The Best Entertainment Era

After dropping Amanda Seyfried home, Ronan returned to Beverly Hills.

Sir. Nikia, the housekeeper, was waiting in the front hall: Do you need a midnight snack?

Ronan waved his hand: No need.

Nikia followed Ronan into the living room, took a package from the shelf next to it, and handed it over: This is an express mail from Netflix.

Ronan took it over and said, I see. He looked at the time and said, Nikia, go and rest.

Nikia said: Okay, if you need anything, call me anytime.

Ronan opened the package, and inside was a transcribed DVD from Netflix's New York warehouse sorting company.

Just happened to talk to Amanda Seyfried about singing tonight, and the relevant information arrived.

Some time ago, Ronan had thought of a youth song and dance movie, which was adapted from a stage play. A few days ago, he happened to see relevant news in the newspaper, and specially entrusted people from the New York branch of Netflix to collect some relevant information.

Going to the study room on the second floor, turning on the computer, and driving the CD, Ronan saw the recorded content and nodded slightly.

When Ronan lived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Amanda Seyfried’s masterpieces or famous works were really few and far between. After more than ten years of fame from Mean Girls, Amanda Seyfried Still playing the role of the girl vase type.

Amanda Seyfried has excellent appearance, which is both an advantage and a constraint.

Amanda Seyfried and Emma Roberts, the so-called Hollywood queens at that time, can be said to be the most misnamed, especially after 2010, these two stars have become a typical example of popular works that are not popular.

Fortunately, Amanda Seyfried has at least a few representative works,

Emma Roberts' red is very typical.

Many people know that Emma Roberts is a big star, but few people know which famous movies and roles this big star has acted in.

All the public remembers is Julia Roberts' niece and the tough guy who could beat up a tall and well-built boyfriend until he had to call the police.

Now that Mean Girls has been filmed and ready to be released, Ronan will naturally not let go of the musical film that Amanda Seyfried once played with Meryl Streep.

The name of the film was Mamma Mia. Ronan could remember this name because there was a cartoon called Mamma Duck.

There are very few original Hollywood musicals, and most of them are adapted from stage plays, so Ronan has paid special attention to the news in this area. Some time ago, he finally saw the relevant news. Mamma Mia once again landed on Broadway.

After making sure that there will be no oolong incident and unnecessary trouble, Ronan notified the people in the Netflix branch.

Maybe it was because his special experience was too scary, or maybe he was worried because he had watched too many related movies and TV shows. Ronan was very careful in this regard.

The information mailed by Netflix New York Branch is very detailed. Mamma Mia is a stage musical from London. It officially entered Broadway in early 2000. At the beginning, the response was mediocre. In the past two years, it has been adapted and re-arranged on Broadway. After singing and dancing that is more suitable for American audiences, it gradually revived and reappeared on Broadway in the second half of this year, and became famous in one fell swoop.

Under normal circumstances, it may take more than ten years or even decades for a stage play to go from Broadway to Hollywood. For example, the classic musical Chicago did not sell its film rights until the 1990s.

But Mamma Mia was targeted early on.

According to Netflix’s contact with the copyright owner of the stage play, a small British producer named Judy Kramer bought the film copyright of “Mamma Mia” as early as 1997, and hired Catherine Johnson, who worked on the British TV series ER, adapted a screenplay as a screenwriter.

Between 1997 and 1999, Judy Kramer sought cooperation with film companies in the UK,

In order to make Mamma Mia into a movie.

Unfortunately, no British film companies were interested.

This has been with Judy Kramer's resume.

The people in the Netflix branch have obviously done a lot of work. They have learned a lot about Judy Kramer through the copyright of the stage play. I have never had any movie or TV series project, even if it is low-investment or experimental.

Therefore, no film company is willing to take risks with her.

Since 1999, Judy Kramer has simply shelved the project temporarily, until now.

Perhaps the producer himself has given up on the project.

According to the information, Judy Kramer is currently living in London, and if she wants to get the film copyright of Mamma Mia, she must talk to her personally.

As soon as he got to work the next day, Ronan asked the distribution staff of the London branch of the Embassy Pictures to confirm that Judy Kramer was in London, and decided to take Connie on a trip in person.

Anyway, he is going to London to attend a charity dinner hosted by the British royal family, and he will talk to Judy Kramer about copyright transfer by the way.

It didn't take that long either.

Since the last time he met William through Bear Grylls in London, Ronan has occasionally contacted him, this time it was an invitation letter from William.

The charity gala held by the royal family, inviting the rich to participate actually has only one goal, to let the rich give generously.

Ronan has long been prepared for this. Like other rich people, to a certain extent, charity is an indispensable basic cause.

Before leaving Los Angeles, Ronan specially collected a lot of information about the American version of the stage play Mamma Mia. Compared with the British version, the American version of the play has actually changed a lot. If it is adapted into a movie, It must be based on the US version.

Although both Britain and the United States speak English, and even many Americans, including those in the film industry, like and even envy the cultural heritage of Britain, the overall response to purely British films in the North American film market is not good. Differences are real.

This cannot be ignored.

In addition, Ronan also asked about the latest situation of Uwe Ball. After Uwe Ball got the green light from Shahai Entertainment for the project of Vampire Ryan, he has already contacted the screenwriter to create the script, but Bao Ge did not change his mind. , and took Robert Lee to Irvine City. It is estimated that Blizzard Entertainment will not be worn out, and it will definitely not give up.

Uwe Ball is also a popular director now, and the North American box office of Dungeon Siege keeps piling up.

Halloween belongs to the schedule of horror movies.

Freddie vs. Jason successfully attracted audiences with this mix-and-match protagonist combat mode, and became the hottest movie in the Halloween schedule. The combination of the two IPs is amazingly powerful, earning 3640 from North America in three days during the opening weekend It easily overwhelmed last weekend's champion Dungeon Siege and topped the North American box office chart.

The second place on the box office list was occupied by the newly filmed Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Squeezed to third place.

The situation in Dungeon Siege is best described in one sentence.

Heat is like a gust of wind, blow it and go.

On the second weekend of its release, Dungeon Siege was no longer popular, and the rhythm brought about by the hype had almost dissipated after a week.

After all, in this information age, there are too many eye-catching entertainment news.

The second weekend box office of Dungeon Siege fell by more than 65% compared with the first weekend, and it got 9.72 million US dollars, which can only rank third in the box office list.

But no one will say anything about such results.

Including the harvest of four working days, the North American box office of Dungeon Siege has reached as high as 46.27 million US dollars.

The production cost of the film was only US$3.5 million, plus the funds invested in publicity and distribution, the total budget was only US$12 million.

According to the current situation, it is absolutely certain that the North American box office of Dungeon Siege will be around 70 million US dollars.

The overseas response must be much worse, but there is still some hope that the global box office will hit 100 million US dollars.

Just before Ronan left Los Angeles, Uwe Ball and Robert Lee rushed back from Irvine, and the copyright matter was still unresolved.

Blizzard's considerations are obviously developing towards infinite considerations.

The reason why Uwe Ball rushed back was to sign a formal brokerage contract with CAA.

Ronan also took advantage of the time before going to London to attend the signing ceremony between the two parties.

In Hollywood, maybe if you make a good movie, no one will care about it, but if you make a movie that sells well at the box office, the situation will be different immediately. In a short period of time, you don’t have to worry about salary and director’s contract. come up.

Uwe Ball belongs to the latter group, and bad movies have never been a problem, provided, of course, that bad movies sell well.

Some people even came up with the idea of ​​Uwe Ball, wanting to poach Uwe Ball to direct other company's film projects.

Uwe Bauer has the blood of a German man, he directly rejected several poaching companies, and declared that he would only cooperate with Relativity Entertainment in Hollywood.

Having said that, talents like Brother Bao are rare in this era.

Ronan has always attached great importance to talents, so he will continue to support Uwe Ball. The funds needed to operate Vampire Ryan will also be quickly injected into the special account of the crew by the Pacific Foundation. Uwe Ball is preparing for this film. Don't worry about money at all.

Of course, not much money, only $3.5 million.

For Brother Bao's films, the first element is always the need to control the investment scale!

After attending the signing ceremony of Uwe Ball, Ronan took a flight to London, and through the British branch of the embassy film industry, he found Judy Kramer and talked about the film copyright of Mamma Mia .

The talks between the two parties went very smoothly, even a little bit beyond Ronan's imagination.

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