Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 17 A blockbuster

With the successful conclusion of the Cannes Film Festival, 26-year-old Steven Soderbergh became the youngest winner of the Palme d'Or for "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" and was also known as the "Golden Boy of the Director World".
Now, Steven Soderbergh can be said to have truly made a big splash!

At the same time, Aaron also took the opportunity to handle the distribution underwriting of "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and "Cinema Paradiso";

In particular, the European rights to the popular "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" were sold to UIP (United International Pictures) for US$450 million, and the Japanese rights were sold to Daiei Co., Ltd. for US$230 million.

Aaron and Nicole Kidman were seen strutting around in their sports cars on Nice's Promenade des Anglais!

"When are we going back to the United States?" Nicole Kidman asked.

"I'll be back tomorrow. I have to report back to CAA," Aaron said, smiling and patting Nicole Kidman's thigh. "Are you having fun these days?"

"Well, I'm very happy!"

By the time Aaron and his friends returned to Los Angeles, it was already mid-May, and the fierce summer box office battle had begun.

Although the movie "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" won the Palme d'Or, Miramax was unable to schedule its release during the summer vacation, and instead put it in August after the summer vacation.

Because Aaron negotiated another $680 million deal in Cannes, CAA not only gained direct benefits but also increased its reputation.

Of course, CAA also gave Aaron the bonus he deserved, $20, and also rewarded Aaron with a new Lotus sports car.

Aaron Anderson made a big appearance in front of Michael Ovitz this time, but Aaron also learned that Lotus had just signed a sponsorship contract with the crew of "Pretty Woman"!

"Lotus, a British sports car brand that was just acquired by General Motors," Aaron said, looking at Michael Ovitz with a smile.

"Lamborghini, Ferrari, and the like, aren't willing to sponsor?"

Michael Ovitz nodded. “They rejected it, thinking the protagonist’s identity wasn’t very good!”

As for call girls, it's normal that these brands don't want to be associated with this profession.

"Why haven't the male and female protagonists of "Pretty Woman" been finalized yet?" Aaron asked. Isn't it just a low-cost romantic comedy?
"Christopher Reeve turned it down, so we approached Al Pacino, and then we approached Michelle Pfeiffer and Valeria Golino for the female lead, but they also turned them down."

Michael Ovitz didn't hide anything either.

After all, Aaron Anderson was instrumental in the development of Pretty Woman.

Michelle Pfeiffer is one of the sexy actresses in Hollywood, and she has worked with Al Pacino in the new version of Scarface;
Valeria Golino is Tom Cruise's girlfriend in "Rain Man", an Italian sexy actress.

"Rain Man", which won the Oscar for Best Picture this year, grossed $1.7 million in North America, plus $1.8 million overseas, for a total global box office of $3.5 million!
"Al Pacino," Aaron remembered. He wasn't the final actor, but that didn't matter.

Now, the leading lady of "Pretty Woman" has started auditioning new actresses, and Nicole Kidman, as Aaron's girlfriend, can just go straight to the final re-audition;
Of course, there is no need to attend the previous audition.

"Aaron, since you're interested in promoting movies, you might be interested in the next job," Michael Ovitz said, and then he laughed. "What job?"

"A Hong Kong film company invested in a live-action version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Hollywood;"

"This is a commercial film with a production budget of $1350 million. Their American director has commissioned CAA to help them find a North American distributor!"

After hearing what Michael Ovitz said, Aaron realized that it was an anime adaptation invested and filmed by Hong Kong Golden Harvest Film Company.

"Is it the Hong Kong film company that invested in the 'Cannonball Run' series?" Aaron was of course very familiar with Golden Harvest. They had invested in several Hollywood productions before and wanted to push their star Jack Cheng to Hollywood, but unfortunately failed.

Michael Ovitz nodded. "That's the company. 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' is being filmed in Los Angeles right now. You can go talk to their American director!"

"No problem. I actually quite enjoy promoting commercial films."

Aaron readily agreed. Remember, the live-action version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" produced by Golden Harvest was a hit movie with a box office of over 100 million US dollars in North America!
However, before that, Aaron had to first understand the development progress of "Pretty Woman";
There is also the script he has been thinking about, "Ghost", and the most likely investment to come from Japan is now coming from Japan, as they are entering Hollywood in a big way.

CAA's contracted producer Steven Reuther is the lead on the film "Pretty Woman," connecting with Disney's executive producer Gary Goldstein;
The senior executive at Disney who is keeping an eye on this movie is Jeffrey Katzenberg, while Disney Chairman Michael Eisner is keeping an eye on another CAA packaged work "Dick Tracy"!
For both CAA and Disney, "Pretty Woman" is far less important than "Dick Tracy".

In the evening, Aaron specially made an appointment with Steven Reuther to hang out at the bar. "Has Al Pacino signed a contract with the crew?"

Steven Reuther shook his head, "Not yet, I just participated in the scene opposite the actress who auditioned;"

"The problem now is that Warren Beatty, who directed and starred in Dick Tracy, seems to want to invite Al Pacino to join!"

Aaron was stunned. "Hasn't Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman already joined? We already have Warren Beatty and Madonna, and now Al Pacino is joining the cast?"

You can't just pile up stars like that, right? The budget shouldn't be $5000 million, right?

Steven Reuther spread his hands and said, "Everyone is not optimistic about the prospects of 'Pretty Woman', and the auditions for the leading actress are almost in the final round;"

"Let's take Nicole Kidman, who you recommended, over there to try it out in the next few days. The opinions of director Garry Marshall and lead actor Al Pacino are very important!"

Aaron nodded, but in his heart he was complaining about Al Pacino, saying that he had missed out on too many good roles after the Godfather series.
In recent years, Al Pacino has been a bit immersed in the world and has been out of the spotlight for four years. However, now the great director Francis Ford Coppola has agreed to help Paramount shoot "The Godfather 3", bringing Al Pacino back into the public eye.

Before "The Godfather 3", Al Pacino can shoot a new movie this year to get a feel for it!
"Al Pacino, if he says no, who are your backup candidates?"

"Veteran actor, Richard Gere!"

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