Chatty Hollywood

As a fan of Tolkien, Peter Jackson wanted to put the "Lord of the Rings" series of novels on the big screen for a long time.

However, before, as a director from New Zealand, he did not have much voice in Hollywood.

It was not until after three or four years that he shot two films that he gradually gained a foothold in Hollywood.

The emergence of "Titanic" also made him realize that computer special effects technology can already provide a very effective support for movies.

——It seems that the time for him to film "The Lord of the Rings" is ripe.

"I just don't know, which company will agree to our plan!?"

Looking at his wife sitting across from him, Peter Jackson sighed, which made his chubby body appear to shrink a bit.

"On the global front, because of "Van Helsing" and a series of films, the original funds were almost emptied, plus "The Mummy" in collaboration with Charlotte Booth..."

"Global's capital chain is almost drained, and they have little hope of investing..."

Peter's wife Frances Walsh nodded.

"Similarly, it is unlikely for Warner and Disney."

"Why!? Aren't these two companies in the top seven of Hollywood, relatively rich?"

Peter’s understanding of business matters is not as good as that of his wife. He does not quite understand. Frances had to explain.

"This actually has something to do with Charlotte Booth-speaking of it, his "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" can almost be said to have moved half of Hollywood's territory!"

Frances sighed.

"He has been trying to sell the film adaptation rights of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and J.K. Rowling's subsequent works in the series to Warner. Disney, which traditionally focuses on the children's market, is also very interested in this series. Some interest."

"In particular, Disney's ABC television network is also broadcasting the animated TV version of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" from Charlotte Booth's Ghost Party Studio——"

"They will naturally pay attention to this series!"

Peter Jackson nodded to express his understanding.

"But, since there are two possible investors, why does Charlotte Booth let her Ghost Party studio independently produce the movie version of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"?"

"It should be Charlotte Booth's asking price is too high, causing Warner and Disney to wait and see!"

Frances is a little uncertain and authentic,

"And the reason why he finally shot this "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" himself should be to increase his bargaining chips-after all, a film series with an uncertain future, and a film with the original and the first box office. A successful film only needs to produce a sequel to the film series, and the value is completely different."

"The sequel has a much higher chance of making money!"

For this, Peter Jackson still understands,

"However, this is also based on the premise that Charlotte Booth can independently shoot "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"!"

——To be honest, Peter Jackson is extremely envious of this.

—— Although there are many film companies in Hollywood, they have the ability and financial resources to independently produce large-scale commercial films such as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". Apart from the Big Seven, there are not many.

Charlotte Booth's Ghost Party Studio is one of them.

This gives him a high degree of freedom when he chooses to shoot a movie.

And this degree of freedom is exactly what Peter Jackson wants...

"In any case, the success of this "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is already a certainty!"

Frances sighed.

"At the box office, the first three days of rushing to grab more than 100 million U.S. dollars, even the adaptation of the original film with a lot of fans, it is very powerful, and at present, the box office curve shows no sign of diving."

"And the reputation is also very good!"

Peter Jackson raised the newspaper he had just finished reading.

"This film extremely highlights Charlotte Booth's narrative ability and grasp of the picture, which makes most film critics like it. To be honest, if this film is not too commercial, it is based on the current reputation. , You can definitely do something at the Oscars."

"It's hard to say, after all, Oscar..."

Frances shrugged.

"In short, because of the success of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", Warner and Disney will compete for the subsequent copyrights again. It is said that Charlotte Booth has reached an offensive and defensive relationship with the original author, J.K. Rowling. alliance……"

"This means that both Warner and Disney will focus on this series!"

Peter Jackson sighed, he already fully understood what his wife Frances meant.

"And if they want to get the copyright of a series of successful films from Charlotte Booth, that means a lot of bleeding, so these two companies will invest in unplanned large-scale productions in the short term. , Will be more cautious..."

"Yes!"

Frances nodded.

"This means that of the seven majors, there are only four for us to choose. If we eliminate the bad luck of MGM over the years, then only Paramount, Fox and Sony Columbia will remain."

"Fox is also unlikely!"

Peter Jackson looked helpless,

"The "Titanic" they invested in just got them back. According to the law, this company that likes super large production will be honest for a while in the short term."

——Fox is indeed one of the seven major Hollywood production companies that likes super-large-scale production the most.

From the record-breaking "Cleopatra", to the "Star Wars" that later became a symbol of American culture, to the current "Titanic", and even the future "Avatar", these have greatly increased Hollywood's system every time. Film costs, super-blockbuster films that set a temporary record, are often invested by Fox.

This makes Fox become a famous gambler among the top seven in Hollywood.

——After all, whether "Cleopatra" or "Titanic" is now, they almost drained Fox's capital chain and bankrupted the company.

But Fox's executives have always healed the scars and forgot to hurt ~ www.NovelMTL.com~ and continue to invest in super productions.

Of course, Fox’s vision for super productions is still very good. It can be said that except for "Cleopatra", which caused them to lose their pants in the past, the super productions they invested in later basically made money, but they did not make any money. few.

But for various reasons, these benefits, Fox himself did not completely swallow—

"Star Wars", they left the copyright to George Lucas because they were not optimistic at the time, and they made the latter become a Hollywood hegemon, but they only made some distribution money;

"Titanic", because the capital chain was too tight at the time and they were not optimistic about the prospects, they tried to pay less and sold the North American distribution rights ahead of time. As a result...

All these encounters have made Fox, the company more and more obsessed with super-large productions.

Although Warner is known as "Kai Zihua", they spend money more to ensure the success of the film. The direction of their money is conservative in nature. This is from the copyright negotiation of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" You can see one or two;

But Fox spends money, but it is full of "enterprising spirit"-every few years, they don't need a super production to make big news, it seems to be uncomfortable.

——Fox like this should have been Peter Jackson's best investment goal.

Unfortunately, because of "Titanic", Fox has just released his big move recently, and is currently on CD and blood recovery...

"This leaves only Paramount and Sony Columbia to consider!"

Peter Jackson sighed.

"Maybe we can also consider some small and medium-sized production companies!?"

"That's also a way!"

Frances, who was sitting across from him, nodded.

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