America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM.

Chapter 305 303. Sister, Sister, Niece

"The 56th Primetime Emmy Awards has come to an end, with 'House of Cards' and 'Angels in America' becoming the biggest winners."

"The Emmys showed what's going on right now, and the battle between HBO and Lionheart continues."

"Drama and mini-series have become the battlefield for large-scale dramas, and the only thing that public stations can compete for is comedy. This situation is not healthy."

"Eric Cooper made history again, winning Best Writing, Best Director, and Best Drama Series for House of Cards, while The Sopranos lost miserably!"

"The most daring person at this year's Emmy Awards appeared. Jim Carrey complained that the Academy did not give him an Oscar, and Eric Cooper threatened the Academy to give him an award."

"The cost of silence plus potential threats, Eric Cooper's acceptance speech made the audience laugh."

"Sandra Bullock laughed so hard that she 'squirted water', and the wonderful moment was captured."

"The Emmy Awards had a record-breaking audience of 3660 million viewers, and the biggest contributor was Eric Cooper, who, although not in attendance, was the most eye-catching star at the ceremony."

After the Emmy Awards live broadcast, many people noticed that Eric Cooper was so humorous and cute.

It is very rare to find a star who dares to confront the academy directly and does not thank the academy at all, especially when you have been given so many awards.

Damn, if you have money you can do whatever you want!

Eric is chatting with David Fincher in a cafe in Los Angeles.

Eric had the idea since the latter expressed his love for House of Cards at the awards ceremony.

I definitely don't have enough energy to take care of so many works, so it would be better to invite David Fincher to direct the second season of "House of Cards".

His dark style is very suitable for thriller dramas, and he was originally the one who directed the first season. Now it has been returned to its original owner.

"A clever story, an even more interesting political game, I loved the script."

"David, you can look at it more carefully and make changes, because I think you are very suitable for directing."

David Fincher laughed: "I don't know why, but I also feel that I can handle this job skillfully, as if I have done it once in a dream."

"But I have a question. The character of Barrafaeli died. Was it a temporary change or was it already planned?"

"Haha. Do I need to ask this kind of question? I can't let her live and continue filming. When filming, just find an actor with a similar body shape and don't show her face."

"Well, the audience will definitely understand. What surprised me is that you were able to round out the story so smoothly. They really should give you the best screenwriter award."

"So you plan to take this job?"

"Why not? My last movie was in 2002. I've had enough rest and it's time to start working."

"And I'm very interested in such an excellent script. There are also good actors. I have long wanted to work with Kevin Spacey again."

"Kevin Spacey is really great. The last time you worked together was on Seven Deadly Sins."

"Well, that was in 1995. Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately, apart from Fight Club, I have never made a satisfactory work."

Eric laughed dumbly: "David, if you say that, many directors will be jealous. I remember Panic Room made 2 million at the global box office, right? Are you still not satisfied?"

David Fincher hesitated for a moment and said: "Although the box office is very good, sometimes that is not what you want to express. Relatively speaking, I still prefer "Seven Deadly Sins"."

"Of course, who wouldn't like it? I still remember when I saw that the box contained the heroine's head."

"OMG! That was a really shocking setting. Luckily you didn't give it a close-up, otherwise I would have been traumatized. I was probably only thirteen or fourteen at the time."

David Fincher clapped his hands in joy: "Hahahaha. A lot of people have complained to me. Actually, I really wanted to give it a close-up. I even made the props, but the shot was deleted."

"When New Line gave me the script, I read it and thought it was pretty good, but there were still some loopholes, so I said I could consider it."

"Then New Line informed me that the script was wrong. I got the scrapped first version, and now I have to shoot the revised second version."

"After I read the second version, I found it was just based on a defense story. All the interesting plots were changed and it became just a child's play."

"So I threatened them that if they wanted me to direct, they had to shoot the first version, otherwise there would be no negotiation."

"Guess what happened in the end? New Line compromised and let me revise the script myself. I could shoot whatever I wanted, except for the scenes that were too explicit."

David Fincher tells the story with relish, as if to say, look how awesome I am, even capital has to compromise with me.

But Eric looked at him like he was a fool: "David, your story is very interesting, but as the chairman of MGM, how about I review it for you from the perspective of an investor?"

"Review what?"

"I think the original story should be like this. New Line really wants to make "Seven Deadly Sins", but you are a busy man. How can you attract your attention with so many scripts in your hands?"

"So I decided to use the double script method. You are an excellent director. Any excellent director cannot bear to see a good script turned into waste paper."

"So you fell for it, you agreed!"

"Ah?" David Fincher was stunned for a moment.

boom!
After a while he slammed the table: "Mazer Fackel! These old bastards, I had a lot of good projects like Heat and The Usual Suspects."

"I've been bragging about this for almost ten years, but it turns out I'm the one being fooled?"

Eric patted him on the shoulder. "But the result is not bad. Seven is a classic, isn't it? Win-win!"

MGM released two movies in September, both of which were sequels.

One is "Hold Your Breath 2" and the other is "Happy Death Day 2".

"Don't Breathe 2" still invites veteran action star Lundgren to play a blind veteran.

The story takes place a few years after the first film, continuing the clues of the first film, but the plot is completely different from the original.

The original version of "Hold Your Breath 2" was very mediocre, changing the exciting game in a small space into a hot fist-to-flesh fight.

The fighting scenes are indeed very exciting, but they lack the thrilling, cat-and-mouse tension.

The plot also does not stand up to scrutiny and is full of loopholes, which led to the film's box office and reputation failure after its release.

To be more precise, the film failed in both word of mouth and box office, but it even made a small profit, after all, the cost was there. However, the sequel was a complete failure.

This is also a common problem often encountered by low-budget movies. They can rely on the first part to surprise the audience, but the reason why it is called a surprise is that the audience did not expect it to be so good.

Expectations for the second part have already been raised, and all the suspense has been revealed, so it is difficult to dig out new ideas.

So what can be done to get the audience excited again?
The answer is to introduce new characters, create new surprises, and at the same time continue along the plot line of the first film.

So the new stimulation point that Eric designed for "Hold Your Breath 2" is children.

The veteran wanted to have a child, and he finally realized his dream and had a daughter.

Of course, it was not his own child, nor was it stolen, but the orphan of a former comrade-in-arms, whom he adopted. However, according to the law, he, an old blind man with a very poor financial situation, was not eligible to adopt, so the old soldier did not dare to let the child go to school, fearing that his daughter would be forcibly taken away by the government.

Instead, they teach their children limited knowledge and at the same time impart more skills such as fighting and survival.

"Dakota Fanning looks so cute." Nicole whispered in the movie theater.

"She is indeed very cute, and her acting skills are good. She is also very dedicated when filming."

"Devotion? Is a child's play difficult?"

"At least it's not easy in this movie, but hard work pays off. I guarantee that she can broaden her acting range and find more opportunities for future development."

As the plot progressed, Neeko quickly understood where the difficulty lay.

In the first film, the rich girl was kidnapped. Her father searched for her for several years and finally confirmed that his daughter died at the hands of the veteran.

So the revenge began. The rich man sent people to kidnap the old soldier and his daughter and locked them up in his mansion.

What followed was torture and interrogation. The old soldier was so tortured that one of his legs was directly broken.

Many viewers began to worry: without a leg, he could not even walk properly, so how could he fight back?

The movie quickly gave the answer, because the one who carried out the counterattack was not the old soldier, but the little girl.

She seized the opportunity, took advantage of the enemy's negligence to snatch the machete, and cut a man's neck cleanly.

Then the rotating blade was thrown out, instantly damaging the power supply in the basement.

Darkness is the best protective color for this father and daughter.

Bang bang bang!
There were loud gunshots in the basement, accompanied by people screaming. Although there was no direct killing scene, the screams and the sound of metal colliding still indirectly showed the horror of the battle.

When the rich man and his men rushed into the basement, the light came back on and they saw several people lying on the ground with blood spurting everywhere.

Gunshot wounds, slit throats, gouged eyes, exploded testicles, all kinds of death, just like the Asura hell.

When thinking about Dakoda Fanning's childish face and her beautiful dimples when she smiles, the huge contrast stimulates the nerves of every audience member, and they can't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Too fierce! Too cruel! Too addictive!

Eric looked to the side and saw that Nicole's eyes were wide open and her mouth was slightly open.

"Now you know why I say that Fanning is very dedicated. There are more intense action scenes later, many of which she performed herself."

Nicole let out a deep breath: "Honey, this character is a bit too much. The movie will definitely be criticized."

"Why are you scolding me? I think it has a bad influence on teenagers? Just scold me, there are many people who scold me anyway."

“Usually it’s the critics who scold you, but this time I’m afraid a lot of parents will scold you too.”

"Hehe! Let me ask you, is this character cool? Is he charming enough?"

"She's awesome, man!" Before Nicole could say anything, a young man in the front seat answered for her.

"This character is so cool, the screenwriter is a genius!"

Eric shrugged, meaning, you see, there are many people who like it, and we can create a Hit-Girl later.

The rest of the story is simple. The father and daughter return home to set up traps and wait for the enemy to come.

Then they used their home advantage to kill all the invading enemies, and finally fought back to the mansion and killed the rich man.

But the death of the rich man did not end the matter. He set up a revenge fund, which would be activated after his death. He would summon killers from all over the world to hunt down the father and daughter, and the killing continued.

After Eric's adaptation, the sequel has completely deviated from its original direction and transformed into an action drama.

He also didn't know whether the audience would accept it. If they did, he would continue filming. If not, he would stop.

Relatively speaking, Eric did not interfere in the other film, Happy Death Day 2.

Because it involves science fiction elements such as time travel, the filming of this sequel is much more difficult than "Don't Breathe 2".

So he handed it over to others. If the word of mouth is good, that's awesome of you. Otherwise, don't take the blame on me.

When MGM has a work released, the Big Six will naturally follow suit. A number of films such as "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events", "The Princess Diaries 2", "Alien vs. Predator", and "King Arthur" will be released in theaters.

However, although MGM and the Big Six have started another fierce battle, both sides are aware that the championship will not belong to either side, because DreamWorks' super ace "Shrek 2" has also been scheduled for release in mid-September.

Against a blue sky, a small passenger plane is flying along its route towards New York.

Liu Yifei came out of the bathroom and sat down next to her mother.

After a while, Eric also came out of the bathroom and sat next to him.

Liu Xiaoli's eyes swept back and forth between the two of them, but in the end she said nothing. She couldn't do anything about it anyway, so let them do whatever they wanted.

However, from a series of recent events, she could tell that Eric Cooper was definitely not the kind of heartless and ungrateful person who would just abandon things after having fun.

My daughter has been with him, even if she doesn't get any status in the end, financial compensation is definitely necessary.

"Eric, look at the reviews here. Dakota Fanning has been tapped into an unexpected side, which has given everyone a big surprise. 'Hold Your Breath 2' is an excellent sequel."

Eric waved his hand: "Forget it, I already know the evaluation, it's a mixed bag."

"Don't be discouraged, at least the box office is good."

"Haha. Don't comfort me. Shrek the Monsters 2 is just too fierce. Luckily the Big Six are also in trouble. If we have to die, we will die together."

"So do you think Shrek 2 can surpass Frozen at the box office?"

Eric shook his head. "That's impossible. Frozen had no rivals in the third week. It was a huge advantage. Look at how many enemies Shrek 2 had around it."

"What's more, next month there will be a lot of blockbusters like The Hunger Games, Van Helsing, Kill Bill 2, and Alexander the Great. It would be great if we can reach the box office of the first film."

"Actually, I'd like it to be higher. MGM will be responsible for overseas distribution. The higher it is, the more money I can make."

"Six major ones are like hurting the enemy by 800 and hurting yourself by 1,000. Let's see who will suffer the loss in the end."

In the evening, the plane landed in New York and Zhou Wenqiong drove to pick us up.

Tomorrow is the reopening ceremony of the Hudson Theater, symbolizing the official competition between MGM and Disney in the field of stage plays.

Eric came over to show up and cheer up the employees.

Sister, younger sister, niece, tsk tsk.
(End of this chapter)