On the bed of the Hilton Ocean Resort, Charles woke up with a hangover-induced dizziness and looked at Camille in his arms; her brown hair seemed to have blonde highlights underneath.
"What's wrong?" Camille also woke up, seeing Charles looking at her hair, and asked, puzzled.
"Is your blonde hair dyed?" Charles ran his hand through Camille's short hair. Golden short hair looked good too.
Camille sat up, not minding her body being uncovered, and laughed, "I don't want to be called a dumb blonde!"
Well, Americans always like to call blonde girls'silly, sweet, and innocent.'
Charles looked at his watch; it was already noon! He had drunk a bit too much last night, and then with Camille, it seemed quite intense.
Clothes were scattered on the floor, silently testifying to their owners' ruthlessness.
"Let's get up and eat," Charles rubbed his cheeks. He had fallen into depravity!
After lunch, Charles drove Camille back to her home in Long Beach.
"Thank you, Charles!" Camille and Charles kissed for a while before she got out of the car.
"Remember to call me!"
Charles waved back and drove to Capet Pictures in Burbank.
After James Wan re-edited and deleted some segments from saw, AA finally rated the film R.
"It's premiering on Halloween, so we have two or three months to promote it. Focus Features wants saw to be screened at the Toronto Film Festival in September to build up its reputation," Henry Winster was discussing in Charles's office.
Charles nodded, "The Toronto Film Festival is now also an important international independent film festival, attracting many tourists and media!"
The Toronto Film Festival does not award prizes because it does not have a jury; it is purely a film exhibition and only has an audience choice award.
It is an excellent platform for film transactions, where many independent films and filmmakers exchange film experiences and seek distribution.
There are too many film festivals; there are more than a dozen international A-list ones, plus numerous national and city film festivals.
Charles then took out the script for wedding crashers and handed it to Henry Winster, "This is an idea of mine that I had someone write into a script—a romantic comedy project. Universal still has reservations about mr. & mrs. smith, and the budget for wedding crashers is less than half of mr. & mrs. smith's."
"I will study it carefully!"
Charles nodded, "No rush for now. The filming of brokeback mountain is the most important thing right now."
"I understand!" Henry Winster chatted with Charles for a few more moments before leaving the office.
Last July, the European Union announced that the euro was the sole legal tender in the Eurozone, and with Greece, there were now 13 Eurozone members.
The appreciation of the euro has been evident since this year, and Charles also knows that the current exchange rate of the euro against the US dollar still has room to rise.
It will rise to a point where he can invest a batch of money in Europe!
Charles shook his head, thinking too much; he didn't have money now. Moreover, there was big news in California right now: the state was going to hold its first-ever gubernatorial recall election.
The current governor of california, Gray Davis, is a member of the Democratic Party, and California's more than 30 billion US dollars in fiscal deficit is also alarming.
"Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance is coming!" Charles pouted. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which premiered earlier this month, opened in 3,500 theaters in North America with 44 million US dollars, but its reputation was not high, and after nearly 20 days, its North American box office was only 100 million US dollars.
The future governor of california's political career is about to reach a new level; after all, Arnold Schwarzenegger had been preparing for the California gubernatorial election for two or three years.
pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl, which opened a week later, debuted in 3,300 theaters with 46 million US dollars in North America, but its reputation and reviews were better, and its North American box office has already reached 100 million US dollars.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines had a production budget of 200 million US dollars, and Arnold Schwarzenegger's salary alone was as high as 29 million US dollars, a record-breaker.
pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl had a production budget of 140 million US dollars; with promotion and distribution costs, it probably just matched the production cost of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
At night, Evelyn Capet arrived at the Sunset Tower Hotel where Keira Knightley was staying.
"How is the promotion going? You still need to go to European cities for promotion later. Australia is not necessary, but you need to put effort into the UK," Evelyn specifically came to discuss work with Keira Knightley, who was promoting the film pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl.
"Also, you need to join the set for the historical war film king arthur in September to start filming. However, the main filming locations are in the UK, which is closer to your home!"
Evelyn, wearing a simple long dress, sat on the sofa, looking a bit tired, and laughed, "It's not that I'm very tired, it's just that I'm not used to it yet!"
pirates of the caribbean made her incredibly famous, and she still needed some time to adapt.
"You'll get used to it. king arthur is also a Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer film. They must have already started preparing for the sequel to pirates of the caribbean," Evelyn said, smiling at Keira Knightley.
"Next, I estimate you'll be quite busy!"
"This one just premiered, and the sequel is already being prepared?" Keira Knightley asked.
"Don't doubt the speed at which film companies develop sequels for high-grossing films! Neither Jerry Bruckheimer nor Disney will give up on such a good IP," Evelyn also envied. After this film premiered, how much did the number of visitors to the pirate ship ride at Disneyland increase?
The my big fat greek wedding developed by Charles was also a success, but its influence was far less than that of the commercial blockbuster pirates of the caribbean.
"Don't worry, the sequel won't be that fast. The first one was originally a complete story, and now they will spend a lot of time getting the script ready first," Evelyn explained.
"Charles also specifically reminded me that Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer should directly prepare scripts for the second and third films and film them back-to-back! The filming time will be very long then!"
pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl was, after all, a pirate movie, and not many people were optimistic about it at the time. Disney hadn't even thought about filming a sequel.
Many of the sets that were built have already been dismantled, and those weren't cheap. All the actors signed cooperation agreements for a single film.
Now that sequels are being developed, actors' salaries will definitely increase. Filming the next two films together can not only save money by sharing many of the built sets but also save some on actors' salaries, though it will require a longer filming period.
"Understood. I'll go back to the UK to film king arthur then. As for future matters, let's wait until later!"