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    There is no doubt that Vladimir has this concern. Although the development of Samsara Pictures cannot be said to be smooth sailing, it is quite good compared to so many production companies that are newly established every year. . In other words, countless production companies are born in Hollywood every year. There are major studios or a star's leather bag company, and some really want to do it. There are only a handful of them, so every year, countless production companies go bankrupt.

    However, after Samsara Pictures was established in 2000, it has only been three years since its establishment, and it has already produced several high-box-office works. It would be fine if it were a thriller movie like "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" or "The Chainsaw" that cost tens of millions at most, but there is also a romantic comedy that won more than 200 million in North America, and the cost is only 5 million , and the cost of those thriller movies is equally low.

      The third-level production company may not be able to achieve it after several years of hard work. However, a large part of these achievements are based on Sean's vision, so it is normal for Vladimir to worry that he will inflate himself and make irrational judgments.

    But his good intentions were in vain. Although Sean made up his mind, had a higher goal, and broke free from the troubles of the character, it did not mean that he would act recklessly.

    "Don't worry, Todd, I know very well that to make a cartoon into a live-action movie, it is bound to use a lot of CG effects, and to use CG effects will inevitably cost a lot of money, just We can't afford it." Sean said, waving his hands.

    Then he smiled smugly again: "Of course, I can personally contribute this money, I believe the final investment will not exceed 200 million. However, I think besides me, others should see The commercial value of this, after all, the toys of this series have been very popular, and there have been many cartoons, and the Harry Potter series is the first, and the big sales can be expected."

    After a pause, he continued: "So, in this case, eating alone will be excluded by the big studios."

    Yes, it is not 30 or 40 years ago. Now that the media is conglomerated, the seven major studios that have mastered countless resources and channels are already behemoths that cannot be surpassed. Other production companies can only depend on them. Although there is no shortage of people who dare to take risks as long as there is profit, but this is the first time, what about the second time? The big studios with the resources and channels have more than enough tools to keep you from making movies.

      choose. However, as long as the initiative can be guaranteed, the income can also be guaranteed. Just like the cooperation with Disney on "National Treasure", even if it is a cooperative relationship, the production of the film will be made by Disney or Bruckheimer. They are not promoters after all, so a 20% profit on a $40 million investment is pretty good, and be careful to avoid Hollywood ledgers.

    Of course, the reason for joining is more to build a relationship with the big producers and improve the company's image. Making money is second. However, if you can get the film copyright of Transformers, you will have the capital to negotiate with the big studios and lead the production of the film. If the cooperation model of "National Treasure" can only be followed by a drink of soup, Then there is at least a piece of meat in the case of dominance - the key is to find the right partner.

    "Do you have a goal?" Vladimir asked straightforwardly. Since Sean said so much, he must have gone through some investigation.

    "DreamWorks and Universal." Sean gave the answer as he wished.

    If you want to gain dominance, it is not enough to have the film copyright alone. It also depends on the situation of the partner. It is best to have a certain strength, but not strong enough to dominate everything. And after checking, DreamWorks and Universal are the most suitable. The former is Sean who suddenly remembered when he recalled that Spielberg seemed to have served as the producer of this series, so he went to DreamWorks to read the information, and the latter was Because, as long as the profiles of the seven major studios are compared, anyone will choose them.

    DreamWorks looks very beautiful, most of the best Oscar movies in recent years are theirs, and Steven Spielberg is a big name, but in fact, if there is no animation department If they supported it, they would have lost their pants long ago. DreamWorks lost in the media conglomeration. If it had been ten years in the morning, maybe it would really be able to become a major studio. Unfortunately, in 1994, several major studios had already completed the conglomeration, and they would definitely not want anyone to come. Dividing more cakes, and DreamWorks has no more capital, although it has been supported to this day, many award-winning works and big productions have been produced, but the film business is full of holes.

    In this case, they will not let go of a movie like "Transformers", which is known to be a big hit at a glance, but it is also impossible to fully afford the entire movie. suppress.

    As for Universal, among the seven major production companies, except for the half-dead MGM, he is the weakest. Warner and Disney have developed into groups on their own, and Fox, Paramount, and Columbia have been acquired respectively, and they have done a good job in grouping, and Universal is constantly being bought and sold.

    First acquired by Panasonic in the 1980s, then resold to a Canadian wine group in the mid-1990s, and sold to Vivendi in France in the late 1990s, and now Vivendi is said to have another means to sell.

    Although the current head Ron Mayer has good ability, he is only a conservative person. Naturally, he cannot compare with other studios in terms of development.

      The triangle is thus formed.

    "Nice idea, Sean, really, even if I came up with the idea, it's probably like this," Vladimir praised sincerely, "but the premise of this is that children The film rights of Baohui Talking Toys will be handed over to us."

    "So it's up to you," Sean smiled and spread his hands, "I believe it shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

    He knew what he meant, and no matter how well-planned they were, it was useless if Hasbro didn't approve. It's just that you should try it no matter what, no one can be sure what the outcome will be without the last second.

    Watching Sean for a few minutes, Vladimir laughed: "Well, in that case, I will try my best, but Sean, the plan is the plan, in fact It's hard to say how that will change."

    "It's okay," Sean nodded, indicating that he knew, "Let's do it."

    Although he is very tight on this plan, if it can be successfully implemented, owning the film rights of the "Transformers" series - even if only part of it, will be a huge help to the production company.

    But as Vladimir said, plan and reality are different, there are always many variables in reality, so we can only hope that everything goes well.

    Then, September 2003 passed like this, in addition to the filming of "The Aviator", the maliciously circulating scandals, and Sean's life, a series of plans, there are several things Worth to talk about.

    First of all, "The Butterfly Effect" was released at the end of September, picking up the end of the summer vacation schedule. This heroine's version of "The Butterfly Effect" was actually well received. The general plot of the script remains unchanged. Through the diary, the heroine Kelly can go back to the past to change the regrets and bad things she once did, but no matter what she does, it will always cause a series of chain reactions leading to worse results.

    However, director and screenwriter Eric Brace made a series of adjustments in the details. For example, in the original hero version, what pushed him to change was the love with the heroine, But here it becomes the friendship between the heroine and the supporting actress.

    Although it is a small change, and there is also the love between heroine and supporting actor, and even a dog-blood love triangle - various relationships between heroine, supporting actress and supporting actor.

    However, what the heroine wants to do is always save her best friend.

    "We've all had good friends, we've all vowed to give everything for each other, but how many people can be like Kelly, in order to save a friend, go back to keeping her away from him in the first place— If we had that ability?" wrote one critic in his column.

    Unfortunately, in the end, Kelly went back to her childhood party and scolded her friends, not Brace's first shot, returning to her mother's belly to kill herself before she was born self. Although Sean likes this ending very much, since the sacrifice is to be highlighted, then this sacrifice will undoubtedly shock the audience, but Vladimir is very opposed, because it is too shocking, he returns to his mother's belly and kills himself. Baked on the topic of abortion.

      So after the negotiation, I can only talk about this ending and put it on the DVD, and then shoot another ending.

    In any case, the "Butterfly Effect" with friendship as its selling point is much better in word of mouth than "Butterfly Effect" with love as its selling point, so much so that it won a weekend box office of 19 million in the first week , cost recovery and profitability are almost certain. Jessica's performance in it was also praised by many people, at least when she played the disabled person whose upper limb was blown up, she did a good job.

      Na went to "The Butterfly Effect" as the heroine.

    Well, let's not mention this, there is another thing worth mentioning is that "Desperate Housewives" officially started broadcasting on ABC.