"Supreme Detective" has not started filming for such a long time, and it is not only that other films have occupied the schedule, but the attitude of the original comic book author has also made Mo Fei entangled for a long time.

Chester Gauder is a stock index comic book writer, "Dick Tracy" has had many people want to change the film since '75 years before that, but because the author himself insisted on compulsory intervention in the film's investment and script, shooting and other aspects, the producers, including United States, could only choose to give up in the end.

And "Dick Tracy", a comic book that has been popular in the United States since 1931 and has been popular for more than 40 years, is still strong enough to attract people, even if the plan fails many times, there are still people who are willing to work on this comic.

So the adaptation rights changed owners every three days, until Paramount and Universal gave up filming, and the copyright was also taken back by Forum Corporation, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune, the publisher of "Dick Tracy".

Then Warren Beatty bought the adaptation rights on his own and began to contact Disney for collaboration. After Disney bought part of the equity, it added another 22 million to the original planned investment of 25 million US dollars, and also used more than 50 million publicity expenses, pushing the cost of the film to hundreds of millions of US dollars, resulting in the last more than 100 million US dollars at the box office but did not make any money.

Disney's more than 50 million promotional expenses were enough in the late 80s and early 90s, comics were popular for more than 40 years and classic enough, and several actors were also strong enough at the box office. If "Dick Tracy" continues to have a sequel. All the investments made before that will definitely be able to be recovered, and they will definitely make a lot of money.

But with the box office of "Batman" of more than 400 million US dollars in front, the box office of more than 100 million is indeed a bit insufficient; The director blindly pursues color and ignores the richness of the story. Turning movies into comics, rather than making comics into movies, has also sparked a lot of criticism; "Dick Tracy" has of course become a soy sauce party that grandma doesn't love and uncle doesn't love.

Warren Beatty was also taken to court by two producers for failing to pay his revenge in time for an investment failure; And the copyright battle for this film did not come to a conclusion until the 10s of the 21st century.

Now that Chester Gauder has given up pointing fingers at the film, and the copyright has fallen into the hands of other companies, it is a good time for Phoenix Culture to start, and it will be too late to start infinitely tangled. The most important thing is that Warren Beatty can't sell 100% of the copyright to Phoenix Culture.

There are a lot of ideas about this classic comic, and he won't go crazy like Disney to launch a hype plan of more than $50 million. That's simply a representative of the standard of behavior of a loser, and being able to make money while hyping up is what a real film businessman should do.

The hype is actually quite simple, so many copyright changes hands in ten years. The machine has already brought a lot of fame to the film. The popularity of the 70s after the closure did not deplete much, and as long as a few seasons of the cartoon version of "Dick Tracy" were filmed, it was able to continue the limelight for several years.

First use cartoons to get back the Dick Tracy in the audience's hearts, and make the characters richer after getting off the paper, and then delete some of the offensive content, so that all audiences can accept this cartoon drama as much as possible. Then find a point in time in the process, launch the first part of this series of movies, and make money with movies while making money from cartoons. Finally, it can launch episodes, which is the best means.

Of course. "Dick Tracy" will definitely be used to the extreme, the movie will not only be filmed in the United States, but also in Hong Kong to shoot the Asian version, the actor needless to say must be Zhou Runfa, this is what Mo Fei promised at the beginning.

And in the next few years, this manga can also be adapted into a game, as long as the game is well-made enough, it is also an excellent way to promote it. In this way, the four channels of comics, cartoons, dramas, and games are united, and it is difficult for the movie not to be popular, and the name of "Dick Tracy" is gone.

Thinking of the change in the game, Mo Fei suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have said this to Li Lu just now, and the new film "Foreseeing the Future" starring Zhou Yunfa next year still needs to find a heroine from Hollywood, look at the watch, it has only been ten minutes since the last call, so let's bother Li Lu again.

"Hello, I'm Li Lu, it's inconvenient to answer your call now, if you ......" When a recording was about to finish, Li Lu picked up the phone and said, "I'm Li Lu, who are you?" ”

"Lao Li, didn't bother you, did you already fall asleep?" It took so long to answer the phone, and eighty percent of them had already fallen asleep, so they were really a little embarrassed.

Mo Fei's call must be about work, even if he is asleep, Li Lu can't have any opinions, and said: "It's okay, the time difference between Hong Kong and here is more than ten hours, Mr. Mo, you must have something to say when you called, work is the most important, and I have nothing here." ”

"Then it's hard for you," Mo Fei said politely, and continued: "That's the case, when I was on the phone with you just now, I will tell you again, you are going to find Chester Gauder, the author of "Dick Tracy", and buy the image and copyright of Dick Tracy's character, as well as the game adaptation rights of comics, some peripheral rights or something, in addition to the comic creation rights, all the copyrights that can be bought are bought out, and it is no problem to give a little more money, The main thing is not to let Chester Gauder participate in his opinion in the adaptation. I heard that Warren Beatty has also been working on the idea of this comic, if he has already bought the rights, then pay a little more to the forum company, so that they can break the contract and take back the adaptation rights, in short, we must get this comic. But when we sign the agreement, you have to remember that it has to be sold in perpetuity, but the Chicago Tribune can retain their paper publishing rights. ”

called twice in a row, all for the same thing, Li Lu could also feel how much Mo Fei attached importance to this comic, and replied immediately: "Mr. Mo, don't worry, I will start contacting Chicago early tomorrow morning, and I will fix this matter as soon as possible regardless of whether the copyright is sold or not." ”

After Li Lu agreed, Mo Fei said: "There is one more thing, if Hong Kong wants to start filming a new film after the New Year, it needs to have an actress who plays a police officer and a girlfriend who plays a male lead, both of whom need to use Hollywood actors, you have to help me do this." The requirements for the role of the actor's girlfriend are relatively simple, as long as it is a sexy beauty, there is no problem with an actor who is already a little famous; But the actress of that policewoman, I am more optimistic about the actor Sigourney Weaver, if she can't, just look at the actor Goldie Han. Remember to make it clear to the actors that they are going to Hong Kong to film. ”

This time it was really finished, and after explaining what Li Lu was going to do, he also said something about it, so that Li Lu could rest assured that he would go to sleep and would not disturb his good dreams again.

Choosing Hollywood actors to star in "Foreseeing the Future" is worried about the quality of this film. The "Foreseeing the Future" in his previous life starred Nicolas Cage, and in the end, it didn't get too good results at the box office, this time he used Zhou Runfa as the leading actor, and changed the place where the story took place in Hong Kong, just to make a sword to go sideways. But this alone is not enough, we must come up with more content that attracts the audience's attention, and the combination of one black and one white, one east and one west is what the audience likes to see.

Sigourney Weaver was a famous big actress in the 80s, and it was precisely because she was tall that she didn't have many opportunities when she first entered the film industry, so she could only play some inconspicuous small supporting roles, or roles that no one wanted to play.

It wasn't until he starred in "Alien" in '79 that he became known as the heroine in the film, Allen. The role of Ensign Ripley was recognized and began to move towards the ranks of A-list actresses. For her to play the role of a policewoman in "Foreseeing the Future", she can not only bring a certain box office appeal to the movie through her fame, but also enhance the image of some policewomen in the movie, without making the whole plot seem empty.

And Godie Han, an actor, although she does not have the height of Sigourney Weaver to suppress Chow Yun-fat with special functions, her identity as an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and her image of a "silly girl" different from the past can also bring some benefits to the movie.

Mo Fei's idea was indeed very good, but two days later, Li Lu's phone call made him a little speechless. The role of the actor's girlfriend is easy to find, and Li Lu's choice is also good, it is Tanya Roberts, who has just starred in "007 Thunder Killing" Bond Girl, who is very beautiful, and the popularity that has just gathered can also bring a lot of box office.

But there is a problem with the choice of the heroine, that is, the role of the policewoman. Sigourney Weaver couldn't star because he already had a film contract, so Li Lu went to find Godie Han, but the former winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress shouted out a salary of four million US dollars, and Li Lu couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he had to call to see Cahamofei's room, whether to endure the pain and be slaughtered, or to change to another actor.

Mo Fei's answer was the same as Li Lu's thoughts: "Four million dollars, why didn't she grab it." doesn't look at what films I've acted in in the past two years, so I know that pretending to be a fool in the movie won't really be infected. Last year, she acted in two "Little Confused" series, and the box office was just over 30 million US dollars, and "Little Confused Love Tears" was even more pitiful to only more than 6 million, and she couldn't even recover the cost, and she was embarrassed to say 4 million. This woman is so old, and she is still so greedy and insufficient, don't look for her again in the future, not once, Lao Li, you remember this. ”

Godie Han is really a lion, Hollywood's most valuable actress, Oscar-winning actress and Best Supporting Actress double winner Meryl Streep, in the "Out of Africa" she just starred in, only asked for a salary of four million US dollars, but what kind of box office results are people, how can she be embarrassed to open this mouth, this Nima is simply blackmail... )

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