Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 506 I don't make this kind of sequel

  Ronald brought Morita Noriyuki back. After more than a month, he had shaved off his beard. He hired a makeup artist to put a similar fake beard on him. Ronald took a close-up shot.

  Because it was impossible to rent the gymnasium of California State University, find a group performance and re-set the scene, Ronald used a workaround.

  He took another piece of film, against a dark background of wood, with a head-sized hole dug in the middle, and took the camera for a few seconds. Then put the two pieces of film of the same length on a light printer and re-exposed them together.

   The end result is Miyagi-sensei's satisfied smile, rendered on a dark background. The whole shot is only a short time, and the audience is so emotional at that time, they should not be paying attention to the background, Ronald thinks he can get through.

  The fine cut on the working copy was complete, Ronald notified Weintraub, sent it to the laboratory, made a cut to the negative according to the serial number on the cut record, and reprinted a copy.

   This copy is called a response copy, and Weintraub sent it to Columbia high-level officials. After they read it and agreed, they would send it to MPAA for rating.

   Ronald can finally take a vacation. After two consecutive films, even Iron Man felt a little drained of energy. This feeling of exhaustion is not only physical, but also mental.

   After slept all day and night, Ronald felt that he had recovered a little. He was about to go out for food when he received a call from Minahan.

   "I'm at your door. All the old partners are here. Come out, let's have fun together."

   After taking a shower in a hurry, Ronald came out to take a look. Except for Minahan, the main actors of "Breakdance", Sabado, and Boogaloo Prawn were all in a limousine in front of his house.

   Meinahan opened the door and let Ronald come up. The car is a large space, and there are TVs, telephones, and wine cabinets. Everyone sat in a circle, and Meinahan took a bottle of champagne from the wine cabinet and gave Ronald a glass.

"Cheers! Ronald. Our movie has passed the MPAA rating and is officially PG. Orion's 'Hot Street Kid' hasn't been edited yet, so it's not rated yet and can't be with us. Competing for slots. MGM helped us find a slot for early May, quack. Now pick up Lucinda Deitch."

   "What opponents will we have then?" Ronald didn't care much about "breakdance", he didn't expect Minahan to make rapid progress here.

   "At the same time, you will encounter a youth film "Sixteen Candles" by Universal, and before that, "Emerald" by Twentieth Century Fox, and "Police Academy" by Warner Bros."

   When Ronald heard it, they were all acquaintances. "Sixteen Candles" is John Hughes' directorial debut, and he also helped him speak well and choose his favorite heroine Molly Ringwald.

   "Emerald" is Robert Zemeckis's "Back to the Future" written by himself because no one was cast, so he had to make a commercial film to prove his strength.

   "Police Academy" is the casting director Pamela's last job, and I heard that the heroine is a beautiful woman.

   "That's good, we don't have any strong opponents." Ronald nodded, "And then?"

   "And then, hi. Two weeks after that, the sequel to Indiana Jones, Raiders, and a Robert Redford baseball player movie 'Better Born,' you know, it's summer."

  Ronald understands that the cannon has limited strength, and MGM will not put too much resources into an exploitative film, and it will not get the best schedules. However, starting before the summer season, there are no strong competitors at this time.

   "Okay, that's not bad," Ronald thought. "That's it for this exploitative film. I'll leave it to myself for the summer season to make 'Longwei Kid'."

   "Ronald", the two dance masters, Bogalo Prawn and Sabado, saw them finish, and hurriedly came over to say hello to Ronald. They received a secret order from Minahan today to please Ronald.

   "Hi, how are you?" Ronald looked at them as if they were still wearing their old clothes and didn't make much money.

   "I'm still the same, I won't change my attitude towards life just because of a movie", Sabadell is still pretending to be.

   "I'll just wait for the movie to be released, and I'll be famous", Boogaloo Prawn is a bit simpler, and sometimes even a little naive.

   "Didn't you help MJ choreograph? By the way, what happened to his fire?" Ronald thought of Michael Jackson's injury.

   "Hey, that's a strange fire." Boogaloo prawn began to talk about the situation at that time.

"We didn't think there was anything wrong with the sixth advertisement in that advertisement. Who knew that a firework happened by chance, and the spark fell on MJ's head, and it burned immediately. He didn't see it at first, he jumped Two steps, his whole hair was on fire. We rushed to put out a fire extinguisher to get him out."

   "Is he okay?" Ronald recalled the TV saying he needed hospital treatment.

"I just got a fever on my head and injured my scalp. I heard that it wasn't very serious. Pepsi lost him a lot of money because of this accident. Now he can't dance, so let's take a vacation and wait until he recovers from his injury. go."

   Ronald, noticing that Sabadeh was not speaking, squinted at the bougainvillea prawn, and it seemed that jealousy was everywhere.

   "Why isn't Lucinda with you?" Ronald changed the subject.

   "She has practiced gymnastics since she was a child, and I heard that a friend has entered the American national team and is going to participate in the Olympic Games this summer." Sabadeh knows this well.

   The group went to Lucinda's house again, picked up her and went to the mansion rented by Minahan to have a party.

   Laughing and making noises, Ronald felt that his exhausted feeling was much better. It seems that in the future, I will spend more time with young friends, which will help to restore the vitality of creativity.

   "Ronald, when will the sequel be made? We all heard that MGM is very optimistic about the movie's box office, and we also want to make some money." After playing for a while, Bogalo prawns came over to open the topic first.

"Yeah, we didn't make any money for the first movie. If we start a sequel, our salary can also increase a little bit. That money doesn't match our artistic value. It's not that I need that money, but The market should give us a fair evaluation." Sabade began to find reasons for himself to make money again.

   "It seems that you all have confidence in this movie." Ronald didn't answer, "If you want to make a sequel, you have to tell Minahan that he is the producer of the movie."

"Hahaha", Lucinda Dickey has already made three movies, she knows the minds of her two companions better, she mainly wants to make money, and then become famous, "Ronald, Minahan approached us about the sequel signing. He still wants you to be the director."

   "Anthracene?" Ronald didn't expect the idea of ​​making a sequel so soon, and thought about it carefully. Then talk to Minahan.

   "Do you think he'll agree?" asked Lucinda the Boogaloo Prawn.

   "I don't know. I heard that his other movie is a big production. It is unlikely. In this industry, very few people have made a big production, and they can save their money to make a small production."

   "Meinahan, I heard you want to start a sequel?" Ronald asked him.

   "Yes", Minahan replied, "Yes, I think the box office of this movie will exceed my expectations, so I want to hit the iron."

"But in this case, how do you arrange the plot?" Ronald asked, "the three protagonists, Ma, Whirlwind, and Kelly, their stories have been told. Why don't you find a new protagonist, I see Farr who plays the supporting role. Ken would be nice, why don't you tell their story?"

   "Ronald, this can't be done," Minahan shook his head, "The audience will only see what adventures the three protagonists have experienced in the future, especially the motor, he has dumped a lot of audiences who watched the preview."

   "That's fine, but it's not a movie I'm interested in," Ronald replied.

   If you want to make yourself a movie with a story, you can still consider it, but this kind of follow-up sequel must be done again according to the original routine. Ronald is not interested in making this kind of movie.

   He understands that the story of the three protagonists is over. If he insists on continuing the filming, the inner logic of the story will be lost. It is better to wait two or three years before filming the new challenges they encounter. Ronald didn't want to end up with a scolding like "Dragon Flying Phoenix" directed by Stallone.

   "Then I'm looking for another director?" Minahan was a little regretful, "I still want to work together again, you will always be my first choice."

  Although his directing level is not good, Meinahan's appreciation level is alright. Knowing that Ronald can make a movie that will satisfy many people in a short period of time is still amazing.

   "There's always a chance." Ronald and he toasted, "How about the breakdancing promotion schedule?"

   "Orion issued a statement saying that the company's finances are fine," Minahan sat down, "but I think their money must be tight. So we're going to strike when they can't fight back."

Seeing Meinahan making a fist-waving gesture, Ronald thought it was right. Since his competitors didn't make money, he would start early and attract all the audience who were interested in breakdance to his movie. Indeed, It's a reasonable play.

   "I plan to start next month, cooperate with MGM, negotiate with theaters, and put marketing materials in advance.

   Next month we will go to Britain together to promote the joint release of 'Sahara' and 'Break Dance', and then go to Cannes in May to take advantage of the domestic box office explosion and sell 'Break Dance' to Europe. "

  Ronald calculated his time, and it seemed that there was no problem, so he agreed.

Minahan is very ambitious. After being attacked one after another, he was encouraged by Ronald's "breakdance". He has always been very optimistic about the movie he likes. Although it is impossible to get an Oscar nomination this time, it is possible in North America. If it sells a box office of 20 to 30 million yuan, it can also give Cannon a shot in the arm.

  With the blessing of the North American box office, it can also sell a similar number in Europe, this film will make Cannon stand firm.

  Meinahan called the lead actors together and prepared them for a marketing tour in nightclubs across the country before and after the movie's release. This kind of dance movie, with a huge number of potential customers in a disco nightclub, is a good place for live marketing.

   "Lucinda, you have to practice, at least make your backspin. Otherwise, I'm afraid many nightclubs won't accept your jazz-flavored breakdance." Minahan explained.

   "I can teach you, but you don't work hard enough." Sabade still looked aloof.

"No, I just need to learn back spin, and Ronald can teach me." Lucinda was fed up with Sabado's attitude, and she took the initiative to talk to Ronald, who wanted to date a white girl but didn't know how to do it. Do Latinos put aside.

   "I heard you care about gymnastics now?" Ronald asked Lucinda Dickey.

   "Yeah, I heard that the Souvel Union is coming to the Olympics this time. My friend was selected for the American gymnastics team. She said that the Souvilles are very strong, but she is determined to challenge their dominance."

   "They are willing to send a team this time? Last time I remember we boycotted the Olympics in Moscow."

   "I don't know, now it's rumored that their general secretary is an enlightened person, and they also want to beat America in the Olympics."

  The Cold War is indeed an all-round competition, not only in the military, economy, science and technology, aerospace, but also in culture, art and sports. Everyone spared no effort to prove that they are the more advanced party.

   Speaking of which, I don't know if the alliance has released any new movies in the past two years, and if there is a good movie like "Moscow does not believe in tears" last time.

   (end of this chapter)