Ace Hollywood

"Daniel?"

Simon frowned at Boyle, "Which Daniel?\

,""Daniel Sandler!"

"What?"

Compared with Danny Boyle, Simon, as a producer, is more familiar with the situation in Hollywood, especially Daniel, who has been in the limelight recently. It can be said that he has wiped out the entire Hollywood from beginning to end. Of course, he also knows that Daniel personally What does it mean to call. Net↓Chenyuan Literature Network{]./ /CY .//↗↓

"He may have gotten the news of our new movie from somewhere and became interested, so he asked his agent to contact me."

"He said he was interested? Slumdog Millionaire?"

"Yes, I don't know where he saw the script from."

"It's not so easy for those big companies in Hollywood to hide the news." Simon smiled, "DD Films must have eyes and ears in their company to know about Warner Brothers' script. However, this is not the same as We're fine."

Simon said enthusiastically to Boyle, "Daniel is interested in this script, which is a big bargaining chip. Even if Warner can't get higher remuneration, at least the budget should be higher, million, which is too low."

Boyle asked hesitantly, "You mean still working with Warner Bros."

"Huh?" Simon was stunned, "You want to cooperate with DD Films? This is also a good idea. DD Films' films have never lost money before, but we and Warner Bros. have talked about the current level and changed our minds rashly." , may offend them."

The two discussed for a while, but decided to wait until they met Daniel.

...

Daniel returned to Los Angeles, not for Slumdog Millionaire, but it was a big surprise, and he asked Cusa to find out about the project first, and who else was involved besides Boyle.

After dealing with this unexpected "accident", Daniel and Kusa started talking about business.

"What did Fox say?"

"If you play the male lead, DD Films' investment ratio should not be higher than 20% and not lower than 100%."

"Is this their final plan? I mean. With James' approval?"

Rupert Murdoch personally instructed Fox Films Bill to contact Daniel,

Agree that DD Films is involved in James' new work plan, which is already in progress, but the casting part has not yet started-before then. James had to do a lot of pre-work on his own computer. This movie was not so much shot as it was made on the computer, except for James Cameron. There is no second director in Hollywood who is competent for this job. This is not because of talent or talent difference, but because there is no second person in Hollywood who has Cameron's technical vision and magnificent imagination.

This is also the reason why Daniel never made the idea of ​​making "Avatar" by himself. He can complete other films by recruiting talents, and even changing actors and directors is not impossible. But only this movie. James Cameron is a necessary factor. If Daniel can invite James, then DD Films can do it by itself. If not, then it can't do it!

Obviously, the ten-year cooperative relationship between James and Fox cannot be broken by Daniel. He doesn't even need to try to know how unrealistic it is to poach James.

So I have to settle for the next best thing and join it. Take a share. Even for this plan, it will take years and months of negotiations. It was not until two days ago that Fox heard the news of its willingness to cooperate.

But all the same. For Fox, James is also a necessary factor, so this cooperation must also be agreed by James.

"If James objected, it would be impossible for Fox to approach us."

Daniel thought about it and called James.

Unsurprisingly, he is busy at his own technology company. As soon as he picked up the phone, he knew what Daniel meant.

"Fox has already told you, right? To be honest, Daniel, I have long hoped to cooperate with you once, but I have never had the opportunity. I never thought that my wish would be fulfilled in "Avatar."

James is definitely not the kind of director who only focuses on movies. He is obviously very good at dealing with human accidents. This sentence clearly revealed that Fox's resignation was partly his push - because he "wanted to cooperate with Daniel for a long time", and then DD Films "joined "Avatar".

There is really no need for James to please Daniel and DD Films, but since DD Films has become an investor and Daniel himself will join as the leading actor, Daniel himself will inevitably have a lot of influence in this project, even though "Avatar" It belongs to the project that the director is in charge of, but there will still be many differences during the progress of the project. People who have the right to speak need to cooperate with each other, such as himself, Fox, Daniel, Jon Landau, etc. The more people support James , the more he can make the film according to his own ideas without being restricted by investors, this is a very important factor for him.

After finishing the pleasant conversation with James, Daniel relaxed his body and leaned on the sofa.

He let out a long breath.

"I can understand the profit prospect of participating in James' movies, but 20% doesn't seem that attractive."

Kusa was a little puzzled and asked with a smile.

According to his understanding, even if "Avatar" can make a profit of 100 million, DD can only get 100 million - this figure has already exceeded the box office of "High School Musical". And what is the concept of a profit of 100 million? The box office profit is the part that the producers and distributors get minus the cost, which is Fox’s so-called 100 million, so this part needs to be as high as 0 billion, squeezing out Fox’s cost, at least it should be around 800 million, the global Within the scope, the share that a company like Fox can get is at most about 40% of the total box office. The second place is "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King" with 200 million yuan, and the third place is "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", which was released in July this year. The current box office is less than 20 million less than "The Return of the King". , has accumulated to 100 million, but it will also be released in some countries, so it is very likely to climb to the second highest position in film history.

For "Avatar", this goal itself is too difficult.

Of course, participating in investing in a box office blockbuster is definitely more than just a small piece of box office revenue. But this is still not enough for Cusa to understand Daniel's importance—since the development of DD Films, he has almost never given such detailed attention and full participation to any specific film project.

Daniel smiled silently, he had asked himself the same question.

"Avatar" will be quite profitable in terms of profits, but it is true that it may not be comparable to some wholly-owned films if it is allocated to DD.

However, putting your own company's LG at the beginning of a movie with the highest box office in film history is an opportunity that cannot be passed up for anyone who is interested in making the company bigger. You know, even after "Avatar" was released for 6 years After that, the sum of the two "Titanics" is still 600 million short of it, and the third "Jurassic World" is one billion lower than it-except for its sequel, there is no film that can break this record at all. potential.

This alone is enough for Daniel to fully promote this cooperation. (To be continued.)