Chatty Hollywood

Of course, even if Charlotte has a lot of advance layout, but this does not mean that he has to completely abandon the traditional distribution channels.

It's just that when to shoot is a matter of timing.

Just as Charlotte needs to integrate her various layouts sooner or later.

——In his opinion, this is not a particularly suitable time.

In particular, as a member of the Seven Hollywood and the holder of the 007 series, MGM’s current operations have been struggling and are about to fall again.

——According to Charlotte's memory of the original time and space, the disastrous defeat of the 2002 "Wind Whisperer" war blockbuster was the final blow to MGM.

Since then, MGM has completely become one of the other six major Hollywood markets.

Everyone is busy cutting MGM's body to fight for the most beneficial part.

In addition, during this period, the high-profile challenger of DreamWorks will gradually fall, and its various departments will become Hollywood's six major trophies.

—— During this period, it is the opportunity for the Ghost Party Studio to take advantage of the chaos to rise up.

At least, the Big Six at that time couldn't draw enough strength to pay attention to this side...

Therefore, Charlotte did not comment on Mr. Westwood's proposal to establish its own distribution channels.

In this regard, Mr. Westwood did not say anything.

After all, although it is safer to engage in distribution, its trivialities and troubles are well known.

In his opinion, Charlotte felt that the studio was not ready yet, and it was normal that he could not make up his mind.

He can understand.

But as a subordinate, this cannot be a reason why he didn't raise it.

He didn't say anything extra.

After reading the report on "Small Island", Alexis continued to talk about "Pirates of the Caribbean 1"——

"At present, the North American box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" has accumulated more than 300 million US dollars. According to this trend, it is not impossible for North America to reach nearly 600 million US dollars, and the global box office will definitely exceed 1 billion US dollars. The second part was carefully produced and then released next year."

"This is natural."

Charlotte nodded.

"The purpose of continuous filming is to reduce costs and shorten the interval between releases. If the interval between the second film and the first film takes two or three years, wouldn't our continuous filming be meaningless?"

"But the general view is that if the sequel is released too quickly, although it can take advantage of the heat, it will easily damage the reputation of the film itself. Isn't it bad for the long-term?"

Alexis asked a question, Charlotte shrugged.

"That's because, in most cases, Hollywood can't use one year to complete the sequel to a blockbuster film. It can only extend the interval to two years or more-but we don't Same!"

Charlotte smiled.

"We have completed most of the shooting tasks in the early stage of continuous shooting. Even if we need to make up shots in the later stage, there is not much. In this case, about a year of post-production time is enough for us to make the film. Very sophisticated!"

"That's good!"

Alexis breathed a sigh of relief.

"Speaking of which, I also heard an interesting news from within Disney through a special channel—"

"what news?"

"The people at Disney seem to be studying whether to open a sequel after your "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy is completed, but they don't seem to plan to share the copyright with us this time."

"It's easy to understand."

Charlotte nodded.

"If the trilogy is successful, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series will form a very powerful IP. In this case, Disney definitely feels that even if you rely on itself, you can still play subsequent movies. Then they will naturally not Willing to share profits with us again-this is a normal thing."

"Then we just ignore it?"

Mr. Westwood asked.

"Although this series is invested by Disney and has given a lot of support, it is our Ghost Party Studio who supports the production, right?"

"indeed so."

Charlotte nodded.

"So in the current trilogy, we and Disney share the copyright-when I was shooting Pirates of the Caribbean, I spent so much effort, and even chose the high-risk mode of trilogy continuous shooting in order to reduce costs, because For this reason—and if I shoot again, I’m not going to do it anymore!"

"why?"

Don't talk about Mr. Westwood, even Alexis, who is Charlotte's secretary, doesn't understand.

Charlotte simply shrugged.

"Because the cost is too high!"

He explained,

"Now because of the trilogy's continuous shooting mode, the actors of the film are generally not paid high-even if some of the ladder bonuses after the movie are released-because they lack a reason to ask for a salary increase now."

"However, when the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy is released, if the box office and reputation are good, then when the sequel is filmed, everything changes—"

Charlotte smiled helplessly.

"At that time, it is estimated that all the actors' agents will ask for a substantial increase in the pay-I estimate that the probability of Depp's agent calling out a 20 million increase is not small, maybe it will be even higher-and considering We cannot simply deny the continuity of the role in the sequel."

"So, if "Pirates of the Caribbean" wants to make the fourth part and continue the original crew, the cost of the actors' salary will inevitably rise exponentially?"

As someone who has been a casting director for many years, Lao Gun instantly understood what Charlotte meant.

"The cost has risen sharply, and the audience's freshness will decrease because they have watched the three films-these elements will inevitably affect the profitability of the film. So you really don't want to continue directing this series after the trilogy, do you? ?"

"You can't say that."

Charlotte shook her head.

"Accurately ~www.readwn.com~ I don't want to direct a sequel where the salaries of the three main characters have risen sharply."

"Does this make a difference?"

Both the old gun and Mr. Westwood did not understand.

Charlotte explained,

"In short, I want to separate the three protagonists and shoot different movies. For example—"

He held out a finger,

"--According to the story we expected, after the story of the trilogy is over, the story of Will Turner and Elizabeth even has an end. Then, in the following story, they will inevitably part ways with Captain Jack-this way As a result, doesn't one story line become a two-day story line?"

"You mean—"

"We can give one story line to Disney, and by the way make a fortune from them, and then go to shoot another story line."

Charlotte shrugged.