Like "Steel Magnolia" and "Driving for Miss Daisy" produced by Daenerys Entertainment in the past two years, "A Few Good Man" is also adapted from a popular stage play on Broadway, which tells the story of a fledgling naval lawyer under heavy pressure to investigate a military murder case.

The original version of "The Good People" was also translated as "The Legend of the Sea", starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore. It was also a top-notch movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan that year. However, just by watching the status of the three protagonists, you can know that the production cost of the film will not be too low, which is why Simon is willing to take out the project and cooperate with MGM.

Shirley Lansing took the coffee brought by the female assistant, thanked her, and said to Simon: "A very good story, similar to the theme of Harrison Ford's "Presumed Innocence" this summer, it should still be recognized by the Oscar."

"Presented Innocence" released by Harrison Ford during the summer is also a court crime film.

The film started with mediocre results, but since its release on June 8, the movie has unknowingly accumulated more than $70 million in three months, and the total local box office is expected to reach $80 million, far exceeding the initial expectations of the industry media.

Simon even felt that "The Good People" in the original time and space was probably a movie that followed the trend of "Presumed Innocence".

"Since that's the case, then start planning as soon as possible. In addition, I have given Demi Moore the heroine, and she is very suitable for this role. It just so happens that she has a contract with Daenerys. The hero Daniel Cafe, you can contact Tom Hanks."

Shirley Lansing hesitated: "Simon, I think Hanks is more suitable for comedy, and he is not young enough."

"You can take the time to watch the sample film of "The Red Pink League". Hanks' acting is much wider than you think. Moreover, Hanks is 34 years old this year, which is very young in Hollywood. If it really doesn't work, please modify the script. The original script of "Rain Man" was two middle-aged people. The producer wanted Hoffman and Nicholson to play together, but later changed it to a pair of brothers with a very different age for Cruise. The same is true for "The Good People". The male protagonist may not be a fledgling person. He may be a middle-aged man who is excluded or made some mistakes. In short, he has to give the audience a sense of contrast in counterattack."

Shirley Lansing nodded, but said, "Actually, Simon, I've shown the script to Cruise. Tom is very interested in Kaffie's role, and his offer is not high, $6 million, which is $3 million lower than the pay he received in "Thunder" and is very sincere."

To ensure the success of "The Good People", it is undoubtedly the safest to use the original team.

But Simon never considered this from the beginning.

Over the years, Hollywood studios have lost too much initiative in front of celebrities.

Simon now wants to take back all these powers that should belong to the studio. He will not allow Daenerys Entertainment to become passive in front of any star, nor will he be like Paramount in the original time and space. He will have a big fight with his own male protagonist for the profits of "Mission: Impossible". After the trouble, he has to cooperate with the other party in shame.

Although Cruise's $6 million offer this time was obviously showing goodwill to Daenerys Entertainment, and wanted to resolve some of the previous disputes, Simon had no intention of letting go and insisted: "Sherley, I know you have a good relationship with Cruise, but there is no room for negotiation on this matter. Daenerys Entertainment will not cooperate with Cruise."

Shirley Lansing knew that she was not qualified to bargain with the young man in front of her, so she could only express regret for Cruise and said, "Then, I will contact Hanks as soon as possible."

After talking about this, Simon changed the topic: "The next script can be done after "The Good People" is completed. In addition, how are you talking about 007? And how are you talking about Brosnan? And the copyright of the Ghost Party?"

Shirley Lansing shook her head and said, "Brucenan refused. Moreover, the Brocreese family means that Timothy Dalton can be used in a sequel. The copyright of the Ghost Party will be negotiated recently, with $3 million, and the price cannot be suppressed."

The copyright of 007 has always been jointly owned by MGM's United States and the Brockley family in the UK. Moreover, the shooting rights of the 007 series in the past have always been in the hands of the Brockley family.

Pierce Brosnan is 37 years old this year, older than Hanks. After so many years in the circle, he finally became popular with "The Pretty Beauty", and he will not easily lock himself in the character image of 007.

Simon didn't force himself, but said: "Even if Brosnan is unwilling to star in it, the male lead will still be replaced. Dalton's 007 films are not successful. The recent "Murder License" should be the worst box office performance in the 007 series. If you continue, it will only waste time."

At that meeting in Brisbane, Qintex's shareholders and creditors once proposed that Simon join MGM's board of directors or serve as a consultant to the company, but Simon refused.

In this way, Simon has completely failed to intervene in MGM's operation in a legitimate name.

However, after personally experiencing the meeting that day, Shirley Lansing knew that it would be easy for the young man in front of him to replace him as the CEO of MGM. Therefore, even if he had a little resistance in his heart, he did not dare to ignore Simon's suggestion and said, "I will discuss this with the Brocreese family when I go back."

After finishing his meeting with Shirley Lansing, Simon sent the other party away and returned to the borough to continue his afternoon work.

Until around six o'clock in the evening, Simon was looking through another recently obtained copyright information of the novel "Monday of Killing". The phone rang on the desk and the female assistant prompted MCA chairman Lu Vasalman to call him in person. Simon was a little surprised, but he still picked up the microphone.

After a few chats, Simon hung up the phone, summoned the female assistant in, and said, "Vasalman invited me to a cocktail party tonight. Let's go together. After that, we will fly to San Francisco for the night together. How about it?"

Jennifer nodded: "Okay, but I won't accompany you to San Francisco after the cocktail party, and I'll have to work tomorrow."

Simon's trip to San Francisco is a serious matter and he will probably stay there for about two days.

After hearing Jennifer say this, Simon pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Don't go to the cocktail party, you can go home and rest."

The female assistant had bright eyes and insisted: "I must go."

Simon said with a bitter face: "You see, it will make me rebellious, and it seems that this should be Jenny's responsibility."

The female assistant nodded confidently and smiled: "Yes, it is indeed Jenny's responsibility."

All right.

This is also Jenny.

Seeing that the female assistant walked out with her little high heels after saying that, Simon just smiled and started to look through the information in front of her again, and couldn't help but think about the purpose of Solu Vasalman's invitation.

According to some news in the circle, Panasonic's acquisition team has begun to formally contact the MCA management these days. Simon's side, Daenerys Entertainment, Cersei Capital and Rebel Law Firm have also formed a acquisition team of about 60 people.

As things have developed to this point, it is unlikely that they will be kept confidential again.

I think Lou Vasalman should have received the news that he plans to join the battle in advance to increase the MCA's bidding quotation.

In my memory, Panasonic's acquisition case for MCA was very unsuccessful. In order to prevent the MCA's stock price from soaring to an unacceptable level, Simon did not plan to take action in advance, but planned to wait until Panasonic's negotiations with MCA were in a stalemate before considering the right time to make an acquisition offer.

Even if Panasonic's acquisition negotiations with MCA are no longer as bumpy as in the original time and space, but are smooth sailing, Daenerys Entertainment can also intercept the shareholders of the acquisition before MCA votes against the shareholders of the acquisition.

However, I still have to find an excuse to treat Vasalman tonight.

Simon quickly remembered another thing he was considering recently, and a plan he would embark on after he flew to San Francisco tomorrow. A multi-billion dollar acquisition also involved, perhaps as a temporary shield.

In short, MCA cannot use itself as a bargaining chip to raise stock prices and intensify competition.

Making up his mind, Simon's attention turned to the information about "Month of Killing" in front of him.

"Month of Killing" is a crime thriller novel about racial discrimination and justice published last year, similar to the very famous "Kill a Mockingbird".

The original "Month of Killing" movie was released in 1996 and starred Samuel Jackson, Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Brock. It also achieved very good box office results and Oscar recognition.

Not only that, John Grimson, the author of "The Hour of Killing", two other works, "The Hour of the Goose Assassination Order" and "The Sugar-Coated Trap", are both top-notch films from the 1990s. However, the original novels of the last two movies have not been published yet. Daenerys Entertainment signed the priority of two other novels of John Grimson when buying "The Hour of Killing" this time.

However, Simon has no intention of investing in these projects in the short term.

But next year, the seven blockbuster projects related to Daenerys Entertainment, including its own production and external cooperation, include "Toy Story", "Silence of the Lambs", "Scream 3", "The Good Man", "Batman: The Dark Knight", "Terminator" and "The World of Destiny" that are expected to exceed 100 million yuan in box office.

Although the annual box office in the United States exceeded $5 billion earlier than in the original time and space, this ticket store is limited after all. However, these films may form internal competition in Simon's view, not to mention that there will be other key projects such as "The Flash", "007: Golden Eye", and "Captain Hawke" in the year.

In order to avoid too fierce competition, Simon has recently decided to transfer "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" to 1992. Some major projects that were originally planned to be launched in advance have been temporarily shelved, and is considering extending the production pace of the first phase of the DC movie universe.

The 1990s in the original time and space were a period of great films. Simon did not want this market to be occupied too early by various action blockbusters and superhero movies. Only by blooming with flowers can we maintain prosperity more lastingly. Too much focus on bombshell commercial movies is actually very unfavorable to the long-term development of Hollywood.
Chapter completed!