Chapter 191: The Winner
In a private club on the outskirts of Burbank, Tom Cruise and his wife asked for a separate VIP reception room. After waiting for a long time, their agent Pat Kingsley accompanied the former CAA owner, who was a former CAA owner. Michael Ovitz, No. 1 on the Hollywood Power List, walked in.
The two sides simply greeted and sat on both sides. Nicole Kidman took over the coffee pot sent by the waiter and temporarily acted as the waiter.
Tom, how's it going?
Although he was in a bad situation at Disney, Michael Ovitz still maintained his strong style at CAA, Is the script complete?
Disney's Michael Ovitz is no longer the Michael Ovitz of CAA. Tom Cruise suppressed his dissatisfaction and said, I already got Mission Impossible, and the script is very good. It will be done soon.”
Even if he could see the contempt hidden under Tom Cruise's polite smile, Michael Ovitz still pretended not to know that he was in a very embarrassing situation at Disney. It was found that the film company was far from being as simple as he thought, and the strength of chairman Michael Eisner completely exceeded his highest expectations. The position of the CEO was simply the puppet of the other party.
As a former CAA controller and a king in the entertainment industry, Michael Ovitz naturally doesn't want to be a puppet. If he doesn't want to be a puppet, he must have corresponding performance. The film project is what he is best at and thinks he is the easiest to win. On the one hand, he borrowed his previous relationship and quickly got in touch with Tom Cruise. The other party happened to have a project based on a TV series, and the protagonist in it was very in line with Cruise's usual style of being cool and showing his face, and it was a hit.
As for the disdain and contempt that Cruise hides in the depths. Michael Ovitz didn't care at all. In the past, for the sake of his agent's career, he could play a clown and tap his butt on the table. As long as the interests were big enough, Tom Cruise's attitude was nothing.
What's more, this circle is all about rallies and dips. This is also Tom Cruise's consistent style. If you can't stand it, it's better to retire directly.
Both sides held coffee cups and seemed to be tasting coffee, but in fact they were waiting for another important person and thinking about countermeasures.
Putting down the coffee pot, Nicole Kidman sat next to Tom Cruise, silently saying nothing. It's just that her eyes flashed over her husband's face occasionally. She knew very well that Cruise was very dissatisfied with the director candidate suggested by Michael Ovitz, only because the young director's style and past achievements were too brilliant. Barely nodded.
Suddenly. Seeing Cruise's brows wrinkled, she roughly guessed something in her heart, and quickly pulled him gently, but Cruise didn't care about her reminder. Some things were still said.
Michael, why did Duke Rosenberg? You should know. I don't like him very much.
Hearing Cruise's words, Nicole Kidman could only sigh. Since he appeared here, he made an appointment with the other party. It means that Cruise agrees with the director candidate in his heart. Saying this now is just to offend Michael Ovitz for no reason.
Even if the other party is not doing well in Disney, who can ignore Ovitz's influence in Hollywood?
The good husband I found is sometimes really like an idiot when it comes to the world! It is also a person who has gone smoothly all the way, why do you feel that there is such a big gap between him and Duke Rosenberg?
why?
Michael Ovitz looked grim, Tom, don't tell you you don't know why!
His tone gradually became sarcastic, Let's not mention those movies in the past, let's just talk about his latest movie, Saving Private Ryan has been released for two months now, do you know how much the North American box office is? ?
Before waiting for the ugly Tom Cruise to say anything, Ovitz said directly, $243.27 million! This is only the North American box office, do you know how much the global box office is? $421.17 million!
If you don't choose such a director, do you want to choose Mel Gibson to direct? Michael Ovitz said with a strong sarcasm, Do you think the $24.32 million of his Braveheart can Pass the touchstone or Disney review? I'll reject the project first!
After Ovitz's words, the reception room fell silent. Tom Cruise couldn't refute even if he was dissatisfied. This film based on the TV series must have a production cost of more than 50 million US dollars. Director, what can you use to persuade Disney or other film companies to participate in the investment.
Thinking of Mel Gibson and his Braveheart, Tom Cruise filled with disdain that he would not cooperate with a loser!
In fact, it is not that he has not paid attention to the competition between Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan. Although the former has not been forced from the theater, it is almost the same, but it is maintained in a very small number of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The independent theater screening is obviously not for the box office, but for the awards season.
It would be crazy if he suggested Mel Gibson be the director of a new project!
Success!
This word surrounds Cruise's heart, and everyone wants to cooperate with successful people! From the past, present and future situation, Duke Rosenberg is not only a successful person, but also a member of the most successful ranks among the successful people.
Today, even the dumbest can see that Saving Private Ryan is heading for $500 million worldwide, with Warners, Fox, and Disney all working on the award-winning film. More than just box office success!
Holding the coffee cup, Tom Cruise fell into thinking, should he let go of the contradiction and cooperate with Duke Rosenberg?
This is a question worth considering.
Completely different from Tom Cruise, Michael Ovitz is now thinking about how to impress Duke Rosenberg and let him sign a director contract. As long as he joins, the project will soon pass Disney's Review, if it can be like Saving Private Ryan... No, as long as it can sell like Brave Island, as the leader, I will definitely be able to get more right to speak at Disney.
As for the conflict between the other party and CAA, Michael Ovitz has never considered it at all. Sitting in the position of Disney CEO is CAA's natural enemy.
The butt often determines where the head is.
A black Bentley slowly parked in the parking lot of the clubhouse. Nancy Josephson saw the car, got out of the car, walked over, tapped the window lightly, waited for the door to open, and got into the back seat.
I talked to Pat Kingsley. Nancy said, looking at Duke next to her, Tom Cruise and Michael Ovitz have a very clear intention to invite you to direct the film version of Mission Impossible. What do you mean, Duke?
You know my plan. Duke shook his head slowly, I won't change my plan casually.
Mission: Impossible hasn't had that much traction yet.
Why don't you let me reject them? Nancy frowned slightly, This meeting is completely unnecessary.
There's really no need to see Ovitz. Duke nodded, I'm here just to see Tom Cruise.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that after Disney brought in Michael Ovitz as CEO, it was going through a series of complicated personnel struggles. Duke didn’t want to get involved too much, not to mention that he wanted to talk to the party that was doomed to fail. , it is not only other Hollywood insiders who are chasing success, but also applies to him.
Compared with Ovitz, Duke would rather cooperate with Robert Iger, and the two sides could find common interests in several meetings.
Want to see Cruise? Nancy looked at Duke strangely, she knew that Duke didn't like him very much, Why?
I want to invite him to my new movie, Duke said before he opened the car door and walked out. Of course, our budget is limited, and if he's willing to lower his pay, the old ones won't matter at all...
For musical films like Chicago, the inherent weakness in the subject matter cannot be completely solved by the director, and the cooperation between stars and famous directors is undoubtedly an excellent publicity boo. Think about it, Tom Cruise and his Duke ? How many people will Rosenberg co-produce a film attract?
More importantly, Duke wanted to dig a hole and try to get Tom Cruise to give up the fundamental Mission: Impossible franchise in the future, and put him on a completely different path.
It's not that he didn't think about the copyright of this series, but when the conflict with Tom Cruise really intensified, the movie copyright of the TV series was already in the other's hands.
Duke is just an ordinary person, and it is impossible to remember everything. For example, the copyright issue of Mission: Impossible was thought of by Tom Cruise, and many Hollywood movies or their related copyrights, such as the Lord of the Rings series, I don't know how long it has been sold.
It's not uncommon for a script to be filmed after ten or twenty years in Hollywood. For example, Dallas Buyers Club was filmed after 2010. He saw the relevant filing at the Writers Guild, and Du. When Ke was inquiring and filing with the Screenwriters Association, he had to abandon several planned scripts to avoid a crash.
After getting along for a few years, Nancy already knew enough about her employer's mentality, and what Duke said did not surprise her. In her opinion, let alone a contradictory Tom Clark Ruth, Duke might even team up with his acknowledged foe Martin Bob or Sean Connery if the payoff is big enough...
Hearing Nancy's footsteps coming from behind, Duke strode towards the clubhouse. How to convince Tom Cruise to take a pay cut is what he is considering. (To be continued ^)
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