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In order to compete for Roland Emmerich's new project, Ronan is not very clear about how the three companies have fought, but Twentieth Century Fox finally became the big winner.

Due to the existence of competitors, Twentieth Century Fox offered Roland Emmerich a favorable offer. When 10,000 Years Before History was signed, the disclosed production budget was as high as 150 million U.S. dollars, which entered the list of top Hollywood productions. ranks.

Out of some worries, Warner Bros. finally chose to withdraw in the face of the favorable conditions and huge investment of 20th Century Fox.

Sony Columbia Pictures is more like a soy saucer. Since all its energy is put on the Spider-Man series, it doesn't matter if it can get the best project.

In addition, there are inaccurate rumors from 20th Century Fox, saying that the Fox production company is very interested in the adaptation of Exodus, and it seems that they are discussing the possibility of adapting the film. Kingdom of Heaven's Ridley Scott directs.

None of these news has been confirmed, but it can be spread, which shows that 20th Century Fox does have this intention.

No one knows how long it will take for an idea to become a movie.

However, after nearly half a year of negotiations, the cooperation intention between Sandsea Entertainment and James Cameron finally came to fruition.

On the first Monday of December, Relativity Entertainment and James Cameron jointly held a press conference in the main hall of Relativity Building, officially announcing the signing of the cooperation.

At the press conference, Ronan signed the contract with James Cameron on behalf of Relativity Entertainment.

After the signing ceremony, Relativity Entertainment announced that the total budget of the new project officially named Avatar will be as high as 500 million US dollars!

This number almost knocked out all the media reporters at the scene, and the press conference exploded immediately.

In the subsequent interview session, James Cameron is indeed a great director who is well versed in the laws of Hollywood publicity, and he has nothing to worry about: As early as the 1980s, the prototype of this project appeared in my dream. In 1995, I drew the first sketches of it.

While talking, the truck driver took out a drawing that he didn't know when he drew it. On it was a towering giant tree with a strange appearance, and there were things like dandelion seeds floating around. It looked like a flying angel, and it was like a handful small umbrella.

James Cameron continued the routine of how many years ago did I have the idea of Hollywood directors: In 1995, I wrote the first version of the script and drew the first sketch of the shot, but I realized a problem , what I want to build is a brand new world, a world that has never appeared on earth, how can I achieve it?

Including Ronan, hundreds of media reporters in the main hall of the Theory of Relativity Building were listening carefully to the words of the great director.

Most of the people here are veterans who have been engaged in the entertainment media industry for many years. Although many people realize that this is nonsense due to publicity needs, they remember it very carefully, for fear of missing a word.

Who called a bullshit James Cameron?

Don't talk nonsense, he is daydreaming and talking in his sleep here is big news!

James Cameron is a technical madman and a typical commercial director. After the super reversal of Titanic from low to high, he knows the importance of publicity.

The signing ceremony means the beginning of the project, so that more people will remember the name Avatar.

James Cameron is also eloquent: During the filming of Titanic, I realized how to create the world of my dreams. It requires top-level photography technology and CGI production standards. In the past few years, I am always preparing for a new project, I don't want to repeat myself, in the last century I wanted to shoot a film with new CGI technology, it was difficult at that time, everyone told me it couldn't be done, I waited for so many years , finally had the opportunity to make a film with a truly new CGI technology.

Without the reporter asking questions, James Cameron said a lot, and the reporter then turned the gunfire on Ronan.

A reporter from the Los Angeles Times was the first to ask: Mr. Anderson, what prompted you to cooperate with director Cameron and decide to invest a huge sum of US$500 million to shoot and produce a movie?

Of course Ronan would not tell him that the so-called total budget of 500 million US dollars is not the production budget, but the total investment including various expenses such as publicity and distribution.

Everything is for publicity needs.

The marketing and promotion of the movie seems to have nothing to promote except the movie itself, but the movie itself can contain all aspects.

Since the global hit of Titanic in 1997, James Cameron's next movie has fans, including me, waiting almost endlessly.

As a qualified filmmaker, he must be able to talk nonsense when needed, and Ronan is no exception: By chance, I saw Director Cameron's design for Avatar. This...is a miracle.

Ronan said exaggeratedly, and the expression on his face was very real: This is a sci-fi movie, and I think it is something that most movie fans will like. A sci-fi movie should show things that we cannot touch now. Avatar Or is it a kind of prophecy, it will make you reflect on what we are doing now, and what will happen in the future? This is one of the original intentions of my investment in Avatar.

The figure of $500 million was so exciting that the next reporter's target was changed to James Cameron.

Director Cameron, will the cost of 500 million dollars be a lot of pressure? The blond female reporter asked sharply: Your last film Titanic was a huge box office success. Will it surpass Titanic?

The pressure on James Cameron is not as great as imagined. After all, the total cost of Titanic including production and announcement is actually very high.

The success of Titanic is indeed a satisfying thing, the box office? It is indeed great. James Cameron did not talk nonsense: I don't think Avatar can break the Titanic , I didn't make this movie to break the box office record, and I don't think any movie will surpass this record in the next few years.

He glanced at Ronan: As long as Avatar can make investors make money, I will be very happy.

Ronan answered in a timely manner: I have great confidence in this film. James Cameron's artistic charm is universally recognized. I don't think anyone will doubt his commercial value for the film. All aspects of this film are involved. It's very complicated, and investment and box office are only part of it.

He laughed: Honestly, I can't wait for this movie to come out.

There was laughter in the hall.

The press conference was successfully concluded. In the afternoon, starting from the Internet, news about this film appeared overwhelmingly on the old and new entertainment media.

James Cameron's new work, alone, is attractive enough.

Ronan Anderson invested, with a budget of 500 million U.S. dollars. Together, it is easy to shock the whole United States.

It only took half a day for the relevant news to spread overseas. A Terminator 2 and a Titanic made James Cameron have many fans. People who are looking forward to the release of his new film, really Yes there are too many.

The industry is also attracting attention. On the one hand, this investment is extraordinary, and on the other hand, James Cameron's new film often means that the new technology is mature.

Twentieth Century Fox, who collaborated with James Cameron on Titanic, is very calm, because Twentieth Century Fox has experienced it personally. If you want to enjoy the dividends brought by James Cameron, you must first bear the burden of Much bigger trouble.

Besides, spending half a billion dollars on a movie is crazy.

There are many people waiting to see Ronan's jokes. No producer can continue to be successful. Even Jerry Bruckheimer, who has been successful for 20 years since the early 1980s, has encountered the Waterloo of King Arthur this year. .

If Avatar fails, the rapid development momentum of Relativity Entertainment can be maintained, and will it weaken?

Aren't medium-sized development companies in Hollywood all on this path?

This cooperation, Relativity Entertainment has attracted the attention of all Hollywood.

Although Ronan reached a cooperation intention with James Cameron early, the negotiations between the two parties are quite difficult, especially when it comes to the benefit sharing.

According to the contract, Sandsea Entertainment must first pay James Cameron a script copyright buyout fee of US$8 million and a project start-up bonus of US$2 million.

This part is not included in James Cameron's remuneration in the crew, but paid by Sandsea Entertainment separately.

James Cameron joined the crew with three positions as screenwriter, director and producer, and the basic salary of the director alone was as high as 20 million US dollars.

Writers and producers total compensation of $10 million.

In other words, James Cameron's total basic salary in the crew is 30 million US dollars.

Compared with Spielberg's salary in first-line major productions, James Cameron's basic salary is not high, but it corresponds to a higher post-production share.

This is also the key to the see-saw between Sandsea Entertainment and James Cameron's agency team.

No one is an idiot, and James Cameron is the best of the best, and his agency team is also at the top level in Hollywood. Naturally, he understands that the key to real income comes from the later sharing.

In the end, on the contract, the three positions of screenwriter, director and producer are added together. James Cameron and his production team enjoy a 20% share of the film's total North American box office. James Cameron personally Owns 10% profit share of the four major peripheral products including TV and DVD.

If you want to invite top directors, especially James Cameron, the remuneration needs to be calculated in units of 100 million.

(It is shown on the extranet that James Cameron's total pre-tax income on Avatar is as high as 350 million U.S. dollars, including the early stage plus the post-stage share.)

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