Chapter 161: Treats and New Lines

Instead of talking to Arnold Schwarzenegger directly, 20th Century Fox and Jon Fertimer reached out to his agent.

"Arnold Schwarzenegger's agent said that he would not refuse to appear in the sequel of "Terminator"." Jon Felthammer briefly reported to Ryan.

"What about the treatment?" Ryan asked.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's last starring role was "True Lies" directed by James Cameron.

The two reunited again, earning US$25.86 million in the first weekend, US$146 million at the North American box office, US$232 million at the overseas box office, and US$378 million at the global box office.

Paychecks will definitely go up.

"Terminator 3" is another sequel film. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the absolute protagonist in the film. Whether it is his agent or Arnold Schwarzenegger himself, he will offer a high salary .

Ryan was already prepared for this.

Jon Fertimer showed a hint of helplessness, and said: "The 23 million US dollars and 5% of the global box office share, and the first time Arnold Schwarzenegger joined the crew, the 15 million US dollars in remuneration must be paid, The remaining $8 million will be paid in full by the end of filming."

The remuneration of Hollywood actors is not paid in one lump sum, and is usually divided into several times, such as entering the crew, shooting a film until one-third or two-thirds, and so on.

Of course, those independent films are not included, but any actor who starred in an independent film will require the crew to pay all the salary in one lump sum before filming starts.

Ryan frowned slightly. The salary of 23 million US dollars can be agreed. Arnold-Schwarzenegger is worth the price. The payment method can also be agreed, but 5% of the global box office share is a bit much.

Jon Fertimer glanced at Ryan, and continued: "In addition, Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to serve as an executive producer and have the right to suggest casting."

This is the usual treatment of big-name stars. The former can fully guarantee their status in the crew, while the latter can avoid cooperating with people they don't like, and even seek some power.

"Continue." Ryan nodded, these two are not too much.

"As for the five percent share of the global box office." Jon Felthammer continued again: "It's not a share of profits, but a share of the total box office."

Profit sharing is to get rid of theaters' commission, distribution company's commission, publicity expenses, etc., and finally get 5% of the box office revenue. There is a lot of room for manipulation.

For example, the golden iron triangle in "Harry-Potter and the Deathly Hallows", with a high proportion of profit sharing, did not get the last penny.

The total box office is divided into almost no room for manipulation. According to the previous life, "Terminator 3" achieved a global box office of 400 million US dollars, that is to say, Arnold Schwarzenegger can get 20 million US dollars from it.

"Strive for the abolition of the box office share. The base remuneration can be increased appropriately, but the maximum can't exceed 30 million US dollars." Ryan thought for a while, and he could only increase the base remuneration to cancel the box office share. Otherwise, it would be difficult for Orion Films to earn much from the film's box office revenue. Benefit.

Not counting Twentieth Century Fox, Gail-Anne-Heard will definitely need to get a small amount of box office share. If you add Arnold-Schwarzenegger's 5% share, and the share of various guilds, etc., it will share a lot of money. Benefits, increase film investment risk.

This is not counting Ryan's director's fee. Helen asked for a step-by-step sharing agreement. Ryan will get the basic remuneration + box office revenue. First of all, the basic remuneration, he can get 12 million US dollars in three installments, and the subsequent box office share.

If "Terminator 3" is released in the future and the North American box office exceeds 100 million U.S. dollars, Ryan can get 2.5% of the film's share, and if it exceeds 200 million U.S. dollars, he can enjoy 5% of the box office share.

This step-by-step box office sharing agreement is limited to North American box office and does not involve overseas box office.

"As for Gail-Anne-Hurd, let the people from 20th Century Fox talk about it, and try to reduce the share ratio." Ryan thought for a while, and said: "We can support her as the film producer or executive producer." Filmmaker."

Considering the relationship between the two parties, it would be better for Twentieth Century Fox to negotiate.

"By the way, when can Penelope Cruz and Charlize Theron come to audition?" Ryan asked suddenly.

"The tentatively set time is this Friday." Jon Fertimer replied after thinking for a while.

"Friday?" Ryan shook his head and said, "No later than Thursday afternoon. I'm going to Xiangjiang on Friday."

This time I went to Xiangjiang to invite the action guidance team, and Ryan planned to go there in person.

However, before going to Xiangjiang, the actor who will play the female villain robot needs to be decided.

It can't be that everyone's action guidance team has come, and the crew hasn't decided on a candidate for the female villain robot.

"You can notify them to change the audition time." Jon Fertimer expressed his understanding.

After talking for a while, Jon Fertimer got up and left. He needs to inform Penelope Cruz and Charlize Theron that he must return to Los Angeles before Thursday.

Ryan stayed at Orion Films for a while, then got up and went to the digital field, together with Industrial Light and Magic staff, to discuss the details of shooting "Terminator 3".

Such as the body of the liquid robot, brand new explosion effects, pyrotechnic effects and so on.

However, just as he arrived downstairs in the digital realm, Ryan received a call from Helen, "New Line Cinema?"

"Robert Shay from New Line Films would like to meet with you to discuss about film investment." Helen's voice came from the phone.

"Reject it, just say that I don't have time for the time being." Ryan directly chose to refuse.

At least for the time being, he has no plans to cooperate with New Line, and neither New Line nor Robert Shea is a good bird. No matter in the previous life or now, the reputation of New Line Pictures is not very good, not even comparable to Paramount, the second Tenth Century Fox, Warner Bros.

There are countless things like concealing the box office, arrears of actors' remuneration, embezzlement and so on.

The most famous one should be on the "Lord of the Rings" project. No one knows how much box office New Line Films has concealed. This has also triggered several lawsuits. In the end, New Line Films chose to settle out of court and compensate A sum of hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation.

The director of the film, Peter Jackson, also did not escape from New Line Pictures. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy made New Line Pictures a lot of money, but he has been relying on Peter Jackson's remuneration.

It's not a big number, only 15 million US dollars, at least for New Line Pictures at the time, 15 million US dollars is really not a big number, and it can be taken out at any time.

In the previous life, even among the top management inside Warner Bros., there were some voices of dissatisfaction with New Line Pictures and Robert Shea.

However, firstly, New Line Cinema's performance has been good, and it has not harmed the interests of Warner Bros., and secondly, Robert Shea is the largest individual shareholder of New Line Cinema, with independent management rights, and Warner Bros. is very difficult to ask.

"Robert Shay, what cooperation project do you want to talk about?" Ryan asked subconsciously. He didn't seem to have any contact with New Line Films or Warner Bros.

"An action film project is currently in the hands of a producer under Disney. Robert Shea plans to buy this project together with Orion Films." Helen said after thinking for a while.

Ryan was taken aback for a moment, and it took him a long time to realize that this is Jackie Chan's movie.

"Rush Hour~www.wuxiaspot.com~, which made Jackie Chan truly famous in Hollywood in his previous life, was a project bought by New Line Cinema from Disney, and finally invested and distributed by New Line Cinema.

Originally, Ryan wanted to take the lead, but after inquiring about it, he found out that he had already written the script and sold it.

"Let people pay attention to this project, if possible, buy the whole project, remember not to use the name of the studio or Orion Films."

"It's really not possible. I bought it under the name of Lucasfilm, and the two parties invested in the filming together, and Orion Films will be responsible for the North American distribution." Ryan quickly decided to stop.

Whether Robert Shay would become angry because of this was out of his consideration.

Anyway, for a long time to come, New Line Pictures will not be his partner, and besides, it was bought in the name of Lucasfilm, not Orion Pictures.

As for why the name of Orion Films and Studios is not used, the reason is very simple, Ryan does not want to arouse Disney's vigilance.

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