Chapter 1163: Miscellaneous Chess Game

Oscar night is a lot of opportunities for many people, so Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Hugo Lancaster and others will be the targets of the siege, journalists want to be able to build a good relationship with them, magazine editors want to be able to get first-hand interviews, sponsors want to be the first to reach a cooperation with them, and second- and third-tier actors want to use their momentum to find job opportunities......

But for Rick and Joseph, Oscar Night also means an excellent environment for an exchange of interests and a new round of networking. Rick and Joseph were busy tonight, including Carl Earl, Ali Emmanuel and others, talking to all parties almost non-stop, not even having time to update each other's messages, and the whole night was just because of an accident, Joseph politely interrupted Rick and Scott Ferguson. Ferguson, who is the executive director of Paramount's "No One Is a Fool" and "Burning Pursuit", then Joseph had a brief conversation with Rick and Ali, and after that, they never had a chance to meet again, and they could only rely on their own judgment and prior planning to plan, and work together to achieve the ultimate goal.

This game has also become a battle that truly shows its absolute strength since the establishment of Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company.

Sure enough, the day after the Oscar night ended, gossip began to fly.

The first news that came out came from Paramount's official, the media had been chasing the wind and shadows about the 20 million salary, Paramount officially responded for the first time, saying that their cooperation with Hugo has entered the negotiation stage, and they are indeed willing to offer 20 million salaries, and now there are only some specific details.

As soon as the news came out, the whole Hollywood was surging, and in the past nearly a month, people have been paying attention to the casting progress of "Mission Impossible", and the head-to-head duel between the two superstars Hugo Lancaster and Tom Cruise burst out with amazing energy, attracting the attention of countless people, and the endless tearing battles on the media are even more exciting. Although both parties denied it and said very well, it still couldn't hide people's heated discussions - the so-called groundless, people firmly believed this sentence.

Now, Paramount has officially acknowledged the news, does it mean that this showdown has a final result? Hugo joined with a record salary of $20 million, opening a new chapter in Hollywood actors' salaries, beating Tom in this shocking way, announcing the alternation of the superstar status of the two people?

This really made everyone's gossip soul start screaming.

At this point, the month-long pressure on Hugo and Endeavor Elite Brokerage Company by the brokerage circle has collapsed. Now, not only will the major agencies not suppress Endeavor Elite Agency, on the contrary, Innovative Artist Agency and William Morris Agency actually put aside their previous suspicions for the first time, and stood together with Endeavor Elite Agency, and joined forces to put pressure on major film companies to promote the agreement on a $20 million salary.

Because they all know very well that although it is Hugo who set the record and has nothing to do with them, in fact, once Hugo opens the threshold of 20 million US dollars, and then they are the leaders of the agency, they can put pressure on the film company on behalf of their artists, and I believe that other actors will gradually join the 20 million club. This is a huge breakthrough for the entire brokerage industry.

Open the gap, and then show their talents, then who can become the second 20 million club members, and which company can have more 20 million club members, depends on their respective abilities.

Innovative Artists Agency and William Morris Agency This is called a strategic partnership.

Comparatively speaking, the response of the International Innovation Management Company is half a beat slower, not only is it half a beat slower, but when they come to their senses, it is very difficult to join - everyone knows what happened to them and Endeavor Elite Agency, and this incident is obviously the abandonment of International Innovation Management by the Innovative Artist Agency and William Morris Agency.

The brokerage industry as a whole in Hollywood was also before the storm.

However, before the news could be fully brewed, new news came out. Less than eight hours after Paramount's announcement, Warner Bros. announced that Al Pacino had joined forces with Robert De Niro to join Michael Mann. Mann's new film "HEAT".

As the top four actors in the 70s and 80s, Al and Robert were still young at this time, and the two joined forces again after the second and third parts of "The Godfather", which is even more exciting. Many people think of last night's awards ceremony, when the two men teamed up to present the Best Picture award, and now it seems that this is the first publicity stunt.

Sure enough, the "line of fire" became the focus of the topic for the first time.

However, for Hollywood's major agencies, they will not forget one important thing: Al is an artist under the elite agency Rick Rosen!

Those with a keen sense of smell had already noticed something unusual, and two pieces of news within the next twenty-four hours confirmed their suspicions.

The first news is official, confirmed by Disney, Tom Hanks, who has just completed his re-election as the best actor, will join Disney's animated series "Toy Story (TOY). story)" voiceover work.

"Toy Story" is a controversial work on the cusp of a little-known animation company, Pixar, whose greatest achievement before that was the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and the computer-aided production system they developed won the Academy Award for Science and Engineering, but they never made an animated feature film.

This time, Pixar not only debuted an animated feature film, but also the world's first all-computer-generated animation, which is a revolution for hand-drawn animation and 2D animation. The breakthrough of destiny has also attracted countless controversies. Some people think it's a suicidal attempt, others think it's going to revolutionize the industry, and some people think that while computers will sooner or later join the ranks of animation production, Pixar is too radical to abandon tradition in one fell swoop.

After Pixar produced this work, it chose to cooperate with Disney and distribute it by Disney.

Now, the willingness of Tom Hanks, who is in the limelight, to join Toy Story is undoubtedly a playful sign.

The second news has not been officially recognized by Disney, but is just a rumor in the circle.

Originally hoping to attract the two superstars of Sean Connery and Hugo Lancaster to join, "Brave Death Island" was ultimately unable to negotiate a salary, and the cooperation ran aground. Later, the international innovation agency started working again, and Nicolas Cage was once very close to "Brave Death Island", and before Oscar, there were even rumors that the two sides were just close to signing.

But now there is internal news that Disney has changed its candidates at the last minute, and Alexander Lorraine, who has achieved good popularity by relying on "Happy Family", will be Sean Connery's partner in "Brave Island".

These two pieces of news are really intriguing, Alexander is first and foremost an artist under Endeavour Elite Agency, and secondly Hugo's roommate and friend, which is well known, and now, Alexander has replaced Nicholas in the "Death Island" crew, and rumors also say that he will be paid six million dollars, which is definitely a great opportunity. This makes people have to think about it a lot.

First Tom Hanks took over the dubbing of a controversial cartoon, and then Alexander Lorraine completed the counterattack to join the blockbuster cast, and the action behind Endeavor Elite Agency should not be underestimated. If you add to this the series of events caused by "Mission Impossible", people have a faint sense that the Hollywood brokerage industry seems to be changing.

After a series of announcements, there was silence for less than forty-eight hours, and another seemingly unrelated news appeared, which did not attract much attention.

Clint Eastwood has officially finalized his new book, "The Covered Bridge Aftermath." bridges。 of。 madison。 TY)" will work with Warner Bros., while the female lead has chosen Meryl Streep.

This news is actually heavy news, whether it is Clint or Meryl, these are Hollywood's top superstars. But the reason why it didn't attract much attention is because the news doesn't seem to have much direct connection with the previous uproar, so people seem to be a little excited.

The calm didn't last long, and the waves returned.

Major agencies work together to promote Hugo's cooperation with "Mission Impossible", and it seems that the right time and place are occupied, but then MGM and Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and Columbia Pictures join forces to pressure Paramount, believing that Paramount is upsetting the balance of the film production industry.

You must know that after the actor's salary rose to 15 million, it has not been five years, and major film companies have been adjusting their industrial chains, because the increase in actors' salaries is not a work or an actor's business, but often a major event that affects the whole body. None of the four protesting companies have completely cleared their minds from the chaos of rising salaries to fifteen million, Universal Pictures has been working on small-budget comedies, MGM has just come out of the trough, Twentieth Century Fox has not had an accurate investment vision, and Columbia Pictures, even their leaders have stepped in to reach out to Hugo.

Therefore, once the balance of remuneration is broken again, the situation they will face will be even more difficult.

Paramount was under a lot of pressure for a while, and then Disney and Warner Bros. couldn't stand it, because they were also affected by the aftermath, Tom Hanks's dubbing wanted to get fifteen million in salary, although it was not 20 million, but this was the absolute first day price for dubbing work, far exceeding Disney's budget; Subsequently, the crews of "Stealing the Line of Fire" and "Dream of the Covered Bridge" also reported that the salary arrangement was blocked.

At such a critical moment, there is a secret rumor circulating among a small number of people: Tom Cruise said that he is willing to reduce his salary to take over the filming of "Mission Impossible"!