After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

Warner Studios, in a huge studio, the crew of the Caribbean crew gathered together again to shoot the scenes of Pirates of the Caribbean.

If the filming in the Caribbean is the exterior, then in the studio, what they filmed is the scene inside the ship.

After Kevin and Zack Snyder checked out the set, filming began.

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Time flies to May 1994, and the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean has come to an end.

All the behind-the-scenes personnel of the crew, as well as some unfinished actors, gathered in the Pirates of the Caribbean town near the San Pedro port in San Pedro.

In a society of capital, with enough money, everything is not a problem.

Retro wooden buildings stand next to the port, forming a beautiful scenery. In the small town, many residents dressed up as residents of the Great Navigation Period, wandering in the small town, adding to the town's retro flavor.

Captain Jack Sparrow, under the pursuit of several British naval soldiers, ran left and right, flexibly avoiding capture.

Finally, after climbing onto a large box that was difficult for British soldiers to quickly climb up, Captain Jack Sparrow twisted his body, raised his orchid finger, and said confidently:

"Children, you must always remember today, you almost caught the owner of the Black Pearl, the most powerful pirate king among the nine pirate kings, Captain Jack Sparrow!"

"Card!"

"Pirates of the Caribbean, this is the end of filming, everyone has worked hard!"

Kevin loudly announced the end of the filming.

Everyone on the set immediately relaxed.

Kevin arranged for Zach Schneider to carry out the finishing operations later, and then came to the side to chat with Ronan who had just arrived.

Looking at the Pirates of the Caribbean town, which has mobilized the residents to roam around, Ronande said anxiously:

"Kevin, Pirates of the Caribbean, will it succeed!"

"Of course, I worked intensively for you, which is why I completed the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean at such a fast speed."

"Counting the post-production time, Pirates of the Caribbean should be released by the end of June."

Kevin smiled, looking at the Pirates of the Caribbean town in front of him, full of confidence.

This kind of seaside resort town can only make money for three months a year, but in Kevin's opinion, three months is enough to bring tens of millions of dollars to Chenxi Film Company.

This is the power of IP.

As the owner of the copyright of Pirates of the Caribbean, although Kevin distributed part of the copyright proceeds of Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl to MGM and Warner Bros., but the real big head, this authorization is still in his own hands.

This also means that the income of Pirates of the Caribbean Town belongs exclusively to Dawn Films.

Of course, Warner and MGM can also get part of the benefits from some peripheral authorizations, but in the end, the bulk is still Kevin's.

As for why MGM and Warner are willing to give up such key copyrights to Kevin, one is that Kevin agreed that once the movie hits, they will leave at least 20% of the investment share in the follow-up.

The second is that Kevin is now, in fact, the demand for MGM and Warner has been greatly reduced. If they do not agree, Kevin can find other partners at any time.

This is the biggest reason forcing them to agree.

As for why Kevin doesn't eat alone...

It is still a truth, win-win cooperation.

Eating alone means that there are enemies everywhere, and Kevin still can't bear the pressure so much, the release of the movie is not that simple.

Without the support of the two major film companies, there would be a lot of problems in theaters and media that would give him headaches, and it was for MGM and Warner Bros. to help him deal with these external matters by paying these benefits.

On the other hand, or in his mind, except for Marvel, other series can actually transfer benefits to Kevin.

Only Marvel is the only real hole card that Kevin is going to eat alone.

Ronande pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled:

"I believe you, Kevin, Pirates of the Caribbean will be a success. San Pedro, as the owner of Pirates of the Caribbean town, will vigorously promote it in this city before Pirates of the Caribbean is released!"

Kevin also showed a smile. It is definitely good for Pirates of the Caribbean to get a city's great publicity and support for free.

After bidding farewell to Ronande, everyone with the crew, including the rest, held a wrap-up party in the best hotel in San Pedro according to the old rules.

After a good day of fun, everyone took a ride back to Los Angeles.

The rest of the crew started their holidays, but in order to catch up with the most popular summer vacation, Kevin did not take a break, but brought Zack Schneider to the MGM editing room and began to make preliminary edits to the film. clip.

This time, there were no production managers and editors talking irresponsibly in front of him.

With Kevin's current status, the movie Pirates of the Caribbean is completely under his control, and it only took Kevin a week to process the preliminary editing of the film with the assistance of Zach Snyder. .

The next thing to do is to deal with the special effects of the film's post-production lens and the soundtrack.

After Kevin put forward his need for a majestic music, MGM finally found a candidate who satisfied Kevin after searching through his own strength, from the Japanese group SENS (Spiritual Thinkers).

Mentioning their names may be unfamiliar to many people, but many people should have heard their music. The soundtrack from the memory of the Forbidden City is exactly their work.

After listening to the whole process, it is full of majesty and majesty. It is the best candidate in Kevin's mind.

After arranging the production task of the music, Kevin took the film to find Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic again alone, and started the processing of special effects in post-production.

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Chapter 80 Internal Screening and Finalization

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When the time came to mid-June, the film's special effects and soundtrack had been completely completed. With Kevin's reprocessing, a complete film master tape was produced.

MGM, screening room.

The auditorium was full of MGM and Warner Bros. executives and screening managers.

They will rate Pirates of the Caribbean from their respective professional perspectives. If it is rated as a high-quality commercial blockbuster, then Pirates of the Caribbean will receive full publicity and support from their two companies, as well as the largest number of master copies.

Kevin handed over the master tape in his hand to the person in charge of the screening, and then sat next to Leiter and Robinov.

The projectionist was preparing for the screening. Next, Robinov discussed the specific schedule with Kevin and Leiter.

Robinov analyzed Kevin:

"Currently in summer releases and upcoming releases are Forrest Gump from Paramount, The Lion King from Budweiser, True Lies and Speed ​​from Fox, Stone from Universal Pictures Clan Paradise."

"These five films will be the strongest contenders for Pirates of the Caribbean box office."

"We have to pick a suitable schedule to avoid too strong a frontal conflict with them."

Listening to Robinov's introduction, Kevin recalled the movie box office rankings in his memory one by one.

Forrest Gump naturally needless to say, the Olympic blockbuster under the typical American values, but Americans at this time really eat this set, not only the box office is not bad.

It even won next year's Oscar for Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Director, including a total of six Oscars.

As for his director Robert Zemeckis, he is Kevin's senior and senior, also from the University of Southern California.

Kevin and he are naturally in the same faction.

If it is not necessary, he should not take the initiative to touch Forrest Gump in theory.

As for the animated movie The Lion King, although it is coming aggressively, Kevin knows that it is a type with weak successors, and the Lion King has just been released, and their Pirates of the Caribbean has not yet been finalized, so there is no need to worry too much.

Then the rest of Kevin actually has no choice. The true lies played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by James Cameron are the enemies that Kevin can't avoid.

There is only so little time in the summer file, and if a blockbuster movie wants to be a big hit in the summer file, it must step on the corpses of other movies.

Fortunately, it is not Cameron's other works, but this true lie. In fact, the conflict between the two is not very strong. They belong to two types of movies, and they will not cause too much impact.

Based on this consideration, Kevin raised his head and said:

"Let's set the file for the end of June!"

Although Kevin's goal is aimed at true lies, but the biggest conflict with his movie is Forrest Gump. At this time, Forrest Gump has already been scheduled, and it is scheduled to be broadcast on July 7.

And True Lies won’t hit theaters until July 7.

What Kevin meant was to release the film one week in advance, so that the first week that attracts the most box office can avoid all powerful enemies and make a lot of money first. As for the time after that, you can only fight bayonets directly.

As for whether he can beat these two movies, Kevin can only say that he is very confident.

After all, the audiences of the three are different.

Although Forrest Gump's performance is very good, it actually has a completely different audience from Pirates of the Caribbean. The audience of Forrest Gump is biased towards middle-class elites and a small number of hard-working bottom people.

The good movies they pursue are often not for the pursuit of coolness and good looks.

It is to pursue a sense of superiority, a feeling of self-cleaning of the soul.

On the contrary, Kevin's Pirates of the Caribbean, you don't need to talk to it about its connotation, just having fun with it is enough.

The audience that Kevin is aiming at is the theme of family carnival mainly for teenagers.

The so-called family carnival is a movie that focuses on teenagers and brings in a whole family.

Once such a movie becomes a big hit, the movie box office will be very exaggerated. People who come to see the movie usually come in groups and families.

Even though Forrest Gump has won numerous awards, it still falls short of competing with Pirates of the Caribbean at the box office.

"Our biggest enemy is true lies. As for Forrest Gump, although the filming is good, it naturally does not have an advantage in box office competition."

Kevin analyzed his thoughts to Robinov and Leiter.

The two nodded. In fact, they have more professionals inside to analyze the schedule.

Everyone agrees that if the quality of Pirates of the Caribbean is good enough, then the schedule will be set at the end of June to get the highest box office.

On the contrary, if the quality of Pirates of the Caribbean is mediocre, if it is more serious, if they want to pay back, they will directly withdraw from the entire summer file.

Everything depends on the quality of Pirates of the Caribbean, and now, what they have to do is to appreciate the specific quality of the Pirates of the Caribbean shot by Kevin.

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At the beginning of the movie, the picture unfolds with a panoramic view of the Pirates of the Caribbean town. Through the costumes of extras and old-fashioned guns, it conveys to people that this is a thing that happened in the past.

Through the scenery and environment, people are quickly substituted into this past story.

Here, Kevin abandoned the scene where the original Pirates of the Caribbean started with the origin of the little blacksmith, but started with the scene, the purpose is actually very simple.

It just broke the identity of the little blacksmith as the leading actor.

According to the original plot, the little blacksmith deserves to be the first hero of Pirates of the Caribbean, but under the charm of Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow, he was completely robbed of his light.

From male one to male two.

I have to say, it was really bad enough.

As soon as the environment changed, the picture came to Elizabeth's bedroom. The cursed gold coin hanging around her neck, under the hint of the language of the lens, indicated its important position.

A quick plot followed, explaining the identities and origins of the little blacksmith and Elizabeth.

Then, the screen changed again, and the young ruffian Captain Jack Sparrow appeared.

"Oh!"

The moment Jack Sparrow appeared on the stage, his coquettish posture, orchid fingers, and slovenly but unique style instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Completely different from people's impressions, the image of vicious and vicious pirates is an inexplicable and indescribable taste.

People really want to know what kind of character such a special pirate is like.

How did it become like this again.

Chapter 81 Re-evaluation of S-class commercial blockbusters

Everyone stared at the screen of the movie firmly, unwilling to miss a second.

Kevin, who was sitting in the front row, silently watched other people's reactions from the corner of his eyes.

Kevin, who insists on shooting commercial films, has always had a principle, that is, he cannot make the audience feel like a play when watching a movie.

In his opinion, this is one of the most damaging ways to experience the audience.

Judging from the current reaction on the scene, at least his movie has met his requirement, and the rest will be left to the audience to judge.

The more than one hour movie came to an end soon.

The special effects that cost millions of dollars to produce, played a shocking work at this moment.

A ship of pirates turned into skeleton-like undead under the moonlight. The scene was both shocking and terrifying.

This scene completely attracted everyone.