Chapter 288： A Song of Ice and Fire

For a TV series, the production and shooting costs of three million US dollars are not high. On average, it is more than three hundred thousand US dollars per episode. This determines that "Grey Intern" will not be any particularly big Scene, will not hire well-known actors or directors.

In addition, this type of TV series basically does not need special effects.

According to Sanda Remus’ plan, animal bodies and internal organs can be used instead of some bodies or lesions that appear during surgery.

This can effectively save costs.

CAA moved very fast. After signing a formal packaging service agreement with Shahai Entertainment, it not only passed a large number of relevant cast and crew information to Ronan and Shahai Entertainment, but also the script and project of "Grey Intern" The plan was sent to the four major television networks.

For this type of TV series, the preferred broadcasting platform is definitely the public television network.

I have to say that CAA does have considerable energy and has provided packaging services for many excellent TV series in the past. The projects they recommend have attracted the attention of TV stations.

Good news came back soon. The ABC TV station said that it hoped that Shahai Entertainment could film and produce a pilot episode of "Grey Intern" first and broadcast it on ABC TV.

Fox Television Network also appropriately expressed concern.

A small-produced original drama series can get the attention of two major TV stations before it is officially prepared. CAA has played an important role in it.

Ronan also believes that this cooperation with CAA is very worthwhile and will help Shahai Entertainment to accumulate relevant experience in TV series shooting and production.

Shahai Entertainment has officially established a TV series production department, and will get involved in more TV series shooting and production in the future.

Ronan also has plans in this regard, so Robert Lee needs to take on important tasks again.

In the study of the future world, Robert Lee looked at Ronan and asked, "What is the goal this time?"

"One with fancy and magical colors." Ronan took three books from the shelf and gave them to Robert Lee: "You go to contact the publishers and creators, don't worry, this is our future plan. , You have plenty of time for negotiation."

Robert Lee looked at the three thick books in his hand, the name of "A Song of Ice and Fire" on the cover of the book was particularly eye-catching.

After "A Song of Ice and Fire", each book has subtitles, namely "Game of Thrones", "Clash of Kings" and "A Storm of Ice and Rain."

Obviously this is a series, the author is called George Raymond Martin, published in 1996, 1998 and 2000 respectively.

This series is very unfamiliar, and Robert Lee is sure he has never watched it, or even heard of it.

In the past year, he has been dealing with almost all kinds of copyright owners, and he basically knows all the famous works in North America.

Since I have never heard of it, I can only say that the market response of this series is average.

Robert Lee didn't say much, just asked: "Will you make a movie in the future?"

Ronan shook his head: "We plan to shoot a TV series. It is estimated that it will take five years at the earliest." He warned: "This series has not yet been completed. Pay attention to obtaining the copyright of subsequent works during negotiations, and at least have priority."

"I understand." Robert Lee said.

He couldn't help being curious, opened it quickly, flipped it, and after reading a few pages, he said, "It feels a bit like Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" series."

Ronan replied casually: "As far as I know, George Martin is a fan of Tolkien."

In this series, especially in magic, George Martin once again followed the practice of his idol Tolkien, and never used magic easily, making it just an element needed to render the atmosphere, and rarely used in people. On itself.

Therefore, some people think that "A Song of Ice and Fire" is not so much an extremely "low-magic" fantasy, as it is more like a parallel history of a fictional world.

Robert Lee didn't wait much, and soon left with goodbye.

Ronan is very confident to get the film and television copyrights of this series. The first three parts that have been published do not even cost much. It is only in 2001. Not many people have noticed the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. Its own influence is not too big.

The "Song of Ice and Fire" series still needs time to ferment.

In the previous life, TV series adapted by HBO had a huge impact. The sales of CDs alone made HBO a lot of money.

Ronan has not seen George Martin’s original work, but basically every episode of the TV series has been watched from the first season to the seventh season. For the final impression of this series, he still stays at the production party. To speed up the progress of the plot, the fast-paced nephew rolls on the sheets.

Heavy taste has never been a problem for cable TV dramas.

This series also has a nickname called "Song of Killing and Fuck".

Except for the horror of Yuxue and Longma, the other main characters are really clean.

I believe that anyone who has watched the series will remember the Scarlet Wedding still fresh, and Rob Stark, who looks very protagonist, was killed like a pig...

Ronan certainly knows that the success of "Game of Thrones" does not rely on pornography.

The magnificent worldview, the touching plot, the full of characters, and the sophisticated production... have created this drama.

If you want to succeed, you can do more than just get the copyright. With the current production strength of Shahai Entertainment, it is far behind HBO in the past.

At that time, HBO was also called Huang (H) Violent (B) Pollution (O) in the Chinese dynasty. It made good use of taboo stimuli. It looked like nothing, and the amount of information was so large that all the Chaoyang aunts in the entire capital fainted.

Shahai Entertainment is just a beginner in this area.

Therefore, even if the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series successfully obtains the copyright, Ronan will wait a few years or even longer before putting it on the production schedule.

This requires accumulation, not only production capacity, but also capital.

The previous HBO drama has the same killer feature, that is, it is not bad for money.

After millions of years of evolution, mankind has been thinking hard and concluding two eternal truths: Everything is the more expensive the better. If the expensive things are not good, either the money has not been spent or it has not been spent. Right place.

Ronan vaguely remembered that the average production cost of each episode of "Game of Thrones" in the first season reached 6 million U.S. dollars. By the sixth season, this figure reached a staggering 10 million, which was called the most "burning" drama.

Movies and televisions want to be well-produced and must burn money.

The kind of film where a group of people boast and brag about themselves as a **** may be able to become a **** film in a small group, but it cannot become a popular classic.

As long as Shahai Entertainment has the hard power in TV series production, Ronan believes that "Game of Thrones" will become his profit weapon.

Perhaps the oath of the night watch will spread more widely than in previous lives.

"The long night is coming, and I will keep watch from now on until I die. I will not marry a wife, will not have a fief, will not have children. I will not wear a crown, I will not fight for honor. I will do my duty and live and die. I am darkness. The sword in the middle, the guard on the Great Wall, against the cold flames, the rays of dawn, the horn to awaken the sleeper, and the shield to guard the kingdom. I dedicate my life and glory to the night watchman. Tonight, night and night. "

"Intern Gray" officially opened the prelude of Shahai Entertainment's foray into TV series production.

While Sanda Remus is perfecting the script, she is also setting up a crew, and related work is continuing.

News soon came from Robert Lee. He had preliminary contact with George Martin. George Martin was very interested in adapting the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series into a film and television series, and he was also willing to work with Shahai Entertainment. Negotiation.

But unlike Ronan's expectations, the negotiations did not go very smoothly. Before George Martin became a writer, he worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood for many years and was no stranger to Hollywood, so he put forward many conditions.

Negotiation is to find common ground in differences, and in a short time no other company will notice the "Song of Ice and Fire" series. Ronan asked Robert Lee and George Martin to talk patiently.

Nowadays, just like movies, behind the explosions, there are often large investments in publicity and marketing.

For example, the "Harry Potter" series is a typical example of successful marketing cases.

There is also the "Twilight Saga: Twilight" that is already on the market.

This book entered the North American book market for one year, and the Western book market for more than half a year. When all sales are added together, it has not exceeded 200,000 copies. Its influence among young people is not that big.

The reason is that the investment in publicity is very limited, and Ronan has not even actively invested a large amount of money in promotion.

"The Hunger Games" was published before September, and it did not cause any waves, but some media mentioned Lindsay Bill's name.

Ronan has only signed three ghostwriter contracts with Lindsay Bill. Lindsay Bill has expressed more than once that he hopes that after completing "Fifty Shadows of Gray", he can transfer to the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment, so follow-up The sequel Ronan has to find other gunners to ghostwrite.

Shahai Entertainment has issued a recruitment on behalf of Ronan, and Ronan hopes to determine the shooter candidates years ago.

As for Lindsay Bill, since she wants to be a screenwriter, let her adapt "Summer in Jeans".

This typical youth female theme is also suitable for female screenwriters.

Time gradually came to the end of August. After six weeks of screenings, "Fatal Bend", like most traditional American horror films, has exhausted the market potential and officially dropped from North American theaters. The North American box office finally stopped at 53.69 million. On the dollar.

In addition, the film's overseas box office exceeded 15 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office totaled up to 69.24 million U.S. dollars.

Overseas screenings continue. According to the estimates of Embassy Pictures, the global box office of this horror film is expected to reach 80 million US dollars.

Naturally, the sequel of "Fatal Bend" was also put on the agenda, and the script creation was also included in the schedule of the screenwriter department of Shahai Entertainment.