"Why don't we shoot Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ourselves?"

Charlotte said directly,

"Since both Warner and Disney still have doubts about the commercial value of the Harry Potter series, then we simply take the rights and make our own film. ”

"Shoot it yourself!?"

Alexis was stunned for a moment, and then reacted,

"You mean like 'The Sixth Sense' or 'Detective Hell,' made under the name of Ghost Party Studios?"

- Whether it is "The Sixth Sense" or "Detective Hell", it was handed over to Warner Bros. for distribution, but the producer was Charlotte's Ghost Party Studio.

This is also a big reason why he was able to become the first producer of both films.

The former is because the script was originally provided by Charlotte herself, and her own studio production is naturally a very important thing.

As for the latter, although the comic rights of "Constantine" were in the hands of Warner's DC Comics, Warner's side was at risk and in the financial chain at that time, and shared part of the film rights with Charlotte's Ghost Party Studios......

"Speaking of which, Warner must regret dying now, right?"

Speaking of which, Alexis suddenly remembered the question.

"It's regretting, yes!"

Charlotte said with a smile,

"Aziva Gossman once called me and complained about this - he said his bosses were a bunch of bastards who got cheap and sold well!"

"Then Warner wants to buy back part of the copyright of "Hell Detective" from you?"

Alexis asked.

"Yes. ”

Charlotte nodded,

"After breaking 100 million in the first week, the box office trend behind is also very good, and this kind of movie with a final box office in North America may be four or five billion, so they naturally don't want to let it go easily. ”

In Charlotte's view, what Warner wants most is actually the full rights to the sequel movie.

Because, according to the previous agreement, once the sequel to "Detective Hell" is filmed, Charlotte still has the same funding power.

- That is to say, unless he gives up the capital injection, he will also share the copyright proceeds with Warner in the sequel later.

Now that I regret beating my chest, how can Warner still want to continue to share the copyright with Charlotte in the sequel later?

You must know that unlike the first episode, the sequel movies in the future have a much greater chance of success.

This kind of opportunity can be called lying down to make money, and even if Warner's top management is full of water, they will not let go easily.

Of course, correspondingly, Charlotte will not let go easily.

After all, according to the current box office trend, it is basically not a problem for "Hell Detective" to break $300 million at the North American box office, and it is very likely to hit 400 million.

If it weren't for the inevitable arrival of the black ship "Titanic" at the end of the year, Charlotte would even feel that she could continue to win the 1997 North American box office champion.

- The hen that lays golden eggs in this way will be sold cheaply by fools.

Charlotte has hired a lawyer and negotiator and is ready for a long battle with Warners.

Even, Warner's film adaptation rights for the "Harry Potter" series have been lowering prices, and they have no intention of taking the opportunity to put pressure on Charlotte.

But—

"If I make Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone again—"

"Then Warner may be about to steal chickens and rice!"

Alexis instantly understood what Charlotte meant, and she "giggled" and laughed,

"You must be hoping to see that, right?"

"Not so hopefully. ”

Charlotte shrugged,

"But for now, since I really need to direct the live-action movie of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" myself, it's normal to find a way to grab some more benefits from it, right?"

“...... Indeed it is!"

As the person in charge of following up on the Harry Potter series on the Warner side, David doesn't think that's the case.

In fact, with the broadcast of the TV version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", he is already very optimistic about the prospects of its film adaptation.

In particular, after managing to get his hands on the British version, after reading it carefully, David realized that this could most likely be a long-form series.

What does this mean?

That means more than the number of sequels to the trilogy!

For the film industry, it can be said that it is an inexhaustible gold mine.

Anyway, after establishing this, David has been trying to convince Warner's top brass that they will throw money at the series to win.

But the bosses have been entangled in Charlotte Booth's high offer and have never made up their minds.

This made David feel bad.

- This kind of business, which can earn more than ten times the profit once it is won, why hesitate to spend so much!?

- The late ones change!!

Sure enough, because of the continuous delay on the Warner side, Disney finally went into the water.

And within Warner, there are a few idiots who have started to use the adaptation rights of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to pressure Charlotte Booth to return the sequel rights of "Detective Hell" to Warner......

"This kind of self-righteous intention is simply death!"

If it weren't for the fact that the other party's position was much higher than his own, David Hayman would have wanted to grab the other party's collar and scold the other party.

He felt that the commercial value of the Harry Potter series would only become more apparent over time.

If Warner can't quickly win the copyright, there will only be more and more competitors in the future. K. Rowling's appetite will also grow......

So, after hearing that Charlotte Booth planned to ignore the negotiations for the time being and directly start the production of the live-action film version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in the name of his own Ghost Party Studio, David Hayman knew that it was bad-

"Charlotte Booth is tired of arguing with us, and is going to make a movie directly, and then use it as a bargaining chip to negotiate with us!"

Judging by Charlotte Booth's past record, the probability of failure of this "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is very small.

But once this movie is successful, the dominance of the series will completely fall into the hands of Charlotte Booth.

At that time, even if Warner spent several times more than the current price to win the copyright, it had to act according to the baton of the other party.

After all, the movies have been made, can the actors be changed casually?

In the series of movies, changing actors is taboo.

And a series of questions about the style of the film, scene planning, co-members, etc., should we follow the experience of the first part?

If it is followed, isn't it all going according to Charlotte Booth's plan!?

David felt a headache.

As for using some shady means to make trouble and make Charlotte's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" fail at the box office, he didn't think about it at all.

Because there is no point.

After all, if the movie fails at the box office, Charlotte Booth will certainly suffer. Correspondingly, the future of the Harry Potter series is over.

At that time, the entire Harry Potter series film plan may have to be cut.

It can be said that even Warner knows very well that Charlotte Booth is planning to film "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by herself in order to increase the price in the future so as to get money from them.

But they still have to be happy to see it happen.

Because the success of the other party can also prove the value of the Harry Potter series, so that their investment is not risky.

— even if it means they have to invest more money to get the copyright later.

"Unless you invest enough money to get the copyright right now!"

David thought to himself.