Chapter 46: My Hope, Your Despair

The youngest Golden Globe Award for Best Director in history!

Donn Walker's name once again resounded on the front pages of major media in the United States.

In an interview with the media, the spokesperson of the Golden Globe Awards also pointed the finger at the Oscars, "The selection of the Golden Globe Awards strives to be open, fair and just, there is no seniority here, there is no age discrimination, as long as you can bring excellent works, you can win the award!"

The Golden Globes have said many times that they are not vassals of the Oscars, and this time they made a strong statement, taking Done Walker as a coat and directly calling the Oscars.

Many media have speculated whether the Oscars dare to break the routine and award the Best Director Award to a 20-year-old child?

Prior to this, the youngest best director at the Oscars dates back to the first Academy Awards, when 32-year-old Louis Miles Stone won the Oscar for Best Comedy Director for "Beauty in the Palace".

But what age is that?

The system, volume, and philosophy of the time seem to be absurd today. But even under such absurdity, the youngest Oscar director can only be 32 years old.

A young man under the age of 20 can win the Academy Award for Best Director?

"Oscar + Donn" has become the hottest topic in the United States in the new year, even far surpassing the Asian financial crisis.

However, Donn didn't care about these media reports, he liked a report in the Boston Globe that feared that the world would not be chaotic, and the title - "Genius director becomes famous for the second time, and the ghost legend fails miserably"

"Last year, "Titanic" directed by Donn Walker and "Jurassic Park 2" directed by Steve Spielberg collided fiercely in the box office market. As a result, everyone knows that the global box office of "Titanic" exceeded $1.8 billion, sweeping the whole of 1997! However, the global box office of "Jurassic Park 2" of $590 million is not even as high as the North American box office of "Titanic". ”

"Steve Spielberg, who has been invincible at the box office for the past two decades, finally ushered in the first crisis of his life, he was defeated by a 19-year-old child!

"Just yesterday at the Golden Globe ceremony, Steve with his masterpiece "Broken Lock Fury" intercepted Donn's "Titanic" head-on, just to avenge the fiasco in the box office market last year. didn't expect that at such a major awards ceremony, Donn Walker and his "Titanic" once again became the biggest winners!"

"Titanic" not only won many awards, including Best Picture in the Drama category, but also successfully defeated Steve Spielberg's resistance and won the Best Director crown!

"The new genius director Don Walker is ascending to the throne with a rising momentum, and Steve Spielberg, the ghost director in the past, can only be used as a background board to watch Donn's continuous success! Spielberg's demeanor is no longer there, and in the future, it is destined to be the world of young people!"

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Seeing such an article, Tang Enen slapped the table angrily.

He has been trying to repair his relationship with Spielberg, which is good, the media has added fuel to the fire, how can this Jewish bigwig, who has been famous in Hollywood for 20 years, endure it?

Steve Spielberg's love and passion for cinema is undeniable, and Donn would rather contend with the capitalists with huge sums of money than offend this respected film artist.

It's just the current situation...... It doesn't seem like a good thing!

At this time, market analyst Andrew O'Hare walked into his office with an excited face, "Boss, the TV series copyright of "The Dark Tower" has been taken down!"

"Oh?"

Don's eyes lit up.

Now, Tang Pictures has successively won the film rights of three books, "Soul Shifting Girl", "A Beautiful Mind", and "A Week with Monroe", at a moderate price.

However, Stephen King's "Miracle on the Green Mile", which sold for $3 million, directly scared off Manora Daggis.

Unexpectedly, Stephen King's most popular and best-selling work "The Dark Tower" could successfully win the copyright.

Andrew O'Hare laughed: "The price ...... Somewhat unexpected, $19. ”

"How much? $1.9 million, right?" Donn thought he had misheard.

Andrew O'Haire shook his head with a straight face, "It's $19! If the TV series is filmed, Stephen King will enjoy an additional 3% profit share." ”

"That's not right, it's too cheap, isn't it?" Don couldn't believe it.

Andrew O'Hare explained: "In fact, the film rights to "The Dark Tower" were bought by Imagination Film Entertainment many years ago, and the price is also $19, but there is a 5% dividend. Stephen King thought that the novel "The Dark Tower" would cost at least $50 million per season to make a TV series, which was too difficult, so he reduced the share he wanted. ”

Don smiled, "It seems that this Stephen is not the master who sees money, what about "A Song of Ice and Fire"?"

This is the focus of his concern, the asking price of "The Chronicles of Narnia" is "$10 million + 10% profit share", he can't afford to pay it now, so he can only find opportunities in the future.

"George Martin...... He's a stubborn old man. Andrew O'Hare smiled a little wryly, "He was originally a film screenwriter, but because the film couldn't realize his grand world structure, he turned to writing novels, so the film copyright ...... He doesn't sell at all. ”

Making "A Song of Ice and Fire" into a movie is something that Donn can't imagine, but with Andrew O'Haire's market judgment of 97 points, he shouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

"Andrew, do you really think A Song of Ice and Fire is a good adaptation?"

"Yes!" Andrew O'Hare said, rightly, "Now that the first Game of Thrones has been published, some signs can already be seen, 'ice' refers to the ghosts of the northern ice fields, and 'fire' refers to the fire dragons of the southern islands. The battle between the ice ghost and the fire dragon, the struggle between humans and zombies, the confrontation between good and evil, these are all huge guarantees for the box office of the movie!"

Donn kind of understood Andrew's thoughts, "You mean...... Don't shoot the main drama, shoot the fan?"

Andrew O'Haire found Done's wording a little funny, "yes, it's a joke...... It's too long, boring and boring, and making a movie will only lose money, ...... Extra, or prequel or the like, it is more suitable, a fantasy battle between good and evil, unprecedented visual enjoyment, absolutely eye-catching. ”

Then he sighed, "But George Martin's stubborn temper...... It wasn't easy to convince him. ”

"Okay, then we'll just buy the TV rights. ”

Tang En retreated to the second, and the TV series adapted from this work almost single-handedly changed the pattern, status and influence of American dramas in the world!

Andrew looked bitter, "He doesn't sell the copyright of the TV series, he said that the strength of Don Pictures is too weak, and there is no TV station, and he wants to find a stronger partner." ”

Tang En rolled his eyes angrily, "This old guy looks down on people!" Forget it, keep paying attention to tracking and keeping an eye on it, whether it's a novel, a movie copyright, or a TV copyright, I want it!"

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That afternoon, Done Walker went to CAA, re-signed his contract, and became a contracted director under CAA.

Despite his previous unpleasant experiences, Brian Lord has regained Donn's favor and will work together in the future to acquire Marvel.

Especially the crew of "Blade", I heard that the budget cost has been pushed up to $65 million......

Marvel's hopes are fading at a speed visible to the naked eye.