Los Angeles.

The time is Monday, March 27th.

This past Easter weekend, another new film from Daenerys Entertainment, "The Evil Dead 2," officially opened on 1,117 screens in North America.

Amy Pascal got the opening weekend box office data for "The Evil Dead 2" early in the morning.

In its first three days of production, this sequel to the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series created by the new line "A Nightmare on Elm Street" has grossed US$4.61 million. The box office performance is similar to the first film of "A Nightmare on Elm Street". The total box office in North America is still expected to be US$15 million.

up and down.

The production cost of "The Evil Dead 2" is only US$3 million, which is already three times the US$1 million production cost of the first film. The company's promotional budget is also US$3 million. The expected North American box office of US$15 million means that

Daenerys Entertainment can achieve good profits just through local theatrical distribution.

The box office data was released, and in the morning meeting with the management of New World Pictures, "The Evil Dead 3" was naturally included in the development plan.

The 61st Academy Awards will be held on March 29.

After finishing the meeting with the management of New World Pictures, Amy organized another meeting back to back in the same conference room to discuss preparations for the Oscars ceremony with the team in charge of Ira Deutschman.

The reason why the Oscars has become a big business worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually is that all parties involved in this event can profit from it.

Daenerys Entertainment, in addition to popular nominated films such as "Rain Man", in order to increase the exposure of the company's upcoming films such as "The Bodyguard" and "The Sixth Sense" this year, Kevin Costner, Robert

Stars such as De Niro will also attend the awards ceremony. Even Valerie Golino was sent back from Australia by Simon.

Valerie is not only the heroine of "Rain Man" which is very popular during the awards season, but she is also the heroine of "Batman" which will be released at the end of the year. No matter which aspect, it is very necessary for her to attend this award ceremony.

A conference room at the Daenerys Entertainment branch in Burbank.

As noon approached, Amy looked at her memo again, looked up at Deutschman and said, "One last thing, Ella, regarding Simon's nomination for Best Score, how confident are you of winning the award?"

"I have tried my best, but the possibility of Simon winning the award is very low," Ella Deutschman shook her head: "Among the nominations this time, besides Simon, David Grusin of "The Battle of the Beanfield"

John Williams of "The Unexpected Passenger", George Fenton of "Dangerous Liaisons" and Maurice Weir of "The Fog" all have at least three Oscar music awards.

Among them, David Grusin, who has been nominated 5 times, and George Fenton, who has been nominated 4 times, have not won the award yet."

Amy took a look at the nomination list for the Best Score Award handed over by Deutschman and found that the other four were all very experienced soundtrack masters. Only Simon was a newcomer, and this was the first time he had been nominated.

Although the call for "Rain Man" to win the award is very high, Amy also feels that it is unlikely that Simon will win the award with such a nomination.

Putting down the information in her hands, Amy thought for a while and said: "I told Simon about this matter, and he just let me handle it casually. I guess he didn't have any expectations for winning the prize. But no matter what, I still have to prepare.

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Ella Deutschman said: "Usually in this case, other people in the cast help to receive the award. Among the cast of "Rain Man", Valerie Golino is probably the only one who is suitable."

"Then it's Valerie," Amy said directly, "You should take the time to chat with her, and at least prepare an acceptance speech."

After talking about this matter, Amy re-checked her memo to confirm that nothing was missing, and then announced the end of the morning meeting.

In the afternoon, a supporting role audition for "Pretty Woman" was arranged in Santa Monica. The film will start filming in early May at the latest. Amy also made an appointment for lunch with Angela Ahrendts, the president of Gucci America, so

I didn't plan to stop in Burbank.

As soon as Amy left the conference room with her assistant, Ella Deutschman chased her out again and walked downstairs with them, saying at the same time: "I heard that the male lead of "Pretty Woman" has not been finalized yet?

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"Yes," Amy knew that Deutschman must be recommended by someone, and said with a smile: "Several candidates have already been submitted to Simon. If you plan to recommend them, they must be outstanding enough."

Ella Deutschman was not polite and said: "We just watched the sample film of "My Left Foot" last week. Daniel Day-Lewis, what do you think?"

Amy thought of Lewis's impeccable performance in "My Left Foot", and there was obviously nothing wrong with the other party's acting skills. Before "My Left Foot", Lewis's films were basically romantic movies, such as Deutschman's

"A Room with a View" released by New Pictures and last year's "Love in Prague" adapted from Milan Kundera's novel.

However, after thinking for a moment, Amy shook her head: "Ella, the male protagonist of "Pretty Woman" is a businessman, but Daniel's temperament is more of an artist. He is not suitable for this role."

Deutschman did not give up easily, saying: "Danny happened to be in Los Angeles recently. Amy, if possible, how about giving him an audition opportunity?"

Daniel Day-Lewis's performance in "My Left Foot" left a very deep impression on Amy. After a moment of hesitation, she said: "There happened to be a supporting role in "Pretty Woman" over there in Santa Monica in the afternoon.

Audition, Ella, at four o'clock in the afternoon, I can only give Daniel twenty minutes. Besides, it was Simon who made the final decision on this matter."

Ella Deutschman heard Amy agree to come down and said gratefully: "Thank you, Amy, I will let Danny go there on time."

Amy smiled and said: "On your side, has Robert Altman completed the script of Raymond Carver's novel?"

Ella Deutschman shook her head and said: "Ultraman has already come up with an outline, and the film's title will definitely be "The Intersection of Life." However, there will definitely be no chance of it this year."

After finishing the awards season public relations, Deutschman completed the release of "Sid Sisterhood" left over from last year. The remaining work this year is mainly "My Left Foot", "Driving Miss Daisy" and the Gucci documentary

Three projects, and if possible, we will look for opportunities to buy the rights to some other artistic films from channels such as the Cannes Film Festival.

However, Daenerys Entertainment is still being closely watched by other Hollywood film companies, and the plan to buy the copyright is not very feasible. At least it is not easy to achieve this while ensuring a reasonable price.

After leaving the Burbank branch, Amy's assistant Vanessa was responsible for driving, while she sat in the back seat and read a script at every opportunity.

This is a sequel to a horror movie in the original New World Entertainment copyright library. It is adapted from Stephen King's horror novel "Children of the Cornfield". The first film was released in 1984. The production cost was only 800,000 US dollars, but it achieved

The North American box office performance is close to 15 million US dollars, and its market performance is comparable to that of the "The Evil Dead" series.

During the recent release of The Evil Dead 2, New World Pictures president Danny Morris released the project.

"Children in the Cornfield" originally had no basis for developing a sequel. If you want to do this, the story will probably have to be restarted, unlike horror film series such as "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "The Amityville Horror" which have such features as Nightmare or Hell.

Elements of the same origin such as magic boxes.

However, in Hollywood, as long as a movie is still profitable, these problems are obviously not a problem.

As a film adaptation of Stephen King's novel, and the first part of the film achieved amazing box office results relative to the cost, it is inevitable to develop a sequel.

I read the script attentively, and from time to time took a pen to mark a few sentences on it. Unknowingly, the car had stopped outside a restaurant in Santa Monica not far from Daenerys Entertainment headquarters.

Amy took Vanessa out of the car, Angela Ahrendts had arrived early, and Valerie Golino also unexpectedly appeared in the restaurant.

Noticing Amy's doubts, Angela Ahrendts took the initiative to explain: "I accompanied Valerie to try on clothes in the Gucci store in the morning, so I came over together."

Amy didn't mind having Valerie by her side. In fact, even if she didn't have this time, she would have taken the time to have dinner with Valerie Golino and talk about the filming of "Batman" in Australia.

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The four women sat down in the restaurant and ordered their meals. Amy asked Ahrendts, "How are you doing here?"

Since joining the company at the beginning of the month, Angela Ahrendts has been living a trapeze life all over North America. These days, she has visited most of the Gucci stores in major cities on the East Coast. However, she wants to expand the Gucci stores in North America.

It will take at least a month or two to sort them all out.

This time I suddenly interrupted my work and came to Los Angeles for Gucci promotion.

The Oscars has always been an important publicity platform for many big names. Gucci did not pay much attention to this aspect of promotion in the past, and it also lacked the network channels to break into the Hollywood circle. Now, since everyone has a boss, Gucci will naturally not let it go.

Take this opportunity.

"Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, Melanie Griffith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Madonna, Valerie, oh, and Bruce Willis' wife Demi

"Moore, a total of 7 actresses will wear Gucci dresses at this award ceremony," Angela counted them excitedly, and said: "In addition, Iger has also communicated with ABC, and we can get a lot of live broadcasts.

Close-up."

Amy was about to nod when she suddenly remembered and said, "Isn't there Nicole Kidman? She is the guest for the Best Art Direction award this time?"

"No, I talked to Mr. Friedman from WMA, and he said that Ms. Kidman had made an appointment with Dior in advance to wear Dior's dress. Mr. Friedman also introduced me to some other actresses, but

, you know, the status of those female stars is a bit low, so there are only these 7."

Of course, Amy doesn’t think that the seven actresses wearing Gucci dresses to attend the Oscars are a bit small. In fact, this number is already a lot. Except for the wife of Bruce Willis, who is not well-known, the other women are all very high-ranking.

Speaking of which, Bruce Willis's wife, um, Demi Moore, is still on the shortlist for the heroine of "The Last Days". This time the other party did this, obviously with the intention of taking the initiative to show goodwill.

If it weren't for Bruce Willis, who had just become famous with "Die Hard", few people would have noticed his model wife.

As for "The Last Night", Amy secretly prefers Michelle Pfeiffer or Julia Roberts.

Of course, Julia has already pre-ordered "Pretty Woman", which will definitely not be able to catch up with "The Last Days". If the two parties hadn't already fallen out, Meg Ryan would also be a good choice, and maybe she would have the chance to play "Pulp"

The emerging heroine of "Novel" is Nicole Kidman. However, this woman seems to have a little too much on her mind.

All things considered, Michelle Pfeiffer is the first choice.

As for Demi Moore, Amy will not look at her differently just because of this kind of overture. As Angela Ahrendts just revealed, there are many lower-ranking actresses who are lucky enough to attend this Oscar.

Also looking forward to wearing a Gucci gown. Apparently, Daenerys Entertainment has no shortage of such overtures.

"Just 7, I suggest you don't add any more. It's not a good thing if one brand appears too frequently."

"I think so too," Angela Ahrendts nodded and said, "I have recently been considering taking back as many Gucci counter authorizations as possible. If a luxury brand is everywhere, it is not a luxury brand.

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After everyone chatted for a while, Amy and Angela started talking about business again.

About Daenerys Entertainment’s official celebration party after the Oscars.

Last year, there were not many nominations. Although Simon unexpectedly won a Best Editing award, there was no special celebration.

This year is different.

Based on the box office performance of Daenerys Entertainment's series of hit films last year, even if it doesn't win anything at the upcoming Oscars, the company still has enough need to hold a grand comprehensive celebration party to reward Daenerys who participated in last year's film.

and the main creators of a series of blockbuster films from Silk Entertainment, while also establishing good relationships for further cooperation in the future.

Before this, Amy has communicated with Sofia several times. Daenerys Entertainment's Oscar after-party this year will be named 'Gucci Night'. Not only will there be a large number of celebrities attending, but the media will also be invited to cooperate.

publicity.

Although Angela Ahrendts just said that luxury goods should be controlled from being too overwhelming, Gucci has been silent for several years, and its original reputation in North America has been suppressed by brands such as Dior and LV. This time it happens to be an opportunity to stand out.

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Gucci's recent operation idea is to first spread its popularity as much as possible, and then operate the brand image of this classic luxury brand in a more refined manner.

After the last two days of intense busyness, the 61st Academy Awards finally arrived on time on March 29.

5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Chapter completed!