Chapter 61: 1 clump of tangled Spider-Man

Twentieth Century Fox just held a preview event, and almost all the people invited were fans of horror films, and there were almost no film critics and media.

"Saw 2" is a classic horror film, inviting critics to do little good, and Twentieth Century Fox knows that well.

When the film is released, the staff of 20th Century Fox's distribution department will naturally contact the film critic group, which is nothing more than some exchange of interests.

Ryan has watched "Saw 2" a long time ago, but this time he still came, but he didn't have any contact with 20th Century Fox executives.

As soon as the screening of the film ended, he bid farewell with Helen and Sophia, and the three left the 20th Century Fox building.

Drove to a Chinese restaurant, a few people ordered a few Chinese dishes at random, without paying attention to what they ate.

Only Ryan asked the waiter to serve a pot of **** syrup, and poured a glass for Helen himself.

"Ginger syrup, you can try it, it tastes pretty good, and it can relieve many symptoms, such as dysmenorrhea."

Ryan put down the teapot with a half-smile. If Heidi hadn't reminded him yesterday, he didn't know that Helen, who looked like a strong woman, would also suffer from dysmenorrhea.

"Weird taste." Helen picked it up and took a sip. The taste of **** syrup didn't seem to suit her taste, and her brows frowned slightly.

"It seems that you know women very well." Sofia Coppola said mockingly.

Ryan rolled his eyes, turned to Sophia, and said, "Would you like to pour you a glass too, **** syrup is very effective for dysmenorrhea."

"A secret recipe from an ancient country."

"Give me another glass of water, thank you." Sofia Coppola refused politely.

It seemed that after drinking some **** syrup, Helen felt a little better, and began to talk about the business, "Universal Pictures and Constantine Pictures agreed to sell the copyright, and the same is true for Marvel Comics."

"Only in terms of price, the prices quoted by the three parties are much higher than the normal price of the copyright of Marvel superhero characters."

"Twentieth Century Fox bought the copyright of the X-Men this year and has no plans to sell it for the time being."

"As for the copyright of Spider-Man, it is a bit complicated. It is not in the hands of 21st Century Pictures, but in the hands of Menachem-Golan. It seems that he once sold the Spider-Man script to Columbia. The Xia copyright belongs to Sony Corporation."

"However, 21st Century Pictures insists that the copyright of Spider-Man belongs to itself, and it seems to have some relationship with MGM."

She talked a lot, seemed to feel thirsty, picked up the cup and took a sip of **** tea, and continued: "Right now, the copyright of Spider-Man is like a mess."

"Unless you can sort out the relationship, I advise you to give up the copyright of Spider-Man as soon as possible."

"Or, it is almost impossible to buy the copyright of Spider-Man from three companies."

21st Century Pictures, Sony, MGM, and Menachem-Golan, it is by no means an easy task to sort out the relationship among them.

What's more, Spider-Man is the most popular superhero figure under Marvel Comics.

At the same time, he is also the only superhero who can be as famous as Superman and Batman.

Superman has produced four films, starring Christopher Reeve, and Batman has also produced many films and TV series, both of which are popular with the audience.

From this point, we can see how important the copyright of Spider-Man is. Whether it is 21st Century Pictures, Sony, or MGM, they will not give up the copyright of Spider-Man easily.

"It seems that we can only temporarily give up the copyright of Spider-Man."

Ryan obviously showed a bit of reluctance. You must know that almost all of the "Spider-Man" films in the previous life were big sellers. The box office obtained by Spider-Man alone can almost be compared with the entire "Avengers".

"Continue to contact Twentieth Century Fox, it is best to buy the copyright of the X-Men, and some concessions can be made on the price."

"As for Daredevil, if the price is right, we can also buy them together."

When Twentieth Century Fox bought the copyright of the X-Men, it bought the copyright of Daredevil along with it.

However, compared to the copyright of the X-Men, the copyright of Daredevil seems irrelevant.

"I was going to tell you about it."

Helen put down the spoon in her hand, looked very cautious, and said: "Twentieth Century Fox has revealed a piece of news that they can sell the copyrights of X-Men and Daredevil, and the price is very reasonable."

"The premise is that you must sign two horror film directing contracts."

Two film directing contracts, or two horror films, Twentieth Century Fox has a good plan.

Ryan pondered for a while, and said: "At most one horror film, and I must concurrently serve as producer, director, and screenwriter, as well as reasonable remuneration."

It seems that the conditions he raised are very harsh.

But in fact, a lot of concessions have been made, and there is no mention of box office sharing and investment.

With his achievements in horror movies, he can definitely ask for a box office sharing agreement.

"So "The Truman Show", they are not going to continue to cooperate?" Ryan asked a more critical question.

It is impossible for him to direct two films at the same time.

Since 20th Century Fox intends to let him direct horror movies again, "The Truman Show" can only be shelved.

Helen rubbed her temples, seemed a little tired, and said, "Unless you can keep the budget of "The Truman Show" within 10 million US dollars, and at the same time, at most concurrently serve as an executive producer, as well as the right to suggest actors and edits, And only one-third of the investment amount, otherwise it would be very difficult for 20th Century Fox to agree to this cooperation."

"However, they seem to intend to pay a suitable price to buy the script of "The Truman Show."

"Buy it?" Ryan said with a hint of sarcasm, "It seems that 20th Century Fox wants to change the director and kick me out?"

"It is absolutely impossible to agree to such a condition. If it is not possible, you can continue to invest in the name of the studio."

As for what Twentieth Century Fox said, the budget for "The Truman Show" should be reduced to less than 10 million US dollars.

He didn't even bother to pay attention to it, could it be filmed with 10 million dollars?

Well, he admits that 10 million US dollars can be filmed, but you get what you pay for, and the quality of the film is inevitably a bit shoddy. Not to mention the box office results of the previous life, even if he can get back the money, he can't guarantee it.

Having said that, he glanced at Sophia and said, "As for the funds!"

"When "Chain Saw 2" is released, the funds will naturally be withdrawn."

Sofia Coppola glanced at Ryan, and did not remind him of the financial problem again, "I have a piece of news here, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is not bad."

"Carter Eisner from Touchstone Films wants to meet with you and talk about casting for The Truman Show."

"He guaranteed that Touchstone will only be responsible for 30% of the investment, and the rest of the funds can be invested in the name of your studio, including producers, casting rights, and final editing rights. These can be made to a certain extent. concession."

"In the future, film distribution costs will be based on general Hollywood standards, not internal investment and cooperation standards. Specific distribution plans, promotional costs, etc. will need to be negotiated separately."

The conditions offered by Touchstone are very superior, at least much better than Twentieth Century Fox.

Touchstone?

"Why did you offer such a superior offer suddenly?" Ryan was suddenly puzzled.

Helen on the side said lightly: "The touchstone is Disney's live-action film distribution department, and Disney's core business is in animated feature films. In the past few years, it has been trying to revitalize live-action films."

"So for Disney or Touchstone, it may be just a trial investment, and Disney has many financing channels, so it doesn't need to spend a penny of cash."

Filming with money from investment institutions or banks is the norm for Hollywood film companies.

Like Ryan, he has to invest his own money at every turn, which is an alternative in Hollywood.

"While earning huge distribution fees, but without taking any risks, it is worthy of being a veteran Hollywood film company."

Ryan pondered for a while, and said, "You can meet with me and talk about it."

Long-term dependence on 20th Century Fox, a film company, is not a good phenomenon. If one fails, his whole body may be swallowed by 20th Century Fox.