After the weekend, it's the last week of June.

Prior to this, "Wonder Woman" had officially started filming in the UK on June 17 last Monday.

The main reason for not choosing Australia is that the origin story is still set in Simon's memory of Gal Gadot's version of World War I, and there are no locations in Australia that resemble London during World War I and the Amazonian paradise island.

As a result, the film will be shot primarily in two European countries: the United Kingdom and Italy.

With a series of films in recent months set up and filming, Daenerys Entertainment's major project list for 1992 has basically been confirmed.

It is estimated that in 1992, Daenerys Entertainment will have a total of four key projects independently produced and released for the time being, namely "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" in the Easter schedule, "Wonder Woman" in the summer schedule, "Home Alone 2" in the Thanksgiving schedule and "Jurassic Park" in the Christmas schedule.

At the same time, Daenerys Entertainment's external film list has been confirmed for three films, namely "The Last Mohican" with Warner Bros., "Peach Deal" with Paramount, and "Killing Hour" with MGM.

Seven films, all of which are blockbuster projects in Simon's memory.

After sorting out some of the rules of Daenerys's films, these seven projects have also become the focus of all Hollywood filmmakers.

"Thank you for coming over today, Sam, and Renee. ”

"You're welcome, Simon, that's what I'm supposed to do. ”

"It's an honor to work with you, Steven. ”

Malibu Daenerys Studios.

The last audition for the male and female protagonists of "Jurassic Park" has finally ended.

After this period of screening, Simon and Spielberg passed the audition together today, and finally finalized Sam Neil and Renee Russell as the paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant and paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Støre respectively in the film.

The original version of "Jurassic Park" is more like a group play, except that the duo of Dr. Grant and Dr. Støre has more scenes.

Simon doesn't plan to make too many changes to the plot of the original Jurassic Park, however, this time it will change some of the mistakes made by the original series.

The most important thing is to maintain the continuity of the series.

The "Jurassic Park" trilogy in the nineties, except for the first one, which grossed more than $900 million worldwide, the last two films were not as good as the other. In Simon's view, in addition to the lack of innovation in the first part of the serious imitation of the plot, the most important reason is the lack of coherence in the story.

In "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World", several of the protagonists of the first part all quit, and in addition to the dinosaur elements, it is basically another story, which largely caused the North American box office of the sequel to shrink by half compared to the first part.

Many years later, when "Jurassic World" was rebooted, the producers did not make this mistake again.

Heroes and actresses Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard still participated in the first part of the global box office explosion of $1.6 billion, and the coherent story made the sequel still win more than $1.3 billion at the global box office despite the mediocre word-of-mouth.

As a result, Simon identified at least two resident roles from the start this time.

It is Sam Neill and Renee Russell who play a pair of scientists, and Daenerys Entertainment will sign a three-part contract directly with the two.

Among the two, Sam Neill is the original actor, not much to mention.

Renee Russell replaced the original Laura Dern.

Personal factors aside, Simon felt that Renee Russell, both in age and temperament, was more suitable for the role of a paleobotanist.

Laura Dern looks like a woman in her thirties in the original film, and she seems to be a good match for Sam Neal, but in fact, the very old-looking actress is only 25 years old this year.

In my memory, Laura Dern was able to get the role in large part because she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress a year before the film started.

Steven Spielberg doesn't like to work with actors who are too high-profile, and Laura Dern, who has an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, is just right in terms of popularity and acting skills.

This time, "Jurassic Park" is a year ahead of schedule, and "Passion Rose," the same film that made Laura Dern nominated for Best Supporting Actress, has not yet been released. It just so happened that Renee Russell was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at this year's Oscars for her role in Simon's "Goodfellas" last year.

Simon has no feelings for Laura Dern, and Renee Russell is very suitable, so naturally there is no need to toss anything else.

After the audition, Sam Neill and Renee Russell left first, Simon discussed other supporting roles with Spielberg, and went to Daenerys Special Effects to check out the motion capture technology developed specifically for "Jurassic Park".

The velociraptor in the film will be shot this time using motion capture technology that can make the picture more vivid and expressive, rather than pure CG animation.

At the same time, motion capture technology matures in advance and can also be applied to other films.

So busy until noon, having lunch with Spielberg, Simon personally sent the other party to the parking lot, and was about to separate, Spielberg seemed to suddenly remember something, and said, "There is one more small thing, Simon." ”

Simon looked at Spielberg's expression, probably realized something, and smiled and motioned for the other party to speak.

Spielberg also smiled and said, "Regarding the 'The Last Mohicans' that you're working on, I have a goddaughter who wants to try out the younger sister role of the kidnapped sisters in the script. ”

"Is your goddaughter, Steven, the little girl from Alien E.T., Drew Barrymore?"

Spielberg shook his head and said, "No, the other one, Gwyneth Paltrow, my father and I have known each other for a long time, and we have worked together at Universal Globe. She's 19 years old and just made a small cameo role on my Captain Hawke. ”

So, with such a godfather, what else can others say?

Simon sighed in his heart, but he didn't hesitate, this favor must still be given, so he nodded happily: "No problem, I will arrange it." ”

Michael Mann has been working on the script for "The Last Mohican" during this time, Simon has already seen the first draft, and the sisters don't have too many scenes.

Moreover, since she can get an Oscar actress, Gwyneth Paltrow will definitely not be completely talented in acting. Although he is a godfather, the other party should understand that Spielberg's favor is not infinitely usable, and he will not be like those 'goddaughters' in Simon's memory.

Simon's rapid rise overshadows the brilliance of the older generation of first-line directors like Spielberg.

If there is no mustard in my heart, it is simply impossible.

Originally, with Spielberg's status in Hollywood, such a role may just be a matter of phone call. The reason why it is necessary to meet Simon in person in advance is because of the key projects of Daenerys Entertainment, and all the main creators need Simon to make decisions personally.

Seeing Simon agree so simply, Spielberg's subconscious estrangement towards this young man couldn't help but eliminate a lot.

The two continued to talk around the car for a long time before Spielberg drove away.

Seeing Spielberg away, Simon had just turned around when the female assistant came over with a folder in her hand.

"AOL has just sent a revised prospectus, and if you have no comments, it will be submitted to the SEC tomorrow, and the IPO roadshow will officially start on July 1, and it will be officially listed on July 12. ”

According to the U.S. stock listing process, AOL's prospectus was submitted two months ago, and this time only some details were modified.

As he walked, Simon took the document handed by the female assistant and flipped through it, finding the revised place that had been marked.

As a result of the recent split adjustment, AOL's total share capital is roughly set at 150 million shares, of which Westeros holds 112.9 million shares, or just over 75%. The remaining approximately 25% of the shares are owned by the companies involved in the previous investment and AOL management.

In addition, AOL's IPO will adjust the company to a dual-class share structure.

The original 150 million shares are Class A shares, and the upcoming 22.5 million shares are Class B shares.

The voting rights of Class B shares are only one-tenth of that of Class A shares.

After the issuance of new shares equivalent to 15% of the total share capital, Westeros' voting rights were actually reduced by less than 1%, still reaching 74.1%.

As a result, in the future, unless Simon voluntarily gives up, almost no one will be able to wrest absolute control of AOL from Westeros, not even the original shareholders who also own some of the Class A shares.

In the revision document in Simon's hand, the main adjustment this time is the issue price range of AOL.

Morgan Stanley, which underwrote the IPO, valued AOL's IPO at $2.5 billion more than two months ago, and during this time, the initial valuation has also been raised due to the continued explosion of AOL users and the market's expectations for AOL's IPO.

For this revision, the issue price for AOL is $19 to $21 for the period.

Based on the maximum price of $21 for the new shares, it equates to a valuation of $3.15 billion for AOL.

With AOL's user growth rate, the total number of users is expected to reach 3.5 million in the first half of 1990, and is expected to exceed 7 million for the whole year.

Based on the monthly payment amount of $30 per user, the number of users reaches 3.5 million, and AOL's monthly revenue can exceed 100 million, not counting the additional user growth in the second half of the year. As a result, Simon actually feels that the $3.15 billion valuation is still undervalued.

However, he also does not plan to raise the issue price range.

Leaving the excess stock price growth potential to the market will only benefit AOL and the Internet industry as a whole.

You know, Cisco's IPO is also in preparation.

Cisco is aimed at ISP companies throughout the United States, and with the rise of the Internet and the Westeros system's monopoly on World Wide Web technology, the company has actually grown more rapidly in the past year. It's just that Cisco, as a hardware manufacturer, isn't as clear as AOL's.

Simon's listing of Cisco after AOL is also motivated by this consideration.

If AOL can get off to a good start, the capital markets will certainly be equally interested in Cisco.

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