Chapter 635： Special effects business
Lehmann sent the top and Alfonso away, went back to the office, picked up the work schedule on the table, and compared them one by one to see how the production progress of several advancing projects was.
Occasionally take a sip of coffee, stand up and move around, and slowly do a few lifting movements to maintain your body.
As a director, it is easy to overdraft your health because you are always thinking about filming, and you often get angry because of delays in various trivial matters.
In his previous life, he had only been in the film and television industry for less than 3 years, but because of his work, he had a bad shoulder and spine. In this life, he walked smoother and made more money. Of course, he did not want his body to collapse early.
Assistant Mace walked to the door and tapped on the door of the office to get a response. This was a neat report: "Boss, Mr. Flemish from Lionsgate has an invitation."
Lehman put down the report in his hand and asked in doubt, "Did he say what happened?"
Mays carefully considered his words, looked at Lehman and said, "He called just now and said it was related to the project cooperation."
"Where is he dating?"
There is nothing particularly worthy of attention around, Lehmann intends to go there.
"At the country club."
"Okay then, tell him I'll come right away." Lehmann thought to himself: Project cooperation? Lions Gate is a big dog owner and has no shortage of money. What advantages does Firefly have that he can like? Immediately, I thought of the special effects work in the digital field. It seems that Lionsgate can also be developed, so that they may be able to give priority to the digital field when they need to use special effects technology when making films in the future.
These days, the special effects business is dominated by the producers. If it does not involve high-end and core technologies, many companies can complete the work required by the general level. Therefore, whoever chooses or not depends basically on the quotation and friendship.
For example, Fox likes to work with Industrial Light and Magic, and Weta often works with New Line and Warner Bros.
Moreover, Lionsgate did not want to enter the field of special effects. There is a need for this. The competition in the special effects industry is fierce now, and it is very professional. Big studios like Warner are thinking about winning and losing in the future. Or when the time is right, you can directly spend money to acquire one, so there is no dedicated effort to develop.
This is like raising a gu. When the battle situation is unclear at the beginning, who knows who will win and who will end up sadly. To invest in such a highly professional field, the risk control is too great, and it does not meet the actual prospect of capital pursuit.
Moreover, many studios have this kind of thinking, which is why most of the special effects fields are supported and developed by directors or independent filmmakers, because their most urgent need is to improve the shooting technology and make the picture more shocking.
Lyman added: "Notify Scott Ross and let him come with me."
"Okay, boss." The assistant went down and quickly passed the message.
Re-find the digital field of the sponsor, because there is no longer a shortage of research and development funds, and the special effects work obtained with the help of Firefly is much easier than before. Therefore, Scott Ross's work attitude as an executive officer is very positive.
Those shareholders and investors who supported him behind him saw that the performance of the digital field was getting better and better, and they were also glad that the investment was not wasted, thus increasing their support for the digital field.
And no one else offered to sell the shares.
You must know that although Lehmann is the largest individual shareholder in the digital field, he has not given up to continue to absorb the remaining 33% of the shares. Unfortunately, no one will take any more shots.
After a while, Scott Ross drove over, and Lyman got into his car, so he didn't choose to drive by himself.
The car started and drove in the direction of Beverly Hills, all the way to the country club.
In the lounge area next to the golf course, the cool breeze blows people's laziness.
Jon Fleming was polite with Lehmann and Scott, and then they chatted about business.
The purpose of Lionsgate's trip is to let Firefly transfer the copyright of the adaptation of the novel "Twilight".
The reason is that recently, Stephen Mayer's novels have been in the top three for several months on the best-selling novels list under the New York Daily.
Yes, the "Twilight" novel became popular, and then normally attracted the attention of many studios.
Among them, Lionsgate is one of them.
As I mentioned earlier, the adaptation of best-selling novels into movies is now a popular adaptation direction in Hollywood, almost to the point of crushing original scripts.
And because it broke the record of the number of people watching the movie on the first day, it is evidenced by the market case of the "Harry Potter" series of searching for global film and television wealth, as well as the success of Disney's "The Magic Kingdom of Narnia", which focuses on the magic of young audiences. The film has become the most sought after subject.
In fact, Hollywood also likes to follow suit. Epic movies are very popular. Everyone is making epics together. Epics are not good. Magic seems to be very popular, and everyone is looking for magic projects.
And "Twilight" did not enter the attention of everyone at first, because the book just came out, and it had a period of two or three months of word-of-mouth fermentation. At that time, the sales were not outstanding, and naturally no one paid special attention to it. Now that the sales are high, it will attract attention. It's also unusual to come to a studio.
After that, many studios knew that the copyright of the novel had been sold, and the buyer was still Firefly, and then gave up. After all, before the movie was released, who knew whether "Twilight" would succeed. Without this choice, it is not that there is no copyright of the same type of fantasy novels, and there is no need to spend special energy.
However, several executives of Lionsgate felt that there was a lot to do after learning about "Twilight" in detail. This kind of thing depends on the eyesight. When "Harry Potter" was not popular, who knew that it would be so sought after.
And, more importantly, this is in line with Lionsgate's production plans for its own future transformation.
Now Lionsgate is still a studio that focuses on thriller themes and cutting-edge works. Open its resume, such as "American Psycho", "Fahrenheit 911", "The Haunting of the Mortuary", its similar features are that there is no major make.
Not a single one with an investment of more than $60 million.
Logically speaking, Lionsgate has implemented a dollar strategy since its inception, buying everywhere, buying studios, buying equipment, buying distribution channels, and buying independent studios. How could there be no $60 million to make a movie?
But the problem is that Lionsgate at that time was the same as Firefly now. Even if they made a big production, they didn’t have the resources to announce it. They had to ask for help from the Big Six, and Lionsgate didn’t want to be a vassal of the Big Six, so they would rather not You can make large productions, and always focus on niche areas.
However, after so many years of development, Lionsgate feels that it has the ability to challenge high-investment projects, but there are no works suitable for development at the moment.
No, they were eyeing "Twilight".
First, the theme is the most popular magic, and the main target is the youth market;
Second, the novel is very popular and has a great effect on publicity.
In the original time and space, the copyright **** for "Twilight" was won by Summit Entertainment, because their offer most impressed the novelist Stephen Meyer. After the success of the first one, Lionsgate saw that this series had perfected its own territory, and acquired Summit Entertainment with a stock exchange and a large sum of money, and still mastered the "Twilight" series of projects.
But in this time and space, after Lehman stepped in first, Summit Entertainment believed that it could not take back the copyright from Firefly, so naturally there was no action. Instead, Lionsgate felt that they had cooperated many times, and they had not heard that Firefly wanted to When setting up a project, it may be to buy a copyright hoard, and come over with a similar thought for transfer.
Their price was also quite sincere. Lyman bought "Twilight" and "Crescent Moon" and signed an additional right of first refusal for the follow-up copyright, which cost less than 14 million, and Lionsgate directly asked for 30 million.
In other words, if Lehman intends to transfer, this time and again, he will earn 16 million because of the increase in sales of a novel he is optimistic about.
What does it mean to pay for vision?
Of course, it is impossible for Lehmann to sell 30 million for a project of more than one billion yuan.
Lehmann had to explain vaguely, saying that he bought the copyright of these two novels with a certain intention to shoot, not simply to expand the copyright library.
Jon Felemed said solemnly, "I know that Firefly may have plans to shoot, but is there no room for negotiation? Cooperative development is also possible. You authorize, Lionsgate invests, and it can also reduce production risks and make profits together. ,what do you think?"
https://
Genius remembers the address of this site in one second: . Mobile version reading website:
Occasionally take a sip of coffee, stand up and move around, and slowly do a few lifting movements to maintain your body.
As a director, it is easy to overdraft your health because you are always thinking about filming, and you often get angry because of delays in various trivial matters.
In his previous life, he had only been in the film and television industry for less than 3 years, but because of his work, he had a bad shoulder and spine. In this life, he walked smoother and made more money. Of course, he did not want his body to collapse early.
Assistant Mace walked to the door and tapped on the door of the office to get a response. This was a neat report: "Boss, Mr. Flemish from Lionsgate has an invitation."
Lehman put down the report in his hand and asked in doubt, "Did he say what happened?"
Mays carefully considered his words, looked at Lehman and said, "He called just now and said it was related to the project cooperation."
"Where is he dating?"
There is nothing particularly worthy of attention around, Lehmann intends to go there.
"At the country club."
"Okay then, tell him I'll come right away." Lehmann thought to himself: Project cooperation? Lions Gate is a big dog owner and has no shortage of money. What advantages does Firefly have that he can like? Immediately, I thought of the special effects work in the digital field. It seems that Lionsgate can also be developed, so that they may be able to give priority to the digital field when they need to use special effects technology when making films in the future.
These days, the special effects business is dominated by the producers. If it does not involve high-end and core technologies, many companies can complete the work required by the general level. Therefore, whoever chooses or not depends basically on the quotation and friendship.
For example, Fox likes to work with Industrial Light and Magic, and Weta often works with New Line and Warner Bros.
Moreover, Lionsgate did not want to enter the field of special effects. There is a need for this. The competition in the special effects industry is fierce now, and it is very professional. Big studios like Warner are thinking about winning and losing in the future. Or when the time is right, you can directly spend money to acquire one, so there is no dedicated effort to develop.
This is like raising a gu. When the battle situation is unclear at the beginning, who knows who will win and who will end up sadly. To invest in such a highly professional field, the risk control is too great, and it does not meet the actual prospect of capital pursuit.
Moreover, many studios have this kind of thinking, which is why most of the special effects fields are supported and developed by directors or independent filmmakers, because their most urgent need is to improve the shooting technology and make the picture more shocking.
Lyman added: "Notify Scott Ross and let him come with me."
"Okay, boss." The assistant went down and quickly passed the message.
Re-find the digital field of the sponsor, because there is no longer a shortage of research and development funds, and the special effects work obtained with the help of Firefly is much easier than before. Therefore, Scott Ross's work attitude as an executive officer is very positive.
Those shareholders and investors who supported him behind him saw that the performance of the digital field was getting better and better, and they were also glad that the investment was not wasted, thus increasing their support for the digital field.
And no one else offered to sell the shares.
You must know that although Lehmann is the largest individual shareholder in the digital field, he has not given up to continue to absorb the remaining 33% of the shares. Unfortunately, no one will take any more shots.
After a while, Scott Ross drove over, and Lyman got into his car, so he didn't choose to drive by himself.
The car started and drove in the direction of Beverly Hills, all the way to the country club.
In the lounge area next to the golf course, the cool breeze blows people's laziness.
Jon Fleming was polite with Lehmann and Scott, and then they chatted about business.
The purpose of Lionsgate's trip is to let Firefly transfer the copyright of the adaptation of the novel "Twilight".
The reason is that recently, Stephen Mayer's novels have been in the top three for several months on the best-selling novels list under the New York Daily.
Yes, the "Twilight" novel became popular, and then normally attracted the attention of many studios.
Among them, Lionsgate is one of them.
As I mentioned earlier, the adaptation of best-selling novels into movies is now a popular adaptation direction in Hollywood, almost to the point of crushing original scripts.
And because it broke the record of the number of people watching the movie on the first day, it is evidenced by the market case of the "Harry Potter" series of searching for global film and television wealth, as well as the success of Disney's "The Magic Kingdom of Narnia", which focuses on the magic of young audiences. The film has become the most sought after subject.
In fact, Hollywood also likes to follow suit. Epic movies are very popular. Everyone is making epics together. Epics are not good. Magic seems to be very popular, and everyone is looking for magic projects.
And "Twilight" did not enter the attention of everyone at first, because the book just came out, and it had a period of two or three months of word-of-mouth fermentation. At that time, the sales were not outstanding, and naturally no one paid special attention to it. Now that the sales are high, it will attract attention. It's also unusual to come to a studio.
After that, many studios knew that the copyright of the novel had been sold, and the buyer was still Firefly, and then gave up. After all, before the movie was released, who knew whether "Twilight" would succeed. Without this choice, it is not that there is no copyright of the same type of fantasy novels, and there is no need to spend special energy.
However, several executives of Lionsgate felt that there was a lot to do after learning about "Twilight" in detail. This kind of thing depends on the eyesight. When "Harry Potter" was not popular, who knew that it would be so sought after.
And, more importantly, this is in line with Lionsgate's production plans for its own future transformation.
Now Lionsgate is still a studio that focuses on thriller themes and cutting-edge works. Open its resume, such as "American Psycho", "Fahrenheit 911", "The Haunting of the Mortuary", its similar features are that there is no major make.
Not a single one with an investment of more than $60 million.
Logically speaking, Lionsgate has implemented a dollar strategy since its inception, buying everywhere, buying studios, buying equipment, buying distribution channels, and buying independent studios. How could there be no $60 million to make a movie?
But the problem is that Lionsgate at that time was the same as Firefly now. Even if they made a big production, they didn’t have the resources to announce it. They had to ask for help from the Big Six, and Lionsgate didn’t want to be a vassal of the Big Six, so they would rather not You can make large productions, and always focus on niche areas.
However, after so many years of development, Lionsgate feels that it has the ability to challenge high-investment projects, but there are no works suitable for development at the moment.
No, they were eyeing "Twilight".
First, the theme is the most popular magic, and the main target is the youth market;
Second, the novel is very popular and has a great effect on publicity.
In the original time and space, the copyright **** for "Twilight" was won by Summit Entertainment, because their offer most impressed the novelist Stephen Meyer. After the success of the first one, Lionsgate saw that this series had perfected its own territory, and acquired Summit Entertainment with a stock exchange and a large sum of money, and still mastered the "Twilight" series of projects.
But in this time and space, after Lehman stepped in first, Summit Entertainment believed that it could not take back the copyright from Firefly, so naturally there was no action. Instead, Lionsgate felt that they had cooperated many times, and they had not heard that Firefly wanted to When setting up a project, it may be to buy a copyright hoard, and come over with a similar thought for transfer.
Their price was also quite sincere. Lyman bought "Twilight" and "Crescent Moon" and signed an additional right of first refusal for the follow-up copyright, which cost less than 14 million, and Lionsgate directly asked for 30 million.
In other words, if Lehman intends to transfer, this time and again, he will earn 16 million because of the increase in sales of a novel he is optimistic about.
What does it mean to pay for vision?
Of course, it is impossible for Lehmann to sell 30 million for a project of more than one billion yuan.
Lehmann had to explain vaguely, saying that he bought the copyright of these two novels with a certain intention to shoot, not simply to expand the copyright library.
Jon Felemed said solemnly, "I know that Firefly may have plans to shoot, but is there no room for negotiation? Cooperative development is also possible. You authorize, Lionsgate invests, and it can also reduce production risks and make profits together. ,what do you think?"
https://
Genius remembers the address of this site in one second: . Mobile version reading website:
RECENTLY UPDATES
Action
Action
Drama
Mystery
Fantasy
Action
Action
Fantasy