The Best Entertainment Era

Warner Studios, in the rented office of the Death Comes crew.

George Clint opened the file bag and handed Ronan a thick document. Ronan took it over and looked at the thickness of the document, and smiled: You can just say it.

Pulling out his chair and sitting down, George Clint said as simply as possible: I went to the original author of Bourne's Identity Robert Ludlum and the publishing house some time ago. The film and television rights were sold as early as 1986. .”

Ronan nodded slightly, which was consistent with what he had learned.

Robert Ludlum has been synonymous with thriller spy novels since The Secret Files in the 1970s. In North America, he is known as the father of modern international thrillers. As well as superb espionage operations, its rigorous and solid data research is highly praised.

Back then, Bourne's Identity also caused a strong sensation in the novel market, and entered the New York Times bestseller list for several consecutive weeks.

Such a novel would have been targeted early, especially in Hollywood.

George Clint continued: In 1988, Warner Bros. Television Productions and Alan Shane Productions teamed up to produce a television version of Bourne's Identity, but Bourne's Supremacy was shelved due to lackluster response.

Warner Bros. Television Productions? Ronan frowned.

If the copyright is in the hands of Warner Bros., it will be difficult to handle. These big companies have always followed the principle of only getting in and out of copyright. If you want them to spit it out, you must spend a lot of money.

But after thinking about it, it was not quite right. I remember that the producer and distributor of this series are both Universal Pictures.

It's not in the hands of Warner Bros. Television Productions. George Clint didn't know that Ronan jumped out of many thoughts, and replied: Alan Shane Productions got the 20-year-old license for Bourne's Identity in 1986. Film and television copyright, because of the failure of the Bourne's Identity TV series project, this novel has been left unattended, and has remained in the copyright library of Alan Shane Production Company.

He added: They have transfer rights.

Knowing that Robert Ludlum wrote a trilogy, Ronan asked, What about Bourne's Hegemony and Bourne's Ultimatum?

George Clint replied: These two books were published in 1986 and 1988 respectively, and the copyright is still in the hands of Robert Ludlum. Robert Ludlum is now seriously ill and it is difficult to speak. I can't see him, and he I won’t talk to anyone about copyright in the near future. I have contacted his lawyer, but I can’t see Robert Ludlum himself for the time being. The lawyer and related institutions have not been authorized...”

Ronan immediately made a decision: Forget about Bourne's Hegemony and Bourne's Ultimatum, our goal is temporarily on Bourne's Identity. Operate the latter two.

He thought for a while, and then said: Keep in touch with Robert Ludlum's lawyer, and win the copyright of Bourne's Hegemony and Bourne's Ultimatum as quickly as possible.

I will make people pay attention to Robert Ludlum. George Clint had already speculated, Is this going to be adapted into a movie?

Ronan nodded: Agent's action movie, after Death Comes is released, I plan to run this project.

George Clint breathed a sigh of relief: That's good.

Worried that I'm too crazy? Ronan asked with a smile.

Yeah. George said honestly: We are filming and producing two projects of Death Comes and Kingsman Agent at the same time. When the limit is reached, if the pressure is increased, there may be problems.

Ronan agrees with George: I know, so it's preparation for the future.

With the scale and capabilities of Sandsea Entertainment, it is impossible to start another large project with an investment of tens of millions at the same time.

Not to mention anything else, funds alone are not allowed.

Although a plan code-named Ah San was developed, more successes, especially huge ones, were needed.

Relying solely on the Human Clearance Plan project is not convincing enough.

Germany is also a source of funds, but Tony has just left. With the ability of Koch Films, it will take a long time to raise tens of millions of dollars.

Ronan knew full well that rushing for success would backfire.

What's the situation with Alan Shane Production Company? Ronan asked, Why haven't I heard of this company.

George replied: The owner of this company is Alan Shane. In the 1980s, it could be regarded as a medium-to-small production company. It mainly made TV series and occasionally made movies. But since the late 1980s , This company has screwed up several projects in a row, and its business volume has shrunk sharply. Now it basically follows the trend and invests in other companies to shoot TV dramas, and the scale is not even comparable to ours.

Ronan quickly made a decision: Contact Alan Shane as soon as possible, and I will talk to him about copyright transfer.

George reminded: If you want to buy the copyright from the production company, the cost will be higher.

Although the financing in Abu Dhabi was successful, and Ronan successfully obtained a large amount of funds from Germany, there will still be a gap in funds when operating three projects at the same time.

Of course Ronan knew about this order, and he had thought about it a long time ago, and said, You go to contact Alan Shane first, and I will find a solution for the rest.

Since I came here, I have been studying relevant legal provisions and project cases, and I have found not only loopholes in Germany's tax rebates.

After George Clint left, Ronan took out his notebook and wrote Paul Greengrass and Bourne's Identity on it.

He remembered very clearly that the director of the first part of The Bourne Shadow was not Paul Greengrass, and he couldn't remember who it was, but Paul Greengrass' style seemed to be more suitable for this series.

If the copyright can really be settled, the cooperation with Paul Greenglass can be continued.

And Matt Damon...

During this period, Matt Damon's salary was not too high.

It is no exaggeration to say that it was the Bourne Shadow series that Matt Damon climbed to the front line.

Maybe Da Ben could be asked to play a villain? It must be very loving for these two brothers to love and kill each other.

Can a movie without falling in love and killing each other be considered a good movie?

Now that the preparations for Reaper and Ace Agent are going smoothly, they will soon enter the filming stage. Ronan is also starting to think about the next plan, just like Human Purge and Reaper, which can be serialized movies are the first choice.

Under the conditions of limited funds and company restrictions, a series of films that can bring relatively high output with a relatively small investment must be included in the first rank.

Ronan wrote down some more in his notebook. These are future plans, and there is still plenty of time, so there is no need to rush.

There's also a sequel to The Purge.

There is no need to worry about this for the time being. After the funds are sufficient, you can come up with an outline and hire a group of screenwriters to write it. This is also the most common production mode for Hollywood scripts.

Before leaving get off work, Ronan went to the post-editing room in the same building to check on Jessica Felton.

Since the crews of Reaper and Kingsman are both located in Warner Studios, the post-editing room rented by Ronan for Jessica Felton was also selected in the same factory area, which was almost done last time. The one that became the dump.

Jessica Felton chose to re-edit Daniel Melick's film instead of using it. She worked very efficiently and completed the first cut before the end.

Ronan didn't stay long, Jessica Felton's hair was oily again, and he was defeated directly.

He will come back when the first cut is finished.

George Clint's actions were quite fast. A few days later, he made an appointment with Alan Shane. Ronan went to Venice, another satellite city of Los Angeles, to discuss copyright transfer with him.

Before going, Ronan asked someone to collect relevant information to understand the situation of the negotiating opponent.