Chapter 410: first attempt

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"Hi, Ryan, Greg."

Moritz Berman walked in enthusiastically, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone has surpassed $100 million at the box office, and Orion Pictures and Warner Bros. have created a miracle."

"Hi, Moritz." Ryan greeted with a smile.

Moritz Berman sat down with Oliver Stone, and introduced: "This is the creator of Oliver Stone's "Alexander the Great", my partner."

"I believe Alexander the Great, directed by him, will become another Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."

Oliver Stone's eyes have been lingering on Ryan. The success of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has set off a wave of epic films.

It was also through "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" that he thought of putting Alexander the Great on the screen.

Ryan and Greg Silverman glanced at each other, without going around in circles, they said very directly: "Moritz, I have a question, the budget of the whole project is as high as 155 million US dollars."

"It's so high that even Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring cost $100 million to produce."

The production cost of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was only $100 million, and "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was only $130 million.

But "Alexander the Great" is as high as 155 million US dollars!

He really wanted to know what the $155 million was going to be used for.

"Looks like I need to explain."

Oliver Stone spoke first: "The filming scale of "Alexander the Great" will surpass that of "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring". According to my preliminary shooting plan, the crew will go to multiple countries for live shooting..."

Before Oliver-Stone could finish speaking, Ryan interrupted him and said, "Oliver, you didn't get what I meant, $155 million is too much, even if it is allocated half of the investment, it would be as high as $70 million above."

"Unless the budget of the entire project can be compressed and the investment can be controlled within 100 million US dollars, otherwise I can only refuse your cooperation."

Oliver Stone's face became a bit ugly, "Based on the box office revenue of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", the investment of 155 million US dollars is not a big number."

"Not to mention, as far as I know, the promotional cost of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" alone is as high as $80 million."

Ryan frowned, slightly disgusted, comparing a project that is still under planning with "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"?

To put it bluntly, only a fool would make such an analogy.

Not to mention "Alexander the Great", even among the previous epic films, there is only the "Hobbit" trilogy, which is comparable to "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring".

Other than that, there is no comparison at all.

Seeing that Ryan's face was a bit unsightly, Moritz-Berman hurriedly said: "Ryan, we had a very pleasant cooperation last time. If possible, I hope to cooperate again."

"As for the $155 million investment, it's fine."

"We can definitely find another film company to share the share, and Orion Films, Warner Bros., and Anchor Bay Entertainment will jointly invest in the filming."

Anchor Bay Entertainment is not very well-known in Hollywood. It mainly invests in horror films and has little contact with mainstream commercial films.

"Sorry, Moritz."

Ryan shook his head, and said calmly: "Unless the budget of the film is controlled within 100 million US dollars, Orion Films will not invest in "Alexander the Great."

Greg - Silverman has been silent, obviously showing his attitude.

Warner Bros. wouldn't have risked $155 million in funding without Orion Pictures sharing the risk.

Moritz Berman didn't say anything more, and he left with Oliver Stone after a while.

They need to find the next studio, such as Anchor Cove Entertainment.

After leaving Warner Bros., Ryan first came to the digital field, checked the progress of the special effects production of "Spider-Man", and then went to the studio under Warner Bros.

Production is underway here on Orion Pictures' first TV series, based on the comic book The Walking Dead.

Beginning in January 2000, Marvel Comics published a zombie-themed comic, the author is Charlie-Allard, and the idea was proposed by Ryan himself.

Manga sales have been pretty good since January.

As early as a few months ago, a company contacted Marvel Comics to purchase the copyright of "The Walking Dead".

It is not the film adaptation copyright, but the game, animation, and TV adaptation copyright.

However, they were all rejected by Marvel Comics.

Since last month, "The Walking Dead" has officially started filming in the Warner Bros. studio.

For a while, strange-looking zombies could be seen everywhere in the studio.

It is said that when shooting night scenes, the studio workers were too scared to come over to inspect.

In addition to being afraid, it is even more disgusting.

This film can be regarded as Orion Pictures' attempt in TV drama production, and it chose to cooperate with Comcast.

Comcast's acquisition has reached the final stage, and it will formally reach an acquisition agreement next year, becoming the largest cable TV network in North America.

That said, The Walking Dead will stream on Comcast.

In addition to the cable network owned by Comcast, there is also the Turner Network owned by Time Warner.

As for the ratings!

Ryan wasn't sure, it was more of an attempt.

It is impossible for Orion Pictures not to get involved in the TV drama production business all the time.

Second-tier Hollywood film companies, including DreamWorks, Lionsgate Films, New Line Films, etc., will choose to get involved in the TV drama production business if they have the opportunity.

Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Disney, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures produce tons of TV shows every year.

Including the previous MGM as well.

What's more, Orion Pictures has just bought Netflix, and the future TV drama production business must be the focus of Orion Pictures.

Don't underestimate the income brought by American TV dramas. The income of some popular TV dramas with high ratings does not have to be much worse than movies.

"Game of Thrones" adapted from "The Song of Ice and Fire", the production cost of each episode in the first season was as high as 6 million U.S. dollars, climbed to 8 million U.S. dollars in the fifth season, and the production cost of each episode in the sixth season was as high as 10 million dollars, and the eighth season of Game of Thrones.

Although there are only 6 episodes in total, the cost of a single episode is 15 million U.S. dollars, an average of one hour per episode, 250,000 U.S. dollars per minute, and more than 4,000 U.S. dollars per second. The total production cost exceeds 100 million U.S. dollars.

If it does not make money, it is impossible for the production company to invest such a high production cost.

The budgets of many Hollywood films are only tens of millions of dollars, or even millions of dollars.

I remember that the ratings of the first episode of the original "The Walking Dead" were as high as 5.35 million viewers, and it was only a trial broadcast.

The final viewership reached 6 million, including 4 million viewers among adults ages 18-49.

Nearly ten years earlier, the fan base of "The Walking Dead" comics is definitely not as large as in the previous life, and the plot has changed a lot from the original.

Ryan does not expect to reach 6 million online users, as long as it exceeds 4 million online users, it will meet the expectations of Orion Films.

With 4 million online viewers, it is already a very popular TV series. Just the licensing fees from various countries can make Orion Pictures a lot of money.

After staying at the shooting scene for a while, Ryan drove away from the shooting scene and went to the Four Seasons Hotel, ready to pick up Adriana-Lima and go back together.

She had a show at the Four Seasons.

When approaching the Four Seasons Hotel ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ he received a call from Adriana Lima.

"The catwalk, hasn't it started yet!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Ryan's mouth, "I probably need more than twenty minutes."

"There will be a while." Adriana Lima's voice came from the phone, "I just arrived backstage and am about to put on makeup and change clothes."

Hearing the noisy voice from the phone, several beautiful figures faintly appeared in front of Ryan's eyes, and he couldn't help sighing, the runway staff is simply a kind of enjoyment and torture.

Backstage at any catwalk in the world, you can almost see female models walking around in cool clothes, wearing at most a pair of **** and breast stickers, or simply bare upper body.

It is definitely working while enjoying.

The painful thing is that I can only watch helplessly. After a long time, my body can't bear it.

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