Chapter 43: Punching the Titanic
"It's also because of Sid Leon on the TV network, and it's also Sid Leon on the park side, this bastard boy really doesn't take us Disney seriously. Michael Eisner gritted his teeth and looked at the "trouble" in front of him from two different departments, but from the same person.
"Isn't there anything you can do to fix this kid?" muttered Michael Eisner, frowning.
Although Peter Murphy on the other side wanted to open his mouth to persuade this old partner, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed again, wasn't Katzenberg also Michael Eisner's old partner back then, and the result?
Thinking of this, Peter Murphy couldn't help but be silent, and Michael Eisner's eyes drifted to his desk.
At the top of a pile of documents, on the cover of a folder, it reads "Pearl Harbor"!
Of course, this does not refer to the Japanese air raid in history, but to Disney's biggest summer blockbuster of the same name this year.
"Peter, when is Sid Leon's new film coming out?" asked Michael Eisner.
"Sid Leon's new film, the fairy tale show?" asked Peter Murphy, confused.
And Michael Eisner found the relevant information of this year's summer file from the desktop, "There is, here we —— "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by Fire Lion Pictures, and the release date is June 1. ”
Then Peter Murphy heard a sentence that made him jaw-dropping, "Then we'll move 'Pearl Harbor' to premiere on June 1." ”
"That, that, Michael. Peter Murphy stammered a little, "Seriously? Not kidding?"
"How could I joke about something so important. Michael Eisner said with a solemn but confident face, "Pearl Harbor is our biggest and most important Disney production ever. Since we were going to step on "Titanic", what problem can we deal with one "Harry Potter" so much?"
Yes, in the end Michael Eisner thought of the means of dealing with Sid. It was launched by Disney last year, the highest-cost movie in Hollywood, and it is also his biggest ambition in Hollywood for decades - "Pearl Harbor"!
The production cost of this film is 140 million US dollars, and the publicity budget is 100 million US dollars, making the cost of the film even more than James Cameron's 200 million cost "Titanic"!
The cost surpasses the other party, and Michael Eisner, who rules with an iron fist, naturally makes Disney's propaganda department, in the publicity since the beginning of this year, not shy away from playing the propaganda slogan "Beyond the Titanic"!
Of course, in the eyes of Michael Eisner and others, this war romance blockbuster can indeed bear such ambitions.
Because the director of "Pearl Harbor" is Bang Bay, who has a good relationship with Disney!
At this time, he is still the cutting-edge director who shocked Hollywood with "Brave Death Island" and "Peerless Tribulation". Moreover, this is also his return to the director's seat after directing "The Peerless Tribulation" a few years ago.
In that year, Michael Bay used "Peerless Tribulation" to help Michael Eisner defeat CAA and DreamWorks' "Heaven and Earth Collision" in the summer file, defending the interests of the blockbuster studio and Michael Eisner's position within Disney.
So, Michael Eisner has a lot of confidence in Blast Bay.
As for the filmmaker, it's the gold medal producer Jerry Bruckheimer!
He is also the old partner of Bang Bay in "The Peerless Tribulation", and the power of such a golden partner is comparable to Spielberg and George Lucas in Hollywood.
And this "Pearl Harbor", which is based on World War II, is not about war, but about the joys and sorrows of love on top of war.
Since "Pearl Harbor" is aimed at Cameron's "Titanic", they also want to learn the key to its success from the current highest-grossing film in history - a love story against the backdrop of disaster!
This super-blockbuster that brings together Exploding Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Eisner has attracted attention both inside and outside Hollywood since the start of filming.
In addition to the huge investment and momentum of the film, a number of media contacted by Disney have enthusiastically discussed the possibility of the film winning the Oscar even when the film was still being filmed!
Of course, they are also "well-founded" - "war and love" would have been the eternal theme of the film!
In recent years, the Oscar jury has also favored films with this theme.
Whether it was "Braveheart", which won five Oscars in 1995, or "The British Patient", which won nine awards in 1997.
The sincere love in the war has become the film that people are most willing to hope for.
Therefore, many media have said with noses and faces: "Cruel war + romantic love will surely make a gorgeous rose bloom in the war!"
And "Pearl Harbor" in order to be able to line this sentence, in terms of actors, also painstakingly in terms of actors, the actor Ben Affleck is the second male lead in "The Peerless Tribulation", at this time a few years have passed, his popularity has gradually grown, and Exploding Bethus invited him to play the leading role in this film.
At the same time, the heroine is a rose from England after Kate Winslet-Kate Beckinsale.
Although she is not yet famous, her delicate beauty, fair skin and slender and charming figure make her role "reveal a kind of tenacity in weakness", making her better than Liv Taylor in "The Peerless Tribulation", which is why Bang Bay will give her such an important role.
As for the supporting actor Josh Hartnett, one of the most well-known movies before was playing a supporting role in Sofia Coppola's virgin neodymium work "The Death of Neodymium".
Although he is not famous, his image of a "sexy beautiful man" makes him "enough to provoke such a big production." ”
To be honest, when he saw the video advertorials in these media and newspapers, even Peter Murphy himself almost couldn't help but vomit.
To be honest, except for Ben Affleck, who is still somewhat famous, the other two are completely unknown rookie actors, or vases.
Originally, some executives, including Peter Murphy, did not agree to use such a starring actor with no box office appeal, but under Michael Eisner's bold words of "kicking the Titanic", Exploding Bay also confidently said that he would be as bold as James Cameron to use newcomers.
"Since Cameron can use the unknown Little Plum and Winslet to create the No. 1 box office blockbuster in history, then I can use the same level of lineup to kill his "Titanic"!"