Unfortunately, Warner's top management did not accept David Heyman's plan in the end and bought the rights to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in advance.

They chose to wait and see again—

"What if Charlotte Booth succeeds again?"

At that time, a disappointed David asked,

"At that time, he will definitely raise the price again. ”

"It's okay to raise the price! As long as you can prove the value of the series, spend more money! We Warners can afford it!"

“......”

Since the bosses have reached this level of wealth, David has nothing to say.

However, under his efforts, Warner decided to make a certain investment in the live-action film of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

- It's not for profit, but for the sake of quickly smoothing things out if you actually buy the rights to the series later.

This requires Warner's participation from the beginning of preparation.

The job was given to David.

Now, he no longer struggles with whether it is a bit silly to do so.

At the end of the day, this is just a move by the big studios to find stability.

Like the "Star Wars" series, Fox also did not invest all of it because George Lucas's production budget was too high at the time.

They are also like Warners now, they have only made a partial investment, and they want to make a final decision based on market feedback after the release of "Star Wars".

It's a pity that Star Wars succeeded.

What a success!

It was so successful that George Lucas was no longer willing to sell the rights.

In the later "Star Wars" series, although George Lucas is still working with Fox, there is always only one dominant -

That's George Lucas.

David Heyman is a little worried that the Harry Potter series will eventually develop into this situation.

However, after meeting Charlotte Booth a few times before, he didn't show any special dedication to the series.

- This is different from George Lucas, who is obsessed with the Star Wars series.

- You know, the Sith Maharaja, who has a strong desire to control, but for the sake of dominance, even Irvin Kershner, who created the glory of the second "Imperial Strikes Back", has to drive away!

- That's his teacher!

Judging from the content of several conversations between David and Charlotte Booth, the other party is more like he wants to make money from the "Harry Potter" series, but he is not very interested in the fact that the whole person is tied to this series.

In fact, David felt that if it weren't for Warner's unwavering determination, Charlotte Booth might not have planned to direct the film at all.

"It's easier now! It's up to Charlotte Booth to succeed again!"

David had a clear plan in his mind.

As for whether there will be more competitors after the success of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Charlotte Booth and the original author J. Brown will be more competitors. The question of whether K. Rowling's asking price will become higher, he simply doesn't think about it-

Isn't it just throwing money! Warner really didn't fool anyone!!

"The money isn't mine anyway!"

David was a little self-defeating......

A similar situation was played out within Disney.

Michael Eisner, who hosts Disney, is not a particularly generous boss, although he is known as a tyrant.

- This is also the reason why Disney did not win the copyright before Warner, although it also went into the water before.

- Their offer is also not high.

So, after Charlotte decided to complete the live-action movie of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" on her own, Disney also decided to wait and see for the time being.

They and Warners have a tacit understanding that they will each invest $15 million as a guarantee that they will stay in the game.

"This can be regarded as putting aside the controversy and developing it together!"

After learning of the decision of Warner and Disney, Charlotte complained in her heart.

As for whether there will be "...... since ancient times" in the future, Charlotte thinks it's similar.

After all, there's nothing new under the sun.

"You guys are typical of a war on the Western Front, Bob!"

After accepting the investment, Charlotte met with the people in charge of the project on both Warner and Disney sides.

Charlotte didn't say anything about David on Warner's side.

Because David will always shoot with the group, the two sides have the opportunity to communicate.

It's the person in charge of Disney, Charlotte didn't expect it to be Robert Iger (Bob for short).

- You know, this is the man who defeated Michael Eisner and became the president of Disney after 2005!

It was during his tenure at the helm that Disney became the first of the seven major Hollywood studios — of course, there were only six left, and it was about to become a big five.

Under his leadership, Disney annexed Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, achieving the achievement of Disney films produced by a single company, accounting for half of the North American box office.

Even now, he should be in a high-level position within ABC, rather than a simple producer, right?

"Because Disney doesn't plan to send people directly to shoot with the crew. ”

Robert Iger explains,

"So, I'm just nominating. Who made the TV anime of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone broadcast on ABC? I was recently moving from ABC to Disney Group Headquarters, and Michael asked me to try out this familiar project first. ”

"I see!"

Charlotte nodded, but knew in her heart that this was the current president of Disney, Michael Eisner, who was not interested in the project.

But that's okay, compared to David on Warner's side, Robert Iger has much more energy.

If he really works as a producer and meddles in the crew at will, it will definitely give Charlotte a lot of headaches.

The way it is now, on the contrary, makes it easier for Charlotte to carry out her work.

"However, I still follow up regularly on the progress of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – especially at the box office after its release. ”

Robert Iger smiled and said to Charlotte,

"Like you just said, there is no war on the Western Front, only temporarily!"

"So Disney is still going to fight Warner, just to postpone it for the time being?"

Charlotte understood what Robert Iger meant, but he didn't think the other side had much chance of winning.

You must know that it is different from the senior management of Warner, who is actually very optimistic about this project, but has not made up his mind for the time being, and wants to get an extra layer of insurance, so it has been postponed to this day.

Disney's president, Michael Eisner, is quite dictatorial when it comes to movies.

Since he is not very interested in the "Harry Potter" series, Robert Iger will have a difficult time even if he wants to push Disney to acquire the rights......

"It seems that despite all the twists and turns, the Harry Potter series still has a relationship with Warner!"