Christmas, Christmas Eve.

In the summer, Beverly mansion is full of guests and guests, and it is very lively.

The biggest and most grand party in Hollywood is held here.

In fact, it is common in Hollywood to hold parties on Christmas. Many companies, producers, directors, and celebrities will hold their own parties, either to show their connections, to win over relationships, to cultivate feelings, or to pure entertainment...

Several film companies such as Paramount, Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros. have held their own parties, and they were held at the same time as Summer. There are also many producers, stars, directors, etc. attending the party, which can also be said to be a gathering of stars and is more successful than others.

But compared to summer parties, no matter the number of participants or the level, you have to wait.

Those attending summer parties include top directors like Spielberg, James Cameron, George Lucas, first-line stars like Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, top singers like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston, and rare beauties like Brooke Sitters, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, and Cindy Crawford. They can be said to be star-studded.

The reason why so many top figures in the entertainment industry come to attend summer parties instead of going to Paramount, Fox, Disney, and Warner Bros. is simply because they are attracted by the power of summer in Hollywood.

It is said that it is easy to cool off with a big tree on your back! As the tallest and largest tree in Hollywood in summer, they naturally prefer to climb this tall branch.

Xia Tian was also happy to date them. Seeing so many directors and stars in the party, he couldn't help but think of the famous saying of Emperor Taizong of Tang, "Heroes of the world are coming to me!"

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"Mr. Cameron, what happened to you when you seem unhappy?" Xia Tian walked up to James Cameron curiously and asked.

From the beginning of the party, he stayed alone. Even if someone came up, he would be driven away by him without saying a few words. He looked a little lonely.

"Nothing happened." Cameron waved his hand.

"That's good." Xia Tian saw that he refused to say it and smiled slightly, "By the way, Mr. Cameron, how did your masterpiece "Titanic" be filmed? When will it be released? I can't wait to watch it."

James Cameron has been filming "Titanic" since 1994, and it has been more than a year since now. According to general rules, it should have been finished long ago, and it should have even been released.

However, there has been no news of the filming of "Titanic" so far. And the summer also received rumors, knowing that the filming of "Titanic" has come to a standstill.

After hearing his question, Cameron's face turned pale.

This is really a pot that doesn’t open to the pot.

"Mr. Xia, I'm afraid that that movie will not be released." Cameron shook his head regretfully.

"Is that so?! That's so regretful. How could this be the case?" Xia Tian asked.

Cameron sighed, as if it was hard to speak.

"It's okay. If you treat me as a friend, just talk to me." Xia Tian smiled and comforted.

"Okay." Cameron nodded and told the whole story.

It turned out that Cameron was going to film "Titanic" with a budget cost of $150 million. This was already considered a super blockbuster in Hollywood at that time.

Generally speaking, super blockbusters are like "Jurassic Park" and "Terminator 2", with grand scenes and shocking pictures, and many other commercial elements such as chase, shooting, explosion, etc.

Moreover, super blockbusters also have the potential to shoot sequels. In this case, even if the first movie may be lost, as long as it can earn reputation, the second movie can still make money.

But "Titanic" is about to tell a love story. Without common elements such as shooting, explosion, and chase, it still cannot shoot a sequel. However, it still costs $150 million.

In this way, the possibility of losing money in the movie is very high.

The reason why Fox was willing to agree to Cameron's crazy plan was because in 1993, before the filming of "Titanic", Cameron helped them shoot a big-selling movie "The True Lies".

This movie was once introduced to China, which caused a considerable sensation at that time. The scene of Schwarzenegger launching missiles in the Sea Harrier fighter surprised the mainland audience at that time, and truly saw the pattern of Hollywood blockbusters.

"The True Lies" contributed $373 million to Fox's box office, making it one of its most profitable movies. In addition, Cameron also filmed "Terminator 2", which is also a money-making tool, with a global box office of $500 million.

Fox is naturally willing to win over directors like Cameron, so he took the risk to invest 150 million US dollars in him.

However, more than two years after investing this $50 million, "Titanic" had just been filmed. Cameron used the money and dived to the bottom of the sea many times to see the wreckage of the Titanic, and then only took a dozen minutes of blurry underwater videos.

Then Cameron used the money to build a model almost as big as the Titanic. The chimney alone was as high as a dozen floors. In order to hold this big ship, Cameron also dug a large pool covering an area of ​​16 hectares and injected 65,000 cubic meters of water into it.

The cost of this set alone is as high as more than 50 million US dollars, and it is a one-time job. After all, Fox is not like Disney and Universal, which does not operate a theme park itself. So after the movie is finished, these sets can only be demolished because it is impossible to shoot a sequel.

After spending this squandering of $150 million, Cameron spent only a little bit, but the movie only started. Next, at least another $50 million was added to make the movie possible.

Fox has long complained about Cameron's delay. A movie has been filmed for two years and has not been finished yet, which is really too slow. Therefore, Fox is a little unhappy about spending another 50 million US dollars.

In addition, this year, Hollywood released another TV movie of the same name, "Titanic", starring the beautiful Catherine Zeta Jones. It also tells the love story that also happened on that big ship, but the box office was only more than 10 million US dollars.

Therefore, Fox is very unpopular with the prospects of the movie "Titanic" and is even more unwilling to invest in it.

Therefore, "Titanic" was forced to stop work as soon as it started.
Chapter completed!