Hollywood Hunter

"The copyright of "Terminator" is in the hands of Hemdell, a film company backed by British tax haven capital, and has a distribution agreement with Orion. Hemdell's president John Daly refused to sell the copyright of "Terminator" , But expressed that we can cooperate with Daenerys Films. I think this plan is feasible. If a sequel is made, the funds provided by Helmdale can help us share the risk."

"Tolkien's Middle-earth series, the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings" is in the hands of Saul Zanz, the producer who made the two Oscars of "Flying Over the Cuckoo's Asylum" and "Mozart". The copyright of "Bitman" is in United States. The other party bought the permanent copyrights of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" for £10,000 in 1969. The copyright in the hands of Saul Zanz was also from United States. I got it. As for the Silmarillion, the copyright is in the hands of the Tolkien Heritage Foundation. I have contacted three parties, and they all said they could talk, but none of us accepted our offer. I think in the absence of a specific production plan, It is very difficult to get the film and television copyrights of these three books, and sky-high prices must be paid."

"Dave Stevens, the creator of the comic "Rocket Expert", did not accept my offer. He hopes to talk to you in person. I have inquired that this cartoonist has been looking for cooperation with film companies since last year. Opportunity, he hopes to adapt this comic into a high-budget movie. After the summer comic film "Cosmic Giant Seaman" failed at the box office, several companies that were in contact with them all backed down."

"The copyright of "Girls of the Thunderbolt" is owned by Columbia Pictures. This TV series was originally produced by Ronald Goldberg's production company. Before serving as the president of Fox Pictures, Ronald Goldberg took that company It was sold to Colombia for $40 million. From the end of the series in 1981 to the present, the profits from the syndicate distribution and video tape sales of "Girls of the Thunderbolt" have been basically drained. However, if we want to buy out all the copyrights of this TV series , Columbia Pictures’ asking price is 10 million U.S. dollars. This price is too high. Although the TV series lasts for 6 seasons, there is not much rebroadcast value now, and there is very little profit from the sales of video tapes. We can just buy the TV series adaptations. right."

"Mission: Impossible, the TV drama version is produced by Paramount Television. They have been trying to develop a film version. Sidney Garnis said that if you are willing to direct it yourself, Paramount can consider filming with Daenerys Industry cooperation."

""The Bourne", this, Warner Bros. has also bought the copyright. I specifically called Terry Semel and his reply was similar to that of Sidney Garnis. By the way, Semel still Said I will call you when I have time in the afternoon."

"Out of these, the next is good news."

"I got the copyright of "Spider-Man" from Canon Pictures for $200,000. This is the original price when Canon obtained the copyright from Marvel. After the box office failure of "Superman 4" invested by Canon Pictures in the summer, plus this Canon has completely abandoned the "Spider-Man" plan due to the company’s own business difficulties. However, the original 5-year copyright term is only 3 years left. If we do not make a movie within 3 years, the copyright will automatically return to Marvel."

"The Phantom Studio’s offer for the film and television copyright of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is 300,000 US dollars. The TV animation version of this manga has a very good response this year, but it is very difficult to realize it. I talked about 200,000 US dollars. A similar 5-year contract for "Xia Xia."

"The price of the script for "Death Poetry Society" is $80,000."

"For "Steel Magnolia", I watched the videotape of the Broadway stage play, and it was very touching. The price for the right of adaptation was negotiated for $100,000."

""Fast and Furious", huh, I really don’t know how you saw this movie, Simon, this is a 1955 film, or a Roger Coman’s B-rated film. According to your request, $200,000 Roger Koeman sold us all the copyrights of this film. I bargained with him for a long time, and he was indeed a savvy man who never lost money. The shooting budget of "Fast and Furious" was only more than $60,000. I watched the tape, and then I didn’t have any interest in watching it a second time."

"As for the others, they are still in contact."

In the conference room of Daenerys Pictures.

Amy Pascal counted the results of the copyright negotiations during the recent period one by one, and then pointed to the thick stack of scripts on the desk, saying: "In addition, this week, I have received a total of from major agencies. For the introduction of 60 movie scripts, 19 of them are selected which I think are acceptable. They are all here. You can watch them this weekend."

On the other side of the conference table, Simon listened to Amy's report, but he was flipping through the "Spider-Man" contract.

"Spiderman"!

This is "Spiderman"!

Just start a "Spider-Man" that can earn $700 or 800 million worldwide!

In the era before his rebirth, let alone "Spider-Man", even some second- and third-tier superheroes, Marvel could not easily transfer. Now, for just $200,000, Simon has obtained the copyright of Marvel's hottest superhero, which is a little weird even thinking about it.

But this is reality.

Constrained by special effects technology, in this era, the copyright of superheroes that are difficult to film and television is far less popular than later. Although he had ambitions for the entire Marvel from New World Entertainment, Simon decisively bought the copyright of Spider-Man in advance.

At the same time, he secretly made up his mind that no matter whether Marvel can be successfully won in the future, Daenerys Pictures will hold the copyright of Spider-Man firmly in his hands.

As for the three-year copyright period left, this is not a problem at all. The big deal is to learn and remember Constantine Pictures' method of protecting the copyright of the "Fantastic Four", randomly spending one million US dollars to produce a B-level film, so that the contract period can be extended for another 5 years.

Thinking of this, Simon quickly pulled his thoughts back when Amy's voice fell.

After making more than one billion U.S. dollars through the operation of the stock index futures market, Simon began to collect copyrights again during this period, and he was no longer so obscure. After all, now can be said that Simon has the best opportunity to easily buy a lot of copyrights.

Suddenly becoming a billionaire, or a billion-dollar "fat sheep", many people are very willing to sell some copyrights to him at high prices. But then, if Daenerys Pictures continuously produces more big-selling works, any project Simon fancy may cause competition. At that time, it will become very difficult for him to obtain certain copyrights.

Amy just got the copyright in the report. Needless to say, "Spider-Man" and "Fast and Furious", "Teenage Ninja Turtles", "Death Poetry Society" and "Steel Magnolia" are all box office in the next few years in the original time and space. The best-selling work, "Rocket Expert" that I haven't gotten yet, is a grain of'sand' that Simon casually mixed in.

After the exposure of his huge wealth, Simon actually no longer deliberately do this kind of things mixed with sand. Anyway, most of the copyrights he fancy are very popular items, and it is only natural that the box office will sell well in the future.

Closing the "Spider-Man" copyright contract in front of him, Simon said to Amy: "Terminator and Tolkien's works continue to talk, as long as they offer a price, we will buy it. As for "Rocket Expert", I will take the time Talk to the cartoonist. You can try to hold down the price of the copyright of "Charlie Girl". US$10 million is indeed too high, but you must make sure to take it down. The last "Mission: Impossible" and "The Bournemouth", Now that Paramount and Warner are already developing, forget it for now."

Able to win "Spider-Man" and "Fast and Furious", "Charlie Leak" can be said to be one step away, and Simon is already very satisfied. For "Terminator" and Tolkien's Middle-earth series, we can only grind slowly. Both works have a great reputation, and copyright holders will not let go.

As for "Mission: Impossible" and "The Bourne Shadows", next year the screenwriters union will launch the longest strike in Hollywood history. Even if development has started now, these two projects are likely to be stranded due to the strike. In the end, it was dragged ten years later, just like the original time and space.

Although the longer the delay, the more disadvantaged it is for Simon, but he still has many opportunities.

Amy wrote down Simon's instructions on the memo, and said: "So, what should we do next with the copyrights we have obtained?"

"Death Poetry Society" and "Steel Magnolia" are included in the company's production list, and the others are temporarily shelved," Simon moping in front of the "Spiderman" copyright contract, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Amy , DC's "Superman" and "Batman", do you think we can win it?"

"The copyright of "Superman" is in the hands of European producer Alexander Salkind. I happen to know about this. Alexander Salkind bought the film and television rights of the "Superman" series for 15 years, and the same With automatic contract renewal clauses, but after the box office failure of "Superman 3" in 1983 and "Superwoman" in 1984, Salkind has stopped production of the "Superman" series, but still holds the copyright in his hands. Canon What I got before was only a shooting authorization. Counting from the first "Superman" in 1978, there should be about 5 years of copyright remaining. If you want to shoot, like Canon, we should be able to get it. Authorization," Amy said while thinking, and then added: "As for "Batman", the copyright is still in DC's hands. Warner seems to have been planning this project. At the beginning of the year, I heard that they were planning to make a TV series version. Let Bill Murray play Bruce Wayne. I don’t know the latest news."

Simon imagines Bill Murray, who is good at comedy, playing Batman. It feels a little funny.

Due to later memory, Simon instinctively felt a natural sense of distance from superhero copyright. But now, after hearing that the copyright of "Superman" is not in the hands of DC, Warner also plans to make "Batman" into a TV comedy. Soon, he was moved to look at his senior woman across the conference table again and said: "Ai Mi, do you think it is possible for me to buy DC from Warner?"