Chapter 113 CAA and Disney’s actions
Although "True Lies" and "The Man in Disguise" are indeed good, the winner of this summer's movie is destined to be the man named Forrest Gump.
Since its premiere on July 6, "Forrest Gump" has continued to create box office success.
The film was indeed quite good and received rave reviews from critics and fans alike.
This year he won the Oscar for Best Actor, "Forrest Gump" became a hit in North America, and Tom Hanks quickly became a first-line actor in Hollywood.
His agent, Eno Martin, became famous because of Tom Hanks, and his voice became much louder.
Sheena Boone and Little Gilbert had said that Enoch Martin was teaming up with Pat Kinliss to oust Martin Bob.
The two of them hold Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise in their hands respectively, and together they are very powerful.
But Martin Bob is in a pretty good situation. Although he lost too many points against Little Gilbert, he still has action superstars such as Mel Gibson and Stallone, as well as the most gentlemanly and elegant old man in Hollywood. Sean Connery.
By the way, Mel Gibson starred in "Marvel" released by Warner this year, and this project is also one of CAA's packaged projects.
The film's performance is not bad. As of the end of July, it has grossed more than 90 million U.S. dollars at the box office in North America. It seems that it is not a big problem to exceed 100 million U.S. dollars in North America.
It's just that two films that were not operated by the packaging service, "The Iron Fist" and "True Lies", performed better than this one, which made CAA lose its face.
In fact, packaging services are not exclusive to CAA. Other agencies are also doing it, including the company of Gilbert Jr.'s agent Sheena Boone.
Just because CAA has many customers, the implementation of packaged services is smoother and the most profitable.
Therefore, CAA has become a vampire in the eyes of Hollywood film companies. It is only because the packaging service can indeed bring good returns that it tolerates CAA's increasingly excessive demands.
But now, first James Cameron and then little Gilbert Landrini, the mythical luster of packaged services is slowly fading.
If this continues, packaging services will have no choice but to work in the independent film industry.
As the current president of CAA, Martin Bob is certainly not willing to let the company's most important business be eliminated like this.
To this end, he has prepared two big moves. One is the new film "Braveheart" directed and starred by Mel Gibson. Mel Gibson wants to win the Oscar with this film.
The other one is Michael Bay, the long-faced director he just hired from the advertising industry.
CAA was responsible for packaging Sony Columbia Pictures' new project "Bad Boys," and Martin Bob was handed over to the long-faced director who broke into Hollywood from the advertising world.
In his office, Martin Bob received the long-faced director.
"Michael, look at this." Martin Bob handed a magazine to Michael Bay.
Michael Bay didn't understand what this meant and looked at Martin Bob in confusion.
Martin Bob pointed to the character on the cover and said to Michael Bay: "What you have to do is to be the next Little Gilbert."
Michael Bay looked at little Gilbert's too-young face on the cover with an arrogant look on his face: "No, I want to surpass him..."
"Hahaha, okay." Martin Bob clapped, cheering for Michael Bay.
Regardless of whether Michael Bay can surpass it, at least he has this ambition and spirit, which proves that Michael Bay is mentally prepared to enter Hollywood.
Little Gilbert didn't know that there was a director with a long face who was determined to surpass himself.
Although "Iron" was still in theaters, Gilbert Jr. quickly submitted a script to Warner Bros. and Touchstone Pictures, which was tentatively titled "Alcatraz."
Over at Warner Bros., Jeff Robinoff quickly advanced the script to high-level discussions.
However, Disney has encountered a little trouble.
After the script passes the review stage, it is discussed with senior management.
In Michael Eisner's office, Michael Eisner read the brief story of the script with a frown, slightly dissatisfied.
"Bob, have you talked to Gilbert Jr.? Have you told him about our mission at Disney?" Michael Eisner asked.
Robert Iger nodded and said: "Of course I said it, but little Gilbert said that he only makes the movies he wants to make and will not serve any purpose."
It turns out that Robert Iger had approached Gilbert Jr. before and discussed with him to make more family-friendly films like "Iron", which would be more in line with Disney's purpose.
There is also a deeper reason. After seeing the good performance of "Iron Fist", Michael Eisner planned to hold the production and distribution rights of Little Gilbert's future films in the hands of Disney headquarters.
This is undoubtedly a reduction of Robert Iger's power, but he has to carry out the chairman's orders.
Robert Iger also persuaded Michael Eisner, saying that little Gilbert would not accept Disney's mercy. But Michael Eisner didn't think so. He felt that Gilbert Jr. should understand the benefits of cooperating with Disney.
As a result, when Robert Iger went to talk, he was met with disappointment. Little Gilbert had no intention of following Disney's ideas.
Hollywood is not just a Disney, but there is only one little Gilbert in Hollywood. Now little Gilbert can calmly face the ups and downs of Hollywood.
But Disney's live-action film business has just started to improve thanks to little Gilbert. Losing little Gilbert at this time is a major blow.
After learning what Gilbert was thinking from Robert Iger, Michael Eisner turned to the other person and asked, "Nasus, what do you think?"
Michael Nasus Ovitz, who sadly stepped down from CAA last year, is taking some time off at home.
Until July this year, I accepted the invitation from my friend Michael Eisner to become the CEO of Disney.
"Dean, I think we can't condone little Gilbert. We have to let him know who supports him for his current status." Michael Ovitz said.
Michael Ovitz said this for two reasons. The first is personal hatred.
It was little Gilbert who caused the incident last year. He was forced to step down, and of course he wanted revenge.
Of course, in Hollywood, this hatred is nothing compared to interests. If the stakes are high enough, Michael Ovitz can even perform a comical tap dance for his father-killing enemy. Such a thing as shame has never existed in Michael Ovitz.
Therefore, we have to mention the second reason, which is Michael Eisner's idea.
The Disney board of directors had long been dissatisfied with Michael Eisner's autocratic power. In order to appease the board's dissatisfaction, Michael Eisner had to resign as Disney CEO.
But he wouldn't trust this position to anyone else.
So Michael Eisner thought of his childhood friend Michael Ovitz and invited him to be the CEO of Disney.
Come to think of it, after what happened last year, Michael Ovitz can honestly be a puppet CEO, so that the company is still under his control.
For Michael Ovitz, becoming the CEO of a giant company is much more glorious than returning to CAA.
But if he wants to take office, he must please Michael Eisner, his friend from the same year.
Therefore, Michael Eisner said what he wanted to hear.
However, after Michael Ovitz said this, he was immediately opposed by Robert Iger: "Chairman, I disagree.
Little Gilbert is not an unfounded director. His latest work, "Iron Fist", has a North American box office of 182 million.
The global box office also reached 425 million US dollars.
The North American video tape and television rights were sold for US$8 million in seven years and US$7 million in five years respectively. Peripheral products are still generating profits.
With such a high commercial value director, many Hollywood film companies want to get him.
Apart from anything else, once we get into trouble with little Gilbert, Warners will definitely burst into laughter, because then little Gilbert will completely belong to them. "
Robert Iger stated the stakes, forcing Michael Eisner to take them seriously.
Of course Michael Eisner understands the hidden meaning. Little Gilbert is no longer a newcomer, he is now a first-line commercial film director in Hollywood.
Such a director would be popular in any company, but Disney wants to control him? This is obviously inappropriate.
Although he was dissatisfied, Michael Eisner was not a fool and knew that little Gilbert was no longer something he could manipulate at will.
So Michael Eisner waved his hand casually and said: "That's it. The project of "Alcatraz" should be handed over to Bob, and we at Disney will continue to participate in investment."
Robert Egger was overjoyed and quickly promised that he would do a good job.
As long as this project is still in the hands of Touchstone Pictures, his status will be as secure as a rock.
It can be seen that Robert Iger is not entirely starting from Disney's perspective, but also has his own little thoughts in it.
After Robert Iger left, Michael Ovitz said: "Dean, I see that Bob is responsible for other projects of Touchstone Pictures and is also responsible for the "Alcatraz" project. He is a bit busy. Why don't I go! "
Of course, Michael Eisner understands what his friend means. He is in charge of the "Alcatraz" project. If it succeeds, Michael Ovitz will have more achievements as Disney CEO.
However, Michael Eisner asked him to be a puppet, not to carve up his own power, so he decisively refused: "No, Nasus, just leave this small project to Bob. You don't have to participate."
Small? Michael Ovitz looked at the production cost that Gilbert Jr. marked as a best of 70 million US dollars, but he didn't think it was small at all.
Gilbert Jr. certainly didn't know about Disney's internal discussions about himself, and Robert Iger wouldn't tell him about such things.
But after the meeting, Robert Iger told him that negotiations on the director's contract could start.
In Hollywood, it's never a secret when a big project gets off the ground.
What's more, it's a new project from Gilbert Jr., an A-list director.
Many people in the industry have to lament that little Gilbert's creative energy is really strong. As expected of a young man, he started preparing for a new movie while "Iron Fist" was still in theaters.
One movie a year is even more exaggerated than Spielberg.
Perhaps, this is a young man. If little Gilbert was older, his speed would probably slow down.
The star actors and actresses are concerned about whether they have the opportunity to participate in Little Gilbert's new movie.
Needless to say, Bruce Willis, Ryan Gosling, and Naomi Watts.
Previously, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Cameron Diaz, Matt Damon, and even Gwyneth Paltrow and many other familiar Hollywood faces have played the role of Xiaoji Burt became popular after the movie.
Even Charlize Theron, who played a small role, has made great progress in her career, and her name is beginning to be seen on cast lists.
Therefore, not only the young actors who are still working at the bottom of the North Hollywood apartment, but also the A-list stars are very willing to participate in the Little Gilbert movie.
This is not true. After Gilbert's new movie project was revealed, "Interview with the Vampire", which has been moved to August, sent an invitation to the premiere of "Interview with the Vampire", and the inviter was Tom Cruise.
Pat Kinliss had a good relationship with Sheena Boone before she left CAA, and learned from Sheena Boone that a role was quite suitable for Tom Cruise.
So Tom Cruise stopped being reserved and took the initiative to show his kindness to little Gilbert.
From the perspective of Tom Cruise, my great Tom Cruise has taken the initiative to show his kindness, so little Gilbert will definitely give the role.
It’s just that Tom Cruise doesn’t know that the role he likes has already been won by Nicolas Cage who is attending a silver party.
After hearing the news from Sheena Boone, Gilbert Jr. roughly guessed what Tom Cruise was thinking, but he was still invited to attend the premiere of "Interview with the Vampire."
This film once almost competed with his "Iron Fist". He knew that the film was famous in its previous life, but he had not seen it.
Because of this, he was quite curious about what the film was like, and planned to go see what the film was like.
(End of chapter)