Chapter 149: $130 million
"I think we should be able to talk about the topic of "Terminator." Tom Rothman put down his glass and went straight to the topic of tonight.
"Yes." Ryan drank the red wine in the glass and said, "This time I will cooperate in the name of Orion Films."
Orion Pictures!
Tom Rothman's face didn't change in any way, this matter has long been expected by him, "No problem."
"Twentieth Century Fox will get the rights to the sequel of "Terminator" as soon as possible..."
"Ryan, at the same time, I hope you and Cameron can come up with the script as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Ryan glanced at James Cameron subconsciously, and said unhurriedly: "Actually, I have already written a preliminary outline of the plot."
After speaking, he glanced at Sofia Coppola.
Sofia Coppola took out two thin scripts from the lady's bag knowingly, and handed them to Tom Rothman and James Cameron respectively.
James Cameron looked a bit unhappy, but he still took the script and looked down.
The next moment, he frowned, a female villain?
It seems to be very similar to the plot he expected, and it can even be said that it is roughly the same.
However, he didn't say anything. It's not uncommon for creativity to crash in Hollywood.
Tom Rothman flipped through the script, the standard commercial popcorn storyline, there is nothing too brilliant, the only bright spot is the female villain.
"Cameron, what do you think?" He asked James Cameron, who was frowning.
"Generally, it's not bad." James Cameron closed the script in his hand, and instead of continuing to answer Tom Rothman, he stared at Ryan and asked, "Why is it a female villain!"
"Feminism." Ryan shrugged his shoulders and said, "It is not difficult to find that with the rise of feminism, more and more female audiences will choose to go to the cinema. It will occupy a more important position in the film."
Regarding Ryan's answer, James Cameron didn't say much, only Tom Rothman frowned. Female audiences are not the main audience in North America.
However, Ryan continued: "A good-looking, tall, ruthless female robot can easily attract the attention of male audiences."
"Although what you said is good." James Cameron said slowly, "but what the audience needs is a strong villain, so as to bring out Schwarzenegger's strength."
He didn't go on to say the rest.
It is difficult for a strong female villain to be what Ryan said, and it is difficult for a beautiful, tall, ruthless female robot to show a strong side, at least it needs to be even better than Arnold— Schwarzenegger degree.
"New changes can be made in terms of special effects and motion direction."
Ryan didn't hide anything about this. "First of all, above the special effects, the new female villain robot will be the latest top-notch model, such as a liquid female robot. She can quickly heal herself from any physical damage."
"A liquid female robot that cannot be destroyed no matter how powerful Schwarzenegger is." He added.
James - Cameron and Tom - Rothman's eyes light up, it seems like a good idea, a female robot that even Schwarzenegger can't destroy.
"In terms of action, the T-850 robot played by Schwarzenegger does not need to make too many changes, just like the first two "Terminator", which fully demonstrates Schwarzenegger's strength."
"However, for the role of the female villain robot, it has a completely different action style from previous North American films, and it has to appear sharp, vigorous and ruthless."
"For this, I need to go to Xiangjiang and hire an action director team." Ryan will not completely follow the plot of "Terminator 3" in his previous life.
Especially in the actions of the female villains, they will fully demonstrate the sharp, vigorous and cold style of the previous life that was almost rotten on the street.
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"Can you be more specific." James Cameron was not very familiar with Xiangjiang's action style in Ryan's mouth.
On the contrary, Tom Rothman nodded thoughtfully. Twentieth Century Fox has released some Xiangjiang action movies. It seems that the action style on that side is different from the Hollywood style, and it can better bring out what female actors are best at. On the one hand, such as a slender figure, gorgeous body movements and so on.
"For example, time is frozen. The female liquid robot can dodge the bullets sprayed out by the T-850 under almost frozen time."
"I call it bullet time." Ryan said the bullet time in "The Matrix" in his previous life without blushing.
As for the life and death of "The Matrix"?
It has nothing to do with him. The reason is very simple. As early as 1994, Lana Wachowski had already written the script of "The Matrix" and was bought by Warner Bros.
"Combine time freezing with guns and body movements!" James Cameron said with a hint of excitement, "It's such a crazy idea, I even want to go back and try it now."
"Tomorrow we can go to the digital field to try the time freeze, no, the effect of bullet time."
James Cameron is one of the founding fathers of the digital realm.
In fact, Hollywood has had time freezing or time cutting special effects a long time ago, and they have appeared in many films.
However, it is "The Matrix" directed by sisters/brothers Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski that fully demonstrates the charm of time freezing. bullet time.
(Well, this pair of siblings or sisters, brothers, the titles are a bit complicated.)
"James!" Gail-Anne-Heard reminded inappropriately: "Don't forget "Titanic"."
"Do you want to leave the entire crew behind and experiment with bullet time special effects?"
Since September last year, that is, September 1995, "Titanic" has entered the formal preparation stage.
"Don't worry, it won't take much time, and it won't delay the work of the crew." James Cameron responded casually.
Tom Rothman looked at the excited James Cameron expressionlessly, and suddenly had a bad feeling that the filming process of "Titanic" would not be peaceful.
Twentieth Century Fox is one of the investors of "Titanic", Paramount is responsible for the North American distribution of the film, and Twentieth Century Fox is responsible for the overseas distribution of the film.
As Tom Rothman expected, the shooting process of "Titanic" was full of hardships, and the film director James Cameron kept asking for additional investment.
However, the film has spent a huge amount of money in the middle of filming, and no one dares to accept it or stop filming.
In desperation, Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount had no choice but to increase their investment, almost without selling their ass.
Of course, they in turn almost drove the tyrant to commit suicide, with James Cameron even showing the blade at a press conference, claiming he would use it if the film ultimately failed...
It can be described as twists and turns.
"Very good idea." Tom Rothman had to interrupt James Cameron and asked, "What about the film's budget?"
For such a large-scale commercial sci-fi production, with the use of a large number of special effects scenes and Xiangjiang's action guidance team, the budget for the entire film of UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is by no means a small amount.
"At least $130 million or more."
Ryan made preliminary calculations, excluding Arnold-Schwarzenegger's high salary, it would take at least 90 million US dollars to shoot the expected effect, and there must be no accidents during the period, and the salary expenses of all crew members should be reduced.
That's why Ryan reported a $130 million budget.
(Arnold-Schwarzenegger's salary in the previous life was as high as 30 million U.S. dollars.)
$130 million!
Including Tom Rothman, several people took a breath, obviously shocked by the $130 million budget.
The filming cost of 20th Century Fox's "Die Hard 3" released last year was only 90 million US dollars, and the cost of "Independence Day" which is currently being filmed is only 75 million US dollars.
In contrast, Ryan opened his mouth for 130 million US dollars, which is simply a lion's mouth.
