Chapter 690： King Kong

The American TV series "Warcraft" started filming in New Zealand as early as August.

The filming of the first season is expected to be completed in January next year.

As a producer, Peter Jackson doesn't need to be with the team all the time like a director, but mainly sends his New Zealand team out and let them lead the project.

The current Peter Jackson is completely different from the little director who only made horror movies back then.

Although "The Lord of the Rings 3" has not yet been released, the great success of "The Lord of the Rings 1" and "The Lord of the Rings 2" has made him a top Hollywood director!

If the quality of "The Lord of the Rings 3" does not decline, then it is likely to get a huge return at next year's Oscars!

At that time, Peter Jackson's influence in commercial films was probably comparable to that of James Cameron, Dunn Walker, and Steven Spielberg.

It is very unrealistic for a director of this level to focus his energy on an American drama.

In fact, Peter Jackson's agent is actively communicating with Universal Pictures.

He wants to make "King Kong"!

At that time, the movie that Peter Jackson wanted to make the most was "King Kong". The project was later shelved due to a deal between Universal Pictures and Miramax.

Peter Jackson officially took over the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

For the classic monster movie "King Kong" in Hollywood history, Peter Jackson has had infinite fantasies since childhood and wanted to remake it.

With the success of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Lord of the Rings 2" and "The Lord of the Rings 3" on the way, Peter Jackson can already find time to work on the next project.

It's just... Peter Jackson's agent only talks about projects, not prices.

Obviously, this is waiting for the market effect of "The Lord of the Rings 3" and its performance in awards season.

Talking about remuneration at this stage is detrimental to the interests of Peter Jackson.

The film and television entertainment department of New Universal Group is very embarrassed about this.

The movie "King Kong" must be shot.

Because of the deal between Universal Pictures and Miramax, Universal Pictures exchanged the overseas distribution rights of "King Kong" and the project of "Shakespeare in Love" for the overseas distribution rights of the "Lord of the Rings" series.

That's right, don't look at the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is produced by New Line Cinema, but Warner can only get North American distribution rights, overseas distribution rights... in the hands of New Universal. (The previous chapter 420 has a specific introduction)

Since Universal Pictures is going to work with Peter Jackson to film "King Kong", the salary of the fast-moving New Zealand director has become a major difficulty.

In his previous life, after Peter Jackson swept the global box office of $1 billion with "The Lord of the Rings 3" and swept the Oscars, he offered Universal Pictures a sky-high salary - $20 million in basic salary, plus 20% of the global box office share. !

Not profit sharing, but box office sharing!

Universal Pictures, there is no reason to refuse.

Peter Jackson, who is in his prime, is worth this price according to market rules.

Audience In the entire history of Hollywood, before this, only Steven Spielberg had received such a top salary when filming "Jurassic Park".

Peter Jackson became the second Hollywood man after Spielberg!

Even after him, James Cameron filmed "Avatar" and only got "$20 million + 10% of the global box office share".

Of course, "Avatar" has a global box office of 2.8 billion US dollars, and only one film brought him a pre-tax income of 300 million US dollars.

Next, is God Nolan.

After filming the "Dark Knight" trilogy, Nolan became a god, and his salary also skyrocketed.

When filming "Inception", his salary was "$20 million + 10% box office share"; when filming "Interstellar" and "Dunkirk", he had already reached "$20 million + 20% box office share" ” of the top salary.

The most important thing is that, whether Spielberg or Cameron, including Christopher Nolan, no matter how high their asking price is, they can bring huge profits to the producers.

Everyone is happy to make money together.

But Peter Jackson was different.

To put it bluntly, his level...is not as high as everyone imagined.

"King Kong", which he directed, cost 200 million US dollars to produce and 100 million US dollars to announce and distribute, and Universal Pictures spent a total of 300 million US dollars for this project.

The results of it?

The global box office of "King Kong" is only 550 million US dollars, and Universal Pictures can get about 200 million US dollars. Among them, 100 million US dollars will be distributed to Peter Jackson.

In the box office market, "King Kong" still has a deficit of at least 200 million US dollars!

Of course, Peter Jackson is very famous, and "King Kong" will be very popular in the disc market and the TV market. Just a week after the DVD was released, sales in North America reached a record $100 million.

However, this huge investment in the film, after all, can not be said to be a success.

If you want to make a return, it will take at least three or four years of operation.

You must know that investing in such a large project takes up so much cash flow, let alone payback... Even if it is a small profit, it is a failure!

300 million US dollars, even if you buy government bonds, you can get 30 million US dollars in interest in three or four years, right?

"His agent doesn't want to talk about it, so let's take the initiative, $20 million, plus 10% of the global box office share, let me know!"

Tang En waved his hand rather weakly.

When Shirley Lansing heard this, she couldn't help but widen her eyes, "This...will this pay be too high?"

Such remuneration, in the past Hollywood, only Spielberg took it.

Tang En said: "That's also better than "The Lord of the Rings 3", which has swept the world and the Megatron awards season. They have a big mouth! That's it! Although the price is high, let's pay it back! "King Kong"... just take it A favor from us to Peter Jackson."

Shirley Lansing blinked, "Aren't you optimistic about this project?"

Dunn shook his head and said: "Monster theme... It's really nothing to watch, it's not the same as dinosaurs. This is the same reason that I don't allow Marvel Studios to make an independent film of "Hulk". , next time... I have to pay him back!"

No one wants to take advantage of Dunn!

Not even Peter Jackson!

After the great success of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it is conceivable that Warners will actively operate the plan for the next trilogy - "The Hobbit".

However, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are different. The rights to The Hobbit are even more divided, with the distribution rights for the film in the hands of MGM.

The acquisition of MGM will soon be completed and become an asset of New Universal.

In other words, Dunn is about to have the film distribution rights of the "Hobbit" series!

Without Dunn's approval, no matter Warner or New Line, including producer Sal Zaenz and the Tolkien Heritage Foundation, no one would even think of developing "The Hobbit" into a movie!

This is so comfortable!

Don't forget that Dunn bought the TV adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" from the Tolkien Heritage Foundation a few years ago!

Don't even think about making movies.

Even if it is filmed, most of the money earned will be distributed by Warner.

While others eat meat, Dunn eats soup? This is impossible.

It's better to make it into a fine American drama and broadcast it on starz TV.

The IP of "The Lord of the Rings" is always bigger than that of "Game of Thrones", right?

The income of TV series will not be less than that of movies!

And it's an exclusive benefit!

The director of the TV series, of course, is Peter Jackson.

...

"Why are you so happy?" Looking at Isla Fisher's smiling face, Dunn couldn't help but ask.

Ella Fisher smiled and said, "I'm happy for Miranda. Speaking of which, I would like to thank you."

Dunn has arranged Miranda Kerr into the 4th villa in King's Landing.

Natalie and Gal Gadot have already got up to go to Israel. It is said that they will not come back even for Christmas. They will celebrate traditional Jewish festivals there.

Scarlett's popularity soared because of "Lost", and the film appointments continued.

In addition to starring in Nolan's "Deadly Magic", he also received seven or eight film contracts, including the big project "Escape from Clone Island", which was invested by DreamWorks and directed by Michael Bay.

This should be Michael Bay's favor to Dunn, but he was ruthlessly rejected.

He wouldn't let his girlfriend star in a movie that failed miserably at the box office In short, all three of Dunn's girlfriends are out of town.

He can only find some temporary female companions.

King's Landing Villa 2 houses Anne Hathaway and Monica Cruz; King's Landing Villa 3 houses Natalie Martinez and Jessica Chastain.

Now, Miranda Kerr also lives in Villa 4 in King's Landing.

Dunn has even notified his private finance team to continue buying top luxury homes in the Los Angeles area.

It's best to go all the way to King's Landing 10.

In addition to King's Landing No. 1, which cost nearly 300 million US dollars to build, it is the home of Tang En and several girlfriends, and outsiders cannot be allowed to live in, the other 9 mansions, it is best not to be empty, and to keep the outer room.

"Miranda is good." Dunn nodded with satisfaction, "I have contacted Megan Gale and asked her to come and stay with Miranda for a while and guide her on the steps."

Ella Fisher pursed her lips and said, "In my opinion, the profession of guiding her is fake, is it true to accompany you together?"

Dunn did not deny it, saying: "Meghan Gale is an Australian image ambassador and an angel supermodel. Don't forget, she is 28 years old, and for the modeling profession, it has reached the end of her career. Let Milan Da followed by her side to study for a while, and it should be regarded as a training successor."

"Successor?" Ella Fisher's eyes lit up, a little excited, "You mean... Miranda will be able to reach the height of Megan Gale in the future?"

Tang En shook his head with an indifferent expression, "As long as she is obedient and does her part as a woman, not to mention reaching the height of Megan Gale, even if she surpasses, why is it difficult?"

Ella Fisher hurried out and shouted without looking back: "I'll call her now and let her take care of you!"

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