Chapter 953 Super Double

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Oprah's Hapo Films was established in 1993 as a subsidiary of Hapo Entertainment. Unlike Song Ya's almost shell-like A+ film studio, Hapo Entertainment has accumulated experience from the production of Oprah's talk show. There is an entire Emmy award-winning TV production team behind the scenes and in front of the stage. Even if this team is used to make a movie, the lineup is not weak.

And Oprah is very patient. She started to practice slowly from making TV movies for ABC. Today, three years later, she finally exerted her strength. She is currently filming a movie called "Before You Fly High".

It is too bold and tempting to ask for a production cost of 40 million for a black art film. Song Ya originally planned to pay a premium fee for film and television adaptation, and then borrowed the name of the screenplay that she had just won the Oscar , and the successful precedent of the A+ film studio, personally went to make friends with Toni Morrison, knew the advantages and disadvantages, and used his advantage of pleasing the old lady to persuade the Nobel Prize winner.

But not anymore, and Toni Morrison was clearly more moved by Oprah's vision of a high-budget black blood epic.

If Oprah made this decision because she was angry with herself, this woman is indeed a good opponent, and she acted vigorously and resolutely with the demeanor of not taking revenge overnight.

"It's a bit of a fatal blow. Even if we find other film companies to cooperate with this offer, we have to share 20 million. Blade Warrior doesn't spend that much as a superhero commercial film."

Song Ya went to Yeremov to complain: "And which company is willing to share 20 million for a black art film?"

"Yeah, that woman is crazy." Yeremov agreed, "Go back and rest, boss, don't worry about this anymore."

"Go back? I don't even know how to tell Harry when I go back."

Damn it, I knew I wouldn't talk so much to Harry, and now I'm fine, "Think about it, Yeremov."

"Uh... If you still want to fight for the right to adapt, find more allies to share it with, and then use the reputation established by dancing my life and cat and mouse games to raise as much money as possible from external investors, but this kind of business won't last long , and it's kind of a waste of reputation to spend on an art film."

Yeremov shared his concerns, "The enemy of an enemy is a friend. Maybe you can ask Jodie Foster to come out and talk. She is white, and she will definitely not take away Harley's position as the heroine. There is no fundamental conflict between us."

"Makes sense."

Just dragging the time and slipping into July, the two-time Oscar actress Jodie Foster responded positively,

She took her girlfriend Sidney Bernard to visit the location of Blade Warrior. Yes, she is a lesbian, and her mother is. After giving birth to her, she left her father and daughter and ran away with her true love. Everyone knows about it, but has never come out publicly.

This made Harley's preparations in advance useless, and she originally planned to try to sell her hue to get Jodie Foster.

"Cute." Jodie Foster, wearing a simple white shirt and blue jeans, raised her chin coolly at the heart-shaped cutout on Halle's chest with the boyish voice in her life.

"Thank you." Harley and Song Ya hugged the two of them.

"Wow, you are really strong APLUS." Her girlfriend Sidney felt the muscles under Song Ya's elastic vest, and she joked very familiarly, and poked her with her finger.

"Hey hey..."

Song Ya smiled stupidly. Originally, he wanted to say that if Harley didn't succeed, he would try it himself. Maybe the queen of filming would be all men and women? But now there is no chance.

Today, the location of Blade Warrior is in a train repair shop on the outskirts of Los Angeles. The four of them stood in front of the locomotive and chatted casually. They have already known Jodie Foster and Song Ya. She has passed the stage of acting career, just like other top movie stars. In 1991, he wrote, directed, and acted in a film called Splendid Childhood, which received good box office reviews, so he founded his own film company in 1992 and got a contract similar to that of Soup and Paramount.

It’s just a mini version. Her partner of Egg Films is Polygram Films. In terms of resources, distribution and influence, it is much poorer than Paramount, one of the seven big ones, and the money it gets every year is far less than that of Liang Tang. , Although her artistic achievements are much higher than that of Liangtang, Hollywood is still patriarchal at present, there is no way.

After spending the honeymoon period with Polygram Films, in 1995, she invested, produced, directed, and ambitiously recruited Robert Downey Jr. to star in The Enemy, which failed at the box office. She and Polygram Films began to have conflicts. Litigation, which made her decline in Hollywood.

"I established a very good friendship with Toni Morrison in 1984, and the conflict with Polygram Films has also been temporarily resolved. Of course, Oprah is also her old friend for many years..."

The first time we met, we didn't have a very in-depth chat. After Oprah's 40 million promise was thrown out, she also knew that if she didn't sign up for the group, she would definitely not be able to compete. She briefly mentioned a few cooperation conditions, investment, participation in production , and then she will direct and make an award-winning art film.

So now the problem is this, if she does not mention the quality of the film as a director, at least it will not be very beneficial for the awards. Song Ya originally planned to find Spike Lee. After casting Harley, he must unite with the black community to create momentum before the Oscars, and Spike Lee is the best candidate.

And Jodie Foster is obviously more willing to fight for the director award for herself at that time, and she is not willing to share 20 million for the award-winning art film, 10 million is more, so she has to find other companies to join in.

"Fortunately, Polygram Films doesn't sell the accounts of my colleagues in the record company, otherwise it would be just my grievances with Polygram Records..."

Toni Morrison said that the decision would be made quickly, and Song Ya and Yeremov could only eat and eat without food and food, and within two or three days, they could scrape together a very imperfect grass-roots team, which would probably be recognized by the A+ film studio 10 million investment, Jodie Foster and Polygram Pictures jointly agreed 10 million, Linton’s Hollywood Pictures 5 million, and then Bergman Jr., who made the big bad movie Phantom Man, agreed 10 million. Their family There is a way to introduce the so-called "stupid German money", and then find investors to raise about 5 to 10 million, barely exceeding Oprah's offer.

Director Jodie Foster, the lead actress of Harley, Hollywood Pictures earns the production income. They are old partners with Polygram Pictures, so they will naturally be distributed through Disney's Bowei Films, and part of the overseas distribution will be distributed to Bao. Li Jin.

"call!"

After sending out the new offer overnight, Song Ya felt relieved, put her arms around Harley and said, "This time, I have the strongest ability to act and mobilize funds in Hollywood, and there will be no more."

"I know, thank you, thank you." Harry was so moved that he cried, really cried, and kept kissing him on the face with tears, "I'm almost thirty years old, and the only man I've ever met is you. so good……"

"Um."

Song Ya accepted the thanks very calmly this time, and it was indeed good enough. He himself was a bit vague in his recollection of how a black art film was tossed like this. He has been busy like a machine for the past two days. The slightly estranged Bergman family has won over...

"Go to sleep."

He yawned, feeling a little tired, "I'm going to fly to South Africa for a commercial performance in a few days." In South Africa, there is Charis who is about to give birth.

The two fell asleep in each other's arms. Early in the morning, they were woken up by a phone call, "APLUS, Oprah brought in Touchstone Films and other investors. She said she would spend 80 million to make a black epic! She's crazy."

"Super double?" Song Ya sat up from the bed, not sleepy at all, "Don't she want to win the adaptation rights first and then go back on her word, playing Toni Morrison?"

"Do you think Toni Morrison would distrust her reputation? She's Oprah."

Linton said: "My Hollywood film industry must also withdraw. Touchstone Films, which also belongs to Disney, has participated in such a large project. I can no longer accompany you to make trouble for them internally."

Oprah's move was still fast and ruthless, and the aggressive offer broke everyone's psychological defenses, and also disintegrated the alliance between herself and Hollywood Pictures in this project.

"Eighty million..." Song Ya murmured in shock and put down the microphone.

"Beloved's production cost?" Harry also woke up and heard a few words.

"Sorry, Harley, it looks like we won't be able to get this item."

If you call again, you have paid too much to support the woman, and losing money may not necessarily achieve your goal. It's not that Song Ya didn't think about exposing Oprah's fraudulent donation at Toni Morrison's side to take eye drops, but it doesn't matter whether it's good or not, the Nobel Prize winner's mouth can't be controlled by herself. If you go out, your personal settings will collapse.

"There's really no other way, Oprah's inflated to the limit, let's look for other projects, there are always more solutions than problems." Song Ya could only comfort the woman in her arms.

"It's okay, you've done enough."

Halle looked regretful, but she definitely could understand, and sighed empathetically: "Eighty million... Wow, this is definitely an epic movie, the first super blockbuster movie depicting the spiritual history of black slaves ……Um?"

She seemed to think of something suddenly, her eyeballs rolled wildly, "Uh, honey, hehe..." She instantly switched to a face-licking expression and entangled, "Well, if... I mean, if, I'll go to her Looking for a job, you... you won't be angry, will you?"

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