Chapter 864： Father of Jigsaw

Maple Leaf Pictures has plenty of funds. It is probably the case of Ronan and Relativity Entertainment. Ryan Kavanaugh plans to follow the path of Relativity Entertainment’s early independent production, instead of spending money to invest in film projects.

These are the intangible effects of relativistic entertainment.

After all, the scale and development momentum of Relativity Entertainment are here, and latecomers can see it when they look up. It is undoubtedly a very successful imitation object.

To a certain extent, Ryan Kavanno is also cautious. Kevin Spacey, as the co-chairman of Maple Leaf Pictures, may have reminded him that as an outsider who has just joined the fame and fortune game of Hollywood, he will be swayed. Money invested in the projects of other large companies is likely to be pitted and even the investment cannot be recovered.

There are too many famous movies that have legally lost money on Hollywood books.

Independent production, with Stallone as a partner, seems to be the best choice.

Maple Leaf Pictures is willing to buy horse bones for money, and Relativity Entertainment has no intention of holding on to the copyright of the sequel. The negotiation between the two parties is progressing very fast.

After Robert Lee personally joined, Maple Leaf Pictures and Relativity Entertainment quickly reached an agreement.

"It's so rich."

In the office, Robert Lee sighed: "The two negotiations between me and Maple Leaf Pictures only left me with an impression."

Ronan smiled and asked, "What impression?"

With a thumbs up, Robert Lee seemed to sincerely praise Maple Leaf Pictures: "Outrageous! The terms we offered, they just bargained for a little bit, and they accepted it easily."

He shook his head: "This is the simplest and easiest copyright negotiation I have ever experienced."

Ronan is not surprised: "They have money, but no projects."

"It's not just money." Robert-Lee said: "The money is still for investors. Maple Leaf Pictures is from Wall Street róngzī, Wall Street from the large base of small and medium-sized investors róngzī, spending all the money of customers, do not feel distressed what."

Ronan said: "For us, the film company is a business, but for them, it may be a financial game."

Robert Lee nodded: "I had known this, I temporarily doubled the conditions."

"It's very good to be able to achieve the current conditions." Ronan meticulously measured Ryan Kavanaugh's psychological bottom line and reminded: "Maple Leaf Pictures had talked with Sony Columbia Pictures about the copyright of the sequel to "Rocky", but Because Sony Columbia Pictures offered too high a price and gave up."

Robert Lee said: "They also have to measure the investment return ratio."

Ronan agreed: "The reputation of the "First Blood" trilogy attracted them, and Stallone..."

Robert Lee asked: "You are not very optimistic about the sequel?"

If you are optimistic, Shahai Entertainment has already put the sequel on the production schedule, how can it be authorized to Maple Leaf Pictures.

"This kind of pure tough guy action movie is currently outdated." Ronan said simply: "It may be profitable, but it won't be too high."

Robert Lee said: "According to the contract, regardless of the success or failure of the film, our profits are guaranteed."

According to the agreement reached between Relativity Entertainment and Maple Leaf Pictures, the former authorizes the latter the right to shoot a sequel of "First Blood", the basic licensing fee is as high as 25 million US dollars, plus 10% of the total revenue of the film within three years. Dividends.

In addition, "First Blood 4" will be distributed by Embassy Pictures, and the distribution commission has nothing to do with the licensing fees, and is settled by Embassy Pictures and Maple Leaf Pictures separately.

According to the news that Ronan learned, Stallone was indeed well prepared, and related preparatory work was done very quickly. David Ellison had called Ronan before and mentioned some of the fourth part.

Stallone intends to put the fourth story in Myanmar.

Ronan couldn't help thinking of the old Rambo, who could only use the machine to rush the enemy. The body of the person who was hit by the machine was broken, and the visual impact was really strong.

But it also makes people feel a little bit, Stallone is indeed old.

In contrast, the power of qiāng in the lens is closer to the real effect than traditional Hollywood movies.

The bullets of the heavy machine qiāng can easily tear the human body into pieces.

The bullet from the assault qiāng hit a person with a big hole.

The flesh and blood body was completely vulnerable to the metal storm.

The power of the qiāng weapons and even the artillery in the movie has been artistically reprocessed after all.

For example, artillery, there are too many such shots in the movie. Cannonballs with a caliber of 105 or higher fall more than ten meters or even a few meters away from the protagonist. The protagonist successfully evaded the danger because he fell down in time.

Actually, anyone who knows a little about modern weapons is very clear.

But if you don't shoot like this, how can you highlight the protagonist's extraordinary heroism? When a shell comes over, even if it is far away, the protagonist will have to hang up, and the movie will not be able to be shot.

Most typical, the ending scene of "First Blood 3" does not weaken the power of the qiāng cannon to open the protagonist, how does Rambo survive in that battlefield environment.

The power of modern firearms, let alone qiāng cannons, and firecrackers are astonishing.

Ronan still remembers a former junior high school classmate who learned to smoke at a young age. When the New Year was about to make some cigarettes and firecrackers to the school to pretend to be forced, lit cigarettes in the toilet and used firecrackers to blow up the shit, and then threw the cigarettes in after lighting. In the cesspool, the firecracker exploded directly in the hand, and the half index finger that pinched the firecracker was gone...

This classmate has an extraordinary experience and can make a movie called "A Million Ways to Die in School".

I made an appointment with someone from another school, and was slapped on the head with a brick; I moved from the bungalow to the teaching building in the third grade, and it became a habit to jump from the back window of the bungalow. On the first day of summer vacation, I started from the back window. I jumped out, but fortunately it was only on the third floor. I managed to recover from the injury. I was beaten by my parents and then trained by the teacher. In my depression, I asked two classmates to go to Shaolin Temple to become a monk, and almost starved to death on the way...

When he was about to graduate, he provoked a gray and deaf man on the tofu brain stand. He was smashed on the head by a horse. The deaf man had nothing to do with him, but he missed the high school entrance examination while lying in bed.

At that time, many people speculated that it might be because one of the biggest disputes in history is whether tofu brain is salty or sweet...

After Maple Leaf Pictures and Relativity Entertainment signed a licensing agreement, they soon jointly held a press conference with Stallone to announce the official establishment of "First Blood 4".

Excluding related licensing fees, Maple Leaf Pictures has prepared a $80 million production budget for "First Blood 4".

According to Hollywood rules, this is a first-line project with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars if the copyright costs are included.

In addition, Maple Leaf Pictures has other actions. For example, it is in contact with Lionsgate.

This is also a way to open the Hollywood situation.

Due to the emergence and influence of Relativistic Entertainment, Lionsgate’s development is far from what it used to be. Looking at the entire Hollywood, it can only barely be regarded as a medium-sized film company. After the latest róngzī failure, it is said that Lionsgate’s Owner Frank Gusta has already started to retreat, ready to leave Hollywood and the film and television industries, which are in a bad situation, to concentrate on his old business, the financial industry.

However, after Lionsgate has expanded its shares several times, the shares have been quite scattered. Even if Frank Gusta sells all of his shares to Maple Leaf, it is impossible for Maple Leaf to obtain control of Lionsgate.

Ronan and Relativity Entertainment demonstrated the responsibility of an ally, and specially passed a copy of Lionsgate related materials to Ryan Kavanaugh and David Ellison.

This is also to remind them that there is no need to waste time and resources on Lionsgate.

Having said that, if Maple Leaf Pictures does acquire Lionsgate, it may no longer be interested in other companies.

Because of Ronan, Lionsgate has not developed, especially the great opportunity for development and growth "Chain Saw".

This series is now owned by Relativity Entertainment. Wen Ziren has also signed a long-term director contract with Shahai Entertainment, and will cooperate with Relativity Entertainment for a long time in the future.

Of course, Ronan and Relativity Entertainment will also guarantee Wen Ziren's income. The long-term agreement is to allow Wen Ziren to continue to cooperate with Shahai Entertainment and limit the asking price that does not meet the market conditions.

Both the first two films of "Chain Saw" have achieved great success. The first film has a global box office of 161.52 million U.S. dollars and the second film has a global box office of 222.17 million U.S. dollars.

In sharp contrast, Relativity Entertainment's total investment in these two films is only 26 million US dollars.

Including online and offline promotion and distribution.

In the offline market, the results of the two "Chainsaws" are equally amazing.

According to Netflix's rental business list and North American rental market statistics, "Cry Saw" and "Cry Saw 2" both entered the top three horror film rental performance lists in the previous two years.

The lower investment and dozens of times the ticket sales have also created the largest series of horror film myths in the history of Hollywood horror films.

Correspondingly, Wen Ziren, as a director and screenwriter, also has the title of "Father of Jigsaw".

This young Asian director can be said to be full of talents in the horror film genre, which is more than James Huang.

"Chain Saw 3" is about to be released. Although this series will definitely continue to be filmed, according to the agreement between Ronan and Wen Ziren, Wen Ziren will leave the "Chain Saw" series director after filming the trilogy. In his position, he only serves as the producer of the project.

Ronan will not continue to limit Wen Ziren to the "Chain Saw" series. The value of this young horror film director has just been revealed.

He believes that Wen Ziren will achieve greater success in the future and will give him more freedom to create within the restricted framework.

The director of the new "Chain Saw" series, Wen Ziren, after finishing the production of "Chain Saw 3", recommended to Ronan and Shahai Entertainment to serve as the assistant director in the crew and his assistant Darren Bousman.

Ronan knew this person, met him twice in person, and agreed that Darren Bousman would be in charge of the follow-up guide of the series.

Although Wen Ziren leaves the directorship, but will continue to serve as a producer, the "Chain Saw" series will basically not deviate from the right track. 5