Hollywood Hunter

Entering the weekend, the ratings data of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" has dropped somewhat, but after a full week of trial broadcasts, the average number of viewers for this program over seven days still reached 15.6 million, making it the highest-rated TV program in the summer.

However, in the face of Daenerys Film's insistence on a $2 million quotation that far exceeded the production cost of each issue, ABC expressed strong dissatisfaction.After several unsuccessful negotiations, the negotiating team led by ABC President Daniel Burke simply returned to New York, seemingly intending to stalemate with Daenerys Pictures.

Daenerys's performance has become more calm, and it has started orderly cooperation negotiations with several other television networks.

On the other side, after the producers’ union issued a blockade order against the production company that signed the contract with the screenwriter union in advance, WGA filed an antitrust lawsuit in the Federal Court on Monday for the producers’ initiative against the producers. The alliance is suspected of monopolistic behavior.

Whether it is inside the entertainment industry or onlookers from all sides, it is clear that WGA's lawsuit can win.But at the same time, everyone also knows that it is absolutely impossible for the Producer Union to perform the judgment honestly in the future. Those production companies that have signed a contract with WGA in advance cannot avoid the fate of being wearing small shoes.

In addition, after more than three months of strikes, there have also been signs of instability within the WGA.

There was no income for a whole quarter, and some screenwriters who couldn't stick to the financial system also began to ask the WGA to relax the strike regulations.

On June 27, 16 screenwriter union members jointly submitted a proposal that the screenwriter could sign a contract with the production company during the strike but the provisional regulations were not performed temporarily.Being able to sign a contract with the production company, the screenwriter will also be able to get a part of the down payment to maintain life.As for the temporary non-performance of the contract, this is completely blindfolded.The relevant proposal was unanimously rejected by WGA.

However, signs of instability within the WGA have also been exposed to the public.

Many media have begun to predict that if the situation continues, the strike organized by the American screenwriter union may cause catastrophic consequences. The most serious kind of unsustainable large number of screenwriters announced their withdrawal from the union, and WGA will face disintegration.This is not without precedent. In the history of the United States, no matter whether it is a strike in the textile industry, automobile industry or newspaper industry organization, there has been a situation where the striker refused to compromise and failed and led to the collapse of the union organization.

However, this is the first time in Hollywood.

Things have developed to this point, and the producers' union has also started to grow stronger.After the new contract proposal was rejected by the WGA vote, the Producers' Union proposed that the next negotiation will take place in August.Until then, representatives of the Producer Union will no longer have any contact with WGA.

Such a notice was issued, almost destined that the strike in 1988 would be the longest-lasting strike in Hollywood history.

WGA's situation is bleak, but Daenerys Pictures looks very prosperous.Not only was it exposed by the media, it is expected to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in profits from each season of "Who Will Be a Millionaire", but it also continues to provide TV networks with so-called "actual reality shows" that can smash the screenwriter's job.

As a result, the screenwriters in their most anxious state soon pointed their finger at Daenerys Films.

In the last few days of June, there were a lot of people outside the headquarters of Santa Monica Film Industry in Santa Monica who showed signs of dissatisfaction to the film, and were immediately raved and reported by the media.

While dealing with this situation cautiously, the work within Daenerys Pictures has not been affected much.

The contract for the hero and actor of "Batman" was finalized in the last week of June.

Adam Baldwin, who is about to play Bruce Wayne, has signed a five-year contract with Daenerys Pictures for 15 years.

In the core pay terms, Adam Baldwin’s first title pays $300,000.

This is a high number for a small actor who has only played a supporting role in some film and television dramas.

But after the first song, Adam Baldwin’s pay will increase with a base of up to $3 million.To put it simply, Adam Baldwin will be able to get up to $3 million from the second sequel, up to $6 million in the third sequel, up to $9 million in the fourth sequel, and up to $12 million in the fifth sequel.

No split terms.

For now, except for stars who are accidentally earning tens of millions of dollars in compensation, there is no situation in Hollywood where basic compensation can reach tens of millions.Therefore, neither WMA nor Adam Baldwin have any opinions on this contract.

Simon knows that with the continuous expansion of the European market and the videotape market in the next few years, the remuneration of Hollywood stars will also increase rapidly.

Even if it is calculated based on the original 500 million dollar box office score of the first "Batman" in space and time, then Adam Baldwin will no longer be satisfied that the sequel will only get a $3 million remuneration.

However, dissatisfaction turned into dissatisfaction, Simon did not worry about Adam Baldwin will repeat.

Not only the 15-year contract period and the pre-agreed pay terms, but many other restrictive terms are also stipulated in the contract.

For example, in order to avoid the genre conflict that Adam Baldwin received during the contract with "Batman", Adam Baldwin wants to get any other film contract, you need to get Daenerys film industry approval.This means that if Daenerys does not nod, Adam Baldwin will not be able to play roles other than Batman for the next 15-year contract period.

In addition, if Adam Baldwin wanted to cancel the contract early, it was not impossible, but he had to compensate Daenerys Films for three times all of its income during the contract period and the three years following the contract cancellation.This expensive breach of contract clause is enough to get Adam Baldwin completely back to its original shape.

As for Valerie Gallino, who plays Catwoman, Daenerys Pictures has signed three films.

Considering that the "Black Widow" played by Scarlett Johansson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the original time and space can get a top 20 million US dollars in compensation after Robert Downey Jr., even more than all other heroes, Daenerys The film industry also signed a precautionary clause with Valerie Galino.

Although it is the youngest and best actress at the Venice Film Festival, European actresses in Hollywood have always been of low value and high quality and low price. This is actually a very important reason why Simon chose each other.

Valerie Galino's first title was finally determined to be $200,000, and Adam Baldwin was slightly lower.In the following two film appointments, Daenerys Pictures' incremental pay base was 2.5 million US dollars, the second one was up to 2.5 million dollars, and the third one was up to 5 million dollars.

Simon does not intend to have Valerie Galino play the first heroine in all three trilogy.

If the actress shows enough in the first song, Simon plans to take out one of the three film contracts she signed to produce "Catwoman"'s solo film.

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All of these plans also depend on the market performance of the first episode of Batman.

The cast of "Batman" has been closely watched by all of Hollywood, and it is unlikely to hide the news.Although Daenerys Pictures issued a password, but before the contract was finalized, the details of Adam Baldwin and Valerie Gallino were exposed by the media.

There is no doubt that Adam Baldwin starred in Batman.

Then, like every Batman cast in the original space and time, it was inevitable that many comic fans jumped out and expressed that they were not busy with the election of Adam Baldwin. Daenerys film industry can receive a lot of related information almost every day. letter.

Valerie Galino's casting was also inevitably criticized.

Daenerys Pictures did not plan to heed these comments. Since it has been exposed, the company has also generously held a public press conference and let the two protagonists simply appear in front of the media. Simon sent the two to Australia. On the one hand, it is to avoid the wind, and on the other hand, it is also familiar with the future shooting location in advance.

That's right.

The first "Batman" will be shot in Australia.

In the comic book setting, Gotham’s prototype is more inclined to Chicago. However, the reason why the original "Batman" author created a virtual city is mainly to express that a kind of "Gotham" can become any one in this world. City concept.

Simon also initially tended to shoot in Chicago.

However, considering the start date of Batman, this obviously doesn't work.

"Batman" is expected to start shooting early next year. At that time, Chicago is the coldest winter time. Not only does the temperature easily reach minus ten degrees or twenty degrees, but it may also encounter continuous snowstorms. In this case, the crew wants Opening a union has become very difficult.

By comparison, the southern hemisphere happens to be summer.

Simon chose between Sydney and Melbourne, and finally, under the influence of Janet, confirmed the shooting location in Melbourne.The Janet family is in Melbourne, and the pattern of the rivers in Melbourne’s urban area is similar to Gotham in the setting.

The most important, as the foundation of the Johnston family, chose to shoot in Melbourne, the "Batman" crew can also get the most administrative support.

Making movies also requires contacts, and no one can deny this.

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At that time, Simon will also inevitably have a very in-depth contact with the Johnston family for several months of shooting.

In this busy situation, June 1988 quietly went away.

July 1st happened to be another Friday.

From June 3 to June 30, "Pulp Fiction" was released exactly four weeks ago.

Following the $27.53 million in the first week and $23.38 million in the following week, the third and fourth weeks of the show, "Pulp Fiction" received another $17.3 million and $15.03 million at the box office.So, throughout June, four weeks, the cumulative box office of "Pulp Fiction" reached 83.26 million US dollars.There is only a gap of less than 20 million US dollars left at the box office.

Taking into account the box office curve trend of this film, no one would doubt that "Pulp Fiction" will successfully achieve a box office break of 100 million in the next two weeks, and completed another relay with "Instinct" released on July 15.

For half a month since the audition, although various events have occurred in Hollywood, under the joint guidance of Fox and Daenerys, the media instinct of "Instinct" has continued. The two companies Keep releasing various news to maintain the topic of this movie.

During the release of "Pulp Fiction", Disney's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was also released as scheduled on June 24.

The $70 million animation and live-action movie that ended the first week at the box office ended up with $21.56 million, although compared to the previous "Crocodile Dundee 2," "Rambo 3" and "Pulp Fiction", such a box office The start does not count as a draw, but "Who Framed Rabbit Roger" has aroused unanimous praise from the media and audience, and is expected to come out with a very beautiful long-term data.

Sandra Bullock's second film "A Fish Named Wanda" has also been released on July 1st.Due to Sandra's participation, the distributor MGM paid full attention to this film, not only invested a lot of promotional resources, but also gave 1129 open silver.

During the trial screening before the opening of the painting, "A Fish Named Wanda" has also received widespread praise from the media, and now we only need to look forward to the film's next box office performance.

In addition to all these things, "Rainman", which Daenerys Films invested heavily in US$25 million in production, was also successfully killed at the end of June. The two tortuous actors did not drag the filming cycle through July. .

However, after the shooting was completed, the budget of 25 million US dollars was less than 3 million US dollars.

Speaking of it, Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise each took $6 million in film remuneration, and director Barry Levinson also received $3 million. This is because Daenerys Pictures last year "Good Morning Vietnam" signed a director's contract with him before.

Last year's "Good Morning Vietnam" not only won the protagonist Robin Williams, but also made director Barry Levinson into the top ranks.If it is signed after the release of "Good Morning Vietnam", Daenerys Pictures is likely to have to pay the same remuneration as the two male protagonists, or offer a share clause.

But in any case, with a post-production cost of $3 million, the film’s budget is destined to be tight.Fortunately, "Rainman" is not a special-effect movie. The later work is mainly relatively simple editing and soundtrack.Although it may eventually be overrun, it will not be too much.

Of course, in Simon's view, as an anti-traditional road movie, the two things of editing and soundtrack are also crucial to whether Rain Man can be as successful as the original time and space.