Chatty Hollywood

"This is a very stylish movie."

Roger Ebert made his purpose clear from the moment he came up;

"General movies, if the dark style is too strong, will be unbearable for the general audience, and will become a popular movie."

"But Charlotte Booth completely reversed this through two very distinctive male and female protagonists."

"For Johnny Depp, this can be a breakthrough in acting. As for Charlize Theron, she gave a face that was originally a vase-like face a different color."

"All of this is not only the outstanding performance of the actors, but also the result of the director's careful design. And this movie has such careful design almost everywhere."

"This is a movie that is obviously dark but has extremely beautiful images. Even though I'm not a big fan of dark gothic movies, I still have to"

"Well done, Charlotte! Your movie deserves two thumbs up."

Looking at Roger Ebert's film review in the newspaper, Charlotte laughed silently.

He knew Paramount was stuffing money into publicity.

But what about that?

As a Pulitzer Prize winner, Roger Ebert is still Roger Ebert after all, and he will not ignore his credibility for the sake of money.

For a film critic, that is the most fundamental existence.

If Roger Ebert can give it two thumbs up, no matter what the factors are, it means that this movie really deserves two thumbs up.

"At least, with this achievement, I can be considered worthy of the original work that I copied from the original world."

Charlotte thought happily.

In fact, before the release, he seemed confident on the surface, but in fact he was not stressed in his heart.

After all, the shooting effect of a movie is affected by many factors. Even if the original cast is shot again, there is no guarantee that it will be exactly the same.

Charlotte's story, although the direction of the story is no different from the original version of his own world, the details are very different.

Although, neither Charlotte herself nor Andrew Kevin Walker or Jodie Foster felt good after watching the samples. But it was the first time to direct such a large-scale production, which still put Charlotte under some pressure.

Otherwise, he would not have encouraged Depp to propose to Winona, hoping to use this off-market trick to boost the box office.

Of course, judging from the results, his worries seem to be unnecessary.

"With a box office of 68 million US dollars in the first opening, maybe we really hope to hit the North American box office championship this year!?"

Charlotte recalled Andrew Kevin Walker's first words to him after he returned to the United States.

At this point, it has been a full week since it was released.

Although the single-day box office will inevitably decline after entering the working day, there is almost no change compared to the same period last week.

It is precisely because of this that Paramount has the idea of ​​​​the annual box office champion.

"However, can NBC TV really play a role in boosting box office again?"

After returning to the United States, Charlotte and Charlize also joined the promotional team for one of their latest assignments.

However, Charlotte is less interested in TV shows than in movies.

To be honest, excluding a few famous American TV series, he only knew about American TV programs.

At present, the former has not appeared, and as for the latter

For a liar, he likes to poach people and pull people to repeatedly sensationalize them. This is really his most annoying trick.

Therefore, Charlotte was not confident about the effectiveness of Paramount's help.

Of course, the protagonists this time are not him, but Johnny Depp and Charlize.

Movie promotions always focus on the stars in front of the stage.

What Charlotte is more concerned about at this time is actually the agreement reached with Joanna Rollinda while in the UK.

Faced with Charlotte's conditions, the "magic mother" who is still a salty fish at present does not have much persistence.

She agreed to Charlotte's request to purchase the rights to film and television adaptations of her works, but only for the first work.

And a lot of conditions have been added.

Apparently, Rowling already has plans to write a sequel. Or, the original plan for this story was that one year in the book corresponds to one work.

In this case, as long as Rowling's brain is not flooded, it is impossible to agree to sell the adaptation rights of subsequent works together.

After all, there is no way around the first one, but if the subsequent ones can be published, it will prove that this series is definitely popular.

How could Rowling sell the chicken that laid the golden eggs so cheaply?

In fact, Rowling didn't even want to completely let go of the film and television adaptation rights of the first film. She would rather ask for less copyright money than give Charlotte the complete independent adaptation rights.

Negotiations between the two sides reached a stalemate.

Fortunately, Charlotte didn't really want to win the film adaptation rights of the series in one fell swoop.

His most basic purpose is to train a special effects animation production team through the animated version and make money through peripheral products.

At the same time, the 3D version of the art and architectural design drawings of Hogwarts accumulated during the filming of the animation will become a basis for his participation in the live-action film version.

As for the film adaptation rights of the first film, it was a stepping stone for him to attract other large production companies to participate in the project and also bring himself in.

Therefore, he doesn't care at all whether he has to follow the original work when adapting it.

Besides, it would be great for this kind of movie to follow the original work!

Anyway, after making the promise, Charlotte got the film adaptation rights.

Rowling requested that the investment cost of the film adaptation should not be less than $50 million, otherwise she would find it difficult to create more realistic magic scenes.

Moreover, if the film adaptation cannot be successfully launched by 2000, the film and television adaptation rights will automatically return to Rowling.

These conditions are actually somewhat harsh.

However, Rowling, who has not even published her works, put forward these conditions, which also meant that she basically gave up her request for a larger copyright payment.

In fact, Rowling only asked Charlotte for a royalties of $10,000 as a guarantee to complete the creation.

Of course, Charlotte also has to help her run the publishing business.

However, this may be a problem for a penniless single mother like Rowling, but in the hands of an already unknown director like Charlotte, it is very easy.

Charlotte solved the problem with just a phone call to writer Neil Gaiman, whom he had met at the Saturn Awards

Neil Gaiman, who is also originally from the UK, once again helped contact Bloomsbury Publishing House, which had rejected Rowling once before.

Maybe this publishing house is really more suitable!

In short, after learning that director Charlotte Booth was optimistic about Rowling's work, the publisher's attitude also changed.

The editor who was not optimistic about Rowling before visited again, praised Rowling in a flattering tone, and then officially signed a contract with her.

This behavior of being arrogant but respectful made the magic mother, who had never seen a big scene so far, stunned. lt;/pgt;