In fact, during Christopher Nolan's filming of "Deadly Magic", Ronan was thinking about another magic-themed film, "The Amazing Thieves" that investors from across the Pacific participated in.

But Ronan knows that magic movies are a relatively niche genre in Hollywood, so he has not made a decision, and plans to see the actual market response of "Deadly Magic" and make a decision based on the recent statistics of the market.

"Deadly Magic" performed mediocre in North America, and the response in overseas markets was also mediocre, with nearly 30 overseas countries and regions only producing more than $10 million in its opening weekend.

You must know that the director of this film is Christopher Nolan, who has a strong ability to balance business and plot, and the previous "Batman: Time to War" also brought him a large number of die-hard fans.

If it were replaced by other directors, the results of "Deadly Magic" would undoubtedly be worse.

Ronan comprehensively considered all aspects of the factors, and automatically gave up the project of "Shocking Demon Thieves", the gorgeous magic effect requires a large number of special effects shots, which determines that the production cost of the film is bound to be much higher than that of "Deadly Magic", but the congenital defect of the niche theme will bring huge investment risks.

However, he still handed over the script outline to the screenwriters of Shahai Entertainment, and asked them to register the copyright after completing the script.

At the very least, it can be used as a copyright reserve for the future projects of Relativity Entertainment.

The market and audience are always changing, just like superhero movies, more than ten years ago, they were absolutely niche themes, who would have thought that more than ten years later would become one of the pillar genres that carried the box office of the global film market?

Maybe one day, the theme of magic will also be popular.

Another niche genre released by Relativity Entertainment, despite being directed by a woman, is a bit hotter than Christopher Nolan's "Deadly Magic."

"Juno" has not had a box office explosion on any weekend since it was expanded, but the box office sales have been quite solid.

Once a popular topic such as abortion is aroused, it is difficult to calm down in a short period of time, and the discussion is still not as hot as it was at the beginning.

In the United States, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have been at loggerheads over abortion, and for a long time, the issue of abortion has become a crucial option for both parties to win voters.

Since the release of "Juno", the topic of abortion has gradually come back into focus.

On the one hand, Virginia has a high-profile support for abortion until the time of delivery, and on the other hand, in southern states such as Alabama and Georgia, numerous official organizations have begun to discuss the possibility of signing the "Heartbeat Act," which would make it a crime to perform abortion when a woman's heartbeat can be heard more than 40 days after she is pregnant.

All of these ensure that "Juno" always receives a certain amount of attention.

Since its massive expansion, "Juno" has not grossed a single weekend and fallen below $10 million.

Although it did not explode, a stable box office trend is also very rare for movies in this niche genre.

By the time we approached November, after six weeks of steady screenings, "Juno" had grossed $70,000 at the North American box office.

This box office is more than ten times the film's $6 million production cost.

Moreover, with the support of enough topicality, the box office of "Juno" is far from the end.

The film has not yet been released in markets outside North America, and Embassy Pictures is also making preparations for overseas releases, according to market research estimates, limited by the type of subject matter, it would be good if the overseas box office could have half of the North American output.

"Juno" can be said to be a very American movie.

For example, in many parts of the East, abortion is equally sensitive, but it is not uncommon.

The difference in cultural background, the mentality when watching the movie is also completely different, and it is difficult for the audience to understand the approach in "Juno".

Even, in the film circles on the other side of the Pacific, when shooting youth films, there is a very common view that no abortion is not youthful.

The phenomenon behind this point of view is probably very common in the circle of literary and artistic youth?

Anyway, Ronan used to go from junior high school to high school to four years of college, and he is a relatively well-informed person, and he has never heard of any classmates having an abortion.

Perhaps, this also has something to do with the fact that his social circle is still not wide enough.

"Juno" became famous, became influential, earned more box office, and trouble followed.

Samantha, a twenty-five-year-old woman from Arizona, joined her attorney in complaining to the media that "Juno" had damaged her reputation and undermined her civil rights by using her real experience as a prototype story without her permission.

"Shahai Entertainment tried to get my consent and waiver in the process of making movies and depicting characters, but I refused to give up my ** rights and refused to give up my consent and waiver. Despite this, Shahai Entertainment still used my personal experience to produce and promote the film. ”

Behind every hit movie in Hollywood, there will always be countless "infringed ones".

As for the truth and falsehood, the discerning person can know it at a glance.

Samantha accused: "Sand Sea Entertainment's producer Jessica Filton and director Sofia Coppola are malicious and have no respect for the truth, and the film has forever damaged my personal reputation. ”

Subsequently, Samantha and her lawyer formally sued Shahai Entertainment, demanding that Shahai Entertainment pay $10 million in damages for the injuries caused to her, and also seek a further $10 million in punitive damages, for a total of $20 million.

Samantha is just an insignificant little person, when the Relativity Entertainment Copyright and Legal Department saw the news, they quickly got all the information of her and her lawyer, and these two people did not have any power behind them, they simply wanted to get a sum of money.

Because Samantha did get pregnant in high school and gave birth to another family to raise, it looks very similar to Juno's experience.

Once anyone is full of greed, all they have in front of them is money, and they will do things without regard and make many stupid mistakes.

"It's really moving!"

In the lounge, Jessica Felton walked around and said helplessly to Ronan sitting on the sofa: "In the whole of the United States, there are not 1000 women who have had similar experiences, but 500, according to this lawsuit, similar films Hollywood should not shoot." ”

It was the first time she had encountered this kind of thing, and it was inevitable that she was a little uncomfortable.

After all, that Samantha all said directly that producer Jessica Filton was full of malice.

Ronan said: "It's okay, an insignificant little person, she can't make waves. ”

Jessica Felton asked, "How do we cope?" ”

Ronan didn't even think about it: "If you fight a lawsuit, we will accompany you to the end." He added: "In addition, there will be someone from the Copyright and Legal Department to check the name ......."

"Samantha. Jessica Felton reminded.

"Yes, Samantha. Ronan said: "I will hire professionals to check her taxes and other things, and hopefully she will be a law-abiding person." ”

Thinking of the tax office, and the serious consequences that may bring, Jessica Felton, as a woman, inevitably relented a little: "Wouldn't this be a little too much." ”

Ronan did not answer directly, but said half-jokingly: "Hollywood has made so many movies about smearing Hitler, have you considered Hitler's feelings?"

Jessica Filton couldn't help but shake her head and laugh, and this little bit of feminine softness was also left behind.

None of the people who can make their way out of the disruptive business world and the fierce competition of Hollywood will be the Virgin.

"This kind of thing ......" Jessica Filton is not difficult to figure out the key: "With the first time, we don't deal with it harshly, and there will be a second and third time later." ”

Ronan laughed: "Actually, I can't count the number of times this is about the infringement of relativity entertainment films, and this kind of bad thing will happen in the future, and it will be endless." ”

For example, James Cameron's "Avatar" is being filmed, and there will be a lot of people who accuse the film of infringement.

Relativity Entertainment has done a lot of work in front, whether it is in terms of law or copyright, and has achieved the ultimate under the existing laws and regulations.

But after the release of the film, it is still difficult to avoid these situations.

In the final analysis, it is a sentence, and the interests are moving.

For many people, as long as they can bite a little hair from "Avatar", it is enough for them to have no worries for the rest of their lives.

The temptation is too great.

These people who accuse copyright infringement do not really want to sue the law, but want to reach an out-of-court settlement with the film company and get a sum of money.

Relativity Entertainment has so far not made an out-of-court settlement with anyone in this regard.

It also represents an attitude.

Some things, even if you back down once, will cause more trouble.

Jessica Filton rubbed her smooth forehead: "It gives me a headache just thinking about it." In the beginning, I was just a simple editor, an editor, and I didn't have to think about the final editing rights, I just needed to complete the work according to the requirements of the director or producer, and I only needed pure technology. Later, I gradually became a post-production producer, and I had to think about all aspects of post-production, and I had a lot more work, and it was easy for me to deal with it. Now that I'm a producer, I have a broader horizon, and I find that this industry is not as simple as I thought at the beginning......"

"Depending on where you stand, you see different views," Ronan said. ”

"yes. Jessica Filton nodded lightly: "In the past, I wouldn't have bothered about copyright litigation at all. ”

Ronan looked at his watch and said, "It's almost time, let's go to the press conference." ”

Jessica Felton has been keeping an eye on the time, saying, "Go a little earlier and make your media friends feel respected." ”

The two men exited the break room and walked towards the side door of the press room.

Shahai Entertainment convened a press conference for Fast & Furious 4 here today