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Co-development?

If you don’t know the future prospects of "Twilight", it is of course good to cooperate in development in order to reduce risks, but you know the success of the project and authorize it to others. Isn’t that cutting the meat and returning to the enemy?

Of course Lyman didn't do it, shook his head and said no.

Jon Fellerme was depressed.

Of course, the other person is also very depressed.

That is Stephen Meyer, the original author of the novel.

As the sales of novels increased, she felt more and more that she had sold the copyright of film adaptations at a loss.

She learned from a friend in the industry who is familiar with Hollywood that if she waits until now, she will start at least 10 million. If you raise the price a little, it is not difficult for a copyright to sell for 145 million.

With this calculation, Stephen was as uncomfortable as eating a fly. Not only did he earn a lot of dollars less, let alone he agreed to give priority to the transfer of subsequent copyrights, and that would be a loss in the future.

After all, she didn't expect her novels to sell so well. Now that they are on fire, she can't end it at will, so she writes a few more novels anyway.

So, when the studios came to her, she did not hide anything at all. She also informed these potential buyers of the contract details of the contract, and expressed her willingness to actively cooperate with the pressure on Firefly to get back the film and television rights.

But how could this guy know the minds of those buyers in the studio?

In their view, how much novel copyrights are sold is the result of their respective negotiations. Just because they follow the trend of the fire, they will tear their promises. Can you fight the firefly, but why can't you fight other people?

Everyone’s brains are not sick, so they can help you pressure and offend people, not to mention that the movie hasn’t been made yet, and maybe you won’t be able to earn the box office.

Even the most thoughtful Lionsgate took the initiative to negotiate transfers, rather than pressure.

And when Jon Fellerme was rejected, he also informed Lehman of Stephanie Meyer's small actions.

In his opinion, the film industry has its own rules of the film industry, and no outsider can be blind.

It can only be said that the circle thing is not only a hindrance, but also easy to cultivate a sense of identity.

After listening, Lyman frowned.

He knows that Stephanie Meyer is unwilling and does not think that she is wrong-developing movies and writing novels are basically two different things. Firefly also buys the copyright in accordance with the formal procedures, and it is not forced to sell. Just turned his face and said.

Moreover, Lehman will never give up the initiative.

However, if the original author does not cooperate, it is still a bit troublesome.

Of course, there are some disgusting methods that Lehman doesn't want to use, otherwise Stephen Meyer might be thankful that the filmmakers who bought his rights are still decent.

Let me give you a disgusting example.

The Marvel comics once fell into bankruptcy several times. In order to survive the crisis, they sold many character rights.

In 1980, "Fantastic Four" was bought by Constantine Pictures in Germany.

According to the agreement, if Constantine has no plans to photograph works within 12 years, Marvel has the right to unconditionally withdraw the sale copyright.

By 1992, seeing that the copyright protection period had expired, Constantine still had no specific plan to develop the "Fantastic Four"-such a big investment is not something that ordinary studios can do, and there are many market concerns. In addition, the special effects shooting at that time was very expensive.

For various reasons, Constantine’s senior management unanimously decided not to make it to the big screen, but they were unwilling to see that they had spent money. As a result, the copyright went back after 12 years.

Ever since, they came up with a trick to break the game.

That is to start the project immediately, and also invited B-level film director Ollie Sassoon to direct it from Hollywood.

Everything in this project looks so rushed and rough. The actors are selected quickly and the shooting is fast. It only took 25 days, with production and post-production, and the first "Fantastic Four" was released.

Then, Constantine completed the agreement with this bad drama and continued to hold the copyright to the "Fantastic Four".

But this made Marvel angry. Although they were forced to sell the copyright, it was not for the sake of ruining people.

Then, the comic booklet about "Fantastic Four" is no longer updated, and this series is directly cut off by Marvel.

Between the two, it is a typical one that hurts each other and disgusts each other.

In fact, such a method is quite inconsistent with Hollywood’s prevailing standards. Here, even if the two studios are fighting each other to discredit each other for the benefit of the schedule, in essence, they will not spoil the film and television projects casually, even if it is low-cost. There are also low-cost shooting methods, rather than doing it on purpose.

Moreover, as long as it is profitable, there is the possibility of continued cooperation, and it is not an absolute turn of the face.

So, although this method is very effective, Lehman just pretends to do it like this, Stephen Meyer is definitely more worried than Firefly about the negative impact of the film's failure on her novels-the adaptation of the film is too bad, really It will make book fans abandon the book.

Not to mention deliberately bad shots. Believe it or not, when choosing a few strange-looking actors to play roles, you can disgust a lot of people to scold the author-"Fantastic Four" is too bad, the most scolded It's Marvel, because who is the copyright you sold.

In the same way, "Twilight" was badly filmed, and the public generally blamed Stephen Meyer, the original author. Few people would blame the studio. This reasoning must be well understood.

Even if writers like Stephen seldom participated in the shooting of their own novels-non-professionals, she knows how to shoot, but it does not prevent her from becoming a bearer.

But Lehman really doesn't like this kind of detrimental behavior.

He is essentially a director, making movies, pursuing fame, influence and a kind of love from the heart.

As for making money, it just guarantees that one's own movies can be produced better.

After all, if you really want to make a lot of money, hurry up to the stock market and hug Apple’s thighs, and you will be able to make a fortune next year. And the dividends from the stock market may be enough for Lehman to be a luxury apartment in the second half of his life.

However, this book is about film and television, not a cool article for making money. I really want to hug my thighs. It is better to reopen an urban shopping mall novel.

After all, how big is the whole movie eloquence, can it catch up with the Internet of the times?

However, Jon Fellermei’s words also reminded Lehman that Stephanie Meyer was already very dissatisfied, and she was really pressing, and the subsequent copyrights were no longer sold, and it was also a response to the priority purchase agreement. Powerful method.

Of course, this method is a bit of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred.

Marvel's cutting off the influence of "Fantastic Four" from the source is also harming its own interests.

Lehman thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Mr. Fellermay, if it's a cooperation, why can't Firefly fund Lionsgate to assist the distribution?"

"Do you really have a shooting plan?" Jon Fellermei was surprised.

He wanted to acquire a series of copyrights such as "Twilight" for the future layout, and there was still a lot of uncertainty. He didn't expect Firefly to have the idea of ​​making it so soon.

"Of course, you also know that the distribution resources of Blue Butterfly Pictures are not sufficient. If you want to dig out the influence of "Twilight" a little bit more, it is a little bit powerless. However, let's talk about the auxiliary release. Anyway, we already have Through similar cooperation, it is nothing more than the allocation of resources and the proportion of benefits. Now, I want to talk about another matter first."

"What is it?"

Lehman looked at Jon Fellermae, "This requires the cooperation of Lionsgate. Because Stephanie only wrote the second book, and according to her opinion, there will be novels published later, but I only won the " "Twilight" and "New Moon" adaptation copyright."

Jon Fellermei raised his brows and persuaded: "Do you want to get the copyright of the adaptation of the entire series? Is this necessary? First shoot the movie, and then she writes slowly. If it succeeds, naturally continue to talk, if it fails. No need to shoot the second project, just discard it."

"No, I don't want to give her a chance to speak loudly." Lyman was a little angry.

Jon Fellermei shook his head, "No matter how much the copyright fee increases, it won't be much higher. If it's worth it, just give it to her. It won't do any good for her to hold it in her hand without putting it on the big screen."

Lehman was amused.

If you don’t know what kind of personality Stephanie is, this method is the most common adaptation.

But the problem is that she is a person who is not easy to satisfy. Yuan Shikong, Lionsgate and Stephanie have had conflicts many times, and they almost smashed the court. At that time, you would not say that.