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“The Terminator rights are in the hands of Hemdale, a film company backed by British tax haven capital that has a distribution deal with Orion. Hemdale President John Daly refuses to sell the rights to Terminator , but said it could work with Daenerys Pictures. I think it's a viable plan, and if we make a sequel, Hemdale's funding can help us share the risk."

"The rights to Tolkien's Middle-earth series, The Lord of the Rings, are in the hands of Saul Zaenz, the same producer who made the two best Oscar-winning films of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Mozart." The copyright of "The Bit Man" is in the United States, the other party bought the permanent copyright of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" for 10,000 pounds in 1969, and the copyright in the hands of Sol Zaenz is also from the United States. I got it. As for The Silmarillion, the copyright is in the hands of the Tolkien Legacy Foundation. I contacted the three parties, and they all said they could negotiate, but none of them accepted our offer. I think in the absence of a specific production plan, It is very difficult to take down the film and television copyrights of these three books, and we must offer sky-high prices.”

"Dave Stevens, the creator of the comic book Rocketman, didn't accept my offer and wanted to talk to you in person. I've inquired and the cartoonist has been looking for a studio partner since last year. Opportunity, he hopes to adapt this comic into a high-budget movie. After the summer comic adaptation film "Cosmic Giant Seaman" failed at the box office, several companies who were in contact with them have retreated."

"Charlie's Angels is owned by Columbia Pictures, and the show was originally produced by Ronald Goldberg's production company. Before becoming president of Fox Pictures, Ronald Goldberg put that company Sold to Columbia for $40 million. Since the end of the series in 1981, Charlie's Angels' syndicated distribution and videotape sales have largely been drained. However, if we were to buy out the entire rights to the show , Columbia Pictures' asking price is $10 million. This price is too high, although the TV series has 6 seasons, but now there is not much rebroadcast value, and there is little profit from the sales of video tapes. We can just buy the film and television adaptation of the TV series. right."

"Mission: Impossible, the TV series is produced by Paramount Television, and they have been trying to develop a film version, and Sidney Garnes said that if you want to direct it yourself, Paramount can consider filming with Daenerys. industry cooperation.”

"The Bourne Bourne, this, Warner Bros. has also bought the copyright. I specifically called Terry Semel to chat, and his reply was similar to that of Sidney Garnes. By the way, Semel also Said I would call you when I was free in the afternoon."

"Beyond that, good news comes next."

"I got the copyright of "Spider-Man" from Canon Pictures, $200,000, which is the original price when Canon acquired the copyright from Marvel, after the box office failure of "Superman 4" invested by Canon Pictures in the summer, plus this Due to the company's own business difficulties, Canon has completely abandoned the "Spider-Man" plan. However, the original 5-year copyright period only has 3 years left, and if we do not make a movie within 3 years, the copyright will automatically return to Marvel."

"Phantom Studio's offer for the film and television rights of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is $300,000. The tv animation version of this comic has received a very good response this year, but it is very difficult to live-action. I talked about $200,000, which is similar to "Spider". A 5-year contract similar to "Xiamen"."

"The Dead Poets Society, the script price is $80,000."

"Steel Magnolia, I saw the tape of the Broadway play, and it was very moving. The price negotiated for the rights to adapt was $100,000."

"Fast and the Furious, huh, I don't know how you got this movie, Simon, it's a 1955 movie, or a Roger Corman B-movie. $200,000 as you asked for it , Roger Corman sold us the entire copyright of this movie. I bargained with him for a long time, and he is a shrewd man who never loses money. The shooting budget of "Fast and the Furious" was only more than 60,000 US dollars. I watched the tape and didn't have any interest in watching it a second time."

"As for the rest, they are still in touch."

In the conference room of Daenerys Pictures.

Amy Pascal counted the results of the copyright negotiations in the recent period one by one, and then pointed to the thick stack of scripts on the desk, saying: "In addition, this week, I have accepted a total of all major brokerage companies. 60 movie script recommendations, from which I have selected 19 that I think are okay, they are all here, you can watch them on the weekend."

On the other side of the conference table, Simon was listening to Amy's report, but he was flipping through the "Spider-Man" contract in his hand.

"Spiderman"!

This is Spider-Man!

Just start a "Spider-Man" that can earn seven or eight billion dollars worldwide!

In the era before his rebirth, let alone "Spider-Man", even some second- and third-tier superheroes, Marvel could not easily transfer them. Now, for just $200,000, Simon has acquired the rights to Marvel's hottest superhero, which is a bit incredible to think about.

But this is reality.

Constrained by special effects technology, in this era, the superhero copyright, which is very difficult to be filmed, is far less popular than it was later. Although he has ambitions for the entire Marvel from New World Entertainment, Simon decisively bought the copyright of "Spider-Man" in advance.

At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind that Daenerys Pictures will hold the copyright of "Spider-Man" firmly in its hands, no matter whether it can successfully win Marvel in the future.

As for the remaining 3 years of copyright

The deadline is no problem at all. The big deal is to learn the way Constantine Pictures preserved the copyright of "Fantastic Four" in memory, and spend a million dollars to make a B-grade film, so that the contract period can be extended for another 5 years.

Thinking like this, when Amy's voice fell, Simon quickly pulled his thoughts back.

After earning more than a billion dollars through the operation of the stock index futures market, Simon began to search for copyrights again, and he was no longer so secretive. After all, now is arguably the best chance for Simon to easily buy a lot of copyright.

Suddenly becoming a billionaire, or a billion-dollar "fat sheep", many people are very happy to sell some copyrights to him at a high price. But then, if Daenerys is making more hits in a row, any project Simon's fancy could spark a scramble, and at that point it's going to be very difficult for him to get some rights.

Amy just reported on the copyright, "Spider-Man" and "Fast and Furious" needless to say, "Ninja Turtles", "Dead Poets Society" and "Steel Magnolia" are the box office in the next few years in the original time and space The best-selling work, "Rocketman", which has not been obtained yet, is a grain of 'sand' that Simon casually mixed in.

After the huge wealth was exposed, Simon actually stopped doing this kind of sandy thing too deliberately. Anyway, most of the copyrights that he liked belonged to very popular projects, and it was a matter of course that the box office would sell well in the future.

After closing the "Spider-Man" copyright contract in front of him, Simon said to Amy: "Continue to talk about "Terminator" and Tolkien's works, as long as they make an offer, we will buy it. As for "Rocketman", I will take time Talk to the cartoonist. Try to lower the price of the copyright of "Charlie's Angels", $10 million is indeed too high, but make sure to take it down. The last "Mission: Impossible" and "Bourne Bourne", Since Paramount and Warner are already working on it, forget it for now."

Being able to win "Spider-Man" and "Fast and Furious", "Charlie's Angels" can be said to be one step away, and Simon is already very satisfied. For "Terminator" and Tolkien's Middle-earth series, it must only be slowly polished. Both works have a great reputation, and copyright holders will not easily let go.

As for "Mission Impossible" and "The Bourne Bourne", next year the Screenwriters Guild will launch the longest strike in Hollywood history. Even if development has started now, these two projects are likely to be stranded due to the strike. In the end, it was even dragged ten years later as in the original time and space.

Although the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for Simon, but he still has many opportunities.

Amy wrote down Simon's instructions on the memo, and said, "So, what should we do next with the copyrights we have obtained?"

"Dead Poets Society" and "Steel Magnolia" are included in the company's production list, and the others are temporarily put on hold," Simon rubbed the "Spider-Man" copyright contract in front of him, suddenly remembered another thing, and asked: "Amy , dc's "Superman" and "Batman", do you think we can win?"

"The copyright of "Superman" is in the hands of European producer Alexander Salkind, I happen to know about it, Alexander Salkind bought the film and television rights of the "Superman" series for 15 years, and the same Has an automatic renewal clause, but after the box office failure of "Superman 3" in 1983 and "Supergirl" in 1984, Salkind has stopped the production of the "Superman" series, but still holds the copyright in his hands, Canon Films What the industry has obtained before is only the shooting license. From the first "Superman" in 1978, there should be about 5 years of copyright period left. If you want to shoot, just like Canon, we should also be able to get it. Authorization," Amy said while thinking, and then added: "As for "Batman", the copyright is still in DC's hands, and Warners seems to have been brewing this project. At the beginning of the year, I heard that they were planning to make a TV series version. Bill Murray as Bruce Wayne, I don't know the latest news."

Simon imagines the comedy Bill Murray as Batman, and it feels a little funny.

Due to later memories, Simon instinctively felt a natural sense of distance from superhero copyright. But now, hearing that the copyright of "Superman" is not in DC's hands, Warner still plans to make "Batman" into a TV comedy, and soon his heart is moved, he once again looked at his female executive across the conference table, and said: "Ai Mi, do you think it's possible for me to buy DC from Warners?"

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