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After chatting with Kevin Tesuhara for a while, plus some news about the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy circulating in the circle before, Matthew basically figured out the ins and outs of the matter. Warner Bros. and Peter Jackson are working together. The prepared "The Hobbit" can be said to have struggled out of the vortex of trouble.

After New Line Pictures won the film copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, by the way, with the assistance of Miramax's Weinstein brothers, they obtained the copyright of "The Hobbit", but not 100% copyright, Some of the rights to The Hobbit are still in the hands of MGM.

So, MGM and Peter Jackson initially proposed to shoot The Hobbit, and Warner Bros. joined after taking over the rights to subsidiary New Line.

It was originally planned to be co-financed by MGM and Warner Bros.

But there's one more nuisance, Peter Jackson's lack of skills, and he probably won't be able to direct.

As for the reason, it is Peter Jackson and Warner Bros., to be precise, a lawsuit with New Line Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros.

Not long after the release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", Peter Jackson took New Line Pictures to court because New Line Pictures owed him a total of $15 million in director compensation for the trilogy.

New Line Cinema has a relatively poor reputation in this regard, and Peter Jackson is not the first to be owed.

Peter Jackson won his case and got his unpaid wages, but he sued New Line Cinema late last year for not getting his contractual payments from the games and audio-visual adaptations of the "Lord of the Rings" movies.

Although Peter Jackson and his wife were preparing to put "The Holt" on the screen before "The Lord of the Rings" was filmed, and he was also the most suitable director for "The Hobbit", the lawsuit was in full swing, Peter Jackson is temporarily out of action.

Just in April of this year, MGM Pictures, which had been struggling all the time, was finally unable to support it and filed for bankruptcy protection. As the company's high-quality assets, they sold some of the copyrights of "The Hobbit" to Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. also acquired the full rights to The Hobbit.

In addition, New Line Cinema reached an out-of-court settlement with Peter Jackson, following the intervention of Kevin Tesuhara, allowing Peter Jackson to return to filmmaking.

But Peter Jackson was exhausted both physically and mentally, and because of the negative effects of New Line Cinema, he didn't want to work with Warner Bros. Instead, he recommended Matthew's old acquaintance Guillermo del Toro as director.

It's almost like a soap opera for housewives.

"Because of the withdrawal of MGM Pictures..." Kevin Tesuhara said in a low voice, "All the production costs of this series need to be borne by Warner Bros. independently."

Matthew nodded slightly, guessing that MGM's sudden exit caught Warner Bros somewhat by surprise.

With the great success of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Hobbit" must be a top-tier production, and the production cost must be considerable.

"Kevin." Matthew thought of this and took the initiative to say, "Are you going to finance the production costs?"

"Yeah." Kevin Tesuhara said so much, he wanted to recruit people, everyone knew that Matthew had money, "You have been working with Warner, you should understand some things, at present Warner Bros. There are many top-level and large-scale projects in operation, and too much money cannot be invested in a short period of time.”

Of course Matthew knows this. If nothing else, the production budget for a single "Green Lantern" film is as high as 250 million US dollars.

And Warner Bros. has high hopes for this film, hoping to achieve greater success than "Iron Man", thereby laying the foundation for the entire Justice League movie universe, and not too much external financing.

To put it figuratively, "Green Lantern" is the son of Warner Brothers, and "The Hobbit" can only be regarded as half a son.

Matthew said tentatively, "I still have some money in my hand."

Kevin Tesuhara said immediately, "Matthew, we can cooperate again, there is still a funding gap of about 20% for this project."

Now, who in Hollywood doesn't know the value of Matthew, since Matthew came over to say hello to him and Ron Mayer, he thought of this matter, and was also considering the feasibility, and quickly found that it could bring benefits to Warner Bros. There are two benefits.

Everyone knows that Matthew is very rich now, not to mention other things, the basic salary of "Inception" and "Special Forces: The Rise of the Cobra" alone is tens of millions of dollars. The Hobbit part of the funding gap.

This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can show the sincerity of Warner Bros. cooperation and make the cooperative relationship between the two parties closer.

What's more, compared to those film funds and financial institutions, if Matthew participates in the investment, it can also bring a certain publicity effect to the film.

Warner Bros. doesn't have to find someone to cooperate with. Since it intends to raise funds, why not find someone who may bring greater benefits?

"Yes." Matthew didn't mean to refuse, but he was still more cautious. "Kevin, Tolkien's literary adaptation, the director should preferably be Peter Jackson."

This New Zealand fat man was born to shoot Tolkien's literary works.

Kevin Tesuhara smiled, "We're also talking to Peter Jackson to persuade him to direct this series."

"I believe he will come back." Matthew is still confident in the persuasion of Warner Bros.

Even if the two of them reached a simple intention, the remaining 20% ​​of the funding gap for "The Hobbit" will be handed over to Studio No. 13 to raise money. Specifically, how to invest and how to cooperate, naturally there will be the following personnel to talk.

Compared with those projects that he had worked so hard to get before, the project of "The Hobbit" was easier to come by. This is also why Matthew has reached a certain height, especially after continuous success and accumulation of rich net worth, unconsciously. impact.

He invests in movies, and he can bring more attention than those movie funds.

Matthew still has a certain impression of "The Hobbit", a series that can once shoot a trilogy, the income is definitely not bad.

However, the plot of this series is almost forgotten. It is not as impressive as the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The deepest memory is the condor that descends from the sky. At every critical moment, there will always be a condor appearing to change the battle situation. .

Although commercial movies have the law of the protagonist's immortality, and there are other cheats such as golden fingers, but a golden finger is used over and over again, and eventually it will inevitably become a stalk on the Internet.

When Matthew and Kevin Tesuhara were talking, Taylor Swift stayed by the side, didn't say a word, and looked like a very qualified girlfriend.

There were more and more people in the banquet hall, and there was an endless stream of people coming in and out of the door, and Harvey Weinstein also entered the banquet hall.

This famous fat Jewish man was chatting with people and looking around, and soon in a corner with few people on the left side of the banquet hall, he saw the target of this time, Kevin Tesuhara.

Unexpectedly, he also saw Matthew Horner next to Kevin Tesuhara.

Harvey Weinstein frowned slightly, but he did not slow down, and walked directly towards Kevin Tesuhara, not to mention that Kevin Tesuhara had Matthew Horner and a high-ranking man beside him. A girl, even if surrounded by people, can't stop his purpose.

"Kevin!"

Before he got to Kevin Tesuhara, he said, "You make me look good."

Hearing some familiar voices from the back, Matthew looked back, just in time to see Harvey Weinstein's fat face, and nodded politely.

In public, he pays great attention to his personality.

Harvey Weinstein also nodded to Matthew and came to Kevin Tesuhara, who smiled, "Hello, Harvey."

"Kevin, I heard that you have someone sternly reject my investment in "The Hobbit"?" Harvey Weinstein said no nonsense at all, "Why?"

Hearing this, Matthew glanced at Harvey Weinstein. Is this fat man also investing in "The Hobbit"?

Then, he thought of the information he had obtained from Kevin Tesuhara before. When Harvey Weinstein was still at Miramax, he assisted New Line Pictures in integrating the copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" series. At the same time, he helped New Line Pictures to get part of the copyright of "The Hobbit", and Miramax also invested in the "Lord of the Rings" series.

Taylor Swift suddenly leaned into his ear and muttered in a low voice, "I heard you had a bad time with Harvey Weinstein some time ago?"

Matthew nodded lightly, he always remembered Oscar night.

"Sorry, Harvey." Kevin Tesuhara was very polite, "Warner Bros. has basically finalized all the investment in this series~www.readwn.com~ There is no share left for Weinstein Pictures."

He was telling the truth, he had just reached a preliminary intention with Matthew to give the last 20% of "The Hobbit" to Studio No. 13.

You can't just say something and immediately deny it in front of Matthew Horner?

Harvey Weinstein suddenly increased his voice, "Kevin, don't forget how you got the rights to the "Lord of the Rings" series."

Hearing this bad tone, Kevin Tesuhara put away his smile and said seriously, "You don't need to remind me, the copyright was bought by Warner Bros. and New Line Pictures with huge sums of money!"

Matthew looked at Kevin Tesuhara, then at Harvey Weinstein, and gradually understood that Harvey Weinstein wanted to invest in the "The Hobbit" series, but Warner Bros. Want to accept, and Kevin Tesuhara just handed him the last remaining 20% ​​of the investment share.

Harvey Weinstein doesn't look like he wants to let it go, but will he let this opportunity to make money? Even if it were to be given, it would not be given to someone like Harvey Weinstein.