Chapter 482： air combat

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"A project about air combat?"

Looking at the very young David Ellison opposite, Nancy Utley said with a hint of doubt in her eyes: "Are you sure it's not about the air crash project? It's about air combat!"

There are many Hollywood films related to airplanes, such as "Prison in the Sky", "Air Force One" and so on, and the box office is not bad.

However, films about air combat are relatively unpopular.

One of the most famous "Top Gun" is the famous work of Tom Cruise.

There are not many other air combat-themed films, and few of them are successful.

Even the famous "Pearl Harbor", the box office performance of this film is not very good.

What's more, the theme of "Pearl Harbor" is a war movie, not just an air battle.

"That's right, it's a film about air combat."

David Ellison didn't see the strangeness in Nancy Utley's eyes. He introduced excitedly: "This filming plan is based on real events, which originated from the Royal Air Force's first air battle defeat."

"We will restore the most intense air combat scenes..."

Before David Ellison could continue, Nancy Utley interrupted him, "Mr. David, you're talking about World War I!"

"I remember, during the First World War, there should be no jet planes?"

It's not just that there were no jet planes. I'm afraid there were no metal planes at that time.

David Ellison shrugged his shoulders and said very frankly: "This will be a war between pistons and aircraft."

"If Orion Pictures agrees to cooperate, we can jointly invest in filming and bring classic fighter jets from World War I to the screen."

This is his biggest dream.

To put it bluntly, David Ellison is a flying enthusiast and even has a pilot's license.

Of course, he has no access to active American fighter jets, and can only fly some piston planes, such as biplanes, triplanes and other old-fashioned piston planes.

This aircraft is relatively safe.

In other words, this is a rich man's game. The price of each old-fashioned piston aircraft is not cheap, and maintenance is also not a small sum of money.

Hearing this, Nancy Utley frowned subconsciously, and said very euphemistically: "Sorry, Mr. David, Orion Pictures has no plans to invest in a film about air combat for the time being."

There is no need to think about it at all, air combat films are too unpopular, and it is another one about air combat during World War I.

It is impossible for all kinds of modern fighters to appear in future films, but all kinds of old wooden planes, which are difficult to arouse interest.

got rejected!

David Ellison froze for a moment, he never thought that he would be rejected by Orion Pictures!

The other party should at least think about it.

"Of course, apart from cooperation in the form of investment, Hollywood also has other forms of cooperation."

Nancy Utley picked up the coffee on the table, took a sip and said, "Mr. David, you can invest in the filming on your own. Orion Films is willing to be the distributor of this film."

It is obviously much more reliable to become a film distributor than to invest in co-production with David Ellison.

Even if the box office of the film is not ideal in the future, as long as Orion Films controls the investment in publicity, not only will it not cause losses, but it will bring considerable profits.

In the end, it will only be the film investment company that loses money, not the distribution company.

Publisher!

David-Ellison hesitated, then said, "I need to think about it."

The initial budget for this project is at least tens of millions of dollars, or even more than 50 million dollars.

Even though David Ellison has a lot of family money, he still needs to seriously consider, even get financial support from other sources.

According to his plan, it would be best to invite a well-known Hollywood company to cooperate with him in filming.

In this way, it can not only solve the financial problem, but also share the investment risk and reduce some unnecessary troubles.

However, neither the Orion Films in front of them nor the 20th Century Fox that they came into contact with some time ago have no plans to invest.

"Mr. David, I wonder if you have heard of the "Polar Express" project!"

While speaking, Nancy Utley took out a project proposal from the briefcase, put it in front of David Ellison and continued: "This project is developed by Tom Hanks and Robert Ze Meggis proposed, and Orion Films is also one of the collaborators."

"If you are interested, we can cooperate in the form of financing to shoot this project together."

Compared with the so-called air combat-themed films, she hopes that David Ellison can invest in the "Polar Express" project.

However, David Ellison didn't even think about it, just shook his head and refused, saying: "I won't invest in a film without air combat."

Although he knew who Tom Hanks was, he had also heard the name of Robert Zemeckis.

But he still has no interest in investing.

Seeing this, Nancy Utley did not show any disappointment, and said again: "Mr. David, I hope you can think about it seriously."

Then, she stayed for a while, then said goodbye and left.

It would be best to get financing from David Ellison.

If it is rejected, there is nothing, Orion Films can continue to seek overseas financing channels.

"It seems that you were rejected again."

Looking at Nancy Utley's back, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl came over, "Orion Pictures will not be as crazy as you, let alone spend tens of millions of dollars to invest in an air combat film. "

"Megan!" David Ellison glared at his younger sister Megan Ellison dissatisfied, and said, "I can invest in the filming myself."

"Wait and see, not only will I bring this project to the screen, but I will also fly the plane myself."

Not only does he want to shoot an air combat film, he even plans to fly the plane himself.

"Unless you can convince your father to support your project, you can't raise tens of millions of dollars yourself." Megan-Ellison said the point at once.

At the moment, David Ellison showed hesitation, tens of millions of dollars is not a small amount.

Megan Ellison sat down, picked up the project proposal of "The Polar Express", and looked down at it. After a while, she suddenly said: "Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis and Orion Films Collaborative project!"

"I'm afraid that's what Nancy Utley came to see you for."

David Ellison nodded and said, "You're right, she wants me to invest in this project"

"However, I'm not interested in this project."

Megan Ellison rolled her eyes, she knew David Ellison's hobbies very well, unless it was a film with air combat and aircraft, he would not invest in it.

Flipping through the "The Polar Express" project proposal, Megan Ellison quickly lost interest and put it aside.

The investment budget for "The Polar Express" was astonishingly high, and Megan Ellison had no interest in investing.

In her previous life, Megan Ellison was also a Hollywood producer and invested in many films.

But she doesn't have the same style as David Ellison.

She prefers to invest in independent films and low-budget projects rather than large commercial productions, and spread the funds to spread the risk.

Speaking of it, this is also a very interesting thing. The sons and daughters of Oracle founder, software tycoon and billionaire Larry Ellison, instead of choosing to start a business in Wagu or join Oracle, Qiqi chose to invest Hollywood.

"David Ellison declined financing for The Polar Express." Sofia Coppola faxed Ryan.

Ryan took the fax from Sofia Coppola, looked down, and said, "It doesn't matter, the "Polar Express" project can continue to look for overseas financing."

"And keep in touch with David Ellison."

Although the box office performance of the original "Air Combat Heroes" was not very good, the distributor of this film still has a certain appeal.

"I'll notify Nancy." Sofia Coppola nodded.

"By the way ask Richard Taylor to come over sometime." Ryan suddenly mentioned Richard Taylor, "I need to hear his opinion on the filming of "The Polar Express". "

Richard Taylor, as the person in charge of Weta Studios, had technical problems with the filming of "The Polar Express", and Ryan needed to seek his opinion.

From the initial cooperation with Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis, Orion Pictures put the "Polar Express" project on the agenda, passed the review as quickly as possible, and looked for financing channels.

Even in Hollywood, an investment of up to 165 million US dollars is still a very large commercial project.

Next, as long as the early funds are in place, Robert Zemeckis will be able to prepare the crew and go to New Zealand to shoot.

Of course, in the face of a project with an investment of up to 165 million US dollars, the crew will not be able to complete preparations until the beginning of next year at the earliest.

Among them, only technical preparations will take a long time.

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