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"The new work is still a hot and exciting action movie, as for the specific content? You'll have to go to the theater after the film is released. ”

In the face of many reporters, Duke still had that calm expression and answered their questions in the most appropriate way, "Why Warner Bros." Because Warner Bros. is my favorite studio, they have a long history, a mature philosophy and a rigorous system, and they are every film director's dream partner......"

This was the signing ceremony between Duke and Warner Bros., which was completely different from the situation of "Life and Death", and Warner held a press conference for this purpose, which was attended by more than 50 reporters, and the name Duke Rosenberg is not unfamiliar to these reporters who specialize in entertainment.

Of course, this is to promote the movie!

Since Duke initialed the agreement, Warner Bros. has been ahead of the curve, with newspapers and magazines under Warner Group appearing news about "Death Island" one after another, and many national tabloids have also hyped Keanu Reeves to continue to play the leading role of the film, and the heroine has been locked in Julia Roberts and Jodie Foster and other candidates......

As long as those who follow entertainment and movies can notice that a movie called "Brave Island" is about to start filming, the purpose of early publicity has been achieved.

As for the male and female protagonists of the film, they must have nothing to do with the candidates hyped by the media, besides, where is the heroine in this film.

"How does it feel to be in the media spotlight?"

As soon as he walked into the lounge at the back, Duke heard Sophia's signature voice, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "I'd rather sit behind the monitor......"

The crew's preparations had already begun, and Duke didn't stay too long at the hotel where the signing ceremony was held, and rushed directly to Warner Bros. headquarters.

Today is more for publicity, and the official contract was actually signed yesterday.

As Duke had hoped, he received a fifth of the film's investment of $10 million, and held three positions as director, screenwriter and executive producer, with a total personal compensation of $3.5 million, while Sophia Coppola, Zack Schneider, Mike Dawson, Robin Grande and John Schwartzman also passed the Warner Bros. assessment and will serve as assistant director, first assistant director, editor, second production manager and director of photography, respectively.

These are actually the first things to be finalized in the negotiations, after all, their personal ability is not a problem, and the longest negotiation time is naturally the investment income share of Duke's Duke's studio.

The film is mainly financed by three parties, Warner Bros. Financing, Duke Studios and Malibu's AUG Film Fund, in addition to a number of smaller investors, in order to ensure that the film can be completed, Warner Bros. also insured the American insurance company AIA, and brought them in as a third-party guarantee for the completion of the film.

Frankly, Duke doesn't like to bring in a third party, because a lot of things need to be reviewed by the other party when shooting, but this is the most common film system in Hollywood, and it is not something that can be fought against by individuals.

If there is no third-party insurance company as a guarantee, why should investors, including overseas distributors with prepaid fees, believe that the film will be released, and if the film is abandoned halfway, their investment will not be wasted?

There are many such examples, and the third-party insurance system came into being.

Investors and pre-payers do not hand over funds directly to the film company or crew, but are supervised by a third-party insurance company, and every expenditure of the crew is subject to strict review, and if the project ends up unfinished, the third-party guarantor company has to find a way to complete or compensate for the related losses.

In short, this is a very complex and perfect system, and it is also an important guarantee for the normal operation of the Hollywood film system.

Even so, it is not uncommon in the past, present, and future for Hollywood studios and crews to cheat investors out of their funds.

For directors, it will definitely not feel particularly comfortable to have a third-party review card on it, but let alone the current Duke, even Spielberg and James Cameron in the future will have to operate their own films under this system.

According to the news obtained by Duke, there are more than a dozen small investors who invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in "Brave Death Island", which can also reflect from the side that after the success of "Life and Death", the investment market still has a little confidence in him as a director.

As for how Warner Bros. shares with them, it's a trade secret, and Duke doesn't care, he just needs to focus on what he can get.

The Duke's studios accounted for one-fifth of the film's investment and deserved one-fifth of the film's revenue share, and on the face of it, it did.

One-fifth of the film's net global box office revenue and one-fifth of the cost of the transfer of TV and video rights, this is the revenue that Duke Studios can get, as Nancy said, these are all short-term revenues, according to the contract, Warner Bros. must pay off within six months of the film's next release.

The film will have nothing to do with the sales of TV and videotapes, as well as other peripheral revenues, to the Duke Studios.

In addition, once the revenue is received, the Duke Studios will automatically relinquish the corresponding rights to the investment, and Warner Bros. will own the full rights to the film, including the sequel rights.

Foreign investors do not obtain copyrights, which is also the default rule of Hollywood, and Duke can certainly oppose it, but this touches the bottom line of Warner Bros., not only Warner Bros., but also Hollywood's second- and third-tier film companies will not let simple investors share the copyright of the film.

You must know that some films, looking at the box office or peripheral income at that time, are completely losing money, but as long as the copyright is in hand, the film company can get long-term benefits, and since Star Wars, the most significant change in Hollywood is that the dependence of film revenue on the box office has been greatly reduced, and the income brought by related copyrights has increased significantly, and the trend of increasing over the years has been increasing.

The reason why the traditional Big Six or Seven giants are Hollywood giants is not only because they have perfect distribution channels, but also because they own thousands of film copyrights.

The copyright can be shared between the Big Six, even with second-tier film companies, but the newly established Duke Studios is still forgotten.

Duke didn't plan to get a kick in the copyright, he just wanted the box office and the TV and video rights split, if the film could get the expected revenue, which would be enough for the Duke studio to make a good account.

Of course, Duke will not overestimate the credibility of Warner Bros., and the agreement is indispensable for the team of accountants he hired to participate in the whole process of preparation, shooting, production, publicity and payment collection of the film.

In fact, it is not easy to grab this revenue from Warner, Duke not only took the initiative to reduce his salary, but also signed a 1+2 agreement with Warner, which means that Warner Bros. has the right of first refusal to invest and distribute his next two films.

When he arrived at Warner Bros., Duke went straight to a large conference room, where the crew was currently focused on initialling the agreement, discussing the next work.

The film was produced by Jeff Robinoff himself, the first production manager was Charles Rowan, the representative of Warner Bros., the second production manager was Robin Grande, plus Duke, the director and executive producer, and the financial supervisor of the insurance company's crew, which constituted the first floor of the crew of "Death Island".

The meeting was between them, and after listening to a bunch of dizzying numbers from third-party representatives, they needed to identify key positions such as art direction, sound design, sound director, action direction, pyrotechnic explosions, etc., among Warner Bros. scouts and those who wanted to apply.

Unlike in "Life and Death", which was completely decided by George Lucas, Duke had to be involved in the whole process, and had to find people with similar ideas to himself, especially the pyrotechnic explosions, and the team last time was really mediocre.

As a good player in this area, he naturally knows the names of some of Hollywood's top teams, but unfortunately most of them are still unknown and there are no names on the list.

"The pyrotechnics team put it on hold first." "I need a top-notch pyrotechnician, and I want to talk to someone who is applying for a job. ”

Others have no opinion, and the choice of each type of work requires a process.

"Do you have any suitable audition recommendations for the main roles?"

The conversation shifted to the other side, with Charles Rowan as the production manager taking the lead and saying, "Tom Cruise was interested in Goosby, but his agent demanded that the character be changed......"

He looked up at the crowd, "Well, although he has a lot of box office appeal, it's better to leave him out." ”

"I'll suggest a few auditions."

Gesturing to Sophia, Duke asked her to send the pre-prepared materials to the crowd, "Stanley Guss compared me to Nicolas Cage, General Hammer, I think Ed Harris fits my image very well." ”

Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris have both worked hard in Hollywood for many years and starred in many films, so there is certainly no problem with their acting skills, and Duke is not worried about this.

He didn't say that after the film was established, Nancy asked Naomi Watts to play Goosby's fiancée, and the actor didn't matter if he played the role of an inconsequential vase, and Duke had no objection to that.

"You've forgotten an important role...... "Robin Grande looked at Duke, "John Mason's candidate." ”

"Former British agent." Duke spread his hands, looked at the laughing crowd and said, "Is there a better candidate?" ”

"Sean Connery, no one is more suitable than him!"

"But Sean Connery is hot-tempered, impulsive, and notoriously addicted to alcohol and drugs!" There are concerns.

"Let's get in touch first." Charles Rowan said, "After the meeting, I will send a formal invitation to the CAA. ”

CAA？

Duke realized that he had overlooked a problem, Sean Connery is not only a CAA signed actor, but also the oldest qualified! (My novel "Made in Hollywood" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )