Reborn Hollywood Ladies

Chapter 253 "Cut Throat Island"

After dealing with all kinds of trivial matters as quickly as possible, Laila finally revealed the real reason for her hurrying back.

Louise looked at the plan in her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more frightened she became, and her eyelids twitched.

"Lila, are you serious?"

"Do you think I look like someone who would joke about things like this?" Laila raised an eyebrow.

Of course Louise knew she wasn't, but she still couldn't accept the shock brought by the plan in hand: "If we really want to follow the above, we may have to invest at least 1 million US dollars! It's just an initial investment, and after that It is estimated that if there is no 5000 million, it will not be taken down."

Leila admired her calculation ability in her heart. Indeed, if her plan is to be successfully implemented, 1 million is the minimum budget.For a person who had to worry about tens of thousands of yuan more than a year ago, she suddenly had to calculate the cost in billions, and she couldn't help but feel frightened.

"Didn't I say it? We're about to start preparing for a big production!"

Louise's voice trembled as she murmured, "It's indeed qualified to be a big production. It's just... is this really all right?"

"I haven't tried it, how do I know if it will work?"

Louise struggled, not knowing whether to tell her the situation.But if the company lost hundreds of millions of dollars because she didn't say anything, she would feel even more guilty.

"In 95, the independent production company Carlock released a pirate-themed film "Cutthroat Island" directed by Lenny Haney. At that time, the investment was said to be more than 9200 million, but the box office was only 950 million."

Lila was still dying in her hospital bed when the movie came out, and Louise didn't think it was surprising that she didn't know about it.So she told her about the situation in as much detail as she could, so that she could understand that it was never a good idea to spend a lot of money to make a pirate movie.

"Carlock has made many big-selling movies, such as "Terminator 2" and "Instinct". A budget of 500 million was allocated. But in the end, the entire company lost money and was acquired by MGM.”

Lyra listened quietly, and didn't look her in the eyes until she was done, "So, you don't think I'm good at making pirate movies either, do you?"

"This..." Louise gasped.If you say "yes", it is obvious to all that the little boss has won box office miracles repeatedly, and no one will doubt that she will create many more miracles.

Let's say "no", the downfall of the pirate movie is well known.

In the past, there have been many pirate movies that are popular with fans, such as "Captain Kidd", "Captain Cook", "Treasure Island" and so on. It can be said that for a long time, pirate movies have had a good reputation. box office.

Like Roy said, pirates are men's Romans.What boy hasn't put on a sheet, brandished a club, and imagined himself as a pirate sailing the oceans in a ship?
The emergence of Cutthroat Island and its huge losses made many film production companies tremble in silence.A few years later, no film production company has shown even the slightest interest in pirate movies.Even the major Hollywood film companies, no one is willing to throw 8 to 9 million dollars into the water.

Lila didn't see her struggling any longer, and raised her hand casually: "I know what you said about "Cut Throat Island", and I also know that Mr. Lenny Harling, who filmed "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4", is a very good actor." director. But I knew better that the film would fail and simply because of the genre, the script was the fundamental issue."

It's funny to say that the script of this movie, which is said to be put on everything by the independent film production company Carlock, is so bad that it can't be shot halfway through the filming.

When the company was in a hurry, it hired four screenwriters to continue writing the script.As a result, the four screenwriters refused to give in to each other, and kept talking about each other for more than two years before finally making the movie.

Laila would be surprised if this kind of crap was shown for screening.In the end, Carlock's company went bankrupt because of the huge loss of "Cut Throat Island". In her opinion, it is a typical example of not dying if you don't die.One monk carries water to eat, two monks carry water to eat, three monks have no water to eat, and he dares to invite four monks to come, isn't it just adding to the chaos?

This is a truth that even children know, they can still fall into a big somersault on it, it is really speechless.

"Our company isn't Carlock and I'm not Lenny Harlin. If there's anyone who will never make a bad movie, it's me!"

Laila uttered words that were completely outrageous to others, and both Louise and Demi couldn't help but believe them.

It was an uncanny thing that even the best movie reviewers didn't think well of Lyra's plan.You must know that the loss of Cutthroat Island seems to be still yesterday, and it still left fans with a bad impression of pirate movies. Before these impressions have completely disappeared, it is really hard to make a pirate movie that fans are willing to spend money to watch. Too difficult!

But it was such a clear doubt that Louise was relieved after hearing Laila's firm words.

Yes, she is Laila, the Laila who has created countless miracles one after another.Perhaps this time she also saw the light of miracles shining, so she made this decision?

"I understand, I will calculate according to this plan first." After saying the words, she threw aside even the last trace of resistance in her heart.

Just die. Although the company is not big, it can afford to pay such a one-time compensation.And what if it works?The method of attracting hundreds of millions of dollars can be earned by a small boss with tens of thousands of dollars, and it may be possible to create another miracle of the Titanic.

Of course, this is also her comfort to herself in her heart.She doesn't really think that she can surpass Titanic's box office. In her mind, it is already an insurmountable peak.Not just her, everyone thought the same.

And the fact is true, the box office record of Titanic was finally broken by director James Cameron himself 12 years later, with the epic blockbuster "Avatar" full of fantasy.

After thinking about it for a while, Laila felt that the things to be done were almost done, so she stood up and prepared to leave.Suddenly she remembered something.

"Is there a new movie in the pipeline recently? The director is John McTiernan of "Die Hard" and the screenwriter is Michael Crichton of "Jurassic Park." Her reminder.

Louise froze for a moment: "I have indeed heard the news."

Laila is no longer surprised that she is well-informed. One of her earliest impressions of her is the "Bai Xiaosheng" in Hollywood. Decades of networking have given her many sources of information that others cannot understand.

"Do you know what movie it is?"

"The name is probably "No. 13 Warriors". It is said that an investor has been found recently, and the final investment may exceed 1 million."

(End of this chapter)