1760 belatedly arrived
Although the work exchange at the Berlin Film Festival failed to make any progress, Renly stayed in Berlin and calmed down to devote himself to the film festival..
This time, he didn’t have any works shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival, nor did he become an invited guest. He simply participated in the film festival’s viewing craze as a spectator. Strictly speaking, this was the first time Renly had no job. It is also a unique experience to be immersed in the atmosphere of a film festival - at least there is no work on the surface..
Renly once again skipped this year's Grammy Awards for the Berlin Film Festival.
“The soundtrack of "The Ballad of Drunken Country" has been nominated for the Best Adapted Film and Television Music Album. Before the awards ceremony, this is also an important point to watch: whether Renly can continue his strength in major award ceremonies and win the Grammy again. Where's the gramophone trophy?？
Now that Renly is absent from the awards ceremony, the focus of the topic has become a bit dim; however, Justin Timberlake still appeared at the award ceremony on behalf of the entire cast..
In the competition for the best musical album adapted for film and television, "The Ballad of Danger" competes with "Django Unchained," "The Great Gatsby," "Les Misérables," and "Sound City: From Reality to Reel".
In the end, "Drunk Country Ballads" defeated the most high-profile documentary "Sound City" before the ceremony and successfully won. Following the original "Prison Break", it once again won the Coen Brothers and T-Benn Bennett's third award. Two Grammy trophies, and also Renly’s fourth Grammy trophy..
This time, Renly won the Grammy trophy as a music producer, which once again proved that the talent of "Don Quixote" is definitely not a passing meteor. At the end of last year, "Dreaming Back to the Gaslight Bar" During the concert, Renly personally confirmed that there were plans for a second album, and now a Grammy trophy has once again made the loyal Quixotes begin to look forward to it..
However, the influence of the Grammy trophy for the movie soundtrack is still limited, and it did not make too many waves in the turbulent awards season. After all, compared with EGOT, a gramophone trophy that is neither part of the job nor the industry is not enough to stimulate the masses. The gossipy enthusiasm of people who eat melons.
When Renly returned to Los Angeles, half of February had passed. The craze for the Academy Awards ceremony had spread in the streets and alleys. Even Oscar billboards could be seen at the airport. All signs pointed to this. At this time, we have truly entered the final sprint stage of the college’s public relations..
After leaving the airport pick-up hall, Renly and Matthew saw Nathan who came to pick him up..
After finishing his temporary guest job at Sundance, Nathan returned to Los Angeles, but because Renly left for Berlin, he took a short vacation. Now that the vacation is over, he is back to work again. superior.
After getting in the car, Nathan glanced at the rearview mirror and cleared his throat exaggeratedly, "Renly, is everything going well in Berlin? I mean, is the work situation and cooperation negotiations going well? I was tweeting I saw on the website that you also watched some works in the main competition and had a lot of fun chatting with the fans. This is a good thing, right? Does this mean that everything is going well?？”
Nathan was a little reserved and a little jerky as he kept rambling, but the long list of words seemed extremely dry, more like talking to himself, asking questions and answering questions to himself..
Matthew cast a complaining look at Renly - not to mention Renly, even Matthew could feel the awkward air that was almost solidified. Looking at Renly who still hadn't fully woken up after a long flight, Matthew shook his head slightly, and then met Nathan's gaze, "Speak to the key points.".”
Nathan didn't mind the harshness of Matthew's words and nodded honestly, "Oh, oh oh. Andy said, if you're not very tired now, give him a call..”
Renly gestured towards Matthew, "Ask me what is going on..”
In fact, Renly doesn't have any problems now. A long flight is like sleeping drowsily all night, and Renly is always very angry when he wakes up. Every time he wakes up, he needs some time to recover - as for the last time he woke up from Parker Fortunately, it was a short flight back to Los Angeles, otherwise Renly might not have been able to cheer up immediately to face Bob Iger..
Matthew didn't say anything more, took out his mobile phone and dialed Andy's number.
“Hey, is Matthew Renly taking a break? "When Andy saw the caller ID, he understood immediately..
“He's right next to you." Matthew said concisely..
Andy didn't ask any more questions. He really understood Renly's state after a long flight, so he immediately got to the point, "It's not urgent. It's just news from Universal Pictures. Please inform Renly. Let’s see what the decision is and I’ll start the operation later..”
Universal Pictures, this is not only maintaining the two projects of "Fast and Furious" and "Jurassic Park", but also a comprehensive layout for Thomas Tull and Vin Diesel. In the past month, Planning a strategy, now Ron Meyer has finally made a practical move, which also means that the time has come to witness the results, and Andy must also make corresponding follow-up arrangements. Obviously, things will not end here..
Through the phone call, Andy conveyed the whole story to Matthew in a relatively concise way..
Then Andy was about to hang up the phone, but Matthew said, "Wait a moment." Then he turned to Renly, "Universal Pictures has officially made an offer..”
“‘Jurassic Park', US$20 million, and if the North American box office exceeds US$300 million, then a 10% box office dividend will be added; 'Fast and Furious 8', US$10 million, and another hundred million Ten percent of the box office dividend is shared. If the North American box office exceeds 300 million US dollars, the dividend ratio rises to 12%, but the premise is that you need to sign at least one spin-off movie, and the salary can be slightly increased..”
It went around in circles, pulling back and forth for nearly a year - and the pulling of the "Fast and Furious" series lasted more than two years, but those entanglements, those pushbacks, those arguments, in the end all Everything came to nothing and became a useless effort. Universal Pictures finally chose to bow its head..
Six months in advance, Universal Pictures could have easily completed its cooperation with Renly without having to pay such a price, and the relationship would not have become so awkward and stiff; but the most difficult thing in the world is to "predict the future" ”. So, through a strange combination of circumstances, both parties ended up in the current situation..
The amount of information is a bit large, but in summary it is: Last October, Universal Pictures agreed to the offer made by Andy Rogers - US$20 million plus a 10% box office dividend, officially It exceeded the salary quoted by Disney and Renly for their collaboration on "Rogue One" and once again set a new Hollywood salary record..
However, there are differences between the two works "Jurassic Park" and "Fast and Furious" because the former is the absolute protagonist and the latter is a member of an ensemble cast. Naturally, the paychecks cannot be the same..
However, purely from the perspective of salary figures, in "Fast and Furious", the proportion of Renly's scenes is bound to rise sharply, otherwise it will be a loss-making business. Furthermore, this also proves Lang Meyer's choice - —Vin Diesel’s position as the number one producer has finally been removed. For others, it may be a natural choice, but for Ron Meyer, it took a lot of hard deliberation and tangle. Rather than saying that it was Ron Meyer's decision, it was better to say that Renly helped Ron Meyer make the decision..
Renly straightened his back and leaned on the back of the chair, with his eyes half-closed. Even in the resting state, he still kept his posture upright, but there was a trace of laziness between his eyebrows. The sun was shining from outside the car window. Just like a snoozing cat, enjoying the leisure time in the afternoon.
Just when Nathan thought Renly wouldn't speak, he spoke, "Oh, why？”
“Disney has officially released industry news, and TMZ has reported it, but there is no official confirmation yet." Matthew briefly summarized what he had just learned from Andy..
If TMZ has smelled the change in the situation, it means that the top producers in the industry have begun to pay attention to the trend. Because this is news proactively released by Disney, the relevant remuneration ratio is bound to be revealed, and the news gradually begins to to warm up for the official announcement of.
Then things will become clear.
The cooperation between Sisyphus Pictures and Sony Classics is already inevitable. Now only the details of the contract are discussed. Andre is still further contacting and negotiating with Sony Columbia Pictures and even Sony Corporation. Looking forward to it The cooperation between the two parties can go further.
Renly's name also appears in Warner Bros.'s plans for DC Comics, but these are just rumors; the real important focus is still on "Gravity". Warner Bros., Weinstein Pictures, Thomas T. The competition between you in the awards season has begun.
Now it's Disney's turn.
In other words, the situation that Renly expected has been achieved. Now Thomas Tull and Vin Diesel have been roasted on the fire, and Ron Meyer can no longer remain silent. So, Universal Pictures There's action.
All of the above situations were actually within Renly's expectations. Although there were slight deviations in the execution process, the overall direction has not changed. With Renly's current reputation and popularity in the industry, he can overpower someone like Vin Diesel. A famous actor does not need to spend much effort at all; even facing Thomas Tull, Renly can have the upper hand.
The only difference between January before and now is whether Renly took this seriously.？
Renly still half-closed his eyes and didn't speak. He seemed to be thinking, and seemed to have fallen into sleep. Only the quiet sound of the engine was slowly surging in the carriage..
Matthew was not in a hurry at all, he just waited patiently.
“‘"Jurassic Park", forget about "The Fast and the Furious"," Renly said..
Universal Pictures spent nearly a year thinking and deliberation, and the final decision came belatedly; but when the decision came to Renly, it only took less than thirty seconds to complete the decision..
What would Ron Meyer's expression be like if he knew?？
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