"Do you have the right person?" asked Matthew, "who?"

The producer is undoubtedly more important than the director, and he has been having a headache with the selection of producers recently.

Helen Herman said directly, "You know her, Nina Jacobson, the former president of Broadway Pictures. ”

Matthew knew the woman, "I remember she was an executive producer on the Pirates of the Caribbean series. ”

Nina Jacobson is quite well-known in Hollywood, and there is a joke about her that goes something like this: early in the morning of Christmas, a child wakes up in high spirits and rushes to look for presents under the Christmas tree, only to find a pile of feces. However, the child still excitedly claimed that there must be a pony hiding nearby.

And Nina Jacobson is that kid.

In fact, the joke is well-intentioned, saying that Nina Jacobson experienced several serious setbacks in her early years, but instead of slumping, she became more and more frustrated, and finally became the president of Broadwell Pictures.

It was as if she had experienced another major setback a few years ago.

Matthew asked, "Helen, wasn't Nina Jacobson removed from Disney?"

In 2006, she was kicked out of Disney by Michael Eisner before stepping down because of a disagreement. Helen Herman clearly knew that," she then worked as a producer on a teen film series that brought back nearly $320 million at the global box office for a total cost of $55 million. ”

Matthew nodded, this one does have a big heart.

Helen Herman added, "Nina Jacobson is also a supporter of the feminist movement and has a rare experience of producing successful teen idol works. ”

"That's good. Matthew decided, "You reach out to Nina Jacobson first, and if she doesn't refuse, I'll talk to her again." ”

Helen Herman said, "Yes, I'll contact her later." ”

That afternoon, she contacted Nina Jacobson, the former president of Broadway Pictures, who promised to meet, and that night Matthew and Helen Herman spoke with Nina Jacobson in a private club.

The talks were quite pleasant, with the only trouble being that Nina Jacobson was preparing to set up her own production company and wanted to participate in the investment in The Hunger Games.

With David Ellison here, Matthew won't be short of money, and the budget for the first production of The Hunger Games isn't high, and certainly doesn't want anyone else to reach in.

There are differences between the two sides on this side, but it is normal to have differences, after all, everyone has different interests, and Nina Jacobson did not break contact after Matthew refused to invest, and she has continued to maintain contact with Helen Herman, and the two sides can continue to talk.

Negotiation itself is a process of bridging differences and reaching a compromise.

The next day, Matthew made another appointment with Patty Jenkins at the angel agency and introduced Susan Collins to her.

Compared with Nina Jacobson, Patty Jenkins's side is much smoother, and Patty Jenkins' status and achievements in the enclosure are far inferior to Nina Jacobson, plus he has not made a movie in recent years, and the conditions required by him are not very high.

After several contacts between the two sides, Patty Jenkins' agent also joined in, and although the specific salary package and other conditions will have to wait for the producer to be decided, Patty Jenkins has promised to be the director and screenwriter of "The Hunger Games".

Towards the end of December, Matthew reached an agreement with Helen Herman and Nina Jacobson, who gave up the investment plan and temporarily halted the preparation of the production company, and joined the "Hunger Games" project solely as a producer, reporting directly to Matthew.

For this, Studio 13 will shell out four million dollars in compensation.

It's not the highest producer pay in Hollywood, but it's the highest female producer pay ever.

If you want to hire someone as mature and successful as Nina Jacobson, you have to pay in full.

doesn't give corresponding remuneration, and still wants people to work hard, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world.

According to the people who used to live on the network on the other side of the Pacific and didn't understand even the most basic business, a project like this, of course, requires the producer to receive a symbolic salary of only one dollar, the director and the actors are paid in the five figures, and the profits generated by the film are neither to the distributor nor to the theater distribution, all of which belong to him.

The whole world is this kind of person, what is the box office of the movie?

Studio Thirteen has officially signed a contract with Nina Jacobson, who has taken on the task of assembling the crew, and the crew has now identified three main candidates, in addition to her, director and writer Patty Jenkins and original writer and screenwriter Susan Collins.

Next, it's time to recruit jobs in various behind-the-scenes departments such as photography, props, lighting, and art direction.

In contrast, the actor can be put to the end.

Actors, especially the leading actors, are often the last to enter the crew, Matthew is not in a hurry to find Katniss actors, as for the big cousin who likes to paint his face with milk, he has no plans to contact in advance, and now the whole project is just planning in the early stages, not to mention the actor auditions, even if it is a preliminary preparation, it will take a long time.

While Matthew was busy with The Hunger Games, the invitation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was confirmed, and the Academy officially confirmed more than sixty people, including him, to become new members of the Academy.

That is, he already has the qualifications to vote for the Oscars.

However, the Oscar nomination ballot and the Oscar nomination list will not be mailed to members until December 30.

During this time, he also received a call from Taylor Swift, who seemed very interested in being his music teacher, reminding him not to forget about his lessons.

Matthew was too busy with work during this time, so he could only refuse it for the time being and postpone it later.

Taylor Swift then emailed him with a detailed music lesson schedule.

"Is this country singer so happy to be a teacher?"

When Matthew saw the music schedule, he only muttered that if Taylor Swift simply taught him to sing, he would have to think about whether this student should continue to be a teacher.

As the clock ticked into late December, Matthew put aside his affairs with Taylor Swift's teachers and students for a brief meeting before reporting to the Inception crew to unify the production philosophy and future film style, while also determining the film's production budget.

With the support of David Ellison, a real rich man, he set a $80 million production budget for The Hunger Games after several negotiations with Nina Jacobson and Patty Jenkins.

In today's Hollywood, a production budget of $80 million can only be regarded as a medium-sized commercial film.

But compared to "Twilight", this is a big-budget and big-budget teen movie.

After only five weeks of screenings, "Twilight" quickly dissipated its popularity, but after its fifth weekend in North America, the North American box office successfully crossed the $200 million mark, accumulating a total of $202.38 million.

But the film started high and went low, and the daily North American box office has slipped below $500,000, and the market potential has basically been exhausted, and the final North American box office is just over $210 million.

Compared to the production cost of $40 million, this is already a super blockbuster.

Moreover, the film has also performed well overseas, and the global box office has exceeded $400 million.

Hollywood is recognized as a huge commercial success for "Twilight," climbing to the top of the New York Times bestseller list with the series, and being the number one for five weeks in a row.

Like other peripheral products, the sales volume is also very gratifying, and Studio 13 does not have the ability to produce and distribute peripheral products, which is all carried out in the form of authorization.

To date, Twilight has sold a total of nine merchandise licenses, including related toys, games, cultural shirts and accessories, and more, with a total revenue of $29.8 million.

There are a number of subsequent authorizations being negotiated, and the various authorizations in North America and Europe alone can almost offset the investment of $40 million.

If you include DVD and TV rights, pure merchandise can be profitable.

Of course, both Matthew and David Ellison know very well that it was all built on the box office success of "Twilight".

It can be said that without the box office, there would never be these amazing peripheral incomes.

Commercial movies are not only box office, there must be something wrong with the head.

Matthew also met with Sean Daniel and Sofia Coppola, and preparations have begun for "Twilight: New Moon," which is still a short-lived, old-fashioned film scheduled for next year's Thanksgiving.

In addition, in addition to the inevitable increase in salary, the production scale of the film will not be expanded, and the cost of filming production will not increase, so the production cost is controlled at 55 million US dollars.

At this point, Matthew can be said to be quite picky.

However, this kind of typical girly film, the expansion of the production scale is not much use, and few viewers will buy tickets for the big scene, which is not the selling point of the "Twilight" series.

Matthew has high expectations for the film "Twilight: New Moon", according to his calculations based on the release of the first part, as long as the announcement of "New Moon" is in place, the North American box office in the first weekend is very likely to hit 100 million US dollars.

This series is nothing short of a treasure to him.

Maybe when the "Twilight" series is all released, his net worth can be doubled.

The feeling of being a billionaire is really refreshing, although at this stage, the accumulation of money is said to be a numbers game, but the enjoyment of the rich is not imagined by the rich at all.

After getting these jobs done, Matthew went to the "Inception" crew on time to report.