Hollywood Hunter

"Ms. Vichy, I watched "Mummy" on the weekend. You are so amazing in the film. Can you sign me?"

"Oh, no problem."

"And mine, Miss Vizi."

"of course."

"Do you mind if we take a picture together?"

"So, everyone together."

Boston.

On the set of "Mind Catcher" in Cambridge City, Rachel Vichy, who came to the visiting class, was recognized as soon as he appeared. He was surrounded by a group of temporary staff members and took a group photo with his autographs. Finally, he brought his assistant to the place. Sit down in the rest area next to the trailer.

Unscrew the lid and take a sip of the mineral water delivered by the staff attentively. Rachel looked at the ongoing shooting not far away, and his heart still jumped.

This is the feeling of fame.

Today is already Tuesday, May 21.

"Mummy" was released last Friday, and the box office closed at $41.46 million for the first three days of the weekend, pulling out the number two "Romeo and Juliet" more than doubled during the same period, making it the biggest explosion in the summer.

With the stunning appearance in this movie, the fledgling Rachel Vichy became famous, even if all the filmmakers inquired that she had decided to participate in James Cameron's "Titanic", in recent days, she still received a Pile up new scripts, the other party said that she can cooperate with her schedule.

Coupled with the sudden surge of praise and compliments around him, even if the conscious mind is mature enough, Rachel still inevitably feels a little floating.

After waiting for four or five minutes in this way, the shooting in the outdoor cafe area not far away was finally over. Kate Beckinsale approached her with a wave of hand, and Rachel also got up smiling.

The two embraced affectionately, and Kate asked when he let go: "Rachel, didn't you say that we had dinner together at night?"

"The program here has been recorded, and the itinerary has been changed temporarily. I will fly to Vancouver in the afternoon."

Kate and Rachel sat down together again and smiled, "Understood, are you a big star now."

With that said, two smart girls in white shirts and black trousers appeared. One handed Kate a folder, and the other gave a cup with an unknown green drink.

Kate took a few sips from the cup, put the folder on her knees, and noticed that Rachel curiously looked at the two women next to him, waved at them, and waited for the other person to walk away, only to say: "Envy?"

Rachel immediately denied: "What can you envy?"

"At the beginning, I persuaded you to come together. Since he slept with us, why didn't he get the treatment of those vases, I took the initiative to ask for it, and it was delivered. You don't know, they may have done it, and they are very powerful. In short, I Life is very comfortable now."

Rachel cracked: "Then, you're equivalent to publicly admitting you are Westeros' lover."

"It's an honor to be Simon Westero's lover now, I don't know how many Xiaobi Chi envy me," Kate said, and gestured not far away: "There is one over there, these The days have always been on the set, huh, the film has started shooting, she thinks she can still grab the role from me?"

Rachel followed Kate's gaze, and a tall girl standing next to the lead actor Matt Damon also glanced over here. The two of them looked away and avoided each other.

Actually know each other.

Matt Damon’s current girlfriend, named Minnie Deliver, originally wanted Damon to win the role of the heroine of “Mind Catcher” for her girlfriend, but unfortunately Kate Beckinsale who was accidentally seen the script Cut the Hu.Minnie River is also considered the second generation of Hollywood stars, her stepmother is the famous Barbara Streisand.

If it is another actress,

It's a pity to meet Kate.

This is the project of Daenerys Entertainment. Kate's appearance and acting are only stronger than the other party. Coupled with the identity of the most critical big boss, his little lover, hey, is it better?

Thinking of this, Rachel suddenly had some inexplicable little loss, but asked: "Kate, have you considered it later?"

"Of course," Kate said: "I am now 23 years old, and two years later, 25 years old, and I have also stabilized my heels in Hollywood. By that time, I will send the pair of maids and women away, and I will be free. Hey, some media now I always say that Simon is like Howard Hughes. I think he has more atmosphere than Hughes. This is the best lover template."

"How do I think you are taking advantage of him?"

"How come, I gave my best youth time, he just gave me some convenience in my career, and I still suffered a loss."

"..."

"Okay, Rachel, I have one shot left in the morning and wait another 15 minutes. Since you are leaving in the afternoon, I asked Morgan and they to reserve a seat. There is a great French restaurant nearby and wait for lunch. "

"No trouble, there should be working meals here."

"Why don't you allow yourself to live a better life?" Kate was very uproarious, attracting a few words from the two not far away, and stuffing the green drink cup that Rachel kept aiming at. In his hand: "Taste, strange juice."

Rachel took it and tasted it.

It was indeed much better than the bottle of mineral water just now, so I took a few more sips.

Ok.

Kate looked down at the footage to be shot, and said, "Hey, when does "Titanic" start shooting?"

"If nothing happens, next month."

"Last year and several movies with "Mummy" were established together, and now "Mummy" is released. Rachel, according to the laws of Hollywood, the longer the project is delayed, the easier it is to fail, and, you must have inquired, James Carmel Long’s projects are very tossing people, if I am you, I will push this movie and choose others."

The kind of fluttering feeling that Rachel had just arrived somehow became weaker and weaker, and there was a little bit of complaint: "I am not you. If you want to choose others, choose others. If you push this project, you may not work. Now."

"It's a delicious tone. With the popularity of "Mummy" now, how can you not find other characters."

Rachel felt Kate's chuckle and couldn't hold her face: "I mean, this was decided by Simon himself. If I push it, he might get angry."

"will not."

"Ok?"

"Simon will definitely find another woman: Hey, girl, do you want to be famous, accompany me to bed."

"..."

Kate glanced at her: "Don't you think about the complaint, I said bad things behind me?"

"I'm not so bored."

"I want you to sue."

Rachel looked suspicious.

In Kate’s expression, there were still some slight small flashes: “In this case, he can notice you and probably think of me. The last time I saw him, it was at a party at the end of last year. Even this For the role, I know he greeted him, but never communicated. And, can you imagine, until now, I have only been in bed with him once."

Rachel opened his eyes slightly.

Because of their previous experience, the two were also friends. They had only been busy with their work and met very little. After seeing her following the Maid and Maid of Weijia, she thought she would meet him often.

"You mean, at that time, our time?"

"Yes."

Rachel's expression is strange, and he asks: "You, want to sleep with him?"

Kate gave her a blank look and paused before she always met: "Actually, I'm also somewhat guilty."

Rachel stared at the friend next to him for a while, understood, suddenly opened his mouth, and if not Kate stabbed under the rib, almost laughed out loud.

...

In New York, on the east coast, Jet Lee, who just finished recording the "Lateman Late Night Show," also felt a little guilty.

Of course the nature is completely different.

Jet Lee is worried about the "Black Man" box office in North America.

If it is Asia, he will not have such concerns, but here is the United States.What's more, New World Studios even made a $3 million investment for "Black Man" and prepared 1,276 open screens.These seem to make other Hong Kong films unprecedented, but in fact all mean that once screwed up, he basically doesn't want to get other opportunities in Hollywood in the future.

Don't look at Jack Cheng's current scenery, but he has been trying in Hollywood since the 1970s. The success of "Peak Hour" still has obvious accidental ingredients.

After the recording of the program was completed, a group of men and women with oriental faces left the ABC headquarters in the Upper West Side. Jack Cheng, who was also involved in the talk show shooting, had other things to leave, and Jet Li and others enthusiastically sent the other to the car. In fact, I also understand that Jack Cheng is quite loyal to achieve this degree. After all, although Chinese people need to help each other abroad, there are really few who can really do it.

It’s good not to dig each other.

Sending Jack Cheng away, the others got into two business cars and waited for the car to start. A middle-aged Chinese-looking man sitting next to Jet Lee said in jerky Cantonese: "About "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" In fact, Mr. Friedman personally contacted Mr. Westero. Unfortunately, Jeter, this project has already appointed other leading actors. You may also know that the surname is Zhou. He is very famous in Asia and has participated in Wu Mr.’s "Heroes"."

The middle-aged man who speaks is a WMA agent, named Jeremy Zhao, who is originally from Guangdong, but is already a second-generation immigrant.

Because of the close relationship with Daenerys Entertainment, aware of Simon's emphasis on "Black Man", WMA decisively signed Jet Lee's agency in Hollywood, and also specially assigned a Chinese agent to the other party.

"Thank you for asking, Zhao."

Jet Li said, his expression was quite regrettable.

If you can win the role of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in advance, you will have another chance.He certainly knew who the agent was talking about, and since Simon Westero had finalized it himself, he wanted to fight only in vain unless the other party voluntarily gave up.

It's just that Hong Kong films as a whole are now collapsing. Filmmakers on the other side of the ocean are looking for other ways. As long as the brothers are not crazy, it is impossible to reject the olive branch thrown by Simon Westero himself.

Jeremy Zhao did not say much, and turned to: "There is actually good news. There is a party in Greenwich tonight. Daenerys Entertainment will arrange for you to participate. They will record a few paragraphs to help you. The video recommended by this movie is on YouTube, Li An will also attend, and Quentin, you may not have seen his "Blood Romeo", but he is a fan of Chinese Kung Fu movies, I have seen you Many movies."

Jet Lee nodded: "I will try my best to cooperate."

...

A total of 5 million US dollars was invested to launch a Hong Kong film, which is still a popular summer film. It is definitely a big adventure in Hollywood. If it is not the multiple internal screenings of "Black Man", the specially selected Western audiences have given very positive Simon's feedback, plus the information in his memory, Simon himself would not agree to the plan.

However, even so, the acquisition of copyright for $2 million and the announcement of $3 million are still very unremarkable projects in Hollywood.

Therefore, mainstream advertising methods such as newspaper and TV commercials are basically not used.

Still have to walk away.

Bringing Jack Cheng over for Jet Lee is a small sword going off the wing.

In addition to the appearance of "Lateman Late Night Show" that night, on the second day, YouTube also promoted the recommended videos of Ang Lee, Quentin and other directors to Jet Li "Black Man" and " In addition to the permission of the copyright owner, the trailer for "Black Man", Daenerys Entertainment also edited some clips of the previous films of Jet Lee on YouTube.

With the continuous spread of publicity, even if the New World Film team is still not sure about the market performance of "Black Hero", the exposure rate of this film has reached at least enough to support 1276 screens. See if the audience buys it.

More and more people are paying attention to "Black Man", the second week of the 1996 summer file was also announced.

May 17 to May 23.

In seven days, the "Mummy" in the first week of the painting finally reached 63.54 million US dollars at the box office, easily winning the championship of the single-week box office list.In the first week, the results were excellent, and two producers, Daenerys and Fox, announced the news that the sequel was on the agenda for the first time.

Subsequently, the second week of "Romeo and Juliet" achieved a counterattack on the Arnold Schwarzenegger blockbuster movie "Evaporation Secret Order", and the box office received $25.45 million in the next week.

Two weeks after the opening of the painting, the cumulative box office of "Romeo and Juliet" reached US$56.91 million.

New World Pictures has recovered all the US$30 million in production and distribution costs in two weeks, and has begun to realize profitability.Moreover, because the box office decline was only 19% the following week, the subsequent box office potential of the film can be described as excellent.

A strong contrast to "Romeo and Juliet" is undoubtedly "The Evaporative Secret Order".

In the second week of the same release, the unsatisfactory start of the "Evaporation Secret Order" under the impact of the same bombshell "Mummy", the next week's box office has shrunk by 51% to only 17.79 million US dollars.The cumulative total of the box office in the two weeks is 54.21 million US dollars, which seems to be quite a lot, but with the trend of the box office at this time, the local box office will only be around 80 million US dollars.

Warner Bros. has invested a total of 130 million US dollars for this project, 80 million local, and even half of the cost of 100 million US dollars of production.Because the proportion of overseas accounts is very low, even if the overseas box office doubles compared with the local area, Warner still can't escape losses in the theater stage.

In the final "Ace Spy", the box office at the beginning of the painting was US$15.94 million.

Not a complete failure.

However, the production cost of US$40 million, the start of the first week of just over US$15 million, is equivalent to directly withdrawing from the summer competition.

May 24.

The summer file opens in the third week.

Because the schedule is sandwiched between "Mummy" and "Mission Impossible 2," the main two new movies this week are not large.

One is Leslie Nielsen's comedy "Ultimate Laughing Detective", produced by Sony, the production cost is 18 million US dollars, and the number of screens is 22.86 million. It is still the routine of "Baldhead Detective".

The other one is "The Black Man" who appeared in the eyes of many people unconsciously during this time.

This Hong Kong film from the other side of the ocean, with 1,276 screens, seems to be few, but it is true that Daenerys Entertainment has used its own influence.Otherwise, the popular summer film, major theaters in North America may not be happy to give a Hong Kong film. After all these years, only one Jack Cheng has been recognized by the audience in the North American market.

Jack Cheng's "Rush Hour" is a standard Hollywood routine.

As for "Black Man", the release of such a film that the main actor does not even have a Western face, if you don't pay attention, it may be a very bleak water.