Legendary Hollywood Producer - Chapter 164

In the office of Manhai Entertainment, Roman received George, the director of the distribution department of Paramount Pictures, and he was accompanied by a middle-aged man of similar age.

“Roman, this is Hull Laubert, the director of the production department.” George introduced the two: “Hull, this is Roman, the president of Manhai Entertainment.”

“Hello there.”

“Nice to meet you.”

Roman shook hands with Hull and said hello, politely.

“Has that matter settled?” Roman asked his assistant to bring coffee and asked directly: “Or Warner has not made up his mind yet?” Today is the third day of Roman’s participation in the Oscar ceremony.

George smiled and said: “The project has been reviewed and approved, and the general idea of ​​the trilogy you submitted has been adopted by the Warner Marketing Department. They are revising the first version of the script based on the comic “The Dark Knight Returns.”

It has been more than half a month since Roman and Warner communicated about the restart of “Batman”. Only now have they reviewed the project’s market prospects and risk assessment and other preliminary preparations, and believe that the film can be shot and produced.

George continued: “I am here today for this project, and I also brought Hull Laubert. He will be the spokesperson for Warner’s position. If you have anything, you can communicate with him.”

In accordance with the conditions agreed upon by the two parties, Manhai Entertainment invested US$100 million in production costs for the first film, and Warner will make up for the remaining shooting costs. This investment can account for a corresponding proportion of the movie’s box office revenue, but regardless of the investment share, Manhai Entertainment will not enjoy any copyright of the “Batman” film, and the copyright owner will eventually belong to Warner Bros. Pictures. Moreover, the overall planning of the subsequent two films has to wait until the market results of the first film are released, and then detailed interviews can be made.

Of course, Roman did not forget to sign a supplementary agreement with Warner, to the effect that in the “Batman” trilogy, after the success of the first one, the next two Manhai Entertainment should get the investment share. If you do this, you won’t get too good results after the movie is released. Warner wants to kick Manhai Entertainment out of the game and do it alone, which is considered to protect its own rights and interests.

Warner Bros. didn’t even see the results of the first part. Moreover, it was the tone of the complete trilogy initially set by Manhai Entertainment, so they did not reject this proposal and signed this contract that guarantees Manhai Entertainment. .

In fact, no matter what, Warner Bros. is not at a loss. You only need to pay a small amount of money and take a small risk to get a series of seemingly beautiful “Batman” trilogy works. Warner’s senior management has no reason not to agree to Roman’s proposal.

As the locomotive of the complete film and television industry, movies can not only be represented by the box office, but the entire distribution process, copyright surroundings, and licensing income can undoubtedly create more profits, and these are not counted in the cooperation with Manhai Entertainment. Within the scope of, the contract window they signed is only three years, that is, after deducting the bulk of Warner’s due to the issuer from the proceeds of the offline market, Manhai Entertainment can enjoy three years of capital gains settlement. This is also the most popular mode of cooperative filming in the industry.

It can be said that Manhai Entertainment has spent a large sum of money inheriting a portion of the movie copyright income in a relatively short period of time, while Warner Bros. has obtained a long-term income with the final movie copyright owner in its hands. As for who pits and earns, it’s a false proposition. It all depends on both sides looking at the entire cooperative relationship from their respective standpoints. But the result is obvious, both Manhai Entertainment and Warner Pictures feel that they are making money, so the cooperation can proceed smoothly.

“How is the preparation of the crew?” Roman asked seriously.

“You are the producer of this movie, and you also said that you have to find a suitable director to shoot it yourself. So our preparations for the crew have just begun. Many of the film crews behind the scenes have not yet selected a target. Wait until you have confirmed the director of the film, and then form a team according to his wishes, which will be more beneficial to the filming.”

This movie is related to the role of the ace pillar of dc comics. Warner naturally wants to be the best. Even the formation of the team wants to consider the director’s ideas and strive to be perfect.

“Well, this is the best. I hope Warner Pictures can give me so much trust.” Roman said to George in a very serious tone.

Warner has not had problems in this aspect once or twice. Because of the strength and blessings brought to them by big companies, Warner’s senior executives always think that they have the most say in the production of movies, and intervene in the normal shooting and post-production of the director Editing the film is a commonplace matter. And because of this, when the subsequent development of the dc movie universe, there were so many troubles. “Justice League” and “Watchmen” were just the two worst in it, and the rest were more or less by Warner. High-level intervened.

Roman didn’t want to shoot the “Batman” movie, they started to chaotically command again, so they also said hello in advance.

“Then I won’t disturb the next cooperation between the two of you. I have something to deal with first.” George is not a direct participant in this project. Maybe he will have a chance to exert his strength until the filming is over. In order not to encroach on the management of the production department, he brought people to realize that even if he had completed the task he came here today, so after a few small chats, he retreated decisively. He himself is very busy.

“Mr. Roman, looking for the director, I hope you will bother, and I will support you.” After George left, Roman and Hull-Laubert were left in the office, so he also spoke. The preparations for “Batman”. Their production department is very keen on this matter. This is what the senior management has ordered countless times. It is the most important film project of Warner this year.

DC superheroes cannot be absent from this popular market that belongs to comic hero adaptations.

“I will determine the candidate as soon as possible, and I will still need Mr. Hull’s help at that time.” Romain was naturally very concerned about this matter, and said readily. After all, this is about the huge benefit cake of the “Batman” trilogy, and it’s all about eating well.

“Do you already have a target candidate?” Hull asked a little puzzled, listening to the meaning of Roman’s words, it seemed that there was progress on the matter.

“Of course, when I planned the entire adaptation process, I was also paying attention to which directors are suitable for this type. Under the layers of screening, there are some directors’ goals and ideas.” Roman smiled and said: “You will soon I know who it is.”