Chapter 515： Was preempted

A black Lexus car drove away from the front of the office building where Embassy Pictures was located.

In the car, Mel Gibson, who was not so pretty, said to Charlemagne: "I don't like Embassy Pictures."

Charlemagne has worked with Mel Gibson for many years, knowing how to get along with him, and following his words: "I don't like Embassy Pictures either."

Mel Gibson's anger didn't go down completely, and he said, "Do we have other choices?"

This is not a time for arrogance, Charlemagne hurriedly said: "Unless you are willing to hand over the film to a new market company for distribution, they have no guarantee."

"But the offer from Embassy Pictures..." Mel Gibson frowned: "US$40 million is too low."

Charlemagne is also not optimistic about the commercial prospects of "The Passion of the Christ", but he did not say it directly, but instead hit sideways: "We have invested a total of 30 million US dollars, so there is also a profit margin of 10 million US dollars."

Mel Gibson was silent. He could understand the meaning of these words. If it is really divided into distribution, Aiken Pictures can make 10 million dollars in profit?

In fact, there is one aspect that Charlemagne does not say anything, but he has a clear understanding in his heart. This "The Passion of the Christ" is really non-mainstream...

The car pulled out of Burbank Thirteenth Street, and Mel Gibson slowly said, "Charlemagne, what's your suggestion?"

Charlemagne bluntly said this time: "We have ran through all the medium and large distribution companies, and Embassy Pictures is the only one willing..." Seeing Mel Gibson's face turned gloomy, he quickly changed his words: "The conditions for Embassy Pictures are The best, we don’t like Embassy Pictures, we don’t like Garcia Rodríguez, but this is a business. We can’t mix personal likes and dislikes too much. We can’t give up the profit we might get and choose the option of losing money. ?"

Mel Gibson's complexion was not very good, and after a while, he didn't lose his temper anymore. After a while, he waved his hand and said, "Handle it as you want."

Charlemagne nodded: "Okay." He reminded: "The Embassy Pictures still respects you very much, and all activities during the promotion will be based on you."

Mel Gibson snorted: "If that's not the case, I would rather lose money than cooperate with them."

Sitting in the position of Charlemagne, you must consider the operation of the company. Charlemagne simply shut up to avoid any unsatisfactory words that would cause Mel Gibson to change his mind.

He can only sigh secretly: It's not easy to serve such a boss.

Three days later, Embassy Pictures and Aiken Pictures formally signed a buyout agreement to buy out all the copyrights of "The Passion of the Christ" at a high price of US$40 million.

"The Passion" has also become a veritable relativity entertainment film.

Embassy Pictures also announced that "The Passion of the Christ" will be screened in North America in late February 2004 next year.

After signing the buyout contract, Ronan immediately convened a release meeting on "The Passion of the Christ" at Embassy Pictures, asking the company to prepare for the large-scale release of the film.

The reason for the special meeting is to remind everyone in the Embassy Film Industry of the importance of this film in this way.

Another point is to make sure that Mel Gibson is the core point of promotion.

"Mel Gibson is a first-line actor himself and has won an Oscar for best director."

In the meeting room, David Villa said with a smile: "Because of the relationship between character and temper, there are many controversies surrounding him. This film may lack selling points, but Mel Gibson itself has a lot of selling points."

Ronan reminded: "The controversy of the film is often the selling point."

Garcia Rodriguez agreed with Ronan: "Our past distribution experience has proven that a good movie may not be successful, but a controversial movie often has a higher chance of success than a good movie."

Ronan reminded again: "Controversy is not a bad thing, but don't let the fire burn on us."

David Villa took the conversation: "Mel Gibson will always stand at the forefront. He is the best shield."

"During the negotiation, I had contact with Mel Gibson many times." Garcia Rodriguez said simply: "This man can't tolerate other people saying that his movie is not good, he burns when he gets angry, and he is a little too confident. I believe he will be a qualified publicity hot spot."

David Villa added: "I will let people make several plans for Mel Gibson. We have run "Blair the Witch" before and have a lot of experience in this area."

As for how to do the specific work, Ronan has long since stopped attending, and just said: "Considering various issues in a more comprehensive manner, if we can follow the direction we set, this film may potentially break out."

So many movies have been sold in a row, from Shahai Entertainment to Embassy Pictures, everyone has inexplicable confidence in Ronan.

Garcia Rodriguez and David Villa are no exception. Since Ronan said that the film may explode, it will really explode in the future.

The "burst" in the minds of the two has a minimum standard, 40 million US dollars to buy out the copyright, at least the North American box office to exceed 100 million.

After discussing "The Passion of the Christ" for a while, Garcia Rodríguez turned to say: "The Human Removal Project 3 was dropped from North America yesterday."

Ronan asked, "How much is the box office?"

Garcia Rodríguez thought about it for a while and said: "The North American box office is 95.02 million US dollars, and the global box office is 172.5 million US dollars."

Ronan smiled and said, "You can continue planning for the fourth one."

Since there is a market, there is an audience, and the investment in the film itself is not high, of course, the sequel must be carried through to the end as always.

After leaving the Embassy Pictures, Ronan received a call from Robert Lee, who contacted Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code, through Random House.

The small town of Esther in New Hampshire, like many satellite towns in the United States, is quiet and livable.

In a cafe near the town’s middle school, Robert Lee met Dan Brown and his wife and agent Bryce Newton.

"It's a great honor to meet both of you."

Robert Lee politely shook hands with Dan Brown and his wife and introduced himself: "I am Robert Lee, senior president of Hollywood Relativity Entertainment Group."

"Invest in the relativistic entertainment of "Pirates of the Caribbean"?" Out of Robert Lee's expectations, Dan Brown seemed familiar with Hollywood.

Thinking of Dan Brown’s identity as a popular writer, Robert Lee is not too surprised. The ultimate goal of many popular writers is to transform their works from text in books into movies on the big screen.

"Exactly." Robert Lee said with a smile: "I am here to entertain on behalf of the theory of relativity."

Dan Brown glanced at his wife Bryce Newton, and Bryce Newton asked directly: "Mr. Lee, did you and the Relativity Entertainment Group you represent come for my husband's work?"

Robert Lee took out a copy of "The Da Vinci Code" from his briefcase and put it in front of the Dan Browns, saying: "Mr. Brown's latest book is very interesting to us and we want to adapt it. Into a movie."

The couple didn't answer immediately, instead they glanced at each other with a strange expression on their faces.

Robert Lee had been observing them, and he immediately noticed, and he didn't know what they meant.

"Relativity Entertainment is very sincere." Robert Lee added: "Mr. Brown's is also suitable for film adaptation."

Bryce Newton smiled, a little embarrassed in his smile, and said: "We are very grateful to your company for the importance of "The Da Vinci Code". This is an honor for Brown and I, but there is one thing you may not know. We have sold the film adaptation copyright of "The Da Vinci Code" and it is impossible to sell it again."

This was very unexpected, Robert Lee frowned slightly: "Already sold?"

"Yes." Dan Brown has no need to lie about this kind of thing.

Bryce Newton simply explained: "The first week after the publication and listing, Mr. Tom Hanks contacted me. On behalf of Pretone, he negotiated with us and bought the "Dafin "The Odd Code" movie copyright."

Robert Lee knew that Pretone was the film production company under the name of Tom Hanks, and the head of the company was Rita Wilson, the wife of Tom Hanks.

This company has participated in the production of many films in recent years, the most famous of which is undoubtedly "My Grand Greek Wedding" by Xiao Boda.

"The Da Vinci Code" was ahead of the Pretone Company!

In recent years, Robert Lee has been buying copyrights everywhere, aiming at works that have not yet been well-known. The progress has been very smooth, and now it is a bit depressing that people have taken the lead.

Dan Brown is a very thoughtful writer who does not want to offend big Hollywood companies. At this time, he said: "Mr. Hanks promised us that within the next five years, the film will be released in North America, and we cannot refuse."

Robert Lee has accepted this fact, thought for a while, and said, "I would take the liberty to ask, how much copyright does Mr. Hanks's Pretone Company pay for "The Da Vinci Code"?"

Dan Brown was about to speakBryce Newton thought of the agreement he had signed, and quickly pulled him up and said, "Mr. Li, I’m very sorry, we signed a confidentiality agreement with Pretone , Cannot disclose the content of the transaction."

"It's okay." Robert Lee has always been very polite: "It's because my question is too presumptuous."

Bryce Newton and Dan Brown both responded with polite smiles and had a good impression of Robert Lee.

The three chatted for a while. Robert Lee took the initiative to leave, left the cafe, and went to the small tree-lined park opposite. He dialed Ronan's phone and talked about the general situation.

He simply analyzed: "Tom Hanks’ Pretone Company has just obtained the copyright, and "The Da Vinci Code" is currently not a well-known work. Can we talk to Tom Hanks? Does he get the copyright again?"

Ronan glanced at the schedule and said, "Charles Rowan invited me to participate in a 3D animation film from Warner Bros. Tom Hanks is one of the main voice actors and will also participate. It happened that I was talking to him. talk."

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