~： Three hundred and eighteen - Universal's old tricks

Peter Jackson seemed to be in a state of excitement. After Nina called Jimmy, she asked for the address of the brokerage company, and couldn't wait to rush to the humble suburban building.

If this movie is to be made, it will take a long time to invest in capital and time, or if everything can be prepared smoothly.

Wayne remembers very clearly that many behind-the-scenes news broke out because of the fire of the movie in his previous life. The first person to collect the film and television copyright of "The Lord of the Rings" was actually the big fat Harvey Weinstein, but there were many unexpected situations, and finally the investment and distribution became New Line Pictures.

However, there have been reports of an interview with Harvey Weinstein in the media. He himself said that it was indeed because of being annoyed by Peter Jackson that New Zealanders were asked to find investment channels on their own.

No matter how many brilliant achievements New Line Cinema has created because of this series in the past life, it has nothing to do with each other now, and this will become the capital for Wayne to deepen his status and influence in Warner Bros.

If a director directs a work that has a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars in North America, even if the director is a novice, he will become famous because of it, and if he wants to invite him to direct another work of the same type, the price to be paid will be much higher.

Even in this era, if a director wants to direct another film of the same type, the remuneration will quickly rise from hundreds of thousands of dollars to more than a few million dollars, and it may even involve post-production sharing.

This is just the same type of work. If it is a sequel movie, the standard will become the director's money-making carnival.

So for the "Lord of the Rings" series, he plans to let Peter Jackson make all the preparations, even if the preparation time is lengthened, he directly signed a trilogy contract and gave all the trilogy to the set shot at one time. come out.

In this way, even if the movie explodes afterwards, at most, it will only give the other party some reward cash.

It is impossible for Wayne to provide the copyright to Warner Bros. for nothing, which will inevitably involve investment issues. As a film company boss, these are all things he thought about in advance.

Not only the director Peter Jackson, but all the actors involved in the project will be treated the same way. If he is unwilling to sign a trilogy contract in advance, he will not hesitate to choose a young actor.

In the two aspects of career planning, Wayne is very clear. After picking up the camera, he is a pure film director. His main job is to shoot good films and be responsible for the investment of the production company.

But after putting down the camera, he will immediately switch to the state of a producer and a film company owner, and strive to win more benefits for himself with the projects he invests in, even if the process is full of exploitation and oppression, which is the natural instinct of capitalists.

Such examples in this circle are not uncommon, such as Steven Spielberg, the good old man, George Lucas, and even Tom Hanks, who has always been simple and honest, and handsome and charming Tom Cruise. Owning their own film company and taking off the coat of superstars are actually a group of film businessmen.

"How is it? If you have any comments, you can directly put forward them."

Gilmour has been watching the script since the New Zealanders left, but he read it very slowly, or very carefully, thinking from the perspective of work while watching.

Time passed unknowingly for more than an hour, and it was not until after watching him read the entire script and take a sip of cold coffee that Wayne spoke.

"The ultimate in violent aesthetics!"

Gilmour closed his eyes and thought for a while, constantly simulating a picture in his mind, and subconsciously gave his own evaluation. "This is the ultimate romance in the eyes of men, and of course, this story is very unfriendly to fans other than men."

"What? Is it really that good?"

Before Wayne could speak, Naomi Watts looked astonished, looking at the Mexican director and asked in surprise. She had just read this story for a while, but she didn't feel the aesthetics at all.

In her opinion, there is nothing else in this story except Chi Luoluo's ugliness, countless swear words throughout the text, and **** violence that erupts when a word disagrees.

"Ms. Watts, this type of realism has always been a carnival for a certain group of male fans." Gilmour shrugged, glanced at Wayne, and explained patiently.

"That's what happened with The Falcon of Malta, and so is the story. But I believe that the audience for the film will be greatly improved with Mr. Greenberg's direction, and he's good at it, isn't he? And the Academy would love it. Full of the violent aesthetics of art."

Gilmour is actually very clear in his heart that no matter how good the film is, it will be difficult to break away from the category of R-rated gangster films, which makes the audience that is not large may become smaller.

As long as you think about it carefully, you will understand that this kind of typical realism type film must be aimed at academy awards, and its original intention is not for commercial interests. If the goal is more box office, why not make superheroes directly?

"You're right." Wayne nodded with a smile, and the other party could see through his intentions at a glance. "This type of film will be very regional, and it may be difficult to get overseas fans to buy it except for North America."

It is difficult to lose money for this movie. He has long had an idea in his heart. Through his continuous success over the years, he has gradually gained a "brand effect" recognized by fans. These basic plans can guarantee that this kind of investment can be shot blindfolded. The investment will definitely pay off.

But at the same time, this film wants to be the same as before, it is as difficult to make big money, his first purpose is to be the little golden man after all.

"Do you need me to help you draw a storyboard?" Gilmour felt a burst of excitement when he thought of the first Hollywood project he participated in, which was to hit the highest academic award. Wayne shook his head. "After a while, don't worry now, you can still spend a vacation with peace of mind. After the project is officially launched, it will become very busy."

As the script is basically not changed, it is still a long time before filming starts, and he cannot guarantee that he will suddenly add some other elements on a whim.

He has seen a total of four versions of this story, the original Hong Kong version, the book version, the stick version and the North American version.

If it is for the white moonlight of Zeng Jing in his heart, it must be the most poetic version of Xiangjiang, and the stick version is actually good, but unfortunately this is North America, and the purpose of the film is destined to have no other choice.

"holyshirt..."

The two women who were reading newspapers and magazines on the side were chatting and whispering, but Naomi Watts suddenly exclaimed, with an incredible expression on her face, and even Nina looked playful.

The assistant lady pursed her lips, stood up and handed over a newspaper. "Boss, something interesting is coming!"

"what?"

Wayne took the newspaper and saw the huge headline on it at first glance. 'Persons seeking notice: Three female college students from Princeton University have lost contact with their friends and family for two weeks because of their search for witches' secrets. Please pay attention to those around you...'

Seeing this, he was also amused. "It's really interesting. Universal Pictures really does not miss any successful experience. This is to completely replicate that marketing plan."

As long as he sees this thing, he can be sure that this "Witch 2", which was shot by the original director, is estimated to be very close to the release time.

There is nothing wrong with Universal Pictures doing this. The essence of Hollywood is to copy success, sum up all the elements of success, and continue to copy it like an assembly line.

But the result is not necessarily what they want to see. The interval between the release of the first film is too short. In such a short period of time, it is impossible for fans to forget the anger of being deceived at the beginning. Wayne is very optimistic about this time. marketing plan.

Even if "Ghost Records" did copy a copy of "Blair Witch" later, and once again made a lot of profits through viral marketing, it was done after a gap of several years, after the public had forgotten the feeling of being deceived.

This inconspicuous report is just the beginning, and at the same time, there are also executives of Universal Pictures who are also watching this newspaper.

They spent tens of millions of dollars to buy all the copyrights of this "Blair Witch" They have spent tens of millions of dollars in real money, and now they are counting on this film to be released smoothly and to achieve the expected effect and return blood to the company as soon as possible.

Relevant personnel from the distribution department of Universal Pictures, as well as the director of film and television production in charge of "Blair Witch 2", gathered in a conference room and were discussing the distribution of the film.

The people sitting in this conference room are all professionals in the circle, and they have all seen this film more than once.

Frankly speaking, this film is the same **** as the first film in terms of storyline, production techniques, shooting level and actors performance, and in their eyes it is simply useless.

If it weren't for the great success of the previous work, no one would want to believe that this kind of film would have a little commercial value.

But I bought it back together with this garbage, and there is a marketing plan with amazing value. In this marketing plan, the measures to be done at each step are specified in detail, as if it is teaching you how to make money.

The professionals in the conference room have a strange illusion after seeing it. This is the chef in the Michelin three-star restaurant who made a bowl of shit-like food.

"What do you guys think, it doesn't matter, just say it."

CEO Ron Mayer, sitting at the top of the conference table, looked at everyone and said.

"There is no need to discuss the quality of the film. Isn't this marketing plan what we value?" Film producer Clayt Singer looked around and pointed out the key points first.

"This marketing plan has proven its worth. I found out through that fat guy Harvey that this thing is indeed from Wayne Greenberg. I have to say that he is indeed a production genius!"

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