China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

$36 million!

This is the renewal price negotiated between New Line and Marvel.

If it goes according to the agreement, Lu Ping An will get 43.2 million for buying the copyright!

If you want to start the movie, you have to prepare about US$140 million based on the cost of the original version.

The total is two hundred million rounded off!

Two hundred million US dollars is actually not a big problem for Lu Ping An now, but it does have to drain the existing reserve funds of its film and television companies.

So what to do?

Simple.

After all, the movie was filmed after 2008.

Now, just save money.

Saving money is also easy for Lu Ping An.

Just make another high-profit movie and you'll be done with it.

Lu Pingan also had a king bomb in his hand.

The American version of "Amazing Night" hasn't been released yet.

The original "Amazing Night" grossed more than 200 million US dollars at the box office in North America.

In addition, the Chinese version of "Wonderful Night 1" has a total box office of less than 40 million US dollars in regions other than the mainland, and even just over 2 million US dollars in North America.

Unpopularity is one thing. The old American culture is protected so that the film schedule is extremely low. Less than 1% of the theaters are showing it. This is the main reason.

It can also be seen that the movie is still very popular.

In other words, if the American version of "Wonderful Night 1" is released now, it can still make more than 200 million at the box office in North America.

The original cost of this film was only 12 million.

Calculating the accounts and disc revenue, it will be enough to deal with "Iron Man 1" in the future.

After a simple and cost-effective deal, the decision was made: "Iron Man", I want it!

He then responded directly to Bob Shaye.

Then Wattsberg was approached to discuss the plan.

"Have you really decided to shoot?"

"Yes, I have a plan for the American version of the script, director, and actors. According to the plan, if we start shooting in the first half of the year, we can still catch up with this year's Christmas schedule."

The original American version of "Wonderful Night 1" started filming in January 2006, ended in July, and was released in December of that year.

The Chinese version has already been filmed, so the American version doesn't have to take so long to shoot. With good control, there's no problem in catching up with the Christmas season.

"How is the investment divided?" Wattsberg asked again.

“My advice would be to keep at least half of it.”

"okay, I get it."

Wattsberg nodded, and then added, "In this case, we will be very busy this year."

There are several more low-budget movies, including Pacific Rim, and Batman, and now we have added Strange Night.

The Summit has never been busier.

And what this brings is huge pressure on the prospects.

In this regard, Lu Ping'an can only repeat the same words that have remained unchanged for thousands of years: "If you don't believe it, we can bet."

"It smells so familiar."

Wattsberg took a deep breath, and memories seemed to hit his mind.

After thinking about it, he wagged his finger: "I said, I won't fall down in a pit continuously."

Lu Pingan looked at him with a smile: "Then let's do it?"

"Done! If everything succeeds this time, we will be the seventh largest!"

Wattsberg agreed directly and confidently.

Including Strange Night, there are five projects to be launched at the top of this year: Chainsaw 4, Batman 2, Purge, Death Day 2 and Strange Night 1.

There are two more projects to be released in March: Chainsaw 3 and Insidious 2.

And 3 projects in production: Pacific Rim, Kung Fu Panda, and Nolan’s “The Conjuring.”

A total of 10 projects are on the list, which is more powerful than the current six major projects.

The key is that the financial pressure is actually very small.

The project with the largest book cost is Batman 2, but sponsors of this film are currently lined up, and the financial pressure is smaller than that of Pacific Rim.

Pacific Rim now adds Matt Damon, but because it is a co-production, the cost of shooting in China has been greatly reduced. The overall cost has been calculated in the past few days, and it has come to about 75 million US dollars. This does not include photography in China. shed input.

The rest of the small-scale films, including Strange Night and The Prestige, would total less than 50 million if they were all produced by themselves, not to mention that each project now has at least a half share.

Therefore, the overall financial pressure is only about 100 million, which is not a problem for Peak, which is now full of pockets.

The only problem is, Wattsberg will miss a lot of vacation time this year.

This also made him complain: "Why do I act like I want to participate in the BJ Olympics?"

After saying that, he scratched the bright dome, then turned around and went out to start working.

He is still under a lot of pressure because the future of the project is unknown.

Unlike Lu Ping'an who knows the answer.

But he is not without pressure.

Especially for projects that are not directed by oneself.

If the whole film doesn't taste right, it will be a big problem.

But overall it seems that the problem is not big, just be more careful.

Hollywood's producer-centered system was not created blindly.

To deal with this situation.

So take your time next.

The next day, Lu Ping'an came to New Line and first signed the "Iron Man" transfer agreement with Bob Xiaye.

This agreement was not made public, and New Line decided to give it a cold shoulder because their original Iron Man movie was going to be aborted, which was not a good thing.

As for how New Line could renew its contract, Lu Pingan also asked Bob Xiaye.

Bob Xiaye said very pretendingly: "You underestimate my energy!"

Lu Ping'an had a black line on his head, but he still expressed his sincere gratitude.

After all, without him, Lu Pingan really wouldn't be able to win "Iron Man".

Only later did he learn that the main reason was Marvel.

Marvel was hesitating between the two characters of Captain America and Iron Man, and took out a loan, preparing to bet on one of them.

Then Bob Shaye showed up at a very clever time.

The other party was short of money, so Bob Xiaye sent money, 36 million.

Then Marvel's first independent film, the film that launched his fledgling cinematic universe, became Captain America.

Having said that, the transfer of "Iron Man" will not be made public, but the matter of "Apex 3" still needs to be made public, and it will be officially announced with great fanfare.

Once this news was announced, kung fu movie fans around the world were extremely excited.

Cheng Long's basic base is actually very large.

Maybe the box office performance is not particularly high at ordinary times, but the sales volume in the disc market has never been bad.

The sales performance of many places has always been ignored, such as Africa.

According to New Line, a certain chief or something in Africa sent an email the day after the news was announced, saying that he must shoot a scene there.

Cheng Long's global influence is indeed terrifying.

Cheng Long said calmly: "This is not the first time.

Lu Pingan gave him a thumbs up for this pretense.

But his own influence is not bad either.

The King of Thrillers, the man who resurrected Batman, this year’s Oscar-winning director, and more.

One is a genius director with varied themes, superb skills and huge imagination.

One is the world's top kung fu superstar.

What kind of sparks will the two create?

Plus the basics of the Peak series itself.

So Cheng Long + Lu Ping An + Rush Hour.

With a total investment of US$150 million, "Rush Hour 3" immediately broke into the forefront of the most anticipated movies around the world.