to be in a draw.
More importantly, there is a rumor circulating in the circle. What Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company has been planning is not "Mission Impossible", but "Seven Deadly Sins". Rick won the role of "Seven Deadly Sins" for Hugo. It took a lot of thought to defeat Kevin Spacey at the last minute to win the role. Moreover, Rick also used the two works of Clint, Al and Warner Bros. as a transaction condition in exchange for Hugo's 10 million salary in "Seven Deadly Sins".
Although Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are two separate divisions of Time Warner, they can still talk to each other.
The news was not announced by the media, because it involved the secrets of the Hollywood circle, and the reporters knew very well what broke the news and what the news couldn't. But it caused an uproar in the circle. If this is the case, then Endeavour Elite Brokerage Company has really played a good game this time.
Although he lost "Mission Impossible", he won over four companies: Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount and New Line, and won "Toy Story", "Long Bridge", "Theft of Fire" in one go ", "Breaking the Dead Island" and "Seven Deadly Sins" and other five works, and also let Hugo get 10 million US dollars as a non-protagonist.
The Creative Artists Agency looks like a big win. Tom Cruise won "Mission Impossible" and Brad Pitt became the actor of "Seven Deadly Sins", but he suffered a dumb loss.
This move is really frightening to watch. More importantly, Rick spent so much effort to win the "Seven Deadly Sins" for Hugo. Obviously, he didn't choose them at random. Then the "Seven Deadly Sins" would really be like "New York". Is the Post" so worried?
Right now, the outcome is unpredictable. Not only between works, between actors, but also between companies!