Hollywood legendary director

To the back, Stephen King looked at the two of them, the more comfortable they became.

Great writers are also humans and laymen.

He even wrote in a certain magazine column when he was in his 40s that he wanted to be a Mark Twain writer, not a so-called horror writer.

He actively embraced the film and television circle, at first because of making more money, and later because of enjoyment, the audience praised when he enjoyed his novel adaptation into film and television drama.

He has also seen many directors, box-office sellers, arrogant, literary...

But it's not like Lyman.

how to say.

He speaks respectfully, has a proper attitude, and respects himself.

What he can't understand is that some directors have come to ask for the right to adapt the film, but they seem to be giving him face, or just meet and spend money.

He has no shortage of wealth, nor does he like luxury.

He wants to pursue fame more than wealth.This is where many older generations agree.

If I have enough money, I want to pursue "remaining name."

Coincidentally, Lehmann also guessed this.

After a proper response, Stephen King had a very good attitude, and he agreed with Lehman for the film adaptation copyright of "The Mist".

With a smile, he raised his glasses and nodded to Lehman: "I will say hello to them, do you want to settle it in these two days?"

Lehman's tone was a little bit excited, "Thank you sir, I will take a good shot of "The Mist"."

Stephen King looked more and more pleasing to Lehman, his eyes narrowed, "If you have any questions, you can also talk to me. This is my personal phone number."

He took out a business card from the drawer on the side of the small table. It was very simple, with only a string of numbers and nothing else.

Lyman respectfully took it, thanking him twice.

At this time, Tabitha walked over again.

When Lehman saw this, he also had the foresight and took the initiative to retreat: "When I met my husband, I wanted to talk a few more words, but the time was not too early, and it was inconvenient. If I have time in the future, I will come and ask in person."

At this time, Gyro was already awake from the state of being a fan. Seeing the two of you agreeing with each other about the film adaptation rights of the novel, I already knew that Lehmann had got what he wanted.

Although he doesn't have the ability to talk nonsense like Lyman, but there is no lack of courtesy.

At the moment, he followed the courtesy and withdrew from the villa.

As soon as he came out, he said with some feeling: "When will I be able to adapt Mr. Stephen's work."

"You can come and talk if you want."

"But I don't know what to shoot, I don't have a clue." The top was a little lost.

After filming "Hellboy", he entered the window period again, and in his free time he was thinking about the direction of the new work.

"Haha, then you should fix "The Walking Dead" first, and think about the rest."

"What's so difficult about the TV series? You have written the script." The top said with disdain.

Like ordinary film directors, he doesn't really afford TV series creation.

Well, Lehman didn't like it either.

If it weren't for making money, he would definitely not have the idea of ​​filming.

"It's good if you have confidence. Don't forget, the investment in the TV series also has your studio's share."

The initial investment of "The Walking Dead" is 10 million. The total investment in the first quarter will probably not exceed 60 million. Among them, Gyro himself and his studio accounted for a total of 12 million of the budget, and Constantine Pictures and other investors accounted for about 18 million. , The rest is funded by Firefly Pictures.

However, the distribution ratio is not entirely based on the investment ratio.

It is mainly Firefly Pictures and the TV station that has obtained the broadcasting rights to share most of the income. The remaining investors and the main creative team can eat meat, and the young actors and some filming teams behind the scenes can drink soup.

In addition, the drama itself is very influential, and there is no shortage of publicity hot spots. Lehman has two requirements for the cast:

One, the image is appropriate.

Second, the pay is cheap.

To sum up, if you have the strength but the salary cannot be high, you can reduce the cost of shooting.

The job of casting Lehman has been distributed through various economic companies. The first threshold is the internal selection of these brokerage companies, and then the matching of roles is determined based on various conditions.

In the end, it was Lyman and Top that led Jonathan, Ryan and others to decide the final round. Pay more attention to the salary needs of the actors and do not exceed the budget of the actors.

As they walked, they chatted about the next preparations for the crew.

After Lehman got Stephen King’s approval, he only needed to formally sign a contract with the cultural company he founded and go through a program. On the top, some of the crew’s shooting team were from his studio, and some were from Firefly. The preparatory work of the set and props selected by the production department of the film industry has already begun, and it is just waiting for the actors to be in place.

Drive home, first send the spinning top to his studio-his studio is rented on the 7th floor of a commercial building across the street from Firefly Pictures.

Several other co-directors are similar, and don't usually stay in the Firefly Pictures building.

As for the studio's administrative expenses and staff salaries, they are also responsible for each.

Let’s put it this way, if there is a cooperation project, Lehman will take the lead and take on part of the production business, but also help find channels for distribution and market profit; these studios will contribute funds, assist in shooting, and get the project income according to the signed contract. .

There are six major subsidiary companies like Fox Searchlight and Focus Pictures, with the same business expansion model.

The only difference is that they are larger, while Lehman and others are smaller.

But the same thing is that they all maintain a certain degree of independence. For example, after DreamWorks joined Paramount, the senior positions have basically not changed. How to manage or how to manage.

After Lehman got home, it was 36 minutes past 8 o'clock.

He and Eva got together in the room again to settle accounts, and also arranged for Eva's time allocation between the "The Walking Dead" crew and the "Mist" crew.

The filming of the TV series must be as the top said, and the crew will be established as soon as possible.

As for "The Mist", it may take a day or two to get the copyright, and the pre-production of the film will be afterwards. It is estimated that it will be launched soon in February next year.

Therefore, as long as Eva's role is focused on shooting and getting the lunch earlier, it will definitely catch up with the promotion.

Well, tool man Eva.

The calculation means that Eva’s statistics on her own assets this year show that she almost earned more than 43 million yuan and spent more than 27 million yuan-female celebrities are indeed too expensive, and CAA’s economic commission is actually not very high.

Among them, advertising endorsements and business performances accounted for 30%, actor salary and box office incentives accounted for 60%, and the remaining 10% was the income of the reasonable investment of her assets by the agency team arranged by CAA for her.

After happily reporting to Lehman, Eva was still quite happy.

He also took Lyman out shopping and said that he would buy clothes for him...