bThe Day After Tomorrowb

[Agent Pat (Agentpat)]

In Daily Variety, 5/5/02 <BR>It's a big 'Day' at Fox <BR>Studio looks to make $125 mil apocalyptic pic <BR>By MICHAEL FLEMING <BR> <BR>Twentieth Century Fox has won an auction for "The Day After Tomorrow," the Roland Emmerich-directed disaster extravaganza about global warming that creates hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes and the onset of the next ice age, penned by Emmerich and Jeffrey Nachmanoff. <BR> <BR>CAA took the script to the marketplace on Wednesday, and Fox had sewn up a deal by Friday, even as Universal, Paramount, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks circled what promises to be a summer 2003 tentpole. <BR> <BR>Fox enjoyed incumbent position because producer Mark Gordon located his first-look deal there last year, and the studio did such a bang-up job in helping to propel Emmerich's "Independence Day" to worldwide grosses of over $900 million. <BR> <BR>Back in 1995, Fox won "ID4" by guaranteeing a fast greenlight for a film that hoped to dominate the following summer. This sale was a carbon copy, except for costs. <BR> <BR>Fox has agreed to put "The Day After Tomorrow" in pre-production immediately for a fall start. But the costs of cinematically destroying the world has certainly changed in seven years. In the case of "ID4," Fox agreed to a $40 million below-the-line budget and paid partners Emmerich and writer-producer Dean Devlin $7.5 million. <BR> <BR>Budget: $125 mil <BR> <BR>According to sources familiar with the spec package presented to studios last week, the projected budget of "The Day After Tomorrow" was $125 million, with Emmerich to get $10 million against 10% of the gross. Despite that, studio execs who were monitoring the tracking numbers on "Spider-Man" were bullish about the event potential of the spec and lined up to make a deal. <BR> <BR>Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Tom Rothman, who made the deal with partner Jim Gianopulos, denied Fox had committed to a budget quite that high and said that the property's appeal stems in part from the fact that the majority of the budget will be visible onscreen in the myriad natural disasters depicted in the cautionary spectacle. <BR> <BR>"It might reach $100 million, but the reason it won't hit that higher number is that the star is Roland and what he puts on the screen," Rothman said. "There's no need for star casting, and that was one of a number of appealing factors which made so many studios want it. This ain't a sequel, it ain't a remake, and while there are plenty of those being made, we feel audiences are going to want new experiences. It was a terrific script that's ready to go right away. It's a big idea with an excellent producer and a filmmaker who does this kind of movie par excellence." <BR> <BR>Early action prompted <BR> <BR>Producer Gordon, who has been involved in his share of hits like "Speed" and "Saving Private Ryan," said he'd never had a script generate this much action so early on. He became involved after Emmerich wrote a first draft and showed it to Gordon, who was a producer on the Emmerich-directed "The Patriot." <BR> <BR>With Nachmanoff, they did several other drafts before CAA put it on the market with a ticking clock similar to the one CAA used to auction "Hawaii Five-O," which now appears headed for Intermedia days after that producer bought remake rights to "Billy Jack." <BR> <BR>"I've never seen anything like this," Gordon said. "In the case of both 'Speed' and 'Saving Private Ryan,' the deals were done under the radar and it wasn't until much later that people paid attention." <BR> <BR>While Gordon's been on the lot for only about six months, he has already become one of the studio's most industrious producers, with three films in pre-production that all have event potential. Besides Emmerich's film, Gordon's is producing "Tripoli," which will be a "Gladiator" reteam of Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe, and "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," the Sean Connery starrer Rothman said is a contender for what may shape up as Fox's most ambitious summer season in 2003. <BR> <BR>Big summer looms <BR> <BR>"We are planning for a big summer, with several big event pictures on the boards," Rothman said. <BR> <BR>A sequel to the Marvel Comics franchise "X-Men" has been set for the "Spider-Man" slot, May 2, 2003. Aside from "The Day After Tomorrow," Fox also expects its summer to include either "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" or the Peter Weir-directed Crowe-starrer "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the Earth." Fox also has "Tripoli" and the Steven Soderbergh-directed George Clooney-starrer "Solaris" coming in similar proximity.

[Supercalifungilisticexpialidocious (F_U_N_G_U_S)]

They forgot that Hulk is slated for early June, and will probably outdue X2.

[Will Finch (Shetan)]

Cool! Thanks A.P. for posting that! Those paychecks are better than winning Survivor.(patiently waiting) Fox will have a BIG hit with The Day After Tomorrow,especially with Roland directing and writing. I'll be an extra! With experience! I've been in Hurricanes, tornadoes (close calls, one went right over our barn one day, missed by the grace of God, and slammed into a subdivision less than 1/2 mile away) minor floods, and earthquakes. I've never seen an ice age and hope I never will. Save the trees! I'm no star and Russel Crowe should have a star performance in Tripoli!

[Agent Pat (Agentpat)]

Wouldn't it be funny if the inspiration to make this film came from all the hurricanes and bad weather they had to endure while filming The Patriot? LOL!!!

[Will Finch (Shetan)]

It sure would, and wouldn't surprise me. We had some weird weather around that filming time. A hurricane skirted up the coast one day (Floyd, which was weird in itself, as thats my first name) and even had a lunar eclipse another day during the filming in the swamp. I even had my own little tornado one day filming (FOK, as I've heard before) I know Roland knows, but I'm not really sure if Dean was there. I'll tell you about it sometime other than here Heehee.

[Will Finch (Shetan)]

Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. Fungus, you talented nut! <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">

[Tina (Trina)]

Wow, more cool news... but sounds like a story without happy end, doesn't it?

[Supercalifungilisticexpialidocious (F_U_N_G_U_S)]

Depends... they could have all the natural disasters unnaturally zoom in on the main IRS headquarters at the end... >;Þ

[F13 (F13)]

What will they call the sequel though? <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">

[Tina (Trina)]

Fungus, I don't really get that... what is IRS? <BR> <BR>Wayne, that sounds kind of easy, lol... what about The Day After The Day After Tomorrow... okay, bad joke. ;-)

[Stefan (Auric)]

lol!! A new holiday for the world: The After Tomorrow Day... :o) <BR> <BR>I remember an album of R.E.M. saying "The I.R.S. Years Vintage 1987"... the album contains "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"... conincidence? ;) <BR> <BR>So what's IRS? I only know IRC... ;)

[F13 (F13)]

That's what I was thinking as a title too Tina, but I was wondering if the sequel would actually have a cast. <BR> <BR>Auric, I'm sure someone else will elaborate, but I think the IRS is the tax system in America, and hence not too popular

[Supercalifungilisticexpialidocious (F_U_N_G_U_S)]

IRS: Internal Revenue Service <BR> <BR>It's where all your taxes go, and they can audit you at any time.

[Stefan (Auric)]

lol, Wayne, about the cast... <BR> <BR>ah... IRS... hmm... IRS... REM... TDAT... <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">

[Will Finch (Shetan)]

Well, I pay a hefty sum of taxes, at least it seems that way to me, and who doesn't think the same? Income taxes were first created as a "temporary" war measure way back when. What the hell happened to the "temporary" I don't know, but the way I see it, the more I'm required to pay, the more I've made myself, which is the bottom line, and if you've busted your arse and made more, be it in overtime on your job or getting extra work in commercials or movies or whatever, then it actually enables you to do more for your family and/or business, thus helping the overall economy. If there's any left over after paying your bills and trying to exist, it doesn't hurt to donate something, anything, to worthwhile causes.

[Will Finch (Shetan)]

Oh yeah, and I've also been in molten metal explosions (none my fault) that were scarier than all the above, where it was raining down on us and you had to run out leaving your footprints to solidify. Why Mel never called me for We Were Soldiers is beyond me! I could have driven to Columbus!Bwahaha! Where's my agent when I need her? At least then I might have known.

[Supercalifungilisticexpialidocious (F_U_N_G_U_S)]

The problem with taxes is, only maybe 15% goes to anything worthwhile. If we actually got to decide what our tax money gets used on, it wouldn't be so bad. I don't seem to recall okaying 300,000+ dollars to allow the government to measure cow methane...

[Will Finch (Shetan)]

Bwahahaha! As Dean once said, "It goes with the territory". Just be advised on who you vote for. We really are deciding, kinda "by proxy", ya know?

[Sheri Gordon (Sheri)]

Hey, could be worse....Canada pays someone $4000 month to shoo pigeons away from Parliament Hill. ;-) <BR> <BR>Gee, tell someone you're an Official Pigeon Shoo'er. <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">

[Supercalifungilisticexpialidocious (F_U_N_G_U_S)]

Sheri, the US government pays many times more than that, to fund research for 'robot birds' to scare away the pigeons :]

[Sheri Gordon (Sheri)]

Now there's a potential movie plot. <BR> <BR>When Robot Birds go bad. Matrix, Part III. ;-)

[Supercalifungilisticexpialidocious (F_U_N_G_U_S)]

That's when we call out the rednecks :] <BR> <BR>just give 'em some beer and they'll shoot down all the robot birds ya got <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">

[Sheri Gordon (Sheri)]

Well, hell, just hire them to git the pigeons in the first place. ;-)

[Supercalifungilisticexpialidocious (F_U_N_G_U_S)]

Well, public decency laws prevent them from being used as anything but a last resort, hence the robot research ;]

[Sheri Gordon (Sheri)]

ahhhhh beaurocracy. Gotta love it. NOT.

[Will Finch (Shetan)]

Squash? I mean SQUAB! Yum....I've never had them, but I'm sure they're as good as that Eight Legged Freak leg Sheriff Sam was g-nawing on!<IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">

[Agent Pat (Agentpat)]

In Daily Variety, 6/26/02 <BR>'Rookie' star steps to the plate for Mouse, Fox <BR>By MICHAEL FLEMING <BR> <BR>Disney's baseball hit "The Rookie" has re-established Dennis Quaid's feature stock, and he's near deals for a pic doubleheader. He'll star in the Mike Figgis-directed Touchstone drama "Cold Creek Manor" and the Roland Emmerich-directed Fox film "The Day After Tomorrow." <BR> <BR>Quaid is negotiating to first return to the Disney fold for "Cold Creek Manor." He plays a father who relocates his family from a major city to the tranquility of a small town, only to be harassed by the former occupant of their idyllic farmhouse. Figgis and producing partner Annie Stewart are working with scribe Richard Jefferies to start production in August. <BR> <BR>When he completes that film, Quaid will star in "The Day After Tomorrow," the Mark Gordon-produced pic that Fox won in a furious spec auction in which the studio guaranteed a greenlight for a film projected to cost between $100 million and $125 million. Quaid's being tapped to play a climatologist who tries to figure out a way to save the world from abrupt global warming. He must get to his young son in New York, which is being taken over by a new ice age. <BR> <BR>Both films will be shot in Toronto.

[Will Finch (Shetan)]

Kewl! Thanks Pat! Je voudrais allez! <BR> <BR>Congratulations Fox. I have a very good feeling that will be a good investment.

[Kefla (Kefla)]

"Quaid's being tapped to play a climatologist who tries to figure out a way to save the world from abrupt global warming." <BR> <BR>Hmm. Does this remind anyone of another film - another hero who tries to figure out a way to save the world from a hole in the ozone layer? <BR> <BR>LOL. <IMG SRC="http://www.electric-ent.com/bbs/clipart/happy.gif" ALT=":)">

[Sheri Gordon (Sheri)]

We'll leave that to Pat to step in on this one. *giggle*

[Agent Pat (Agentpat)]

I've been biting my tongue ever since I first read about the plot. ;o)

[Agent Pat (Agentpat)]

I guess Alaska was too far to lug the cameras... <BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.canada.com/search/site/story.asp?id=8C9DF03B-4819-436A-BCB7-6E1B15216211" TARGET="_top">canada.com</A> <BR> <BR>;o)

[Sheri Gordon (Sheri)]

Tsk! They want COLD and WINTER they gotta come to SASKATCHEWAN! ;-) <BR> <BR>hehehe <BR> <BR>I see filmmakers are realizing the value of the good ol' American dollar in Canada land though. ;)

[Bambi (Agentpat)]

From Sunday's Daily Variety, 9/8/02 <BR>Rossum scores dual roles <BR>Pics include Eastwood's 'Mystic,' Emmerich's 'Tomorrow' <BR>By CLAUDE BRODESSER <BR> <BR>HOLLYWOOD -- Emmy Rossum has inked back-to-back deals to topline in "Mystic River" and "Day After Tomorrow." <BR> <BR>In Warner Bros.' "Mystic," Rossum will play Sean Penn's daughter, whose murder reunites a group of estranged friends. Clint Eastwood is directing the script from Brian Helgeland. Pic stars Laurence Fishburn, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden and Laura Linney. Shooting will begin this month in Boston. <BR> <BR>Rossum will then segue to the Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid starrer "Day After Tomorrow," set up at Fox. Rossum will play the female lead in a tale that follows a group caught in the onset of the next ice age. <BR> <BR>"Tomorrow" is written and directed by Roland Emmerich and produced by Mark Gordon, lensing in Canada, New York and Los Angeles. <BR> <BR>Rossum was selected by Variety as one of "Ten Actresses to Watch" in 2000 for her perf in "Songcatcher." She recently completed filming the independent "Passionada" for director Dan Ireland and also has the indie urban musical "Nola" in the can, in which she plays the lead for helmer Alan Hruska and producers Jill Footlick and Rachel Peters. <BR> <BR>She is represented by CAA and Essential Talent Management. <BR> <BR>********&#42 ; <BR> <BR>Lensing begins in LA in October. Paul Bernard, who previously worked on "The Patriot" with Emmerich, will be on the crew as assistant director.