Chapter 22: expected
As expected, as "The Blair Witch" continues to grow at the box office, it is inevitable that various problems will arise.
Perhaps with the help of overwhelming publicity, some people can be deceived into thinking that this is a real incident.
After a long time, it is not difficult for some people to find the tricks in it, not to mention that there are a large number of media.
""The Blair Witch" is a shameless scam, through various media publicity and hype, so as to continuously harvest movie tickets and get a lot of money."
"Hollywood, and indeed North America, is the biggest hoax ever, and it's The Blair Witch, the damned liar."
"Wish the **** liar could go to **** and live a life of demons there."
"God, I can't imagine that once "The Blair Witch" is successful, those Hollywood distribution companies will definitely follow suit, and there will be one scam after another in the future, just because it can easily get a lot of box office."
Most of the media, for the hoax of "The Blair Witch", unceremoniously attacked, and the tone was very bad.
However, there are also some media that are relatively impartial.
"The Blair Witch, this is a brand-new publicity method that is enough to go down in the annals of Hollywood history."
"This is a very classic marketing case. You can scold it, attack it, and curse it, but you can't deny the success of "The Blair Witch."
"The new narrative techniques and publicity methods in the film are all refreshing, and even once made people think that this is a real event, not a movie made by a Hollywood film company."
"Although Hollywood's already low downline has been pulled down a lot, no one can deny the success of this film, and it can be regarded as one of the most classic cases in Hollywood."
It is difficult for the media to be one-sided, and each has its own views in order to attract readers.
Compared with the media who each have their own views, a group of film critics praised with one voice, and there are many words of praise among them.
Of course, what role 20th Century Fox and News Corporation played in it, I am afraid only they themselves know.
Facing the onslaught of public opinion and abuse, neither 20th Century Fox nor Ryan, who is an investor, producer, director, and editor, remained silent.
Instead of coming out to refute at this time, it would be better to keep silent.
Sitting on the sofa in the office, Ryan read newspaper after newspaper with a calm expression.
"It looks like next weekend weekend, it's time for them to come back from Africa and accept their honor."
Whether it's the media or the angry public, they all need someone to vent to.
Obviously, as the three leading actors in the film, it is very suitable for this role.
honor!
Helen glanced at him and said calmly, "You still have to worry about whether 20th Century Fox will renege on your debt!"
"That's a lot of money in the millions."
According to the box office ladder share in the agreement, Ryan must earn at least US$5 million from 20th Century Fox.
Hollywood studios are not a charity, and bad debts are commonplace.
As the last film in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", the golden iron triangle in the film and their agent jointly offered a sky-high price to the film producer Warner Bros. share agreement.
But in the end, when the film was released, Warner Bros. calculated a huge loss. That is to say, as the film's starring golden iron triangle, there was no extra penny of income other than the salary in the contract.
"Okay." Ryan didn't feel worried about it.
Leaving aside, the film itself was recommended by George Lucas.
Now that Twentieth Century Fox has or is about to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, it will never default on a few million dollars.
Of course, it would be hard to say if it were hundreds of millions of dollars or hundreds of millions or billions of dollars.
"I think it's only a few million dollars, and 20th Century Fox won't renege on its debts, so you still worry about whether your three leading actors will become angry and talk nonsense to the media when they come back."
As the three leading actors in the film, once they got angry and pulled him out, they would definitely get into a lot of trouble.
"You don't have to worry about these things. Before the filming, you have signed a non-disclosure agreement with them, and the compensation amount is as high as millions of dollars."
"And, as their manager, I have the right to remind them what to do." Helen has already made arrangements for this.
"hope so."
"By the way, pay more attention to the share, it's better to get it to the account as soon as possible." Ryan said.
He has already prepared the script for the next film, but the copyright fee for "The Blair Witch" has not yet arrived.
Another point is that the copyright fee for "The Blair Witch" is only 800,000 US dollars. After deducting Helen's commission and borrowed money, some still needs to be left for daily expenses. At most, there will be about 600,000 US dollars left.
The budget for the next film is about $1 million, and there is still a big gap.
"I'll be watching."
Helen nodded. As Star Brokerage Company's largest income so far, she will naturally not take it lightly.
"But I also need you to make sure that before the movie is released, you can't contact any of the leading actors in the crew."
Having said this, Helen's eyes became severe, she didn't want any surprises.
"Twentieth Century Fox has already contacted a talk show. When they come back, they will appear in front of the media and the public as soon as possible."
"So I hope you don't get involved."
Helen's tone eased slightly, and she continued: "Whether it's the media or the angry public, it's time-sensitive. Wait for the time to forget everything, even if you are an investor, producer, director, or editor. Exposure out, the impact will become very small.”
"Still, until your next film is released, it's best to stay in the background."
Apparently she didn't approve of Jeccasie Chastain's participation in Ryan's next film.
"Perhaps you are right."
Ryan did not persevere. Anyway, the selling point of his next film is not the heroine, but plasma and more plasma.
"Okay, let's change the topic, let's take a look at my new script." Ryan took out a script and placed it in front of Helen very casually.
For him, "The Blair Witch" is just the beginning, it will never be the end, and the next film is the key.
Helen stared at it for a while, then picked up the script in front of her and flipped through it. On the first page, there were several huge words "Chain Saw". It was obviously a plasma horror movie, and she couldn't help but feel relieved.
The success of "The Blair Witch" did not make Ryan lose his way, which was the situation she most wanted to see.
American-style blood plasma horror films have always been famous for their small investment and easy to gain popularity. Every few years, there will be one or two low-cost blood plasma horror films in North America that sell well.
It can be seen that plasma horror movies are a very good choice.
The content of the script is not complicated, it can be said to be very simple, except that blood is fear.
From the beginning of the whole film, these are shown.
In Helen's opinion, this "Chain Saw" is not much different from most Hollywood plasma horror films in terms of plot alone.
But looking at it from another angle, compared with the horror films that have become more and more routine and commercialized in recent years, this "Chain Saw" is completely different.
Some plots are extremely ingenious, coupled with unscrupulous **** violence, and more tomatoes, compared with previous blood horror films, it is refreshing, or creepy.
Once this film is released and successful, it will have a completely different effect from "The Blair Witch". Perhaps the box office performance is far inferior to the former, but it can create a series of films that belong to Ryan's horror series.
Any Hollywood practitioner knows very well that the value of a series of films is far beyond that of "The Blair Witch".
For example, Lucasfilm, which is at the forefront of Hollywood's second-tier film companies, its most important assets, in addition to the well-known Industrial Magic Light, are the copyrights of the "Indiana-Jones" series and the "Star Wars" series.
It can be seen that the value of Hollywood series films is far beyond what outsiders can imagine.
"Very good script."
"With an investment budget of only one million dollars, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is obviously not a small amount. Even if your last film is "The Blair Witch", it is still difficult for an investor to make up his mind to spend such a large amount of money. The money is on you."
After flipping through the script roughly, Helen noticed the final budget figures and expressed her opinion very straightforwardly.
The success of "The Blair Witch" does not lie in the film itself, nor does it lie in the director, so it is only an individual case for investors and does not have much reference value.
Talented directors die every day in Hollywood. It is obviously impossible for investors to be willing to spend a lot of money just by relying on the success of one film.
"Unless you keep investing."
Helen looked up at Ryan very cautiously, and said: "There is no director in Hollywood who will continue to invest in his own film, because this is a very stupid behavior."
"Even if you're going to have millions of dollars in your pocket right away, you still need to think carefully about it."
Many Hollywood film companies have been losing money, but most of the losses are investors' money, and the film companies are actually profitable.
This is the norm in Hollywood, making movies with investors' money.
"Helen, I already said it last time."
"Rather than wasting time with investors or film companies, I'd rather put my own money into the film."
"Besides, as a millionaire who is about to have millions of dollars, he can be willful." Ryan said with a smile.
millionaire!
Helen showed a helpless look, and asked, "Mr. Millionaire, when can I pay back the money!"
When talking about repaying the money, Ryan immediately slapped a haha, never mentioning the millionaire.
