Tues. 2/26 Actions
POSITIVE ACTIONS Director: James Mangold
- $2 million
- With Letter of intent that Plainview Productions will acquire two name
stars and have a budget between $20-30 million for “Good Book”. - October shoot date
- cost of contract 10% of the budget ($200K-$300K)
- Justification: Director of Walk the Line (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007),
Copland (1997). Smart Writer-Director with critical and commercial
success in the crime and action genres. Lujack: Colin Farrell
- $2 million for six weeks plus 5% of gross in North America
- October shoot date
- Justification: Star of Miami Vice (2006), The New World (2005) and
The Recruit (2004). Has respect of top directors like Terrence Malick,
Woody Allen and Michael Mann. Not one of the top bankable stars in
US or Europe, but he is still very well-know and appealing and some
of his films have been very successful commercially. Tommy Chin: Andy Lau
- Salary: $ 1 million
- Justification: Star of Infernal Affairs (2002) and House of Flying
Daggers (2004). Adequately known in America with a #1 box success
for “Daggers”. Beside North American, he’s one of the top bankable
stars in Hong Kong. Can easily pre-sell theatrical distribution rights to Asia. Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus A.S.C.
- Salary: $200,000
- Justification: Worked on six Scorsese films, including Goodfellas (1990),
The Age of Innocence (1993) and The Departed (2006).
NEGATIVE ACTIONS
- Failed to sign cinematographer, Eduardo Serra A.S.C. – Blood Diamond
(2006), Girl with a Pearl with a Pearl Earring (2003).
