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This so-called killer feature was proposed by New Line Films. The investment of this adapted film will reach a staggering 5000 million US dollars, and the top production team of Time Warner Films will be brought in to take the helm.After the film is completed, it will be distributed by Time Warner, and it has invested more than [-] million in advertising and marketing, and even Adam has enough power in it (of course, after the film production actually started, not many were implemented, but For Adam, this is also a symbolic meaning), and finally these conditions can be written into the contract.

So in mid-April, Tonares and Adam met with the joint negotiating team led by New Line and Time Warner, and started formal discussions on the copyright of "Jurassic Park".Among them, what caught Adam's attention the most was that the representative of Time Warner promised the joint release of this adapted film, and after the shooting of the film was completed, it would use the promotional tools that Time Warner relied on to carry out the promotion, and the publicity cost would be even lower. Reaching the ultra-large scale of tens of millions of dollars.

But for publicity, Adam has his own crazy suggestion, which is to make an ad for the movie on the Super Bowl halftime show.Although since the 80s, the Super Bowl has been watched by more than 5000 million people every year because of its popularity, and one-third of Americans will pay attention to it, which has attracted the attention of advertising companies and invested huge sums of money in advertising.

But movies?It wasn't until the shocking movie "Independence Day" at the end of the twentieth century that it became the first person to eat crabs and got rich returns, it was gradually accepted by Hollywood.

Of course, don’t think that people in Hollywood are all fools, they didn’t see the popularity of the Super Bowl and the publicity effect they could get, but why didn’t they finally enter the field of vision of Hollywood until the end of the [-]th century?

Because, the Super Bowl halftime show is too expensive!In just 30 seconds, it needs to spend about 500 million US dollars, which is simply a waste of money. No film company dares to spend such a large amount of money. If it fails to get enough returns, it will suffer heavy losses for the film company. (Based on the rate of return of the film, the box office needs to increase by at least 500 to [-] million to be worthwhile)

And this "Independence Day", which claimed to have started the wave of Hollywood super blockbusters, had an investment of 9000 US dollars alone, which was at the top level at that time, and the publicity was close to [-] million US dollars.

Don’t think that in the 21st century, there will be hundreds of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, so you underestimate the 9000 million film investment of "Independence Day" at that time. You must know that the entire Hollywood can pass 5000 million movies at that time. You can count on five fingers in a year, and the cost of 9000 million US dollars was comparable to that of any movie at the time except Dachuan, and Dachuan was released later, that is to say, the investment of this movie It was almost the first at that time, and it is conceivable how terrifying the profit pressure it bears is.

You must know that there were no super blockbusters at that time, and Hollywood movies were not considered a hard currency in the whole world. Every year, only a few movies made by super directors and top stars can get a considerable box office outside North America.Coupled with factors such as the low box office share of Waifu and the slow return of funds, it can be said that few film companies dare to spend money. As long as one or two films lose money, the foundation of the entire film company may be shaken. Even a big company like Bada the same.

However, "Independence Day" has a super box office of more than 3 million US dollars in North America and more than [-] million US dollars in the world, allowing everyone to see how blockbusters are governing the world. Even if the plot is mediocre, but the special effects are good, then there is no The idea of ​​the problem, this idea triggered a frenzy of blockbuster movies in Hollywood, and thus made Hollywood film companies more vulnerable, among which MGM is an example for other companies behind.

As for advertising the movie at the Super Bowl, is it useful?After watching "Independence Day", various film companies have stepped in to let their own films shine in this national feast, and you will know that it is definitely useful, and the cost performance is not low.Otherwise, how could stingy Hollywood studios throw millions of dollars at the Super Bowl?But when the time comes, how to persuade New Line to accept its promotion decision will need to be carefully considered

After all, New Line’s huge investment of 5000 million U.S. dollars to launch "Jurassic Park" can be regarded as suppressing all the net worth. If this movie fails, then even Time Warner can't escape the bankruptcy and liquidation.

From this point of view, the former president of the company, Shay, can be said to be quite powerful, and the main reason why he was able to persuade Time Warner to fully support it was the gambling agreement he signed privately with Time Warner.If this movie is successful, then New Line will obtain the right to operate absolutely independently under Time Warner. If it fails, all the film sources and channels controlled by New Line Film Company will be merged into Time Warner, leaving only one No casing.

With other Universal, Sony and other companies coveting around "Jurassic Park" and always ready to take a share of the chopsticks, Adam and Tonares must choose one of these options to sign the contract, so that they can Taking advantage of the popularity of the novel to adapt it to a movie, he got the most lucrative copyright bonus.

Finally, after five rounds of negotiations, Adam signed a contract with the New Line, which was considered the most unlikely, which described in detail including the adaptation rights and the priority of the sequel adaptation of the novel.Among them, Adam gave Adam a super-high fee of 2000 million for the script and storyboard draft created by Adam for the film. When the film is released, it will be sent to Adam together with other copyright fees.It can be said that just looking at this contract alone, Adam is the biggest winner. As for New Line, which invested almost all of its net worth in betting on this movie, it was like making a wedding dress for Adam.

However, New Line can't look at it this way. After joining Time Warner, it has Time Warner's publicity outlet, a larger distribution network (theater, disc, and TV) and various derivative developments of copyright.They have only two paths, one is to be polished by time and plan slowly, and the other is to work hard.

As long as the movie doesn't suffer a lot after it comes out, based on this blockbuster movie, they will successfully establish a foundation in Hollywood, get rid of the label of the original distributor, and transform into a real film production company.

The new line in the previous life chose the first path. It was not until around 2000, after trying various low-cost movies, that it finally gained a foothold with the continuous success of Rush Hour and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Facing the impact of the era of Hollywood blockbusters, especially blockbusters adapted from Disney and Warner's own novels and comics.

Finally, after a few years of prosperity, it was unable to continue, and finally took the risk to produce "The Golden Compass", but unfortunately it failed to continue the success of "Lord of the Rings".Among them, their most valuable distribution channel and various copyrights of the film were all swallowed up by Time Warner, and they unfortunately withdrew from the competition of major Hollywood film companies.

However, before signing the novel adaptation contract with Adam, Time Warner successfully merged into this promising film distribution company a year ahead of its previous life through this cooperation.

And the whole of Hollywood experienced its first shock in early May, the scorching summer—Time Warner purchased New Line Films, and New Line Films enjoys the company's independent management rights, and its film operations are independent of other companies within the group. Film companies are not relevant.

After the M&A case was over, New Line Films directly won the adaptation contract with Adam and held a film conference without delaying anything.I want the whole of Hollywood to announce their first big fire - they will invest a huge sum of 5000 million US dollars to adapt the now popular "Jurassic Park", and plan to release it quickly next year, that is, in 1993. To my astonishment, the director who directed this super blockbuster was a penniless rookie director.

Regarding the decision of the new line to go crazy, I originally waved the flag and shouted for it, saying that after being merged with Time Warner, the new line will usher in a leap forward development. I don’t know if this first fire can be less hot. Myself—the entire Hollywood is full of mistrust and pessimistic thoughts about the future of New Line, predicting that New Line will become a member of Hollywood's bankrupt film company next year.

But Adam scoffed at these claims, because he recommended the director of the film, and the reason why Adam recommended it was because this director was known as the king of explosions in later generations.

In fact, neither New Line nor Time Warner likes this newcomer in charge of the director, but none of the famous directors is willing to take on this movie that everyone thinks is doomed to have no future. You must know that if this movie fails, then he will It will be branded as an extremely bad label of not being able to handle blockbuster movies, which will have an impact on their future.

The other part doesn't mind the result of failure, or they are very confident in their own abilities, but otherwise they will have to pay more than 1000 million or even 2000 million for a big mouthful, or rework the script of the movie, they must follow his ideas Filming, these are Adam can not tolerate.

In the end, some insiders introduced this super rookie who has just emerged and showed his ability to direct commercial films in the music video and commercial shooting, and sold copies, although he is definitely lacking in ability compared with the future him. .

But Adam knew that if he came to direct, he must be qualified. Don't you see that the commercial blockbuster "Jedi Men" he took over soon became a big success. The super high box office of the dollar.

The most important thing is that there is also a storyboard draft carefully designed by Adam. As long as he shoots honestly according to the storyboard draft, with his original ability, there is absolutely no problem in making a qualified commercial film , and this is the basic idea of ​​Adam and others about him.

So Adam selected among several candidates to sell copies to be the director of the film. As for New Line and Time Warner, they could only frown and agree when there were no other suitable candidates.

As for the choice of the leading role and supporting role in the movie, Adam will not participate. After all, New Line is the real speaker. He has a say in the choice of the director. He has to be sensible and not participate in other places. After all, they have worked together for a long time. Now, he doesn't want to be considered by New Line Films as being too long-handed and meddling too much.

However, due to the dystocia with the director, the choice of actors is not easy. Even though this movie has a big investment and a big IP, there are not many movie stars who want to get involved.Harrison, who is now the most popular, directly refused, and didn't even want to talk too much. As for Hurt, he didn't like it, for fear that it would affect his reputation. It hurts the popularity and value of a movie star.

So in desperation, New Line had no choice but to choose a third- and fourth-tier actor with good acting skills in Hollywood as the leading actor. Adam applauded this final decision, because in his opinion, the real protagonist of this movie is not Those actors and actresses, but dinosaurs.

Rather than spending a lot of money on hiring movie stars, it would be better to throw it at a special effects company to make the horror more realistic and scary.At least the special effects look a little more exciting and reduce the cost of investment.

As for the actress Laura, she is quite well-known. She was shortlisted for Best Actress in the just-concluded Oscars. Although it was regrettable and expected that she didn't get it, it was already pretty good for her age.The most important thing is that she comes from an acting family, her acting skills are good, and because of her parents, she has extensive connections in the industry. When the movie is released, she can take advantage of it.

However, although she has just been shortlisted for an Oscar, as an actress, even if there is someone behind her, and she is young and promising, her salary is only 200 million US dollars. There is serious discrimination in many places.

In the end, the remuneration of all the main actors of the entire crew is close to 500 million US dollars. Compared with a movie with a large investment, the remuneration of one-tenth of the actors can be said to be extremely low, and this also makes Hollywood look down even more. The final ending of this movie.

Even the Hollywood Times directly published an article saying that this big-investment movie was a garbage movie that cost a lot of money, and predicted that it would become the most failed movie in 1993, saying that Adam was fascinated by money and would regret this choice in the end. .

But what is the truth in the end?Then we have to wait until the movie is released next year to see if it was predicted, or if it finally slapped him in the face.