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For business cooperation, Matthew will not have too much luck, even if the first adaptation of "Twilight" fails, if it succeeds, from the hero and heroine to the main supporting role to the original author, asking for a salary increase is Inevitably, like the ones he once did in the sequel movies.

He was lucky enough to buy out the rights to four movies at one time while Stephanie Meyer was still temporarily at the writer's level.

Later, Stephanie Meyer asked for an increase in the dividend ratio. According to industry practice, it must be increased.

Even if she is a very pure housewife author, her agent probably won't sit back and watch.

In addition to the monetary aspect, Matthew and Helen Herman also gave Stephanie Mayer some rights to adapt the film in the future in order to obtain the rights to the entire series, mainly in two aspects: Stephanie Mayer would As one of the screenwriters, and she is the one with subtitles; she will also be named a producer, but this aspect is more of a symbol of status and status in the crew.

After getting the copyright of the "Twilight" series, Matthew didn't stop in Phoenix. He took a flight back to Los Angeles that night. Helen Herman won't be back until tomorrow. She has to accompany Stephanie Meyer back to Los Angeles. Participated in the preparatory work for the first part of the series.

Matthew has discussed with David Ellison before that they will invest in the project of "Twilight" at the same time. The two have reached a tacit understanding that the adaptation of "Twilight" will be based on Matthew's studio. The two companies have a three-to-one ratio of investment in terms of rights transfer and production budgets.

Twilight had a production budget of $40 million, which meant Matthew had to raise $30 million before filming could begin.

He has a bit of a headache, investing $40 million in "Iron Man" and $60 million in "Fast and Furious 4", and it is impossible to make a profit in a short time.

Matthew can only temporarily invest part of the funds and start the project. If he can't raise enough funds later, he can take out a loan. With his current reputation, it is not difficult to borrow tens of millions of dollars from the bank.

The $40 million of "Iron Man" has long been credited to the third-party guarantee of the crew, and the $60 million of "Fast and the Furious 4" has only $20 million invested as the initial start-up capital, and the other $40 million is his I am going to invest the funds of the crew one after another, first move 10 million US dollars out, plus David Ellison's early investment, enough to start the "Twilight" crew.

Compared with the popular sci-fi action films today, the preparation and production cycle of romance films is much shorter. Although there are werewolves and vampires in "Twilight", there are very few places where time-consuming and labor-intensive computer effects are used.

Using the method of dismantling things to make up the western wall, Matthew solved the early stage funding problem of the project, and also fully realized the difficulty of being a producer, and he could not focus all his energy on this project, so he needed a professional system. filmmaker.

As for the director, he talked to Sofia Coppola again. After careful consideration, Sofia Coppola basically agreed to direct the film, but asked to serve as a screenwriter and producer.

Sofia Coppola can only serve as a part-time producer, it is impossible to serve as the first producer, and Matthew will not give a director so much power.

"Do you remember Sean Daniel?" Helen Herman recommended a candidate for Matthew, "One of the first producers you worked with."

Of course Matthew remembered, "The producer of The Mummy series and The Scorpion King," he asked. "You mean Sean Daniel to be the first producer on this project?"

Helen Herman nodded lightly, "Yeah." She pondered for a while, and said, "Sean Daniel's ability is fine, but in recent years, his vision for choosing projects has been a bit of a problem. The producer of the movie. You know, the genre is now marginalized, and even if the quality and response of the movie is relatively good, it is difficult to make a good box office.”

Speaking of which, she couldn't help but look at Matthew, and even now, she felt that it was unwise to invest in a love movie project.

Matthew remembered, "A few years ago, Sean Daniel invited me to star in the romantic comedy movie he was in charge of, but I declined."

"I also rejected him once for you." Helen Herman sighed softly and added, "Several films have not been good at the box office, and Sean Daniel has gradually become quiet, and has been in retirement for more than a year. , but he has the ability."

"Semi-retired?" Matthew asked. "Will he take the producer position?"

Helen Herman laughed suddenly, "It definitely will." She whispered, "Have you forgotten why he gave up on Dwayne Johnson in the first place? People like Spike Lee are exactly Sean Daniel. The most disgusting kind."

Matthew also made a decision, "Helen, you contact Sean Daniel first."

That afternoon, Helen Herman called Sean Daniel, and the next day, he and Matthew talked with Sean Daniel. After several discussions, the two sides quickly reached an agreement that Sean - Daniel officially became the first producer of the "Twilight" project,

The first thing Sean Daniel did after taking office was to negotiate with Sofia Coppola to get the female director's contract, and then set up the entire crew with Sofia Coppola.

After confirming the first producer and basically getting the director, Matthew asked for information on many young actresses in the circle from Helen Herman, and rummaged through the information of pure men.

He remembered the nickname of the pure man, and there was a vague image in his head, but he only knew the name was very long, but he forgot the specifics.

Fortunately, the Hollywood circle is not particularly large, and there are not many young actresses who can make a difference. Without much effort, Matthew found a picture of a pure man with a vague impression from the information of the angel agency. Photo.

When he got the photo, he wasn't sure if it was Twilight Girl, but he instantly determined that it was Snow White with big nostrils who made the magic mirror open and lie, so it shouldn't be wrong.

The pure man's name is Kristen Stewart. She was born as a child star in Hollywood. Angel's record about her is quite unusual. She has worked with Jodie Foster, David Fincher, Sean Penn and Meg Ryan. Worked with William Hurt et al.

Such a resume is absolutely prominent among young actresses under the age of twenty.

Now that he has found a pure man, Matthew plans to send her an audition invitation after the crew is established, but Kristen Stewart also has a problem. She is not yet eighteen years old. If she is shooting an intimate scene...

Matthew specifically looked at the age of Kristen Stewart, who will turn eighteen in early April next year.

According to his vision, the crew will start running as soon as possible, and the romance film will be relatively simple to shoot. The early planning has already begun. The crew will be officially established in the next one to two months, and then it will move to the preparatory stage. The filming will start from February to March next year. , to complete the shooting before May.

The intimacy scene of the heroine Isabella can be filmed in April next year.

For such a film, four months is enough for the post-production period. If everything goes well, it can be released next year during the holiday season.

And release...

This kind of film aimed at teenagers can be contacted by Walt Disney, and Disney Pictures will distribute it in North America and Bowei Pictures will do international distribution.

Walt Disney is in talks with Skydance about a global release of Fast and Furious 4, which could package Twilight and Fast and Furious 4.

Matthew did what he thought of, and quickly communicated with David Ellison. David Ellison also invested in the "Twilight" project, and naturally he would not object.

Soon, the "Twilight" project was included in the negotiations between Sky Dance Pictures and a number of distribution companies.

The release of "Fast and Furious 4" and "Twilight" is of course not necessary for Disney. Now there are many companies negotiating with Sky Dance Films. As before, whoever has the most suitable conditions will choose whoever.

Matthew was busy until mid-October, when the project was on track with him and Sean Daniel. Sofia Coppola also signed a directing contract with the crew and joined Stephanie Meyer to write the script. among.

The script that Stephanie Meyer delivered to various Hollywood companies before ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ has been directly denied by Matthew. There are actually many action scenes about the FBI and guns in that script. Werewolf movies rely on, rather than pure romance.

The key to this kind of film is to love to the death, and the other elements are just embellishments.

So, Matthew rejected that script, and Sean Daniel and Sofia Coppola thought the same thing.

With Sofia Coppola joining the crew, the project "Twilight" was officially identified as "Twilight". If a sequel is to be filmed in the future, a suffix will be added to the title of the film, and the crew will be established and the preparatory work will begin. stage.

Matthew can also breathe a sigh of relief, the specific affairs of the crew will be handled by Sean Daniel, an extremely experienced producer.

In addition, the main behind-the-scenes staff of the crew were recruited by Sofia Coppola, and most of the actors were recommended by Helen Herman.

At the same time, Sky Dance Pictures' negotiations on the distribution rights of the two projects "Fast and Furious 4" and "Twilight City" also came to fruition. Among the interested negotiating companies, Sky Dance Pictures finally Agreed with Walt Disney and officially signed a distribution contract.

For these two films, the North American distribution and international distribution are handled by Walt Disney's Walt Disney Pictures and PWE International, respectively. The distribution ratio is 8%, which is two percentage points lower than the 10% commonly used in Hollywood.

More importantly, this distribution contract does not involve copyright and peripheral income, and is purely a box office draw.

In this way, the publicity and distribution costs must be calculated separately, otherwise the distribution ratio will not be so low, and the two parties will jointly employ a third-party accounting firm for supervision and accounting.

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