Chapter 1451

MGM announced the signing of director Christopher Nolan. And this is a long-term, ten-year, ten films, using the base salary + box office dividend model.

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

What surprised them most was who was this Nolan?

At this time, Nolan was also a little director of unknown origin, or a new and cutting-edge director who changed his career from camera, screenwriter and actor. Everyone's impression of him may be only one "memory fragment", which is a film with a flat box office response, neither like a commercial film nor a literary film.

In the near future, Nolan still has some other actions. For example, he is the director of the comic film Batman, which is scheduled to be invested by Time Warner this summer.

It's said that even if MGM signs the new director and gambles on his future, it shouldn't be given such rich conditions. Those who can get the box office bonus must be commercial directors, Spielberg and Cameron, right?

And ten movies in ten years, which is too productive. Is MGM without directors? But there are many successful directors in Hollywood. How can we choose such a director?

Nolan is a director that Feng Yu likes very much. In his previous life, Nolan gradually ascended to the throne of the world's top director. The most important point is that Nolan's film implantation is traceless and effective.

If the film wants to make money, it is an effective way to implant. But if the implantation trace is too serious, it will greatly affect the experience of watching movies.

And Nolan's heroic films are very good. Although DC Comics belong to Warner, they will not be sold if they are killed, but marvel doesn't say that it doesn't have to be sold. Moreover, marvel films at this time are not as popular as those before Feng Yu's reincarnation. Maybe Marvel can be brought under his command with less money.

And Marvel's income is not just the benefits of film adaptation. Wind and rain games, can be adapted into games, there will certainly be a lot of income. The republication of comics, cartoons, cartoon dolls, costumes and other peripherals can also be developed. These are all money.

Many people think that some films lose money at the box office, but why do you still shoot sequels? It's not that the investors are stupid, or that the production companies are brainless, but that they make money back through the surrounding areas.

Maybe the film lost tens of millions at the box office, but from the surrounding areas, it can earn one billion. And the sequel has another advantage, that is, it can drive the surrounding area to become more popular, and it can also drive the CD-ROM sales of the previous films, and earn another income.

So when many film companies sign up with actors, they sign three or four films at once, making a person represent a role image, so that they can avoid the actor leaving, leading to the sequel not being accepted by fans, or the actor's remuneration skyrocketing, affecting their production costs.

The reason why Feng Yu let MGM give Nolan such a generous treatment is that he was afraid Nolan would be poached by Warner. After all, at this time, Nolan's Batman was about to be released. If the public praise was good and the box office was high, then Warner would definitely ask Nolan to shoot a sequel.

It's a pity that what Warner gives Nolan at this time is fixed salary, which is totally incomparable with MGM. Although the box office dividend is also risky, Nolan can only take the dividend of net profit, that is, the box office minus three times the production cost, and the remaining money is the profit at the box office.

But this condition, at this time, no one gave Nolan this kind of unknown director.

What's more, before Nolan signed a contract with MGM, he got a message that Cameron was going to fight commercial films again, and MGM was the first to throw away the olive branch.

In recent years, Cameron has been shooting documentaries. Many people invited him to continue shooting terminators, but Cameron refused. Because he had a script in his mind, nearly ten years ago, no one was willing to invest.

This is the script he wrote before the release of Titanic. Originally, he thought that with the incomparable box office of Titanic, he should be able to get a huge investment.

But those companies are very dissatisfied with Cameron's shooting and production speed, because Cameron said that he planned to finish the film in five to eight years, which would be a masterpiece to create the film history again.

In five to eight years, no one is willing to invest, especially Cameron, for three hundred million dollars. How much box office will it take to get the money back? Even in five years, how much will 300 million US dollars become after inflation? If these three hundred million dollars are invested in other films, at least three or five major commercial films can be made. How much money will you make?

So Cameron, despite his reputation as one of the top 20 directors in the 21st century, has a box office record, or can't get investment?

But this time it's different. MGM doesn't need money, or wind and rain holding group doesn't need money and is willing to invest. Isn't it just a snap?

In particular, Cameron promised that when shooting the dream movie "Avatar", he would make another "terminator" and use the profits of the movie to support the shooting of "Avatar".

In particular, Cameron hopes to make "Avatar" into a series, like terminator and star wars, which has also been approved by MGM.As long as the first one is successful, then it will become a series, which will make more money, and it is also in the interest of MGM.

actually, the people inside MGM are very opposed. But Ralph followed Feng Yu's advice and strong pressure put down his objection. The company is the wind and rain holding group has the final say. We say investment, then invest!

It's money. Bank loans can't go away. You can borrow money from wind and rain holding group according to bank interest rate.

This is not only to be able to obtain financial benefits, but also to use film companies to influence the U.S. culture, or anti invasion.

For a long time, the United States has used their cultural products, such as films, to export their values, or the values they want others to abide by.

So why can't we turn around and let culture invade in reverse to influence the values of the people of the United States?

The so-called commercial films in the United States focus on visual effect. The plot should be simple and straightforward, with a clear main line. The main line can be love, punishing evil and promoting good, vengeance, and antagonism between good and evil.

In any case, the plot should be simple and rough, and be easy for most people to understand. Just like the fantasy novels that Feng Yu read on the Internet in his previous life, it makes people feel good.

In this simple cool, it's good to highlight a universal value.

After signing these two directors, Feng Yu plans to meet them personally, correct some of their wrong ideas, so that they can make money for the company faster.

…… (to be continued. )