Chapter 487
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Los Angeles, a movie theater in downtown Beverly.
At about ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz each left a VIP room in the theater with their families.
The sedans were already waiting on the street by the back door of the theater.
The two Hollywood bosses listened to the excited discussions of the wives and children beside them.
What the two families just watched was "Wonder Woman", which was being drawn on a large scale today.
Unlike the wives and children who are more than happy to watch a good movie, the two Michaels are a little worried at this time.
Three years ago, "Batman: Hour of War" relied on the hot action design and advanced CG special effects to open the dc movie universe in one fell swoop. This time, "Wonder Woman", compared with the previous two "Batman" The big movie and The Flash, obviously a step further.
It is often difficult for ordinary audiences to appreciate the technical details contained in a film, and Michael Eisner and Michael Ovitz are naturally different.
In this "Wonder Woman", the action design is still wonderful, and it seems to be filled with a large number of real shooting scenes, but the proportion of CG special effects used is obviously higher than that of several previous DC superhero movies, such as the magic in the film. The mantra lasso, one of the important weapons of the heroine, is completely generated by CG in many shots.
At the end of the film, the decisive battle between Wonder Woman and Ares, the god of war, and the use of large-scale CG images are even more breathtaking.
There have been many big movie trends in Hollywood, however, in the past few times, the ending has basically returned to rationality.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, head of Disney's film business, published a memo two years ago calling for a return to low-budget movies, a view that Michael Eisner originally agreed with.
Even the dc movie universe blockbuster series that has emerged in recent years is more of a special case.
High-budget action blockbusters represented by Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger have failed repeatedly in recent years.
On the contrary, even if it is Daenerys Entertainment, in addition to the dc movie universe project, a series of blockbusters in the past few years, "The Ghost Story", "The Sixth Sense", "Pretty Woman", "Bodyguard" , "Home Alone", etc., are also low-cost production films, and very few of them have a production budget of more than 30 million US dollars.
However, after seeing the Wonder Woman in person tonight, Michael Eisner found his convictions shaken again.
Blockbuster-level big-budget movies may really be the future of Hollywood.
Michael Eisner is worried at this time because of Disney's weak background in blockbuster filmmaking, or, more accurately, the huge gap between Disney and Daenerys in blockbuster filmmaking.
Through the accumulation of several dc movie universe films, Daenerys Entertainment has formed a very strong film technology team, which includes the film's action design to cg scene production and other aspects.
Especially CG technology, I just watched "Wonder Woman", Michael Eisner felt that the accumulation of Daenerys' special effects in CG technology may have exceeded the three to five years of other film special effects teams in the same period. Lucas Industrial Light and Magic Studio, which created the "Star Wars" series, has been left far behind by Daenerys' special effects.
Although Daenerys' special effects have always maintained an attitude of external cooperation, Disney's sci-fi family comedy "Honey, I Grow Up My Child" this summer, a large number of special effects are in charge of Daenerys's special effects.
However, it is conceivable that if Disney wants to compete with Daenerys Entertainment on a larger-scale special effects movie, it is impossible to rely on the technical resources of the other party.
In addition to the special effects of Daenerys, whether it is Industrial Light and Magic or some other lower-level special effects companies, because of the lack of professional software and the lack of technical background, it will take at least three years to catch up with the special effects of Daenerys.
Three years later, the Daenerys special effects will certainly not be standing still.
Therefore, the most convenient way for Hollywood studios to produce the top CG special effects scenes is to cooperate with Daenerys Entertainment.
but. Any studio executive with the slightest foresight can appreciate that this collaboration is fraught with the threat of being choked by Daenerys Entertainment at any time.
If you want to get rid of this threat, you either don't get involved in the field of special effects movies, or you can only start from scratch.
As the limousine shuttled through the streets of Los Angeles late at night, Michael Eisner was thinking about the studio's breakthrough in the field of special effects movies, but Michael Ovitz's inner worries were deeper than him.
This time, the production budget of "Wonder Woman" is as high as 80 million US dollars. However, the salary of several core creators of the film, including the director, screenwriter, hero and heroine and several core supporting roles, is the 'online fee' of a movie , all add up to less than $10 million.
It can be said that Daenerys Entertainment invested nearly 90% of the production budget of the film into the shooting and post-production of "Wonder Woman".
After caa creatively proposed the project packaging mechanism, throughout the 1980s, the "online cost" of Hollywood movies often reached 50% or more of a movie.
Now, DC Cinematic Universe projects such as "Wonder Woman" may still have
With the blessing of its own superhero ip, there is no need to invite top stars. However, once this trend occurs in other blockbuster projects, it is likely to have a subversive impact on the traditional compensation system of Hollywood stars.
If a blockbuster with special effects as a selling point can sell well without a big star, there will probably not be any studio willing to invite a star to endure the various requirements of a big star and even the additional high salary in addition to the basic salary. profit sharing.
When this trend is formed, the current first-line stars, if they want not to be gradually marginalized, can only take the initiative to reduce their worth.
Michael Ovitz couldn't help but think of "Forrest Gump" that Daenerys Entertainment has just finalized with Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks, two filmmakers under caa.
Because of the large number of special effects that need to be used, the budget of "Forrest Gump" will reach about 50 million US dollars, which is undoubtedly a blockbuster level. At the same time, neither Zemeckis nor Hanks can ask for too much salaries because of the high budget demanded by filmmaking.
Daenerys Entertainment also offered a plan to reduce the salary and commission, but with a production budget of $50 million, plus even half of the production cost, "Forrest Gump" wants to be recovered through the local box office. The cost is also about 150 million US dollars at the box office.
Such a drama about a 'fool'' rampage in the modern history of the United States, let alone 150 million, even 50 million US dollars at the box office, makes people worry about whether it can be obtained.
Give up voluntarily?
This is also a way.
With the current status of Zemeckis and Hanks, they really have enough confidence to give up this project, and both of them are not short of film appointments.
However, considering that this is a film written by Simon Westeros himself, both of them have some scruples.
It's not that Westeros will be angry with the rejection of the project, but that if the two of them give up and the project is a big success in the future, then there will likely be two more competitors in Hollywood.
Especially Hanks, the male star who is approaching middle age, does not want another male star of the same type in Hollywood to compete with him.
This is exemplified by the apparent 'excess' of first-line actresses in Hollywood in recent years.
The birth of Simon Westeros really made a lot of Hollywood newcomers popular.
In terms of actresses, in just a few years, there are different generations of Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan, Valerie Golino, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Demi A large number of actresses such as Moore have risen rapidly and promoted to the front line by relying on a series of blockbusters.
The just-released "Wonder Woman" will apparently have another Famke Janssen coming out.
However, the opportunities that Hollywood can give to this large number of first-line actresses are actually not that many.
As the number increases, the relative worth naturally decreases.
After relying on "Pretty Woman", it stands to reason that Julia Roberts should be able to call a high price of 5 million US dollars in a movie. However, in last year's "Captain Hawk", he played Din Kebeier. Julia Roberts actually only got $2 million.
$2 million isn't a lot, but if Julia Roberts doesn't play, then maybe there's Nicole Kidman, Valerie Golino, or maybe Meg Ryan. try.
It is conceivable that if the actresses Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, who originally collaborated with Simon Westeros, can firmly 'monopolize' Daenerys Entertainment's blockbuster projects, then, at all There will not be so many 'latecomers'.
Such is the situation that Tom Hanks is facing at this time.
Simon Westeros likes to use different actresses in different projects, however, in terms of male stars, Daenerys Entertainment seems to be quite specialized.
Not to mention the male protagonists of the dc movie universe project, in recent years, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves and others have almost become the reserved male stars of Daenerys Entertainment. In addition, Ovitz also inquired that Westeros is deliberately raising Coppola's nephew Nicolas Cage, who will obviously become a direct descendant of Daenerys Entertainment in the future.
However, from what Michael Ovitz knew about the young man, he knew that if the likes of De Niro and Hanks demanded too much on some projects, Westeros would not hesitate to switch.
Daenerys Entertainment has done this more than once.
Therefore, after several contacts, the relatively conservative Robert Zemeckis finally decided to accept a one-time director salary of $6 million from Daenerys Entertainment. This price is comparable to Zemeckis' worth, which is neither high nor low.
Tom Hanks chose a base salary plus share contract, a base salary of $3 million, plus a 5% North American box office share.
Last year's "Captain Hawk", Sony gave Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams a total of 40% of the net profit of all channels, of which Spielberg 20%, Hoffman and Williams 10% each.
Because of the huge cost of "Captain Hawk" and the tepid box office, Spielberg's total 40% net profit sharing plan is actually equivalent to a pile of waste paper.
Although the public often hears that a certain star is paid tens of millions of dollars for a movie's sharing contract, in fact, Hollywood stars are not as willing to accept the sharing plan as the outside world thinks.
Inside the circle, everyone prefers to call the follow-up share plan "arrears share", because this model is often a production
Plants are used when they want to drive down project budgets and reduce risk. In Hollywood, the number of films that just enter the theaters reaches four or five hundred every year, and the box-office hits are usually only a dozen or twenty.
Therefore, the model that Daenerys Entertainment directly gives to the box office is actually very kind.
Even if "Forrest Gump" failed miserably at the box office and only recovered 10 to 20 million US dollars at the North American box office, Hanks could still extract a share from it.
Because of the previous blockbuster projects such as "Flying Beyond the Future" and "Few Good People", Hanks' salary can now be shouted at 8 million to 10 million US dollars.
Hanks received a one-time salary of $8 million for the film "Sleepless in Seattle," which will begin filming in the second half of the year, before "Forrest Gump."
This time, "Forrest Gump", because Westeros personally participated in the screenplay and led the project, Michael Ovitz knew that Daenerys Entertainment would never block this film on the budget, even if it really hits With sixty to seventy million dollars and a box office failure in the future, Daenerys Entertainment can fully afford it.
However, Daenerys Entertainment is very careful about controlling the budget for Forrest Gump.
For Hanks' compensation plan, even if it is a 'salary share', there is still no omni-channel profit sharing plan.
To sum up, if the North American box office of "Forrest Gump" can reach 100 million US dollars, Daenerys Entertainment can ensure that it can achieve profitability through follow-up operations. Hanks' 5% of the local box office share, plus the basic salary of 3 million US dollars. ,, and only reached his equivalent of $8 million in "Sleepless in Seattle."
All in all, Daenerys Entertainment, as a whole, is suppressing the uncontrolled increase in the remuneration of Hollywood's first-line superstars.
Michael Ovitz clearly discovered this phenomenon, and many Hollywood stars also clearly felt this trend, but there is nothing they can do about it.
Unless, Daenerys Entertainment suffered a few big somersaults in a row, and never recovered.
Only then will Hollywood stars be able to regain the initiative and gain the power they have in Hollywood for many years.
Just, is this possible?
Judging from the development of Daenerys Entertainment in recent years, this Hollywood giant that has annexed mca and has evolved into a comprehensive media group, even if it makes a few big somersaults in the movie, there will be no decline in the short term. possibility.
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