Chapter 78: back to los angeles
After spending a few days at the beach in Santa Monica, Ryan originally planned to find a fitness trainer for the rest of the time to exercise, but he received a message from 20th Century Fox that he needed to return to Los Angeles as soon as possible.
In desperation, Ryan had no choice but to leave and return to Los Angeles. As for Monica Bellucci, she had already returned to the UK to continue filming "Leaving Las Vegas" a day earlier, and the audition had to be postponed for a while. It seems that there is a little problem with the crew.
For this reason, Ryan greeted the crew of "Leaving Las Vegas" and tried to arrange her parts to be filmed together so that she could return to Los Angeles as soon as possible and fight for the role in that sci-fi film.
"What does Twentieth Century Fox want from me?"
When Ryan returned to Los Angeles, he didn't go directly to 20th Century Fox, but met Helen first.
"Is it the peripheral copyright issue of "Chain Saw 2"?"
It has been more than a month since the premiere of "Saw 2", and 20th Century Fox and Helen have already started negotiations on the copyright of the film.
Among them, the offline video tape distribution rights have been sold at a price of 8.3 million US dollars, and the distribution rights are only for 7 years, which is more than double that of the first "Chain Saw".
The television premiere rights and television adaptation rights, like last time, were sold to Fox Television at a cost of US$5.5 million.
There are still film adaptation copyrights and game copyrights, etc., which have not been sold yet.
Generally, film adaptation rights are only of interest to studios in the San Fernando Valley.
"It has nothing to do with the copyright negotiation of "Chain Saw 2"."
Helen said very cautiously: "It's 20th Century Fox, who wants to continue investing in the next "Chain Saw", and occupy at least half of the film's investment ratio."
"The most important point is that they hope to prepare the crew as soon as possible and release it in time for the summer."
"However, I have clearly rejected them for you, saying that in the future, only one "Chain Saw" will be filmed every year, and it will be released during Christmas."
"It seems that 20th Century Fox can't bear it anymore!" Ryan didn't think anything of it, it's no wonder that 20th Century Fox couldn't bear it when faced with such a big piece of cake.
"There is no problem with 20th Century Fox continuing to invest. The ratio must continue to be discussed. Half of the investment is too much. If it is agreed, then 20th Century Fox will **** the right to speak from the crew."
"There is also a "Chain Saw" every year, which is already the bottom line. Even if the cooperation with 20th Century Fox is cancelled, it is impossible to ruin the reputation that has been cultivated with great difficulty."
Twentieth Century Fox may not care about long-term development, but Ryan has to think about how to get the greatest benefit instead of killing the chicken and picking the egg.
Helen picked up the coffee and took a sip, said: "Twentieth Century Fox proposed to make some concessions on Monica Bellucci's audition, but the prerequisite is that the next "Saw" must be added. investment ratio."
"By the way, it seems that Tom Rothman, who warned Michael Ovitz and CAA, has been quieter recently."
She found out through many connections.
Of course, it is not ruled out that it was intentionally released by 20th Century Fox.
Exchange terms!
Still a threat in disguise!
"Twentieth Century Fox is fantastic."
Ryan showed some sarcasm, and said: "It is not impossible to talk about increasing the investment ratio, but these conditions are not enough, and they need to show more sincerity."
Even though it is inevitable that 20th Century Fox will increase its investment ratio, it must not be agreed easily, otherwise 20th Century Fox will inevitably open its doors next year.
"I will continue to negotiate with 20th Century Fox. If it doesn't work, we can delay." Helen is not surprised that Ryan will refuse, even if it involves Monica Bellucci.
"correct."
"How did Monica get involved in this matter!" Ryan was somewhat puzzled.
Even as an exchange, Monica Bellucci should not be involved.
"That's something you have to ask yourself."
With a calm face, Helen took out a newspaper from the table and placed it in front of Ryan. There was a photo on almost half of the page, which was the picture of him applying sunscreen to Monica Bellucci. The title was suspicious of dating.
After taking a look, Ryan couldn't help cursing, "Damn tabloids."
"Unexpectedly, 20th Century Fox will also pay attention to the lace news published in gossip newspapers."
To be honest, he was somewhat speechless, and really didn't know how to describe this matter.
"I've already asked you to pay attention."
"However, it may be a good thing for Monica Bellucci." Helen had to admit that this matter was very good for Monica Bellucci.
The reason is very simple, the cooperation with 20th Century Fox, if nothing else happens, should continue.
Then 20th Century Fox will make some concessions in order to win over Ryan.
"There is one more thing I need to tell you. A luxury lingerie company wants you to act as the director of an advertisement. They are willing to pay $1.5 million for it."
Helen thought that when Ryan first filmed "The Blair Witch", the cost of the entire film was only tens of thousands of dollars.
However, it has only been more than half a year, and in just a few days, a company is willing to pay 1.5 million US dollars for shooting a short advertising film.
Even though she has changed the contract with Ryan again, from the earliest 10% agent commission to only 3% commission.
But as long as Ryan agrees, she can get $45,000 from it, which is almost the same as the cost of filming "The Blair Witch".
"As long as time permits, you can agree to it." Naturally, Ryan would not refuse the $1.5 million fee.
"There should be no problem with the time. Even if you need to go to New York, counting the round-trip journey, it will take about a week at most. When you come back, you can just prepare for the crew of "The Evil Spirit Happens." Helen calculated the time and felt that there should be no problem.
"Then promise to come down and tell Sophia to book a ticket." Ryan immediately called Sophia and asked her to book three tickets to New York.
Next, the two continued to talk about the negotiation with 20th Century Fox, as well as some details of preparing for the crew of "The Evil Spirit".
The investment in "The Evil Spirit" all came from 20th Century Fox, without Ryan's one-cent investment, so Helen asked for a sky-high director's fee, which was as high as 8 million US dollars, and 10% of the global box office share .
The 20th Century Fox negotiators were so frightened that they refused again and again, so they could only continue the negotiation.
According to Helen's estimate, $8 million is naturally impossible, and there is little hope for the box office share. In the end, there will probably be a director's fee of $3 million to $4 million.
Of course, in exchange, 20th Century Fox will sell the X-Men copyright at a favorable price. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com
If it wasn't for the stalemate over this matter, the crew of "The Invasion of Evil Spirits" could have started preparations long ago.
Until yesterday afternoon, after many discussions, the two parties finally reached a consensus on $4.5 million.
In this regard, Ryan did not have too many demands, but hoped that an agreement could be reached as soon as possible to obtain the copyright of the X-Men.
That's the point, not just a few million dollars for a director.
Until the sky dimmed, Ryan looked at the time and asked, "Why haven't you seen Heidi for a while?"
He hadn't seen Heidi much since filming of The Blair Witch ended.
"She went back to England to go to school and only came over during the summer vacation."
Helen began to pack her things, ready to get up and go home. "If you want to find her, you can go to England and go to the crew to see."
"Leaving Las Vegas" has been filming for some time, but Ryan has never been there once, and he never even asked about the filming process.
Fortunately, the producer Jill-Anne-Hurd is very competent and solved a lot of troubles.
As Cameron's ex-wife, the producer of "Terminator" and "Alien 2", she has good contacts in Hollywood and European film circles.
"Well, I will go to England to visit her when I have a chance."
Ryan looked at Helen who was about to leave, and said, "Then, Miss Helen, can we have dinner together?"
"Like Mr. Zhou's restaurant last time!"
Helen stared at him for a while, and said, "If you're not afraid of being secretly photographed by gossip reporters, I don't care."
"Let them shoot whatever they want." Ryan didn't mind at all, since he's not an actor anyway.
