Wynsok Entertainment - The Story of a Studio

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Well, I finally broke down and purchased Hollywood Mogul. Now sit back and enjoy as I tell the tale of my first studio.

I am Cody Myers. I lead a group of real estate and stock market investors. Over the years, we've accumulated a vast amount of wealth. We've recently decided to get out of the high risk world of investments to enter the high risk world of movie making.

I'm going to be breaking this down so that each post will be one quarter of a year. I'm not sure how I'll do it once I start releasing movies, but this will work for now.

I really only have 3 house rules as a start. The first is that I must have at least 3 scripts being worked on at all times. I must begin work on at least 1 new script every month. And every 2 months, one of those scripts must be an idea of mine.

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January:

After a kicking New Years Party and a couple days of recovery, I enter my office and have a seat at my new desk. Immediately I begin searching for projects that catch my eye. A couple novels do...

Virtual Pain(science fiction) - In the future, crime and punishment is a ghastly affair.
-The story sounds very interesting to me. It looks like a good story, with the major problems being a slow pace and somewhat lacking plot. Never-the-less, it's a 3 star script and I pay a cool $5.25 million for it. I send it off to Wayne Flannigan for a first draft.

A Game of Chance(drama) - A foolish dare leads to tragedy and death.
-I don't know why, but I felt the need to pick this one up. It comes with a 4 star script that should be ready to go in no time. David Holloway gets the honor of writing the first draft after I pay $6 million for it.

Nothing else caught my attention, so we had to come up with an idea of our own.

Party Quacka(action adventure comedy) - Two long lost twin brothers must reunite to save their mother from an evil madman.
-We already know who we want to star and feel that this will be our first "big" movie. I send it out to Daniel Peterman for a first draft.


February:

Writing continues on last month's scripts.

We begin work on a remake of an older movie.

The Poseidon Adventure(action adventure) - After a tidal wave capsizes a luxury liner, a group of survivors must fight to find their way out.
-By the way, I know there is already a remake underway starring Kurt Russell. I give the idea to Paul Fuller for a first draft.

I find a pretty interesting screenplay on my desk in the morning. I felt that it was so good, I immediately payed $3.9 million for it.

Aha!(comedy) - A man comes out of a coma to find he has 2 wives.

Now the movie needs casted. We've got a 4 star script on our hands, so we could be looking at a money-maker.

Aha! will use the Main Street, USA backlot and sound stage 11 with significant set construction. I budget $20 million for physical costs with no pyro-technics and no stunts.


Aha!
Casting Info:
Director - Frank Coraci(Waterboy) - $500K
Producer - Mark Gordon(Day After Tomorrow) - $800K

Actor - Ben Stiller(Dodgeball) - $6.5M
Actress - Brittany Murphy(8 Mile) - $3.5M

Actress - Rebecca Romjin(X-Men) - $2.5M
Actor - Frankie Muniz(Agent Cody Banks) - $800K

Story: Jake Rhodes(Stiller) wakes up from a coma to discover that he has 2 wives(Murphy & Romjin). He enlists the help of his brother(Muniz) to figure out how everything happened.



March:

Scripts:
Virtual Pain - first draft screenplay
A Game of Chance - first draft screenplay
Party Quacka - first draft screenplay
The Poseidon Adventure - first draft screenplay

Pre Production:
Aha! - February 2005-May 2005

New This Month:

I purchase the rights of the novel "To the Other Sea" for $5.1 million. This historic epic chronicles Thomas Jefferson's desire to send explorers to the Pacific Ocean. I send it to Anthony Wenton for a first draft.

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April:
Scripts:
Virtual Pain - first draft screenplay
A Game of Chance - first draft screenplay
Party Quacka - first draft screenplay
The Poseidon Adventure - first draft screenplay
To the Other Sea - first draft screenplay

Pre-Production:
Aha - February-May 2005

New This Month:
I commission the writing of a cheap horror movie.

"Graveyard Shift" - Workers in a warehouse discover there is something lurking in the darkness.

It is sent to Steven McShane for a first draft.


May:

Several scripts come back this month.
-Virtual Pain comes in at 2 stars with a horrible plot. I send it to Arthur Ooo for a screenplay rewrite.
-A Game of Chance comes back and the less said about it, the better. I send it to Cheryl Cottonwood for a screenplay rewrite.
-Party Quacka is also in need of a screenplay rewrite. I send it to Douglas Petty.


Scripts:
Virtual Pain(**) - writing begins next month
A Game of Chance(**) - writing begins next month
Party Quacka(**) - writing begins next month
The Poseidon Adventure - first draft screenplay
To the Other Sea - first draft screenplay
Graveyard Shift - first draft screenplay

Pre-Production:
None

Production:
Aha! - May-June 2005

New This Month:
I purchase the rights to a screenplay.

"Chevy Caprice"(drama) - Coming of age story of two college buddies who set out after graduation.

It is sent to Melody Lessing for a rewrite.


June:
The Poseidon Adventure comes back a little weak, so I send it out for a Page 1 rewrite.

Scripts:
Virtual Pain(**) - screenplay rewrite
A Game of Chance(**) - screenplay rewrite
Party Quacka(**) - screenplay rewrite
The Poseidon Adventure(**) - writing begins next month
To the Other Sea - first draft screenplay
Graveyard Shift - first draft screenplay
Chevy Caprice(*) - screenplay rewrite

Pre-Production:
None

Production:
None

Post-Production:
Aha! - June-September 2005

New This Month:
We begin writing on an animated family film.

"Cosmo" - After being left behind on a camping trip, a lovable dog must find his way home.

Hannah Stiltstein gets the job of bringing this picture to life.

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July:
I come into my office and Jodie Foster is sitting there, waiting to pitch me an idea. It is a drama, entitled "Her Bark, Her Bite". It is a story about a man being manipulated by his wife. It's a 3 star script, but she wants $50 million, so I politely ask her to leave.

Virtual Pain comes back slightly better, but not good enough. I send it back out for more work.

A Game of Chance comes back better as well, but it still has practically no character arc or development. Back out it goes.

Party Quacka is still lacking in the Dialogue department.

To the Other Sea can be much better than it is, especially in the Intelligence department.

Chevy Caprice comes back decent, but still in need of some work.

New This Month:
I find a nice original screenplay to purchase.

"Trailblazers"(western) - The story of the first wagon train to head west to Oregon.

Scripts:
Virtual Pain(***) - writing begins next month
A Game of Chance(***) - writing begins next month
Party Quacka(***) - writing begins next month
The Poseidon Adventure(**) - page one rewrite
To the Other Sea(**) - writing begins next month
Graveyard Shift - first draft screenplay
Chevy Caprice(***) - writing begins next month
Cosmo - first draft screenplay
Trailblazers - first draft screenplay

Pre-Production:

Production:

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Aha!


August:
I give a call to the writers to begin work on a new drama.

"SimCity"(drama) - A man is thrown into the world he created on his computer, where he is mistaken for God.

Graveyard shift comes back from the writers. While it only scores 2 stars, I want this movie to be out by the end of the year. It will be filmed on the Lake backlot and Sound Stage 12. I set aside $10 million for physical costs.

Graveyard Shift
Casting Info:
Director: David R. Ellis(Final Destination 2) - $50k
Producer: David R. Ellis

Actor: David Boreanaz(Buffy) - $150K

Actor: Elias Koteas(Collateral Damage) - $200K
Actor: Jeremy Sisto(Wrong Turn) - $600K
Actress: Mila Kunis(That 70s Show) - $100K


Scripts:
Virtual Pain(***) - screenplay rewrite
A Game of Chance(***) - screenplay rewrite
Party Quacka(***) - screenplay rewrite
The Poseidon Adventure(**) - page one rewrite
To the Other Sea(**) - screenplay rewrite
Chevy Caprice(*) - screenplay rewrite
Cosmo - first draft screenplay
Trailblazers(***) - screenplay rewrite
SimCity - writing begins next month

Pre-Production:
Graveyard Shift

Production:
None

Post Production:
Aha!


September:
It is a very busy month at Wynsok Entertainment. We get several scripts back from the writers.

-Virtual Pain is getting there, but it isn't ready yet. The same can be said for A Game of Chance and Party Quacka. All 3 go back to the writers.
-To the Other Sea continues to have script problems, so we send it back out.
-Chevy Caprice comes back with 3 stars. It should be ready after a quick polish.
-Trailblazers comes back pretty good, except with a 1 star plot. It is sent back out.

-Aha is ready for release and has been given a PG-13 rating. However, it only scored an 84% in the test screening. It's being edited as we speak.

-Taking a look around for a new script, I come across an interesting comedy.
"Baby Talk" - The world as seen through the eyes of a toddler.
It is a 4 star script, so I have no problem purchasing it. I immediately set aside the Main Street, USA backlot and Sound Stage 18 and set a budget of $20 million.

Baby Talk
Casting Info:
Director: Peter Farrelly(Something About Mary) - $1M
Producer: Kenneth Bishop - $50K

Actor: Martin Alberts(Age: 3) - $50K
Actress: Hilary Duff(Raise Your Voice) - $3M

Actor: Charlie Sheen(Scary Movie 3) - $2.5M
Actress: Teri Hatcher(Spy Kids) - $3M


Scripts:
Virtual Pain(***) - writing begins next month
A Game of Chance(***) - writing begins next month
Party Quacka(***) - writing begins next month
The Poseidon Adventure(**) - page one rewrite
To the Other Sea(**) - writing begins next month
Chevy Caprice(***) - writing begins next month
Cosmo - first draft screenplay
Trailblazers(****) - writing begins next month
SimCity - first draft screenplay


Pre-Production:
Graveyard Shift
Baby Talk

Production:
None

Post Production:
Aha - Re-Edit

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October:
-The re-edit of Aha! is tested with audiences and scores a whopping 85%. I decide that it probably won't get any better. Aha! will be shown in 1,500 theatres. For advertising, I set aside $10 million for TV, $7 million for Print, and $1 million for Radio. It will be released on Thanksgiving.

The Poseidon Adventure comes back terrible and goes right back out again.
Chevy Caprice is almost done, but still needs some touching up.
Cosmo isn't the worst movie ever, but it needs a ton of work.
Trailblazers is a couple months away from being a great script.

I purchase rights to the science fiction novel "Ice Palace".
"Ice Palace" - The Princess Wau battles the evil Lord Jol on the frozen planet Dren.

Scripts:
Virtual Pain(***) - screenplay rewrite
A Game of Chance(***) - screenplay rewrite
Party Quacka(***) - screenplay rewrite
The Poseidon Adventure(**) - writing begins next month
To the Other Sea(**) - page one rewrite
Chevy Caprice(***) - writing begins next month
Cosmo(*) - writing begins next month
Trailblazers(****) - writing begins next month
SimCity - first draft screenplay
Ice Palace - writing begins next month

Pre-Production:
Graveyard Shift
Baby Talk

Production:
None

Post Production:
Aha! - awaiting release


November:
-We get a few screenplays back from the writers.

Virtual Pain comes back looking pretty good and ready to be casted. I choose to shoot on the Big City Street back lot and on Sound State 26, with significant set construction. I set the physical costs to $40 million, with $5 million for pyrotechnics and $5 million for stunts.

Virtual Pain:
Casting Info:
Director: Robert Zemeckis(Back to the Future) - $4M/1pt
Producer: Perry Wheeler(TV) - $400K

Actress: Jennifer Connolly(Hulk) - $7.5M

Actress: Selma Hayak(Vanilla Sky) - $5M
Actress: Uma Thurmon(Kill Bill) - $5M


A Game of Chance still needs work, as does Party Quacka

Scripts:
A Game of Chance(***) - writing begins next month
Party Quacka(***) - writing begins next month
The Poseidon Adventure(**) - screenplay rewrite
To the Other Sea(**) - page one rewrite
Chevy Caprice(***) - writing begins next month
Cosmo(*) - screenplay rewrite
Trailblazers(****) - screenplay rewrite
SimCity - first draft screenplay
Ice Palace - first draft screenplay

Pre-Production:
Virtual Pain
Baby Talk

Production:
Graveyard Shift

Post-Production:
Aha! - awaiting release

[Its Vanilla]

Aha!
Genre: Comedy


Theatres: 1,500
Negative Cost: $38,986,000
Print Cost: $3,000,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $7,000,000
Radio Ads: $1,000,000
Foreign P&A: $15,750,000
Foreign Ads: $15,750,000
Total P&A: $52,500,000
Total Negative Cost: $91,486,000

-The bottom part of the screen didn't show up, so no star ratings on anyone.


What We're Up Against:
New Line Cinemas - A PG suspense thriller starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
Universal Studios - An R rated love story starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sean William Scott, and Denzel Washington.
Warner Brothers - An R rated mystery starring Tobey Maguire, Cameron Diaz, Samuel L Jackson, and Jim Carrey.
MGM Pictures - A PG-13 horror movie starring Christopher Walken, Evan Rachel Wood, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney.
Dreamworks Pictures - A G rated love story starring Sean William Scott and Cate Blanchett.
20th Century Fox - A PG-13 suspense thriller starring Jet Li, Julianne Moore, Pierce Brosnan, and James Franco


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(18.96%) - $61,516,000
20th Century Fox(16.95%) - $55,000,000
Universal Studios(15.41%) - $50,000,000
Warner Brothers(13.25%) - $43,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(12.63%) - $41,000,000
MGM Pictures(11.40%) - $37,000,000
New Line Cinemas(11.40%) - $37,000,000

Total Domestic Gross: $324,516,000

Foreign Box Office:
New Line Cinemas(17.93%) - $75,000,000
Universal Studios(17.22%) - $72,000,000
Warner Brothers(17.22%) - $72,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(16.26%) - $68,000,000
20th Century Fox(13.15%) - $55,000,000
MGM Pictures(10.52$) - $44,000,000
Wynsok Entertainment(07.70%) - $32,185,000

Total Foreign Gross: $418,185,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $30,758,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $26,246,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $16,092,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $7,785,000

Total Studio Revenue: $80,881,000
Total Expenses: $91,486,000
Total Revenue: (10,605,000)

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December 2005:
We get several scripts back this month.

The quest of mine that has become The Poseidon Adventure is sitting on my desk. Once again, I get frustrated at how bad it is and send it back to the writers.

Chevy Caprice is also waiting for me. It's still lacking in some areas, so back it goes.

Cosmo is getting better, but it's still pretty terrible.

Trailblazers comes back and looks like it's finally ready to go. I get ready to cast it.

Just about all of SimCity needs to be reworked. It's going to be a while before we see anything out of it.

After being inspired by watching the original on television, I contact a famous face in Hollywood and get an agreement to produce a sequel.

Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy) - Lone Starr goes back to his gambling ways and ends up oweing the Space Senate a good bit of money. Meanwhile Dark Helmet trains a young boy on the Ape Planet in the ways of the Schwartz, all in preparation for a final battle between good and evil.

Scripts:
A Game of Chance(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Party Quacka(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
The Poseidon Adventure(**) - Writing begins next month
To the Other Sea(**) - Page One Rewrite
Chevy Caprice(***) - Writing begins next month
Cosmo(**) - Writing begins next month
SimCity(**) - Writing begins next month
Ice Palace - First draft sceenplay
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Virtual Pain(Science Fiction
Trailblazers(Western)


Production:
Baby Talk(Comedy)


Post Production:
Graveyard Shift(Horror)


Casting News:
-Trailblazers is ready to be casted. I choose to shoot on location in the desert. I budget $40 million for physical costs.

Trailblazers
The story of a father(Ford) and a mother(Moore) who, along with family
and friends, set out for the promised land of Oregon.

Director: Stephen Sommers(Van Helsing) - $500K
Producer: Mark Simonds(TV) - $300K

Actor: Harrison Ford(Indiana Jones) - $13.5M(3 pts)
Actress: Julianne Moore(The Forgotten) - $6M

Actor: Orlando Bloom(Troy) - $5M
Actor: Ryan Phillipe(Cruel Intentions) - $1.7M
Actress: Geena Davis(Dirty Dancing) - $4.2M
Actress: Katie Holmes(Batman Begins) - $1.2M

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January 2006:
The nominations for the Academy Awards are this month. We only released Aha! this year and it doesn't really look like it's going to win anything. I put it in for...

Best Picture(Aha!)
Best Actor(Ben Stiller - Aha!)
Best Actress(Brittany Murphy - Aha!)
Best Supporting Actress(Rebecca Romjin - Aha!)

...and spend $1 million on promotional services.

However, my month isn't all great, as I'm needed right back at the office. Apparently, some footage of Baby Talk was accidently destroyed and $8 million is needed to reshoot the scenes. I OK it.

Producer Lawrence Gordon retires due to poor health.

A Game of Chance comes back from the writers. The main character arc is still terrible, so I send it back out.

Party Quacka comes back ready to be casted. Yes!

I'm pretty sure that To the Other Sea couldn't have come back any worse. Unless there are some drastic improvements soon, I'm going to shelve the project.

I purchase the rights to the suspense novel Coldwater Canyon for $4.8 million. It is about a murder mystery writer who lives outside Los Angeles. After his latest book doesn't sell, he begins to act it out.


Scripts:
A Game of Chance(***) - Writing begins next month
The Poseidon Adventure(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
To the Other Sea(*) - Writing begins next month
Chevy Caprice(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cosmo(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
SimCity(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Ice Palace - First Draft Screenplay
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money - First Draft Screenplay
Coldwater Canyon - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Virtual Pain(Science Fiction)
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy)
Trailblazers(Western)


Post Production:
Graveyard Shift(Horror)
Baby Talk(Comedy)


Casting News:
I decide to film Party Quacka in New York City, doing the interiors on location with significant set construction. I budget $55 million for physical costs, $10 million for pyrotechnics, and $5 million for stunts. Several people are interested, but I already have a cast in mind.

Party Quacka
After their mother(Bates) is kidnapped, the Party Quacka(Chan) must reunite with
his twin brother(Schwarzenegger) to stop an evil madman(Banderas) from taking
over the world.

Director: Quentin Tarantino(Kill Bill) - $4M(3 pts)
Producer: Mark Gordan(Aha!) - $800K

Actor: Jackie Chan(Rush Hour) - $7.5M
Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger(Terminator Trilogy) - $50K(he wasn't in the file)

Actor: Antonio Banderas(Once Upon a Time in Mexico) - $8M
Actress: Cathy Bates(Titanic) - $5.5M

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February 2006
We receive no Oscar nominations.

The costs for the sets on Trailblazers end up being more expensive than anticipated. I authorize an $8 million increase.

Virtual Pain goes into production.

The Poseidon Adventure is finally showing some signs of life.

Chevy Caprice comes back ready to be casted.

Cosmo is still getting there.

SimCity is still a couple rewrites away from being produced.

The Dialogue of Ice Palace is amazing. The rest of the script is terrible.

I commission the writing of a remake of Smokey and the Bandit.


Scripts:
A Game of Chance(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Writing begins next month
To the Other Sea(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cosmo(***) - Writing begins next month
SimCity(***) - Writing begins next month
Ice Palace(*) - Writing begins next month
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money - First Draft Screenplay
Coldwater Canyon - First Draft Sceenplay
Smokey and the Bandit - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy)
Chevy Caprice(Drama)
Trailblazers(Western)


Production:
Virtual Pain(Science Fiction)


Post Production:
Graveyard Shift(Horror)


Casting News:
I decide to film Chevy Caprice on the Lake backlot and on Sound Stage 18 with average set construction. I budget $15 million in physical costs.

Chevy Caprice
Two college buddies(Dunst, Kutcher) set out on a road trip after graduation.

Director: Darren Aronofsky(Pi) - $50K
Producer: Florence Oliver(TV) - $50K

Actress: Kirsten Dunst(Spiderman) - $6M
Actor: Ashton Kutcher(Butterfly Effect) - $7M

Actress: Alicia Silverstone(Blast From the Past) - $4M
Actress: Scarlett Johansson(In Good Company) - $1M
Actress: Eliza Dushku(Wrong Turn) - $800K

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March 2006:
Several scripts come back and Graveyard Shift is ready for release.

A Game of Chance is nearly ready. A couple more months with the writers and we should be good to go.
To the Other Sea is becomming very frustrating. It goes back out again.

Graveyard Shift is given an R rating and is screened by test audiences. After an edit, we score an awesome 73%. I decide to spend $10 million on TV ads, $5 million on Print, and $1 million on radio ads. It will be released in April on 1,200 screens.

I purchase rights to the hilarious novel, The Butler May Have Done It. In the novel, a murder investigation is hampered by red herrings at the U.S. School for Butlers.

Scripts:
A Game of Chance(***) - Writing begins next month
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
To the Other Sea(**) - Writing begins next month
Cosmo(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
SimCity(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Ice Palace(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money - First Draft Screenplay
Coldwater Canyon - First Draft Screenplay
Smokey and the Bandit - First Draft Screenplay
The Butler May Have Done It - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy)
Chevy Caprice(Drama)


Production:
Virtual Pain(Science Fiction)
Trailblazers(Western)


Post Production:
Baby Talk(Comedy)

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April 2005
I'm not sure how this month is going to go. It doesn't start off too well. Percy Wheeler, producer of Virtual Pain informs me that he can't stay on budget. He needs an additional $2 million to complete production. I allow it.

Party Quacka has completed pre-production and will begin shooting immediately.

The Poseidon Adventure is nearly ready to go. A quick touch-up and we're set.

Despite early troubles, Cosmo is coming along nicely.

I am also informed by producer Robert Simonds that he can't stay on budget with Trailblazers. I give him the additional $1 million he needs to complete production.

Surprisingly, SimCity is all set to go. It will shoot on the Big City backlot and on Sound State 12 with significant set construction. I budget $25 million for physical costs and $5 million each for industry standard and state of the art special effects.

Baby Talk has wrapped up Post Production and is ready to be screened. It is given a PG-13 rating. It scores a solid 92% at the test screenings. I set aside $15 million for TV, $10 million for print, and $2 million for radio ads. It will be released in June on 2,000 screens.

Ice Palace comes back vastly improved over the original version. It's still not ready yet though.

Spaceballs 2 comes back a bit lackluster, so it goes right back out again.

Graveyard Shift is also set for release this month. I'm hoping it goes well.

I purchase the rights to 2 screenplays. The first is Bon Voyage a story about a couple finding love on the open sea. I shell out $4.3 million for it. It's ready to go as it stands. I also purchase Force Three an action movie about America's secret warriors fighting drug smugglers. It costs $3.3 million.

I decide to film Bon Voyage on a ship off the coast of Florida, doing the interiors on location with average set construction. I budget $20 million for physical costs.


Casting:

SimCity
During an electrical storm, a man(Depp) is cast into a city he's created
with a computer game. He enlists the help of the Sim Mayor(Liotta) to
try to get back to his own world. Things are complicated when he starts
a love affair with the mayor's assistant(Moore). All this while he is being
worshipped as a God by the people of the city.

Director: Cameron Crowe(Vanilla Sky) - $2.9 million
Producer: Michael I. Rachmil(The Glass House) - $600K

Actor: Johnny Depp(Secret Window) - $12 million

Actor: Ray Liotta(Control) - $2.2 million
Actress: Demi Moore(Charlie's Angels) - $7.2 million


Bon Voyage
Much to the dismay of his parents(McKellen, Streep), a wealthy
man(Bale) falls in love with a lower class woman(Garner), who looks
to her sister(Wood) for advice.

Director: Kenneth Branagh(Hamlet) - $500K
Producer: Mike Newell(Mona Lisa Smile) - $400K

Actor: Christian Bale(Batman Begins) - $7 million
Actress: Jennifer Garner(Elektra) - $5.8 million

Actor: Ian McKellen(Lord of the Rings) - $9 million
Actor: Donald Sutherland(Six Degrees of Separation) - $7 million
Actress: Meryl Streep(Bridges of Madison County) - $8.3 million
Actress: Evan Rachel Wood(Thirteen) - $700K



Scripts:
A Game of Chance(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Writing begins next month
To the Other Sea(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cosmo(***) - Writing begins next month
Ice Palace(***) - Writing begins next month
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(*) - Writing begins next month
Coldwater Canyon - First Draft Screenplay
Smokey and the Bandit - First Draft Screenplay
The Butler May Have Done It - First Draft Screenplay
Force Three(***) - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Chevy Caprice(Drama)
SimCity(Drama)
Bon Voyage(Love Story)


Production:
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy)


Post-Production:
Graveyard Shift(Horror) - Awaiting Release(April 2006)
Trailblazers(Western)
Baby Talk(Comedy) - Awaiting Release(June 2006)

[Its Vanilla]

Graveyard Shift
Genre: Horror


Theatres: 1,200
Negative Cost: $11,686,000
Print Cost: $2,400,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $5,000,000
Radio Ads: $1,000,000
Foreign P&A: $13,800,000
Foreign Ads: $13,800,000
Total P&A: $46,000,000
Total Negative Cost: $57,686,000

Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: David R. Ellis(*****)
Director: David R. Ellis(***)
Screenwriter: Steven McShane(*****)

Starring Roles:
David Boreanaz(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Elias Koteas(*****)
Jeremy Sisto(****)
Mila Kunis(***)

Production Budget:
Script to Film: ***
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


What We're Up Against:
New Line Cinemas - An R rated animation with Benicio Del Toro and Laurence Fishburne.
Universal Studios - A G rated action movie with John Travolta, Hilary Duff, and Val Kilmer.
Warner Brothers - A G rated romantic comedy with Jackie Chan and Ziyi Zhang.
MGM Pictures - An R rated love story with Jack Black and Scarlett Johansson. Also of note, the producer died.
Dreamworks Pictures - An R rated romantic comedy with Ian McKellen and Teri Hatcher.
20th Century Fox - A PG-13 Robert Zemeckis horror flick with Jude Law and Amanda Peet.


Domestic Box Office:
Warner Brothers(21.46%) - $59,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(20.73%) - $57,000,000
20th Century Fox(20.01%) - $55,000,000
MGM Pictures(13.82%) - $38,000,000
New Line Cinemas(11.64%) - $32,000,000
Universal Studios(10.91%) - $30,000,000
Wynsok Entertainment(1.43%) - $3,926,000

Total Domestic Gross: $274,926,000

Foreign Box Office:
Dreamworks Pictures(19.17%) - $75,000,000
Universal Studios(18.66%) - $73,000,000
MGM Pictures(17.64%) - $69,000,000
Warner Brothers(16.36%) - $64,000,000
20th Century Fox(13.81%) - $54,000,000
New Line Cinemas(13.81%) - $54,000,000
Wynsok Entertainment(00.55%) - $2,145,000

Total Foreign Gross: $391,145,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $1,963,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $1,002,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $1,072,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $6,052,000

Total Studio Revenue: $10,557,000
Total Expenses: $57,686,000
Total Revenue: (47,129,000)

[JeffNights]

"SimCity"(drama) - A man is thrown into the world he created on his computer, where he is mistaken for God.


GOLDEN!!!

[Its Vanilla]

May 2006:
Virtual Pain needs an additional $1 million to complete production. I allow it.

We get a few scripts back this month.

We get A Game of Chance back and it is finally ready to be casted. I decide to use the Lake backlot and Sound Stage 25 with average set construction. I budget $20 million for phyiscal costs.

To the Other Sea finally begins to show me something. It still needs work though.

Coldwater Canyon comes back with a ways to go. I send it back out to the writers.

I purchase the rights to the novel Free Passage for $3.75 million. It's an interesting action adventure about a middle eastern country threatening ships passing through the Straight of Gibraltar. I send it to the writers for a screenplay.


Casting:

A Game of Chance
While vacationing on a lake, 2 couple decide to play a game of truth
or dare.

Director: David Lynch(Blue Velvet) - $1.2 million
Producer: Herbert Schiller - $400K

Actor: Hayden Christensen(Star Wars) - $5 million
Actress: Jessica Alba(Honey) - $2.2 million

Actor: Jeremy Sisto(Graveyard Shift) - $600K
Actress: Jessica Biel(Texas Chainsaw Massacre) - $600K


Scripts:
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
To the Other Sea(***) - Writing begins next month
Cosmo(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Ice Palace(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Coldwater Canyon(*) - Writing begins next month
Smokey and the Bandit - First Draft Screenplay
The Butler May Have Done It - First Draft Screenplay
Force Three - Screenplay Rewrite
Free Passage - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
A Game of Chance(Drama)
SimCity(Drama)
Bon Voyage(Love Story)


Production:
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy)
Chevy Caprice(Drama)


Post Production:
Baby Talk(Comedy) - Awaiting June 2006 Release
Virtual Pain(Science Fiction)
Trailblazers(Western)

[thealmighty]

Maybe I missed it, but how much money do you have to start the game? Are their levels of difficulty where you start with more or less?

[Its Vanilla]

Maybe I missed it, but how much money do you have to start the game? Are their levels of difficulty where you start with more or less?

You always start the game with $1 billion. Each level of difficulty is just a higher budget that is taken out of your total every month.

BTW, I'm playing on the 2nd level, although I forget what it's called.

[Its Vanilla]

June 2006:
Party Quacka has gone into Post Production.

The Poseidon Adventure just needs a bit of a touch-up and it's ready to go.

Chevy Caprice has gone into Post Production.

Cosmo still needs a bit of work, so back to the writers it goes.

Ice Palace is getting much better, but it's not there yet.

Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money has drastically improved since the first draft, but still needs more work.

Smokey and the Bandit still needs a lot of work before it can even be compared with the original.

Force Three will be a great script - in a couple months.

I purchase rights to the screenplay I Was a Teenage Bagboy for $2.2 million. In it, the employee of the month rises to the occasion when freak blizzard traps a store's customers.


Scripts:
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Writing begins next month
To the Other Sea(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cosmo(***) - Writing begins next month
Ice Palace(***) - Writing begins next month
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(***) - Writing begins next month
Coldwater Canyon(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Smokey and the Bandit(**) - Writing begins next month
The Butler May Have Done It - First Draft Screenplay
Force Three(****) - Writing begins next month
Free Passage - First Draft Screenplay
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
A Game of Chance(Drama)
SimCity(Drama)
Bon Voyage(Love Story)


Production:
None


Post Production:
Baby Talk(Comedy) - To be released this month
Virtual Pain(Science Fiction)
Trailblazers(Western)
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy)
Chevy Caprice(Drama)

[Its Vanilla]

Baby Talk
Genre: Comedy


Theatres: 2,000
Negative Cost: $42,772,000
Print Cost: $4,000,000
TV Ads: $15,000,000
Print Ads: $10,000,000
Radio Ads: $2,000,000
Foreign P&A: $23,250,000
Foreign Ads: $23,250,000
Total P&A: $77,500,000
Total Negative Cost: $120,272,000

Overall Performance:
****
Producer: Kenneth Bishop(***)
Director: Peter Farrelly(**)
Screenwriter: Carey DeVuono(****)

Starring Roles:
Martin Alberts(***)
Hillary Duff(***)

Supporting Roles:
Charlie Sheen(***)
Terri Hatcher(***)

Production Budget: ***
Script to Film: **
Advertising: *****
Star Appeal: ***


What We're Up Against:
New Line Cinemas - A PG love story with Tommy Lee Jones and Elizabeth Hurley.
Universal Studios - An R rated suspense thriller with Alfred Molina, Rachel Weisz, and Thomas Jane.
Warner Brothers - An R rated romantic comedy with Matt Damon and Michelle Pfeiffer.
MGM Pictures - A G rated Michael Mann action adventure with Bruce Willis.
Dreamworks Pictures - An PG science fiction with Sean Penn, Shannon Elizabeth, Dewayne "The Rock" Johnson, and John Travolta.
20th Century Fox - An R rated Quentin Tarantino drama with Kurt Russell and Jamie Lee Curtis.


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(26.76%) - $104,884,000
Universal Studios(15.06%) - $59,000,000
MGM Pictures(14.29%) - $56,000,000
Warner Brothers(13.52%) - $53,000,000
New Line Cinemas(11.48%) - $45,000,000
20th Century Fox(11.23%) - $44,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(07.66%) - $30,000,000

Total Domestic Gross: $391,884,000

Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(24.20%) - $131,530,000
Universal Studios(14.17%) - $77,000,000
Warner Brothers(13.43%) - $73,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(13.25%) - $72,000,000
MGM Pictures(13.06%) - $71,000,000
New Line Cinemas(11.77%) - $64,000,000
20th Century Fox(10.12%) - $55,000,000

Total Foreign Gross: $543,530,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $52,442,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $78,763,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $65,765,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $39,559,000

Total Studio Revenue: $236,529,000
Total Expenses: $120,272,000
Total Revenue: $116,257,000

-Baby Talk becomes the 6th highest grossing movie of all time in foreign markets.
-Baby Talk becomes the 7th highest grossing movie of all time.

[Its Vanilla]

July 2006:
Virtual Pain has completed Post Production and is ready for release. It is rated PG-13 and scored a 97% at the test screening. I decide on an August release.

To the Other Sea is one or two rewrites from being produced.

Trailblazers has completed Post Production and is ready for release. It is rated G and scores a 92% at the test screening. I decide to release it in October.

SimCity has begun filming.

Coldwater Canyon is still pretty weak.

The Butler May Have Done It is pretty good, except for some horrendous dialogue.

Bon Voyage has begun filming.


Scripts:
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
To the Other Sea(***) - Writing begins next month
Cosmo(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Ice Palace(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Coldwater Canyon(**) - Writing begins next month
Smokey and the Bandit(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
The Butler May Have Done It(***) - Writing begins next month
Force Three(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Free Passage - First Draft Screenplay
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(*) - Screenplay Rewrite


Pre-Production:
A Game of Chance(Drama)


Production:
SimCity(Drama)
Bon Voyage(Love Story)


Post Production:
Virtual Pain(Science Fiction) - Awaiting Release(August 2006)
Trailblazers(Western) - Awaiting Release(October 2006)
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy)
Chevy Caprice(Drama)

[Wolfpack]

MGM Pictures - A G rated Michael Mann action adventure with Bruce Willis.

Is such a movie even possible? "Die Hard...But Not Too Hard"?

[Its Vanilla]

August 2006:

A Game of Chance has completed pre-production and has begun shooting.

The Poseidon Adventure comes back still almost ready to be casted. It goes back out again.

Cosmo is ready for casting. I budget $30 million for physical costs.

SimCity has completed Production and has gone into Post Production.

Ice Palace is looking really good and will be casted this month. I decide to shoot on location in the snowy mountains of Wyoming, doing the sets on location with complex set construction. I budget $65 million for physical costs, $8 million for pyrotechnics, and $5 million for stunts. As far as special effects, $10 million for each industry standard, state of the art, and groundbreaking.

Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money goes back to the writers.

Smokey and the Bandit goes back out to the writers yet again.

Shooting delays have put the production of Bon Voyage behind schedule. I allow another $1 million to finish shooting. It goes into Post Production.

Force Three is still suffering from being un-intelligent. I'm hoping the writers fix it soon.

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy isn't that great of a script yet, so back it goes.

I decide to develop Graveyard Shift 2 as a direct to video sequel.


Casting:

Cosmo
After accidently being left behind on a camping trip, a family
dog(Black) must befriend the creatures of the forest
(Oldman, Pfieffer) to find his way home.

Director: Alexander Payne(Election) - $300K
Producer: Tony Morgan(TV) - $200K

Actor: Jack Black(School of Rock) - $3.5 million

Actor: Gary Oldman(Air Force One) - $1.75 million
Actress: Michelle Pfieffer(Batman) - $4 million


Ice Palace
After fighting a galactic war for many years, Princess Dren(Jolie)
finally locates the enemy leader, Lord Jol(Johnson) on the frozen
planet Dren. She, along with a space fighter captain(Law) and
a rebel defector(Rodriguez), must find a way to defeat him.

Director: James Cameron(Titanic) - $6 million(+5 pts)
Producer: Jeff Jones(TV) - $500K

Actress: Angelina Jolie(Tomb Raider) - $13 million
Actor: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson(Walking Tall) - $10 million

Actor: Jude Law(Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) - $8.7 million
Actress: Michelle Rodriguez(Fast and the Furious) - $3.0 million



Scripts:
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Writing begins next month
To the Other Sea(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(***) - Writing begins next month
Coldwater Canyon(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Smokey and the Bandit(***) - Writing begins next month
The Butler May Have Done It(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Force Three(****) - Writing begins next month
Free Passage - First Draft Screenplay
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(**) - Writing begins next month
Graveyard Shift 2 - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Cosmo(Animation)
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)


Production:
A Game of Chance(Drama)


Post Production:
Virtual Pain(Drama) - Awaiting Release(This Month)
Trailblazers(Western) - Awaiting Release(October 2006)
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy)
Chevy Caprice(Drama)
SimCity(Drama)
Bon Voyage(Love Story)

[Its Vanilla]

Virtual Pain
Genre: Science Fiction


Theatres: 2,500
Negative Cost: $82,796,000
Print Cost: $5,000,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $5,000,000
Radio Ads: $1,000,000
Foreign P&A: $19,500,000
Foreign Ads: $19,500,000
Total P&A: $65,000,000
Total Negative Cost: $147,796,000

Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Perry Wheeler(***)
Director: Robert Zemeckis(****)
Screenwriter: David Bischoff(****)

Starring Roles:
Jennifer Connelly(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Selma Hayek(*****)
Uma Thurman(*****)

Production Budget: ***
Script to Film: ****
Advertising: ****
Star Appeal: ***


What We're Up Against:
New Line Cinemas - A G rated romatic comedy with Willem Defoe and Meg Ryan.
Universal Studios - An R rated romantic comedy with Donald Sutherland and Selma Hayek.
Warner Brothers - An R rated horror flick with Richard Gere.
MGM Pictures - A PG rated comedy with Antonio Banderas.
Dreamworks Pictures - An PG rated comedy with Charlie Sheen and Christopher Walken.
20th Century Fox - A PG-13 rated animation with Kirsten Dunst and Jeremy Sisto.


Domestic Box Office:
Universal Studios(19.26%) - $52,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(18.15%) - $49,000,000
New Line Cinemas(15.93%) - $43,000,000
Warner Brothers(15.56%) - $42,000,000
MGM Pictures(14.82%) - $40,000,000
20th Century Fox(13.34%) - $36,000,000
Wynsok Entertainment(02.95%) - $7,956,000

Total Domestic Gross: $269,956,000

Foreign Box Office:
Dreamworks Pictures(20.54%) - $79,000,000
New Line Cinemas(18.98%) - $73,000,000
MGM Pictures(15.86%) - $61,000,000
20th Century Fox(15.08%) - $58,000,000
Warner Brothers(14.56%) - $56,000,000
Universal Studios(13.78%) - $53,000,000
Wynsok Entertainment(01.20%) - $4,600,000

Total Foreign Gross: $384,600,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $3,978,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $1,930,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $2,300,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $7,065,000

Total Studio Revenue: $15,273,000
Total Expenses: $147,796,000
Total Revenue: ($132,523,000)

:eek:

[Its Vanilla]

September 2006:
After what would be considered a disaster, I'm hoping to rebound this month. No one shall ever speak the words Virtual Pain again!

A Game of Chance has completed shooting and has gone into Post Production.

Party Quacka has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready to be released. It scores a 94% with test audiences. I decide on a March 2007 release.

To the Other Sea has finally gotten somewhere. A quick polish and it should be ready for casting.

Chevy Caprice has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready to be released. However, it doesn't do so hot, scoring an 85% with test audiences. I decide to have it re-edited.

Coldwater Canyon comes back and pretty much every aspect of the script still needs work. I send it back.

The Butler May Have Done It comes back. If it weren't for the script's horrendous dialogue, we'd be casting this month.

The first draft of Free Passage is terrible.


Scripts:
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
To the Other Sea(****) - Writing begins next month
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Coldwater Canyon(***) - Writing begins next month
Smokey and the Bandit(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
The Butler May Have Done It(***) - Writing begins next month
Force Three(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Free Passage(*) - Writing begins next month
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Graveyard Shift 2 - First Draft Screenplay


Pre-Production:
Cosmo(Animation)
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)


Production:


Post Production:
A Game of Chance(Drama)
Chevy Caprice(Drama) - Re-Edit
SimCity(Drama)
Bon Voyage(Love Story)


Awaiting Release:
Trailblazers(Western) - October 2006
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy) - March 2007

[Its Vanilla]

October 2006:
We're preparing for the release of Trailblazers this month.

The Poseidon Adventure is still causing heart-ache at the studio. It goes back out to the writers yet again.

To the Other Sea is polished, but still without any character development.

Chevy Caprice scores a whopping 86% in its latest screening. I decide to release it in December.

Set construction on Ice Palace has fallen behind schedule. I allow an additional $13 million to get them done.

Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money is ready to be cast! I choose to shoot exteriors in the deserts of New Mexico, while doing the interiors on sound stage 20, with significant set construction. I budget $45 million for physical costs, $5 million for pyrotechnics and $5 million for stunts. I also budget $5 million for industry standard special effects.

-Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy inquire about acting in the film. Michael Mann and Jan De Bont inquire about directing.

Smokey and the Bandit is still your average script. Not good.

Force Three comes back nothing less than amazing! It shall be cast! I decide to go big on this one. We will shoot in Los Angeles, doing interiors on location with complex set construction. I budget $55 million for physical costs, $10 million for pyrotechnics, and $8 million for stunts.

-Acting inquiries for the film include Hayden Christensen, Jim Carrey, Orlando Bloom, Michael Douglas, Ray Liotta, and Benecio Del Toro.
-Several people would also like to direct, including Robert Zemeckis, Wolfgang Petersen, and Alexander Payne.

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy is still pretty weak at the moment.


Casting:

Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money
Lone Starr(Wilson) goes back to his gambling ways and ends up
oweing the Space Senate a good bit of money. Meanwhile Dark
Helmet(Myers)trains a young boy(Muniz) on the Ape Planet in the
ways of the Schwartz, all in preparation for a final battle between
good and evil.

Director: Spike Jonze(Being John Malkovich) - $700K
Producer: Bob Gale(Back to the Future) - $1.6 million

Actor: Luke Wilson(Old School) - $50K(wasn't in the talent file)

Actress: Liv Tyler(Lord of the Rings) - $6 million
Actor: Mike Myers(Austin Powers) - $14 million
Actor: Frankie Muniz(Aha!) - $800K

Cameo: Mel Brooks(Spaceballs) as President Scroob and Yogurt


Force Three
After one of their own(Banderas) becomes the leader of an
international drug ring, 3 special ops agents(Diesel, Snipes,
and Alba) must stop him from importing the world's newest,
most powerful drug into the U.S.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen(Troy) - $2.3 million
Producer: Barrie M Osborne(Lord of the Rings) - $1.1 million

Actor: Vin Diesel(XXX) - $11.5 million
Actor: Wesley Snipes(Blade) - $10 million

Actor: Antonio Banderas(Party Quacka) - $8 million
Actress: Jessica Alba(Dark Angel) - $2.2 million
Actress: Keira Knightly(King Arthur) - $2 million



Scripts:
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Writing begins next month
To the Other Sea(****) - Writing begins next month
Coldwater Canyon(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Smokey and the Bandit(***) - Writing begins next month
The Butler May Have Done It(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Free Passage(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(***) - Writing begins next month
Graveyard Shift 2 - First Draft Screenplay


Pre-Production:
Cosmo(Animation)
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody)
Force Three(Action Adventure)


Production:


Post Production:
A Game of Chance(Drama)
SimCity(Drama)
Bon Voyage(Love Story)


Awaiting Release:
Trailblazers(Western) - October 2006
Chevy Caprice(Drama) - December 2006
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy) - March 2007

[Its Vanilla]

Trailblazers
Genre: Western


Theatres: 3,500
Negative Cost: $87,237,000
Print Cost: $5,000,000
TV Ads: $15,000,000
Print Ads: $15,000,000
Radio Ads: $2,000,000
Foreign P&A: $22,500,000
Foreign Ads: $22,500,000
Total P&A: $75,000,000
Total Negative Cost: $162,237,000

Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Robert Simonds(****)
Director: Stephen Sommers(****)
Screenwriter: John Banks(****)

Starring Roles:
Harrison Ford(***)
Julianne Moore(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Orlando Bloom(*****)
Ryan Phillipe(*****)
Geena Davis(*****)
Katie Holmes(*****)

Production Budget:
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: *****
Star Appeal: ***


What We're Up Against:
New Line Cinemas - A PG rated drama with Jack Black, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Haley Joel Osment, and Jackie Chan.
Universal Studios - A G rated John Woo action adventure with Clive Owen, Jennifer Connelly, Jet Li, and Michael Douglas.
Warner Brothers - An PG rated comedy with Haley Joel Osment.
MGM Pictures - A PG rated mystery with Samuel L. Jackson, Rebecca Romjin, Christian Bale, and Willem Defoe.
Dreamworks Pictures - An G rated animation with Jude Law, Eva Mendes, Brian Cox, and Donald Sutherland.
20th Century Fox - An R rated Kevin Smith horror film with Brenden Fraser, Diane Lane, Jack Black, and Richard Gere.


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(27.08%) - $98,023,000
20th Century Fox(16.30%) - $59,000,000
Warner Brothers(15.74%) - $57,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(12.15%) - $44,000,000
New Line Cinemas(11.05%) - $40,000,000
Universal Studios(09.12%) - $33,000,000
MGM Pictures(08.56%) - $31,000,000

Total Domestic Gross: $362,023,000

Foreign Box Office:
New Line Cinemas(16.55%) - $73,000,000
Universal Studios(16.55%) - $73,000,000
MGM Pictures(15.64%) - $69,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(14.96%) - $66,000,000
20th Century Fox(14.96%) - $66,000,000
Wynsok Entertainment(11.13%) - $49,112,000
Warner Brothers(10.20%) - $45,000,000

Total Foreign Gross: $441,112,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $49,011,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $22,645,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $24,556,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $6,485,000

Total Studio Revenue: $102,697,000
Total Expenses: $162,237,000
Total Revenue: ($59,540,000)

[Its Vanilla]

November 2006:
Cosmo has completed Pre-Production and has begun "shooting".

SimCity has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready for release. It scores a 92% with test audiences. I decide on a May 2007 release date.

Ice Palace needs another freaking $13 million to complete sets. I allow it.

Coldwater Canyon is still a work in progress.

The Butler May Have Done It is almost ready to go, but still needs a touch up.

Bon Voyage has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready for release. Even though it only scores an 87%, I decide to release it in February.

Free Passage has a lot wrong with it. It goes back to the writers.

I buy the rights to the novel Prince and Stone for $4.65 million. It's a suspense thriller comedy. The tagline is what got me. "He's a hairdresser, she's a cop. Together they fight crime." I send it out for a screenplay.


Scripts:
The Poseidon Adventure(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
To the Other Sea(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Coldwater Canyon(***) - Writing begins next month
Smokey and the Bandit(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
The Butler May Have Done It(****) - Writing begins next month
Free Passage(**) - Writing begins next month
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Graveyard Shift 2 - First Draft Screenplay
Prince and Stone - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody)
Force Three(Action Adventure)


Production:
Cosmo(Animation)


Post Production:
A Game of Chance(Drama)


Awaiting Release:
Chevy Caprice(Drama) - December 2006
Bon Voyage(Love Story) - February 2007
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy) - March 2007
SimCity(Drama) - May 2007

[Its Vanilla]

December 2006:
A Game of Chance has been given an R rating and is ready for release. It scores a 93% with audiences and I slot it to open in April 2007.

The Poseidon Adventure comes back ready for a cast. I will shoot exteriors on location on a cruise ship in San Diego and interiors will be done on sound stage 11 with complex set construction. I budget $50 million for physical costs and $5 million for stunts. For special effects, I go with $5 million for industry standard, $10 million for state of the art, and $15 million for groundbreaking.
-Ian McKellan, Tara Reid, Kathy Bates, Demi Moore, Mena Suvari, and Elizabeth Hurley all express interest in the film.

To the Other Sea is ready for production. I decide to shoot exteriors at Yellowstone park, while the interiors will be shot on Sound Stage 22 with significant set construction. I budget $35 million for physical costs.

Cosmo has gone into Post Production.

A quick touch up for Smokey and the Bandit and it will be ready.

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy is also almost ready to go.

Graveyard Shift 2 is a terrible script with great pace. It will only be direct to video, so I feel it's ready to go. The exteriors will be done on the Lake backlot and interiors on Sound Stage 18 with average set construction. I budget $10 million for physical costs.

I purchase the rights to the stageplay No Fortune Cookie Fortune. It is a romantic comedy with the tagline, "Dinner for four takes an interesting turn once the saki kicks in. It costs me $5.4 million.

Seeing an opportunity for a big budget horror film, I buy the novel Cleopatra's Ghost. In the book, a discovery along the Nile unleashes a long dead curse. It costs me $3.9 million.


Scripts:
Coldwater Canyon(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Smokey and the Bandit(****) - Writing begins next month
The Butler May Have Done It(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Free Passage(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(****) - Writing begins next month
Prince and Stone - First Draft Screenplay
No Fortune Cookie Fortune - Writing begins next month
Cleopatra's Ghost - Writing begins next month


Casting:

The Poseidon Adventure
An underwater earthquake causes a tsunami, which flips a luxury
cruise ship upside-down. The ship's reverand(Russell) must lead
his daugther(Portman) and a group of survivors to freedom.

Director: Roland Emmerich(Day After Tomorrow) - $3 million
Producer: Neil H Moritz(XXX) - $2 million

Actor: Kurt Russell(Miracle) - $10 million
Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow(Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) - $8.8 million

Actor: Sean William Scott(The Rundown) - $4.8 million
Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr(Pearl Harbour) - $4 million
Actress: Elizabeth Hurley(Austin Powers) - $6.2 million
Actress: Natalie Portman(Closer) - $2.4 million

Cameo: Leslie Neilsen(The Poseidon Adventure - 1973) as Captain Harrison


To the Other Sea
A story chronicling Thomas Jefferson(George Clooney)'s desire to send exlporers Meriwether Lewis(Bale) and William Clark(Bloom) west
to the Pacific.

Director: Gus Van Sant(Good Will Hunting) - $800K
Producer: Colin Wilson(Amistad) - $700K

Actor: George Clooney(Ocean's Twelve) - $17.3 million

Actor: Christian Bale(Batman Begins) - $7 million
Actor: Orlando Bloom(Trailblazers) - $5 million
Actress: Carrie-Anne Moss(Matrix) - $7.3 million
Actress: Elizabeth Shue(Hide and Seek) - $3 million


Graveyard Shift 2
The monster uncovered in Graveyard Shift has begun to attack
the local town. It's up to the factory workers that unleashed
it(Boreanaz, Koteas, and Sisto) to stop it.

Director: David R. Ellis(Graveyard Shift) - $50K
Producer: David R. Ellis

Actor: David Boreanaz(Graveyard Shift) - $150K

Actor: Elias Koteas(Graveyard Shift) - $200K
Actor: Jeremy Sisto(Graveyard Shift) - $600
Actress: Sara Foster(D.E.B.S.) - $50K



Pre-Production:
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody)
Force Three(Action Adventure)
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure)
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic)
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror)


Production:


Post Production:
Cosmo(Animation)


Awaiting Release:
Chevy Caprice(Drama) - December 2006
Bon Voyage(Love Story) - February 2007
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy) - March 2007
A Game of Chance(Drama) - April 2007
SimCity(Drama) - May 2007

[Its Vanilla]

Chevy Caprice
Genre: Drama
Two college buddies(Dunst, Kutcher) set out on a road trip after graduation.


Theatres: 1,200
Negative Cost: $36,757,000
Print Cost: $2,400,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $10,000,000
Radio Ads: $2,000,000
Foreign P&A: $18,300,000
Foreign Ads: $18,300,000
Total P&A: $61,000,000
Total Negative Cost: $97,757,000

Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Florence Oliver(*****)
Director: Darren Aronofsky(*****)
Screenwriter: Bruce Murphy(**)

Starring Roles:
Kirsten Dunst(****)
Ashton Kutcher(***)

Supporting Roles:
Alicia Silverstone(*****)
Scarlett Johansson(****)
Eliza Dushku(****)

Production Budget: ***
Script to Film: ****
Advertising: ****
Star Appeal: ***


What We're Up Against:
New Line Cinemas - A PG rated mystery with James Franco, Kathy Bates, Wesley Snipes, and Christian Bale.
Universal Studios - A G rated action adventure with Hugo Weaving, Holly Marie Combs, Jack Nicholson, and Adam Sandler.
Warner Brothers - An R rated romantic comedy with Harrison Ford, Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Depp, and Pierce Brosnan.
MGM Pictures - A PG rated drama with Charlie Sheen, Lexa Doig, Daniel Radcliffe, and Jack Black.
Dreamworks Pictures - An PG-13 rated horror film with Willem Defoe, Monica Bellucci, Hugo Weaving, and Clive Owen.
20th Century Fox - An PG rated drama with Eddie Murphy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Al Pacino, and Haley Joel Osment.


Domestic Box Office:
Dreamworks Pictures(21.92%) - $56,000,000
Warner Brothers(18.40%) - $47,000,000
Universal Studios(14.88%) - $38,000,000
MGM Pictures(14.09%) - $36,000,000
20th Century Fox(12.92%) - $33,000,000
New Line Cinemas(12.14%) - $31,000,000
Wynsok Entertainment(05.65%) - $14,421,000

Total Domestic Gross: $255,421,000

Foreign Box Office:
20th Century Fox(20.57%) - $71,000,000
MGM Pictures(17.68%) - $61,000,000
New Line Cinemas(17.10%) - $59,000,000
Warner Brothers(15.94%) - $55,000,000
Universal Studios(14.78%) - $51,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(11.59%) - $40,000,000
Wynsok Entertainment(02.34%) - $8,088,000

Total Foreign Gross: $345,088,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $7,210,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $6,227,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $4,044,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $6,881,000

Total Studio Revenue: $24,362,000
Total Expenses: $97,757,000
Total Revenue: ($73,395,000)

[Its Vanilla]

January 2007:
It's Oscar nomination season. I nominate the following pictures for the following awards.
Virtual Pain - Best Picture, Best Actress(Jennifer Connelly), Best Supporting Actress(Salma Hayek)
Chevy Caprice - Best Picture, Best Director(Darren Aronofsky), Best Supporting Actress(Alicia Silverstone)
Trailblazers - Best Picture, Best Actress(Julianne Moore), Best Supporting Actor(Orlando Bloom)

I spend $5 million on promotional expenses.

Ice Palace has completed Pre-Production and has begun shooting.

Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money has completed Pre-Production and has begun shooting.

Coldwater Canyon still needs some work before it's going to be produced.

God-awful dialogue is still plaguing The Butler May Have Done It.

Force Three has completed Pre-Production and has begun shooting.

Free Passage is getting better, but still needs a lot of work.

We have gone into the red.


Scripts:
Coldwater Canyon(***) - Writing begins next month
Smokey and the Bandit(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
The Butler May Have Done It(****) - Writing begins next month
Free Passage(**) - Writing begins next month
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Prince and Stone - First Draft Screenplay
No Fortune Cookie Fortune - First Draft Screenplay
Cleopatra's Ghost - First Draft Screenplay


Pre-Production:
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure)
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic)
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror)


Production:
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody)
Force Three(Action Adventure)


Post Production:
Cosmo(Animation)


Awaiting Release:
Bon Voyage(Love Story) - February 2007
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy) - March 2007
A Game of Chance(Drama) - April 2007
SimCity(Drama) - May 2007

[Its Vanilla]

February 2007:
The following films are in the running for the following awards.
Chevy Caprice - Best Picture, Best Director(Darren Aronofsky), Best Supporting Actress(Alicia Silverstone)
Virtual Pain - Best Supporting Actress(Salma Hayek)

I spend $5 million on promotional expenses.

Smokey and the Bandit is ready to be cast. Exteriors will be done outside of Atlanta, Georgia, and interiors will be shot on Sound Stage 12 with average set construction. I budget $40 million for physical costs, $4 million for pyrotechnics, and $2 million for stunts.
-Alexander Payne and Adrian Lynn express interest in directing the movie.
-Eric Bana, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Jackie Chan, Hayden Christensen, and Viggo Mortensen express interest in starring in the film.

Force Three has gone over budget and needs an additonal $1 million. I allow it. Also, apparently some of the film was destroyed. I allow $6 million for reshoots.

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy is still in need of some tweeks.


Scripts:
Coldwater Canyon(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
The Butler May Have Done It(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Free Passage(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(****) - Writing begins next month
Prince and Stone - First Draft Screenplay
No Fortune Cookie Fortune - First Draft Screenplay
Cleopatra's Ghost - First Draft Screenplay


Casting:

Smokey and the Bandit
After accepting a friendly wager, The Bandit(Kutcher) and his truck driving
friend Cletus(Timberlake) must run a truckload of beer from Texas to Georgia.
On the way, Bandit picks up Carrie(Dunst), a bride who has just run out on
her wedding to Junior(Green). Junior's father happens to be Texas Sheriff
Buford T. Justice(DeNiro), who engages the Bandit in hot pursuit.

Director: Frank Coraci(Aha!) - $500K
Producer: Robert Simonds(Trailblazers) - $300K

Actor: Ashton Kutcher(Chevy Caprice) - $7 million
Actor: Justin Timberlake(Model Behavior) - $50K(not in talent file)

Actress: Kirsten Dunst(Chevy Caprice) - $5 million
Actor: Robert DeNiro(Meet the Fockers) - $15.1 million
Actor: Seth Green(Austin Powers) - $1.7 million



Pre-Production:
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure)
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic)
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror)
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)


Production:
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody)
Force Three(Action Adventure)


Post Production:
Cosmo(Animation)


Awaiting Release:
Bon Voyage(Love Story) - February 2007
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy) - March 2007
A Game of Chance(Drama) - April 2007
SimCity(Drama) - May 2007

[Its Vanilla]

Bon Voyage
Genre: Love Story
A couple finds love on the open sea.


Theatres: 1,800
Negative Cost: $70,184,000
Print Cost: $3,600,000
TV Ads: $7,000,000
Print Ads: $1,000,000
Radio Ads: $4,500,000
Foreign P&A: $12,075,000
Foreign Ads: $12,075,000
Total P&A: $40,250,000
Total Negative Cost: $70,184,000

Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Mike Newell(*****)
Director: Kenneth Branagh(***)
Screenwriter: Carey DeVuono(****)

Starring Roles:
Christian Bale(*****)
Jennifer Garner(***)

Supporting Roles:
Ian McKellan(****)
Donald Sutherland(****)
Meryl Streep(*****)
Evan Rachel Wood(****)

Production Budget: ****
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: **
Star Appeal: ***


What We're Up Against:
New Line Cinemas - A PG-13 animation with Bruce Campbell and Sandra Bullock.
Universal Studios - A PG rated horror flick with Laurence Fishburne and Lindsay Lohan.
Warner Brothers - A PG-13 animation with Russell Crowe.
MGM Pictures - An R rated M. Night Shyamalan suspense thriller with Brendan Fraser and Jessica Biel.
Dreamworks Pictures - An R rated romantic comedy with Sean Penn and Jodie Foster.
20th Century Fox - A PG-13 animation with Cuba Gooding Jr.


Domestic Box Office:
20th Century Fox(19.65%) - $58,000,000
MGM Pictures(16.94%) - $50,000,000
New Line Cinemas(16.60%) - $49,000,000
Universal Studios(14.23%) - $42,000,000
Warner Brothers(12.54%) - $37,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(11.52%) - $34,000,000
Wynsok Entertainment(08.51%) - $25,114,000

Total Domestic Gross: $295,114,000


Foreign Box Office:
Universal Studios(21.26%) - $74,000,000
Warner Brothers(20.69%) - $72,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(16.09%) - $56,000,000
New Line Cinemas(13.79%) - $48,000,000
MGM Pictures(12.35%) - $43,000,000
20th Century Fox(12.07%) - $42,000,000
Wynsok Studios(03.76%) - $13,077,000

Total Foreign Gross: $348,077,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $12,557,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $10,773,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $6,538,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $6,537,000

Total Studio Revenue: $36,405,000
Total Expenses: $110,434,000
Total Revenue: ($74,029,000)

[Its Vanilla]

March 2007:
The Academy Awards are held.
Selma Hayek wins Best Supporting Actress for her role in Virtual Pain.
-We receive $14 million in additional revenue.

I am needed back at the office right away. Set construction for The Poseidon Adventure is proving difficult. I allow another $10 million to be spent. The movie has now begun filming.

To the Other Sea has gone into production.

Cosmo has completed production. It has been rated G and receives a test score of 88%. I decide on a June 2007 release.

Ice Palace has fallen behind schedule and needs $3 million to finish shooting. I allow it, bringing the total increase in costs to $29 million. The film goes into post production.

Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money has gone into post production.

Coldwater Canyon comes back. It continues to irritate me that this movie is making no progress. It goes back to the writers.

The Butler May Have Done It comes back ready to be casted. I decide to shoot on the Big City backlot, doing interiors on Sound Stage 15 with average set construction. I budget $25 million for physical costs.

Force Three needs an additional $2 million to finish production. I allow it. It actually ends up costing around $6 million.

Free Passage comes back still needing a lot of work.

Graveyard Shift 2 has begun filming.

Prince and Stone is a bi-polar script at the moment. Some great, some awful. It goes back to the writers.

I also get writers stared on Power Grid, a suspense thriller. A series of events at a nuclear powerplant could lead to a meltdown.


Scripts:
Coldwater Canyon(***) - Writing begins next month
Free Passage(***) - Writing bgeins next month
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Prince and Stone - Writing begins next month
No Fortune Cookie Fortune - First Draft Screenplay
Cleopatra's Ghost - First Draft Screenplay


Casting:

The Butler May Have Done It
A murder investigation led by a cop(Fraser) and his partner(Murphy)
leads them to the U.S. School for Butlers. The Dean(Campbell), a
Professor(Ferrell), and two co-eds(Dusku, Moore) suceed in making
their investigation more difficult.

Director: Neil LaBute(Nurse Betty) - $100K
Producer: Brett Poole(TV) - $300K

Actor: Brendan Fraser(Blast From the Past) - $12 million
Actress: Brittany Murphy(Aha!) - $3.5 million

Actor: Bruce Campbell(Army of Darkness) - $1 million
Actor: Will Ferrell(Anchorman) - $50K(Not in Talent File)
Actress: Eliza Dushku(Bring it On) - $800K
Actress: Mandy Moore(Chasing Liberty) - $2 million



Pre-Production:
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy)


Production:
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure)
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic)
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror)


Post Production:
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody)
Force Three(Action Adventure)


Awaiting Release:
Party Quacka(Action Adventure Comedy) - March 2007
A Game of Chance(Drama) - April 2007
SimCity(Drama) - May 2007
Cosmo(Animation) - June 2007

[Its Vanilla]

Party Quacka
Genre: Action Adventure Comedy
After their mother(Bates) is kidnapped, the Party Quacka(Chan) must reunite with his twin brother(Schwarzenegger) to stop an evil madman(Banderas) from taking over the world.


Theatres: 3,000
Print Cost: $6,000,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $4,000,000
Radio Ads: $5,000,000
Foreign P&A: $18,750,000
Foreign Ads: $18,750,000
Total P&A: $62,500,000
Total Negative Cost: $100,906,000

Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Mark Gordan(*****)
Director: Quentin Tarantino(*****)
Screenwriter: Stephen King(***)

Starring Roles:
Jackie Chan(***)
Arnold Schwarzenegger(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Antonio Banderas(*****)
Kathy Bates(*****)

Production Budget:
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(24.99%) - $93,287,000
MGM Pictures(15.27%) - $57,000,000
20th Century Fox(15.00%) - $56,000,000
Universal Studios(13.39%) - $50,000,000
Warner Brothers(13.13%) - $49,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(09.91%) - $37,000,000
New Line Cinemas(08.30%) - $31,000,000

Total Domestic Gross: $373,287,000


Foreign Box Office:
New Line Cinemas(19.75%) - $79,000,000
20th Century Fox(19.25%) - $77,000,000
Wynsok Studios(14.02%) - $56,086,000
MGM Pictures(13.50%) - $54,000,000
Warner Brothers(11.75%) - $47,000,000
Dreamworks Pictures(11.25%) - $45,000,000
Universal Studios(10.50%) - $42,000,000

Total Foreign Gross: $400,086,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $46,643,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $39,747,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $28,043,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $11,317,000

Total Studio Revenue: $125,750,000
Total Expenses: $163,406,000
Total Revenue: ($37,656,000)

[Its Vanilla]

April 2007:
The Poseidon Adventure needs another $3 million because of shooting delays. I allow it, bringing the total increase in costs to $13 million. It also needs another $3 million, bringing the total to $16 million. The film goes into post production.

To the Other Sea decides to jump on the bandwagon and needs $2 million. I allow it. The film goes into post production.

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy is still in need of a few tweeks.

Graveyard Shift 2 has gone into post production.

No Fortune Cookie Fortune comes back pretty darn good, but it could be better.

Cleopatra's Ghost needs a lot of work.

I get the writers started on Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence.


Scripts:
Coldwater Canyon(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Free Passage(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(****) - Writing begins next month
Prince and Stone(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(****) - Writing begins next month
Cleopatra's Ghost -
Power Grid - First Draft Screenplay


Pre-Production:
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy)


Production:


Post Production:
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure)
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic)
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody)
Force Three(Action Adventure)
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror)


Awaiting Release:
A Game of Chance(Drama) - April 2007
SimCity(Drama) - May 2007
Cosmo(Animation) - June 2007

[Its Vanilla]

A Game of Chance
Genre: Drama
A foolish dare leads to tragedy and death.


Theatres: 1,500
Print Cost: $3,000,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $3,000,000
Radio Ads: $4,000,000
Foreign P&A: $15,000,000
Foreign Ads: $15,000,000
Total P&A: $50,500,000
Total Negative Cost: $38,386,000

Overall Performance:
****
Producer: Herbert Schiller(***)
Director: David Lynch(*****)
Screenwriter: Stephanie Perry(***)

Starring Roles:
Hayden Christensen(****)
Jessica Alba(***)

Supporting Roles:
Jeremy Sisto(***)
Jessica Biel(*****)

Production Budget: ***
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(03.60%) - $10,609,000


Total Domestic Gross: $294,609,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Studios(06.06%) - $21,551,000


Total Foreign Gross: $355,551,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $5,304,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $18,664,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $10,775,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $11,413,000

Total Studio Revenue: $46,156,000
Total Expenses: $88,386,000
Total Revenue: ($42,230,000)

[Its Vanilla]

May 2007:
Ice Palace better be freaking amazing when it comes out because it needs another $15 million for special effects. I allow it, bringing the cost to date for this film to $200,909,000.

Coldwater Canyon is ready to be cast. I decide to shoot on the Lake backlot, doing interiors on Sound Stage 11 with average set construction. I budget $20 million for physical costs.

Smokey and the Bandit has completed pre-production and has begun shooting.

Free Passage needs a few more tweaks.

Prince and Stone is suffering from horrendous dialogue.

I get the writers started on Revolution. A rebel leader conjures up a plot to overthrow the dictator of his Carribbean island.


Scripts:
Free Passage(***) - Writing begins next month
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Prince and Stone(***) - Writing begins next month
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cleopatra's Ghost - Screenplay Rewrite
Power Grid - First Draft Screenplay
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence - First Draft Screenplay
Revolution - Writing begins next month


Casting:

Coldwater Canyon
In the hills of Los Angeles, a struggling writer(Farrell) acts out his
latest murder mystery.

Director: Roger Michell(Changing Lanes) - $100K
Producer: Florence Oliver(TV) - $50K

Actor: Colin Farrell(Alexander) - $8 million
Actress: Rachel Weisz(Constantine) - $5 million

Actor: Heath Ledger(The Patriot) - $2 million
Actress: Hillary Swank(Million Dollar Baby) - $3 million



Pre-Production:
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy)
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller)


Production:
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)


Post Production:
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure)
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic)
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody)
Force Three(Action Adventure)
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror)


Awaiting Release:
SimCity(Drama) - May 2007
Cosmo(Animation) - June 2007

[Its Vanilla]

SimCity
Genre: Drama
A man is thrown into the world he's created on his computer, and is mistaken for God.


Theatres: 2,300
Print Cost: $4,600,000
TV Ads: $12,500,000
Print Ads: $4,000,000
Radio Ads: $6,000,000
Foreign P&A: $20,325,000
Foreign Ads: $20,325,000
Total P&A: $67,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $60,596,000

The star ratings did not show up for this film.


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(21.26%) - $63,181,000
-We top the Box Office


Total Domestic Gross: $297,181,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Studios(08.61%) - $33,048,000


Total Foreign Gross: $384,048,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $31,590,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $26,953,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $16,524,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $7,008,000

Total Studio Revenue: $82,075,000
Total Expenses: $128,346,000
Total Revenue: ($46,271,000)

[Its Vanilla]

June 2007:
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready for release. It scores a 92% with audiences. I decide on an October release.

Smokey and the Bandit is having some trouble with egos on the set. Another month will be needed to complete shooting.

The Butler May Have Done It has begun shooting.

Force Three has been given an R rating and is ready for release. It scores a 95% with audiences. I decide on a July release, hoping to make some money back.

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy is ready, but I'm going to wait until at least next month to cast.

No Fortune Cookie Fortune has a little while to go yet.

Cleopatra's Ghost is coming along nicely.


Scripts:
Free Passage(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(****) - No production budget
Prince and Stone(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(****) - Writing begins next month
Cleopatra's Ghost(***) - Writing begins next month
Power Grid - First Draft Screenplay
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence - First Draft Screenplay
Revolution - First Draft Screenplay


Pre-Production:
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller)


Production:
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy)


Post Production:
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure)
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic)
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror)


Awaiting Release:
Cosmo(Animation) - June 2007
Force Three(Action Adventure) - July 2007
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody) - October 2007

[Its Vanilla]

Cosmo
Genre: Traditional Animation
After accidently being left behind on a camping trip, a family
dog(Black) must befriend the creatures of the forest
(Oldman, Pfieffer) to find his way home..


Theatres: 2,000
Print Cost: $4,000,000
TV Ads: $8,500,000
Print Ads: $3,000,000
Radio Ads: $4,000,000
Foreign P&A: $14,625,000
Foreign Ads: $14,625,000
Total P&A: $48,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $39,556,000

Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Tony Morgan(*****)
Director: Alexander Payne(****)
Screenwriter: Steve Perry(**)

Starring Roles:
Jack Black(****)

Supporting Roles:
Gary Oldman(****)
Michelle Pfieffer(*****)

Production Budget: *****
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(13.14%) - $42,522,000


Total Domestic Gross: $323,522,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Studios(17.37%) - $76,964,000
-We top the foreign box office.


Total Foreign Gross: $442,964,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $21,261,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $75,322,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $38,482,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $41,377,000

Total Studio Revenue: $176,452,000
Total Expenses: $88,306,000
Total Revenue: $88,146,000

[Its Vanilla]

July 2007:
Special Effects for The Poseidon Adventure are proving difficult and will require another $30 million. I allow it, bringing the total cost of the film to $176,454,000.

To the Other Sea has been given an R rating and is ready for release. I am not happy with this and have it changed to PG-13. It scores an 88% with audiences. I decide on a November release.

Egos continue to run rampant on the set of Smokey and the Bandit. $13 million and one more month is needed to complete production. I allow it.

The Butler May Have Done It has gone into post production.

Free Passage goes back to the writers.

Graveyard Shift 2 has been given an R rating and is ready for release. It scores a 69% with audiences. I slate it for a September release, but I don't know how to go about it. I originally planned on it being direct-to-video, hence it only costing $11 million to make. However, with recent losses from the studio, I could still have it go to the big screen to make some money back. It could be shown on 1,200 screens. I don't know what to do.

Prince and Stone is ready to be cast. I decide to shoot on the Big City backlot, doing interiors on sound stage 35 with average set construction. I budget $25 million for physical costs, $1 million for pyrotechnics, and $2 million for stunts.

Power Grid is pretty not good and goes back to the writers.

Actor Mel Brooks states that his appearance in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money will be his last. He has retired from film.

I get the writers started on a drama, called [i]Hindenburg. In it, a couple finds love on the doomed airship.


Scripts:
Free Passage(***) - Writing begins next month
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(****) - No production budget
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cleopatra's Ghost(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Power Grid(*) - Writing begins next month
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence - First Draft Screenplay
Revolution - First Draft Screenplay
Hindenburg - Writing begins next month


Casting:

Prince and Stone
After a detective(Thurman) disappears, her hairdresser husband(Stiller)
goes undercover to find her. He discovers an underground world of crime.
The head of the organization(Walken) then sends an assassin(Alba) after him.

Director: Stephen Daldry(Everest) - $100K
Producer: Simon Franks(Bend it Like Beckham) - $100K

Actor: Ben Stiller(Aha!) - $6.5 million
Actress: Uma Thurman(Virtual Pain) - $5 million

Actor: Christopher Walken(The Rundown) - $5.2 million
Actress: Jessica Alba(A Game of Chance) - $2.2 million



Pre-Production:
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller)
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy)


Production:
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)


Post Production:
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure)
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Force Three(Action Adventure) - July 2007
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror) - September 2007
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody) - October 2007
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic) - November 2007

[Its Vanilla]

Force Three
Genre: Action Adventure
After one of their own(Banderas) becomes the leader of an
international drug ring, 3 special ops agents(Diesel, Snipes,
and Alba) must stop him from importing the world's newest,
most powerful drug into the U.S.


Theatres: 3,500
Print Cost: $7,000,000
TV Ads: $12,500,000
Print Ads: $5,000,000
Radio Ads: $7,000,000
Foreign P&A: $23,625,000
Foreign Ads: $23,625,000
Total P&A: $78,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $128,966,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Barry M Osborne(***)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen(*****)
Screenwriter: Steven McShane(*****)

Starring Roles:
Vin Diesel(***)
Wesley Snipes(***)

Supporting Roles:
Antonio Banderas(****)
Jessica Alba(****)
Keira Knightley(*****)

Production Budget:
Script to Film: ****
Advertising: ****
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(28.39%) - $105,464,000
-We top the domestic box office.

Total Domestic Gross: $371,464,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Studios(12.11%) - $53,322,000

Total Foreign Gross: $440,322,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $52,732,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $25,512,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $26,666,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $7,773,000

Total Studio Revenue: $112,683,000
Total Expenses: $207,716,000
Total Revenue: ($95,033,000)

[Its Vanilla]

August 2007:
The Poseidon Adventure has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready for release. It scores a 97% with audiences. I decide on a June 2008 release.

Coldwater Canyon has begun shooting.

No Fortune Cookie Fortune still needs some work.

Cleopatra's Ghost has gotten very good, but it can still be better.

Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocense isn't near what would be considered good yet.

I decide to cast I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy. We will shoot on the Main Street, USA backlot, doing interiors on sound stage 17 with average set construction. I budget $15 million for physical costs.


Scripts:
Free Passage(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(****) - Writing begins next month
Cleopatra's Ghost(****) - Writing begins next month
Power Grid(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(*) - Writing begins next month
Revolution - First Draft Screenplay
Hindenburg - First Draft Screenplay


Casting:

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy
A freak snowstorm traps the customers of a midwestern department store.
It us up to the employee of the month(Muniz) to lead his girlfriend(Christensen)and
her friend(Wood) to safety. On the way, he encounters his ex-girlfriend(Dushku)
and her new boyfriend - his best friend(Green).

Director: Mike Figgis(Leaving Las Vegas) - $100K
Producer: James Earlman(TV) - $100K

Actor: Frankie Muniz(Aha!) - $800K
Actress: Erika Christensen(Traffic) - $1.8 million

Actress: Eliza Dushku(Chevy Caprice) - $800K
Actress: Evan Rachel Wood(Thirteen) - $700K
Actor: Seth Green(Austin Powers) - $1.7 million



Pre-Production:
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy)
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy) - Awaiting Green Light(Seth Green is currently filming Smokey and the Bandit.)


Production:
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller)


Post Production:
Ice Palace(Science Fiction)
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror) - September 2007
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody) - October 2007
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic) - November 2007
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008

[Its Vanilla]

September 2007:
Ice Palace has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready for release. It scores across the board 99%s with audiences. I decide on a July release.

Production on Coldwater Canyon is falling behind. I "OK" $3 million to get it back on track. The film completes shooting.

Smokey and the Bandit finally wraps up shooting.

I send Free Passage for a polish.

Power Grid is looking a lot better, but I still send it back.

Pretty much everything in Revolution needs work, so it goes back.

Leslie Neilsen announces that his appearance as the captain in The Poseidon Adventure will be his last film.

I Greenlight I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy.

I get the writers started on a sequel to Cosmo entitled Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest.


Scripts:
Free Passage(****) - Writing begins next month
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cleopatra's Ghost(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Power Grid(***) - writing begins next month
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Revolution(**) - Writing begins next month
Hindenburg - First Draft Screenplay
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy)
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy)


Production:


Post Production:
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy)
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller)
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror) - September 2007
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody) - October 2007
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic) - November 2007
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008

[Ironhead]

Not saying this sarcastically, but how long can you go on losing money like this? How deep are you in the red?

[Its Vanilla]

I feel that the game is very hard to make money on. It seems like you need to release a blockbuster every month. I've been trying to cut back extensively on the budgets of my movies(with Ice Palace, The Poseidon Adventure, and Smokey and the Bandit as my exceptions). I'm not sure how much money the game lets you lose either.

Currently, I'm $561,187,000 in the hole.

[Neon_Chaos]

I feel that the game is very hard to make money on. It seems like you need to release a blockbuster every month. I've been trying to cut back extensively on the budgets of my movies(with Ice Palace, The Poseidon Adventure, and Smokey and the Bandit as my exceptions). I'm not sure how much money the game lets you lose either.

Currently, I'm $561,187,000 in the hole.
Here's a few tips for you to get out of that hole.

#1. Your money-makers will always be the Action Adventure and Science Fiction flicks. Release them during the Summer Months (May, June, July) and Christmas (Dec). Make sure your budget for the movies are about $60-80 mil. Spend about 15 mil on TV and Newspaper, and 5 mil on Radio Ads.

#2. NEVER give out points. NEVER EVER.

#3. Comedies will usually earn you money if released in January.

#4. Dramas and Love Stories are not money-makers... well, not always. I use my dramas and Love Stories to rack up Trophies during Awards Night.

#5. Suspense Thrillers are an interesting Genre, they will usually flop real bad, or earn big money.

Hope you get back in the black! :)

[Its Vanilla]

October 2007:
I decide to push back the release of Graveyard Shift 2. I slate it for an October release, and decide to have it sent to theatres, instead of direct to video.

The release of Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money is moved to January 2008.

The Butler May Have Done It has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready for release. It scores a 96% with audiences. I currently have it slated for a May 2008 release.

Free Passage still needs a bit more work.

Prince and Stone will begin Production this month.

No Fortune Cookie Fortune is ready to be cast. I decide to shoot the film on location in Los Angeles. I budget $20 million for physical costs.

Cleopatra's Ghost goes back to writers.

Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocense is coming along nicely.

Director Larry Franco passes away.

I get the writers started on a historical epic, entitled Vesuvius.


Scripts:
Free Passage(****) - Writing begins next month
Cleopatra's Ghost(****) - Writing begins next month
Power Grid(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(***) - Writing begins next month
Revolution(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Hindenburg - First Draft Screenplay
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest - Writing begins next month
Vesuvius - Writing begins next month


Casting:

No Fortune Cookie Fortune
Dinner for four takes an interesting turn once the saki kicks in.

Director: Darren Aronofsky(Chevy Caprice) - $50K
Producer: Tony Morgan(Cosmo) - $200K

Actor: Jude Law(Alfie) - $8.7 million
Actress: Kate Winslet(Finding Neverland) - $5.5 million

Actress: Katie Holmes(Trailblazers) - $1.2 million
Actor: Ryan Phillipe(Trailblazers) - $1.7 million



Pre-Production:
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy)
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy)
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Comedy)


Production:


Post Production:
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller)
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Graveyard Shift 2(Horror) - October 2007
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic) - November 2007
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody) - January 2008
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy) - May 2008
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008

[Its Vanilla]

Graveyard Shift 2
Genre: Horror
The monster escapes its tomb in the factory and it is up to those that have battled it before to save the city.


Theatres: 1,200
Print Cost: $2,400,000
TV Ads: $2,500,000
Print Ads: $500,000
Radio Ads: $500,000
Foreign P&A: $4,425,000
Foreign Ads: $4,425,000
Total P&A: $14,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $11,242,000


Overall Performance:
****
Producer: David R Ellis(****)
Director: David R Ellis(***)
Screenwriter: Larry March(****)

Starring Roles:
David Boreanaz(***)

Supporting Roles:
Elias Koteas(***)
Jeremy Sisto(****)
Sara Foster(****)

Production Budget:
Script to Film: ****
Advertising: ****
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(08.15%) - $21,303,000

Total Domestic Gross: $261,303,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Studios(07.13%) - $29,261,000

Total Foreign Gross: $410,261,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $10,651,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $16,191,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $14,630,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $8,878,000

Total Studio Revenue: $50,350,000
Total Expenses: $25,992,000
Total Revenue: $24,358,000

Notes: The first "Graveyard Shift" grossed a worldwide total of ~$5 million.

[Its Vanilla]

November 2007:
Free Passage is ready to be cast, but I'm going to hold off for a couple months.

Prince and Stone has gone into Post-Production.

Cleopatra's Ghost is ready to be cast. The film will be shot on location in Egypt. I budget $25 million for physical costs and $2.5 million each for pyrotechnics and stunts. For special effects, I give $1 million for industry standard, $1.5 million for groundbreaking, and $3 million for state of the art.

I send Power Grid out for a polish.

Revolution gets sent back out.

The first draft of Hindenburg comes back with amazing character development and arc and awful everything else.

I get the writers started on Burnin' Rubber, a comedy set in the world of NASCAR.


Scripts:
Free Passage(****) - No production budget
Power Grid(****) - Writing begins next month
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Revolution(**) - Writing begins next month
Hindenburg(**) - Writing begins next month
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest - First Draft Screenplay
Vesuvius - First Draft Screenplay
Burnin' Rubber - Writing begins next month


Casting:

Cleopatra's Ghost
A discovery along the Nile unleashes a long dead curse.

Director: Alex Proyas(Dark City) - $100K
Producer: Peter MacGregor-Scott(Batman Forever) - $300K

Actor: Ethan Hawke(Assault on Precinct 13) - $8 million
Actress: Keira Knightley(Force Three) - $2.1 million

Actor: James Franco(Spiderman) - $2 million
Actress: Kristianna Loken(Terminator 3) - $1.2 million



Pre-Production:
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy)
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy)
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)


Production:


Post Production:
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller)
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy)
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
To the Other Sea(Historical Epic) - November 2007
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody) - January 2008
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy) - May 2008
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008

[Ironhead]

Releasing Graveyard Shift 2 in October near Halloween probably boosted it's ticket sales.

[Its Vanilla]

To the Other Sea
Genre: Historical Epic
A story chronicling Thomas Jefferson(George Clooney)'s desire to send exlporers Meriwether Lewis(Bale) and William Clark(Bloom) west
to the Pacific.


Theatres: 2,300
Print Cost: $4,600,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $2,500,000
Radio Ads: $2,500,000
Foreign P&A: $15,825,000
Foreign Ads: $15,825,000
Total P&A: $52,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $87,165,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Colin Wilson(****)
Director: Gus Van Sant(****)
Screenwriter: Andrea Down(***)

Starring Roles:
George Clooney(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Christian Bale(****)
Orlando Bloom(****)
Carrie-Anne Moss(****)
Elizabeth Shue(****)

Production Budget: ***
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(19.27%) - $58,951,000
-We top the box office.

Total Domestic Gross: $305,951,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(18.38%) - $76,547,000
-We top the box office

Total Foreign Gross: $416,547,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $29,475,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $44,313,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $38,273,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $23,063,000

Total Studio Revenue: $135,124,000
Total Expenses: $139,915,000
Total Revenue: ($4,791,000)

Note: This is our first movie to top both box offices simultaneously.

[Its Vanilla]

December 2007:
Coldwater Canyon has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready for release. It scores a 91% with audiences. I decide on a March 2008 release.

Smokey and the Bandit has been given a PG-13 rating and is ready for release. It scoes a 91% with audiences. Being that I already have next summer filled up, I decide to release the film this month, hoping to catch that Christmas buzz.

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy has begun shooting.

Power Grid is ready to be cast. I decide to shoot exteriors on the Lake backlot, and interiors on Sound Stage 14 with significant set construction. I budget $25 million for physical costs and $5 million each for pyrotechnics and stunts. I spend $500K on industry standard and state of the art special effects and $5 million on groundbreaking special effects.

Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence is close to finished.


Scripts:
Free Passage(****) - No production budget
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(****) - Writing begins next month
Revolution(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Hindenburg(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest - First Draft Screenplay
Vesuvius - First Draft Screenplay
Burnin' Rubber - First Draft Screenplay


Casting:

Power Grid
A series of events at a nuclear powerplant could lead to a meltdown.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen(Force Three) - $3.1 million
Producer: Gregory Goodman(Three Kings) - $200K

Actor: Brad Pitt(Troy) - $15 million
Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr(Radio) - $4 million

Actor: Heath Ledger(Coldwater Canyon) - $2 million
Actress: Natalie Portman(Garden State) - $2.4 million



Pre-Production:
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy)
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller)


Production:
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy)


Post Production:
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Smokey and the Bandit(Comedy) - December 2007
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody) - January 2008
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller) - March 2008
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy) - May 2008
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008

[Its Vanilla]

Smokey and the Bandit
Genre: Comedy
After accepting a friendly wager, The Bandit(Kutcher) and his truck driving friend Cletus(Timberlake) must run a truckload of beer from Texas to Georgia. On the way, Bandit picks up Carrie(Dunst), a bride who has just run out on her wedding to Junior(Green). Junior's father happens to be Texas Sheriff Buford T. Justice(DeNiro), who engages the Bandit in hot pursuit.


Theatres: 2,800
Print Cost: $5,600,000
TV Ads: $12,500,000
Print Ads: $4,000,000
Radio Ads: $5,500,000
Foreign P&A: $20,700,000
Foreign Ads: $20,700,000
Total P&A: $69,000,000
Total Negative Cost: $90,207,000


Overall Performance:
****
Producer: Robert Simonds(***)
Director: Frank Coraci(****)
Screenwriter: Douglas Petty(*****)

Starring Roles:
Ashton Kutcher(**)
Justin Timberlake(****)

Supporting Roles:
Kirsten Dunst(*****)
Robert DeNiro(****)
Seth Green(****)

Production Budget: ***
Script to Film: *
Advertising: ****
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(31.71%) - $109,144,000
-We top the box office.

Total Domestic Gross: $344,144,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(24.86%) - $109,503,000
-We top the box office

Total Foreign Gross: $440,503,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $54,572,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $81,958,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $54,751,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $32,951,000

Total Studio Revenue: $224,332,000
Total Expenses: $159,207,000
Participation: $3,901,000(Robert DeNiro)
Total Revenue: $61,124,000

[Neon_Chaos]

oh, btw, don't greenlight any movie until it's script rating is at *****

[Its Vanilla]

January 2008:
Oscar nominations are handed out, and I spend $5 million promoting my movies.

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy has completed shooting.

No Fortune Cookie Fortune has begun shooting.

Revolution is still in need of a lot of work.

Hindenburg is starting to look like a good script.

Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest's first draft comes back not so good and gets sent right back out.

I decide to cast Free Passage. I decide to shoot on location in Africa, doing interiors on location with significant set construction. I budget $30 million for physical costs and $5 million for pyrotechnics.

Robert DeNiro, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, and Juliette Lewis express interest in the movie. I immediately tell DeNiro "fat chance", after all the problems he caused on the set of Smokey and the Bandit. Also, I'm not sure I could see Hanks in this type of role.


Scripts:
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Revolution(***) - Writing begins next month
Hindenburg(***) - Writing begins next month
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(**) - Writing begins next month
Vesuvius - First Draft Screenplay
Burnin' Rubber - First Draft Screenplay


Casting:

Free Passage
A Middle-Eastern country threatens ships passing through the Straight
of Gibraltar.

Director: John McTiernan(Die Hard) - $1.2 million
Producer: Andrew Mason(Matrix) - $1.5 million

Actor: Johnny Depp(SimCity) - $13 million
Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones(High Fidelity) - $5.7 million

Actor: Ray Liotta(SimCity) - $2.2 million
Actor: Benicio Del Toro(Traffic) - $1.5 million
Actress: Ali Larter(Jay and Silent Bob) - $2 million



Pre-Production:
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller)
Free Passage(Action Adventure)


Production:
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy)


Post Production:
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy)
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money(Comedy Parody) - January 2008
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller) - March 2008
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy) - May 2008
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008

[Its Vanilla]

oh, btw, don't greenlight any movie until it's script rating is at *****

I usually try for 5, but if a script is at 4 stars and has good ratings across the board, I'll green light it. The only exception to that was Graveyard Shift 2.

[Its Vanilla]

Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money
Genre: Comedy Parody
Lone Starr(Wilson) goes back to his gambling ways and ends up oweing the Space Senate a good bit of money. Meanwhile Dark Helmet(Myers)trains a young boy(Muniz) on the Ape Planet in the ways of the Schwartz, all in preparation for a final battle between good and evil.


Theatres: 2,800
Print Cost: $5,600,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $5,000,000
Radio Ads: $8,500,000
Foreign P&A: $21,450,000
Foreign Ads: $21,450,000
Total P&A: $71,500,000
Total Negative Cost: $84,595,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Bob Gale(****)
Director: Spike Jonze(*****)
Screenwriter: Rachel Jahner(****)

Starring Roles:
Luke Wilson(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Liv Tyler(*****)
Mike Myers(****)
Frankie Muniz(***)

Cameo Roles:
Mel Brooks(**)

Production Budget: ***
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: ****
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(36.20%) - $157,142,000
-We top the box office.

Total Domestic Gross: $434,142,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(18.67%) - $80,566,000
-We top the box office

Total Foreign Gross: $431,566,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $78,751,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $66,866,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $40,283,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $16,213,000

Total Studio Revenue: $201,953,000
Total Expenses: $156,095,000
Participation: $1,376,000(Mike Myers)
Total Revenue: $44,482,000

-Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money becomes the 8th highest grossing film ever in the domestic market.

[Its Vanilla]

February 2008:
We get the list of canidates for the Oscars.

Best Picture:
To the Other Sea
SimCity
Bon Voyage

Best Director:
David Lynch - A Game of Chance
Quentin Tarantino - Party Quacka
Cameron Crowe - SimCity
Wolfgang Peterson - Force Three

Best Actor:
George Clooney - To the Other Sea
Christian Bale - Bon Voyage

Best Supporting Actor:
Antonio Banderas - Party Quacka

Best Supporting Actress:
Jessica Biel - A Game of Chance
Kathy Bates - Party Quacka

Best Original Screenplay:
Douglas Petty - Smokey and the Bandit

I spend $4.5 million on promotional expenses.

Free Passage needs an additional $6 million for sets. I allow it.

Prince and Stone has been given a PG-13 rating and is Ready for Release. It scores a 86% with audiences. I decide on an October 2008 release.

No Fortune Cookie Fortune needs an additional $1 million because of shooting delays. I allow it. Shooting wraps and the film goes into Post Production.

Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence is ready for a cast. I decide to shoot in Los Angeles, doing interiors on location with significant set construction. I budget $40 million for physical costs, $10 million for pyrotechnics, and $5 million for stunts. Interest in the film is heavy, but I'm going mostly with the original cast.

Vesuvius is a smart script. The rest of it is awful.

I get the writers started on Gun, a western.


Scripts:
Revolution(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Hindenburg(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Vesuvius(*) - Writing begins next month
Burnin' Rubber - First Draft Screenplay
Gun - Writing begins next month


Casting:

Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence
After bribing the jury and getting set free, the madman(Banderas) decides
to take out his frustrations by blowing up L.A. It is up to the Party
Quacka(Chan) and his twin brother(Schwarzenegger) to stop him again.

Director: Brian De Palma(Mission Impossible) - $1 million
Producer: Mark Gordon(Party Quacka) - $800k

Actor: Jackie Chan(Party Quacka) - $7.5 million
Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger(Party Quacka) - $4.5 million

Actor: Antonio Banderas(Party Quacka) - $8.1 million
Actor: Ryan Phillipe(Trailblazers) - $1.7 million
Actress: Kristen Stewart(Terminator 3) - $250k



Pre-Production:
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller)
Free Passage(Action Adventure)
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy)


Production:


Post Production:
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy)
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller) - March 2008
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy) - May 2008
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - October 2008

[Its Vanilla]

I am resurrecting this dynasty. My goal for Part II(January 2008 - beyond) is to bring the studio out of the crippling financial problems that I put it in in Part I(January 2005 - December 2007).

As of the end of January 2008, the Wynsok Entertainment has -357,569,000 in cash.

[Its Vanilla]

March 2008:
The 2007 Academy Awards are held.
Smokey and the Bandit wins Best Screenplay.
Antonio Banderas wins Best Supporting Actor for his role in Party Quacka.
Cameron Crowe wins Best Director for SimCity.
To the Other Sea wins Best Movie.

We get 79,000,000 in additional revenue from our awards!

Power Grid has gone into Production.

Revolution goes back to the writers.

Hindenburg needs more work.

Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest goes back out.

Burnin' Rubber needs a bit of work.

I cannot greenlight Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence because an actor in it is already filming another project for the studio. I have no idea who it is though.

I get writers started on a comedy entitled Back by Midnight.


Scripts:
Revolution(***) - Writing begins next month
Hindenburg(***) - Writing begins next month
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(***) - Writing begins next month
Vesuvius(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Burnin' Rubber(**) - Writing begins next month
Gun - First Draft Screenplay
Back by Midnight - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)
Free Passage(Action Adventure)
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy) - Awaiting Greenlight


Production:
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller)


Post Production:
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy)
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Coldwater Canyon(Suspense Thriller) - March 2008
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy) - May 2008
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - October 2008

[Its Vanilla]

Coldwater Canyon
Genre: Suspense Thriller
In the hills of Los Angeles, a struggling writer(Farrell) acts out his latest murder mystery.


Theatres: 1,800
Print Cost: $3,600,000
TV Ads: $9,000,000
Print Ads: $5,000,000
Radio Ads: $5,000,000
Foreign P&A: $16,950,000
Foreign Ads: $16,950,000
Total P&A: $56,500,000
Total Negative Cost: $48,004,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Florence Oliver(****)
Director: Roger Michell(***)
Screenwriter: Larry March(*****)

Starring Roles:
Colin Farrell(****)
Rachel Weisz(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Heath Ledger(****)
Hillary Swank(*****)

Production Budget: *****
Script to Film: **
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(15.30%) - $49,493,000

Total Domestic Gross: $323,493,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(14.90%) - $63,369,000

Total Foreign Gross: $425,369,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $24,746,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $53,800,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $31,684,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $30,200,000

Total Studio Revenue: $140,430,000
Total Expenses: $104,504,000
Total Revenue: $35,926,000

[Its Vanilla]

April 2008:
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy has been given an R rating and is Ready for Release. It scores a 92% with audiences. I decide on a September 2008 release.

Vesuvius goes back to the writers.

I get writers started on a suspense thriller called Down at Any Cost.


Scripts:
Revolution(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Hindenburg(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Vesuvius(***) - Writing begins next month
Burnin' Rubber(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Gun - First Draft Screenplay
Back by Midnight - First Draft Screenplay
Down at Any Cost - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)
Free Passage(Action Adventure)
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy) - Awaiting Greenlight


Production:
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller)


Post Production:
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy) - May 2008
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy) - September 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - October 2008


We end the month with -266,733,000 in cash.

[StanGunner]

Glad to see you back. Look's like you are starting to be more profitable.

[Its Vanilla]

It's good to be back. It's also nice to have a movie that makes money.

[Its Vanilla]

May 2008:
No Fortune Cookie Fortune has been given a PG-13 rating and is Ready for Release. It scores an 88% with audiences. I decide on a February 2009 release.

Cleopatra's Ghost has gone into Production.

Power Grid has gone into Post Production.

Revolution is almost ready to go.

Hindenburg could be a blockbuster with a couple more polishes.

Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest is getting better.

Burnin' Rubber still needs a lot of work.

In order to get Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence rolling along, I have replaced Kristianna Loken with Jessica Alba.

I also get writers started on Rock Me Amadeus, a drama about Austrian rock singer Falco.


Scripts:
Revolution(****) - Writing begins next month
Hindenburg(****) - Writing begins next month
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(***) - Writing begins next month
Vesuvius(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Burnin' Rubber(***) - Writing begins next month
Gun - First Draft Screenplay
Back by Midnight - First Draft Screenplay
Down at Any Cost - First Draft Screenplay
Rock Me Amadeus - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Free Passage(Action Adventure)
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy)


Production:
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)


Post Production:
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller)


Awaiting Release:
The Butler May Have Done It(Comedy) - May 2008
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy) - September 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - October 2008
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009


We end the month with -331,934,000 in cash.

[Its Vanilla]

The Butler May Have Done It
Genre: Comedy
A murder investigation led by a cop(Fraser) and his partner(Murphy) leads them to the U.S. School for Butlers. The Dean(Campbell), a Professor(Ferrell), and two co-eds(Dusku, Moore) suceed in making their investigation more difficult.


Theatres: 1,800
Print Cost: $3,600,000
TV Ads: $11,000,000
Print Ads: $3,500,000
Radio Ads: $4,000,000
Foreign P&A: $16,575,000
Foreign Ads: $16,575,000
Total P&A: $55,250,000
Total Negative Cost: $50,626,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Brett Poole(***)
Director: Neil LaBute(****)
Screenwriter: Steven McShane(*****)

Starring Roles:
Brendan Fraser(****)
Brittany Murphy(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Bruce Campbell(****)
Will Ferrell(****)
Eliza Dushku(*****)
Mandy Moore(*****)

Production Budget: ***
Script to Film: ****
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(18.12%) - $55,113,000
-We top the Box Office.

Total Domestic Gross: $304,113,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(13.18%) - $58,147,000

Total Foreign Gross: $441,147,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $27,556,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $41,434,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $29,073,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $17,543,000

Total Studio Revenue: $115,606,000
Total Expenses: $105,876,000
Total Revenue: $9,730,000

[Its Vanilla]

June 2008:
Cleopatra's Ghost has gone into Post-Production.

Vesuvius isn't improving as much as I'd hoped.

Gun isn't looking so hot right now.

I get writers started on a new horror movie called Cove of the Dead.


Scripts:
Revolution(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Hindenburg(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Vesuvius(***) - Writing begins next month
Burnin' Rubber(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Gun(*) - Writing begins next month
Back by Midnight - First Draft Screenplay
Down at Any Cost - First Draft Screenplay
Rock Me Amadeus - First Draft Screenplay
Cove of the Dead - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Free Passage(Action Adventure)
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy)


Production:


Post Production:
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller)
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)


Awaiting Release:
The Poseidon Adventure(Action Adventure) - June 2008
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy) - September 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - October 2008
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009


We end the month with -290,194,000 in cash.

[Its Vanilla]

The Poseidon Adventure
Genre: Action Adventure
An underwater earthquake causes a tsunami, which flips a luxury cruise ship upside-down. The ship's reverand(Russell) must lead his niece(Portman) and a group of survivors to freedom.


Theatres: 3,500
Print Cost: $7,000,000
TV Ads: $15,000,000
Print Ads: $6,500,000
Radio Ads: $10,000,000
Foreign P&A: $28,875,000
Foreign Ads: $28,875,000
Total P&A: $96,250,000
Total Negative Cost: $176,458,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Neal H Moritz(****)
Director: Rolland Emmerich(***)
Screenwriter: Steven McShane(*****)

Starring Roles:
Kurt Russell(*****)
Gweneth Paltrow(****)

Supporting Roles:
Seann William Scott(*****)
Cuba Gooding Jr(****)
Elizabeth Hurley(*****)
Natalie Portman(*****)

Cameo Roles:
Leslie Neilsen(*****)

Production Budget: *****
Script to Film: ****
Advertising: *****
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(56.27%) - $343,584,000
-We top the Box Office.

Total Domestic Gross: $610,584,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(44.19%) - $277,126,000
-We top the Box Office.

Total Foreign Gross: $627,126,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $171,792,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $250,144,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $138,563,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $68,421,000

Total Studio Revenue: $628,920,000
Total Expenses: $272,708,000
Total Revenue: $356,212,000

-The Poseidon Adventure becomes the highest grossing movie of all time in the Domestic market.
-The Poseidon Adventure becomes the highest grossing movie of all time in the Foreign market.
-The Poseidon Adventure becomes the highest grossing movie of all time.

[Its Vanilla]

July 2008:
Free Passage has gone into Production.

Revolution still needs a touch up.

Hindenburg gets my best writer for another touch up.

Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest is ready to be cast. I budget $35 million for physical costs.

Burnin' Rubber goes back to the writers.

Back by Midnight looks decent for a first draft.

I purchase the rights to the original screenplay Broken Trust.


Scripts:
Revolution(****) - Writing begins next month
Hindenburg(****) - Writing begins next month
Vesuvius(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Burnin' Rubber(***) - Writing begins next month
Gun(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Back by Midnight(**) - Writing begins next month
Down at Any Cost - First Draft Screenplay
Rock Me Amadeus - First Draft Screenplay
Cove of the Dead - First Draft Screenplay
Broken Trust(*) - Writing begins next month


Casting:

Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest
After learning that a new shopping mall is being built, Cosmo(Black)
returns to the forest to help his friends(Oldman, Pfeiffer) stop the
destruction.

Director: Alexander Payne(Cosmo) - $300k
Producer: Tony Morgan(Cosmo) - $200k

Actor: Jack Black(Cosmo) - $7 million

Actor: Gary Oldman(Cosmo) - $1.75 million
Actress: Michelle Pfeiffer(Cosmo) - $2 million



Pre-Production:
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy)
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(Traditional Animation)


Production:
Free Passage(Action Adventure)


Post Production:
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller)
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)


Awaiting Release:
Ice Palace(Science Fiction) - July 2008
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy) - September 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - October 2008
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009


We end the month with 166,725,000 in cash.

[Celeval]

Nice to see Poseiden finally come to fruition.

[Its Vanilla]

Oh, yes it is. It was the first script I put into production. After countless rewrites, set problems, and delays, it was very rewarding to see it do so well. Especially since it cost me nearly $300 million dollars.

This seems to be the summer of maligned pictures from my studio. Coming up this month is Ice Palace which has gone through several delays and cost increases itself. Without the advertising and print costs, it's already cost me $200 million dollars. It's gonna have to have numbers near or above Poseidon to make me any money.

I'm also considering a sequel to the Poseidon Adventure. Though I think a remake of Beyond the Poseidon Adventure won't go over too well.

[Its Vanilla]

Ice Palace
Genre: Science Fiction
After fighting a galactic war for many years, Princess Dren(Jolie) finally locates the enemy leader, Lord Jol(Johnson) on the frozen planet Dren. She, along with a space fighter captain(Law) and a rebel defector(Rodriguez), must find a way to defeat him.


Theatres: 3,500
Print Cost: $7,000,000
TV Ads: $15,000,000
Print Ads: $7,500,000
Radio Ads: $10,000,000
Foreign P&A: $29,625,000
Foreign Ads: $29,625,000
Total P&A: $98,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $200,909,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Jeff Jones(****)
Director: James Cameron(*****)
Screenwriter: Hay Bone(****)

Starring Roles:
Angelina Jolie(****)
Dewayne "The Rock" Johnson(****)

Supporting Roles:
Jude Law(****)
Michelle Rodriguez(****)


Production Budget: *****
Script to Film: ****
Advertising: *****
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(86.00%) - $1,412,922,000
-We top the Box Office.

Total Domestic Gross: $1,642,922,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(85.76%) - $2,119,827,000
-We top the Box Office.

Total Foreign Gross: $2,471,827,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $706,461,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $392,752,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $1,059,913,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $180,792,000

Total Studio Revenue: $2,339,918,000
Total Expenses: $299,659,000
Total Participation: $102,013,000(James Cameron)
Total Revenue: $1,938,246,000

-Ice Palace becomes the highest grossing movie of all time in the Domestic market.
-Ice Palace becomes the highest grossing movie of all time in the Foreign market.
-Ice Palace becomes the highest grossing movie of all time.

[Its Vanilla]

August 2008:
I get word of a fire on the set of Free Passage. They need an additional $5 million to finish production. I allow it. The movie goes into Post-Production.

Power Grid has been given a PG-13 rating and is Ready for Release. It scores an 91% with audiences. I decide on a March 2009 release.

Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence has gone into Production.

Vesuvius needs more work.

Gun still isn't looking too hot.

Down at Any Cost could be an amazing script in the future.

I purchase rights to the novel Fire at Dawn.


Scripts:
Revolution(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Hindenburg(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Vesuvius(***) - Writing begins next month
Burnin' Rubber(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Gun(**) - Writing begins next month
Back by Midnight(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Down at Any Cost(*) - Writing begins next month
Rock Me Amadeus - First Draft Screenplay
Cove of the Dead - First Draft Screenplay
Broken Trust(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Fire at Dawn - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(Traditional Animation)


Production:
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy)


Post Production:
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror)
Free Passage(Action Adventure)


Awaiting Release:
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy) - September 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - October 2008
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller) - March 2009


We end the month with 2,219,691,000 in cash.

[TonyR]

Ice Palace
Genre: Science Fiction
After fighting a galactic war for many years, Princess Dren(Jolie) finally locates the enemy leader, Lord Jol(Johnson) on the frozen planet Dren. She, along with a space fighter captain(Law) and a rebel defector(Rodriguez), must find a way to defeat him.


Theatres: 3,500
Print Cost: $7,000,000
TV Ads: $15,000,000
Print Ads: $7,500,000
Radio Ads: $10,000,000
Foreign P&A: $29,625,000
Foreign Ads: $29,625,000
Total P&A: $98,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $200,909,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Jeff Jones(****)
Director: James Cameron(*****)
Screenwriter: Hay Bone(****)

Starring Roles:
Angelina Jolie(****)
Dewayne "The Rock" Johnson(****)

Supporting Roles:
Jude Law(****)
Michelle Rodriguez(****)


Production Budget: *****
Script to Film: ****
Advertising: *****
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(86.00%) - $1,412,922,000
-We top the Box Office.

Total Domestic Gross: $1,642,922,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(85.76%) - $2,119,827,000
-We top the Box Office.

Total Foreign Gross: $2,471,827,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $706,461,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $392,752,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $1,059,913,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $180,792,000

Total Studio Revenue: $2,339,918,000
Total Expenses: $299,659,000
Total Participation: $102,013,000(James Cameron)
Total Revenue: $1,938,246,000

-Ice Palace becomes the highest grossing movie of all time in the Domestic market.
-Ice Palace becomes the highest grossing movie of all time in the Foreign market.
-Ice Palace becomes the highest grossing movie of all time.

I think you got your money's worth from this picture.
And that is probably a big understatement.

[Its Vanilla]

Yeah, and I'm kinda disappointed about it. I mean, I wanted it to do well, but not as well as it did. I just wanted it to turn a profit and it ended up with something completely unrealistic. I was okay with Poseidon because it was only slightly higher than the #2 film ever, where as Ice Palace blew everything out of the water.

[TonyR]

True, but Ice Palace could be the start of some cult-like behavior/following, ala Star Wars and Star Trek.

[Its Vanilla]

September 2008:
Cleopatra's Ghost as been given a PG-13 rating and is Ready for Release. It scores a 96% with audiences. I decide on an October 2008 release. This bumps Prince and Stone to January 2009.

Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence needs $2 million to get back on schedule. I allow it.

Revolution is ready to be cast. I decide to shoot Exteriors in Kingston, Jamaica to give it that authentic feel and will do Interiors on location with significant set construction. I budget $30 million for physical costs and $10 million for pyrotechnics. Sevaral people are interested in this movie, one of which I'm glad to see.

Hindenburg is ready to be cast. I decide to shoot Exteriors near New York City and Interiors on Sound Stage 12 with elaborate set construction. I budget $26 million for physical costs, $3 million for industry standard effects, $5 million for ground breaking effects, and $2 million for state of the art effects.

Burnin' Rubber is ready to be cast. I decide to shoot Exteriors in Talladega, Alabama, doing Interiors on location with average set construction. I budget $25 million for physical costs and $2.5 million for pyrotechnics.

Back by Midnight goes back to writers.

Rock Me Amadeus needs just about everything fixed.

Broken Trust improved dramatically, but it's still not at the level it needs to be.

I purchase rights to the novel Cathedral.

I purchase rights to the screenplay Planet Earth.

I purchase rights to the play Help Me My Watch Stopped.


Scripts:
Vesuvius(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Gun(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Back by Midnight(***) - Writing begins next month
Down at Any Cost(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Rock Me Amadeus(*) - Writing begins next month
Cove of the Dead - First Draft Screenplay
Broken Trust(***) - Writing begins next month
Fire at Dawn - First Draft Screenplay
Cathedral - Writing begins next month
Planet Earth(**) - Writing begins next month
Help Me My Watch Stopped - Writing begins next month


Casting:

Revolution
A rebel leader(Banderas) conjures up a plot to overthrow the fascist
dictator(Molina) of his Carribbean island.

Director: Edward Zwick(Last Samarai) - $800k
Producer: Terry Needham(Blackhawk Down) - $600k

Actor: Antonio Banderas(Party Quacka) - $8.1 million

Actor: Sean Penn(21 Grams) - $5 million
Actor: Alfred Molina(Spiderman 2) - $1.7 million



Hindenburg
A couple finds love on the flight of a doomed airship.

Director: Christopher Nolan(Memento) - $2.2 million
Producer: Gregory Goodman(8 Mile) - $200k

Actor: Pierce Brosnan(Goldeneye) - $16.6 million
Actress: Demi Moore(Charlies Angels 2) - $10.8 million

Actor: Orlando Bloom(To the Other Sea) - $5 million



Burnin' Rubber
A couple finds love on the flight of a doomed airship.

Director: Frank Coraci(Smokey and the Bandit) - $1 million
Producer: Robert K Weiss(Blues Brothers) - $400k

Actor: Will Ferrell(The Butler May Have Done It) - $2 million

Actor: Luke Wilson(Spaceballs 2) - $2 million
Actor: Laurence Fishburne(Matrix) - $8.5 million
Actress: Kiera Knightley(Cleopatra's Ghost) - $2.1 million

Cameo: Ben Stiller(Prince and Stone) - $3.2 million



Pre-Production:
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(Traditional Animation)
Revolution(Action Adventure) - Awaiting Greenlight
Hindenburg(Drama)
Burnin' Rubber(Comedy)


Production:
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy)


Post Production:
Free Passage(Action Adventure)


Awaiting Release:
I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy(Comedy) - September 2008
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror) - October 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - January 2009
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller) - March 2009


We end the month with 2,173,775,000 in cash.

[Its Vanilla]

I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy
Genre: Comedy
A freak snowstorm traps the customers of a midwestern department store. It us up to the employee of the month(Muniz) to lead his girlfriend(Christensen)and her friend(Wood) to safety. On the way, he encounters his ex-girlfriend(Dushku) and her new boyfriend - his best friend(Green).


Theatres: 1,200
Print Cost: $2,400,000
TV Ads: $9,000,000
Print Ads: $2,500,000
Radio Ads: $4,000,000
Foreign P&A: $13,425,000
Foreign Ads: $13,425,000
Total P&A: $44,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $25,594,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: James Earlman(*****)
Director: Mike Figgis(*****)
Screenwriter: Hay Bone(****)

Starring Roles:
Frankie Muniz(**)
Erika Christensen(****)

Supporting Roles:
Eliza Dushku(****)
Evan Rachel Wood(***)
Seth Green(***)


Production Budget: ****
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(08.67%) - $25,926,000

Total Domestic Gross: $298,926,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(15.68%) - $59,685,000

Total Foreign Gross: $380,685,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $12,963,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $45,470,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $29,842,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $31,435,000

Total Studio Revenue: $119,710,000
Total Expenses: $70,334,000
Total Revenue: $49,366,000

[Its Vanilla]

October 2008:
Mark Gordan, producer of Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence can't stay on budget and needs $3 million. I allow it. The film goes into Post-Production.

Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest has gone into Production.

Vesuvius just needs a little touch up.

Gun is getting better.

Down at Any Cost could be much better than it is.

Cove of the Dead is pretty bad.

I get writers started on Graveyard Shift 3.

I Greenlight Revolution.


Scripts:
Vesuvius(****) - Writing begins next month
Gun(***) - Writing begins next month
Back by Midnight(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Down at Any Cost(***) - Writing begins next month
Rock Me Amadeus(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cove of the Dead - Writing begins next month
Broken Trust(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Fire at Dawn - First Draft Screenplay
Cathedral - First Draft Screenplay
Planet Earth(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Help Me My Watch Stopped - First Draft Screenplay
Graveyard Shift 3 - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Revolution(Action Adventure)
Hindenburg(Drama)
Burnin' Rubber(Comedy)


Production:
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(Traditional Animation)


Post Production:
Free Passage(Action Adventure)
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror) - October 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - January 2009
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller) - March 2009


We end the month with 2,204,913,000 in cash.

[Its Vanilla]

Cleopatra's Ghost
Genre: Horror
A discovery along the Nile unleashes a long dead curse.


Theatres: 2,300
Print Cost: $4,600,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $3,500,000
Radio Ads: $4,000,000
Foreign P&A: $16,575,000
Foreign Ads: $16,575,000
Total P&A: $55,250,000
Total Negative Cost: $54,160,000


Overall Performance:
****
Producer: Peter MacGregor-Scott(***)
Director: Alex Proyas(****)
Screenwriter: Eddie Moulden(****)

Starring Roles:
Ethan Hawke(****)
Keira Knightley(****)

Supporting Roles:
James Franco(****)
Kristianna Loken(****)


Production Budget: *
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(21.02%) - $69,450,000
-We top the Box Office

Total Domestic Gross: $330,450,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(25.28%) - $122,448,000
-We top the Box Office

Total Foreign Gross: $484,448,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $34,725,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $123,378,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $61,224,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $54,195,000

Total Studio Revenue: $273,522,000
Total Expenses: $109,410,000
Total Revenue: $164,112,000

[Its Vanilla]

November 2008:
Free Passage has been given an R rating and is Ready for Release. It scores a 99% with audiences. I decide to make this the centerpiece of our 2009 summer campaign, releasing it in June.

Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest has gone into Post-Production.

Back By Midnight is making little progress.

Rock Me Amadeus is still an awful script.

Broken Trust isn't coming along so well.

Planet Earth is getting better, slowly.

I'm throwing around the idea of a sequel to Ice Palace, but I'm not sure if I want to do it.


Scripts:
Vesuvius(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Gun(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Back by Midnight(***) - Writing begins next month
Down at Any Cost(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Rock Me Amadeus(**) - Writing begins next month
Cove of the Dead(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
Broken Trust(***) - Writing begins next month
Fire at Dawn - First Draft Screenplay
Cathedral - First Draft Screenplay
Planet Earth(***) - Writing begins next month
Help Me My Watch Stopped - First Draft Screenplay
Graveyard Shift 3 - First Draft Screenplay


Pre-Production:
Revolution(Action Adventure)
Hindenburg(Drama)
Burnin' Rubber(Comedy)


Production:


Post-Production:
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy)
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(Traditional Animation)


Awaiting Release:
Cleopatra's Ghost(Horror) - October 2008
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - January 2009
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller) - March 2009
Free Passage(Action Adventure) - June 2009


We end the month with 2,396,869,000 in cash.

[Its Vanilla]

December 2008:
Hindenburg has gone into Production.

Vesuvius is close to being the greatest script of all time.

Burnin' Rubber has gone into Production.

Gun is nearing completion.

Down at Any Cost still needs a lot of work.

Cove of the Dead goes back out.

Fire at Dawn also needs work.

Meryl Streep visits me and pitches an action adventure called Lights Out. It's about an evil billionaire who holds the countries power companies hostage. The script is awful, so I respectfully decline.

I purchase the rights to the novel, The Last Pharoah.

I purchase the rights to the screenplay Lies.


Scripts:
Vesuvius(****) - Writing begins next month
Gun(***) - Writing begins next month
Back by Midnight(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Down at Any Cost(***) - Writing begins next month
Rock Me Amadeus(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cove of the Dead(***) - Writing begins next month
Broken Trust(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Fire at Dawn - Writing begins next month
Cathedral - First Draft Screenplay
Planet Earth(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Help Me My Watch Stopped - First Draft Screenplay
Graveyard Shift 3 - First Draft Screenplay
The Last Pharoah - Writing begins next month
Lies - Writing begins next month


Pre-Production:
Revolution(Action Adventure)


Production:
Hindenburg(Drama)
Burnin' Rubber(Comedy)


Post-Production:
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy)
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(Traditional Animation)


Awaiting Release:
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - January 2009
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller) - March 2009
Free Passage(Action Adventure) - June 2009


We end the month with 2,290,424,000 in cash.

[Its Vanilla]

January 2009:
It's time for awards nominations. I spend $10 million promoting my movies.

Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence has been given a PG-13 rating and is Ready for Release. It scores a 98% with audiences. I decide on a July release.

Revolution has gone into Production.

I get word that some footage of Hindenburg was accidently destroyed. I allow $8 million for reshoots. The film goes into Post-Production.

Burnin' Rubber has gone into Post-Production.

Back by Midnight is ready to be cast. Exteriors will be shot on the Main Street, USA backlot and interiors will be done on Sound Stage 15 with significant set construction. I budget $20 million for physical costs.

Rock Me Amadeus needs a bit of a touchup.

Broken Trust is almost ready to go.

Cathedral is an allright first draft.

Planet Earth didn't make the progress that I'd hoped.

Help Me My Watch Stopped is awful.

Producer Robert Shaye retires.


Scripts:
Vesuvius(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Gun(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Down at Any Cost(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Rock Me Amadeus(****) - Writing begins next month
Cove of the Dead(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Broken Trust(****) - Writing begins next month
Fire at Dawn(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cathedral(**) - Writing begins next month
Planet Earth(***) - Writing begins next month
Help Me My Watch Stopped(*) - Writing begins next month
Graveyard Shift 3 - First Draft Screenplay
The Last Pharoah - First Draft Screenplay
Lies(****) - Screenplay Rewrite


Casting

Back by Midnight
Several life changing events happen as a man(Scott) tries to return his
rented movies before they are late.

Director: Spike Jonze(Spaceballs 2) - $1 million
Producer: Brett Poole(TV) - $300k

Actor: Seann William Scott(Poseidon Adventure) - $5.3 million

Actress: Amanda Peet(A Lot Like Love) - $4 million
Actress: Katie Holmes(Trailblazers) - $1.2 million
Actor: Christopher Walken(The Rundown) - $5.2 million
Actor: Bruce Campbell(The Butler May Have Done It) - $1 million



Pre-Production:
Back by Midnight(Comedy)


Production:
Revolution(Action Adventure)


Post-Production:
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(Traditional Animation)
Hindenburg(Drama)
Burnin' Rubber(Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
Prince and Stone(Suspense Thriller Comedy) - January 2009
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller) - March 2009
Free Passage(Action Adventure) - June 2009
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy) - July 2009


We end the month with 2,196,482,000 in cash.

[Its Vanilla]

Prince and Stone
Genre: Suspense Thriller Comedy
After a detective(Thurman) disappears, her hairdresser husband(Stiller)goes undercover to find her. He discovers an underground world of crime. The head of the organization(Walken) then sends an assassin(Alba) after him.


Theatres: 2,000
Print Cost: $4,000,000
TV Ads: $10,000,000
Print Ads: $2,500,000
Radio Ads: $5,000,000
Foreign P&A: $16,125,000
Foreign Ads: $16,125,000
Total P&A: $53,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $52,861,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Simon Franks(*****)
Director: Stephen Daldry(****)
Screenwriter: Jennifer Marvelle(**)

Starring Roles:
Ben Stiller(***)
Uma Thurman(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Christopher Walken(****)
Jessica Alba(****)


Production Budget: ****
Script to Film: *****
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(14.40%) - $43,409,000

Total Domestic Gross: $301,409,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(05.59%) - $22,309,000

Total Foreign Gross: $399,309,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $21,704,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $10,085,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $11,154,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $6,617,000

Total Studio Revenue: $49,560,000
Total Expenses: $106,611,000
Total Revenue: ($57,051,000)

-Prince and Stone becomes our first movie to lose money since To the Other Sea

[Its Vanilla]

February 2009:
We get the list of canidates for the Oscars.

Best Picture:
Coldwater Canyon

Best Director:
James Cameron - Ice Palace
Spike Jonze - Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money
Mike Figgis - I Was a Teen-Age Bagboy

Best Actor:
Kurt Russell - The Poseidon Adventure
Luke Wilson - Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money

Best Actress:
Rachel Weisz - Coldwater Canyon

Best Supporting Actor:
Seann William Scott - The Poseidon Adventure

Best Supporting Actress:
Liv Tyler - Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money
Hillary Swank - Coldwater Canyon

Best Original Screenplay:
Stephen McShane - The Poseidon Adventure

Best Screenplay Adaptation:
Larry March - Coldwater Canyon
Stephen McShane - The Butler May Have Done It

I spend $7 million promoting my movies.

Delays on the set of Revolution have put it behind schedule. I allow $2 million to get it finished.

Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest has been given a G rating and is Ready for Release. It scores a 93% with audiences. I decide on an August 2009 release.

Vesuvius is so close to being the script that I want it to be that it's maddening.

Gun didn't progress like I'd hoped.

Down at Any Cost is still having script problems.

Cove of the Dead goes back out.

Fire at Dawn has a great script with dreadful character development.

Graveyard Shift 3 is ready to be cast. I decide to shoot on the Main Street, USA backlot, doing interiors on sound stage 20 with average set construction. I allow $10 million for physical costs and $3 million for standard special effects.

Lies still needs a touchup.

Producer Don Carmody dies.


Scripts:
Vesuvius(****) - Writing begins next month
Gun(***) - Writing begins next month
Down at Any Cost(***) - Writing begins next month
Rock Me Amadeus(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Cove of the Dead(***) - Writing begins next month
Broken Trust(****) - Screenplay Rewrite
Fire at Dawn(****) - Writing begins next month
Cathedral(**) - Screenplay Rewrite
Planet Earth(***) - Screenplay Rewrite
Help Me My Watch Stopped(*) - Screenplay Rewrite
The Last Pharoah - First Draft Screenplay
Lies(****) - Writing begins next month


Casting

Graveyard Shift 3
Citizens must defend their town from an army of monsters from
the underworld.

Director: Jake Casden(Zero Effect) - $50k
Producer: Florence Oliver(Coldwater Canyon) - $50k

Actor: Tom Welling(Cheaper by the Dozen) - $200k

Actor: Elias Koteas(Graveyard Shift 2) - $200k
Actor: David Boreanaz(Graveyard Shift 2) - $150k
Actress: Sara Foster(Graveyard Shift 2) - $50k



Pre-Production:
Back by Midnight(Comedy)
Graveyard Shift 3(Horror)


Production:
Revolution(Action Adventure)


Post-Production:
Hindenburg(Drama)
Burnin' Rubber(Comedy)


Awaiting Release:
No Fortune Cookie Fortune(Romantic Comedy) - February 2009
Power Grid(Suspense Thriller) - March 2009
Free Passage(Action Adventure) - June 2009
Party Quacka 2: Indecent Innocence(Action Adenture Comedy) - July 2009
Cosmo 2: Return to the Forest(Traditional Animation) - August 2009


We end the month with 2,168,576,000 in cash.

[Its Vanilla]

No Fortune Cookie Fortune
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Dinner for four takes an interesting turn once the saki kicks in.


Theatres: 1,800
Print Cost: $3,600,000
TV Ads: $8,500,000
Print Ads: $3,000,000
Radio Ads: $4,000,000
Foreign P&A: $14,325,000
Foreign Ads: $14,325,000
Total P&A: $47,750,000
Total Negative Cost: $45,454,000


Overall Performance:
*****
Producer: Tony Morgan(*****)
Director: Darren Aronofsky(*****)
Screenwriter: Eddie Moulden(*****)

Starring Roles:
Jude Law(****)
Kate Winslet(*****)

Supporting Roles:
Katie Holmes(****)
Ryan Phillipe(****)


Production Budget: ****
Script to Film: ****
Advertising: ***
Star Appeal: ***


Domestic Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(06.72%) - $20,159,000

Total Domestic Gross: $300,159,000


Foreign Box Office:
Wynsok Entertainment(02.70%) - $10,519,000

Total Foreign Gross: $389,519,000


Final Breakdown:
Domestic
Studio Rental Revenue: $10,079,000
Domestic Ancillaries: $8,668,000
Foreign
Studio Rental Revenue: $5,259,000
Foreign Ancillaries: $6,714,000

Total Studio Revenue: $30,720,000
Total Expenses: $93,204,000
Total Revenue: ($62,484,000)

-Our second consecutive flop.