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Chapter 974

"Chain Saw" officially started filming.Owens likes this film very much. At the same time, he also has a premonition that if he makes this film well, it will be a step forward for him.

What he signed with Legendary Films was a trilogy option contract, which was actually quite normal for a director like Owens.Although Owens has made several low-budget horror films, only one "Quadrangle Killing Array" was released, and the others were directly entered into the DVD, Internet and other markets.

So this opportunity is extremely rare for Owens.

And this contract can also be imagined, Legendary Pictures is optimistic about this film, otherwise, why would they sign such a contract?

At the same time, "Home Alone and Lost in Seattle" ignited the last carnival of the year, and also made many Hollywood giants look at some domestic movies in Huaguo.

The answer is simple, that is, since the Huaguo version of "Home Alone" can be successfully adapted into the North American version, it means that if some of Huaguo's best-selling scripts are adapted in the past, will they also be successful?

There are already examples of this, aren't there?

And here Lin Xiao also thought of this, such as "Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs"!
In Lin Xiao's opinion, if these two films are adapted into international versions, they will actually be very interesting and have a high possibility of success.

However, whether it is "Dark War" or "Infernal Affairs" and "Home Alone" are very different.

Neither "Dark War" nor "Infernal Affairs" are films like "Home Alone" that don't require too much acting skills. On the contrary, both "Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs" can be said to be largely based on The acting skills of the actors support the plot.

Therefore, to adapt these two films, it is impossible to find actors randomly like "Home Alone" or "Reaper" and "Saw".

"Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs" have been adapted into North American versions. If they want to shoot them well and achieve good results, they need to find actors with superb acting skills.

What does Hollywood do the most?Of course there are all kinds of actors. What is the most expensive thing in Hollywood, special effects?

No, no, no, special effects are just one aspect, the most expensive in Hollywood are still those famous actors and directors!
If an actor at the movie king level has made achievements in commercial films, then the box office will be tens of millions of dollars, and there will be a share.

Even in many sequel movies, sometimes the film company is only working for the leading actors.

Therefore, if you want to revise "Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs" and turn these two films into North American versions, then it is not a small cost. The remuneration of the actors alone will be astronomical.

Of course, you can also choose high-quality and cheap actors, but the box office may not be guaranteed.

The so-called "you get what you pay for" is the truth. Why do people get such a high salary? It is because they have box office appeal and acting skills.

According to Lin Xiao's thinking, whether it's "Dark War" or "Infernal Affairs", these two films are both films with two protagonists, and the requirements for the acting skills of the two protagonists are top-notch.

It would be best to invite two Hollywood male stars at the actor level to act, but in this way, the salary for the leading role alone is estimated to exceed half a billion dollars.

Not to mention, the salaries of the other main supporting roles will not be low. After all, what kind of safflower needs what kind of green leaves to match.

The remuneration of the top green leaves is not low!

Lin Xiao asked Legendary Pictures to make a preliminary budget. As a result, "Dark War" needed at least 1.5 million yuan to achieve the effect Lin Xiao wanted.

And "Infernal Affairs" is almost at this level.

In fact, the special effects requirements of the two films are not high. It can be said that they are both feature films, but the requirements for the actors in both films are too high.

Especially "Infernal Affairs" if the actors' acting skills are not in place, it will definitely be a nightmare.

And to be honest, if Legendary Pictures is only doing its own project and wants to invite top stars to join, the price to pay must be higher, and they may not be willing.

Another point is the director's problem. This kind of film is really difficult for ordinary directors to shoot well. Of course, Lin Xiao can do it himself, but Lin Xiao doesn't want to do this. After all, the adapted version is Lin Xiao is more self-aware when he leans towards the North American style.

Therefore, the director is paid a lot of money.

In this way, the risk is too great, because Legendary Pictures itself does not have its own distribution channels, so the cost and operation of peripheral channels will be greatly reduced in retrospect.

With a cost of hundreds of millions, even Lin Xiao had to be cautious.

Because of this kind of film, to be honest, Lin Xiao doesn't have 100% confidence. He can't predict what the outcome will be.

Therefore, Lin Xiao intends to find someone to cooperate with. In fact, this is also the norm in Hollywood. Most of the movies with more than 1 million US dollars, except for those sequels, even if they are sequels, Hollywood giants will often introduce external funds, or choose to cooperate with other companies. Cooperative development.

Nothing but risk reduction.

And if Legendary Pictures produced it independently, there would be many difficulties, and problems would arise in many aspects.

But if you find one or several companies to invest together, it will be different.

And in this way, the copyright can be sold at a high price to the greatest extent.

"Home Alone and Lost in Seattle" has just been a big success, and it can be said that Dick Group has made a lot of money.

Therefore, Lin Xiao decided to strike while the iron was hot.

"Nami, help me release the news, "Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs", two super-best-selling films in Huaguo, I want to adapt them into a North American version like "Home Alone", and this time , I hope to cooperate with other Hollywood companies to produce these two films." Lin Xiao chose to release the bait first.

Among the Hollywood giants, although the current pattern has basically been fixed, among the seven giants, DSN owns a large number of animation character copyrights, and has previously acquired the North American No. [-] comic company to obtain many comic copyrights from American Comics.

So the development of DSN in recent years is the most outstanding.

However, DSN focuses on movies for all ages, such as animation, superhero series, etc., but DSN is actually not that strong in other aspects.

Mina Group is backed by Mina Media, and Mina itself is one of the oldest Hollywood film companies earlier, so Mina's huge film library is the root of Mina Films.

Among this huge film library, the IPs of those hot sequels are what Mina relies on most for survival.

The development of Universal Pictures in the past few years has been a bit unsatisfactory. The most valuable series of movies owned by Universal, the "Gentleman Agent" series, has made one hit the street in the past few years. I don't know if it is the other series of movies. Fleeting years are unfavorable, and there are good times and bad times.

(End of this chapter)