Chatty Hollywood

Although "Hell Detective" exploded at the box office and received a huge reputation, now that the movie has been released, it is not the focus of Charlotte's life.

Even though as a producer of the movie, he still has to deal with some publicity and promotion work, the focus of his life has shifted to other things——

The investigation into the Lord of Hell continues, although it seems that there will be no clues to be found in the short term.

But the other party was too mysterious and unpredictable, and Charlotte didn't dare to take it lightly.

As for Tom Cruise, who was exposed in the investigation, although Charlotte has prepared a plan, it has not yet been implemented.

Now, Charlotte's focus is mainly on "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"——

After being published in early 1997, J.K. Rowling's fairy tale novel sold very well.

Although it did not make Rowling a god as later generations publicized, it did sell out well and needed to be reprinted.

Joanna Rowling's living standards have changed dramatically.

However, what Charlotte is more concerned about is the TV animated version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" from Spectre Studio.

After all, the novel has not yet been released in the United States, but the animation has been broadcast on ABC TV.

Although the average number of viewers was only more than 5 million when it was first broadcast, after a period of broadcast, this number has more than doubled to 12 million.

The peak number of viewers reached an astonishing 18 million.

——That’s the number reached by Harry Potter when he participated in his first Quidditch match in the animation.

For a TV anime that hasn’t finished a season, this is already quite an astonishing achievement.

When ABC just finished airing the fourth episode of the animation, it ordered an additional 12 episodes from Spectre Studio, turning the original 12-episode first season into 24 episodes.

And when the peak number of viewers reached 18 million, they eagerly booked the second and third seasons.

But this is not the greatest success of the animation "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" -

after all,

There are always dozens or hundreds of new American TV series released every year. Although it is not easy to get a reservation for the next season, it is not impossible.

In fact, there are many long-lived American drama series, which often last more than ten seasons and last more than ten years.

Any one of these shows can claim to have grown up with a generation of Americans.

However, there are not as many peripherals for these series as there are for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"——

From the most typical wands to Hogwarts uniforms and Hedwig the owl dolls, they are all very popular.

Mattel is also in contact with Spectre Studios to produce a Hermione Granger Barbie doll.

Although normally the authorization of these things belongs to the original author Rowling, due to the agreement between Charlotte and Rowling, various authorizations in the United States are fully represented by Charlotte's Specter Studio.

What's more, these companies that hope to obtain peripheral authorization are all referring to the animated version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

But the copyright of the animated version is in Charlotte's hands.

Charlotte made a lot of money because of this TV animation.

Considering that during the production of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", Charlotte used a large number of spells, which greatly reduced the cost. It can be said that the money he earned from this TV animation even exceeded one. profits from a large-scale commercial film.

Although, for the current Charlotte, this is no longer what he wants to get most from "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"——

In order to completely seal Xu Fu, what he needs most now is the "Magic Stone".

In other words, the Philosopher's Stone.

Charlotte has already tried, and he won't be able to build the "Philosopher's Stone" with the help of the TV animation until "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is completed in its entirety.

On the one hand, this is because the Sorcerer's Stone has not really appeared in the animation yet.

On the other hand, it is also because the influence of animation is not enough.

After all, the current peak audience number of 18 million is very good in the TV industry, but compared to the influence of movies, it is still not a bit worse.

Charlotte felt that he still had to find a way through movies——

"Originally I just wanted to buy and sell the film adaptation rights of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", but I didn't expect that I would have to do it myself in the end!"

Charlotte sighed to Alexis.

As the head of the animation department at Spectre Studios, Alexis will naturally be present when discussing "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

What's more, she also has a good personal relationship with Magic Mother because she once saved Joanna Rowling.

On several occasions, in order to save trouble, Charlotte simply sent Miss Valkyrie directly across the Atlantic to talk to Rowling in England.

——This is not to save money on a plane ticket.

However, the wings of the Valkyrie did give Alexis the ability to move quickly.

If Charlotte is willing to continue to provide mana for blessing, her flying speed can even catch up with the "Raptor" F-22, which has just been announced and has not yet officially entered service.

——As a fifth-generation fighter jet, that thing can cruise at supersonic speeds.

In short, as for matters related to "Harry Potter", if they were not important, Charlotte would usually let Alexis communicate on her behalf.

After all, Miss Valkyrie's mobility is indeed beyond comparison with that of a living person.

Now, what they are talking about is the live-action movie of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

In fact, with the popularity of the animated version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", the U.S. publishing rights for his novels have been acquired by Random House.

This agreement was still made by Charlotte on behalf of Rowling.

Now, the American version of "The Philosopher's Stone" is being urgently revised.

——Although the language of the United Kingdom and the United States is both English, there are some subtle differences in the usage of many slang and common vocabulary. In this regard, some revisions are needed.

What's more, since the animated version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is now on the air, Random House is not a fool, and they naturally want to take advantage of this opportunity to promote it.

Even for the character illustrations in the book, they did not adopt the more traditional European and American painting style of the British version, but directly borrowed the painting style and characters from the TV animation.

——Of course, correspondingly, as the copyright holder of the TV animation, Charlotte also has some small income.

It can be said that the popularity of "Harry Potter" in North America is now established. When the North American novel version is officially released, it can be said that everything is ready for the live-action movie, and all it needs is the east wind.

"Is Warner still hesitant now?"

Alexis asked.

"Hesitation doesn't count, but as you know, the brains and reaction speed of Warner executives..."

Charlotte shrugged.

"However, now that Disney has entered the game, it should stimulate them!" ()