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"This is an interview with Fox in the port of San Pedro. Mr. Craig is the night watchman of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" studio that was caught in the fire. The fire that broke out last night was first discovered by Mr. Craig. Call the police. Now we're going to interview him."

As the camera rotates, Craig standing next to the female reporter is revealed. He obviously hasn't slept all night, and he feels a heavy sense of exhaustion.

"Hello, Mr. Craig, can you tell me what happened last night?"

"Yes, it was around 11 o'clock last night. I was in my room and suddenly smelled some unpleasant smells. You know, it's the smell of various materials being burned together. It's very exciting. I thought it was something burning in my room, but after I checked, I found out that the smell was coming from the outside. I didn't feel good at the time, and when I went out to check, the fire in the studio was already huge Yes, I quickly called 911 and notified Mr. Bruckheimer on the set."

"According to our interview with the fire department, the fire should have been caused by the foam props in the studio being ignited by sparks from short-circuited wires, which caused the fire. They have basically ruled out the possibility of artificial arson. Mr. Craig, Has the crew notified that work can be resumed?"

"I don't know, but I heard they may move to Burbank for the next scene, because there is still cleaning up here, and the insurance company needs to investigate the damaged items. So, I don't know if it will still be possible. Keep working on the crew."

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Fox News is broadcasting the "Pirates of the Caribbean" studio fire.

Daniel returned to Los Angeles this morning and was not caught by reporters. Jerry, Orlando and others accepted various interviews.

"Is this your unified caliber?"

Sally had a new pair of tortoiseshell glasses, and she looked more like a school disciplinary officer.

Daniel nodded, "Yes, Jerry feels that since the fire has already occurred, its impact should be minimized. If we announce to the public that Craig is obsessed with novels-oh my God. Or the "Harry Potter" series I'm afraid the third episode of "Chamber of Secrets" won't do much more than add millions to Chamber of Secrets. People will take your loss for granted because you hired irresponsible people and it was your fault. Now, At least no one made a mistake, everything was an accident, so if you lose millions, you can get some sympathy for it, and it will be hyped when it is released. There is always help.”

"Considering that this is your investment project, this plan is not too bad." Sally held her large notebook, which she had replaced with a new one in the past two days, "However, from an actor's point of view, this It's an extreme waste of resources. That's not what I said.

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"I know, Trevor, a responsible publicist."

"Indeed, in my opinion. If you explain the key role you played, you can make up for the credibility you lost in the 9/11 incident. Once you will be suspected, and twice, there will still be people who don't believe it. But the number of people will be much smaller. If you Get it once, and you'll be able to establish that there's something special about you. It can create a long-lasting topic for you—stars who are suspected of having a special connection."

"Look, Sally, I don't need to be a slut. It's not a good thing. If your movie sells, everyone will say it's not because of your acting skills, it's not because of your commercial value. It's what it is. It was a big hit, and you just had a hunch of his success, so you picked it. So all my efforts were drowned out by this so-called 'hunch'."

Sally shrugged her shoulders and dropped the subject, showing that she was convinced.

"You have an extra ten days, including the time you need to communicate with Jerry about the next filming needs. This is very beneficial for you to participate in the promotional trip of "Two Towers", and the media recently discovered that among the films released this year, In addition to the first "Spider-Man", the third "Clone Crisis", and Disney's "Signs", it ranked second, only more than one million less than "Spider-Man". The Big Grecian Wedding” and the fifth-ranked “Bourne Bourne” are both movies starring you. The next “Two Towers” ​​and the current release “Harry Potter” are expected to bring “Signs” And Bourne out of the top five, but you still have three top 10 movies of the year—this is your era, it seems, according to the Washington Post."

"uh-huh?"

"Because of this, I think it's because of this. Universal has been more diligent in contacting you recently. Except for "The Bourne", they basically have no good movies this year. "Red Dragon", which was released last month, has not yet broken 8,000. 10,000,000, but the momentum has been crushed by "Harry Potter". "8 Mile" seems to be doing well, but unfortunately it only has a potential of about 100 million. It may not even make it into the top 20 of the year. I guarantee that the entire Universal They are all expecting that your "Fake God" can bring them a surprise similar to "Greek Wedding". But this...of course it is a dream. They are now counting on you to look at the ten-point share and put your own Share a bit of Miracle Halo with them."

"Well, is there anything else?" Daniel is now more and more confident in "Fake God", which is based on his confidence in himself. At least for now, Jim Carrey's appeal may not be comparable to he. Yes, that's a comedy specialist, but wouldn't it be more gimmicky to star in a comedy starring Daniel?

"For the arrangement of "The Pianist", you need to contact Haomachine Company."

The U.S. distribution of "The Pianist" was handed over to Good Machine Films. This company will be renamed Focus in 2004, the old company of the Chinese director An Li.

"Kousa can get in touch with them first. He knows people who are good at machines." This is somewhat of a coincidence. The North American release of "The Pianist" was decided by the production company, and Daniel did not intervene. But Good Machine's latest production, Scarlett Johansson's Lost in Translation, which is currently filming in Tokyo, is slightly behind schedule but almost finished. As Scarlett's big manager, Kusa had some contact with the good machine.

"I have already contacted it, and the other party hopes that you can spend more energy on it. Basically, the more time you spend on it, the higher the box office will be-this is a rumor in your miracle aura."

Since the "Greek Wedding" broke out completely, the industry's attitude towards Daniel has indeed been completely different. With an investment of tens of millions and a box office of 400 million, this number is still changing as it is released in Europe. This kind of miracle is the most legendary thing. After the "Greek Wedding" broke out, he has not signed a new movie, and the outside world's estimate of his salary has been uncertain. Universal's legendary back-to-back contracts are now widely praised.

Daniel's salary has always been on the rise, and after just entering the 20 million club, it seems unlikely that it will rise again rapidly. Everything is on the line. If a movie pays a certain actor 30 million basic salary on the actual budget, then how much money will be used to make the movie, I am afraid it will be very worrying.

So over the years, it is not unreasonable that 20 million has become a boundary. Of course, he still has some room for improvement, but it is not much. So this time, the focus of everyone's speculation is, will he get a legendary salary of 20+20 in the next movie?

Given that he will start resting in 2004, this suspense may have to wait for the future.

After thinking about it for a while, "I can come forward and organize a movie screening, when will they be released?"

"Not sure yet, but should be before Christmas."

"Okay, their arrangement is still the same. I will organize a movie screening at the Oriental Cinema in Los Angeles on the 7th. It can be on the 7th of next month. You can make a guest list with me later."

Sally glanced at him, the decision was obviously not made suddenly.

But seeing that Daniel didn't intend to explain further, she naturally stopped talking, just nodded in response, and continued to talk about the next itinerary.

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During the entire promotion of "The Two Towers", except for screaming and shouting, everyone complained to Daniel that after this trip, his ears were about to have problems. In the later period, it was because Daniel alone could support the entire crew, so basically he ran a line by himself, and the others were in groups of three or five.

The losses of "Pirates of the Caribbean" were also slowly calculated.

The damage to the studio is valued at 1.22 million, and the insurance company will pay 60% of it-this is because there is human liability, and flammable materials are piled on the wires, which is definitely against the regulations.

In addition, during the shutdown period, the cost of maintaining the crew and filming preparations for scrapping exceeded 2.2 million, which was not covered by insurance.

In addition to the loss, the crew also needs to re-arrange the studio, because the filming location needs to be changed, and the studios in South Bay, Burbank, and Disney will share the next filming tasks in the United States, which requires a lot of new facilities. Thankfully What's more, the high-cost scenes like Treasure Cave, which took several months to build, are all in Disney's studio, otherwise the loss may become unbearable. Even so, the new studio has cost nearly 1.4 million.

With the loss of millions, plus the feedback from Weta Digital, the special effects budget is definitely not enough.

So for Disney and Daniel, increasing the budget has become something that must be considered.

Melissa and Ferguson have recently led professionals and have been studying this issue with Disney, whether to share the cost according to the existing investment ratio of 2:1, or to adjust the investment ratio.

The result was the exact opposite of what it was when the filming first started. This time, Disney wanted to increase its exclusive capital in exchange for a larger investment ratio, but of course Daniel disagreed. It didn’t make sense that Daniel was optimistic about this project at the beginning. Now that the expectations are clearer, you can Hope to get more percentage.

The two sides are in a stalemate, and Robert and Daniel have agreed to communicate before restarting the machine. (To be continued..)

ps: The second update, thank you Kira for the monthly pass

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