Chapter 245 Cross-shareholding
When Lionsgate learned that Tianji Pictures wanted to obtain the film and television rights of superheroes held by its company, including Captain America, Black Widow, Black Panther, Deadpool, and Ant-Man, it took the opportunity to put forward a request to take a stake in Tianji Pictures.
Lionsgate obviously took a fancy to the newly rising Tiantian Ruler Pictures and Chen Hao, and wanted to use them to make money for themselves.
As for the new line that holds the copyright of Iron Man, it is the most sincere, and it does not ask too much, in addition to giving money, it also mentions the matter of cooperation, but it does not say that if it does not cooperate, it will not be transferred.
This is also because Iron Man is indeed not a popular superhero in North America.
It can be seen from the fact that its film and television adaptation rights were sold to Universal, then transferred to Twentieth Century Fox, then transferred to New Line, and finally recycled by Marvel.
After going around for 18 years, Iron Man was recycled by his old club and put on the big screen, which shows Iron Man's embarrassing position among Marvel superheroes.
And if it weren't for Marvel to create a superhero movie universe and choose Iron Man as the opening work, it is estimated that it would not become a famous Marvel superhero in later generations!
As for Marvel's willingness to cooperate in the development of superheroes such as Thor and Hawkeye, Chen Hao was a little surprised, but also realized that Marvel at this time should not have the idea of creating a Marvel superhero cinematic universe.
However, Marvel took out a loan to Wall Street in 2006 by mortgaging the copyright of its superheroes, and gambled on "Iron Man"!
It can be seen that at least in 2006, Marvel already had the idea of creating a superhero cinematic universe, so it is now the beginning of 2004, even if this idea has not started yet, but it should not be far away!
If you want to win Marvel's superheroes, now is the last best time!
"You first contact the new line and directly spend money to buy the copyright of Iron Man's film and television adaptation. Chen Hao said.
In fact, Chen Hao had been worried that because of himself, Donnie walked out of the shadow of drugs ahead of schedule and became famous again.
Then when it comes to filming Iron Man, Donnie's salary may rise sharply, you must know that Marvel chose Downey, in addition to Downey's own temperament matching Iron Man, his $500,000 salary is also very important.
After all, "Iron Man" is a shocking adventure for the down-and-out Marvel to gamble on all his net worth, in order to ensure the quality of the movie, the actor's salary must not be too high, otherwise the special effects of superhero movies will be worrying!
Now, if the Measuring Scale buys Iron Man back, then Donnie will be able to follow his original path again.
"As long as you pay $1 million to the new line, you can get the film and television rights of Iron Man. Smart said, "In addition, this copyright has a term.
Before 2010, we had to make a movie or TV series about Iron Man, otherwise Marvel would automatically take back the Iron Man copyright. ”
Chen Hao nodded when he heard this, the way Marvel sells superhero copyrights is different, there are permanent and limited years.
For example, "Spider-Man", which was a box office hit in 2002, must shoot film and television dramas within 10 years, otherwise the copyright will automatically return to Marvel.
Because Marvel sold the copyright at that time, it also relied on these superheroes to shoot film and television dramas to collect profit sharing, the more you shoot, the higher the box office profit, and the more Marvel will share.
This also leads to Sony Columbia's 10-year reboot of Spider-Man, otherwise the copyright will be gone!
"Also, in the future, part of the proceeds from your filming of "Iron Man" will belong to Marvel. Smart said.
"I see. Chen Hao said with a smile.
Marvel is obviously not stupid, although it has to sell its copyright when it is poor, it can share copyright dividends.
In the West, where intellectual copyright protection is better, copyright is indeed a good thing, and someone can really eat it for a lifetime by virtue of copyright!
"After you get the rights to Iron Man, you can negotiate with Lionsgate and Marvel to see if you can hold each other's shares. Chen Hao said.
This is the result of Chen Hao's careful consideration.
Measuring Heaven Ruler Pictures has Chen Hao, and the future development will naturally be smooth.
However, Lionsgate and Marvel are not bad either!
Lionsgate was the largest independent film company in Hollywood in later generations, and was even called the seventh biggest Hollywood film!
Needless to say, Marvel has made a lot of money in the first phase of a superhero movie universe, not to mention the second and third phases, not to mention that it will continue to be filmed.
In the era when original movies in later generations are huge and adaptations become mainstream, the value of Marvel with 5,000 superheroes is immeasurable!
Chen Hao also had to consider the arrangement after his golden finger faded.
In China, Qidian Chinese Network is a step after chess!
And in North America, Marvel is undoubtedly the best choice for the future!
At the same time, the current Lionsgate is not the seventh largest Hollywood in later generations, and Marvel is at a low point.
So, now is the best time to take a stake in both!
And with Measuring Ruler Pictures as a link, a combination of Lionsgate-Measuring Ruler Pictures-Marvel will be formed in the future, and even in the face of Disney in the future, there is no fear at all!
This is Chen Hao's future layout in North America, and judging from the current situation, there is still a lot of hope.
Of course, sometimes the plan can't catch up with the change, such as the future Marvel being acquired by Disney, and it is unknown whether Chen Hao can stop it.
But at least it's worth trying, and if it succeeds, the future is limitless, and you can sit back and relax!
But even if it fails, Chen Hao thinks that Tianji Pictures will not be far behind.
Smart nodded with satisfaction when he heard Chen Hao's idea of cross-holding with Lionsgate and Marvel.
He opposed Chen Hao's purchase of superhero copyrights before, because he was worried that Chen Hao would blindly want to shoot superhero movies and bring down Liangtianzhi Pictures, which does not mean that he is against superheroes.
With the precedent of the success of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men", no one can say what will happen to the superheroes of the future, but it is not suitable for the current start-up scale!
If Tianji and Marvel hold each other's shares, then it is naturally a good thing to have more than 5,000 superheroes as reserves.
At the same time, cooperating with Lionsgate, with the help of Lionsgate's distribution channels and influence, can be regarded as a strong combination, and it will definitely be able to go further in Hollywood, which is ruled by the Big Eight!
"No problem, I'm going to do everything I can to make this happen. Smart replied with a smile.
"Then I'm bothering you. Chen Hao said with satisfaction.
"By the way, this is the work summary of Tianzhi Pictures in 2003 and the work plan for 2004, you can take a look!" Smart handed a document to Chen Hao after speaking.
Chen Hao felt quite thick after the result, so he immediately flipped through it, "Let's talk about it briefly!"