In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan had just gotten a message.

The screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment and attorney Dinah Ampton, who assisted with the related business, had some trouble registering a new screenplay set in a museum, "Night at the Museum," with the Copyright Office.

The Copyright Office's newly completed electronic archival retrieval database shows that the content of the script of "Wonderful Night at the Museum" has a certain similarity with a book of interjections.

"This does not affect our registration, and the script is going through the copyright registration process. ”

After taking a sip of coffee, George Clint said to Ronan: "But the other party appeared much earlier than us, and if there is an entanglement later, there may be an international lawsuit." ”

Ronan wondered: "Interrupted? I don't remember a similar interjection." ”

The outline of the script of "Wonderful Night at the Museum" was provided by him, and he also checked whether there was any content related to it in North America, but because he didn't find it, he directly gave the story and related settings, and asked the screenwriting department to improve the script, and then register the copyright.

If there were related works, Robert Lee would have bought the rights in advance.

George Clint said simply: "That interjection is a Croatian work, from a writer named Milan Trek, who just registered the copyright in North America last year, and our previous search targets were basically aimed at the copyright of related works in North America. ”

Ronan nodded slightly, understanding what was going on, it turned out to be a Croatian work!

Who has nothing to do with the work of an unknown writer in a small land?

Many people have seen the strange film "Wonderful Night at the Museum", and Ronan is no exception, but he knows that the film has been made in a trilogy, and he doesn't know if it is original at all, he originally thought that there was no related literary work in North America, it might be an original movie, and now it seems that it should also be one of the adapted films.

George Clint added: "I have asked people to contact the relevant publishing houses and Milan Trek himself to buy the rights to film and television adaptations, and Croatian productions are estimated to be able to get it for a maximum of 100,000 dollars." ”

"Yes. Ronan fully agreed: "It's better to spend a little copyright fee than to have a copyright dispute later." ”

If the other party did not register the copyright in the United States, but "Wonderful Night at the Museum" preemptively registered the copyright, everything is easy to say, but the other party completed the copyright registration in the United States last year, and the copyright procedure still needs to go through.

George Clint got up and said, "I'm going to Robert and asking him to find someone to talk about copyright, and we're going to have to move quickly to avoid other surprises." ”

Ronan drops him off the office and returns to start working on plans for Night at the Museum.

This is a family adventure comedy, and the film's highest rating cannot exceed the PG rating, which means that it must be a family movie for all ages.

It's best for a director to be good at the genre of family-friendly comedy.

In the case of actors, remember that the male lead is Ben Stiller and Robin Williams, and you can continue to invite these two to audition.

Of course, they will not be the only choice, and factors such as salary and film contract must also be considered.

For actors who are like the leading actors, they must prefer someone who can sign a trilogy contract.

In terms of release time, such a family flower movie is best placed in the holiday file, and next year's Thanksgiving schedule or Christmas schedule is good.

This film is not difficult to resonate, many people when they were children, they probably had the idea of hiding inside the museum before it closed, imagining what wonderful things would happen after the museum closed?

In some ways, the film is a bit similar to Toy Story.

At noon, George Clint had Milan Trek's illustration sent to Ronan, who roughly looked through it.

This is an illustrated story about putting children to sleep.

Although the time, place, and characters are different, the content is very similar, and it is highly likely that the original "Night at the Museum" was based on.

Ronan quickly completed the preliminary planning of the project and sent it to George Clint's mailbox, and the specific work of forming the crew will be completed by the professional team of Shahai Entertainment.

In terms of production budget, Ronan estimates that the film will require at least about $60 million in investment to achieve the desired effect.

Not to mention anything else, if Ben Stilleken signs a film contract, his salary will start at tens of millions of dollars.

Ben Stiller's salary in "Meet My Father-in-Law" a few years ago has reached $10 million.

A typical commercial film like "Wonderful Night at the Museum" is unlikely to make star actors lower their salaries.

After lunch, Ronan traveled to the Motor City of Los Angeles to receive the Rolls-Royce Phantom ordered at the Los Angeles International Auto Show last year.

The black Phantom, along with the interior, cost Ronan nearly a million dollars.

Ronan also changed again, and the previous Bentley Elegance was replaced by a black Rolls-Royce Phantom.

On the way back to Relativity Entertainment, Ronan is also considering that the next step may be to buy a private business jet.

He often goes out, not to mention overseas, Netflix has been in the Silicon Valley area of San Francisco, and the atmosphere here is also the most suitable for Netflix development.

San Francisco is not close to Los Angeles, Ronan usually takes a flight to it, although the West Coast Highway 1 claims to be one of the most scenic road routes in the world, but the smooth road is also a six-hour drive, which is too much delay.

Moreover, the road conditions are not very good, and there is a certain danger.

After careful consideration, Ronan felt that maybe he could buy a helicopter first, there is an apron in the future world, which has been idle, and in the industrial park where Netflix's new office building is located, there is also a helipad specially prepared for the bosses, and it is more convenient to lift and lower.

The black Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped in front of the company building, Ronan had just gotten out of the car, and a Ford drove behind him, and a person hurriedly got out of the back seat and ran to Ronan's side.

"Hi Ronan. Uwe Bauer laughed and her face trembled: "You just came back? ”

Ronan looked at Urbao, who looked more like a boxer, and said, "yes, just came back from the Motor City." ”

Uwe Bauer's eyes immediately fell on the Rolls-Royce Phantom and said, "This is the new car I just mentioned?

There is a good saying that the car is a man's second wife, and Uwe Bauer deliberately took a few more looks, somewhat envious.

But in Ronan's eyes, the car is just a means of transportation, and he said: "The next movie is a big hit, you can also buy one." ”

Uwe Bauer couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'll talk about it then." ”

Ronan pointed to the office building, "Do you have something?" Seeing Uwe Bauer nodding, he said again: "Let's go, let's go up and talk." ”

Uwe Bauer hurriedly followed, and before leaving, he reluctantly glanced at the black phantom, and muttered in his heart: "When "Dungeon Siege" is a big hit and gets the box office bonus, I will buy two cars at a time, one in Germany, and one in Los Angeles!"

Coming to the office and entering the office, Ronan had coffee brought to Uwe Bauer.

Ronan was not polite, and asked directly: "Uwe, come here this time, what's the matter?"

Uwe Bauer laughs, "The post-production of Dungeon Siege is almost complete. I would like to ask when you have time to watch the movie I edited. ”

Ronan thought for a moment and asked, "How long will it take to get it all done?"

"Another half a month. Uwe Ball was very honest with Ronan: "The editing is done, but the subtitles and soundtrack are added, and the sound effects are edited, it will take some time. ”

Ronan nodded slightly: "Well, after the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in July, I will hold an internal preview for "Dungeon Siege". ”

A few days ago, Wen Ziren called him, "Chainsaw" has finished filming and has begun to enter post-production, and then he can spare two days to hold an internal preview screening for "Dungeon Siege" and "Chainsaw".

Only by contrasting can a clearer judgment be formed, and only then can people know the importance of propaganda for "Dungeon Siege".

"Okay. Uwe Bauer said with a smile: "Decide on a specific date and let me know in advance." ”

Ronan gave appropriate encouragement: "Uwe, you did a good job. ”

Frankly, aside from funding, Ronan and Embassy Pictures have done little to interfere with Uwe Bauer and the Dungeon Siege crew, which can almost be described as Uwe Bauer's directorial work.

This is also Ronan's original intention, because this film is not afraid of being bad, but not bad enough.

What kind of effect can be made of a three-million-dollar epic game movie, it is estimated that no one will have hope.

Ronan has already decided to notify Embassy Pictures tomorrow and start working on a specific Uwe Bauer marketing plan.

Wubao must become a celebrity in the eyes of fans all over the world!

Uwe Bauer seemed encouraged and motivated, and said, "Ronan, this project is almost complete, is it time to start planning a new project?"

Ronan asked, "What game do you fancy again?"

"Not a new game. Uwe Bauer said with a smile: "It's still a game I used to fancy before, Blizzard's "Warcraft", they are going to release a new version this year, I got their beta version through a friend's relationship, the new version is called "Ice Throne", the background setting is very grand, epic story, especially the male protagonist Prince Alsace ......"

Ronan immediately understood what Uwe Ball was talking about, Lordaeron...... No, Azeroth's first filial son is coming out? By the way, there's also the first filial daughter.

Filial son and filial daughter, born as a pair.

"Uwe, I said, as long as you can say that Blizzard is transferred to the copyright, adaptation is not a problem. Ronan still said those words: "This game can also be adapted by you." ”

Uwe Bauer is clearly not dead yet, or perhaps the epic story of "The Ice Throne" has moved him again: "When I finish 'Dungeon Siege', I'll go to Blizzard." ”