Best of Hollywood

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Touchstone's termination of cooperation has not been completely resolved. Apart from the handover work between the two parties, there are still many things to be dealt with, such as the Canadian government's tax refund quota, some personnel placements, and so on.

Enough for Sophia and Gail-Anne-Herd to be busy, while Helen will continue to stare at 20th Century Fox and get the box office share of "Saw 2" as soon as possible.

In addition, while the cooperation with Touchstone is terminated, the negotiations with Paramount and Lucasfilm will also take a certain amount of time.

Although it has generally been settled, Paramount's investment will not exceed 20% of the film's budget at most, and Lucasfilm will not exceed 10%, which just fills the vacancy of Touchstone.

However, some details still need to be negotiated one by one.

For this reason, Ryan had to hand over the post-production of "The Evil Spirit" to Ray Sancheni and Twentieth Century Fox.

Fortunately, the film has been roughly edited, and there are not many things left, even without Ryan's participation, it will have no impact.

At the same time, Ryan began to ask the studio to recruit some personnel again, so as not to encounter unexpected events and make things messy again.

One of them happens to be of Chinese origin, named Chen Yu, but he is not from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, but a Singaporean.

"How about it, have you ever been to Hawaii!" Ryan asked after taking the ticket.

"I went there once when I was in school. It's very charming and has the best beach." Chen Yu replied a little restrained.

"That's good." Ryan said to himself, and walked towards the boarding gate with the ticket.

Chen Yu had just graduated from the University of Los Angeles, and he came to the studio to apply for a job not because he liked Hollywood, but because he wanted to earn a salary.

Because he was born in Singapore and can speak fluent Chinese and English, Sophia took a fancy to him and became her second assistant.

This time, I just went to Hawaii with Ryan, because he had been there once, and he was barely familiar with the local environment.

This time it is still the first class cabin, which is very spacious and has dedicated flight attendants.

However, the quality of the flight attendants in the United States is worth mentioning.

There are also good-looking ones, but there are more aunt-level ones.

It was Chen Yu's first first-class flight, and he seemed a little nervous, "Mr. Ryan, do you think we can meet Kim-Kerry this time?"

Ryan rolled his eyes and asked, "What do you think!"

"There should be no problem." Chen Yu scratched his head in embarrassment.

This trip to Hawaii is mainly to meet Kim Carrey and talk about "The Truman Show".

Don't think it's too much to go there yourself.

Kim Carrey in this period is definitely a popular male star in Hollywood, even more popular than Tom Cruise.

The most important point is that he has no shortage of scripts at all.

"Batman Forever," a film released in May, had a North American box office of $184 million.

The North American annual box office list is second, and the first is the famous "Toy Story".

Kim Carrey did not play the character of the length, but played an important supporting role. The heroine in the film is also a familiar person, Nicole Kidman.

In addition, he also has a film, a sequel to "Detective Airplane Head 2", and he will once again prove its box office appeal and commercial value; if nothing else, the North American box office of this film will once again exceed 100 million Dollar.

So it was very difficult to invite Jim Carrey to play, and Ryan had to make a trip himself.

Of course, he had the idea of ​​giving it a try at most, and he didn't have to invite Kim Carrey.

After getting off the plane, Ryan felt a little chilly with the cool sea breeze blowing, which seemed to be a little lower than the temperature in Los Angeles.

"I really don't know what's so good about Hawaii. It seems that Hollywood stars like to come here for vacation." Ryan said to himself.

The tone was a bit sour, he didn't come to Hawaii last time,

Can only choose Santa Monica Beach.

"Let's go, go see Kim Kerry first." Ryan gave Chen Yu the address, and asked him to find a car, and go to meet Kim Kerry first according to the address.

The two of them were on the plane just now, and they had already had lunch, and it is only after one o'clock in the afternoon.

Waiting to find the door according to the address, it was a beautiful woman who opened the door.

"Excuse me, who are you looking for!" She asked a little late.

Ryan glanced at her subconsciously, as if he had seen her somewhere before, and said, "Is Mr. Kim-Kerry there?"

"You are Director Ryan-Gosling!" She seemed to recognize Ryan, a strange look flashed in her eyes, and she immediately introduced: "Hello Director Ryan, my name is Debbie-Mazar, you can call me Dai Compare."

While talking, she invited the two of Ryan into a very tidy apartment with a large area and estimated value.

Not long after, the three of them walked into the living room, where Jim Carrey was sitting on the sofa, reading a script.

Debbie-Mazar offered an introduction, invited the two to sit down, and served two cups of coffee.

"Hello, Mr. Kim Carrey." Ryan looked at Kim Carrey in front of him, recalling some memories about him in his previous life in his mind.

Now Kim Carrey is at the peak of his career, and in the next few years, good works will appear one after another, which can be described as a proper winner in life.

"Hello, Director Ryan."

Kim Carrey nodded politely, then went straight to the point and said, "Director Ryan, I am very aware of your reason for coming, and the script of "The Truman Show" is also very exciting."

"However, it's a pity that I need to shoot "Aeroplane 2", and I don't have a spare time for now, unless the crew can wait for a while to shoot."

"Aeroplane 2" will be released at the end of the year, so the shooting time is very tight.

No schedule!

Ryan frowned, and said, "As far as I know, your agent has indicated that you can play, but the salary is too high."

"A salary of US$20 million and 10% of the global box office is too much for a film with a budget of only US$35 million."

Speaking of this, he suddenly realized that Jim Carrey had no intention of appearing in "The Truman Show" at all.

Otherwise, the two crews can shoot at different times.

Of course, it may also be related to Touchstone. Although the termination of cooperation has not been publicly announced, this news is not a secret at all to Hollywood.

Faced with a project that has been terminated by Touchstone, as Kim-Kerry, he would not consider it at all.

"If it's because of the touchstone, then don't worry at all. Paramount and Lucasfilm have already decided to invest, and Paramount will be the distributor of the film." Ryan explained a little.

However, Jim Carrey remained unresponsive.

"I need to think about it for a few days and discuss it with my agent before I can give a specific answer."

Jim Carrey put down the script in his hand, and finally gave a plausible answer.

Ryan glanced at the script he had put down, which said "The Kingsman", and knew that the invitation was a failure.

"Kingsman" is a project invested by Columbia with a budget of up to 47 million US dollars.

The most critical point is that in the previous life, in order to invite Kim Carrey to play the role, the crew paid 20 million US dollars for this, and let Kim Carrey join the 20 million US dollar club in one fell swoop.

However, according to the budget of "The Truman Show", Ryan can offer a remuneration of US$10 million and a small amount of North American box office revenue, which obviously cannot allow him to join the US$20 million club.

Ryan didn't say much at the moment, and chose to get up and leave.

After sending the two out, Jim Carrey went back to the living room and sat down, with a trace of regret on his face, he said, "The Truman Show is a very good script, maybe I shouldn't refuse it."

"Honey, your choice is not wrong." Debbie Mazar came over and sat down with her arms around Jim Carrey, "A good script is less important to you than joining the $20 million club , not to mention that there is really no schedule for the time being."

Kim Carrey nodded. Compared with a very good script, joining the $20 million club is the top priority.

Unless the other party can also offer a salary of 20 million US dollars, he may not be unable to agree.

However, what made Colombia vomit blood in the end was that "Commissioner" was not as popular as expected. It only had a box office of 42.58 million US dollars in North America and 102 million US dollars in the global box office, far from being a big hit.

The only gratifying thing is that Columbia did not lose money, the film is enough to recover the investment cost, and even in the long run, there is still a meager profit.

Of course, for the expectations of the media and the audience, it can be regarded as a failed film.