Ace Hollywood

"Daniel?"

Simon frowned at Boyle, "Which Daniel?",

"Daniel Sandler!"

"what?"

Compared with Danny Boyle, Simon, as a producer, is more familiar with the situation in Hollywood, especially Daniel has been in the limelight recently. It can be said that he has washed the whole Hollywood from beginning to end. Of course, he also knows that Daniel personally What does it mean to call. Net↓ Chenyuan Literature Network{].//CY.//↗↓

"He probably got the news about our new movie from somewhere and got interested, so he had his agent contact me."

"He said he was interested? In Slumdog Millionaire?"

"Yes, I don't know where he saw the script."

"It's not so easy for those big Hollywood companies to hide the news." Simon smiled, "DD Pictures must know the script of Warner Bros., they must have eyes and ears in their company. However, this is not related to We don't care."

Simon said to Boyle enthusiastically, "Daniel is interested in this script. This is a big bargain. Even if Warner can't pay more, at least the budget should be a little higher, million, which is too low."

Boyle asked hesitantly, "Are you talking about working with Warner Bros.?"

"Well?" Simon was taken aback, "You want to cooperate with DD Films? This is also a good idea. DD Films' films have never lost money, but we and Warner Bros. have already talked about this level, and rashly changed our minds. , may offend them."

The two discussed it for a while, but decided to wait until after seeing Daniel.

...

Daniel didn't return to Los Angeles for "Slumdog Millionaire", but it was a big surprise, and he let Cusa first understand the project and who else was involved besides Boyle.

After dealing with this accidental "accident", Daniel and Cusa got down to business.

"What did Fox say?"

"If you play the male lead, the investment ratio of DD Films is not higher than 20%, not lower than %."

"This is their final plan? I mean. James' approval?"

Rupert Murdoch personally instructed Fox Pictures Bill to contact Daniel, and agreed to DD Pictures to participate in James' new project, which is already in progress, but the actor shooting part has not yet started - before that . James has to do a lot of pre-work on his computer. This movie is not so much filmed as it is made on the computer, except for James Cameron. There is no second director in Hollywood who can do this job. This is not because of talent, or the difference in talent, but because there is no second person in Hollywood who has the technical vision and magnificent imagination of Cameron.

This is also the reason why Daniel has never tried to make "Avatar" by himself. For other movies, he can complete it by recruiting talents, and even changing actors and directors is not impossible. But only this movie. James Cameron is a necessary factor. If Daniel can invite James, then DD Pictures can do it by himself. If he can't, then he can't do it!

Obviously, the more than ten years of cooperation between James and Fox is not something Daniel can break. He doesn't even have to try to know how unrealistic it is to dig James over.

So the only option is to settle for the next best thing and join it. Get a piece of the pie. Even this plan has to be negotiated for many years. It was only two days ago that the news of Fox's willingness to cooperate came.

But the same. For Fox, James is also a necessary factor, so this cooperation must also be approved by James.

"If James objected, Fox would not have been able to engage with us."

Daniel thought about it and called James.

Unsurprisingly, he is busy at his own technology company. When I picked up the phone, I knew what Daniel meant.

"Fox has told you already? Seriously, Daniel, I have long hoped to be able to work with you once, but I have been lacking opportunities. I didn't expect to achieve my wish on "Avatar"."

James is definitely not the kind of director who can only focus on movies, and he is obviously quite good at dealing with human accidents. This sentence clearly revealed that Fox's resignation was due to his push - because he "wanted to work with Daniel for a long time", and then DD Pictures "joined "Avatar".

James really has no need to please Daniel and DD Pictures, but since DD Pictures has become an investor and Daniel himself will join as the male lead, Daniel himself will inevitably have a great influence in this project, although "Avatar" It belongs to the project that the director is in charge of, but there will still be many differences in the process of project advancement. People who have the right to speak need to cooperate with each other, such as himself, Fox, Daniel, Jon Landau, etc., the more people support James , the more he can make the film according to his own ideas, without the constraints of investors, which is a very important factor for him.

Ending the pleasant conversation with James, Daniel slackened his body and leaned back on the sofa.

He let out a long breath.

"I can understand the profit prospects of investing in James movies, but 20% doesn't seem that attractive."

Kusa was a little puzzled and asked with a smile.

According to his understanding, even if "Avatar" can make a profit of 100 million, DD can only get 100 million - this number has already exceeded the box office of "High School Musical". And what is the concept of profit billion? The box office profit is the part obtained by the producers and distributors minus the cost, which is what Fox claims to be 100 million. Then this part of the share will need to be as high as 000 million. To squeeze out the cost of Fox, it must be at least around 800 million. Within the scope, the most shares that a company like Fox can get is about 40% of the total box office. In other words, there must be 2 billion box office in the world - now the highest in film history is "Titanic", with 840 million worldwide, The second place is "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Return of the King". 20 million, while the third place is "Pirates of the Caribbean: Gathering Souls" released in July this year. The current box office is less than "The Return of the King" by less than 20 million ~www.readwn.com~ has accumulated to 100 million, but it will also be released in some countries, so it is likely to climb to the second highest in film history.

For Avatar, the goal itself was too difficult.

Of course, participating in investing in a box office blockbuster is definitely more than just a small piece of box office revenue. But this is still not enough for Cusa to understand the importance of Daniel - since the development and growth of DD Films, he has hardly paid such meticulous attention and full participation to any specific film project.

Daniel smiled silently, and he had asked himself the same question.

"Avatar" will be quite profitable in terms of profit, but it is not necessarily comparable to some sole proprietorship films if it is assigned to DD.

But putting your company's LG at the beginning of a film with the number one box office in film history is an opportunity that anyone who is interested in making the company bigger is an opportunity that cannot be given up. You know, even if "Avatar" was released for 6 years After that, the two "Titanic" are still 600 million short of it, and the third "Jurassic World" is a billion less than it - except for its sequel, there is absolutely no film that can break this record. potential.

This alone is enough for Daniel to do his best to facilitate this cooperation. (To be continued.)