The Greatest Showman - Chapter 2505

[2467 Ambition]

In a blink of an eye, three-quarters of 2015 has passed. For Sisyphus Films and for Hollywood, it is undoubtedly a fruitful year, or, in other words, it is a shining debut and an all-round strength. The year of 2018 has injected a new vitality into the North American film industry.

At the Sundance Film Festival at the beginning of the year, “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” successfully won the Grand Jury Prize; then at the Oscars, “Boom Drummer” successfully topped the Best Picture. This is the first time in history that the same film The company swept the top awards at Sundance and the Oscars in the same year.

At the Cannes Film Festival in May, “The Lobster” won the Jury Prize and the Best Actor Award, and “Carol” won the Best Actress Award, making it the biggest winner.

At the same time, in addition to the awards, the box office revenue has also achieved initial results.

“The Female Spy” finally made $235 million at the global box office. Although the investment and production cost was as high as 65 million, it still achieved a profit of nearly 20 million – this is only at the box office level Yes, after that, the follow-up revenue led by CD-ROM and VOD is the bulk.

The production cost of “It’s Behind”, which was released in a low-key manner, was only a mere $2 million, but it ended up with a box office figure of 14 million in North America. $10,000 in profit, but such data is not the point.

What’s really important is that this low-cost horror movie has won unimaginable praise among genre film lovers, from evaluation to word of mouth. prerequisites; and it also secured Sisyphus Pictures’ first group of die-hard backers—

not because of Renly, but because there aren’t many companies willing to spend the money to make good horror movies; Quixote, but a seasoned and avid professional horror movie enthusiast, a supporter of this group of obscure and niche movies, is absolutely loyal enough.

For a small independent film company that just started last year, such achievements are not just dazzling, it can be said that it was born out of nowhere. The huge success has made other small companies look envious. Reminds me of DreamWorks.

What’s more, don’t forget that “Boom Drummer” has a global box office figure of 365 million US dollars, and has also successfully earned more than 150 million US dollars for Sisyphus Pictures – the production of this work. The cost is only three million US dollars, so can the market continue to expect that the three awards season works of “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”, “The Lobster” and “Carol” will also be harvested at the market level?

In short, the 15-year-old Sisyphus Films has indeed shown a vigorous upward momentum, and so far, it still maintains the halo of invincibility-like Renly, every work The advent of the debut, all represent success.

When the “Female Spy” and “It’s Behind” were announced to be put into production,

the general opinion of many Hollywood professionals was that “people are stupid and have more money”, and no one thought that Sisyphus Pictures was serious, and no one thought that security Andre Hamilton was serious, but now it’s a different story.

In addition, Sisyphus Pictures has a “Spotlight” and a “The Revenant” waiting to be released at the end of the year, aiming at awards season.

Among them, “The Revenant” is undoubtedly attracting much attention. It was originally expected to appear at the Venice Film Festival or the Toronto Film Festival, but the post-production has not been completed, and so is Alejandro Gonzalez-Inaritu Headache, procrastinating, and it has entered October in a blink of an eye, but still has not been able to complete the post-production, which makes the entire Hollywood sweat for Sisyphus Pictures.

According to industry sources, the production cost of “The Revenant” is as high as 135 million US dollars, which means that Sisyphus Pictures is desperately betting on this work. If it fails, then the previous “Boom Drummer” All the gains will be wiped out, not to mention the little bit of “The Spy” and “It’s Behind” — just like DreamWorks, with the ups and downs of gains and losses that are heart-pounding.

Now the post-production of “The Revenant” has not been completed, which has also raised many questions:

Is the quality of the work not satisfactory?

Is the finished product far below expectations?

Is there a disagreement between the producer and the director?

Does that mean the work might be… screwed up?

Sisyphus Films is not in a hurry. After the Toronto Film Festival, it was officially announced that “The Revenant” was set for release: it will be released on Christmas Day, just in time for the deadline for Oscar registration, which also means that they are still ready to fight This year’s awards season, and ready to spoil it.

But… who knows?

Perhaps, “The Revenant” is an indefinite time bomb, whether it is good or bad, it can only be revealed when the movie is released.

However, the attacking Sisyphus Films still hasn’t stopped, at least, Renly is not ready to stop.

This summer’s biggest box office bomb, “Jurassic World”, entered October, breaking the North American film history record for the first time to enter the $800 million threshold is a certainty, and the entire North America is waiting for the moment when the historical record is born. Means Renly will write history again.

Anyone else remember the news when Renly signed with Universal to officially star in “Jurassic World”?

That was also the moment when history was made.

At that time, Andy Rogers won a contract for Renly that surpassed Disney’s “Rogue One”: $20 million, plus an 8% dividend.

From a purely numerical point of view, Renly still has not been able to surpass Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr. to create a new high. The final remuneration figure still needs to be determined based on the actual box office figures. , but there are still dividends on the basis of the 20 million club, which has indeed created a new era, and the remuneration ratios of all Hollywood actors have also been adjusted accordingly.

And now, people finally understand what “eight percent box office dividends” mean to Renly.

According to the analysis of industry professionals, Renly just relied on the movie “Jurassic World”, the box office dividend has exceeded 65 million, plus the guaranteed film remuneration, which also earned Renly 8,500 in one fell swoop One million dollars, easily surpassing the 65 million that Robert Downey Jr. made when he took over “Avengers 2”, creating the highest salary for a single film in the history of the film industry and rewriting the history of the industry.

Eighty-five million dollars is a staggering figure, and more than half of Hollywood’s film projects may not be able to get such a budget.

But everyone knows it’s probably the best deal Universal has ever made:

“Jurassic World” grossed $550 million at the box office alone — $85 million of that The remuneration used to pay Renly is still the highest-grossing work of Universal Pictures since the millennium; what’s more, this is just a box office income, and there will be peripheral income in the follow-up, all of which will belong to Universal Pictures. , this is the big head.

The bigger question now is:

Does Universal regret not signing the trilogy in one go?

After the success of “Jurassic World”, what price should the sequel pay to keep Renly?

It must be noted that Renly has never starred in a sequel before, so what should we do now?

Putting aside Universal Pictures for the time being, the focus is still on Sisyphus Pictures.

The great success of “Jurassic World” has the greatest effect on Sisyphus Pictures, not because of Renly’s salary check, but because Renly once again confirmed its box office appeal and market-pulling power, which also This made Hall Ventures win many favors again, and the flying figures of Andre and Arthur in the world are the best proof, which also makes Sisyphus Films once again have more working capital, which can be fully invested.

Following “Stranger Things” and “Sin Night Run”, “Mind Hunter” is officially put into production, in addition, “London Life”, “Big Little Lies”, “Go to X’s World” and “The Crown” four sets of episodes It has passed the review and is entering the preparatory stage. It will be officially launched in November at the earliest and January next year at the latest.

At the same time, there are as many as ten film projects officially approved. Although the discussion progress is slightly different, especially the progress of the production, it can still be seen that Sisyphus Films is ambitious and plans to launch in an all-round way. It is very different from a year ago, showing a strong momentum.

Now it can be officially confirmed that the blueprint that Sisyphus Pictures is looking forward to is far more grand than imagined, at least not inferior to DreamWorks.

Among them, “La La Land” has undoubtedly attracted much attention. As Damien Chazelle’s new work, many people in the industry are closely following the trend of the project – once rumored, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and many other companies have tried to take over Damien’s projects, but all have been rejected, and Damien is still waiting patiently for Renly to join.

“This is my work for Renly.”

This is Damien’s original words. He is waiting for the end of the production cycle of “Mind Hunter”, and then Renly will start the project, which is full of heart and soul.

But after the New York Film Festival, the situation of “La La Land” has undergone subtle changes. A few top agents have been notified by the crew that Damien needs to find a series of suitable actors, including two important men. character, and even approached Ryan Gosling’s agent.

What’s going on here?

Could it be that Renly hopes to cooperate with Ryan, and the two male gods are finally about to fit together?

It’s true that these two best friends haven’t worked together, which is a shame, and Renly and Ryan don’t mind being in supporting roles, they’re perfectly fine with each other, which is bound to be very interesting.

With the advancement of time, the preparation of “La La Land” has attracted more and more attention. The titles of Damien and Renly alone are attractive enough, and no one wants to miss it.

[End of this Chapter]