Chapter 471: financing

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"Shooting an Animated Feature Film in Motion Capture!"

Although "Spider-Man" was filmed in the way of motion capture, and the blue sky studio under Orion Pictures has the technology to produce 3D animated feature films.

But Ryan was still very surprised, and said, "Tom, it's hard to imagine that you are actually preparing for such a project."

Even a normal 3D animation feature film project is not something that ordinary Hollywood film companies can prepare.

What's more, what Tom Hanks is talking about is not a normal 3D animated feature film project.

"To be precise, this is an animated feature film shot with real-time motion capture technology." Robert Zemeckis corrected.

Live real-time dynamic capture technology!

Ryan shook his head slightly, and said directly: "Director Robert, I understand what you mean. To put it simply, it is nothing more than a shooting technique in a 3D animation feature film."

To put it bluntly, real-time motion capture technology for real people does not depart from the scope of 3D animated feature films.

In the previous life, many animated feature films had live-action real-time motion capture technology.

Of course, in terms of the current time period, real-time motion capture technology for real people is very advanced.

"It can be understood in this way."

Robert Zemecki nodded calmly, and said: "Only by shooting with live-action real-time motion capture technology, can we not violate the agreement and let Tom act in person."

"I need to think about it." Ryan put down the cooperation plan in hand and said very seriously: "After all, the investment in the entire project is as high as 160 million US dollars."

Shooting with real-time motion capture technology will inevitably greatly increase the cost of the film. Coupled with Tom Hanks' salary, it will directly lead to the shooting budget of the entire project, which needs at least 160 million US dollars.

For future films to be released, at least US$350 million will be needed at the box office for Orion Pictures to recover the cost of filming.

That's still not counting publicity costs and box office cuts for Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis.

With Tom Hanks' status, he will definitely have a basic salary and a share of the box office.

There is also the directing fee of Robert Zemeckis, which is also very expensive.

He directed "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" with a global box office of 329 million US dollars, while the film budget was only 70 million US dollars.

And "Forrest Gump," starring Tom Hanks, earned Robert Zemeckis an Oscar for Best Director.

And, with a production cost of 55 million US dollars, it won a North American box office of 330 million US dollars and an overseas box office of 347 million US dollars.

In addition, "Cast Away" directed by him, also starring Tom Hanks, has a global box office of 429 million US dollars.

It can be said that the directing fee of Robert Zemeckis is definitely not cheap.

However, the golden combination of Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis can bring a lot of money to many Hollywood studios.

If not, this film needs to be shot with real-time motion capture technology, and even Hollywood's first animated feature film shot with real-time motion capture technology, there will be no lack of investment at all.

"No, no, no, Ryan."

Tom Hanks shook his head at Ryan and said, "Robert and I will share part of the funds."

"Orion Pictures doesn't have to be responsible for all the investment."

Tom Hanks has invested in many projects, the most famous of which is "Band of Brothers".

Ryan looked at Tom Hanks, and couldn't help showing hesitation.

He already knew which film the other party wanted to cooperate with.

"The Polar Express" is a very far-reaching film. In its previous life, it was invested and produced by Hollywood film companies such as Preton and Castle Rock Entertainment. The main distribution company is Warner Bros.

However, the box office performance of this film is not a big hit. The North American box office is only 187 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 126 million US dollars, and the global box office is 314 million US dollars.

This is the box office result accumulated from multiple IMAX copyright releases.

(The global cumulative box office of "The Polar Express" is not 506 million US dollars, but 314 million US dollars. The data on Baidu Encyclopedia is wrong.)

If it is only calculated based on box office revenue, it is obviously impossible to reap the investment cost.

However, what makes Ryan hesitate is that the film's income from peripheral copyrights is quite good.

From toy trains and video games, to film-inspired holiday train ride experiences, theme park projects and more.

All brought good profits.

Especially the theme park project is very hot.

It can be added to Marvel Studios in the future.

"Orion Films needs a certain amount of time to find suitable financing channels." After thinking about it for a while, Ryan felt that financing could be used to shoot.

In this way, Orion Pictures only needs to pay box office revenue and a certain percentage of peripheral copyright revenue to obtain the copyright of "The Polar Express".

At the same time, it can also obtain a lot of benefits from film distribution and surrounding copyrights.

This is why Hollywood film companies are used to shooting in the form of financing.

Even if the film's box office hits the street, the film company will still not lose money, but can make profits in distribution and copyright.

So don't think that if a film hits the box office, it means that the film company loses money.

The three discussed a few details, and Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis said goodbye and left.

For specific cooperation matters, Orion Films will have a special person to discuss with them.

A project with an investment of up to 160 million US dollars cannot be settled in a few words, and Orion Films needs time to raise funds.

In the next few days, Orion Pictures began to discuss cooperation with IFC Films, Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis.

Among them, the purchase of the overseas distribution rights of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" did not encounter any difficulties.

Orion Pictures easily obtained the film's overseas distribution rights at a relatively high price.

However, difficulties were encountered in the TV adaptation copyright of the film. IFC Films refused to sell the TV adaptation copyright of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".

In addition, the financing of the "Polar Express" project also encountered some difficulties.

Orion Pictures seldom shoots in the form of financing, and it does not have many financing channels, and most of them come from MGM's financing channels.

Now that the U.S. economy has been hit hard~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is not an easy task for Orion Films to obtain financing from domestic financial investment institutions.

What's more, Ryan hopes to obtain overseas financing.

Overseas funds cannot share the income from peripheral copyrights, and Orion Pictures only needs to pay a share of the box office.

It wasn't until May 2, the day of the premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," that Nancy Utley returned to Los Angeles from across the Pacific Ocean.

Regarding the investment plan of Marvel Studios, it is still under intense negotiation.

The good news is that Magic City is very active, and also hopes to reach an investment agreement as soon as possible, and agree to the construction site chosen by Orion Films.

Once the project is approved and the start-up capital of Orion Films is in place, the Magic City government will relocate the local residents as soon as possible.

During this period, Orion Films was not idle, and hired two famous design companies to start designing the main blueprint of Marvel Studios based on the Magic City Disney in Ryan's memory.

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