Chapter 412: Square Enix Decides to Shoot Final Fantasy
Yang Yun was watching the movie, and at the same time paying attention to Masashi Miyamoto's expression.
The metal scorpion-type robot is a special effect made by Square Enix, and the whole picture is only about 10 seconds, but in order to make the picture real, Square Enix used all his skills to make it vivid, the metal skeleton and bracket of the giant scorpion can be clearly distinguished, and the huge pincers are even sharper to cut gold and jade, and the tail thorn is sharp and flashing with a ghostly light, which is extremely poisonous.
With the passionate music sounding again, Laura threw off the pistol without bullets, quickly pulled out two silver multi-functional military daggers from the outside of her thighs, and ran towards the metal giant scorpion, while roaring in her mouth, as if she wanted to fight to the death with the other party!
In a dazzling hand-to-hand fight, Laura deftly dodged the giant scorpion's sharp pincers, and each attack of the giant scorpion was a fraction of a second, damaging a large number of tables, chairs and benches, but Laura couldn't be clamped.
Laura used the dagger in his left hand to resist an attack of the stinger on the tail of the giant scorpion, and the dagger held in his right hand stabbed into the junction of the scorpion's head and neck.
As the song ended, the wonderful four-minute solo show of Laura ended, and the pigtailed girl played with a knife, inserted the dagger into the outside of her thigh, twisted her neck, removed the miniature earphones that played the song, and then dragged the remains of the metal giant scorpion corpse into the broken confessional chamber.
The aggrieved skill man found out about the tragic condition of the giant scorpion, pounced on it, and looked at the convulsive and smoking metal giant scorpion. With a sad face, he said, "Poor Simon! β
Laura, served by the butler, enters her bathing center. The back of the inch, which was no longer inch, vaguely took on a seductive S shape, and the moment Laura turned around. You can also catch a glimpse of the towering and plump lower part, which makes the audience smile when they see it, and at the same time swallow a big gulp of saliva, giving a secret thumbs up to this hot Laura, who is not only good at kung fu but also has a better figure.
"Well done! Quite realistic, Square Enix's skills are really outstanding! Yang Yun whispered, the volume was just enough for Masashi Miyamoto to hear.
The corners of Miyamoto Masashi's mouth were slightly upturned, a little proud, those were the special effects that he personally supervised. Of course, you know how strong you are.
And the Japanese are really talented in making robots, the metal giant scorpions they make are vivid, and the movement and combat movements are no different from real scorpions, which is enough to confuse the real with the fake, if they are given a few more years, they must make a Transformer is no problem!
Since Square Enix has no problem with his skills, all we have to do is look at the box office revenues, and if "Tomb Raider" can still grossed more than $100 million, I can convince the old diehards...... Masashi Miyamoto squinted. I have already made up my mind that he will also take the road of adapting games to movies, and he will also eat meat instead of picking up the leftovers of Longteng!
The story goes on and on. Laura begins her career as a tomb, and there is also some sci-fi content later in which computer special effects are made, at the end of the movie. Laura is dressed in a lady's outfit, but she sees the metal giant scorpion Samon resurrected. I still can't help but return to my true colors and pick up two guns. Greet the up.
As a Hollywood commercial-level action movie, beautiful women, handsome guys, gunfights, drag racing, explosions, all kinds of wonderful shots are dazzling, and the rich and compact plot makes people worry about Laura.
Clearly, it worked!
After the premiere, everyone gave warm applause to the director and actors, to the game's producer, Longteng, and to the publisher 20th Century Fox, thanking them for bringing a wonderful visual feast to the audience and game fans!
Not to mention the celebration party, Yang Yun did not entangle Miyamoto Masashi anymore, everything he did was just a catalyst, a little hint, a reminder, and subtly influenced Square Enix's behavior with practical actions, and after sowing, quietly fertilized and watered.
Masashi Miyamoto really moved his mind, he decided to consult Yang Yun in private to see if "Final Fantasy" has the possibility of being filmed into a movie, if he can, he plans to pull Yang Yun to do it together, so that it is more secure to have the brand of Longteng Movie.
"President Yang, is Long Teng really unwilling to cooperate with us in making a movie?" After the premiere, Masashi Miyamoto came to the hotel room where Yang Yun was staying alone and persuaded him with sincerity.
Yang Yun held a glass of red wine, wore a nightgown, and shook his head slightly after tasting it: "President Miyamoto, we signed a cooperation agreement at the beginning, and it is not in accordance with the rules to do so!" β
Of course, Masashi Miyamoto knew what Yang Yun pointed out that the two companies of the "Final Fantasy" brand negotiated in 1991, and all the revenue generated in the form of games, Square Enix accounted for 51%, and Dragon Teng got 49%, and every new version of FF was jointly produced by the two companies, which is equivalent to a joint operation.
And comics, figures, movies, costumes and other peripheral interests, all remain in the hands of Square Enix, and Longteng never asks, nor cares, let alone let Longteng invest.
If Longteng invests in the film now, this agreement will have to be renegotiated, and the negotiation is now in a disadvantageous state for Square Enix, and they are not qualified to renegotiate with Longteng now.
Masashi Miyamoto decided to continue to fight, judging from several game adaptations of Dragon's games, the money earned by selling game software is 10, and the money earned by movies is also 8, while the other anime figure costumes and so on together earn less than 2, so the movie must be made!
"President Yang, if Long Teng doesn't plan to make a Final Fantasy movie, can you help build a bridge and let a company like 20th Century Fox or Paramount help distribute it? After all, they have a better grasp of the market for game-based films, don't they? β
Yang Yun laughed: "President Miyamoto, I can help you introduce a few people to each other." However, Long Teng has just set up an entertainment film company, and he plans to deal with this aspect of things himself in the future. I can honestly tell you that if you're going to have 20th Century Fox handle these things for you, at least 20% of the box office will go into their pockets! I don't want to have another "Tomb Raider" box office 100 million, and I only get 10 million dollars! β
Masashi Miyamoto couldn't get anything useful from Yang Yun. can only leave, he has not invested in a game movie in the whole process. So I don't know the doorway here.
The box office has to be split with the theater chain, and then it has to be settled with the distribution company according to the agreement. Excluding various actors' salaries and fixed investment costs, it is said that the box office of hundreds of millions of dollars may eventually fall into their own hands, and it will only be tens of millions of dollars in profits.
"Fortunately, Final Fantasy doesn't need so many live-action actors, and you don't have to pay star salaries! So, let's Square Enix create a second Pokemon miracle! "Masashi Miyamoto has finally taken the first step, and he is full of confidence!
The box office statistics for the first day of "Tomb Raider" came out quickly, with $19.8 million for the entire North American population. The data absolutely suppressed the films of the same period, and "Braveheart", which was released for 4 weeks, "Dream of the Covered Bridge", which was released for 3 weeks, and "Twelve Monkeys", which was on the list in the same period, were all pressed below, standing at the peak, and looking at these competitors proudly!
A week later, the North American box office reached $76 million, firmly occupying the top spot at the weekly box office. And the second place "Twelve Monkeys" is only a pitiful $21 million, and the gap is so big that Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt almost vomited blood. And Brad Pitt didn't even get a supporting role in "Resident Evil......
"Tomb Raider" has surpassed the data of "Pokemon" back then, and at this rate, it will definitely exceed $200 million in the screening cycle!
Although many American media do not rate it highly. have complained and belittled the movie, such as:
"Julie's skinny sleeveless T-shirt is even more appealing than the action scenes of the film!" βThe Hollywood Reporter.
"The content is as tiresome as Raiders of the Lost Ark!" βThe Boston Globe.
However, someone still said the biggest highlight of the film. The New York Times commented: "It's like watching someone else play a video game, presumably game fans will think that Julie is indeed the best Laura!" β
Suffice it to have this comment. This was originally a movie based on a game, and it set the highest box office record for this type of film, which made countless game lovers addicted, and at the same time, ordinary movie fans were looking for the real Lara game, and this summer, the sales of SS consoles and Tomb Raider games increased by 10%!
When the North American box office of "Tomb Raider" exceeded 150 million, the Asia-Pacific box office exceeded 80 million, the European box office reached 120 million, and the global total box office reached 410 million US dollars, everyone couldn't sit still!
All of a sudden, the craze for game adaptations of movies is surging, and many film distribution companies and theater owners have set their sights on those platinum or gold palace-level games, ready to seek opportunities for cooperation!
KTT took the lead in firing the first shot, announcing on the day that "Tomb Raider" exceeded 100 million at the box office, KTT sold the film adaptation rights of the "Need for Speed" game to Dragon Entertainment Games, and Dragon will look for suitable opportunities to invest in filming, hoping to make "Need for Speed" into an enduring racing game movie.
It didn't take long for Universal Pictures to announce that they had purchased the rights to the game "American Pie" at a high price, and planned to start filming next year, and the most famous adult game in recent years was about to hit the big screen!
In Japan, NHK TV also won the authorization of Longteng to prepare to shoot the TV series "Heartbeat Memories", which shows that pure love RPG games are more popular with Japanese TV, and love development games also have a chance to go to the small screen!
Spring in the gaming world is here!
Once again, they have found a way to make money!
Masashi Miyamoto couldn't hold back any longer, this temptation was too great!
In July, after a full month of debate and tug-of-war, Masashi Miyamoto dragged his tired body and finally persuaded the board of directors that Square Enix officially announced that they would invest $50 million to make Final Fantasy, the first computer-generated 3D game film in human history.
This news has brought the topic of game adaptation to movies to the peak of the topic again! (To be continued......)