For commercial cooperation, Matthew will not have too much luck, and the failure of the first adaptation of "Twilight" will be forgotten, if it can be successful, from the hero and heroine to the main supporting role to the original author, it is inevitable to ask for a salary increase, just like the ones he once did in the sequel movie.

He took advantage of Stephanie Mayer's temporary stay at the level of a writer to buy out the rights to four films at one time, and he was already very lucky.

Later, Stephanie Mayer asked for an increase in the dividend ratio, which is definitely going to be increased according to industry practice.

Even if she is a very pure housewife author, her agent may not sit idly by.

In addition to the monetary aspect, Matthew and Helen Herman also gave Stephanie Meyer some power in the future adaptation of the film in order to get the rights to the entire series, the main one being two aspects: Stephanie Meyer will be one of the screenwriters, and she will be the kind of subtitled, and she will also be named producer, but this aspect is more of a symbol of the identity and status of the crew.

After getting the rights to the "Twilight" series, Matthew didn't stay in Phoenix for much, and took a flight back to Los Angeles that night, and Helen Herman will return tomorrow, and she will accompany Stephanie Mayer back to Los Angeles to participate in the preparation of the first part of the series.

Matthew had previously discussed with David Ellison that they would invest in the "Twilight Zone" project at the same time, and the two reached a tacit understanding that the adaptation of "Twilight" would be dominated by Matthew's studio, and the two companies would invest three to one in terms of rights transfer and production budget.

The production budget for "Twilight" is $40 million, which means Matthew must raise $30 million before the project can start filming.

He has a bit of a headache, investing $40 million in "Iron Man" and $60 million in "Fast and Furious 4", and it is impossible to make a profit in a short period of time.

Matthew can only invest some funds for the time being, and then put the project into operation, and if he can't raise enough funds later, then go for a loan, with his current reputation, it is not difficult to borrow tens of millions of dollars from the bank.

The $40 million of "Iron Man" has long been paid to the third-party guarantee of the crew, and the $60 million of "Fast and Furious 4" is only $20 million invested as an advance start-up fund, and the other $40 million is the money he is ready to invest in the crew one after another, and the first $10 million will be moved, plus David Ellison's early investment, it is enough to start the crew of "Twilight".

Compared to today's popular sci-fi action films, romance films have a much shorter preparation and production cycle, and although there are werewolves and vampires in "Twilight", there are very few places where time-consuming and labor-intensive computer special effects are used.

Using the method of demolishing things to make up the west wall, Matthew solved the pre-funding problem of the project, and fully realized the difficulty of a producer, and he could not put all his energy on this project, so he needed a professional producer.

As for the director, he talked to Sofia Coppola again, and after careful consideration, Sofia Coppola basically agreed to direct the film, but asked to be both a screenwriter and producer.

Sofia Coppola can only work as a part-time producer, not as a first producer, and Matthew won't give a director so much power.

"Do you remember Sean Daniel?" Helen Herman recommended for Matthew, "one of the first producers you worked with." ”

Matthew certainly remembers, "the producer of the 'Mummy' series and 'The Scorpion King'. He asked, "You mean to invite Sean Daniel to be the first producer on this project?"

Helen Herman nodded slightly, "Hmm." She sighed for a moment and said, "Sean Daniel's ability is fine, but in recent years, the vision of choosing projects has been a bit problematic, and he has served as a producer of some traditional romantic comedy genre films one after another." As you know, the genre is marginalized these days, and even if the quality and response of the film are relatively good, it is difficult to achieve good box office results. ”

Speaking of which, she couldn't help but look at Matthew, even now, she felt that it was a little unwise to invest in a romantic movie project.

Matthew remembered, "A few years ago, Sean Daniel also invited me to star in a romantic comedy film he was responsible for, but I turned it down. ”

"I turned him down once for you. Helen Herman sighed lightly and added, "Several films have not done well at the box office, and Sean Daniel has gradually fallen silent, and he has been in retirement for more than a year, but he has the ability." ”

"Semi-retired?" asked Matthew, "will he take over the position of producer?"

Helen Herman burst out laughing, "Definitely. She whispered, "Have you forgotten why he gave up Dwayne Johnson in the first place? Spike Lee is the kind of person Sean Daniel hates the most." ”

Matthew also made a decision, "Helen, you get in touch with Sean Daniel first. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Helen Herman called Sean Daniel, and the next day he talked with Matthew with Sean Daniel, and after several discussions between the two sides, it was quickly agreed that Sean Daniel was officially the first producer of the "Twilight" project.

The first thing Sean Daniel did after taking office was to negotiate with Sofia Coppola to get the contract of this female director, and then form the entire crew with Sofia Coppola.

After determining the first producer and basically getting the director, Matthew asked for the information of many young actresses in the circle from Helen Herman, and rummaged for the information of the pure masters.

He remembered the nickname of the pure man, and he also had a vague image in his head, but he only knew the name for a long time, but he forgot the specifics.

Fortunately, the Hollywood circle is not particularly big, and there are not many young actresses who can mix up with Mingtang, Matthew didn't make too much effort, and found a photo of pure men with a vague impression from the information of the angel agency.

When he got the photo, he couldn't be sure if it was Twilight, but he was instantly sure that it was Snow White with the big nostrils that made the magic mirror open his eyes and lie, so he shouldn't be wrong.

The pure man's name is Kristen Stewart, a Hollywood child actress, and the resume recorded by Angels is quite unusual, having worked with Jodie Foster, David Fincher, Sean Penn, Meg Ryan and William Hurt, among others.

Such a resume is absolutely remarkable among young actresses who are less than twenty years old.

Now that he has found the pure masters, Matthew plans to send her an audition invitation after the crew is established, but Kristen Stewart also has a problem, she is not yet eighteen years old, if she shoots intimate scenes......

Matthew took a special look at Kristen Stewart's age, which turns eighteen in early April next year.

According to his vision, the crew will start running as soon as possible, the romance film will be relatively simple to shoot, the early planning has begun, and the crew will be officially established in the next one to two months, and then move to the preliminary preparation stage, start shooting from February to March next year, and complete the shooting before May.

The intimate scene of the heroine Isabella can wait until April next year to shoot.

For such a movie, four months is enough for post-production, and if everything goes well, it will be released during the holiday next year.

There is also a distribution ......

This kind of film aimed at teenagers can be approached by Walt Disney, which is distributed by Disney Pictures as North America, and Broadway Pictures as an international distribution.

Walt Disney is in talks with Skydance Pictures about the global release of Fast & Furious 4, which could package Twilight and Fast & Furious 4.

Matthew thought of it and did it, and quickly communicated with David Ellison, who also invested in the project "Twilight", so naturally he would not object.

Soon, Sky Dance Pictures joined the "Twilight" project in negotiations with a number of distribution companies.

Of course, Disney is not indispensable for the release of "Fast and Furious 4" and "Twilight", and now there are multiple companies negotiating with Sky Dancing Pictures, and as before, whoever has the most suitable conditions will be chosen.

Matthew was busy until mid-October, when the project got off track under his and Sean Daniel's management, and Sofia Coppola signed a directing contract with the crew to join Stephanie Mayer's screenwriting.

The scripts that Stephanie Mayer submitted to various Hollywood companies have made Matthew directly deny them, and there are a lot of action scenes about the FBI and guns in that script, which leans on traditional vampire and werewolf movies rather than pure romance movies.

The key to this kind of film is to love to death, and the other elements are just embellishments.

So, Matthew vetoed that script, and Sean Daniel and Sofia Coppola thought the same way.

With Sofia Coppola joining the crew, the project "Twilight" was officially determined as "Twilight", and if a sequel is filmed in the future, a suffix will be added to the title, and the crew will be established and transferred to the preliminary preparation stage.

Matthew can also breathe a sigh of relief that the specific affairs of the crew will be handled by Sean Daniel, an extremely experienced producer.

In addition, the main behind-the-scenes staff of the crew was recruited by Sofia Coppola, and most of the actors were recommended by Helen Herman.

At the same time, Sky Dance Pictures' negotiations on the distribution rights of "Fast and Furious 4" and "Twilight" also came to an end, and among a number of interested negotiation companies, Sky Dance Pictures finally reached an agreement with Walt Disney and officially signed a distribution contract.

The North American and international distributions of these two films are respectively handled by Disney Studios and Borgwell International, which are owned by Walt Disney, and the distribution percentage is 8 percent, which is two percentage points lower than the 10 percent that is common in Hollywood.

More importantly, this distribution contract does not involve copyright and peripheral income, and is purely a box office commission.

In this way, the publicity and issuance costs must be calculated separately, otherwise the issuance commission ratio will not be so low, and the two parties will jointly hire a third-party accounting firm as supervision and accounting.