Dua Hari Syuting, Tiga Aktor Ini Dibayar US$13 Juta per Orang
These Actors Paid US$13M Each for Two Days Work
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
MEDIA online, PageSix melaporkan, Brad Pitt, 50 tahun, meraih honor luar biasa besar, US$13 juta, honor untuk syuting dua hari di New York, AS, untuk tampil di film pendek yang dibiayai bos judi James Packer, untuk mempromosikan kasino terbarunya, Studio City di Makao.
Tampil pula aktor Leonardo DiCaprio dan aktor gaek Robert De Niro, yang meraih honor serupa untuk film promosi yang disutradarai oleh Martin Scorsese.
Packer membangun kasino barunya menggandeng Lawrence Ho yang mengembangkan tema 'sinematik', menurut pemilik Melco Crown Entertainement, dan biaya pembangunannya menelan biaya US$2,3 miliar, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Seorang sumber mengatakan kepada situs berita tersebut bahwa total anggaran untuk film pendek, yang ditulis oleh kreator film serial tivi, Boardwalk Empire, Terence Winter mencapai US$70 juta.
Sutradara Martin Scorsese, yang mengarahkan De Niro di film GoodFellas dan Casino, membuat film mini untuk Packer dan Brett Ratner dengan mengusung bendera usaha baru, Ratpac Entertainment. Sutradara Ridley Scott juga terlibat. Film ini akan mulai tayang pada 2015 ketika kasino resmi dibuka.
Meskipun juru bicara Melco Crown mengatakan, 'Laporan keuangan yang Anda bicarakan itu salah dan belum pernah diungkapkan kepada publik," untuk menanggapi honor besar kepada aktor dengan honor terbesar.
PAGESIX reported Brad Pitt, 50-year-old movie star had plenty of incentive for the two day gig that took place in New York City: a gigantic paycheck that totaled $13m, to appear in a short film for James Packer's splashy new Studio City casino in Macau.
Also joining the Moneyball hunk were Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, who pocketed the same amount of money for the slick promotional movie directed by Martin Scorsese.
Packer is collaborating with Lawrence Ho on the new venue which will have a 'cinematic' theme, according to owner Melco Crown Entertainement, and will cost a reported $2.3b.
A source told the site the total budget for the short film, which was written by Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter, was $70m.
Scorsese, who has directed De Niro in GoodFellas and Casino, is making the mini movie for Packer and Brett Ratner under their new Hollywood banner RatPac Entertainment. Ridley Scott's RSA is also involved. The movie will debut in 2015 when the casino opens.
Though a Melco Crown spokesperson has said, 'The financial figures you have provided us with are wrong and have not been publicly disclosed,' reps have not yet commented on the bloated paychecks for the three A-list stars.
