Best Movie Star

"Do you have the right person?" Matthew asked. "Who?"

Compared with the director, the producer is undoubtedly more important, and he is also having a headache for the producer recently.

Helen Herman said directly, "You know her, Nina Jacobson, the former president of Bravais Pictures."

Matthew knew the woman, "I remember her being an executive producer on the series."

Nina Jacobson is quite well-known in Hollywood, and a joke about her is widely circulated. A pile of feces was found. Still, the child excitedly declared that there must be a pony hiding nearby.

And Nina Jacobson is that kid.

In fact, the joke is well-intentioned. It tells that Nina Jacobson experienced several serious setbacks in her early years, but she did not fall down, but instead became more and more courageous, and eventually became the president of Bowei Pictures.

It seemed like she had experienced another major setback in previous years.

Matthew asked, "Helen, didn't Nina Jacobson get fired from Disney?"

"She was kicked out of Disney in 2006 by Michael Eisner before he stepped down because of a disagreement." Helen Herman apparently knew. The total cost of $10,000 has returned close to $320 million at the global box office."

Matthew nodded, this one does have a big heart.

Helen-Hellman added, "Nina Jacobson is also a supporter of the feminist movement, and has a rare experience of making successful teen idol works."

"That's good." Matthew made a decision. "You contact Nina Jacobson first, and if she doesn't refuse, I'll talk to her."

Helen Herman said, "Yes, I will contact her later."

That afternoon, she contacted Nina Jacobson, the former president of Bravais Pictures, who promised to meet. Matthew and Helen Hellman were with Nina Jacobson in a private club that night. talked.

The two sides talked quite happily, the only trouble is that Nina Jacobson is preparing to establish her own production company, hoping to participate in the investment.

With David Ellison around, Matthew wouldn't be short of money, and the first production budget wasn't big, and he certainly didn't want anyone else to come in.

There are differences between the two sides in this regard, but it is normal to have differences. After all, everyone has different interests and demands, and Nina Jacobson did not cut off contact after Matthew refused to invest. Helen Herman Continue to maintain contact, the two sides can continue to talk.

Negotiation itself is a process of eliminating differences and reaching compromises.

The next day, Matthew asked Patty Jenkins to meet again at the Angels Agency and introduced Susan Collins to her.

Compared with Nina Jacobson, Patty Jenkins is much smoother here, and Patty Jenkins' status and achievements in the enclosure are far less than Nina Jacobs. Busson, plus he hasn't made a movie in recent years, doesn't require much.

After several contacts between the two sides, Patty Jenkins' agent also joined in. Although the specific remuneration and other conditions will be discussed in detail after the producer is confirmed, Patty Jenkins has already promised to serve. director and screenwriter.

Near the end of December, Matthew and Helen Herman and Nina Jacobson reached an agreement, the latter gave up the plan to invest, and temporarily stopped the preparation of the production company, and joined the project as a producer , responsible directly to Matthew.

For this, Studio Thirteen will pay $4 million in compensation.

It's not the highest producer pay in Hollywood, but it's the highest female producer pay ever.

If you want to hire someone as mature and successful as Nina Jacobson, you must pay full compensation.

If you don't give corresponding compensation, you want people to work hard, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world.

According to the thoughts of those who used to live on the other side of the Pacific network who did not understand even the most basic business, a project like this, of course, requires the producer to only receive a symbolic salary of one dollar, and the director and actor are paid in five In a few digits, the profits generated by the film are neither given to the distributors nor divided into theaters, all of which are owned by themselves.

The whole world belongs to this kind of person. What does the box office count for?

Studio No. 13 officially signed a contract with Nina Jacobson. Nina Jacobson began to be responsible for setting up the crew. The crew has currently identified three main candidates. In addition to her, there are also directors and screenwriters. Tee Jenkins and original writer and screenwriter Susan Collins.

Next, recruit jobs in various behind-the-scenes departments such as photography, props, lighting, and art direction.

In contrast, the actors can be put to the end.

Actors, especially the leading actors, are often the last to enter the crew. Matthew is not in a hurry to find Katniss actors. As for the big cousin who likes to paint her face with milk, he has no plans to contact him in advance. Now the whole project is just in the early stage. Planning, not to mention the actor audition, even if it is preliminary preparation, it will take a long time.

While Matthew was busy, the invitation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was confirmed, and the Academy officially confirmed that more than 60 people, including him, became new members of the Academy.

In other words, he already has the qualifications for Oscar voting.

However, the Oscar nomination ballots and the Oscar application list will not be mailed to the members until December 30th.

During this period, he also received a call from Taylor Swift, who seemed very interested in being his music teacher, reminding him not to forget about class.

Matthew was too busy with work during this time, so he could only temporarily decline it and postpone it to a later date.

Taylor Swift then emailed him a detailed music teaching plan.

"Is this country singer so happy to be a teacher?"

Matthew only muttered when he saw the music teaching schedule. If Taylor Swift simply taught him to sing, he would have to think about whether the student should continue to be.

In late December, Matthew temporarily put aside his affairs with Taylor Swift's teachers and students, and called David Ellison, Nina Jacobson, Patty - before reporting to the crew. Jenkins and Susan Collins had a brief meeting to unify the production philosophy and future style of the film, as well as determine the film's production budget.

Backed by a real rich man, David Ellison, after several discussions with Nina Jacobson and Patty Jenkins, he set a production budget of $80 million.

In today's Hollywood, a production budget of 80 million US dollars can only be regarded as a medium-sized commercial film.

But relatively speaking, this is a teen movie with a large investment and a large production.

After only five weeks of screening, the popularity quickly dissipated, but after the fifth weekend in North America, the North American box office successfully exceeded the $200 million mark, with a total of $202.38 million.

However, the film opened up and down, and the daily North American box office output has fallen to less than half a million dollars, and the market potential has basically been exhausted. The final North American box office is just over $210 million.

Compared to the $40 million production cost, this is a huge sell.

Moreover, the film also performed well overseas, with the global box office exceeding 400 million US dollars.

Recognized in Hollywood, it was a huge commercial success, with the series climbing to No. 1 on the bestseller list and being the No. 1 for five weeks in a row.

Like other peripheral products, the sales volume is also very gratifying. Studio No. 13 does not have the ability to produce and distribute peripheral products. In this regard, peripheral expansion is carried out in an authorized way.

So far, a total of nine peripheral licenses have been sold~www.readwn.com~, including related toys, games, cultural shirts and accessories, etc., with a total revenue of 29.8 million US dollars.

There are still some licenses under negotiation in the future, and the various licenses in North America and Europe alone can offset the investment of 40 million US dollars.

Pure peripherals can be profitable if you count DVD and TV rights.

Of course, whether it's Matthew or David Ellison, it's all very clear that it's all based on box office hits.

It can be said that without the box office, there will never be these amazing peripheral income.

Commercial movies are not just about box office, there must be something wrong with the head.

Matthew also met with Sean Daniel and Sofia Coppola, and has already started preparatory work. This film is still the old mode of short and fast, and the schedule is scheduled before Thanksgiving next year.

In addition, in addition to the inevitable increase in salary, the production scale of the film will not expand, and the production cost will not increase, so the production cost is controlled at 55 million US dollars.

At this point, Matthew can be said to be quite stingy.

However, it is not very useful to expand the production scale of such a typical girl's film. Few viewers will buy tickets for the big scene, which is not the selling point of the series.

Matthew has high expectations for this film. According to his calculations based on the release of the first film, as long as the announcement is in place, the box office in North America is very likely to hit $100 million in the first weekend.

This series is a treasure for him.

Maybe when the series is over, his net worth can be doubled.

The feeling of being a billionaire is really cool. Although at this stage, the accumulation of money is said to be a numbers game, but the enjoyment of the rich cannot be imagined by the poor.

After completing these tasks, Matthew went to the crew to report on time.