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Since Lyman is unwilling to be the director of "The Smiths", Paramount naturally needs to find another one.

And Lehman also asked for it, saying that the director should have experience in filming action themes; secondly, it is best not to stick to the old traditions, dare to innovate, and follow the humorous comedy route, and the actions are only appearances.

In this way, Shirley Lansing asked: "So do you have a suitable candidate?"-You wrote the script yourself and didn't shoot it. You must have an idea.

Lehman shook his head and asked, "Did Paramount not pay attention to directors who shoot such subjects?"

The production supervisor next to him thought for a while and gave suggestions, "Tony Gilroy or Bright Ratner, how about them?"

Lyman was silent for a moment.

These two people, he has been in the circle for so long, and of course he also knows-nodding acquaintance.

The former, the most famous is the director who took over the fourth part of "The Bourne" series, and one of the screenwriters of the first three parts. He has rich experience in the industry and the subject matter is the same, but this product has also made a movie before. , But after hitting the street, I had to be a screenwriter for so many years;

As for the latter, it is the director of the hot action film "The Rush Hour" series-Jackie Chan really stepped into the work of Hollywood's first-line movie stars. There is no doubt about the results, but after this product left Jackie Chan, he couldn't get any big box office. The movies sold are also very hanging...

So far, Lehman also mentioned: "Plus Doug Liman, try to invite these three candidates."

The original version of "Smiths" was shot by Doug Liman, but this one had a high asking price, because the interests of the latter also fell out with the Universal Company-well, this is the director of the first three films of "The Bourne" After that, after the profit distribution was not negotiated, Universal had to shelve the "Bourne Shadows" series, and the last restart, the project was also abandoned-Matt Damon also said that after the third part, it would not After participating in the performance, the protagonist by Byrne was forced to change his team and almost changed his team from top to bottom. It is inevitable that one of the following results will be worse than the other...

Naturally, Lehman didn't mention this candidate at the beginning, and he was also worried that Doug-Rieman was in the upswing of his career. It is estimated that he would not bleed heavily. It would be impossible to negotiate a large part of the project income. The candidates Meng gave were unreliable, and they had to be in contact with each other.

"Doug-Rieman, will he come?" The production director asked in doubt-now, this one has not officially turned his face with Universal. The third part of the so-called "The Bourne" is also in the plan disclosed by Universal. During the planning, we may not necessarily strive for it-a sequel of a hit movie and a new project unknown in the market. The risk of taking over is clear at a glance. This is also the reason why Paramount made mistakes when thinking about candidates. It's not that I don't know, but I feel that there is a high probability that people will not come, otherwise, why mention the series screenwriter and not the chief director?

Of course, Paramount did not know that Universal had a huge disagreement with this person, and for a while, it would not be working together at all --- Universal did not say it, and few knew it, except for the parties involved.

Lehman knows that "The Bourneman 3" Universal said it was going to prepare something, but it took 2 years to reach an agreement. It is still early, only in 2005. Universal just keeps pressing the news-"The Spy Movie fans have a lot of expectations for the "Shadows" project. They can't say that the negotiations in the middle have not reached a unity.

After the director selection came to an end, Lehman took out the original review and budget statement to discuss the investment shares with the three of Paramount.

As previously calculated by Shirley Lansing, the two parties have invested half and half, and 60% of the copyright belongs to Firefly Pictures-that is, the project leadership is in the hands of Lehman, and Paramount cannot start the project without consent.Well, a similar situation can be compared to the copyright of "Mission Impossible" in Tom Cruise's hands.

In terms of publicity, Blue Butterfly Pictures will be responsible for the offline peripheral promotion, and Paramount will be responsible for the cinema. Among them, according to the rules, 10% of North America and 30% of overseas film proceeds will be used for distribution. Ramon’s distribution expenses, and publicity costs, are equally divided-why the rise of independent studios does not matter to the Big Six, as long as the six major releases are sought, the Big Six can invest a small amount of money regardless of the risk. Reap the greatest profit.

Take "Smiths" as an example, Paramount’s investment is equal to that of Firefly Pictures, but it naturally reaps more than half of the film’s income-this is still a good deal with Lehman, and the project is provided by Firefly Pictures, if it is its own Provide or a small director, at least 60% or even 70% will be eaten, and most of the risk lies with outsiders, so why not fear the rise of independent studios-this is like cutting leeks. If leeks do not grow first, nothing will be gained. , After all, as long as these leeks don’t even think about turning over to become a vegetable farmer.

Shirley Lansing nodded while listening, occasionally frowning about Blue Butterfly Pictures' assistance in Paramount's release, and she had to endure it.

Then, I listened to Lehman continuing: "The filming cost of "Smiths" is about 80 million to 85 million. There are many big scenes using firearms, which account for a large proportion, so I don’t invite first-line movie stars. Risks It’s too big. And I can act as a project producer and take the helm."

It was not until this time that Shirley Lansing breathed a sigh of relief. If Lehman only provided the script and did not participate in the filming, she was really unwilling to throw 30 or 40 million dollars in it-what kind of comedy action movie, or Original script, does it have a little spread?

If the quality of the film is unsure, and the pressure to publish it is unknown, it is better to find a popular novel adaptation, at least there is still traffic and influential blessing.

And now Lehman can participate in the production, there must be a certain guarantee.

Speaking of this, there is no need to say more about it. After all, the crew directors and actors still need to find suitable candidates. Today is just to determine the feasibility of the project.

According to Lehman's goal of 100 million in North America and 300 million globally, compared with the investment of more than 80 million in filming, there is definitely a profit.

Paramount certainly would not refuse and immediately signed two co-production project agreements.

One is the ownership of copyright; the other is the distribution of benefits.

After there was no objection to these two aspects, Shirley Lansing asked Lyman what advice he had for the new actor.

This is it, the original film starred Brad Pitt and Angelie Na Jolie, and there was a huge scandal during the filming-Brad Pitt’s derailment was during the filming of this film. At the beginning, Angelina is a famous junior, a marriage breaker. As a result, the married Pete could not stand the temptation...

Of course, Lehman didn't like both of them. Although he didn't deliberately suppress them, he was definitely unwilling to cooperate. He casually said, "Notify the brokerage company for audition screening."

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