Hollywood New Century

"Well, after a while, you made another news, so arrogant," Nicole didn't say anything this time, this kind of thing is very common, for Simon didn't quarrel with Harvey Weinstein in public Enough.

"I don't know what's wrong, that guy doesn't seem to have an ordinary relationship with George Clooney, and I can't help it," Simon said casually.

"Of course, George Clooney was originally famous late. At the age of 33, he was still playing tricks in TV series, because the supporting role of "Emergency Room Story" was known. After entering the film industry, it was Harvey Weinstein. They have been on Miramax for several movies, of course they have a good relationship!" Nicole explained.

"Forget it, Weinstein Pictures is not doing well right now. It will take a few years to return to the glory of the Miramax era. Times have changed, and some people should give way," Simon said and stood up. Get up, because Sonia Roman is here.

"How is it, found it?" Simon quickly stepped forward and asked.

"It's filmmaker Steven Blunt, but he's gone!" Sonia Roman said.

"Ask him to Xinghai Films to talk to me as soon as possible. It's best to bring director Zack Snyder over and say that I am interested in their film project!" Simon ordered.

"This, okay!" Sonia Roman looked at Simon like a joke. Although she was suspicious of funds, she agreed.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do, I can go home!" Simon is now in good spirits when it comes to happy events.

Simon doesn't care about the men and women at the Vanity Fair party. He never thought that "Spartan 300 Warriors" would be discovered by himself under such circumstances, and he couldn't let it go.

The next day, the news about the Oscars was of course flying around, and it was also big news that "Juno" producer Simon Peck took a shot at George Clooney.

In the face of reporters' interviews, George Clooney said calmly: "Simon Pike made such a controversial voice, not only is it unreasonable, because the United States is free of speech, and anyone can express their own opinions. And He also has another purpose, maybe to promote his new movie!"

George Clooney's friend Matt Damon responded: "George has always been a human rights defender. He is a real environmentalist and philanthropist. The Oscars were a slander and smear of him!"

Another friend of his, Ben Affleck, also responded: "The accusation at the Oscars is completely grandstanding."

Simon Pike works as an ostrich in the office of Xinghai Pictures.

"Ah, a lot of it was for George Clooney, and Brad Pitt also made comments, you see," Sonia Roman handed Simon another paper.

Brad Pitt put it a little more euphemistically, saying: "Freedom of speech, no one can take away the rights of others, maybe the character of young people is a little impulsive, I have always believed in George Clooney!"

"Hehe, it's interesting. They all became famous with Harvey Weinstein before. It seems to be tied together," Simon smiled and asked: "I heard that Matt Damon was admitted to Harvard University. of?"

"Yes, he and Ben Affleck have a very good relationship, and the two collaborated on the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, co-writing the screenplay and won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay! Matt Damon also Got an Oscar nomination for Best Actor!" explained Sonia Roman, as the film brought 27-year-old Matt Damon to fame.

"The publisher of "Good Will Hunting" is also Miramax, Harvey Weinstein can be said to be their leader, and Quentin Tarantino is also a talent discovered by Harvey Weinstein!"

"Are there reporters outside?" Simon asked suddenly.

"Yes, I want to get some big news from you!" Sonia Roman looked at the window involuntarily, there must be reporters outside the company.

"Forget it, pay more attention to "Little Miss Sunshine" that will be released tomorrow," Simon leaned on the chair, George Clooney is good, many male stars support him.

"Little Miss Sunshine" opened in 58 theaters, with a box office of $1.3 million in the first weekend, plus $730,000 from the previous half-month screening, the total box office was more than $2 million.

The next week, the number of theaters increased to 160. After all, the movie was popular, the reviews were good, and the screening was good. Of course, Fox Searchlight will try its best to develop it, right?

Simon doesn't care about the release of "Little Sunshine" and the outside world's comments on the Oscars.

Santa Monica, Emily Blunt's home, the two had breakfast and were sitting on the sofa chatting.

"Simon, why did you openly accuse George Clooney at the Oscars before, he has a wide network of contacts and will always have some adverse effects on you in the future!" Emily Blunt put her arms around Simon Parker and asked him to Half in his arms.

"It's okay, I won't have any cooperation with him in the future. As for the others, when will Hollywood be short of actors," Simon responded to Emily's question while staring at the news on TV.

"But, forget it," Emily found that she didn't know how to persuade. Simon Pike said that he had the money to invest in movies. Unlike other independent film productions, he didn't need to rely on star power to pull investment and find distribution!

"Emily, you have to have confidence in me. You see, "Little Miss Sunshine" has now grossed $26 million at the box office, and now the number of theaters has reached more than 1,400, and it's only been over a month. The next two weeks will be the outbreak period, the cost of 8 million US dollars, the North American market's box office is estimated to be no less than 45 million, am I amazing?" Simon said while distracted watching TV news.

"Awesome, I thought you would go outside to accept interviews with reporters to suppress the arrogance of those who were not optimistic about you," Emily Blunt said in Simon Pike's mouth He bowed his head and kissed.

"Hollywood, if you have money, of course you are the biggest; if you don't have money, but you can make money, you are also a treasure. What did Fox Searchlight pay to distribute my film? The $3 million promotion fee has now increased a little, thousands of Digital copy? How much does it cost, you see what they get, not to mention the 15% distribution commission, several million dollars are in hand, and then there are priority agreements for overseas markets, DVDs, etc., they are much happier than me, "Simon complained that he had paid 8 million US dollars anyway, it's been more than half a year, is it easy for me?

It's no wonder that producers are pulling investment from distributors to make movies, and the pressure to shoot at their own expense is still really great.

"However, everyone else pulls investment from publishers or investors, and the final income is also from publishers and investors, high risk and high reward!" Emily Brown pointed at Simon's forehead, and then extended her hand to Simon rubbed his chest and smiled,

"In your heart, there must be a little devil living there. After holding it for more than a month, do you have any bad thoughts?"

"No, I don't have time to pay attention to a few actors now. Naturally, some people will deal with them to please me in the future. My time is very precious," Simon shook his head, now it's just a small achievement.

"Time is precious? You don't seem to have done much for more than a month, oh, flip through that comic, Frank Miller's!" Emily Blunt smiled.

Simon didn't say anything, and asked the producer Steven Blunt to bring Zack Snyder to meet. On the phone, Steven Blunt said that it would take a while to prepare and shoot a few shots for Simon to see Look.

As soon as I was ready, a month passed, and before my assistant called, I had already finished reading the comic book.

"I'm waiting, now the company's capital is less than 2 million US dollars, and the public relations have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in this period of time," Simon is now waiting for the box office proceeds of "Little Miss Sunshine" to cook!

"Go home at night, or just rest here?" Emily Blunt said, helping Simon up and sitting up.

"Go home, I have to go to the company tomorrow to see it. Twentieth Century Fox is becoming more and more confident in "The Queen Wears Prada". I guess you will be busy with the promotion soon," Simon said, finishing his clothes. , After all, Emily is also filming!

Another week later, Simon Pike met Steven Blunt and Zack Snyder at the hotel.

Of course, Simon is more interested in Zack Snyder, and now he is still a director who has only made one movie, and his fame is not very obvious.

"You two, I saw a few shots that were sent to Xinghai Pictures yesterday. It's not bad," Simon laughed while sitting on the sofa.

"Xinghai Pictures is going to invest?" Producer Steven Blunt became interested, and then looked at Zack Snyder.

Zack Snyder understood, took out the prepared script and sub-shot and handed it to Simon and said, "Some of the things I prepared are all my own ideas, based on comics!"

Simon nodded and picked up a few things prepared by Zack Snyder. It looked like not only the script, the script, but also some character-related descriptions.

"The 300 warriors all use actors with good physique and strong muscles. This is a must," Simon nodded while watching.

"These actors have to concentrate on training for a period of time, physical fitness, fighting skills and some Spartan tactics!"

"This description of the Persian soldiers, are they still human?" Simon smiled. The cultural output of the Yankees is really powerful, and all aspects of the movie are affecting it.

"Well, this image is still somewhat attractive to ordinary people. The righteous 300 Spartan warriors fought the 100,000 evil Persian army at Wenquan Pass!" Steven Blunt laughed.

Persia, which is now Iran, is a heretic anyway, and it doesn't get along with the United States, so you can smear the villain any way you want.