Hollywood (我就是好莱坞) Part I

Chapter 86 - The first conversation

After the champagne, the party officially begins. As a film project that could bring Fox hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, including revenue from peripheral video tapes, even Fox current president Barry Diller had to personally attend 《Pretty Woman》 celebration.

And in addition to 《Pretty Woman》 crew members, Fox also invited dozens of big and small stars to come, the party scene can be described as night sky filled with stars. There were a lot of big shots on the scene, hundreds of people in the ballroom danced together, some guests gather together in small groups, trying to forge new ties to make their positions in Hollywood stronger.

"Eric, the Super Bowl Trailer thing, Fox promotion department is indeed too conservative, I guarantee you that in the next movie release, Fox will fully cooperate with you. And also, we will included this in the expenses, we will make sure that you get reimbursed later."

Eric with a smile on his face: "Mr. Diller, don't mention it. The $1.5 million in the Super Bowl ad is really a big expense, it's understandable that FOX was cautious."

Barry Diller smiled, and didn't mention it any more.

The topic was once again moved to Eric's next film, though not yet seen, Fox have already decided to publish the film in the summer.

This summer many big movies will be released, Warner Bros will release 《Batman》, Paramount 《Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade》, Colombia 《Ghostbusters II》, these three movies are destined to be big at the Box Office.

And because FOX put too much attention on developing their television network, leading to this year number of film productions totaling only 10 movies, ranked last in the big six movie studios list.

In order not to be in the bottom, Fox was bound to give full support to Eric's film, especially after the success of 《Pretty Woman》.

With the big blockbuster movies released this summer, wanting to get a cut of the box office is not easy. Eric can not put 《Home Alone》 sequel to compete with those big blockbusters for the summer box office, he thought for a long time before deciding on a movie from his past life.

"I already have a preliminary outline of the plot for the next film, I intend to invite Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise as the stars, It will be a play between two men."

Barry Diller eyes narrowed slightly, if successful, just the name appeal of Tom Cruise and Eric are enough to boost the box office to over 100 million dollars. And with 《Home Alone》 sequel this year Eric will have three big hits, so FOX was no longer afraid of his film performance, they can now safely focus on the development of their TV network.

"Eric, if you want to invite the two Toms, Then their pay will be no less then $10 million each, what is your budget?"

Eric thought for a moment: "The budget should not exceed 30 million, this is a drama, and doesn't need any big scenes, or any special effects, the movie run entirely on the two actor's personal play, so $30 million is a very Loose budget, and we probably won't be able to finish it."

"I heard that you have just spent a lot of money to buy Steve Jobs studio?"

Although Barry Diller was talking in an indifferent tone, Eric immediately understood his meaning . Fox still wants to play a part in the new film investment.

"Yes, I had Pixar make the logo for my film company, after seeing it i was very satisfied with their work. When I heard that Steve Jobs wanted to sell the studio, I bought it. However, the animation cycle is very long, and 3D animation is still in the exploratory stage, so I don't know when the first animated movie will be made."