Chapter 46: my hope, your despair

The youngest ever Golden Globe Award for Best Director!

Dunn Walker's name once again resounded on the front pages of major media across the United States.

In an interview with the media, the spokesperson for the Golden Globes also pointed the finger at the Oscars, "The selection of the Golden Globes strives to be open, fair and just. There is no seniority or age discrimination here, as long as you can bring excellence. The works will be able to win the grand prize!”

The Golden Globes have stated many times that they are not vassals of Oscar, but this time they took a tough stand, using Dunn Walker as a coat, and directly challenged Oscar.

Many media have speculated whether Oscar dares to break the rules and award the Best Director Award to a 20-year-old child?

Prior to this, the youngest best director of the Oscars dates back to the first Academy Awards, when 32-year-old Louie Milestone won the Oscar for best comedy director for "Beauty in the Palace".

But what age was that?

There are many absurdities in the system, film volume and concept at that time. But under such absurdity, the youngest Oscar director can only be 32 years old.

Can a young man under the age of 20 win the Academy Award for Best Director?

"Oscar + Dunn" has become the hottest topic in the United States in the new year, even far surpassing the Asian financial crisis.

However, Dunn didn't pay much attention to these media reports. What he saw was a report in the Boston Globe that feared that the world would not be in chaos. The title was "Genius Director Becomes Famous for the Second Time, and the Legend of Ghosts Fails Miserably"

"Titanic, directed by Dunn Walker, and Jurassic Park 2, directed by Steven Spielberg, collided fiercely at the box office last year. As we all know, "" Titanic grossed over $1.8 billion worldwide, sweeping 1997! But what about Jurassic Park 2? With $590 million worldwide, it wasn't even as high as Titanic's North American box office."

"Steven Spielberg, who has been in the box office market for the past two decades, has finally ushered in the first crisis in his life, he was defeated by a 19-year-old child! However, this is just the beginning!"

"On yesterday's Golden Globes ceremony, Steven brought his heartbreaking masterpiece "Broken Locks" to intercept Dunn's "Titanic" head-on, just to avenge the fiasco at the box office last year. I never thought that at such an important awards ceremony, Dunn Walker and his "Titanic" would once again become the biggest winners!"

"'Titanic' not only won many awards including the best film in the drama category, but also successfully defeated the blockade of Steven Spielberg and won the crown of best director! Following the last box office market After losing to Dunn, Steven lost again at the awards ceremony!"

"The newly talented director Dunn Walker is ascending the throne with a rising momentum, and the former genius director Steven Spielberg can only be used as a background plate for watching Dunn's continuous success! Spielberg The demeanor is no longer there, and in the future, it is destined to be the world of young people!"

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Seeing such an article, Tang En slapped the table angrily.

He has been working hard to repair his relationship with Spielberg. This is good, and the media is adding fuel to the fire. How can this Jewish boss, who has been famous in Hollywood for 20 years, endure it?

There is no doubt about Steven Spielberg's love and enthusiasm for movies. Dunn would rather compete with the capitalists with huge sums of money than offend this highly respected film artist.

It's just that the current situation...it doesn't seem to be very good!

At this time, market analyst Andrew O'Hare walked into his office with a look of excitement, "Boss, the TV series copyright of "The Dark Tower" has been taken down!"

"Oh?"

Dunn's eyes lit up.

Now, Dunn Pictures has successively won the film rights of three books, "The Girl Who Moved Soul", "A Beautiful Mind" and "A Week with Monroe", at moderate prices.

However, Stephen King's "Miracle in the Green Mile", with an asking price of $3 million, directly frightened Manola Dages.

Unexpectedly, Stephen King's most popular and best-selling work "The Dark Tower" can successfully win the copyright.

Andrew O'Hare laughed: "The price...somewhat unexpected, $19."

"How much? $1.9 million?" Dunn thought he had heard it wrong.

Andrew O'Hare shook his head with a serious expression, "It's $19! If the TV series is filmed, Stephen King will enjoy an additional 3% profit share."

"That's not right, isn't it too cheap?" Dunn couldn't believe it.

Andrew O'Hare explained: "Actually, the film rights to The Dark Tower were bought by Imagine Film Entertainment many years ago for the same price of $19, but with a 5% dividend. Stephen King believes that "Darkness" The novel "Tower" was made into a TV series, and it cost at least 50 million US dollars per season, which was too difficult, so the share was reduced."

Dunn smiled, "It seems that Stephen is not the one who sees money. What about "A Song of Ice and Fire"?"

This is what he cares about. The copyright fee of "The Chronicles of Narnia" is called "$10 million + 10% profit sharing". He can't afford it now, so he can only look for opportunities in the future.

"George Martin...is a stubborn old man." Andrew O'Hare smiled bitterly, "He was originally a screenwriter, but he turned to writing novels because the film could not realize his magnificent world structure, so the film copyright...he doesn't sell it at all ."

Turning "A Song of Ice and Fire" into a movie is something Dunn can't imagine, but with Andrew O'Hare's 97-point market judgment, he shouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

"Andrew, do you really think A Song of Ice and Fire is suitable for a movie adaptation?"

"Appropriate!" Andrew O'Hare said of course, "Now that the first "Game of Thrones" has been published, we can already see some signs, 'ice' refers to the White Walkers in the northern ice field, UU reading www.uukanshu .com 'fire' refers to the fire dragons of the southern islands. The battle between ice ghosts and fire dragons, the struggle between humans and zombies, the confrontation between good and evil, these are huge guarantees for the movie box office!"

Dunn understood Andrew's thoughts a little. "You mean...not the main drama, but the sideshow?"

Andrew O'Hare thought Dunn's wording was a bit funny, "Yeah, the main drama...it's too long, boring and boring, and it's only worth making movies, fan...fans, or prequels, etc., it's more appropriate, a fantasy scene The battle between good and evil, the unprecedented visual enjoyment, is absolutely eye-popping."

Immediately, he sighed, "But George Martin's stubborn temper...it's not easy to convince him."

"Okay, then we'll just buy the TV rights."

Tang En is the next best thing. The TV series adapted from this work has almost single-handedly changed the pattern, status and influence of American TV dramas in the world!

Andrew had a bitter look on his face, "He doesn't sell TV rights. He said that Dunn Pictures is too weak and has no TV station. He wants to find a more powerful partner."

Tang En rolled his eyes angrily, "This old guy, look down on people! Forget it, keep following and keep an eye on it, this novel, whether it's the movie copyright or the TV copyright, I'll take it all!"

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In the afternoon, Dunn Walker went to CAA, signed a new contract, and became a contract director under CAA.

Although there have been unpleasant experiences before, Brian Lord has regained Dunn's goodwill, and he will cooperate fully in the acquisition of Marvel in the future.

Especially the "Blade Warrior" crew, I heard that the budget cost has been pushed up to 65 million US dollars...

Marvel's hope is disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.