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On the second day after meeting Paul Greenglass, Ronan waited for his agent Dean, and the two sides also conducted formal negotiations.

In terms of remuneration, the negotiation between the two parties was relatively smooth, and Paul Greenglass obviously convinced his agent.

As for how to persuade, Ronan is not very clear, but the agent is the server after all in Hollywood, if the client insists on doing something, the agent will be very difficult to stop, the two sides are really going to be deadlocked, the industry actors and directors fired Broker squid is not too difficult.

Perhaps the people who enacted the Entertainment Act back then learned the experience and lessons of actors belonging to production companies in the era of big studios, and fundamentally eliminated the possibility of brokerage companies banning actors.

Recently, there has been rumors that the two most important clients of CAA, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, are planning to jump out of the agent contract with CAA and instead let their own professional managers Fully responsible for various brokerage businesses.

If Ronan remembers correctly, not long after entering the new century, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio left CAA, completely abandoned the brokerage business, and turned to managers in charge of work Business.

After caa was fired this time, it was the manager's matchmaking, and the two began to cooperate for many years.

As long as Paul Greengrass insists on taking Bourne's role and Dean strongly opposes it, Ronan will not need to make much effort to join forces with Paul Greenglass to get him out of Dean's trouble.

However, there must be some troubles in the follow-up, after all, Dean is from William Morris.

Fortunately, Dean is a smart person, and he also knows that in Paul Greengrass' situation, except for this project of Ronan, it is difficult to find a director position for a big-budget action movie.

But Dean still worked hard on the salary, and Ronan made some concessions.

If the North American box office of Bourne's identity can exceed the production budget in the future, Paul Greenglass can get a box office bonus equivalent to the salary.

For the next two sequels, Paul Greengrass' salary rose to 3.5% and 7% of the total budget.

The remuneration still adopts a more casual payment model in the independent film industry. 30% is paid when the two parties sign the contract, 30% is paid before the filming starts, and the remaining 40% is paid when all productions are completed.

After negotiating the salary, the negotiations on other matters also went on for two days, mainly Ronan's request for Paul Greenglass, and Dean's fight for the corresponding power for Paul Greenglass.

This is a business cooperation, and all commitments can only be effective if written in the contract.

On Dean's side, he proposed the rights of the director's signature, insurance, travel expenses, life perks, and post-production director's editing.

Ronan didn't get too tangled up in the little things, even giving Paul Greengrass the power to preside over the post-edit.

This is different from the final editing rights. Paul Greenglass can finally submit one or more edited versions that he is satisfied with to Ronan. As the person with the final editing rights, Ronan has the right to modify and re-edit it, and even make Major changes, such as changing the ending and so on.

As much power as you get, you naturally have corresponding obligations.

Ronan would never completely trust the director. After all, he had seen too many commercial nightmares brought about by the free play of directors in his previous life. Paul Greenglass' director power,

It must be within the range he delineated.

He asked Paul Greengrass to devote himself to the pre-development of Bourne's identity and subsequent formal preparations as soon as he signed the contract to complete the script production with screenwriter Tony Gilroy. Minutes cannot exceed the budget, and the shooting must be consistent with the script. The theater-edited version must comply with the grading regulations of pg13.

Before the arrival of the new weekend, Ronan, on behalf of Shahai Entertainment, formally signed the director contract of the Bourne trilogy with Paul Greenglass, which solved a crucial link for the preparation and shooting of this series.

Paul Greenglass was full of enthusiasm for his work, and the day after signing the contract, he devoted himself to the early development of Bourne's identity.

Since the promotion of Kingsman has long since ended, George Clint also joined Bourne's identity crew and continued to coordinate all aspects of daily work as a production manager.

After Ronan settled the director, his eyes naturally turned to the actors, and someone sent an invitation to Matt Damon's agency. Matt Damon is now considered a second-tier star actor. If he can be invited to play Jason Bourne , Whether it's getting third-party completion guarantee insurance from the Fireman's Fund, or going overseas to raise production funds, it can bring benefits.

However, there was no immediate response from Matt Damon.

Ronan also didn't get together to invite over and over again, which would easily make the other party talk about salary or other conditions. Matt Damon is the first candidate, not a must.

Where's the heroine? George Clint asked. A German actress?

Ronan thought for a while and said, Don't worry about the heroine, vase-like characters are easy to find.

I remember that the heroine in the previous life seemed to be the one who played Lola in Run Lola, but I don't remember the exact name, and she wasn't a famous star at all.

George Clint talked about the director again: Signed three film director contracts with Paul Greengrass at one time, and can save a lot of salary in the future.

It will definitely save some money. Ronan said honestly: But if Bourne's identity is successful, Paul Greenglass and his agent will definitely ask to change the contract, and we have to make some concessions.

George Clint also understood this truth, saying: If it really makes trouble like Edward Norton and Paramount Pictures, it will become a lose-lose situation.

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Ronan also didn't want to see such a situation, since it was a business cooperation, it was impossible for the other party to be unprofitable.

Of course, if he was a rascal like Edward Norton, he would definitely not agree.

A few years ago, when Edward Norton was an unknown young actor, he signed a three-movie contract with Paramount Pictures in order to get the role in the first-level fear from Paramount Pictures.

We all know that opportunities are the rarest in Hollywood.

Like Paul Greengrass, who didn't have the capital to pick and choose when the opportunity presented itself, Edward Norton didn't hesitate to sign a contract with Paramount Pictures when faced with his first real movie role. , and then shot to fame through this movie.

Next, films such as Sex Book Tycoon, Everyone Says I Love You and Fight Club made Edward Norton famous.

After Edward Norton cooperated with Paramount Pictures for the second time, the two sides had a fundamental difference in concept. Paramount provided Edward Norton with commercial films, while Edward Nord was a typical literary lover.

This directly led to sharp conflicts between the two parties. Edward Norton simply denied the existence of the three-film contract and repeatedly rejected the project provided by Paramount Pictures.

Paramount Pictures sued Edward Nord last month.

This lawsuit may drag on for a long time, but Paramount Pictures and other companies in Hollywood will be watching Edward Nord until he loses the lawsuit.

Edward Nord's behavior is already challenging the industry's default rules.

In the previous life, Edward Nord lost the lawsuit, and then had to play the role of a wretched villain in Stealing the World, that is, the role of killing Charlize Theron's father.

This is a typical lose-lose case. Paramount Pictures did not provide film projects and roles suitable for Edward Norton to play. Edward Nord became angry and did not talk about the spirit of the contract.

Ronan often studies some classic cases in Hollywood, combined with the memories of his previous life, and draws lessons from them.

There are some that are worth learning from.

On Friday, Grim Reaper has entered the second weekend after its release. Disney Pictures’ Straight Gigolo and Warner Bros.’ The Green Mile started painting at the same time.

The latter is even more starring Tom Hanks.

However, Miracle in the Green Mile obviously does not belong to the type that hit the box office from the very beginning. It is relatively literary and artistic, and it is more suitable for long-term screenings.

Despite Tom Hanks, the film grossed just $18 million in more than 2,850 theaters in its opening weekend.

Straight Gigolo's performance of less than 10 million US dollars in the first weekend, there is not much competitiveness at all.

In comparison, two older films, Reaper and Toy Story 2, stand exceptionally strong.

Toy Story 2 took in $18.64 million in its third weekend, and won the box office again the next week.

In second place on the box office list is Death Comes. The box office of the second weekend was only 32% lower than that of the first weekend, and it won 18.35 million US dollars.

Grim Reaper has accumulated $54.2 million at the North American box office.

Ronan also saw the possibility of making money back just through the North American box office.

Such box office results are also the result of high-cost publicity and marketing. Ronan does not know how much money was spent on promotional marketing in the previous life, but the cost of the embassy film industry is definitely higher. So far, it has invested in publicity and distribution. $11 million.

Further investments will follow, with expected expenditures totaling $13 million.

Fortunately, Blair the Witch made Relativity Entertainment have plenty of cash flow, otherwise Ronan would have to find a way to get a loan or raise funds.

After this weekend, Reaper's success has become irreversible. Ronan also put aside his work on the film for the time being, and started haunting the bustling area of ​​Los Angeles with Beverly Hills at its core, frequently participating in parties held by some stars or film companies. , to see how Hollywood's awards season works.

At the same time, I also met more people and further broadened my network of contacts.