Chapter 302 No Choice

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Regarding the controversy over the award results in the media, the Academy, as always, has not responded. Anyway, everyone knows that no matter who the award is awarded, it will always cause controversy.

A few days after the Oscars, Firefly's first film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was released after the turmoil at the beginning of the year. Many people are following the film with various moods.

Although the "Reservoir Dogs" some time ago also received a good box office, although the box office of that movie was much larger under the influence of Eric, it was still a small deal.

Because Eric is very optimistic about "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in advance, Robert Shea raised as much as 2,000 screens for the film, which is already the limit of Firefly's current capabilities, and the seven major film companies can raise money if necessary. Over 3000 screens.

Also, even if Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a lot better than originally planned, it's hard to add more canvases, and if the box office doesn't go as well, hundreds of screens could be pulled next week.

Therefore, this release has attracted the attention of most people inside and outside the Hollywood circle. If the Firefly encounters "Waterloo" this time, there will be many people who will gloat or even fall into trouble.

However, because the box office results of the previous life are guaranteed, and the current publicity scale is much larger than that of the previous life, Firefly has invested a large publicity budget of 6 million US dollars for this film, which does not include the production cost of 2,000 copies. Therefore, , Eric is not in the same mood as Robert Shea or Jeffrey.

Although he participated in the premiere, Eric hid aside as a guest this time, and gave all the chance to show his face to the creators of "Ninja Turtles".

At this point, he was discussing preparations for Instinct with Jeffrey.

"Jeffrey, if Hollywood doesn't find a suitable actor, I suggest you go to Europe and try it. Like the "Prague Love" a few years ago, the director of that film is because most of the people liked it. Hollywood actors are too conservative to act, and choose European actors."

Geoffrey glanced at Robert Shea, who was giving his effusive speech on stage. He shook his head and said, "Eric, that's not what I'm worried about. There are many other things. For example, the director, Paul Verhoeven, who you recommended, just recently received a big movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. I don't want to pay attention to "Instinct" at all when making a movie. Moreover, the budget is also a big problem. I asked someone to make a detailed budget according to the script you gave. The final result is that the cost of this movie is at least $30 million. Far more than the $20 million budget you gave, and the most important issue of grading, those scenes you designed are really overdone and could easily be rated -17. We don't have the ability to intervene in the rating committee right now, and once it is rated -17 and arranged to be released in restricted theaters, then this movie will definitely lose its money."

Eric scratched his hair in distress, knowing that what Jeffrey said was the truth. The film rating board in the United States is completely controlled by the seven major film companies. Many people have analyzed that the exact same scene in some films. Productions from the Big 7 studios are rated R, but non-Big 7 productions are rated -17. What Eric clearly remembers is "Nude Cut" starring Meg Ryan in his previous life in search of a breakthrough. Because it was released by a big film company, some scenes in that film were called Ivy-level, but they were criticized. for the r level.

If this film is shot in the future and it is not rated as -17, then the seven major film companies must be collectively exhausted. Although there is still a way to revise the plot to re-rating, but in that case, the plot will definitely change a lot.

Box office results are hard to predict.

After thinking for a while, Eric knew that he had no choice. He had no choice but to say, "Let's do it, Jeffrey. Contact the Seventh University to see which one is willing to cooperate, and choose the one that is more favorable to us."

"That's about you being a screenwriter..."

"In that case, don't try to hide it, then just use my real name. Anyway, I'm not yet twenty years old, and writing such a script just makes people think I'm young and frivolous. If I hide it, I bet that those No matter what the purpose is, the guy will definitely do everything possible to reveal it."

Jeffrey shook his head helplessly: "Eric, I really don't understand why you have to make such a movie, I can't see how good this movie is."

"Then read the script a few more times," Eric joked, "Do you now know who the one who killed with 38 was used?"

Jeffrey shook his head: "If you tell me what the 'I...' Beth said after being shot by the hero Nick, I can be 100% sure."

Eric betrayed: "Maybe it's 'I was wrong', 'I'm sorry for you', 'I love you' or something?"

"I think it's most likely 'I love you' and most likely 'I was wrong,'" Jeffrey said.

Eric was stunned for a moment. In fact, the sentence was originally 'I love you'. However, Eric felt that it was difficult to say 'I love you' before dying when someone who was deeply loved was shot without hesitation. Such words, so when writing the script, Eric made a small modification, leaving only one 'I...' for the audience to guess for themselves. Just like "Frightening Island", leaving a little suspense will be more conducive to the box office.

On the stage, after several main creators of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" took turns delivering speeches, the movie started playing.

Seeing the picture on the screen again, Eric is still unavoidably frowning slightly. This strong taste of B-grade Hong Kong film, although the total cost of 13 million US dollars is definitely a super big production for Hong Kong films, but the In Hollywood, it can only be regarded as a moderate cost, plus some special effects must appear in the film, the result can be imagined.

Just like in one of the shots, when a group of people were fighting, a gangster with a knife slashed the wire. Even if you don’t have the ability to do lighting effects, you should at least add a little electric current sound, but the result is... no , the gangster just trembled a few times, even if he was electrocuted, it looked a bit funny.

Of course, this is mainly because Eric's appetite was nurtured by the special effects blockbusters in his previous life. Although Eric frowned frequently, the audience in the cinema who participated in the premiere often laughed a few times, or exclaimed a few times because of the words and martial arts actions of the four ninja turtles.

The original film creators who were still a little nervous heard these voices and breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps because of the film budget, or because of the Hong Kong film convention, the film was only 90 minutes long, and it was played quickly. Before the lights were turned on, there was warm applause in the cinema.

"A great sci-fi action movie, and while it's not as well made in many places, at $13 million, it's a great movie."

"The ridicule of the Renaissance characters that appears in the film from time to time is hilarious, and the motion design of the film also has many two points, which are worth watching."

"..."

After the premiere, various evaluations followed. Because of Firefly's vigorous publicity and public relations, the overall evaluation of the film was still very positive, and many newspapers gave it high marks, although there were several fiercely criticized articles from time to time. Although the seven major film companies did not want to see the success of this film, they would not spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to discredit this film in the face of Firefly's unremitting efforts to spread the money. Movie.

What's more, the seven insiders are not particularly optimistic about this movie, otherwise Fox would not have refused to release "Ninja Turtles" after watching the film.

Among the attention of many people, three days later, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" earned $25 million at the first weekend box office in 2,000 theaters in North America, which surprised many people.

And once again, Fox, who has been misunderstood, fired several executives in a short period of time. Including the "Golden Jade Alliance", Fox was inevitably ridiculed by many media.

In the face of this situation, Fox has no words to say.

A full week later, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' first-week box office hit 32 million.

Seeing this result, many of the media that were still chattering were silent.

People in the Hollywood circle also realized that the Firefly was not affected in any way after the turmoil at the beginning of the year, and the news that Eric was the first to like the movie was inevitably revealed, once again in the Hollywood circle. Caused a heated discussion. In addition to several films that Eric participated in, and "Steel Magnolia", this is also the second time that a film that was not favored by others but favored by Eric was a great success.

For a time, many people began to inquire about which movies Eric liked.

As a result, the series of copyrights that Eric had Drew acquired a few years ago have once again entered the attention of many people.

Because Xiao Nizi was not in a hurry, only more than half of the more than 20 copyrights listed by Eric were acquired.

And after the two copyrights under discussion were discovered, all the powerful film companies in Hollywood joined the fight, and the copyright owners were also up for grabs.

In this case, Eric can only ask Drew to stop the acquisition of the copyright. Although there are still a few that have not been obtained, if he does it now, he will definitely fall into a frenzy, and the certainty of getting it is extremely low.

Moreover, the adaptation rights of Eric's most valued films, such as "Charlie's Angels"/"Mission Impossible" and "Bourne's Identity", have been acquired.

Of course, these are all for later, and after the success of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", the person with the most complicated mood is undoubtedly Robert Shea.

After all, if Robert Shea can wait for the first half of the year for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" to be released, then the new line will be a completely different situation. (To be continued)

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