Chapter 253: Cut Throat Island
After slashing through the mess as quickly as she could, Leila finally came up with the real reason why she was hurrying back. 13579246810
Louise looked at the plan in her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more frightened she became, and the more her eyelids jumped.
"Leila, are you serious?"
"Do you think I look like someone who would joke about such things?" Leila raised an eyebrow.
Of course, Louise knew that she wasn't, but she still couldn't accept the shock of the plan in hand: "If we really want to do what we do here, we may have to invest at least more than 100 million dollars! ”
Leila admired her calculation skills in her heart, and indeed, if her plan was to be carried out smoothly, 100 million was the lowest budget. For a person who needed to worry about tens of thousands of pounds more than a year ago, she suddenly had to use 100 million yuan to calculate the cost, and she couldn't help but feel frightened.
"Didn't I say it, it's time to start getting ready!"
Louise's voice trembled as she muttered, "It's really good enough to be big." But is it really okay?"
"I haven't tried it, how do I know if it will succeed?"
Louise struggled to tell her about the situation. But if she didn't say anything and caused the company to lose hundreds of millions, she would feel even more guilty.
In 9, the independent production company Karlock released a pirate-themed film directed by Lannihani about Cut Throat Island. At that time, the investment was said to be more than 92 million, but the box office was only 900,000. ”
Layla was still sick and dying when the movie was released, and it was not surprising that Louise thought she didn't know about it. So she told her as much detail as she could, so that she would understand that it was never a good idea to spend a lot of money on pirate films.
"Carllock has made a lot of big movies, like Terminator 2 Instinct and so on. In order to shoot Cut Throat Island well, they all used real-life shooting, and the pirate ship in the movie alone spent a budget of 0000000. But in the end, the entire company lost money and was completely bought by MGM. ”
Leila listened quietly, and it wasn't until she finished speaking that she looked straight into her eyes, "So, you think I can't make pirate movies either, do you?"
"This," Louise choked. If you say "yes", it is obvious to all that the little boss has repeatedly won box office miracles, and no one will doubt that she will create many more miracles.
But let's say "no", the decline of pirate movies is also a well-known thing.
In the past, there have been many popular pirate movies with movie fans, such as Captain Kidd, Captain Cook, Treasure Island, etc., and it can be said that for a long time, pirate movies have had a good box office.
Like Roy said, the pirate is the romance of men. What boy is not wearing a slip, wielding a stick, imagining himself to be a pirate sailing the seas in a ship?
The emergence of Cutthroat Island and huge losses have silenced many film companies. A few years later, no studio has shown even the slightest interest in pirate films. Even the major Hollywood studios are not willing to throw 80 or 90 million dollars into the water.
Leila didn't look at her anymore, and raised her hand casually: "I know what you said about Cut Throat Island, and I also know that Mr. Lanny Haring, who filmed Ghost Street 4, is a very good director. But I also know that the film will fail just because of the genre, the script is the fundamental problem. ”
It's funny to say that the script of this film, which is said to have been pressed down and taken very seriously by the independent film company Carlock, is so bad that it can't be filmed halfway through.
At that time, the company was in a hurry, so it found four screenwriters to continue writing the script. As a result, the four screenwriters didn't let anyone, and they talked with each other for more than two years before they barely made the movie.
It's not a shame that this kind of broken thing is still being shown, and it would be strange if it doesn't fail. In the end, the Cullock company went bankrupt due to the huge losses of Cut Throat Island, which in her opinion was a typical example of not dying. One monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, three monks have no water to eat, and he dares to invite four monks to come over, isn't it pure chaos?
This is a truth that even children know, and they can still plant a big heel fight on it, which is really speechless.
"Our company is not Karloch, and I am not Lanny Haring. If there's one person who never makes a movie of failure, it's me!"
The words that were completely wild words on others were said by Leila as a matter of course, and both Louise and Demi couldn't help but believe it.
It's inconceivable that even the best film reviewers wouldn't be optimistic about Layla's plan. You must know that the loss of Cut Throat Island seems to be yesterday, and it still leaves fans with the impression that pirate movies are terrible, and it is too difficult to come up with a pirate movie that fans are willing to pay to watch before these impressions are completely gone!
But such a clear doubt was relieved when Louise heard Lyra's firm words.
Yes, she is Leila, the one who has created countless miracles one after another. Maybe she also made this decision this time when she saw the light of miracles shining, right?
"I see, I'll calculate it first according to this plan. As she spoke, she threw aside even the last trace of resistance in her heart.
Let's die, although the company is not big, it can afford to pay for such a loss. And what if it succeeds? With the small boss who can earn back hundreds of millions of dollars in gold, maybe he can create another miracle of the Titanic.
Of course, this is also the comfort she has in her heart. wouldn't really think that she could surpass Titanic's box office, in her heart, it was already an insurmountable peak. It's not just her, everyone thinks the same way.
And it is true, the box office record of Titanic was finally broken by director James Cameron himself 2 years later, using the epic blockbuster Avatar full of fantasy style.
After thinking about it for a moment, Lyra felt that she had almost done what she had to do, and she stood up and prepared to leave. Suddenly she was reminded of something.
"Is there a new movie in the pipeline lately? The director is Die Hard's John McTilnan, and the screenwriter is Michael Clayton of Jurassic Park. She remembered Prince Nabhani's reminder of her.
Louise was stunned for a moment: "I did hear the news." ”
It is no longer surprising that Leila is well-informed, and one of her earliest impressions of her is that of Hollywood's "Bai Xiaosheng", and decades of network weaving have already given her many news channels that others can't understand.
"Do you know what it is?"
"The name is probably the thirteenth warrior, and it is said that an investor has recently been found, and the final investment may exceed 100 million. ”