Best Movie Star

As a typical writer written by a female author, Matthew does have some consideration for the choice of director. For works similar to women, the best choice is undoubtedly a female director.

So, back in Los Angeles, he called Sofia Coppola and made an appointment to meet and talk.

In the reception room of Horner Manor, Sofia Coppola put down the book in her hand and said in a nasal tone, "You want me to direct this?"

Matthew didn't go around in circles, saying, "This is a typical female work, and in the future it will be a film that is entirely based on love. Female directors are the first choice. Among today's Hollywood female directors, I can't find them. A more suitable person than you."

"Is there a script?" Sofia Coppola asked.

"Not yet." Matthew said honestly, "My agency team is currently negotiating with the original author, and it is estimated that the contract will be signed in about a week."

After he secured Stephanie Mayer, negotiations with Phoenix went very well.

"Why are you looking for me?" Sofia Coppola is still the same question.

Matthew thought for a while, and then said, "Because of "Lost in Translation," this romantic film is very unique, and it can be seen that you are very familiar with the routines of romantic films, and the impact of "Lost in Translation" cultural conflicts on people's hearts, It's kind of like the inner effects of racial disparity in this one, and you're very good at dealing with that."

Sofia Coppola glanced at him, "You seem to know me well."

Matthew shrugged slightly, "We had an in-depth exchange, have you forgotten?"

"I'll take it first." Sofia Coppola stood up to say goodbye, picked up the copy of "Twilight" and shook it at Matthew, "The rest will wait until you get the copyright and have the script."

Before she left, she said, "I have something to tell you in advance. The premise of my directing is to participate in scriptwriting."

"Okay." Matthew responded casually, "We'll talk about this later."

After seeing Sofia Coppola, he drove to the post-production studio in Burbank not far from Marvel Studios. Now that the filming of "Iron Man" has been completed, the crew has moved to the post-production stage, but Marvel Comics still Embarrassed, Marvel Studios, like many small film companies, can only lease studios for post-production.

In the post-production room, Matthew met Jon Favreau and Kevin Fitch, two very busy people, this film will determine the future fate of the entire Marvel comics, they know this very well, almost Eat and live in the post-production studio.

Matthew just looked at the post-production progress, and briefly exchanged a few words with the two of them.

In the project "Iron Man", he invested 40 million US dollars, and he, like Marvel Comics, expects this film to be a great success.

In addition, he learned from Kevin Feige that Marvel Studios is preparing a new Hulk film. Since the film is mainly invested and distributed by Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures does not want to bring in funds outside of Marvel. And the company, Marvel has tested through Kevin Feige whether it can postpone the number of films signed by the two parties to the investment agreement by one.

Matthew has no objection in principle, and will negotiate with Marvel when Helen Herman returns.

For the superhero movies of the Marvel Universe, he doesn't remember how much the box office of each movie was, and he never checked it out, but he only knew that the entire series was very successful.

The most famous of them is undoubtedly the Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr. It is not difficult to see from the "Avengers" movie that the core of the Avengers is Iron Man and Captain America.

If possible, let Helen Herman take the opportunity to negotiate with Marvel Comics to modify some of the supplementary terms of the agreement, and change the investment rights in the original memorandum to give priority to investing in films where Iron Man has important roles and other conditions.

Right now, "Iron Man" is still busy with post-production, let alone the release. There is still a long time before the film is completed. Let Helen Herman talk about it first. If it doesn't work, the original contract will be maintained.

"Iron Man" has been negotiated to be distributed by Paramount Pictures, and it is scheduled for the first weekend of the summer season in May next year. If all goes well, the era of Marvel superhero movies will begin. Movies like this will gradually turn into giant TV series.

Every era has its own genre of movies, like musicals in the 70s and 80s, romantic comedies and tough-guy action movies in the 90s, maybe this is the era when superhero movies are really rampant.

Of course, just as musicals are completely dead and romantic comedies and tough-guy action movies are marginalized, superhero movies will have their day.

It has nothing to do with artistic content.

The traditional musicals, which are recognized as having a high artistic content, have not completely declined. Even if the old men of the academy have given some nostalgic golden figures in recent years, the musicals still have not improved.

Those that are not suitable for the development of the times will eventually be eliminated.

Therefore, even the teenage idol love needs to be put on the skin of a vampire and a werewolf in order to attract people.

For the next two days, Matthew basically discussed the shooting and production of "Fast and Furious 4" with David Ellison, Bearded Jack and Justin Lin at Skydance Pictures.

After confirming that the main characters are used as the framework, the screenwriting team fills in the appropriate content, and after several revisions, the script creation has reached the final stage. Matthew and Bearded Jack are basically satisfied with the script. The script is only the foundation and does not determine a The success or failure of the film is more important than the shooting and production.

Matthew had several discussions with Bearded Jack and Justin Lin, asking that the rhythm of the entire film must be fast, a dozen minutes in ten minutes and a dozen dozen in twenty minutes.

In this era, if the rhythm of a film is like that of "Pirates of Fire", even if the plot is very exciting, I am afraid that the commercial income will not be much better.

Investing in this type of film is not just about box office and commercial theory, there must be something wrong with your head.

During this period, Matthew and David Ellison also went to meet Andrew Stanton together, and talked with Andrew Stanton about the possibility of investing in "Alien Battlefield".

"At present, the production of the animated feature "Robot Wall-E" directed by me has reached the final stage."

Sitting under a giant sun umbrella in an open-air bar near Pixar's studio in Emeryville, California, Andrew Stanton told Matthew and David Ellison, "As soon as the production of 'Wall-E' is complete, , I will transfer to the work of "Alien Battlefield"."

David Ellison asked concerned, "When do you plan to release this film?"

"If all goes well, it will be released in the summer of 2010." Andrew Stanton replied, "No later than the summer of 2011."

He looked towards Matthew's side, "In my vision, this is a sci-fi action theme, and Matthew is the most suitable male lead candidate."

Seeing that the topic came to him, Matthew asked, "Andrew, how much support does Disney have for your new film?"

Andrew Stanton smiled, "Walt Disney has just acquired Pixar Studios, and the funds are a bit tight. I have communicated with people from Disney Pictures, Disney Pictures is still operating "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", the production of this film The budget is as high as $200 million…”

His face was somewhat helpless, "The resources of Disney Pictures will definitely give priority to this sequel film, and I have to rely on external financing to solve most of the production budget."

Matthew nodded slightly, and David Ellison took over the topic, "If we can reach a cooperation, I can solve some of your funding problems."

But he immediately said, "You should know that Matthew and I have just jointly invested in a large project, and there is not much working capital in hand, so there is limited solution for you."

"I see." Andrew Stanton frowned slightly, then said with a smile, "We can talk about this later."

He had heard Matthew talk about David Ellison before, and he had expected this super rich second-generation to help solve most of the budget problems, but the results were a bit disappointing.

However, as long as Matthew can be brought in to play the leading role, are you still worried about finding funds?

As long as the production funding problem can be solved, the rest is fine.

Matthew and David Ellison chatted with Andrew Stanton for nearly an hour, then said goodbye and left Emeryville. Andrew Stanton then walked towards the gate of Pixar Studios headquarters~www.readwn.com~ Just as he walked out of the open-air bar, a guest sitting at a table not far away got up and followed.

Andrew Stanton entered the Pixar gate and noticed that someone was following him, but he didn't care. As a Pixar go-getter and Oscar winner, occasionally paparazzi came over to take pictures.

Seeing Andrew Stanton returning to Pixar, the man immediately picked up the car and headed straight to Burbank, and soon came to the office building where Plan B was located.

Matthew has heard from David Ellison that Brad Pitt's people are snooping on a Disney project called "Mars Princess", and although the two sides have not formally contacted, the fish seems to have taken the bait.

David Ellison's people have been paying attention.

The day after meeting Andrew Stanton, Matthew came to Phoenix again to represent the newly incorporated Film Studio Thirteen, signing "Twilight," "Crescent Moon," and "Eclipse" with Stephanie Meyer , and the copyright agreement for the fourth "Breaking Dawn" that is being created.

In this agreement, the most important is undoubtedly a series of royalties from Stephanie Meier. In addition to the standards stipulated by the industry association, No. 13 Film Studio will pay Stephanie Meier one-time payment to Stephanie Mei for the copyright of these four films. Earl paid $12 million in fees, and three percent of the later profits for each film adapted as a bonus to the original author.

According to Matthew's request, Helen Herman appropriately increased the transfer fee in the early stage, thereby reducing the share in the later stage. Matthew is very clear that after the first film is released, Stephanie Meier's agency will definitely give him and Dean. As Pu did in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", he asked to increase the proportion of the post-game share.

This also leaves some room for negotiation.

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