Chapter 470: absolute celebrity

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The next afternoon, in the reception room of Orion Films, Ryan met Tom Hanks and Nia Vardalos.

"Hi, Tom."

"Hi Ms. Nia, nice to meet you."

Ryan deliberately looked at Nia-Vadalas, his eyes were full of curiosity.

Due to age issues, many female actors in Hollywood have transferred to work behind the scenes.

But a woman who is an actor, editor, producer, and director is rare.

Even, only she and Sofia Coppola are a few people.

Regardless of Nia Vardalos in her previous life, her reputation on the other side of the Pacific Ocean is far inferior to that of Sofia Coppola.

But her reputation in the Hollywood circle is not small at all.

Of course, Ryan was talking about the past life, not the present.

After greeting each other, the three sat down respectively, and John-Denise brought three cups of coffee.

"Tom, congratulations on another great movie."

Ryan took the coffee and took a sip, his eyes fell on Nia-Vadalas, and he said, "Ms. Nia, the plot is very good."

In fact, the plot of the movie is not very good.

Before the 9/11 incident, the North American box office of this film would never have exceeded $100 million.

However, the film has had some luck.

Due to the impact of the 911 incident, the North American film market has changed, and audiences need films full of warmth and sunshine.

This one fits the bill exactly.

"If you can."

"I want to ask, is the overseas distribution rights of this film still in the hands of IFC Films!" Ryan asked very directly without going around in circles.

His purpose is very clear, which is the right to distribute overseas.

"At the moment, it hasn't been sold yet." Tom Hanks glanced at Nia Vardalos.

He chose to tell the truth, "This film has just begun to be released on a large scale, and I and IFC Films believe that it is not the time to talk about overseas distribution rights."

The North American box office of the film has just exceeded 5 million US dollars. At this time, it is difficult to sell the film's overseas distribution rights.

As for distribution!

A low-cost comedy film with an investment of only 5 million U.S. dollars has a North American box office of just over 5 million U.S. dollars. It is impossible for a film company to agree to distribute it in a way of sharing.

What's more, distributing in the form of overseas share is too tricky, it is better to sell the overseas distribution rights of the film directly.

This is good news, Ryan nodded, and said: "Orion Films can buy the overseas distribution rights of this film at a reasonable price."

Logically speaking, IFC Films belongs to the AMC network, and the majority shareholder of the AMC network is CBS.

Paramount should be responsible for the overseas distribution of this film.

CBS was acquired by Viacom in 2000 and is now owned by the same parent company as Paramount.

But in fact, IFC Films has no cooperation with Paramount.

Besides, the current box office trend is not very good, it has been neither high nor low.

As a result, Paramount has no interest in this film at all.

The North American box office of the original version has never exploded. Instead, relying on the ultra-long release period, it has achieved a North American box office of 241 million US dollars.

"Ryan, you know, I need to go back and discuss it with someone." Tom Hanks didn't show any surprise, and he didn't agree or refuse at the same time.

Although he is the producer of the film and has a part of the investment in it, it is related to the overseas distribution rights of the film. Tom Hanks needs to go to New York to discuss with the executives of IFC Films in person.

"Next, Orion Films will contact IFC Films to discuss with them the overseas distribution rights of the film." Ryan didn't expect Tom Hanks to agree directly.

Next, Orion Films will directly contact IFC Films to obtain overseas distribution rights as much as possible.

Even if you accept a relatively high buyout price, or even share the issue.

With the overseas box office of the original version of 127 million US dollars, even if it is released in the form of sharing, Orion Pictures can still get a lot of income.

Moreover, if the price is right, in addition to overseas distribution rights, Ryan also plans to buy the rights to the TV adaptation of the film.

Nia Vardalos was very curious about Ryan's intentions. With the investment scale and box office trend, it would be difficult for Orion Films to be interested in it.

Unless he is very optimistic about the future box office direction of this film.

Thinking of this, she suddenly said: "Mr. Gosling, personally, I am very happy to cooperate with Orion Pictures."

Compared with Paramount, Warner Bros., Disney, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and Sony Pictures, Ryan and Orion Pictures obviously have much better reputation and sufficient funds.

Next, Tom Hanks and Nia Vardalos stayed for a while, got up and said goodbye to leave Orion Pictures.

When she walked downstairs to Orion Films, Nia Vardalos suddenly said, "Why do you think Orion Films suddenly plans to buy overseas distribution rights?"

"I don't know." Tom Hanks shrugged and said, "As long as the price is right, I don't mind selling the overseas distribution rights to Orion Pictures."

"Anyway, we and IFC Films will have to sell the film's overseas distribution rights sooner or later."

IFC Films has only a small North American distribution channel and no overseas distribution channels.

Even the entire Hollywood film company can only rely on Orion Pictures, Paramount, Warner Bros., Disney, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and Sony Pictures to distribute films overseas.

Even DreamWorks had to work with one of the studios.

This can be regarded as a convenience to monopoly.

Leaving Orion Films, Tom Hanks did not go with Nia Vardalos, but drove back to the studio alone.

"I just met Ryan Gosling."

"The overseas distribution rights that Orion Pictures intends to buy."

Looking at Robert Zemeckis in front of him, Tom Hanks hesitated and said, "Maybe we can choose to cooperate with Orion Pictures."

What he said is not, but a new project he is cooperating with Robert Zemeckis, with an estimated investment of more than 160 million US dollars.

"I thought you'd consider DreamWorks or IFC Films." Robert Zemeckis seemed surprised.

It seems that Tom Hanks has never cooperated with Orion Films, but has had good cooperation with DreamWorks and IFC Films.

"DreamWorks is very difficult to come up with an investment of up to 160 million US dollars. IFC is only an independent film company and will not invest in a big-budget film full of risks."

Tom Hanks shook his head and said, "Our partners can only be a few Hollywood giants and Orion Pictures."

Even if it is a second-tier Hollywood film company, it is difficult to come up with 160 million US dollars to invest.

What's more, according to the preliminary shooting plan, this film is not only frighteningly expensive to produce, but also full of unknown risks.

"OK."

"I agree to talk to Orion first." Robert Zemeckis agreed with Tom Hanks.

The partners they choose to cooperate with can only be a few Hollywood giants and Orion Films.

Other Hollywood second- and third-tier film companies are not suitable for cooperation on this project~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I can go to Orion Films again tomorrow. ’ Tom Hanks nodded.

In fact, Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis were equally helpless.

As early as 1999, Tom Hanks took a fancy to Daniel Ellsberg's adaptation of an adventure fairy tale and tried to buy it.

However, Daniel Ellsberg made a request not only to allow Tom Hanks to play Santa Claus in the film, but also not to adapt it into an animated feature film.

Regarding Daniel Ellsberg's request, Robert Zemeckis believes that it is impossible to adapt it into a live-action movie.

In that case, they need not just $160 million, but at least $1 billion in investment.

But Daniel Ellsberg's attitude was extremely firm.

In desperation, Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis could only agree to his request in the second year and get the copyright of the original adaptation.

After all, Daniel Ellsberg is notoriously stubborn.

He graduated from Harvard University and was employed by the Pentagon for Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

What really made him famous is that he completely leaked the Pentagon Papers to China, which to a certain extent prevented the Vietnam War.

He also opposed nuclear weapons and protested against the Gulf War launched by the US government, resulting in multiple arrests by the police.

The above-mentioned things are only a small part of them.

It can be said that this is definitely an American celebrity.