Chapter 619： Australian government's concessions

The vacation was short. A week later, Ryan took a private jet to leave Queensland and flew to Sydney to the south. Nicole and Taylor stayed on the farm and continued to enjoy their leisure life.

In the plan temporarily named as the first phase of the Marvel Universe, after the opening title "Captain America", Marvel launched the second work with a linear connection. After long-term preparations, "Hulk" has been prepared for the Oscars. It was officially launched in a studio near Sydney.

Ryan will not stay in Australia for too long. After getting off the plane, he went directly to the Fox Studios where the crew is located.

"Hi, Ryan."

After entering the studio, Ryan met an old acquaintance, hugged him gently, and said, "It's been a long time, Annie."

"Yes." James Cameron's ex-wife said with emotion, "The little guy back then became the handsome guy now."

"You are welcome to join Surprise." Ryan did not answer her words, but said seriously, "We finally have an excellent executive producer."

"Thank you, Ryan."

Anne Hurd made a please gesture and led the way towards the studio, "Director Louis Lightrill is filming, we should speak quieter."

"no problem."

Nodded, Ryan walked and looked into the distance. The studio was almost full of green curtains, and he could faintly see a somewhat strange actor wearing a motion capture device, making some angry movements.

Standing far from the periphery, Anne Hurd introduced some of the crew to Ryan, "Our favorite actor candidate is Mr. Andy Serkis, but he wants to film "King Kong" with Peter Jackson. , We had no choice but to choose the current one."

"He seems to be very experienced in motion capture," Ryan said with one hand on his chest and his chin.

"It's okay." Annie Hurd smiled, "Of course, there is still a gap with Mr. Serkins."

Now this era of motion capture is not particularly popular, it is not easy to find an actor similar to Andy Serkins in this regard. The Gulu portrayed by the other party is definitely the greatest computer-generated character ever. Even before the Oscars, many media agreed that he deserved a Best Supporting Actor nomination. Unfortunately, the college chose to be conservative in the end.

Andy Serkis would choose King Kong instead of Hulk. Not surprisingly, after all, he and Peter Jackson are absolutely good friends.

In addition, the director chosen by the crew is one of the few French directors who can make a difference in commercial films, except for Luc Besson. Although the box office of "Very Human Trafficker" directed by Louis Lightrill is mediocre, But relative investment, it's not bad. This is also a collaboration between Jenkins Pictures and Luc Besson's Montage Studio.

As early as a few years ago, Ryan and Luc Besson finalized this cooperation plan when he was in the public relations for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at the Cannes Film Festival.

After watching the filming for about half an hour, Ryan went to her office with Anne Hurd. After an assistant served the coffee, he chatted about the situation of the crew.

"We set an upfront budget of 100 million U.S. dollars for this film." Anne Hurd, the executive producer, obviously has a headache for cost control. "But the filming is only a quarter of the progress, so we spend it. I’m afraid that additional investment will be required in the future."

"You communicate with Surprise for the specific situation." Ryan laughed. "Don't worry too much, this is Australia."

"Fortunately, the Australian government will pay for part of the investment in the film." Anne Hurd nodded in agreement, "Otherwise, it would be a headache."

"So, except for the necessary location." Ryan took a sip of coffee, which didn't suit his taste, and simply put down the cup. "Our major production selection is a must overseas."

"If the California government does not make some changes, studios in the Los Angeles area will soon decline."

"Then it depends on what our old friend Arnold did."

Schwarzenegger was elected the new governor of California last year. This position is not easy to do. Especially the outflow of the film and television industry is a very troublesome problem. This year the state government also introduced some new improvement measures. The effect is not obvious.

Although the newly introduced California film tax incentives have increased the tax incentives and increased the annual tax exemption to 200 million US dollars, it can only be better than nothing compared to Hollywood movies that are invested in hundreds of millions of dollars.

Not only can the tax exemption be used to pay for the offline cost of the film-that is to say, it does not include the remuneration paid to the actors, producers, directors and screenwriters-and the film must be launched within four months of submitting the tax concession application , From the actual situation. This restriction created difficulties for filming, because the filming location, actor schedule, and other details are usually difficult to determine within this period of time.

Like Ryan, who has a script, quickly prepared, and then started shooting in a hurry, it is only a few of the few.

Compared to overseas regions and other states, the expenditure of each film crew in California is significantly higher.

Not only big productions, but even some ** film productions that rarely leave California, gradually choose to shoot in other places.

This is also related to the tax exemption policy. Under the circumstance of big studios standing in the front, the amount of tax exemption for ** movies from this policy is 5% of the total amount, which is the total amount of all ** movies. The tax exemption is only 10 million U.S. dollars.

Although the discounts that ** movies get in other regions are also extremely limited, they are better than California, and those large-scale productions of hundreds of millions of dollars have become the delicious food that other regions are vying for.

Movies can turn inconspicuous places into gold mines, especially the pulling effect of "The Lord of the Rings" on New Zealand's economy, which has been fully seen in many overseas filming locations in Hollywood.

Over the years, Australia and New Zealand have learned valuable lessons from Hollywood. Relying on the influx of Hollywood funds, Australian film and television production has tripled since the 1990s, and more and more films are among the best-selling films in film history. They were all shot in Australia.

Since the Fox Studios in the 20th Century Fox was completed in the suburbs of Sydney in the 1990s, it has immediately become a Hollywood mecca.

A well-skilled team, abundant attractions, and reasonable shooting expenses are the main reasons for attracting Hollywood filmmakers. There is also a tax concession of up to 12.5% ​​for foreign-funded feature films and short films, and even Hollywood Of film and television practitioners are worried about being unfair to the local Australian crew.

Ryan has received a professional investigation report. Last year, nearly 30% of the financing of the Hollywood film and television industry was invested in Australian filming. Especially in the last two months, investment from Hollywood was as high as Two hundred and twenty million U.S. dollars, an increase of 33% over the previous month.

This report estimates that due to the growth of Hollywood’s investment in Australia, the American entertainment industry will lose 25,000 job opportunities this year, causing at least $15 billion in losses to the U.S. economy.

Hollywood filmmakers will not care about these, business opportunities are looming, a Warner studio on the Gold Coast is about to expand, and a new studio in Melbourne's Docklands will also be opened.

Not only these, the Australian government will make some more preferential measures in order to attract investment.

For example, the current filming of "Hulk", when surprise came out that it was considering filming in Australia, the Australian Prime Minister's Office immediately issued a statement to strive for the investment of more than 100 million U.S. dollars to settle in Australia.

The statement said, "Although the cast and location of "Hulk" have not yet been finalized, the film will undoubtedly provide Australian film talents with the opportunity to work with top professionals in this industry-whether in front of the camera or Behind the scenes."

In order to attract this big production to Australia for filming, the Australian government will provide a one-time subsidy of 15 million Australian dollars to the producers, because the filming of this film will bring about a large new investment in Australia and create about two thousand jobs. , And it is estimated that as many as thousands of Australian merchants will provide goods and services for this film.

"The Hulk" filming in Australia can save at least 20 million US dollars in funds. It is conceivable what choice will be made in terms of surprise.

Although the Australian government's decision has been criticized by many domestic organizations, Ryan does not care about these, as long as the Australian authorities can provide preferential treatment, Ryan does not mind moving all suitable films to Australia for shooting in the future.

I stayed in Sydney for a day to get a rough look at the shooting. After all, this is related to an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars.

"The Hulk" is naturally no longer the smashing product of Ang Lee in the previous life. Surprise redesigned the plot according to the needs of the first phase of the universe plan, which deliberately reduced the plot of Bruce Banner's unscrupulous destruction after the transformation. Not many viewers will like a superhero who only knows how to be angry, and at the end of the script, the Hulk will fight desperately to maintain the stability and prosperity of the United States.

Of course, other superhero guest appearances are indispensable in the Easter eggs. This time it will be Iron Man. Marvel has already negotiated a contract with Robert Downey Jr., and the two parties signed a contract for seven movies at once.

Remember that Hammer in the previous life was also an Australian, don’t you know that he has gone to Hollywood to develop now?

Ryan was still thinking about this issue when he boarded the plane and returned to Los Angeles, but Hollywood has never lacked muscle men, and it is not difficult to find suitable candidates.

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