"Saw Horror" officially entered filming. Owens liked this film very much, and at the same time, he also had a hunch that if he made this film well, it would be his own step.

He signed a trilogy option contract with Legendary Pictures, which is actually normal for a director like Owens. Although Owens has made several low-budget horror films, only one "Quadrant Killing" was released, and the others have directly entered the DVD, Internet and other markets.

So this opportunity is also extremely rare for Owens.

And this contract can also be imagined, Legendary Pictures is optimistic about this film, otherwise, why sign such a contract?

At the same time, "Home Alone in Seattle" detonated the last carnival of the year, which also made many Hollywood giants look at some domestic movies in China.

The answer is very simple, that is, since the Chinese version of "Home Alone" can be successfully adapted into the North American version, it shows that some of the best-selling scripts in China can also be successful if they are adapted in the past?

There are already examples of this, aren't they?

And here Lin Xiao also thought of this, such as "Dark War" such as "Infernal Affairs"!

In Lin Xiao's opinion, if these two films are adapted into international versions, they are actually very interesting, and the probability of success is also very high.

However, whether it is "Dark War" or "Infernal Affairs" and "Home Alone" are very different.

"Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs" are not films like "Home Alone" that do not require too high acting skills, on the contrary, both "Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs" can be said to rely on the acting skills of actors to support the plot to a large extent.

Therefore, if these two films are to be adapted, it is impossible to look for actors like movies like "Home Alone" or "Death is Coming" and "Chainsaw".

"Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs" were adapted into the North American version, and if you want to shoot well and achieve results, you need to find actors with superb acting skills to play them.

What is the most expensive in Hollywood? Of course, there are all kinds of actors, what is the most expensive in Hollywood, special effects?

No, no, no, special effects are only one aspect, the most expensive in Hollywood are still those actors and directors who have become famous!

An actor-level actor, if he has made achievements in commercial films, then the box office is tens of millions of dollars, and there is also a share.

Even many sequel movies, sometimes the film company is even just working for the lead actor.

Therefore, if you want to revise "Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs" and turn these two films into North American versions, then it is not a small cost, and the salary of the actors in them alone will be astronomical.

Of course, you can also choose high-quality and inexpensive actors, but the box office may not be guaranteed.

The so-called penny is worth the goods, this is the truth, why do people get such a high salary, it is because people have box office appeal and acting skills.

According to Lin Xiao's idea, whether it is "Dark War" or "Infernal Affairs", these two films are dual-protagonist movies, and the acting requirements for the dual-protagonist are top-notch.

It is best to invite two Hollywood male stars at the actor level to play, but in this way, the salary of the starring role alone is estimated to exceed half a billion US dollars.

Not to mention, the salaries of other main supporting roles will not be low, after all, what grade of safflower is needed, what kind of grade of green leaves are needed to match.

The salary of the top green leaves is not low!

Lin Xiao asked Legendary Pictures to make a preliminary budget, and as a result, "Dark War" needed at least 150 million to achieve the effect Lin Xiao wanted.

And "Infernal Affairs" is almost at this level.

In fact, the requirements for special effects in both films are not high, it can be said that they are both feature films, but the requirements for actors in both films are too high.

Especially in "Infernal Affairs", if the actors' acting skills are not in place, it will definitely be a nightmare.

And to be honest, if it's just Legendary Pictures doing its own project, if you want to invite top stars to join, the price you have to pay will definitely be higher, not to mention, and people may not be willing.

There is another point, that is, the director's problem, this kind of film, the average director, is really difficult to shoot well, of course Lin Xiao can shoot it himself, but Lin Xiao doesn't want to do it, after all, the adapted version is biased towards the North American style, and Lin Xiao is still more self-aware.

Therefore, the director is another large salary.

In this way, the risk is too great, because Legendary Pictures itself does not have its own distribution channels, so the cost of looking back and the operation of peripheral channels will be greatly reduced.

With hundreds of millions of costs, even Lin Xiao had to be cautious.

Because of this kind of film, to be honest, Lin Xiao is not 100% confident, Chinese and Western use, what the result will be, it is really not something he can predict.

Therefore, Lin Xiao plans to find someone to work with, in fact, this is also the norm in Hollywood, most movies with a cost of more than 100 million US dollars, in addition to those sequel films, or even even sequels, many times Hollywood giants will also introduce external funds, or choose to cooperate with other companies for development.

Nothing else, just reduce risk.

And if Legendary Pictures makes it alone, not to mention the difficulties, there will be problems in many aspects.

But if you find one or several companies to invest together, it's different.

And in this way, the copyright can be sold for a high price to the greatest extent.

"Home Alone in Seattle" has just been a big success, and it can be said that the Dick Group is making a smile.

Therefore, Lin Xiao decided to strike while the iron was hot.

"Nami, you help me get the word out that "Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs", two super blockbusters in China, I want to adapt them into North American versions like "Home Alone", and this time, I hope to work with other Hollywood companies to make these two films. Lin Xiao chose to release the bait first.

Among the Hollywood giants, although the current pattern has basically been fixed, among the seven giants, DSN has a large number of animation character copyrights, and has also acquired the first comic company in North America to obtain many comic copyrights from American comics.

Therefore, the development of DSN in the past few years has been the most outstanding.

But DSN focuses on films of all ages, such as animation, such as superhero series, etc., but in other aspects, DSN is not so strong.

Mina Group, backed by Mina Media, and Mina itself was one of the oldest Hollywood studios, so Mina's huge film library is the foundation of Mina Films.

And in this huge film library, the IP of those popular sequels is what Mina relies on the most to survive.

The development of Universal Pictures in recent years has been a little unsmooth, the most valuable series of movies "Gentleman Agent" series owned by Universal has made one on the street in recent years, and other series of movies, I don't know if it is unfavorable for the passing years, but it is also good and bad.

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