Chapter 22 Unique Hobbies
At night, in a nightclub in Hollywood.
At the invitation of Quentin Tarantino, Aaron came to the bar with him to have fun. After selling a script, this guy became rich.
"The script of 'Natural Born Killers' can't be sold at such a low price. I just don't know when Tony Scott will adapt your "Fatal Romance"?"
Aaron sat on the sofa, drinking and talking to Quentin.
"Aaron, just make your decision. I didn't expect that this script would be sold so soon?"
Family members know their own business. He also knows how good Quentin Tarantino's script is. The story is actually very messy.
Aaron found that Quentin was always staring at the calves of the dancers in the field. "Hey, what are you looking at? There are so many girls on the dance floor. Just drink a few glasses!" Quentin
Tarantino smiled, "I'm looking at their feet. Which pair is more beautiful?"
"Feet?" Aaron was stunned for a moment, looked at Quentin Tarantino a few more times, and found that this guy's eyes were really staring at people's feet.
"Don't you care if her face is pretty, her body is sexy, her breasts are big, or her buttocks are round?"
"You care if you care about her feet!"
Quentin Tarantino looked at Aaron and smiled mysteriously, "Aaron, you are still young and don't understand the beauty of it."
Aaron shook his head. Well, everyone has different tastes.
"By the way, if you have time, you can come up with a low-cost script for yourself and then find a way to shoot it;"
"We can go to the St. Denis Film Festival to test the waters first. If we can win a certain reputation in the circle, it will be much easier to make a film and attract investment later!"
Aaron didn't care why Quentin Tarantino liked women's feet so much and talked about business.
When Quentin Tarantino heard this, he also thought about it seriously but said helplessly: "But we are all newcomers, can we get investment?"
"To make a feature film, according to my idea, it will cost at least one or two million dollars!"
Aaron took a sip of wine, "You should polish a script first, and then we can work together to find a solution."
"Okay," Quentin Tarantino knew that Aaron Anderson was now a celebrity in front of Michael Ovitz, the head of CAA, and maybe there would be a way.
Aaron's current idea is this, he doesn't want to pay, but he wants to make the movie himself. With his current status, it is quite challenging!
After an unknown amount of time, Quentin Tarantino hugged a heavily made-up girl and prepared to get a room.
"Aaron, don't you want to have fun?"
Aaron shook his head, "You go, I'm busy recently!"
"Okay, see you next time," Quentin Tarantino said, kissed the gorgeous girl in his arms, and left with a smile.
At present, the important project in Aaron's hands is the distribution rights of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" entrusted by Golden Harvest, the six major Hollywood distributors have no shortage of finished products, and the price for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is not high, as can be seen from the example of 20th Century Fox.
Therefore, Aaron mainly focused on the leading companies in the second-tier distribution market, including Columbia Pictures' TriStar Pictures, New Line Cinema, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Orion Pictures, as for other small and medium-sized distributors such as New Century Pictures, New World Pictures, Miramax Films, and Trimark Films, Aaron did not consider them at all.
Originally, MGM United Artists was also a target, but unfortunately, after being acquired for the second time by Nevada gambling tycoon Kirk Kerkorian, the company was too weird in the film and television entertainment market.
Afterward, Aaron began to visit one company after another with the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" project, but he didn't see any important people, especially TriStar Films Coca-Cola had just merged Columbia Films and TriStar Films to form Columbia TriStar Film Group, and now Sony is in the final acquisition negotiations with Coca-Cola!
"It seems that the possibility of TriStar is very small now," After leaving Columbia Studios in Culver City, Aaron went to the last company he was optimistic about, Orion Pictures
"Hey, it's you," Aaron actually waited for Pete Holman, the Orion executive he had met in the hotel room before, in the reception room.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Holman," Aaron still has professional ethics.
"This is an action movie. It fits the current trend of the times. It's suitable for Orion!"
Pete Holman leaned back in his chair and took a sip of coffee, "It fits Orion?"
"Do you know who Orion is cooperating with now?"
"Kevin Costner, and we have a lot of distribution. We don't see anything outstanding about this "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
Aaron smiled, "Kevin Costner's self-directed and self-acted western "Dances with Wolves"?"
Why did Aaron know? Because this year Michael Ovitz just successfully signed Kevin Costner and got him a $3 million salary, even if Kevin Costner expressed his willingness to reduce the salary to $1 million, the extra funds would be used in "Dances with Wolves".
"Your CAA style of doing things really makes the studio dislike it."
Pete Hoffman originally had a problem with not being able to enjoy Nicole Kidman last time, and now Aaron Anderson sent him to slap him in the face. Of course, he was not polite.
Michael Ovitz's money-orientedness has indeed offended too many people over the years. He piled up stars to bid high prices to the studios, which led to a sharp increase in the production costs of movies. CAA has made a great contribution!
"Mr. Holman, CAA talks about business, not box office."
Pete Holman was a little impatient, "What do you think of buying the North American rights of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" for $2.4 million?"
"We at Orion value profits, not projects!"
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When Aaron left Orion, he was not disappointed or sad, but the price difference was too big, at least, New Line Cinema and Samuel Goldwyn Pictures had some ideas, but they needed to see the effect of the finished film first.
In July, Golden Harvest can close the filming of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and come up with a rough cut. Only then will it be time to really talk about the price!
Orion is preparing for Kevin Costner's first film ,Dances with Wolves, and the sequel "RoboCop 2," which are their main products.
Aaron shook his head. The film Dances with Wolves will have to go through a lot of setbacks. A new director directing a large-scale film will easily go over budget.
Orion currently has only RoboCop 2 to make a profit, but many of its other projects do not have any profit prospects.
While thinking about all this, Aaron received another news that after the release of the book "Jurassic Park" from May to now June has already accumulated more than 13000, with $1.1 per book he will get $14,300.
END OF THE CHAPTER....