Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion Chapter 517 - 409: Cocktail Party4

David Ellison said that Brad Pitt just took out a script and asked Kavanaugh to assess its investnt value.

The script is called "Moneyball," adapted from Michael Lewis's "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Ga."

It tells the story of Oakland Athletics' general manager Billy Beane, who, through unique managent thods, broke all the conventions and successfully built a baseball team with formidable fighting spirit.

This is a sports movie. In '09, there was a sports-thed movie "The Blind Side" that grossed over $250 million on a budget of more than $30 million, and the lead actress Sandra Bullock won the Academy Award for Best Actress with her performance in the film.

"The Blind Side" was critically acclaid and a box office hit, which led to a flood of sports movies in the next two years.

These include "The Fighter," "Warrior," "Soul Surfer," "Real Steel," and even "Black Swan" could be counted as one.

"Moneyball" is also an inspirational film, and Brad Pitt found Ryan Kavanaugh to pull in investnt.

Kavanaugh imdiately had his people set up a big data model to assess the investnt value of the film.

When he learned that the film's production cost was over $50 million, Kavanaugh said that although the film had the potential to win so awards, it would not perform well at the box office, might make a loss, and such projects did not et the investnt standards of Relativity dia.

"Link, this script is good, and Brad Pitt has a decent box office draw. I think we could give it a try. Wanna join?"

David Ellison said.

Link thought it over. He had also seen the movie "Moneyball," which was of good quality, had been nominated for Oscars, and he seed to rember that its box office had exceeded $100 million.

It seed like a nice project.

But the production cost of $50 million was too high; Lionsgate Films and Palm Beach Films couldn't afford it.

"How would I know if the movie is good if I haven't seen the script?"

"I'll go get the script."

David Ellison got up to leave and soon returned with the script and Brad Pitt.

"Hi, Link!"

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie approached together.

The man was dapper in a suit, ruggedly handso. The woman in a flowing red dress, her figure enchanting, both were one of Hollywood's highest-profile couples.

However, marriages in the entertainnt industry often fail to last, and recently there was continuous news about problems in their relationship.

Link stood up to chat with both of them.

"Link, I hear you're going to invest in this movie?"

Ryan Kavanaugh followed up with a question.

"I'm considering it. Brad is one of my favorite actors, and I want to work with him. But right now, the company's production schedule is full, and there's not much funding left for production. Whether to invest in this movie will depend on seeing the investnt amount first and then making a decision," Link said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Link, this is definitely a film project worth investing in."

Brad Pitt, holding a wine glass, said with a smile, and explained he had already pulled in $20 million from producer Scott Rudin's company and was putting his own fees into the project in exchange for 10% of the North Arican box office after release. There was a remaining investnt gap of $25 million.

Learning that the renowned producer Scott Rudin was part of the movie project, David Ellison no longer hesitated and stated on the spot that Skydance dia could invest $10 million.

Ryan Kavanaugh said the production cost was still too high, and if it could be kept below $35 million, he would definitely invest.

Brad Pitt ntioned that the original production cost was $80 million and had already been cut several tis; $50 million was the lowest it could go without affecting the quality of the film.

"Link, what do you think?"

Angelina Jolie, with her lips pursed in fiery red, leaned toward him with a smile.

Link flipped through the script but didn't make any imdiate commitnt, saying he needed to take it back to the company for the production departnt to study before replying.

While they were discussing the film investnt, people from the deck surged forward, and more people ca up to greet Link.

Link had to keep up his spirits to deal with them and once again broke out in a sweat.