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? With the tax rebate of The Bourne Shadow in hand, Ronan returned to Los Angeles with Paul Anderson, Samuel Hadida and others, and handed over the rest of the negotiation to the people from Sandsea Entertainment. Also get someone to contact Milla Jovovich.

This one is easy to find, not to mention the status of Luc Besson's ex-wife, she is also a very famous star.

Ronan asked Priyanka Chopra to be settled, temporarily put the Indian woman aside, and had a series of tasks to deal with.

George Clint has sent his deputy to Japan to negotiate with Capcom about the film rights of the follow-up Resident Evil. Ronan handed him the creative plan of Death is Gone. The feasibility is very high, but it will not be put on the agenda until the sequel of The God of Death is released. After all, The God of Death needs to have greater influence, so that such derivative films will have a better audience base.

Ronan also agreed with them. Death Comes has only been released, and it has been rented and sold offline for less than a month. The derivative film is too early, so there is no need to worry.

In addition, the negotiation between Sandsea Entertainment and the Indian Mountain Foundation was completed last week. George Clint signed a formal investment agreement with the Mountain Foundation on behalf of Sandsea Entertainment. Nick Ross Khan, who came to Los Angeles on behalf of the Mountain Fund, has returned. Mumbai.

However, an Indian who had worked in the Los Angeles Video Film Company for many years, stayed in Los Angeles as a representative of the Mountain Foundation, and will join the filming and production of the crew.

According to the agreement between the two parties, the Mountain Foundation has no right to interfere with the work of the crew, and this person only plays a supervisory role.

The three buddies really know more about film production than the local tyrants in Abu Dhabi. Not only did they retain supervisors, they also hired PricewaterhouseCoopers as a third-party account supervisor to grasp the financial status of the third-party film completion guarantee account.

Of course, we cannot use the same strategy for different financing targets. Ronan knew this very well before going to India, so Sandsea Entertainment did not set up obstacles at all, showing the sincerity of cooperation.

Except for the general rules of Hollywood, Ronan did not set any traps in the investment at all.

Therefore, both parties are very satisfied with the cooperation.

For example, the production company will charge 15% of the future income for operation and management expenses and 20% of the profits, and the Indians have no objection. Today's Hollywood films are all operated in this way.

Shahai Entertainment's early development costs, screenwriting costs, and Matt Damon's third-party account remuneration are all included in the budget cost of The Bourne.

Offset the US$10 million investment belonging to Sandsea Entertainment.

This is a legitimate business operation, and Indians will naturally have no objection.

The cooperation with the Mountain Foundation was reached, and the crew of The Bourne Shadow rapidly expanded and officially entered the pre-production stage.

The other thing is to recruit actors.

Ronan asked people to contact Ben Affleck, and wanted to see if he could bring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, good friends, into the same crew. Interesting, very helpful for publicity and marketing.

However, Ben Affleck's offer of $5 million directly defeated Sandhai Entertainment.

It was only then that Ronan realized that he had not only underestimated Matt Damon in this era, but also Ben Affleck. The salary of Ben Affleck's It's You filmed last year was as high as 12.5 million US dollars .

After discovering this problem, Ronan remembered that Ben Affleck was the leading actor in Michael Bay's nonsense film about oil workers blowing up asteroids!

Ronan naturally gave up on the idea of ​​getting this pair of good friends together, and obediently went to find a cheap actor.

He can spend a lot of money on a leading actor, but it's not worth it to play a supporting role with much fewer roles.

As for the heroine, Paul Greengrass recommended a starlet named Jennifer Garner, whose salary was very cheap, only $100,000. Ronan watched the audition video and agreed directly.

This actress is not considered pretty, but before the crew has changed Ronan's setting of the heroine selling her face and figure, an ordinary-looking actress is also suitable.

Will Matt Damon and Jennifer Garner spark during filming?

Many couples in Hollywood see each other right during the filming of the film crew, especially two people who are acting as a couple. Not to mention becoming a couple, it is very common to find a place to have a fling if you feel like it.

If Matt Damon and Jennifer Garner hook up, maybe there will be a few shots, and later Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner will get together again, will the relationship be affected?

Ronan didn't think much about this aspect. In his eyes, the greatest value of an actor is whether he can bring commercial benefits.

After the $20 million investment from Koch Films came into the account, the crew of Resident Evil was formally established. Ronan immediately asked the crew to pass the relevant information to Koch Films in Berlin, so that Tony Koch could continue To apply for a German tax refund subsidy.

Milan Jovovich also got in touch, and the two sides are making initial contact.

In addition, representatives of Capcom came to Los Angeles from Japan. Ronan took the time to meet with them and discussed some matters about the adaptation, and then asked George Clint's deputy to continue to discuss the follow-up copyright with the other party.

The Japanese are very shrewd, and it is not easy to negotiate. A time-consuming and labor-intensive tug-of-war is essential.

Ronan also asked his assistant Connie to lead someone to look up Tomb Raider and works about werewolf vampire wars. The film copyright of Tomb Raider is in the hands of Madonna-Siccony's company. It has already cooperated with Paramount Pictures to prepare for the filming.

The pre-development began in early 1998 when the adaptation rights were obtained.

There are too many works, and the copyright has been owned for a long time before the shooting.

Hollywood has a very clear understanding of the importance of copyright. It is really difficult for medium and large film companies to spit out the copyright after obtaining the copyright.

There is a huge price to pay.

Tell us about our collaboration with Samuel Hadidah on Resident Evil. Ronan told George Clint and Robert Lee: Spread it as much as possible, let everyone in and out of the circle know that Sandsea Entertainment has sufficient funds , not only producing our own projects, but also investing in other producers’ projects.”

George Clint understood Ronan's meaning: Attract some producers to come to the company to attract investment?

Robert Lee also thought of it: Our own production capacity is insufficient, and we alone create projects, and the number of films we can shoot every year is limited.

Ronan added: Every piece of film project information delivered to the company must be collected to my side.

George Clint believed Ronan's vision very much: I understand.

Ronan warned a few more words, Sand Sea Entertainment and even Relativity Entertainment as a whole have too shallow a foundation, and they simply don't have enough anti-risk capabilities. The failure of a major production may bring severe consequences.

These cannot be solved in a short time. Since Ronan has the advantage of foresight, he must use it.

In the previous life, there were quite a few successful film projects that were not made by large or medium-sized film companies.

Some of them, Ronan thought about them out of thin air, and might not have an impression, but he would definitely remember them after seeing the relevant information.

The memories of the movies I watched more than 20 years ago are mixed together. Some movies that I only paid attention to the news or watched only once are really vague.

It is estimated that most people will feel this way.

Many films in Hollywood are initiated by independent producers, that is, the producers have a project, and then go to the film company to attract investment, and the copyright of the produced film naturally belongs to the production company.

Of course, the producer also benefits a lot from this, and avoids the greatest financial risk.

There is a very popular saying in Hollywood: Never use your own money to make movies.

In the past, Shahai Entertainment was too small and did not have the key distribution capabilities. Now it has gained a certain reputation, and the films it produces can also go through its own distribution channels.

This guarantees the possibility of profit.

Connie found a lot of related works about vampires and werewolves. Ronan took the time to look through them. The main plot of Monster Love written by female writer Nancy Collins is almost the same as the first part of Underworld. More than 70% of the similarity, no wonder the crew of Underworld in the previous life reached an out-of-court settlement with those who accused them of plagiarism.

Ronan let Connie get in touch with Nancy Collins. Nancy Collins is just an unknown little writer. Since the publication of Monster Love in 1994, the sales volume has been pitiful, and Sand Sea Entertainment only spent 50,000 US dollars. Bought the film copyright of Monster Love.

This money can allow Shahai Entertainment to avoid the headache of copyright issues. If that showy wife and madman shoots this series again, it will be an infringement of Shahai Entertainment's copyright.

A small author and a well-established film company are completely different concepts.

Ronan is also preparing to adapt, at least create the script first, and then contact the director in his previous life, because of Kate Beckinsale, he still remembers that director is the assistant of the great director Roland Emmerich, the specific name is It's called Ron Hoffman or Ron Wiseman, I don't remember clearly.

As long as people check Roland Emmerich's assistants, they will know who they are.

Roland Emmerich has just filmed Independence Day and Godzilla. He is a first-line commercial director in Hollywood. It is easy to check the news about him.

The crew of Human Purge 2 has also entered the formal preparation stage. The director James Huang's strength in horror thrillers is beyond doubt, and the production manager Andrew is also fully cooperating with the preparatory work. The technical house Jessica Felton continues Served as editor for this series.

At Ronan's suggestion, she also took up the position of post-production associate producer, preparing to formally set foot in the production industry.

However, the producer manager Andrew also brought a piece of bad news. James Huang is no longer satisfied with directing horror films with a small investment, and wants to direct mainstream commercial films.