Hollywood New Century

In the evening, Simon came to the hotel Nicole Kidman's room as scheduled, ready to read her script.

On the sofa, Nicole Kidman handed Simon the script and said: "The project of "Australian Chaos" was carefully prepared by the director of "Moulin Rouge" for many years, and he mentioned it to me very early. Pass."

"The early stage of preparations has only recently been made. The male lead is Russell Crowe, but because the remuneration cannot be negotiated, he will no longer participate in the performance. Now he is still looking for a male lead!"

Simon listened and asked, "You have been preparing for many years. You only heard about it from director Baz Luhrmann? Did you get the script now?"

"Well, yes, Buzz Luhrmann is a great director, and it's an epic love story set in Australia during World War II," Nicole Kidman explained.

"So, what can I say, you didn't even read the script, and then you agreed? That's right!" Simon asked.

"You can say that!" Nicole nodded.

"Let me read the script first," Simon said helplessly, just because "Moulin Rouge" was successful, and then the director mentioned it once, and he could verbally agree!

Simon opened the script, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Nicole, are you married, or are you planning to get married?"

In my impression, isn't Nicole Kidman married to an Australian singer this year?

"Well, get married!" Nicole was stunned for a moment, "I don't even have a boyfriend, how can I get married!"

"Oh, don't you know any singing, acting man in Australia?" Simon asked again.

"I know all the actors, but I'm not familiar with the singers. I've been in the United States for the past few years. Either I go out to film, and it's not long before I go back to Australia. I don't have any time!" Nicole didn't know where this guy saw the news.

"Oh," Simon thought for a while, if he got married this year, he must have known that singer last year, but last year Nicole Kidman was investing in his own "Juno", then acted in movies, and then invested in "Wearing Prada" The Queen of ', opened a movie studio!

Quietly flipping through the script, I didn't notice that Nicole Kidman was tired.

"This story is like..." Simon spent an hour reading the script, only to find Nicole Kidman asleep on the sofa!

The next day, on the bed in the hotel room, Nicole Kidman woke up, rubbed her eyes, and slept well last night.

Didn't you ask Simon Pike to refer to the script last night?

It seems that he was too tired at the time. When he read the script, he fell asleep!

There was a piece of paper on the bedside table: "You have a good rest these days, I'm going back to Los Angeles, and then I'll talk about the script!"

Taking a look at the paper, Nicole Kidman smiled and knew to put herself on the bed to rest!

The little guy is in such a hurry to go back to Los Angeles, I really don't know what he is doing.

"The Devil Wears Prada" will be released on 6.30 on Friday, and 7.4 is the Independence Day of the United States, which is a one-day holiday. The first week after the first weekend can be regarded as a big week, with three days of holiday!

Warner Bros.' "Superman Returns" had a North American box office of $52.53 million in its first weekend, and because it was the midnight premiere on Tuesday, the cumulative North American box office was $84.59 million;

"The Devil Wears Prada" made $27.53 million in its opening weekend.

Weekly box office charts, "Superman Returns" ranked first, "The Queen Wears Prada" ranked second.

However, the media mostly praised "The Devil Wears Prada", "The film is full of wisdom and to the point, it is the first-class summer comedy of the year!"

Media reviews for "Superman Returns" were mixed, with positives saying it was an unrivaled sequel to the first two Supermans; negatives saying it was a Superman disaster.

However, in any case, the movie is to be promoted, of course, the big publicity of "Superman" goes without saying.

Of course, "The Devil Wears Prada" will also be vigorously promoted. Director David Frankel and the main actors are also interviewed under the arrangement of 20th Century Fox, attend some media press conferences, participate in TV programs, etc.!

In the office of Xinghai Pictures, Simon finally got the film adaptation rights of the "Mouse" series of novels.

In this way, the stone in my heart has finally been put down, and I finally have a series that I can stand by!

"Sonia, well done!" Simon praised.

"It's nothing, the author's agency is a small company, just like my AC agency before. The movie adaptation is very helpful for the upsell of the novel, which is also a propaganda point for them. After all, Xinghai Pictures is now There is a certain fame!" Sonia Roman waved her hand.

"By the way, Simon, didn't you say before that you needed someone to help you manage the company's film production?" Sonia Roman knew her abilities and really didn't know anything about film production, so she managed the accounts and helped to acquire it. Copyrighted.

"Well, do you have a choice?" Simon was a little surprised, after all, such people either work in other film companies or have their own production company.

"Look at this resume, she was fired from Disney this year!" Sonia Roman handed Simon a personnel file.

"Nina Jacobson, President of Bubba International, previously worked at Universal and DreamWorks, participated in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe" Waiting for the production of the movie," Simon looked at it, this resume is not bad!

"How did you get fired by Disney?" Simon asked. After all, BWI is Disney's distribution label, and it also manages Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures, two Disney sub-production labels.

Nina Jacobson belongs to the senior management of Disney, and should be the vice president level of Disney Pictures!

"The specifics are not clear, but there are rumors that it was due to a conflict with Disney executives, but it is credible that she was pregnant before, and then because of a conflict with the director of "The Sixth Sense" M. Knight Shyamalan, the director turned to Warner Bros., She should be a victim!" Sonia Roman said what she knew.

"Nina Jacobson!" Simon thought for a while, as if he was the future producer of "The Hunger Games".

"She was on the list of the 100 most powerful women in the world last year!" Sonia Roman continued.

"It seems that Nina Jacobson is a comprehensive talent for movies. She knows about production and distribution, but she has no experience in independent production. This kind of person usually either goes to other companies to serve as executives, and usually will The self-organized film studio has established an independent producer,” Simon felt that she was very suitable for the company. After all, Simon had the idea of ​​forming a distribution network.

"Our diving pool, is she willing to come over?"

"Well, Simon, try it, you don't always complain about too many things, you need someone who understands to help you manage," Sonia Roman said is true, just like this time, Simon has to come back to deal with it himself in New York company thing.

"Okay, no matter what, the current foundation of Xinghai Pictures is enough for Nina Jacobson to show off her talents. If she wants to start her own business and establish an independent film studio, she will definitely not come to me. If she If you still want to serve in the other six majors, then there is no way!" Simon decided to find an opportunity to meet and send an invitation.