Chicago 1990

She has other MVs to shoot. After Song Ya completed her mission, she took the time to travel to Los Angeles to plan the mission of the A+ film studio next year.

First of all, it is natural to dance the sequel of my life, which is basically set to start shooting in the second half of next year, and it will be released on Valentine's Day in early 1996.

But something went wrong with the investors. Among the four investors, Amperin Entertainment and Gefen Pictures have undergone some changes.

This matter also starts with Kasenberg. After he left Disney sadly, he got the support of his old friends Spielberg and David Geffen, and re-established DreamWorksSKG, DreamWorks Studio, which was planned by Carson. Berg is responsible for the specific operations and animation films that he is good at, Spielberg is responsible for live action movies, and David Geffen is responsible for the soundtrack department.

SKG is the initials of the names of the three people. They collected more than 30 million dollars in total. The start of the studio was a small mess for them.

"The question now is how to arrange the investment for the sequel of my life." Universal President Simberg asked, because he saw Katzenberg also attending the preparatory meeting, "APLUS?"

"I have no objection. It has nothing to do with me anyway." Song Ya spread his hands. Spielberg did not come. He signaled to Catherine, Katzenberg and David Geffen that the Jewish gang preparing for the new film company had nothing to say beforehand. I didn't leak to myself and made it clear that I still don't want to play with myself.

"We agreed that the new company will not compete with the original business, so...this time, Amperin Entertainment and Geffen Pictures will participate in investment and production." Catherine said.

"Leave me alone, I just came to watch it casually." Katzenberg raised his hand and smiled. He is a bit embarrassed now. Not long ago, he was the number two character of the giant Disney. Now it is just a new film with more than 30 million capital. The president of the company has not yet started a project.

"Don't be depressed, I guess I will be as free as you soon."

Simberg’s mood is not high. The trade disputes between the United States and Benzi are raging. Benzi companies are withdrawing capital from the United States. And the global parent company, Panasonic, is not doing well. It may follow Paramount. He will change the owner next year. As the president, he may not be able to keep his position at that time, "but the work must continue." He said.

Since it has been decided that it is a campus movie for the eighth to tenth grade, the starring role must be a newcomer. The production cost of the sequel to my life is not much higher. Compared with the first 12 million, it is slightly increased to one. 14 million, Geffen Pictures and Universal invested 2 million each, Amplin Entertainment 4 million, and A+ Film Studio 6 million.Amplin Entertainment is still in charge of film production, William Morris provides some packaging services, and A+ Records is responsible for the original soundtrack.

Without the guidance of Apocalypse, Song Ya no longer insisted on the investment ratio. After all, there are many precedents for Hollywood sequels, and he did not save songs for the original soundtrack. This is still true for his partners who are full of expectations for his music production ability. I don't know, so he is very Buddhist now.

The money for the second part will mainly be spent on larger and more sophisticated group dances to make up for the shortcomings of the first part that the outside world thinks that the dance scenes are not big enough and not wonderful enough. In other respects, because it is starring two white people from the same school, the first An issue about the gap between rich and poor and race has also been erased.

"Have you seen the first version of the script?"

Universal picked an old script from the script library. It was a middle school version of the 1980s song and dance film Lightning Dance. It has not been filmed. Now it is taken out and changed at will, adding some of the first successful elements, and then making the film background. You just have to adapt to the times when you talk to characters.

"It needs to continue to change." Catherine was not satisfied.

"APLUS?" Simberg asked Song Ya.

"Uh... change it first."

In the first version of the script, the character of the second male protagonist is a white boy, and the villain has become the standard villain template for the American high school that bullied him. The quarterback of the rugby team, the male protagonist regained his confidence in dancing, and The female protagonist met in the dance and talked about a love that has a rich comedy twist. In the end, it must be a happy ending with the same group dance as the first one.

The skeleton of a typical high school campus youth movie is just the addition of street dance and modern dance elements.

Song Ya's intuition is average, but this kind of film is a big category in Hollywood, and the target audience is very fond of it. As long as the shooting is of standard, it should not lose money.

"OK, then start the preliminary preparations."

First of all, we still have to engage in custom film rights. Song Ya won the chief producer for Yeremov. Catherine personally served as the co-producer, and the executive producer was held by people from Universal.

Then there is the director. After all, the best way to change the script is to involve the director, but the old Larry is no longer what he used to be. He has just taken over an art film contract from Twentieth Century Fox, and he has begun to pursue artistic ideals and film awards. Hard.

"How about Zach Schneider, the deputy director of the first part?" Song Ya spoke for herself.

"I don't really want to use new people. The production cost of our campus film is quite sufficient." Simberg said.

"He accumulated a lot of experience in the first film." Song Ya said.

"It's really a bit young, but the performance is okay, let's be included in the observation target." Catherine rounded off, "It's still early to leave for the shoot, so don't worry."

After leaving Universal Studios, Song Ya went to the headquarters of Hollywood Pictures.

Linton, the president of his family, thought that Song Ya wanted to make a film satirizing Mira's father, so he refused to release the right to adapt the original novel about Cat and Mouse Game.

He guessed Song Ya's intention wrong, but the goal was achieved. Song Ya, who has the apocalypse, is indeed determined to get the right to adapt. If he fails to buy several times, he can only compromise and cooperate.

"In addition to the filming and dancing of the sequel of my life next year, our A+ film studio only plans to invest in one more movie, this cat and mouse game."

Song Ya also knew that it was unrealistic to get the original cast and the risk was too great, so he lowered his expectations, first signed a half-and-half investment with Hollywood Pictures, with a budget of about 20 million dollars, and then paid another two. With a deposit of $150,000, he got all the historical scripts of Cat and Mouse from their copyright library. Of course, he only got hands-on research and research. The investment intention alone was not enough to get him the right to adapt.

"Hollywood Pictures is not Abelin Entertainment. An investment of tens of millions of dollars can be considered a big gamble for us." Linton held Song Ya's hand tightly when he sent someone out, "I hope you can bring me Good luck."

"Don't worry, I haven't missed my hand in Hollywood." Song Ya jokingly boasted.

Linton laughed again.

"Kasenberg left Disney, and now Linton has a good relationship with his new bosses, and his internal reforms to the Hollywood film industry are also very effective..."

Yeremov asked worriedly: "But Linton and Katzenberg's relationship is still very bad, although Katzenberg has failed and left, and we..."

"Don't worry, since those guys don't play with me, they have nothing to say if I expand and expand my Hollywood contacts."

Song Ya reassures him, "You can't hang on a tree in the world, right? What will happen after their parent company changes next year is unpredictable."

Hollywood movie giants have no shortage of buyers. I heard that many powerful wealthy and large companies have begun to contact Panasonic. By then, it will definitely be a shocking deal worth billions of dollars.

"Yes."

The two returned to the small office rented by the A+ film studio in Hollywood. Yeremov just added a few clerks, and it is still a basically empty film company.

The bodyguards put a few dusty cardboard boxes on their desks. Inside are the scripts of the cat and mouse game. From a film company in the early 1980s, they received the right to adapt the novel from the legendary liar Abagnell. In the beginning, the right of adaptation changed hands several times, and all the companies that owned him spent some effort on it. No less than 20 screenwriters were found before and after to adapt, so there are many versions.

Song Ya and Yeremov took out a bag of neatly marked document bags, found the most recent version, opened it and scanned it roughly.

"What about the second man?"

He quickly discovered the biggest problem. Compared with the original movie in his mind, the role of the original anti-fraud detective played by Tom Hanks has hardly appeared. The overall script is still based on Abagnell’s self-boasting. I told a story about how a liar can be self-confident. Although the subsequent result is still full of negligence and without omission, the intention is much worse than the original movie in the future.

"Ok……"

Song Ya took the file bag and checked it. There was a warning seal such as the Hollywood Pictures logo and not to be circulated privately, and the screenwriter’s name and the date of sealing underneath. The sealing date was at the beginning of 1994. It seems that they have not completely abandoned this. No wonder Linton refused to let go of the project.

He turned out the first version of the script, which belonged to another small, unknown film company. He saw the name of the famous talk show host Johnny Carson in the screenwriter column. He also participated in his Tonight Show. Although at that time it was already Jay Leno's acting host.

Johnny Carson bought the adaptation rights when Abagnell was on his own show, and then...

Song Ya closed the script that had been turned over and searched for it in chronological order. Johnny Carson sold the adaptation rights to Columbia Pictures, and then Columbia Pictures to a producer, who died. The post-inheritance sold the adaptation rights to Disney. Disney's production department judged that the production cost of the film was not high, and internally transferred it to Hollywood Pictures, which is responsible for low-cost movies.

But all the scripts are far from'finished'.

"It seems that you are going to help me find the gunman again, Yeremov." Song Ya said while studying until late at night, rubbing some sore eyes.