Chapter 714： Prehistoric mythology

Burbank, Warner Studios.

In the office, Kevin Tesuhara put down the file, looked at Charles Rowan on the opposite side, and asked: "This weekend’s box office champion or "Museum Wonderful Night"?"

"It's this family favorite." Charles Rowan's face was a little weird: "This movie is very unusual."

Kevin Tesuhara wondered: "Because the word-of-mouth is bad, but the box office can be a big hit?" He felt normal: "Under the Relativity Entertainment, especially the project initiated and produced by Ronan Anderson, the word-of-mouth box office is very high. universal."

How many film projects Ronan Anderson initiated in these years? Except for a few, is there any good reputation among other professionals?

Charles Rowan slowly said: "No matter how the Rotten Tomatoes Index rots all the way, it can't stop the enthusiasm of the family audience. The box office of "Museum Wonderful Night" not only did not plummet due to word-of-mouth, but grew against the trend. Over the weekend, it rose 15% to close at US$45.78 million. After the show was released for ten days, the North American box office of "Wonderful Night at the Museum" easily broke 100 million, reaching US$122.78 million."

Kevin Tesuhara's face changed: "Inverse growth next weekend?"

Charles Rowan is very sure: "Yes, reverse growth!"

"Why is such a film not Warner Bros.?" Kevin Tesohala shook his head and sighed: "If Ronan Anderson were our chief creative officer..."

Charles Rowan did not answer the conversation because it was impossible.

If Ronan Anderson is just a gold medal producer, Warner Bros may hire him to the top level, but Ronan Anderson is not only a producer, but also a film company owner. What does Warner Bros. use to impress Ronan Anderson?

Kevin-Tesuhara also knows this. Now the situation of Relativity Entertainment is here. Warner Bros. chose to acquire Relativity Entertainment. Without the support of Time Warner Group, it can only use mergers and acquisitions.

Even if Ronan Anderson agrees, he will probably become the largest individual shareholder of Warner Bros., and not only the chief creative officer, but also the position of chairman and CEO may change.

Besides, Ronan Anderson will not agree.

Kevin Tesuhara must first ensure that he can sit in the highest position of Warner Bros., and then talk about other things.

"Where is our "Alexander the Great"?" Kevin Tesuhara asked.

Even though he was not in charge of the business, Charles Rowan replied: "The next weekend in North America is 4.12 million US dollars for the next weekend, and the total box office in North America is 21.83 million US dollars."

Kevin Tesuhara continued to ask: "Estimated future prospects?"

Charles Rowan tells the truth: "North American box office drop is about 30 million US dollars, overseas box office 100 million US dollars is difficult."

Kevin Tesuhara couldn’t help but whispered, “Huge losses...”

Hearing this, Charles Rowan thought of Alan Horn, and he immediately became vigilant. Kevin Tesuhara, a native of the island country, may not have a good level of business, but he is absolutely capable of throwing the pot and shirking the pot. First class.

Charles Rowan doesn't want to recite the big scapegoat of "Alexander the Great."

Compared to a technocrat like Charles Rowan, Kate Tesuhara is more of a bureaucrat. After showing her teeth a little, she changed the topic: "This year's three major production epics in Hollywood have not met expectations. Strictly speaking, It all failed. We should not consider epic projects with large investments and large productions in the next step."

"At present, epic projects are indeed riskier." Charles Rowan remembered one thing and asked, "Where is the project Roland Emmerich asked us to cooperate with?"

Kevin Tesuhara also read the related project plan: "That prehistoric film project?"

Charles Rowan said: "Roland Emmerich’s new project, strictly speaking, is also an epic type of ancient costume."

When it comes to business ability, Kevin Tesuhara is not very good, but he is good at calculating. After a little thinking, he has a countermeasure: "Find someone to recommend this prehistoric project to Relativity Entertainment, and see Ronan Anderson's reaction. If he refuses, we don’t want it either."

In his eyes, this is the safest way to deal with it.

Charles Rowan has doubts: "Our verbal agreement with Roland Emmerich..."

Kevin Tesuhara quickly thought of a countermeasure and said, “If we don’t want it, we don’t have to refuse directly. Let’s pass the news of Roland Emmerich’s new project to Twentieth Century Fox, before Roland Emmerich. We have been cooperating with Twentieth Century Fox. Twentieth Century Fox will not let Roland Emmerich easily, so we are not in breach of contract. If Ronan Anderson is interested, we have an agreement with Roland Emmerich !"

Charles Rowan discovered that he is only suitable for technology.

The super stable box office trend of "Wonderful Night at the Museum" is beyond everyone's expectation. The box office in North America has exceeded 120 million U.S. dollars in ten days, which means that this film with a production cost of only 70 million U.S. dollars is bound to be a huge success.

Family Fun Movies once sold hot, they are infinitely powerful.

But the box office success also brought some happy troubles.

For example, the sequel is already on the agenda, and the actor Ben Stiller has asked for 15 million dollars in salary.

The two sides have started negotiations for a sequel.

Movies are selling well at the box office, and it is inevitable that the actor's salary will rise.

Ronan passed the production budget for the sequel, the production cost will rise to 100 million U.S. dollars, and the increased part is mainly used for special effects production and staff salaries.

The preparatory production and release cycle of the sequel is planned for two years.

At the end of November, there was good news from Robert Lee’s Legal Affairs and Copyright Department that the film adaptation copyright of "Life and Death Fighting" was successfully obtained. Like the adaptation copyrights of past island works, the price is not high, and the licensing fee is only 1.5 million. Dollar.

After receiving the news, Uvi-Bauer made a special trip to Shahai Entertainment to discuss the adaptation of the script with the screenwriting department.

Ronan has long agreed with Uvi Bauer that the production budget will not exceed 5 million US dollars. After the adaptation rights are obtained, he will let Uvi Bauer go to prepare for the shooting, as in "Vampire Lane".

After the success of "Death Haunted House" and "Dungeon Siege", Brother Bao also has a group of fans.

If you shoot a film with a production budget of tens of millions of dollars, you must think carefully, but if you are under five million dollars, you can let Baoge shoot casually. For now, Baoge has such a market appeal.

Brother Bao has already entered Netflix sharing. As the sharing audience continues to expand, Brother Bao has a large number of fans on Netflix sharing. The amount of likes posted on Netflix is ​​always easy to reach five figures.

To some extent, Brother Bao can be said to be a star director.

Celebrity directors like Christopher Nolan relied on the wonderful films with outstanding reputation to attract a large number of fans, but Bao Ge did the opposite.

Ronan also had a plan. When Bao Ge's new film is about to be released, he will launch a wave of propaganda and strive to make Bao Ge a super influencer director on Netflix.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, there is a very long period of time. Quite a lot of viewers don't care about the quality of movies at all, and they are all going for someone.

Hollywood also has the same situation.

Brother Bao has a unique appearance, outstanding characteristics, and is willing to cooperate. He is a very suitable candidate.

Netflix’s mobile client business will be available after the New Year. With the development of the smartphone market, Baoge has a bright future.

There are many movies suitable for adapting games, and the copyright fee itself is not high. As long as Brother Bao can attract enough audiences, Ronan can keep him shooting.

After several years of cooperation, Ronan also discovered that Brother Bao is indeed very capable, except for the director.

The awards season is about to kick off. The next two months will directly affect the success or failure of many films.

Ronan is temporarily staying in Los Angeles to concentrate on film business.

Shahai Entertainment has transferred the latest batch of delivery scripts and a list of movie projects. The former is basically a rookie screenwriter trying their luck everywhere, and the latter is invested by the producer or director.

As in most of the past, Ronan did not see a familiar name in the script submitted by the newcomer screenwriter. Instead, a producer wanted to invest in a project that attracted his attention.

First of all, this is the work of the famous German director Roland Emmerich, the director who filmed "Independence Day" and "The Day After".

Secondly, the name of this project is "Ten Thousand Years Before History"!

Ronan had watched this film, and his first impression at that time was that this extremely scientific name made people preconceived that this film would rigorously replicate the state of 10,000 years before history.

Unfortunately, this film is more like a magical movie of chaotic age.

Perhaps, "Ten Thousand Years Prehistory" may be more appropriately called "Prehistoric Mythology".

Ronan also saw some news about Roland Emmerich because of the earthquake movie that could incite doomsday atmosphere. At that time, many people on the Internet called "Ten Thousand Years Before History" as Roland Emmeric. Richie's most failed work is not one of them.

Even some people scolded that this movie should be called "Ten Thousand Years of Stink".

Ronan still remembered that he was a little interested in watching a group of primitive people fighting against the heavens and the animals. The scene suddenly turned out of the Egyptian pyramids, and the conversion was so stiff that people looked dazed.

The long-haired, blue-eyed whites and blacks defeated the highly civilized Egyptians, in addition to being dumbfounded or dumbfounded.

Because the director is Roland Emmerich, Ronan simply looked at the project and script, basically similar to what he remembered.

He is also a bit strange. Roland Emmerich has been cooperating with 20th Century Fox since "Independence Day". How did he invest in Shahai Entertainment?

Such a good project must of course be reserved for 20th Century Fox.

Ronan gave this project a red light in his heart. After some consideration, he did not directly sentence the death penalty. He specifically called George Clint and asked him to find a way to reveal "Ten Thousand Years of Prehistory" to 20th Century Fox. Pull the news of investment, and at the same time do not speak out about the attitude of Shahai Entertainment.