Because Aaron also had his eye on the script for "Scream," Twilight Pictures under Dawn and Dimension Films under Miramax began to compete.
Many horror film directors felt that "Scream" was more of a comedy than a serious horror film, so they didn't think much of it.
However, Twilight Pictures ultimately spent $750,000 to buy this script from newcomer screenwriter Kevin Williamson!
"Without the 'Scream' series, Miramax would be missing out on a blockbuster in the future!"
Aaron opened the file, which contained a list of potential action film directors, including Jan de Bont, John McTiernan, and others.
And Jan de Bont is the director of this year's film "Speed," which is also his debut work.
"Let them negotiate. 'Con Air' isn't difficult to direct, the main thing is the action scenes."
Since Renny Harlin isn't available, they can just replace him with another director!
"That 'Cutthroat Island' from Carolco, the distributor is MGM, right?"
Aislinn Beckett nodded, "It's MGM. After Carolco's distribution agreement with Columbia TriStar ended, they immediately signed a distribution agreement with MGM;"
"It should be CAA's work. The budget for 'Cutthroat Island' is $60 million, and the male and female leads are currently Michael Douglas and Geena Davis."
Aaron smiled. The movie "Cutthroat Island" was too famous because it was a Guinness World Record holder for losses.
Director Renny Harlin, male and female leads currently Michael Douglas and Geena Davis?
And Geena Davis is Renny Harlin's wife, they just got married this year!
Aaron shook his head slightly. He remembered very clearly that the final male lead of "Cutthroat Island" wasn't Michael Douglas, but an unknown actor.
Because director Renny Harlin directly changed the script of "Cutthroat Island" into a complete female-led work, Michael Douglas wouldn't do the work for this couple, so he withdrew.
Moreover, the director Renny Harlin and the female lead Geena Davis's antics during the filming of "Cutthroat Island" caused the budget of "Cutthroat Island" to skyrocket, and the final production cost was close to $100 million!
"Carolco, quite intriguing," Aaron's attention to Carolco was mainly due to Carolco's big spending on filming movies.
Carolco's productions involve a lot of investment, and they like to play with action and science fiction films, offering big stars sky-high salaries.
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day," which was released the year before last, was produced by Carolco, the first work with an investment of over $100 million. James Cameron and Schwarzenegger received high salaries of $6 million and $15 million respectively.
Michael Douglas also received a salary of $12 million in "Basic Instinct," and Sylvester Stallone received an even higher salary of $16 million in "Cliffhanger!"
Because Carolco doesn't have distribution channels, they only invest in filming movies and sign cooperative distribution agreements with Columbia TriStar.
"Terminator 2: Judgment Day" was filmed with funds Carolco borrowed from Europe. Although it achieved brilliant results with $200 million in North America and $500 million worldwide;
The high publicity costs and loan interest rates made Carolco unhappy. The result of Carolco's inability to quickly recover funds was high debt, and they soon underwent asset restructuring.
The result of the asset restructuring was the sale of future film copyrights. Coincidentally, Carolco's next few films were box office hits, but they completely missed out;
Including "Basic Instinct," which was released last year, and another science fiction action film "Universal Soldier" directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren;
Plus this year's "Cliffhanger" starring Sylvester Stallone!
"Carolco seems to be preparing to make a blockbuster to recover money," Aislinn Beckett suddenly explained,
"They discussed with James Cameron about filming 'Terminator 3,' but he signed a directing contract with 20th Century Fox and is preparing other projects;"
"Another project is 'Crusade' directed by Paul Verhoeven, with Schwarzenegger as the male lead;"
"The final choice of 'Cutthroat Island' should be because they thought it was the least expensive to invest in!"
James Cameron goes without saying, filming movies is burning money, Paul Verhoeven directed "Total Recall" and "Basic Instinct," and working with Schwarzenegger would definitely not have a low budget.
Aaron stroked his chin, "Carolco should have already spent several million dollars preparing for that 'Crusade';"
"So, it's just shelved? Mario Kassar seems to really like Renny Harlin!"
Mario Kassar is the current president of Carolco Pictures, who likes to hire big stars and big directors to film action and science fiction blockbusters;
It's not surprising that he likes Renny Harlin. Not to mention that this Finnish director directed "Die Hard 2," this year his direction of "Cliffhanger" has made Stallone comeback, a global box office of 250 million . dollars can't be fake, and the movie's reputation isn't low either!
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"Pirate movies, Steven Spielberg's TriStar film 'Hook' also made a lot of money before;"
"It's not strange that Carolco likes the pirate theme."
Listening to Aislinn Beckett's words, Aaron just sighed in his heart. What would she think if she knew that after "Cutthroat Island" was released, it would become the top Guinness record-breaking movie?
At that time, pirate-themed works would become a forbidden zone in Hollywood, making all film companies and producers afraid of pirates;
In the future, it will still be Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" series that will bring the pirate theme back to Hollywood!
"By the way, how is Jonathan Demme's 'Silence of the Lambs' prequel, 'Red Dragon,' coming along?"
Aaron is still more concerned about this sequel's prequel project.
"The main actors have been confirmed. Nicolas Cage, Anthony Hopkins, and Ralph Fiennes have all been negotiated, and supporting roles are currently being selected;"
"The director is choosing filming locations. Once the crew is assembled, filming can officially begin!"
