Violence supervision in Conan
Chapter 209 Revenge on Paramount, the next movie starts!
Chapter 209 Revenge on Paramount, the next movie starts!
When he heard that he was a second-generation, Gui Yewu understood immediately.
The little bit of sympathy that I had originally felt disappeared instantly. Colombia really deserved what it had done.
Sugiyama Isamu also regretted it deeply. He thought he was doing a favor, but who knew he would run into a pit. It is not unfair to say that it was his own fault.
But the problem still needs to be solved.
"Director Onino, I'm counting on you!"
Sugiyama Isamu bowed 90 degrees and spoke sincerely.
Gui Yewu wanted to refuse directly. The other person was smart and he was not stupid. There was no time to dodge such a big pit, only a fool would jump into it.
Besides, he and Columbia are just partners, so there is no need for him to clean up the mess for the other party.
Sugiyama Isamu did not give up: "Please, Director Onino, Columbia is willing to pay an additional 500 million US dollars in director's fees. I just hope that Director Onino can finish the film and try not to lose too much money..."
$500 million?
Gui Yewu was a little tempted, but after thinking about it, he felt that the gain outweighed the loss. It was obvious that the director was to blame, and his reputation was worth more than this money.
Besides, he also didn't know if he had the ability to turn the tide.
However, Sugiyama Isamu had an inexplicable confidence in Onino Takeshi, so he bowed again and tried to persuade him: "Now the only one who can save this movie and the entire crew is you, Director Onino. Please!"
Gui Yewu was a little speechless. It was easy to make a big deal out of ordinary life. What kind of salvation was it? It made the blood boil.
Yet he refused.
Sugiyama sighed sadly, "That's a shame. It looks like this movie will only make a loss. We can only sit back and watch Universal and Paramount compete during the Christmas season."
"Wait a minute!"
A strange look suddenly flashed in Gui Yewu's eyes.
"Is there a Paramount movie coming out during Christmas?"
Sugiyama Isamu nodded.
"There are two, a pirate movie called Cutthroat Island, and a comedy called Kids on the Street. Universal also has The Mask.
Other companies don’t have any competitive films, so the competition is mainly between these two companies.
We in Colombia originally had this plan, but unfortunately..."
After hearing this, Gui Yewu fell into deep thought.
After a while.
“…I’ve accepted this movie!”
……
Onino Takeshi changed his mind.
The reason was simple. Sugiyama Isamu's words made him see an opportunity.
An opportunity for Paramount.
Under Sindora's instruction, Paramount stabbed Takeshi Onino in the back. Although Sindora was the culprit, Paramount was not innocent either.
Although the cooperation with Colombia again did not lead to serious consequences, it does not mean that Takeshi Ono has no resentment in his heart.
If there is a chance, he doesn't mind causing some trouble to the other party.
This had nothing to do with Shirley Lansing's personal relationship, and besides, the two parties had only been partners before and did not have a deep friendship, so he naturally would not be polite.
The information revealed by Sugiyama Isamu gave Onino Takeshi an opportunity to take revenge on Paramount!
Because this time their vision was truly amazing.
The two movies I chose... are hard to describe!
First up is "Little Devil on the Street".
As the name suggests, this movie is inspired by the classic comedy film "Home Alone", and the content is also very similar, both of which are about the "battle of wits and courage" between children and stupid thieves.
The only difference is that the protagonist of "Little Devil on the Street" was changed from an eight-year-old child to a nine-month-old baby.
Gui Yewu had seen this movie in his previous life. To be honest, the plot was actually quite good and the word of mouth after its release was not bad, but this could not save its box office.
Compared to "Home Alone", which has a global box office of 5.33 million US dollars and is listed in the Guinness World Records as the highest-grossing comedy film, the former had a total investment of 5000 million US dollars, but the box office was only more than 1600 million.
This is undoubtedly a bad movie.
However, there is no "Home Alone" in this world, so this movie is original and should perform much better.
However, the flaws still exist and it is estimated that the loss can only be reduced from a big loss to a small one.
And another film, "Cutthroat Island", is even more heavyweight.
It also achieved the Guinness World Record, but at a loss.
In terms of huge losses, this movie can just put its hands on its hips and say: Everyone here is a joy!
The original world was produced in 95, costing 9800 million US dollars. The North American box office was only a pitiful 1017 million, and the global cumulative total was only 1500 million.
Including marketing expenses, the film had a net loss of $1.05 million that year. Based on inflation, the film's loss is equivalent to $2.04 million in later generations.
This achievement was recorded in the Guinness World Records.
"The most loss-making movie in film history"!
Even 30 years later, in Hollywood, where losses are considered a virtue, "Cutthroat Island" can still be ranked among the top five films of all time.
Losses are one thing, but what is more terrifying is its subsequent impact.
Compared with the losses, the "aftereffects" of "Cutthroat Island" are obviously much greater than the losses -
The film directly led to the bankruptcy of the producer, Carloco Films.
This caused James Cameron's version of "Spider-Man" to be aborted midway, and indirectly led to the abortion of Cameron's version of "Terminator 3".
The film's director, Renny Harlin, a thriving action film director at the time, saw his career go downhill from then on. His wife, the film's lead actress, Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis, had no more roles to play after the film (they divorced two years later).
The once popular pirate theme has since been regarded as a scourge, and the whole of Hollywood is terrified of it. It has completely disappeared from the big screen until the 03 "Pirates of the Caribbean".
What’s even more outrageous is that because of the two epic loss-making blockbusters “Cutthroat Island” and “Waterworld”, “water movies” have been hailed as a bad omen.
20th Century Fox therefore planned to stop the production of "Titanic". If it weren't for Carmelo Anthony's repeated insistence, perhaps the scene of a huge ship sweeping the world in the future would never have appeared.
Compared to Constantine, the "Ida lover", these two are the real pits.
Especially "Cutthroat Island", it is simply a sinkhole among sinkholes!
Of course, these are all things from the previous life, but Gui Yewu made a special effort to find out about the situation. The investment, plot and main creators of the two films are almost exactly the same as in the previous life, so the fate of the previous life should not be avoided.
The only difference is that because of the changes in the world, the release time and producers of these two films have changed. As a result, Paramount happened to take over, which is really a blessing.
Now that Paramount is standing on the edge of the pit and has got ready, Takeshi Ono naturally wouldn't mind giving it another hard kick.
"Cutthroat Island" is a trap within a trap, which is really unlucky. Gui Yewu didn't want to get involved with it, so he just skipped it.
But "Little Big Women" can do a thing or two.
According to Takeshi Ono's idea, if he could shoot a comedy of the same type and release it in the same period, it would definitely take away the box office share of "Little Big Women", making the situation worse!
Let the original small loss turn into a big loss again, or even a bloody loss!
Coupled with the depth bomb of "Cutthroat Island", it may directly lead to Paramount's bankruptcy.
In Hollywood, it is not uncommon for a movie to cause a film company to go bankrupt.
Even giants like the Big Eight have the precedents of United Artists and MGM.
There are also many others on the brink of bankruptcy, such as 20th Century Fox and Disney.
The most direct cause is the failure of the invested films, which resulted in huge losses.
Of course, given Paramount's size and the Syndor company behind it, it is unlikely to go bankrupt directly, but it will be enough to make it suffer.
If two films in a row suffer heavy losses, it will be enough to seriously damage Paramount and even cause a chain reaction.
Now Gui Yewu is ready to be the "murderer" who pushes it into the abyss!
Of course, "revenge" is only one aspect. If it is just to vent one's anger, then Gui Yewu has many other ways without having to risk his own reputation.
——Even though in his eyes he had a 100% chance of winning.
The reason for all the trouble was that Gui Yewu had an idea.
He not only wants revenge on Paramount, but also on Sintra!
Come and go without indecent!
Since that guy Sindola did it on the first day, don't blame him for doing it on the fifteenth.
It just so happened that Hiroki Sawada had already begun collecting evidence of Sindorah's crimes, which would inevitably cause turmoil at Sindorah Company once disclosed.
By then, Sindorra will be unable to protect herself, and naturally will not be able to care about Paramount, who is courting death. Perhaps...
Takeshi Ono felt that he could take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something for Paramount.
"It's time to establish yourself in Hollywood."
Gui Yewu muttered to himself, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.
……
Having made the decision, Gui Yewu acted quickly.
The first thing I did was to learn about the crew's situation, and then I asked Columbia for the already filmed materials so that I could take a look at them first.
After reading it, Gui Yewu was confused and had a series of question marks on his forehead.
There was only one thought in my mind: What the hell is this? !
This film produced by Columbia is also a comedy. It can be seen that the former is ambitious and ready to compete with Universal and Paramount.
But the question is, are you going to use tofu dregs to attack other people's granite?
There is no need to say much about "The Mask", it is a classic among classics, a masterpiece that has achieved both good reputation and box office success.
Even though "Girls on the Street" failed at the box office, at least its content was remarkable.
But there is absolutely no highlight in this comedy film.
If I have to say, only a few half-finished special effects shots are acceptable, after all, most of the budget was spent on them.
Apart from that, there is nothing good.
Even Gui Yewu had to admit his admiration for this.
No wonder no one dares to take over. Anyone who knows the situation avoids it as much as possible.
If filming had continued as originally planned, regardless of whether there would be enough funds, even if it could have been completed, the box office would definitely not be much better than "Greek Freak", and would most likely be worse.
The script is just average, and the predecessor is a jerk who is as smart as Director Bi. He didn't follow the script at all. He just let his imagination run wild and shot whatever he wanted.
For details, please refer to "Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry".
Gui Yewu couldn't help but sigh, he is worthy of being Director Bi, even at this day and age, the quality of "Dreaming of Show Business Circle" is still rising.
Complaints aside, the problem now is that this movie is simply beyond redemption, and even if Spielberg comes, he can only go back cursing.
Basically whoever takes over will have to take the blame.
Sugiyama Isamu and others were really out of ideas, so they turned their attention to Onino Takeshi.
To some extent, I have the mentality of trying everything possible.
Originally, Gui Yewu wanted to see if the previous materials could be used. After all, it cost more than 20 million to shoot it. But now there is no need to think about it.
Gui Yewu took a deep breath and realized that there was nothing he could do.
can only be--
Start over again!
Gui Yewu finally decided to throw all the materials into the trash!
Use the remaining 8 million to make another movie!
(End of this chapter)
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