Chapter 130： continue

The next day, Helen rushed back from Italy ahead of schedule and went to Marvel Comics, and the two sides directly entered into negotiations.

Except for the price, there is not much difference. Marvel Comics is obviously very concerned about taking back the copyright of Spider-Man in advance.

However, it takes a certain amount of time to go through legal channels. If it is fast, it will take a few months. If it is slow, it is likely to become a long lawsuit, which may not necessarily end in several years.

According to Helen's prediction, several Hollywood film companies will not easily give up the copyright of Spider-Man. In other words, the process for Marvel Comics to take back the copyright of Spider-Man will not be smooth, and the time will also become very long.

Moreover, there is another very critical issue. The initial price given by Marvel Comics is very high. The copyright of Spider-Man and the copyright of about 600 subsidiary characters, including Venom, Carnage, etc., have offered a price of 20 million U.S. dollars, which was directly accepted. Ryan refused.

What a joke!

This is 20 million U.S. dollars. At this stage, the copyright of Spider-Man is definitely not worth 20 million U.S. dollars. Even if the premium is added, it will be around 10 million U.S. dollars at most.

This is the price Ryan can accept, not some $20 million.

Last time, Ryan had already been heavily paid by Marvel Comics. Even if it was a permanent buyout of the copyright, the price was still frighteningly high.

Now with a side deal and more than 2,000 superhero character rights, as well as a bunch of ancillary character rights, Ryan can accept that Marvel Comics has another big deal, but he can't be greedy.

The most critical point, at least for the time being, no other Hollywood film company is willing to spend millions of dollars, or even tens of millions of dollars, to buy the copyright of Spider-Man.

Besides, the lawsuit between Marvel Comics and several film companies has just begun. Even if Ryan agrees, he will not be able to sign the contract, so it is better to talk slowly first.

Anyway, the sales volume of Marvel comics will only continue to decline, and it will become more and more short of funds.

In the previous life, Sony seems to have bought the copyright of Spider-Man for 7 million US dollars, but it is not a permanent copyright. If Sony does not start filming films with copyrighted characters for 5 consecutive years, then Marvel Comics will automatically withdraw its copyright. Character copyright.

And there are different amounts of share, including peripheral products, film derivative copyright income, global box office and so on.

In terms of terms, it is not as good as the agreement signed by Ryan, but the copyright fee is much lower.

Ryan didn't come forward in person, and temporarily handed it over to Helen. As for the private lawyer, he is still recruiting.

In the early morning, on the bridge in Quebec City, the capital of Quebec, Canada, there are signs warning of restricted traffic on both sides, and cameras and background auxiliary lights are set up on the bridge.

Gail-Anne-Hurd rushed over from one side, walked to Ryan and said, "Quebec City said that there is only one hour at most, otherwise it will be difficult for them to explain to the citizens."

"One hour is enough." Ryan calculated the shooting time and estimated that it would not take an hour at all.

Originally, Ryan was interested in the Confederation Bridge in Prince Edward Island. Joe has a length of 12.9 kilometers, and the shooting effect is better.

It's a pity that the Federal Bridge has not yet been completed and opened to traffic, and the construction party obviously will not agree to the filming request of the crew.

However, the Quebec Bridge in front of you is equally good. It is the main traffic artery of the St. Lawrence River. The bridge is 29m wide and 104m high. Because the 177m cantilever supports the 195m long middle section to form the main span, so far, the bridge still maintains the world's first cantilever bridge span record.

The scene that Nicholas Cage and Charlize Theron are about to shoot soon is the scene where the protagonist Truman flees with his wife. Because he is afraid of water on the road, he hands over the steering wheel to his wife, and finally crosses the bridge dangerously.

Therefore, there cannot be any vehicles on the way, and the entire bridge needs to be blocked.

These things were all contacted by Paramount, and with the sparsely populated places in Canada, it was easy to get an hour.

Of course, during filming, the crew must not destroy any facilities on the bridge, and absolute safety must be ensured.

In 1987, the Canadian and American Society of Civil Engineers declared the Quebec Bridge a historic monument.

For a historical monument, there is a special protection organization in the local area.

"Send the stunt guy over and tell him to be careful and don't hit anything."

"If you think it's not enough, you can shoot it a few more times." Ryan looked at the background lighting effect and thought it was OK to start shooting, so he couldn't help asking the stuntman again.

"No problem." The stuntman said he could.

"The 77th scene of "The Truman Show", 3 scenes and 1 time, start."

Ryan sat behind the monitor, his eyes fixed on the vehicle driven by the stuntman, for fear of accidents.

It's okay to lose money, but I'm afraid it will attract some bad public opinion, so Ryan would rather shoot more times than see unexpected scenes.

Fortunately, there were no accidents, and the stuntman performed very beautifully. After filming, it took less than three minutes to complete all the actions.

Of course, the stuntman's fee is also expensive, and an insurance with a high compensation amount.

"Okay, pass."

"Immediately change to another shot, let Nicolas Cage and Charlize Theron come over, and make an idea of ​​the shooting time, the crew only has one hour." Ryan's next shot is the dialogue between the protagonist Truman and his wife,

Nicolas Cage came over and said that he had no problem, and said, "Don't worry, I will control the rhythm."

When he said rhythm, he didn't mean himself, but Charlize Theron.

For Nicolas Cage, the upcoming scene is not a difficult shot, but not for Charlize Theron.

"Charlie, I like your outfit. Be more serious later. We can continue shooting at night." Ryan said very explicitly, and many crew members showed a playful smile.

Charlize Theron was wearing a white doctor's uniform, gave him a hard look, turned around and walked into the car, cursing secretly, a **** bastard.

Sofia Coppola not far away curled her lips, hehe, man.

"OK, start shooting."

Ryan jazzed things up, stepped back behind the monitor, and started filming again.

"You should have known earlier that you dare not cross the water." Charlize Theron's tone was complicated, as if there was a hint of sarcasm, and a little bit of luck.

"Let's go home." Then, Charlize - Theron said softly.

However, Nicolas Cage did not choose to go home, but prepared to overcome his fear, "Give me your hand, honey, and you drive."

Ryan, who was sitting behind the monitor, frowned slightly, and yelled, "Stop".

"Charlie, you should look a little flustered and thankful."

Just now, Charlize Theron's expression was a little too flat, and there was no explosion.

It's not that Charlize Theron's performance is not good enough, but Ryan feels that she can be better.

"Do it again." Charlize-Theron took a deep breath, brewed up her emotions, and returned to the car again, saying that she could.

Next, the filming continued, and Charlize-Theron's performance was much better than last time, until the end of the entire scene, Ryan didn't stop.

"Okay, this one is over, Charlie will continue to keep it."

"Others pack up quickly, don't delay the opening time." Ryan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately directed the crew to pack up and prepare to leave.

The three shots took less than half an hour in total, and there was still half of the time left in an hour.

In fact, the shooting of this scene did not end, and there were still some shots inside the car that were not shot. We needed to go back to the town to continue shooting, and we couldn't occupy the bridge all the time, making it impossible for vehicles to pass.

It turned out that according to Ryan's earliest shooting plan, the scene just now was left for the last shot, which was regarded as the last shot of the crew.

However, considering Nicolas Cage's schedule, before mid-October, he must finish filming "The Truman Show" and return to Los Angeles to join the crew of "Into the Deadly Island" to prepare for the next film.

In desperation, Ryan had no choice but to change the filming plan. Last night, he brought most of the crew and rushed to Quebec City overnight.

It took about seven hours along the way, and it is estimated that it will take the same long time to go back later.

The only advantage is that you don't need to shoot today, you can take a day off and get more sleep.