Chapter 955： 7 Dragon Ball

In the Fox Tower, in a luxurious reception room, John Lessinsky met James Wong and his agent Edward.

"Director Huang's "Reaper is Coming" series, every one is a masterpiece, a classic of horror." John Lessinski said very beautifully: "Twentieth Century Fox has always wanted to cooperate with Director Huang, before There has never been a chance. This has always been my biggest regret."

Edward said with a smile: "There are too many companies that favor James in the industry. James is working with Relativity Entertainment again, and the schedule is too full."

John Lessinski could hear this as a boast, and said, "I sincerely hope that 20th Century Fox can work with such an outstanding person as Director Huang."

James Huang responded very politely: "Thank you very much for the importance of 20th Century Fox."

Edward said at this time: "It is precisely because of the sincerity of 20th Century Fox that James and I came to the Fox Building tonight."

John Lessinski laughed: "Twentieth Century Fox is very sincere." He turned to the topic: "Director Huang, can we talk about your new film project?"

Twentieth Century Fox is the wool of relativity entertainment. The movie project is the most valuable part of wool.

James Wong has been working with Relativity Entertainment for many years. He has some habits of Ronan. He thinks that the director always speaks by his works. He immediately opened the briefcase without hesitation, took out the file bag and gave it to John Lessings. base.

This is a comic adaptation project.

John Lessinski quickly determined this, but when he saw the specific name and content of the comic, he somewhat hesitated.

After all, this is not an American comic, but an island comic.

John Lessinsky asked: "Director Huang, who owns the copyright of the comics?"

James-Huang said frankly: "In the hands of the original author and publisher, I only carried out the preliminary planning of the project. Due to my limited economic strength, I was unable to purchase the relevant adaptation rights."

John Lessinsky nodded slightly: "Island comics, copyright fees should not be very expensive."

With the strength of 20th Century Fox, it can be said that it is easy to get the copyright of the adaptation of related comics.

James-Huang said: "I need the cooperation of partners for copyright matters."

"This is not a problem." John Laysinski asked a key question: "Director Huang, you choose the genre of film adapted from comics, and I personally agree very much. At present, the market for this genre has risen. But I Still a bit confused, why choose an island comic?"

James Huang was already prepared and said: "This "Dragon Ball" comic is very influential, not only in Asia, but also in North America." He found a data report and handed it to John Laysinski. Said: "This is data estimated by a number of market authorities."

John Lessinsky took a serious look.

James-Huang said: "So far, the comic "Dragon Ball" has gone through more than ten years. During these ten years, "Dragon Ball" has sold 180 million copies worldwide, which is the current global comic Holder of sales records, and adapted into TV cartoons to be released in more than 70 countries around the world, and nearly 10 theatrical movies have been released, and the record has not been matched by any other comics. There are hundreds of millions of Dragon Ball fans all over the world. global."

Seeing this series of data, even with the knowledge of John Laysinski, I can’t help but feel a little moved.

has such a wide fan base, once such a work is adapted into a movie, the chance of success will undoubtedly increase, and it may even hit the box office.

Why does Hollywood love adaptation of movies? Isn't it because the original work itself has a certain influence and naturally has a large number of fans?

It’s nothing, it’s more exciting for John Lessinski than the sales of this billion 80 million sets.

John Lessinsky slowly said: "It is not easy to adapt such a global beloved comic into a movie, right?"

It is impossible for James Huang to deny this, and there is no need to deny it. Through the box office sales of two consecutive "Death is Coming", the confidence he lost because of "Universe Manhunt" has not only found it again, but also far exceeded Last time.

"I like to read comics, which inspires my interest in "Dragon Ball" movies. Comic strips can take us to a wonderful world in our imagination with great characters, and these characters are really interesting."

Facing the executives of 20th Century Fox, James Huang did not have any stage fright: "I believe that the charm of "Dragon Ball" is not only from those super cool martial arts, but also the magical and magnificent created by Akira Toriyama. The world. These superhuman characters who live in the fantasy world have intricate personalities. Once they appear in the movie, they will inevitably bloom with extraordinary charm."

John Lessinsky nodded slightly. There are many fans of the original comics, and director James Huang has a good past. It seems that this project has operational value?

But instead of making a decision lightly, he asked, "What about the budget? Director Huang, how much production budget do you need to complete such a comic-based film?

James Huang has always been thinking about getting big investment and big production, otherwise he would not have directed "Universe Pursuit" before.

In this regard, he has already thought about it, but after a little consideration, he said: "If you want to make an ideal effect in a comic-based film, a high investment is necessary. Such a subject with a wide range of fans, there is no more than 100 million US dollars. It's hard to invest."

Twentieth Century Fox has been running the "X-Men" series, and John Lessinski naturally has enough knowledge about the film adaptation of comics.

He knows what James Huang said is the truth, but the high amount of investment requires sufficient preliminary investigation.

"The project is good, I personally like it very much." John Lessinski said unhurriedly: "Twentieth Century Fox has always had a wealth of experience in manga adaptation and film adaptation, and he also attaches great importance to manga adaptation projects."

James Wong waited patiently for the following.

John Lesinski said: "However, with such a high investment, we also need to think about it."

"Of course." James Huang said: "Any film project, it is very necessary to do a preliminary market research."

John Lessinsky laughed: "I hope Director Huang can wait a few days, and we will reply to you as soon as possible."

James-Huang glanced at his agent Edward, who nodded slightly, then said: "Yes, I hope you don't let James wait too long."

The agent Edward appeared to be particularly confident: "Mr. Lessinski, James does not lack film companies that he wants to work with, including Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. Contacted me and wanted to cooperate with James."

John Lessinski said with a smile: "Don't worry, Twentieth Century Fox attaches great importance to the cooperation with James."

What the other party said may be a bit exaggerated, but in his opinion, it will not be completely exaggerated. Directors who have succeeded in succession have never had to worry about getting home in Hollywood.

Following the footsteps of successful people is easier to achieve success. This is the simplest and most basic law of success for the operation of Hollywood movies.

In the 20th century, Fox has always believed in this set of laws, otherwise he would not find a way to stare at the theory of relativity.

Isn’t it because the directors, actors and film projects that Relativity Entertainment collaborated with have all succeeded?

The cooperation talked about this, and basically came to an end, and James Wong left with more satisfaction.

Twentieth Century Fox couldn't take it all at once, and the normal procedures within the company would not allow it, but James Wong could feel the sincerity of John Lessinski's cooperation.

The rest is waiting.

On the way home from the Fox Tower, the agent Edward asked: "Is the production cost of 100 million US dollars enough?"

James Wong said bluntly: "US$100 million is just the baseline of the budget. I can only guarantee the basic effect at a cost of US$100 million. But I want a movie like "Iron Man" or "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors". "The adaptation of these two comics to the movie is so good, I think it may cost more than 130 million US dollars."

Agent Edward said: "James, you have never directed such a big project."

James Wong pushed his glasses up and said: "Everyone has the first time. Just say that Zach Schneider, who was previously the key partner of Relativity Entertainment, has a very pale movie resume. Ronan Anderson has not dared to invest 6000 in him. Ten thousand U.S. dollars?"

Agent Edward sighed: "Every new project is a new adventure."

"Directing is a profession that walks on a wire rope." James-Huang has a very good mentality: "Only by controlling well can we succeed."

He was silent for a while, and then said, "Edward, I also need such a good opportunity to prove myself."

"Huh?" Edward wondered what he meant: "Prove what?"

James-Huang said: "I left Relativity Entertainment, Ronan and Relativity Entertainment did not make any retention. On the other hand, Wen Ziren received far more treatment than me. I don't understand why this is the case?"

Edward didn't know how to answer the conversation.

"I was the first director to cooperate with Ronan Anderson." James Huang told some facts: "Before the establishment of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan Anderson had only one Shahai Entertainment, so I started to cooperate with him, Shahai Entertainment can have today, I played a very important role, right?"

"Yes." Edward thinks so too.

James Huang shook his head: "What's the result? Ronan Anderson doesn't pay attention to me at all. I want to leave and he didn't even keep him."

Edward felt that he still shouldn't comment on a big boss like Ronan Anderson.

"Leave the Relativity Entertainment, I will still succeed." James Huang did not need an agent to answer, said to himself: "This comic adaptation work, meaning to me is extraordinary."