Chapter 636： Mel is dishonest

Cooperative development?

If you don't know the future prospects of "Twilight", it is certainly good to cooperate in development in order to reduce risks, but you know the success of the project and license it to others.

Of course Lehman refused, shook his head and said no.

Jon Feilermei is depressed.

Of course, the other person was also very depressed.

That's Stephen Meyer, the original author of the novel.

After the sales of the novel became higher and higher, she felt more and more that she had sold the copyright of the film and television adaptation at a loss.

She learned from a friend in the industry who is familiar with Hollywood that if she waited until now, it would start at 10 million yuan at least. With a slight increase in price, it would not be difficult to sell a copyright for 145 million yuan.

In this way, Stephen was as uncomfortable as eating a fly. Not only did he lose a lot of dollars, not to mention that he also agreed to give priority to the transfer of subsequent copyrights, that is, he would suffer in the future.

After all, she didn't expect that the novels she wrote would sell so well. Now that it's so popular, she naturally can't finish it at will, so she has to write a few more novels anyway.

So, when those studios came to her, she didn't hide anything at all. She also informed these potential buyers of the contract details signed, and expressed her willingness to cooperate with the firefly to get the film and television copyright back.

But how could this guy know the minds of those buyers in the studio?

In their opinion, how much the copyright of the novel is sold is the result of their respective negotiations. Just because they follow the trend, they break the contract and regret it. If you can be against Firefly, why can't you be against others?

Everyone's brains are not ill, so you can help you to pressure and offend people, not to mention that the movie hasn't been shot yet, so maybe it won't make a box office.

Even the most thoughtful Lionsgate took the initiative to negotiate the transfer, rather than pressure.

And when Jon Feilermei was rejected, he also informed Lehmann about Stephanie Mayer's little move.

In his opinion, the film industry has its own rules for the film industry, how can outsiders be blind.

It can only be said that the circle is not only a hindrance, but also easy to cultivate a sense of identity.

After listening, Lyman frowned.

He knew that Stephanie Meyer was unwilling, and he didn't think he was wrong. Developing a movie and writing a novel are two different things. Firefly also bought the copyright according to regular procedures, and it was not a forced sale. Just turn around.

Moreover, Lehman will never give up the initiative.

However, if the original author does not cooperate, it will be a little troublesome.

Of course, there are some disgusting methods Ryman doesn't want to use, otherwise Stephen Mayer might be glad that the filmmaker who bought his copyright is decent.

Let's take a slightly disgusting example.

In the past, Marvel Comics fell into bankruptcy several times. In order to survive the crisis, they sold a lot of character copyrights.

In 1980, "Fantastic Four" was bought by Germany's Konstantin Pictures.

According to the agreement, if Constantine has no intention of shooting a work within 12 years, Marvel has the right to unconditionally withdraw the copyright for sale.

In 1992, seeing that the copyright protection period had expired, Constantine still had no specific plan to develop "Fantastic Four" - such a large investment is not something that ordinary studios can do well, and there are still many market factors. Plus the special effects shots were expensive at the time.

For various reasons, Constantine's executives unanimously decided not to put it on the big screen, but they also didn't want to see themselves spending money, and as a result, the copyright went back after 12 years.

So, they came up with a stunt to break the game.

That is to start the project immediately, and hired B-movie director Oli Sassoon from Hollywood to direct.

Everything in this project seemed so rushed and rough. The actors were quickly selected and filmed quickly. It only took 25 days, together with production and post-production, and the first "Fantastic Four" was freshly released.

Then, Constantine completed the agreement with this bad drama and continued to hold the copyright of "Fantastic Four".

This makes Marvel annoyed. Although they are forced to sell copyrights, they are not for the sake of spoiling them.

Then, the comic book about "Fantastic Four" is no longer updated, and this series was directly cut off by Marvel.

Between the two, it is a typical time to hurt each other and disgust each other.

In fact, this kind of method is quite inconsistent with the general principles of Hollywood. Here, even if the two studios are fighting endlessly, smearing each other for the sake of schedule and interests, but in essence, they will not waste film and television projects casually, even if it is low-cost, then There are also low-cost ways to shoot without doing it on purpose.

Moreover, as long as it is profitable, there is the possibility of continuing cooperation, and everyone is not saying that they will definitely turn their faces.

So, while this method is effective, as long as Lyman pretends to do it, Stephen Mayer is definitely more worried than Firefly about the negative impact of the film's failure on her novel - the film adaptation sucks, really will make book lovers abandon books.

Not to mention the bad filming on purpose. Believe it or not, when you choose a few strange-looking actors to play the roles, you will be able to disgust a lot of people to scold the author - "Fantastic Four" is too bad, and the most scolded It's Marvel, because who's calling you the copyright you're selling.

In the same way, when "Twilight" was filmed badly, the public generally blamed the original author, Stephen Mayer, and few people blamed the studio. This reason must be well understood.

Even if an author like Stephane seldom participates in the filming of her own novels at all—a non-professional, she knows how to film a fart, but it does not prevent her from being a scapegoat.

But Lehmann doesn't like this kind of detrimental behavior.

He is essentially a director, making films, in pursuit of fame, influence, and a passion that comes from the heart.

As for making money, it's just to ensure that your movies can be produced better.

After all, if you really want to make a lot of money, go to the stock market now and hug Apple's thigh, and you can make a fortune next year, and the dividends from the stock market may be enough for Lehmann to be a luxury apartment for the rest of his life.

However, this book is about movies, movies, and movies, and it is not a cool article to make money. If you want to hug your thighs, it is better to re-open an urban shopping mall novel.

After all, how big is the eloquence of the whole movie, can it catch up with the Internet of the times?

However, Jon Feilmei’s words also reminded Lyman that Stephanie Meier was already very dissatisfied and really pushed her to rush. The follow-up copyrights will no longer be sold, and it is also a deal with the preemptive purchase agreement. Powerful method.

Of course, this method has the meaning of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred, but there are people who do it if they are not able to protect themselves.

Isn't Marvel's cutting off the comics influence of "Fantastic Four" from the source, which is also harming its own interests?

Lehmann thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Mr. Flemish, if it's a collaboration, why can't Firefly fund Lionsgate to assist in the distribution?"

"Do you really have a shooting plan?" Jon Feilermei was surprised.

He wanted to win the copyright of "Twilight" and other series for the future layout, and there was still a lot of uncertainty. He didn't expect Firefly to have the idea of ​​making it so soon.

"Of course, you also know that the distribution resources of Blue Butterfly Pictures are not sufficient. If you want to tap the influence of "Twilight" a little more, you will be unable to do your best. However, let's talk about the auxiliary distribution, anyway, we already have Similar cooperation is nothing more than the allocation of investment resources and interests, and now, I want to talk about another thing first."

"What is it?"

Lehman looked at Jon Feilemae, "This requires the cooperation of Lionsgate. Because Stephanie only wrote the second book, and according to her meaning, there must be novels published in the future, but I only won " "Twilight", "Crescent Moon" adaptation copyright."

Jon Feilmei raised his brows and persuaded: "You want to get the adaptation rights of the entire series? Is this necessary? Make a movie first, and then she will write it slowly. If it succeeds, she will naturally continue to negotiate, in case it fails. , the second project doesn't need to be filmed, just discard it."

"No, I don't want to give her a chance to speak up." Lyman was a little angry.

Jon Feilermei shook his head, "No matter how much you increase the copyright fee, it won't be too high. If it's worth it, just give it to her. It won't do her any good if she holds it in her hand and doesn't put it on the big screen."

Lyman was amused.

If you don't know what kind of character Stephanie is, this method is the most common adaptation.

But the problem is, she is a person who is not easy to be satisfied. In the original time and space, Lionsgate and Stephen have had many conflicts, almost to Bo Court, then you would not say that.

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