Chapter 548： Bao brother's suggestion

Regardless of whether the movie is bad or not, "Dungeon Siege" has achieved commercial success, and Uvi-Bauer has also become famous. In the context of the failure of "Tomb Raider 2", some people even began to call him a Hollywood game adaptation. The chief director of the movie type.

If you can successfully shoot a few more, this title will naturally be solid.

"This "Vampire Lane" will not be completed until the end of next year at the earliest."

In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Uvi-Bauer does not seem to have changed anything from before. He is still a good director who works hard to make movies: "Ronan, if it is released, it is estimated that it will be 2005."

Ronan nodded and said, "It doesn't matter, you sink your heart and prepare patiently."

Uvi Bauer opened his mouth and smiled: "I have started writing scripts with the screenwriter of Shahai Entertainment, and I am going to make some major changes to the game."

He said in detail: "I am going to replace the background of the story on the eve of World War II in the original game with the ghostly 18th century, and the time of the narrative is going back two hundred years. The heroine Ryan's opponent has also changed from a supernatural creature cultivated in Germany A vampire with strong mana can make the film’s myths and legends richer and more charming and vivid."

Ronan simply read the game information of "Vampire Lane", and he didn't know much about it at all. He said directly: "You are a director and producer, make up your mind."

"Okay!" Uvi-Bao nodded seriously: "In three months, I will give you a rigorous script."

"Yes." Ronan replied.

Uvi-Bauer suddenly suggested: "Ronan, should Relativity Entertainment strengthen its efforts in adapting games to movies?"

Ronan raised his head and looked at Uvi Bauer suspiciously.

"There are many excellent games that have the potential to be adapted into movies." Uvi-Bauer started from the perspective of relativistic entertainment: "I am alone, it is impossible to complete these projects..."

Ronan heard it. Although he was full of doubts about game movies, he knew Uvi Bauer was out of good intentions.

Uvi-Bauer's angle is completely different from his.

Perhaps in the eyes of Uvi-Bauer, the two film adaptations directed by the game were successful without much effort. It is still a model of Xiaoboda, as the Relativity Entertainment Group who has a good understanding of him, why not invest more money and Power, get more income?

But Ronan knows very well that "House of Death" and "Dungeon Siege" are not movie triumphs. There is currently only one Uvi Bauer in Hollywood, and there is no room for the second one.

Uvi-Bauer has a special liking for film adaptations of games, and said: "Since the birth of computers, computer games have gradually matured, become rich, vivid, and colorful. I think the relationship between computers and movies has been from the beginning. They are closely linked together. With the help of computer special effects, the pictures of movies are more exquisite. Many shots that have never been imagined before can also be realized through computer special effects."

Obviously, Uvi Bauer has done a lot of work before.

This is where Ronan admires Uvi Bauer most. Regardless of his talent and abilities, his attitude is impeccable.

He could hear that Brother Bao was indeed considering entertainment for the theory of relativity.

Uvi-Bauer said at this time: "In my opinion, computer games are in line with the playful nature of the human spirit to some extent, making people willing to abandon the real life in front of them and enter the world of games to experience another. A life. When a certain game has a large number of fans, it means that this movie adapted from the game has a large audience in advance, thus laying a certain foundation for the box office."

He looked at Ronan and said with a smile: "Because those game fans are very willing to see what virtual characters in their favorite games look like when they are played by real people. With the further development of computer stunts and the prosperity of the game industry, Movie adaptation from games is bound to be one of the future development paths of movies."

Ronan nodded slightly. Perhaps Uvi-Bauer’s words were not wrong. Film adaptations have always been easier to succeed, but the number of works available for adaptation is declining, and games will increasingly enter the attention of film makers. It may be that for a long period of time, countless game-adapted movie projects must go through the stage of paying tuition, but who can guarantee that one day game-adapted movies will not become the mainstream of business?

In the 1970s and 1980s, who ever thought that comic superhero movies would become the mainstream of business in the future?

Ronan knows very well that his thoughts have been influenced by his past experience, which has given him huge development capital and assistance, and may also confine some aspects of his ideas.

In the past, there were very few successful game-adapted movies, and more than 90% of the game-adapted movies ended in a painful rush.

But not all.

Ronan slowly said, "Uvi, thank you for your suggestion. I will let people buy some game-adapted film rights and wait for the right time."

Uvi-Bauer smiled and said, "I can help you."

Ronan smiled: "Very helpful."

Nowadays, the cost of copyrights for many game adaptations is not high, allowing Robert Lee to collect some of the copyrights and use it as a reserve of copyright for future film adaptations of Shahai Entertainment.

Some game copyrights may become feelings in the future.

After Uvi Bauer left, Ronan called Robert Lee, and Robert Lee quickly came to his office.

"It's also a consideration." Robert Lee agreed with Uvi Bauer's opinion: "It doesn't hurt to prepare more adaptation copyrights, and compared to popular or comics, the licensing fees for games are much lower."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "Let's let Shahai Entertainment reserve the box office proceeds of "Dungeon Siege" to you separately. All of this money will be used for you to buy the copyright of the game adaptation, and buy as many as you can. Meaning of the copyright of the game."

Robert Lee nodded: "Ok, no problem." He asked again, "Are there any specific goals?"

Ronan couldn't answer because he knew too little about the game, so he simply said: "You can find Uvi-Bauer and other people who know about the game to filter it out. You decide on the specific list."

Robert Lee roughly guessed that Ronan didn't understand computer games, and said, "I understand."

Ronan suddenly thought of something: "By the way, how about Tom Hanks's Pretone Company?"

"Called me several times." Robert Lee said simply: "Tom Hanks's partner Gary Gossman at Pretone Pictures met me once, and they have no clear attitude yet."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "Wait until mid-December, if Tom Hanks and Pretone Pictures have not made a clear statement, don't worry about them."

He cannot wait indefinitely.

Pretone Pictures was co-founded by Tom Hanks and the famous Hollywood producer Gary Gosman. They filmed and participated in the shooting of many films, including the successful "Brothers" and "My Grand Greek Wedding.

At this moment, in the conference room of Pretone Pictures, a three-person meeting is going on.

"Tom, Gary, we can give up." Rita Wilson expressed her attitude: "I really like "Mamma Mia", and thought about adapting it into a movie, but this is just a personal hobby and should not be mixed. In the normal operation of the company, you don’t need to think about me."

Gary Gosman touched his gray hair and said, "Rita, don't worry, Tom and I are totally thinking about it from a business perspective."

Tom Hanks smiled with a simple and honest smile: "My dear, we choose whatever is good for the company."

Rita Wilson nodded slightly: "Well then, I will listen to you."

Tom Hanks looked at Gary Gossman, and Gary Gossman said directly: "I recently asked someone to learn about Ronan Anderson and the Relativity Entertainment he founded. Ronan Anderson is choosing a movie project. He has a unique vision and is much better than me. I personally feel that he and Jerry Bruckheimer belong to the same level in Hollywood, and then the other producers."

"This person is great." Tom Hanks agreed.

Gary Gossman continued: "From entering Hollywood to the present, Ronan Anderson has only one film project that has truly failed. His first film almost caused Shahai Entertainment to go bankrupt at the time, but he survived. come."

Tom Hanks took over: "In other words, Ronan Anderson's projects have a frightening success rate."

Gary Gossman gave a wry smile: "It's true." He sighed: "Mamma Mia is very likely to be a success. He said that it can match "Chicago", maybe it is true."

Tom Hanks said: "In other words, investing in "Mamma Mia" is feasible."

Gary Gossman added: "This kind of musical, if you don't invite big stars, you can get around 30 million US dollars. We invested more than 10 million US dollars in exchange for half of the investment in "The Da Vinci Code", which is very cost-effective."

He glanced at the report in his hand: "I have made a budget. "The Da Vinci Code" wants to be successfully adapted. The production budget may be more than 120 million US dollars. If it can be exchanged for 15 million US dollars for Relativity Entertainment 60 million. US dollar investment will greatly ease our financing pressure."

Rita Wilson reminded: “Relativity Entertainment also has the right to distribute ~ www.novelhall.com~ we do not have the ability to distribute.” Gary Gossman said: “The film produced must be handed over to other companies for distribution, Embassy Pictures I have used more than 20 films to prove their distribution capabilities. I think there is not much difference between handing over to them and handing over to the big six companies, and the distribution commission charged by the big six companies is slightly higher."

Tom Hanks tapped slowly on the desk.

"Steven's side..." Rita Wilson still had doubts.

Gary Gossman said: "This is just doing business. Steven is also the owner of the film company. He understands this."

Are there funds that can solve the project budget problem? Don't you choose the issue with a relatively low commission, instead of choosing the issue with a high commission?

Tom Hanks slowly nodded: "Gary, you are responsible for talking to the relativity entertainment."

He doesn't come out personally on this matter, and old friends can have an answer when asked.