Chapter 218: Can't refuse

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Peter Jackson took a deep breath and said, "Faced with the opportunity to direct an epic masterpiece, of course I am willing."

"Only the Miramax side?"

Miramax Films can be regarded as his old company, and the two have cooperated a lot.

At this time, it turned around to cooperate with Orion Films, which was somewhat embarrassing.

"Harvey-Weinstein and Miramax Films are not a problem." Ryan is not looking down on Harvey-Weinstein and Miramax Films, but the other party may not be willing to pay a lot for the adaptation of "Lord of the Rings". million dollars of investment.

At least Ryan can be sure that Harvey Weinstein and Miramax Films absolutely do not have the same determination as New Line Films in their previous life.

In the previous life, New Line Cinema's budget for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was only 190 million U.S. dollars, and each budget was controlled at about 63 million U.S. dollars.

However, after filming the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it was found that the budget of 190 million U.S. dollars was not enough at all, so they could only continue to add funds. In the end, the budget of the three films was as high as 280 million U.S. dollars.

For New Line Cinema, it almost weighs on the future of the entire company.

If the box office of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was not satisfactory at the time, I am afraid that New Line Pictures would have to face bankruptcy.

"Orion Pictures' budget for the three films of "The Lord of the Rings" will reach 300 million U.S. dollars." Ryan said unhurriedly.

No one can take the opportunity to direct a $300 million project and sit still.

What's more, it is the famous "Lord of the Rings" in the Western world.

Next, Ryan once again stated a condition that Peter Jackson could not refuse, "In the future, the "Lord of the Rings" crew will choose New Zealand as the film's overseas filming location."

new Zealand!

Peter Jackson was short of breath. A $300 million filming project will be the largest investment in New Zealand's history.

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of Weta Studios. Orion Pictures' acquisition of shares in Weta Studios was probably part of the shooting plan.

"Director Ryan, I can't refuse your offer." Peter Jackson smiled wryly.

"Then wish us a happy cooperation!" Ryan picked up a glass of red wine from the table and shook it at Peter Jackson.

"Happy cooperation!" Peter Jackson also picked up a glass of red wine and touched the glass in Ryan's hand.

Next, the two didn't talk too much. The copyright of the adaptation of "Lord of the Rings" has not yet been settled, and the content of "Lord of the Rings" needs to be completely revised to screen out the plots that can be filmed. These things will take a lot of time .

In a short period of time, it is difficult to start the shooting plan of "Lord of the Rings".

In addition, there is the most important point, the distribution rights of "Lord of the Rings" are in the hands of MGM, not North American distribution rights, but global distribution rights of the film.

Ryan would rather choose to cooperate with film companies such as 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and Warner Bros. than to let MGM be the global distributor of the film.

Peter Jackson hurriedly said his goodbyes and left, looking very excited.

"Where's MGM?"

"How are you going to solve this matter!" Sofia Coppola asked, looking at Ryan beside him.

"There is no other way for the time being. We can only let people get in touch with MGM first." Ryan also has no good way to take back the global distribution rights of the film from MGM.

According to Ryan's plan, first get the film and television adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", and then consider how to solve the MGM matter.

Greeting the waiter to come over, Ryan paid and settled the bill, the two got up and left the restaurant, and drove back to the studio together, there was an important audition in the afternoon.

Some small role auditions in some films, Ryan handed over to Gail-Anne Hurd and a casting director, and he would personally participate only in important role auditions.

"Brad, if you were a killer."

In the audition room of the studio on the outskirts of Wellington, Ryan looked at Brad Pitt not far away, "Received the order to kill his wife, and your wife has also received the same order to kill you herself , so what would you choose to do?"

"Trying to resist." Brad Pitt said without hesitation: "Jointly kill the person who issued the order."

Brad Pitt is not a newcomer actor. As early as 1987, he starred in the first film "Borderland" and in the same year "California Killer", and won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival for this film.

It's just that Brad Pitt is far from being famous. As for the familiar Plan B film industry in his previous life, there is no shadow of it now.

Ryan nodded to the assistant director Simon Klein, "Mr. Brad, you can come here first for the time being. The audition results will be notified to your agent by the crew in the shortest possible time."

Brad-Pitt said thank you and got up to leave.

"Brad Pitt's acting skills are not bad." Gail-Anne-Hurd looked at Brad-Pitt's disappearing figure, "He has worked with many big-name stars, he just needs a movie to prove own video."

"For example, in "Interview with the Vampire", he worked with Tom Cruise, and in "12 Monkeys", he also worked with Bruce Willis, and his salary was also acceptable to the crew."

"Yes." Ryan nodded, "Have someone negotiate with his agent to keep the pay as low as possible."

"Also inform Akiva."

Akiva Goldsman, a producer from Twentieth Century Fox, is also a well-known screenwriter himself.

As for the reason for choosing Brad Pitt, it is very simple.

In his previous life, Brad Pitt played the leading role in the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and it was also the highest-grossing movie he ever starred in, which is considered famous.

Rather than switching to an unfamiliar actor, it's better to choose Brad Pitt directly.

"Winona Rhett's agent seems to be very interested in the position of the heroine." Gail Anne Hurd seemed to have mentioned it inadvertently.

"Reject." Ryan directly chose to refuse.

Although Winona Rhett is also a good candidate, the crew has already decided on the heroine candidate, played by Charlize Theron.

It's impossible to replace Charlize Theron with the possibility of Winona Ryder.

Even if it were Angelina Jolie, Ryan would refuse without hesitation.

This is not a deal, and no one will take a film with an investment of 75 million US dollars as just a deal.

Not even Ryan.

The premise of the transaction is that she must meet the character requirements in the script.

With the global sales of "Terminator 3", there is no doubt that Charlize-Theron's reputation has skyrocketed, and she has undergone long-term training.

Right now is the perfect candidate for an action movie.

In contrast, both Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie are inferior to Charlize Theron.

The next morning, the three founders of Weta Studios came to the studio in person and had a long talk with Ryan.

In the end, the two parties signed an equity transfer agreement, transferring 30% of the shares of Weta Studios to Orion Pictures, and Orion Pictures only needs to pay a small amount of money.

On the same day, Weta Studio got its wish and won the special effects packaging agreement of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a project with an investment of 75 million US dollars. When the news was sent back to the studio, many employees almost jumped up with excitement.

Backed by Orion Films ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ there is a $75 million project and many have seen Weta Studios break into the Hollywood scene.

All of a sudden, Ryan became completely busy. In addition to caring about the preparations for the crew of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", he also had to discuss with Peter Jackson about adapting the script of "Lord of the Rings", and even went to some places in New Zealand for investigation.

Flash forward to Wednesday, Ryan took Sophia and the others, and hurried back to Los Angeles by plane.

On Friday, April 4th, the film jointly released by Orion Pictures and Paramount, "The Sixth Sense" will be officially released, and this is the second cooperation between Orion Pictures and Paramount. The president of the film industry needs to attend the film premiere in person.

During the period, we will also discuss with Paramount CEO Shirley Lansing about the next cooperation plan.

Orion Pictures will not give up its cooperation with Paramount for the time being, and it is impossible to rely solely on 20th Century Fox.

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