Legendary Hollywood Director

Co-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 knowing the success of the project and authorizing it to others, isn't that just cutting the meat to pay the enemy.

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

Jon Feilermei is depressed.

Of course, the other person is also very depressed.

That is the original author of the novel, Stephen Meyer.

After the sales of novels were getting higher and higher, she felt more and more that she had sold the copyright of film and television adaptations at a loss.

She learned from an industry friend who is familiar with Hollywood that if she waited until now, it would start with at least 10 million, and it would not be difficult to sell a copyright for 145 million.

In this way, Stephen was as uncomfortable as eating a fly. Not only did he earn a lot of dollars less, 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 popular, she naturally can't finish it at will, so she has to write more novels anyway.

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

But how could this guy know the minds of the studio's buyers?

In their opinion, how much the copyright of the novel is sold is the result of their respective negotiations. Just because they conform to 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 sick, so you can help you 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 an obstacle, 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, Lehmann will never hand over the initiative.

However, if the original author does not cooperate, it is still a little troublesome.

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

Let's take a slightly disgusting example.

Once Marvel Comics went bankrupt several times, in order to survive the crisis, they sold a lot of character rights.

In 1980, Fantastic Four was bought by Constantine Pictures in Germany.

According to the agreement, if Constantine has no plans to shoot within 12 years, Marvel has the right to unconditionally withdraw the sale of the copyright.

By 1992,

Seeing that the copyright protection period has expired, Constantine still has no specific plans to develop Fantastic Four - such a large investment is not something that ordinary studios can do well, and there are many market factors and special effects at that time. Shooting is expensive.

For various reasons, the top management of Constantine unanimously decided not to put it on the big screen, but they did not want to see themselves spending money, and the copyright went back after 12 years.

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

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

Everything in this project seemed so rushed, so rough, casting actors quickly, shooting quickly, it only took 25 days, together with production and post-production, the first Fantastic Four was freshly released.

Then, Constantine completed the agreement with the bad show and continued to hold the rights to Fantastic Four.

But this makes Marvel annoyed. Although they are forced to sell copyrights, they are not for people to spoil.

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 Meyer, and very few people would blame the studio. This reason must be well understood.

Even if an author like Stephane rarely 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 blamer.

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

He's essentially a director, making movies for 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 reopen an urban shopping mall novel.

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

However, Jon Feilmei’s words also reminded Lehman that Stephanie Meyer was already very dissatisfied and really pushed her into a hurry. Subsequent 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 some people do it if they are not guaranteed.

Marvel's cutting off the comics influence of Fantastic Four from the source is not harming its own interests.

Lehman thought for a while, then suddenly said, Mr. Feilemay, if it's a cooperation, why can't Firefly fund Lionsgate to assist in the distribution?

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

He wants to win a series of copyrights such as Twilight for the future layout, and there is still a lot of uncertainty. I 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 not be able to. However, let's talk about the auxiliary distribution, anyway, we already have Similar cooperation, it 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 Feilmei, 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. Lyman was a little angry.

Jon Feilermei shook his head, No matter how much the copyright fee is raised, 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 doesn't put it on the big screen.

Lyman was amused.

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

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

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