Hollywood Hunter

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Ed and Rowling Warren, born in the 1920s, have been engaged in paranormal investigations and exorcisms since the 1950s.

In the 1970s, influenced by the popularity of "The Exorcist", paranormal events across North America began to receive frequent media attention. It was from that era that the Warrens became famous.

The two horror films this time, "The Conjuring" and "The Haunting of the Mortuary," are both based on the Warrens' personal experiences, and both stories also take place in Connecticut, upstate New York.

However, the source of copyright for the two projects is different.

After becoming famous, the Warrens accepted various interviews everywhere and authorized some writers to create books, so there were many true and false supernatural stories.

In addition, the experience of the paranormal event itself will also be interviewed by the media.

The two projects this time, the former is based on the personal stories of the Warrens, and the latter is based on the novels that the Snedek family, who experienced the incident, conducted an interview.

After lunch, Simon brought Danny Morris to his office, and the two continued the discussion just now.

"As for the creation of the script, I will take the time to come up with an idea for you," Simon said, sitting opposite each other at the desk. "The most important issue now is copyright. The Warrens should have received a lot of interviews and interviews over the years. Licensing, next, I need you to investigate in detail all the external licensing status of this couple. Danny, I don’t want someone to suddenly jump up and sue us for infringement for $100 million or something like that after the film is released.”

On the original timeline, after "The Conjuring" was released and achieved a good box office, the Warrens once authorized a writer who wrote the two people's spiritual investigation experience to claim $900 million from Warner for the lion.

There are countless similar lawsuits in Hollywood every year, and $900 million is of course just a joke.

However, because of more ambitions for the series, Simon also does not want to encounter these bad things that could have avoided repeated wrangling.

Danny Morris is naturally clear about the frequent copyright disputes in Hollywood, but he is sure: "Simon, the copyright should be no problem, the idea of ​​"The Conjuring", we keep the recordings of the Warrens and signed a licensing agreement. "The Mortuary Haunting," which is also about the Warrens, was written by horror novelist Ray Caton after interviewing the Snedeks, and we've also signed a deal with Caton."

Simon nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Actually, Danny, I think the experience of the Warrens far exceeds the value of just this "The Conjuring". The material you gave me shows that Warren The couple have been engaged in supernatural investigations for 30 years, and have preserved a large number of cursed or supernaturally infested items. Have you ever thought about making these experiences of the couple into a long-term series?"

The story of "The Conjuring" is just an excerpt from the Warrens' long career as a supernatural investigator. Danny Morris didn't think too far ahead, but after hearing what Simon said, he immediately understood: "This is indeed a good The idea, Simon, I'll have someone look into what the Warrens might have authorized."

"Actually, you still don't quite understand," Simon said with a smile at the corner of his mouth, "I mean, since we have successfully created a DC movie universe, then, with the Warren couple's thirty years of supernatural investigators With career as a material, we may also be able to create an interlocking horror movie universe."

The dc movie universe is definitely one of the biggest innovations since the birth of Hollywood.

For most Hollywood filmmakers, the only thing that can compete with the DC Cinematic Universe is probably the Marvel Cinematic Universe waiting to be developed in the hands of Daenerys Entertainment.

Danny Morris didn't expect Simon to take the Warrens so seriously that he wanted to create a dedicated movie universe.

This is the 'movie universe'.

Although it is clear that limited by the market capacity of horror movies, this movie universe will definitely not be able to compare with the DC movie universe, but if it can succeed, it will definitely become a classic business case for Hollywood.

What's more, compared with the investment of 70 to 80 million US dollars in the dc movie universe, the biggest advantage of horror movies is that the cost is low, so the risk is lower.

Thoughts flew for a moment, Danny Morris couldn't help subconsciously make a swallow, realizing his own situation, he laughed at himself, but quickly said seriously: "It seems that I will next There is a lot to do."

"This is just an idea of ​​mine," Simon lowered his temperature slightly to Danny Morris and said: "The key is to see whether these two projects can be successful, if the box office of "The Conjuring" and "The Haunting of the Mortuary" The performances are too mediocre, then the idea of ​​the movie universe is impossible to talk about, so you better not talk about it casually with other people until at least two films are released."

Danny Morris nodded again, even if Simon didn't remind him.

Not just to avoid being a joke after failure, if the outside world learns that Daenerys Entertainment plans to create a new movie universe, it will definitely attract a lot of troubles like copycats who want to buy a piece of money. .

Danny Morris is already figuring out how to sign an exclusive deal with the Warrens.

Simon saw that Danny Morris was lost in thought, and he didn't bother for a while. He opened a document and read it for a while. After waiting for the time, he looked up again: "And the matter of "The Detective Plane", I think the person named Jim Carrey's Actor Has His Own

Performance characteristics, you can give each other as much room to play as possible during the production process. Well, by the way, how was the contract signed? "

Danny Morris temporarily retracted his mind when he heard Simon change the subject.

"The Conjuring" and "The Haunting of the Mortuary" are the earliest events in the summer of next year, but "The Detective Plane" is a scheduled movie for next year's Easter.

Regarding Jim Carrey, Danny Morris didn't quite understand why Simon took a fancy to the performance of this unknown young actor.

Jim Carrey is 30 years old this year. He has been playing small roles in various movies before. The more famous one is a supporting role in the 1986 Coppola-directed "Peggy Sue Is Getting Married".

It wasn't until two years ago that Jim Carrey's popularity barely reached the second tier thanks to a TV comedy "Vivid Colors," which had fairly good ratings.

Since Simon has appointed the other party to appear in "The Detective Plane", Danny Morris will not be polite to this inexplicably lucky little actor, saying: "According to the original contract of Julia Roberts, there are a total of five. "The Detective Plane" "Head" is paid $200,000, followed by four films, capped at $5 million, with a 15-year contract."

If the future can be predicted, Simon is sure that Jim Carrey would never sign such a contract.

In the original timeline, 1994 was not only a year of great Hollywood films, but also the most brilliant year for Jim Carrey. The comedian released three films in one go, "Detective Plane", "Dumb and Dumber" and "Greek in Disguise", the three films not only sold well at the box office, among them, "Dum and Dumber" and "Greek in Disguise" also squeezed into the top ten of the annual box office list.

Ordinary people always talk about which Hollywood star has joined the 20 million salary club. What many people don't know is that the first Hollywood star to reach 20 million US dollars without relying on a fixed salary is Jin. · Carey.

If the film that participated in the film sells well at the box office, the highest salary can only be $5 million. Although this is already the salary standard of the first-line superstar, but based on Simon's understanding of Jim Carrey, the star will definitely not be reconciled.

However, there is obviously no regret medicine in this world.

Of course, there is another point, Simon will also control a little this time, and will not give Jim Carrey another chance to make three blockbuster movies a year.

In 1994, the three films of Jim Carrey in my memory, the script of "The Detective Plane" has been in the hands of Daenerys Entertainment, and the "Granger in Disguise", which was adapted from a comic work of Dark Horse Comics, has also been won, and finally A "Dumb and Dumber" is a bit troublesome.

In the original "Dumb and Dumber", the directors and screenwriters on the main creator list are the Ferrari brothers.

Actually it is not.

The script for Dumb and Dumber was originally written by John Hughes.

However, because the script is not complete, it is only similar to a story outline, and it is not valued by John Hughes. After New Line Pictures paid for the story, the two sides negotiated and John Hughes voluntarily gave up his signature. , the film has thus become the work of the Ferrari brothers who took over the responsibility of perfecting the script.

After the success of the "Home Alone" series, John Hughes has completely given up his directing job in recent years to focus on running his own Hughes Entertainment company as a screenwriter and producer, while at the same time increasing the demands of his creation of films. For profit sharing, Hughes directly offered an overweight of 10% of the gross revenue share of the omni-channel in the recent cooperation with Warner Bros. Pictures for "The Kid Next Door".

Gross revenue and net profit are completely two concepts.

Take the box office as an example, the gross income is equivalent to the studio's share of the film box office, without deducting production and publicity costs, John Hughes directly extracts 10% from it.

Compared with Daenerys Entertainment, which is only 10% of the local box office share, John Hughes' 10% this time, although it is only half of Daenerys Entertainment's share in the domestic box office, it includes the global box office, video tapes. Sales, TV broadcast revenue and even movie merchandising sales.

Under such conditions, if the film box office is not good enough, the studio may lose money if it is not careful, but Hughes makes a steady profit and does not take any risk.

Simon generally knows that the "Home Alone" series is basically the pinnacle of John Hughes. After the 1990s, with the rise of blockbusters, Hughes' movie style was quickly eliminated by Hollywood.

Therefore, "Home Alone 2" is the last project that Daenerys Entertainment collaborated with John Hughes on.

In the original time and space, the new line can spend a lot of money to buy only a script idea from Hughes, who is still hot after making two consecutive "Home Alone" films, and finally succeed in picking it up. It is obviously impossible for Daenerys Entertainment to do so now.

Moreover, Simon is not interested in tossing "Dumb and Dumber" at the risk of creative crashes now.

Not surprisingly, this vulgar comedy is likely to be completely fanned out.

After continuing to discuss with Danny Morris for half an hour, it was basically finalized that the two projects of "Detective Plane" and "Geek in Disguise" will be produced continuously, and the protagonists are naturally Jim Carrey.

"The Detective Plane" will be produced in the second half of the year, and it will be scheduled for Easter next year. The filming of "Monster in Disguise" will start at the beginning of next year, and it will be scheduled for the end of next year. Doing so will at least save a lot of money. "The Detective Plane" has not been released, and Jim Carrey's salary for participating in "The Shapeshifter" can still be controlled at the level of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

After Danny Morris left, the female assistant came over to remind him that there was a regular meeting of Daenerys Entertainment on the recent annual financial review.

1992 financial report due in February

To be released, this time is only a weekly periodic report.

In the plan, Daenerys Entertainment will start preparing for the IPO from the end of this year. No accident, it will be officially listed in the summer of 1994.

Therefore, the financial data of 1992 is crucial for promoting the IPO process of Daenerys Entertainment.

In 1992, the most important business of Daenerys Entertainment was still movies.

The top ten movies on the North American box office chart in 1992, calculated according to the deadline of December 31, 1992, are roughly as follows:

No. 1: "Wonder Woman," $371 million

No. 2: "Aladdin," $176 million

No. 3: "Jurassic Park," $163 million (in theaters)

No. 4: Lethal Weapon 3, $143 million

No. 5: Home Alone 2, $142 million (in theaters)

No. 6: "Midnight Bell", $131 million (in theaters)

No. 7: "Hour of Killing," $114 million

No. 8: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, $113 million

No. 9: "Nuns Are Crazy," $108 million

No. 10: "Peachy Deal," $93.11 million

It's just that this list is not difficult to find, except for "Aladdin", "Lethal Weapon 3" and "Nuns Are Crazy", the other seven movies are related to Daenerys Entertainment.

This ratio is basically the same as last year.

However, compared to 1991, after Daenerys Entertainment merged with mca, the increased distribution power of the three film labels in 1992 increased significantly again, thus also bringing more market share to the rapidly rising Hollywood giant.

Throughout 1992, the North American film market totaled $5.36 billion at the box office.

Among them, the films directly distributed by Daenerys Entertainment, all 41 films, are calculated in the period from January 1, 1992 to December 31, 1992 (including the 1992 box office part of the films released in 1991, and excluding the 1992 films The 1993 box office part), the total box office figure reached 2.13 billion US dollars, and the market accounted for 39.7%.

If you count the $294 million at the box office of the three foreign co-productions "The Killing Hour", "Peachy Deal" and "The Last of the Mohicans", the proportion will further increase to 45.1%.

The other major studios can have more than 20% of the box office market share each year, which is enough to open champagne to celebrate. In a fiercely competitive market like Hollywood, where there are seven major co-existing and a large number of second- and third-tier film companies competing for each other, a giant with a market share of nearly 40% suddenly appeared. This is already an oligarchic level that people look up to.

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