Chapter 53: Movie Derivatives

On August 23, the same Los Angeles, the same Dolby Theater, the difference is that the movie that held the premiere changed from "Batman" to "X-Men 2".

The organizers of "X-Men 2" seem to be responding to the trend of "Batman vs. X-Men" in the current online reality, attracting many X-Men fans to support the scene, and the scene is no less than the popularity of "Batman" last night.

Even, at the behest of Lin Han, "Uncle Wolf" Hugh Jackman also publicly "provoked" on Twitter: "Bruce Wayne, dare to fight me?" ”

In response, Christian Bale, the actor of Batman, also responded strongly on Twitter: "Batman is never afraid of challenges, whether you are Wolverine Logan, or Magneto, or Professor X!! ”

Christian Bale has swept other people in "X-Men 2" into the mix, "Professor X" Patrick Stewart, and "Magneto" Ian McKellen have "shot back", and then led their respective fans to fight on the Internet.

There are many heroes on the X-Men side, "Storm Girl" Harry Berry, "Phoenix Girl" Farmik Jensen, "One-Eyed Dragon" James Marsden, "Little Naughty" Anna Paquin and others have helped, and now, "Batman" Christian Bale has really become a lone hero.

However, "Batman" is not alone, director Tim Burton, actress Anne Hathaway and "Batman Returns" heroine Natalie Portman and others have also helped, and the two sides have directly turned Hollywood into a chaotic battlefield, causing Hollywood stars to choose to join in.

This "Batman vs. X-Men" trend has begun to sweep the world, and Hollywood stars will naturally not refuse this kind of activity that can increase exposure, and they all enjoy it, have a lot of fun, and play a lot of new tricks.

At half past eight in the evening, Lin Han and Anne Hathaway appeared in the first half of the red carpet ceremony of the premiere of "X-Men 2", this time, he attended as a friend of "Uncle Wolf" Hugh Jackman, and naturally he couldn't finalize as a producer like "Batman"!

Tonight, "X-Men 2" did not invite too many other Hollywood celebrities to come to help, because there are many big names in their own movie starring, and these big names each bring a few friends, and the strong star lineup is not weaker than the premiere of "Batman"!

Although he only came as a friend of "Uncle Wolf" Hugh Jackman, Lin Han still became the central figure of the audience, why?

Because Lin Han is the producer of "X-Men 3", and the $200 million of the entire movie is all invested by him, how can such a powerful boss not be able to talk about it now? At this time, he left an impression in front of him, maybe the next movie investor will think of him!

This is the idea of those Hollywood male stars, as for many single Hollywood actresses, they want to show their beauty in front of Lin Han, a young, handsome, and successful man, and even many non-single actresses also have thoughts about Lin Han.

In fact, Lin Han himself is to blame for the situation of this crazy bee wave butterfly, who let him invest $50 million in Anne Hathaway to shoot "The Princess Diaries 2" with a wave of his hand?

Many people think that Anne Hathaway is lucky, and many actresses who think they are not weaker than Anne Hathaway are thinking about how to get on the line with Lin Han, even if they can't become lovers, even if they only have one-shot friends, presumably Lin Han's kind of gold owner will not treat himself too badly, right?

Even if they don't get anything in the end, having a relationship with a successful young man like Lin Han is also a kind of capital, and it is better than them being ruined by those old Hollywood bastards, and they may not be rewarded!

After being quietly pinched by Annie with two handfuls of soft flesh on his waist, Lin Han had to say sorry to the many actresses around him, and then went straight to Edward, an old friend of Galaxy Pictures.

The handsome blonde guy Edward was blowing water in the pile of beauties, Lin Han came in and dragged him away, Edward suddenly said to Lin Han with a grudge: "Hey, brother, I haven't got the girl tonight, I see that I am going to succeed, tonight is the rhythm of NP, did you do it on purpose?" ”

Lin Han shook his head, let go of Edward, and sighed: "Alas, I don't know who said that there was a dream of buying a mansion in Beverly Hills, but it turned out to be all fake?" Originally, I wanted you to make a little more money, but I didn't expect you to be such a person, go back, go and soak your sister! ”

Lin Han looked sorry for "hating iron but not steel", and Edward's eyes lit up instantly when he heard the words "Beverly Hills" and money.

"Hey, no, Lin, I'm definitely a person with dreams, you have to give young people with dreams a chance, this, hehe, how to make a little more money?" Edward knows Lin Han's generosity, and the "little money" that people say is definitely not a little bit of money that he can understand, but a lot of money in hundreds of millions!

In front of such a big money, what girl, no matter how beautiful she is, she has to be thrown aside? Joke, I, Edward, am an aspiring young man, how could I indulge in gentleness!!

Lin Han nodded, came to a corner with Edward, took a glass of champagne and took a sip before slowly saying: "Now, you have seen the popularity of "Batman" and "X-Men 2", I want to ask, what kind of process has Galaxy Pictures invested in the spin-off production of these two movies? ”

Although "Batman" is invested by Williams Films, and "X-Men 2" is invested by Twentieth Century Fox, when it comes to film derivatives production and market, Galaxy Pictures is the leader in this regard, and it has worldwide channels, so the derivatives of these two movies are still handed over to Galaxy Pictures to do in order to maximize profits.

When Edward heard this, he thought for a while and said, "The company is currently researching, and is going to see the reaction after the movie is released. ”

"I can give you the license for "Batman" now, and as for "X-Men", I can also give you the decision, what you have to do now is to persuade Galaxy Pictures to speed up the progress, so as to release movie derivatives when the two movies are released, and make money while this trend is in full swing!" Lin Han said to Edward very seriously, speaking of which, he also had a good opinion of Edward, so he just wanted to help him.

The so-called movie derivatives refer to products developed according to the characters, scenes, props, logos, etc. of the movie, including toys, clothing, accessories, audio and video, books, daily necessities, etc.

This kind of product mainly relies on the popularity and influence brought by the release of the movie, originally, Galaxy Pictures' considerations are also normal, but now, the unprecedented topicality brought by "Batman vs. X-Men" has already expanded the popularity of the two movies to Cheng DΓΉ, who is more popular than the movie being released.

Unlike in China, which mainly relies on the box office of movies as income, in North America, the revenue of film derivatives accounts for 70% of the total revenue of a movie, which is more than twice the box office of a movie.

How much can X-Men 2 and Batman do grossing globally? According to Lin Han's experience in his past and present lives, it is only seven or eight hundred million US dollars at the top, and the investor's profit after deducting costs is only more than 100 million US dollars at most, and the income of movie derivatives is two or three times or even more than this figure, so Lin Han has no reason to give up this piece of income!

Some time ago, Lin Han invested frequently, and he didn't have much money in his hand, so he had to tap new income channels, and movie derivatives were undoubtedly a good choice.

After some contemplation, Edward finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll step up my efforts to persuade the company after I go back, of course, your name must be used, you won't mind, right?" ”

Lin Han shook his head, raised his wine glass and said, "Of course not!" Edward also raised his wine glass and clinked glasses with Lin Han, a qiΔ“, all without saying a word.

Later, with this unique market vision, Edward jumped from the middle level to an executive of Galaxy Pictures, and since then he has realized a life of indulgence in the Beverly Hills mansion.

Of course, Edward ended up having too much fun, and at the age of forty he was on a carnival night, after snorting and hi, he fought more than a dozen young models, and finally, died on the belly of a woman!

This is all for later, shortly after Lin Han and Edward finished talking about the movie spin-off, the premiere of "X-Men 2" officially began.

The whole process is naturally interesting, and many of the leading actors interact with the audience very down-to-earth, not cold.

After the interaction, the movie officially began to be screened, and "X-Men 2" followed the ending of the first part, "Wolverine" Logan left Professor X's school in order to retrieve his past memories and went incognito to the Lake Ekari Industrial Center; On the other hand, the Human Council is busy repairing the Statue of Liberty, which was damaged in the Great War; Magneto is serving his sentence in Professor X's elaborate plastic prison.

On the surface, the whole world seems to be gradually returning to normal, but in the darkness, new conspiracies are brewing, and both the righteous and evil mutants are facing a great threat.

In "X-Men 2", the origin of Wolverine Logan has been further revealed...... The movie of more than two hours is not short, however, whether it is news media reporters or the audience fans who came, they all watched it with relish, and no one went to the toilet or anything at all!

After watching it, Lin Han has to admire director Brian Singh, there are so many characters in "X-Men" and the relationship is so complicated, but Brian can completely control it and make it into a smooth and good-looking movie, which is really admirable!

Lin Han paid himself for not having the ability to control a Hollywood blockbuster like this, at least not now, and these abilities can only be formed after years of accumulation.

After the film was screened, the audience stood up and applauded warmly, the applause was like thunder, and the director Brian and the leading actors came to the stage to bow and thank you!

The next morning, numerous media reviews of X-Men 2 came out.

"Probably the best superhero movie out there, Brian is a master of the genre!" - OscarGUY commented.

"Thanks to the movie's rich action scenes, all-star cast, amazing special effects, and solid storyline, it's a great entertainment experience!" -- Apollo Herald.

"A truly brilliant sequel movie!" -- Empire Magazine.

"The !! of the best comic book adaptation to date" -- Premiere Magazine.

"Comic book writers turn unattainable or desirable things into exaggerated cartoon characters. In the film, the director returns the comic to reality, and the sign of the success of an art film may be to create a real world for the audience, while the sign of success of a science fiction film is to create a false but desirable world for the audience. -- "Audio-Visual Entertainment" review.

"X-Men 2" has even surpassed "Batman" in all aspects, and some people have compared it with the blockbuster "Spider-Man" in the summer file, many media believe that "X-Men 2" is better in terms of rich characters and storyline, but I don't know if its box office can surpass "Spider-Man".

Hollywood is a place that creates miracles, and no one dares to assert it until the real dust settles, and there are people who do it, but they are often slapped in the face!

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