screenwriter mystery

Chapter 274 Sequel Invitation

But I don't want to, although it is not the first time that the 'pseudo-documentary' has appeared on the big screen.

But 'pseudo-documentary' combined with the theme of superheroes is a type of movie that no one thought of in the past.

Especially the plot performed in the movie is still profound to the vast majority of Americans. The efficiency of the New York City government is average, and the traces left by 'Andrew' and others' battle damage have not been completely repaired.

During the promotion of the previous film, Universal did not miss this opportunity.

Deliberately dragging Zhao Yuan and his party to the scene and launching a donation operation, it can be said that the propaganda method is used to the extreme.

And this method obviously played a certain role, providing an effective boost to the movie's box office.

"According to Universal's box office evaluation of "Heroes Out of Control", the film's final box office is likely to reach [-] million US dollars, and the global box office is expected to exceed [-] million. Especially in Japan and Mexico, the film's box office trend is obvious..."

Even across the phone, Zhao Yuan could still imagine the expression on Ron Meyer's face at this moment.

According to the news revealed by the media not long ago, there will be a personnel change within Universal, and the current Ron Meyer will be the beneficiary of this change.

After all, in recent years, Universal's development in the film market has been gratifying, especially the several films it co-produced with Zhao Yuan have been very popular.Unless Universal is crazy, it is impossible not to reward heroes like Ron Meyer.

I believe that it won't be long before Ron Mayer's vice president title will be removed.

Of course, what happened inside Universal was not the point of Ron Meyer's call to Zhao Yuan.

On the phone, after congratulating him, Ron Mayer quickly revealed the focus of his call.

"In fact, Universal is very satisfied with the box office performance of "Heroes Out of Control", so we hope to take advantage of the popularity brought by the movie and launch a sequel while the iron is hot, and you will still be the director of the screenwriter Zhao."

It's no surprise that popular movies and TV shows have sequels.

Although, under the box office of "Heroes Out of Control", inviting Zhao Yuan to direct the second sequel film is destined to further expand the cost of director and screenwriter.

However, considering the revenue ratio, Universal still hopes that Zhao Yuan can continue to direct the creation of sequel films.

"You should know, Ron, that "Hero Out of Control" had no intention of making a sequel at the beginning of filming."

As for Ron Meyer's purpose, when he received the call, Zhao Yuan already had guesses in his mind.

Similarly, he also accurately revealed on the phone that he is not willing to take over the filming of the film sequel.

"At the end of the movie, two members of the superhero trio have died. Under such circumstances, a surviving leading actor alone cannot support the subsequent development of the plot..."

On the surface, the excuse Zhao Yuan gave was that two of the three leading actors in the movie had died, but in fact, Zhao Yuan had no idea about changing the script of the sequel to "Heroes Out of Control". After waiting for so long, there was no sequel, and the screenwriter who wanted to write the script couldn't think of more plots just like him.

After all, for a "pseudo-documentary", all the plots that should be filmed in the film have been filmed.

"I know……"

On the other end of the phone, Ron Meyer was clearly aware of Zhao Yuan's difficulties.

However, considering the opinions of the high-level board of directors and the box office of "Heroes Out of Control", Ron Meyer still couldn't help but suggest: "Perhaps, we can arrange another character to let him come into contact with the superpower crystal in the movie, Then recreate a super villain character, or bring a dead character back to life, or simply shoot a character prequel..."

It is not uncommon for Hollywood movies to come back from the dead.

Take [-]th Century Fox's "X-Men" as an example. Which one of the most popular characters dies and lives again? This movie dies, and the next one flips through time and space to bring him back to life.Even if it is completely dead in the main drama, it can be taken out separately to shoot the prequel. In short, if you want to shoot a sequel, Hollywood has a thousand ways to bring the dead character back to life.

Although, Universal sincerely wanted to invite Zhao Yuan to take over the filming of the sequel of "Heroes Out of Control".

However, Zhao Yuan no longer had any ideas.

This year alone, he has participated in enough movies and TV series, and the box office share of the two movies has already made him a lot of money. It is not even an exaggeration to say that even if Zhao Yuan no longer shoots movies and TV series in the future , but with the copyright of movies and TV series in his hands, it can guarantee that he will live comfortably in the future.

Besides, although the work in Hollywood is interesting, it is just a daily leisure activity for him today.

With the system in hand, most of his energy is destined to be devoted to the evolution of the actual script.

Some time ago, when he was promoting the search for "Heroes Out of Control", he had a lot of ideas, and he just needed a period of time to sort them out and pave the way for the next new script.

"Well, if you insist."

Feeling the firmness of Zhao Yuan's tone on the phone.

Ron Meyer didn't continue to make things difficult. In fact, with Zhao Yuan's current status in Hollywood, he was no longer the little guy who had to travel to Universal to ask for resources in order to shoot a movie.

With his current status, he wanted to make a movie.

Go to any film production company and report its name, and Franklin, who is holding a lot of money, will invest in it.

"By the way, the last season's DVD of "Ghost Story: Spirit" has been released. Universal is making statistics. I believe that within a few days, the DVD share will come down. The same goes for the network share. In recent years, Internet movies The market is developing rapidly, and more and more people are accustomed to watching movies through the Internet..."

Currently, Universal and Zhao Yuan have maintained a tacit cooperation.

The key reason, of course, cannot escape the benefits.

In theory, film production companies have always paid as fast as they can, and as little as possible.

One of the most famous examples is Warner's accounting.

Through the Hollywood bookkeeping method, a profitable movie "Harry Potter" is abruptly calculated as a loss.

In this regard, major Hollywood film production companies have precedents, and Universal is also a good player in this regard.

If they are willing, they can also discount Zhao Yuan's film income, but fortunately, Universal still expects to continue to cooperate only with him, so the calculation of copyright share has always been very polite.

Of course, in a way, it is also the luck of Universal.

Because, once they are careful to steal Zhao Yuan's money, what they will face next is not just a simple legal sanction.

　Thanks to Tan Hao for the 1500 starting point coin reward, and Long Yanshuishui for the 1500 starting point coin reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)