Hollywood What If Chapter 52
There are many reasons why movie panies like PG-13 movies.
Movies sell more tickets if they are rated PG-13 or lower. Families prefer to see a movie that their children enjoy.
This was one of the reasons why Disney became the stro movie pany for the hree decades. They used this advao take over their petitors.
Some Warner Bros shareholders hope that The Hangover will be rated PG-13. Because it would be more profitable.
Of course, R-rated be profitable too. Se7en, which was just released in North America, made more than 400 million worldwide. That was a huge profit for a R-Rated thriller suspense film.
But The Hangover was not a thriller suspe was a edy. So they hoped to vince Kazir Grey to ge the script.
Unfortunately, Kazir Grey was firm in his decision. It was written in the tract that he had full authority over the creation of The Hangover. Even the right to edit was his alone.
So they decided to keep their mouths shut a Kazir do his job.
"John, are you sure about this?"
Ed Helms had a plicated look on his face as he looked at his agent.
"Ed, the WMA wants the best for you. 't you see that? If they agree to 3 million, that will be your sary."
John and Enriegotiated the sary down to 3 million dolrs. But Enrico was still not satisfied. He felt that hiring Ed Helms for that amount of money was not worth it.
"..."
Ed Helms felt that 3 million dolrs was a good amount. But he knew damhat he was not worth that amount. At least not now.
As for his agent, John Harris, the agent wao fight for a higher sary. After all, 10% of that amount would be his ission.
"I uand. But I agree with 1.5 million, you don't have to fight for more. I don't want to interfere with the shooting schedule of the movie."
Two weeks were left before shooting officially began.
Except for Ed Helms, all the actors had already signed tracts.
"Alright."
To be ho, John Harris didn't knoMA was asking him to make trouble for the projebsp;
Still, it was an order from the top. He had to carry it out.
'Of course I wao be in the cast. But I'm looking for more mohat's my duty as a.'
He was n... Agents are known in the industry as leeches. They will demand a higher sary, which will also increase the produ cost.
In fact, the main reason for the increase in produ costs was the actors' saries.
While agent John Harris and producer Enrico Pusi were engaged in a tug of war, Salvatore Barlowe went to Kazir's offibsp;
Since Kazir had started a studio pany that was currently shooting The Hangover, Kazir spent most of his time in the office polishing the script and storyboard.
He didn't even go back to his apartment that week. He slept and ate at his office. It was almost as if his office was his bedroom.
When Salvatore ehe office, he was surprised to find so much rubbish on the floor.
'Dozens of sketches and many oddles... This is a terrible se. '
'I know that some creative people are like this, but it's still a sight to see,' Salvatore thought.
He found Kazir tapping away at his keyboard.
"How was it?"
"I got it."
"Phew, that's good to hear. I thought it would take a while."
"Well, An Shayne Produs wao sell it for 3 million, so I didn't hesitate. You said that this cht is important."
Salvatore Barlowe pced the dots oable.
Kazir read only a few words
"Bourne Identity."
After realizing that Tom Cruise had bought the film version of Mission: Impossible, Kazir decided to buy the Bourne franchise before it was too te.
'No ohinks this movie is going to be a huge success.'
"Kazir, I 't think of any reason why you would want to buy the rights to adapt this novel. A 3 million dolrs at that. Do you want to make an aovie?"
An Shayne Produs bought the film rights of The Bourne Identity in the 80s. They even made a TV movie, but it didn't end well.
Sihen, the movie rights of Bourne Identity stayed in their film libraries for many years.
Bourne Identity is actually a famous novel from the 80s. It's one of the founders of the spy novel.
But because novels and ics are losing their power after digitalization, many people have already fotten about the Bourne Identity.
"That's right. If things go well, maybe I do an aovie year. I've been dreaming about doing an aovie all my life."
"... Are you sure you do it?"
Salvatore was skeptical. As his agent, Salvatore hoped Kazir would stay in his fort zone.
Shooting a edy and an aovie is very different. An a film is much more plicated.
"Don't worry, Salvatore, I'm not going to do The Bourne Identity for the hree years. I have something to experiment with"
Of all the scripts he had written, one had a very small budget. He was fident that he could make it with his own money... If he had to.
"I just hope you know what you're doing."
From the moment he first spoke with Kazir, Salvatore khat Kazir was impossible to trol.
Well, not that he pined.
3% of the 2.5 million Kazir received went into his pocket.
It might look small, but it was only the beginning. He knew he would get more from Kazir.
In fact, because of his e to Directrey, Salvatore was able to get his t a role.
This was exactly why agents like to have a director uhem. Because their actors would always have a job.
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