Los Angeles.

It's Monday, March 27.

This past Easter weekend, Daenerys Entertainment's new film "Hellraiser 2" officially opened in North America with 1,117 screens.

Amy Pascal got the box office data for the first weekend of "Hellraiser 2" early in the morning.

Three days after the opening of the film, the sequel to the "Ghost Hunting" series created by the new line "Ghost Street" earned $4.61 million, and the box office performance was comparable to the first part of "Ghost Hunting", and the total box office in North America is still expected to be around $15 million.

The production cost of "Hellraiser 2" is only $3 million, which is already three times the production cost of the first part of the first series of $1 million, and the company's publicity budget is also $3 million. The $15 million North American box office expectation means that Daenerys Entertainment can achieve good profitability just by releasing it in local theaters.

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

The 61st Academy Awards will take place on March 29.

After the meeting with the management of New World Pictures, Amy organized another meeting in the same conference room back-to-back to discuss preparations for the Oscars with Ella Deutchman's team.

What makes the Oscars a big business worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year is that all parties involved in the event can profit from it.

On Daenerys Entertainment's side, in addition to popular nominated films such as "Rain Man", in order to increase the exposure of the company's upcoming films such as "Bodyguard" and "The Sixth Sense" this year, stars such as Kevin Costner and Robert De Niro will also attend the awards ceremony, and even Valerie Golino was sent back from Australia by Simon.

Valerie is both the heroine of "Rain Man", which is a hit in the awards season, and the heroine of "Batman", which will be released at the end of the year, and in either case, her presence at this awards ceremony is very necessary.

The conference room of the Danenerys Entertainment Division in Burbank.

Towards noon, Amy looked at her memo again, looked up at Deutchman and said, "One last thing, Ella, how sure do you think you will win Simon's nomination for Best Soundtrack?"

"I've tried my best, but the likelihood of Simon winning the award is very low," Ella Deutchman shook her head: "In this nomination, in addition to Simon, David Grushing of "The Battle of Beanfield", John Williams of "Unexpected Traveler", George Fenton of "Dangerous Liaisons" and Maurice Weir of "Fog Lock" have at least three Oscar nominations for music awards, among which David Grushing, who has been nominated 5 times, and George W. Brown, who has been nominated 4 times, have all been nominated for at least 3 Oscars. Fenton hasn't won an award yet. ”

Amy took a look at the list of nominees for the Best Score award handed over by Doichman, and found that the other four were all very old soundtrack masters, and only Simon was a newcomer, and it was the first time he had been nominated.

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

Putting down the information in her hand, Amy thought for a while and said, "I told Simon about it, and he just asked me to deal with it casually, and I don't think he has any expectations for winning the award." But in any case, it is necessary to prepare. ”

Ira Deutchman said: "Usually in this case, other people in the same crew help to receive the award, and in the crew of "Rain Man", probably only Valerie Golino is suitable. ”

"Then Valerie," Amy said directly, "You take the time to talk to her, and at least prepare an acceptance speech." ”

After talking about it, Amy rechecked her memo to make sure that nothing was missing, and then declared the morning meeting over.

In the afternoon, Santa Monica arranged auditions for supporting roles in "Pretty Woman", and the film will start filming in early May at the latest. Amy also had lunch with Angela Arrentz, president of Gucci America, at noon, so she didn't plan to stop in Burbank.

As soon as Amy left the conference room with her assistant, Ella Deutchman chased after them again and went downstairs side by side with them, saying, "I heard that the male lead of "Pretty Woman" has not been finalized yet?"

"Yes," Amy knew that Doichman must have someone to recommend, and said with a smile: "Several candidates have already been reported to Simon, and if you plan to recommend, your strength must be good enough." ”

Ella Deutschman was also polite, and said, "We just saw the sample of "My Left Foot" last week, Daniel Day Lewis, what do you think?"

Amy remembered Lewis's impeccable performance in "My Left Foot", and there was clearly nothing wrong with the other party's acting skills. Lewis's pre-"My Left Foot" was mostly romance films, such as "A Room with a View," which was released by Deutchman when he was at New Studios, and "Prague Love," which Milan Kundera adapted last year.

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

But Deutchman didn't give up easily, and said, "Danny happened to be in Los Angeles recently, Amy, if you can, how about giving him an audition?"

Daniel Day Lewis's performance in "My Left Foot" still impressed Amy, and after hesitating, she said: "Santa Monica's side is going to audition for the supporting role in "Pretty Woman" in the afternoon, Ella, at four o'clock in the afternoon, I can only give Daniel twenty minutes. Moreover, in the end, it was Simon who made the decision. ”

Ella Deutschman listened to Amy's agreement and said gratefully, "Thank you, Amy, I'll let Danny pass on time." ”

Amy smiled and said, "On your side, has Robert Altman finished Raymond Carver's script?"

Ella Deutschman shook her head and said, "Ultraman has come up with an outline, and the name of the movie will definitely be "The Intersection of Life". However, this year is definitely out of play. ”

After finishing the awards season and completing the release of "The Sid Sisters" left over from last year, the rest of this year's work will be mainly "My Left Foot," "Driving for Miss Daisy" and the Gucci documentary, and if possible, looking for opportunities to buy some other literary rights from sources such as the Cannes Film Festival.

However, Daenerys Entertainment is still the target of other Hollywood studios, and the plan to buy the rights is not feasible. It's not easy to achieve, at least when it comes to making sure the price is reasonable.

Leaving the Burbank branch, Amy's assistant Vanessa takes the driver, while she sits in the back seat and reads a script.

This is a sequel to a horror film in the original New World Entertainment rights library, based on Stephen King's horror "Cornfield Kids", the first film was released in 1984 and cost only $800,000 to make, but achieved a North American box office result of nearly $15 million, and the market performance is comparable to that of the "Hellraiser" series.

During the recent release of Hellraiser 2, New World Pictures President Danny Morris released the project.

"Kids in the Cornfield" didn't have a sequel in the first place, and if it did, the story would probably have to be rebooted, unlike horror series like "Ghost Street" and "Hell's Dead" that have elements in the same vein as Nightmare or Hellbox.

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, and the first part of the film also achieved very impressive box office results relative to the cost, developing a sequel is inevitable.

Reading the script intently, occasionally taking a pen to annotate a few sentences on it, before I knew it, the car had stopped outside a restaurant in Santa Monica, not far from Daenerys Entertainment headquarters.

Amy takes Vanessa out of the car, Angela Arenz has arrived early, and Valerie Golino unexpectedly appears in the restaurant.

Noticing Amy's doubts, Angela Arendz took the initiative to explain: "I accompanied Valerie to try on clothes in the Gucci store in the morning, so I came with us. ”

Amy doesn't mind having Valerie alone, in fact, even if she doesn't have this time, she will take the time to have dinner with Valerie Golino and talk carefully about the filming of "Batman" in Australia by the way.

As the four women sat down in the dining room and ordered, Amy asked Arentz, "How are you doing here?"

Angela Arendz has been living a trapeze life all over North America since she joined the company at the beginning of the month, and these days she has visited most of the Gucci boutiques in major cities on the East Coast, but it will take at least a month or two to go through all the Gucci boutiques in North America.

This time I suddenly interrupted my work and came to Los Angeles for Gucci's promotional purposes.

The Oscars have always been an important publicity platform for many big brands, and Gucci has not paid much attention to this promotion in the past, and it also lacks the network to break into Hollywood circles. Now, now that everyone has a boss, Gucci will not let go of such an opportunity.

"Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, Melanie Griffith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Madonna, Valerie, Oh, and Bruce Willis's wife Demi Moore, a total of seven actresses will be wearing Gucci gowns at this awards ceremony," Angela counted with some excitement, adding: "Also, Iger has also communicated with ABC, and we can get a lot of live close-ups." ”

Amy was about to nod her head when she suddenly remembered and said, "Isn't there Nicole Kidman, but she's the guest of honor for the best art direction this time?"

"No, I spoke to Mr. Friedman from MA and he said that Miss Kidman had made an appointment with Dior in advance to wear each other's dresses. Mr. Friedman also introduced me to some other actresses, but, you know, those actresses are a little bit low, so there are only these seven. ”

Of course, Amy doesn't think that 7 actresses wear Gucci dresses to attend the Oscars, in fact, this number is already a lot, except for Bruce Willis's little-known wife, the other women's coffee positions are very high.

Speaking of which, Bruce Willis's wife, well, Demi Moore, is still on the shortlist for the heroine of "The Ghost Is Not Settled". The other party did this time, obviously with the intention of taking the initiative to show goodwill.

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

As for "The Ghost Is Not Gone", Amy actually privately prefers Michelle Pfeiffer or Julia Roberts.

Of course, Julia has already decided on "Pretty Woman", and she will definitely not be able to catch up with "Ghost Love". If it weren't for the fact that the two sides had fallen out, Meg Ryan would also be a good choice, and perhaps Nicole Kidman, who rose to prominence with the heroine of "Vulgar". It's just that this woman's mind seems to be a little too much.

All things considered, Michelle Pfeiffer is the first choice.

As for that Demi Moore, Amy won't look at him differently because of this kind of overture. As Angela Ahrengz just revealed, many actresses with lower coffee positions and lucky enough to attend the Oscars are also looking forward to wearing Gucci gowns. Clearly, Daenerys Entertainment is not short of this overture.

"Seven is seven, I suggest you don't add more. It's also not a good thing for a brand to appear too often. ”

"That's what I thought too," Angela Arendz nodded, "I've been thinking about taking back as many Gucci counter licenses as I can lately, and if a luxury brand is everywhere, it's not a luxury brand." ”

Everyone chatted a little, and Amy and Angela started to get down to business again.

About the official celebration party of Daenerys Entertainment after the Oscars.

Last year, because he didn't get many nominations, Simon unexpectedly won a Best Editing award, but there was no special celebration.

This year is different.

With the box office results of Daenerys Entertainment's series of blockbuster films last year, even if nothing is expected at the upcoming Oscars, the company will need to hold a grand comprehensive celebration party to thank the creators who participated in a series of Daenerys Entertainment blockbusters last year, and at the same time build a good relationship for further cooperation in the future.

Amy has already communicated with Sophia several times before that, and Daenerys Entertainment's Oscar after-party this year will be named 'Gucci Night', which will not only be attended by a large number of celebrities, but also invited by the media to cooperate with the promotion.

Although Angela Arrenz just said that luxury goods should be controlled not to be too proliferated, Gucci has been silent for several years, and its original fame in North America has been suppressed by brands such as Dior and LV, and this is just an opportunity to stand out.

Gucci's recent approach has been to re-establish its popularity as much as possible, and then to refine its brand image as a classic luxury brand.

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

5 o'clock in the afternoon.

As the red carpet ceremony began, a large number of stars began to gather from all over Los Angeles to the Holy Civic Auditorium, the venue of this year's Oscars.