Eric and Bruckheimer chatted, and after about half an hour, the crew announced a short break, and the director of the film, Tony Scott, brought a group of main creators on the set today to greet Eric. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Tony Scott is the younger brother of Ridley Scott, another big Hollywood director, and he is also a Hollywood director.

It's just that Tony Scott is not as old as his brother and is getting braver, at this time Tony Scott, who is in his fifties, has passed the peak of his career, and "Public Enemy" should be his last masterpiece with global influence.

Eric chatted enthusiastically with Tony Scott, Will Smith and several other supporting characters for a while, and the next scene seemed to focus mainly on a few supporting characters, Will Smith and Eric greeted each other and walked to their luxury trailer to rest, and several supporting characters also dispersed to prepare for the next scene.

Eric, Bruckheimer, and Tony Scott continued to sit in simple folding chairs in the lounge area, and Eric said, "Tony, how is Ridley lately, and I haven't heard anything about his latest new film since "Devil Soldier"?"

In my memory, "Devil Woman GI" is a work starring Demi Moore, but this time, the heroine was replaced by another hardcore Hollywood actress, Gina Davis. However, the same thing is that the film, which shows the details of the life and training of American female soldiers, still ended in a box office failure.

While not as close as Hollywood brothers like the Wachowski or Coen brothers, the brothers Tony Scott and Ridley Scott have a very good relationship, often serving as producers for each other's productions.

"He's been preparing a Roman historical war film lately, just like Braveheart a few years ago," Tony Scott looked at Eric and suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity, "Speaking of which, Eric, this is indeed a very good story, I don't think it's much worse than Braveheart, maybe you will be interested in this film." ”

Almost immediately, Eric thought of Ridley Scott's "Gladiator," which ranked even before "Braveheart" in his more memorable Hollywood epics. Moreover, although there is no Oscar record of "Braveheart", the box office of "Gladiator" is much higher than that of "Braveheart" in memory.

"Although the box office of "Devil Woman Soldier" is not very good, but this is what everyone can expect, after all, it is because of the subject matter," Eric thought to himself, and said quietly on the surface: "Moreover, Ridley's project should not lack investors, right?"

When Tony Scott heard Eric say this, he mistakenly thought he was refusing.

Because after "Braveheart", several epic films that Hollywood has followed the trend in recent years have basically failed. Once the craze cools down, if you want Hollywood to be interested in this genre, unless a new epic box office dark horse appears, and now everyone is aware of the high risk of epic films, and they have become more cautious about investing in epic films.

Originally, Steven's Amberlin Pictures had agreed to invest. However, some time ago, we were suddenly told that Amberlin's cash flow was a little tight and had to cancel the project. Tony Scott said, suddenly smiling again, and said in a joking tone: "Eric, if you can agree to invest, I can agree to it for Ridley now, we won't wait for the price like some ignorant little guys." ”

Tony Scott is apparently secretly following the recent "Pirates of the Caribbean" script turmoil.

Eric laughed and said, "Then I should at least read the script." ”

Tony Scott originally thought that Eric was not interested, so he made a joke.

Eric is actually right, even if Amberlin Pictures regrets it, it will not be difficult for the brothers to find investment in Hollywood for their project, it just takes a little more time.

However, at this time, hearing Eric mention the script, Tony Scott realized that he had just misunderstood, and nodded briskly: "No problem, if you have time, I can call him now and ask someone to send a copy of the script." ”

"There's no need to be in such a hurry, I can't guarantee that I'll invest," Eric waved his hand and said with a smile: "I think you'd better be busy with this movie first, and we'll have dinner together at noon." ”

"Then I'll go get busy first," Tony Scott looked up at his watch and said, "You and Jerry talk first, and I'll have someone send a script to Firefly in the afternoon." ”

With that, Tony Scott got up and walked down the street where preparations were almost underway, ready to shoot the next set of shots.

When Tony Scott walked away, Bruckheimer said: "Eric, I actually read the script that Ridley is preparing, the template of "The Prince's Revenge", which tells the story of a Roman general who endured humiliation and disguised himself as a gladiator after his family was wiped out, and approached to assassinate the Roman emperor to avenge his relatives. ”

"The Prince's Revenge" is "Hamlet", one of Shakespeare's four famous tragedies.

"Speaking of "The Revenge of the Prince", I think of "The Lion King", "The Lion King" also uses the template of "The Revenge of the Prince". A story template that can be passed down from generation to generation will never go out of style, and with Ridley's directing skills, it might be a very good project," Eric and Bruckheimer said, only to notice a Latino girl wearing a white tank top, black leather jacket and a pair of tight patent leather trousers standing not far away, looking at her with some anticipation and some timidity.

After recalling, Eric probably remembered the other party's somewhat awkward name, so he smiled and waved at the girl.

Fernanda Tavares has been standing on the sidelines of the crowd for a while, and she has maintained a good relationship with Giselle and Alexander since Alexander's birthday party last year, using the connections of the two women, coupled with her own excellent qualifications, to successfully select the Victoria's Secret Angels Legion, which will participate in the fifth Victoria's Secret show this year.

"Enemy of the Nation" has a scene where the male protagonist Robert Dean chooses underwear for his wife as a Christmas present, and the original script was a brand called Ruby that the screenwriter wrote casually. However, since this project is produced by Firefly Group, this brand has naturally become Victoria's Secret.

This plot requires a female promoter in an underwear store, and according to convention, naturally also chooses from the Victoria's Secret angels.

Eric also called Giselle and the two at the beginning, but the two girls are obviously very high-spirited now, and they don't like this kind of fleeting small role, so Eric casually put it aside and let LTD look at it himself.

Depending on the situation, this role fell to Fernanda Tavares, who should have the credit of Giselle. Since last year, Eric has been able to feel that Giselle is building his own small circle, and he is not against this behavior of the girl, but is very supportive.

I hadn't seen him for more than a year, and Fernanda Tavares thought that Eric had forgotten about him, so he didn't dare to come forward to say hello just now. Seeing Eric waving at her, she suddenly trotted over.

When he got closer, Fernanda Tavares became restrained again, bowed slightly politely, and said, "Mr. Williams, Mr. Bruckheimer, good morning." ”

On the night of Alexander's birthday last year, everyone was dressed in ordinary clothes, and in the end it even turned into a somewhat ridiculous topless party, and Eric only felt that there was a group of young and beautiful girls around him.

But at this time, Fernanda Tavares, who was wearing a black jacket and tight patent leather trousers and hard-soled leather boots, was like a wild lioness cub, with a figure of more than 1.8 meters, without any youthful atmosphere at all, but full of the wild nature unique to Latin girls. If you can be more confident, then the aura will be even more perfect.

Eric casually patted the chair next to him and smiled, "I almost didn't recognize you, so you played the role of the promoter in the script?"

Fernanda Tavares sat down next to Eric and said, "Well, I just had the last scene with Mr. Smith. ”

Eric said, "It's a little smaller, but it's still very helpful in raising your profile. Now that you're done shooting, are you planning to go back to New York?"

Fernanda Tavares looked at Eric with this hope in her eyes and said, "I'm going to stay in Los Angeles for a few more days." The agency asked me to concentrate on this role, and I didn't have any work arranged for the future, so I was in no hurry to go back. ”

"Oh," Eric nodded, looking at his watch.

He arrived on the set at nine o'clock, and the two writers of "Pirates of the Caribbean" Terry Rucio and Ted Ellio were about eleven o'clock, and it was already past 10:55, and the other should have arrived.

Fernanda Tavares didn't know why Eric suddenly raised his hand to look at his watch, and just sat quietly next to him.

Eric raised his head, and just as he was about to say something, an assistant director of the crew walked over with three people from the outer blockade, and then stood up. Jerry Bruckheimer also knew that it was the screenwriter of "Pirates of the Caribbean" who came over, and at the same time got up curiously, and Fernanda Tavares quickly stood up.

When the group approached, Ted Elliott, who was walking in the middle, politely stretched out his hand to Eric: "Hello, Mr. Williams, I'm Ted Elliott. ”

Eric smiled and shook the other's hand, "Hello, Ted. ”

Terry Rucio and Matt Gilson also introduced themselves, and everyone sat down around a simple folding table, and Eric said to Fernanda Tavares next to him, "Fell, can you go to the back office and help you prepare some coffee?"

Eric's very natural affectionate nickname made Fernanda Tavares feel comfortable, and she also knew that Eric was politely supporting herself, not angry at all, and got up and said, "Of course." ”

With that, Fernanda Tavares got up and walked towards a nearby logistics trailer.

Watching the wild and tall Latin girl leave, the atmosphere of the scene was very briefly deadlocked.

During the introductions to each other, Terry and Rucio could sense that Eric was very gentle and appropriate when greeting them.

However, the more the other party reacted like this, the more the three of them seemed a little weak-hearted. After all, a few days ago, it was indeed the three of them who played some small tricks to make such a big deal now. It can be said that if Eric hadn't really taken a fancy to the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the behavior of the three would have been a malicious fraud.

Eric didn't show any displeasure, not even some subtle warnings and threatening words, which made the three of them realize their weakness and powerlessness in front of the Hollywood mogul, and the other party obviously disdained to meet a few of them in general, like a lion on the prairie would not care if the buzzing of a few bugs flying over him or not made a noise to him.

Everyone is not familiar with each other, coupled with the events of the past few days, Eric did not have too much politeness, and quickly went straight to the point: "I really value the script of "Pirates of the Caribbean", when I asked Jeffrey to deal with this matter, I also asked him to dig up the two of you together, because this script needs to be revised to a large extent, I plan to make it into a series, but I don't have that much time to do it myself, so I can only leave it to the two of you." Now, I don't mean the same, and I want you both to join Firefly and personally lead the development of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Of course, if you insist on selling the script for an unrealistically high price, Firefly will participate in the bidding, but then I am afraid that we will not be able to cooperate anymore. By the way, my offer is $1 million, you guys think about it. ”

Terry Rucio didn't expect Eric to be so direct, and after glancing at each other, Ted Elliott said, "Mr. Williams, we actually really want to work with Firefly. At the same time, though, we want you to direct the film yourself. ”

"Well, I'm sorry," Eric immediately shook his head and said, "I already have a very good idea of the main creative team of this script, I won't direct this movie myself, but I just discussed with Jerry that he can be the producer of this project himself." ”

When the three of them heard this, they were immediately a little disappointed.

Matt Gilson hesitated and said, "Mr. Williams, can you tell me who you plan to have as the director and the lead role?"

Eric shook his head and smiled, and asked, "Do you think I should tell you?"