No matter what Warner and Disney decide, it doesn't matter for the time being now that Charlotte has decided to shoot "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" herself.

The first task now is to raise funds for filming.

It should be said that with Charlotte's current status in the circle, this is not a difficult thing.

Not to mention anything else, counting the investments from Warner and Disney, he already has $30 million in hand.

And counting the proceeds of the box office success of several consecutive movies before, Charlotte has a lot of funds in her hands.

In particular, "The Sixth Sense" and "Detective Hell", both films, were initiated and led by Charlotte under the name of Ghost Party Studios.

This means that he can get a large part of the proceeds of these two movies.

Unlike "Fatal Bend" and "Happy Death Day", you can only make some hard-earned money as a high-level wage earner.

In fact, when the box office revenue of "Hell Detective" is basically received, the funds that Charlotte can mobilize may reach 100 million US dollars.

- And that's without counting the later copyright gains.

This money, although it is still a little short of shooting some special effects commercial blockbusters after 2000, is now very much.

Not to mention, according to the previous tiered agreement with Zippo, he can also get $13 million in sponsorship fees......

However, making movies with your own money is not a good thing.

If Charlotte had a few hundred million dollars in liquidity, he wouldn't mind sending the movie in full, after all, he would be able to make it alone.

But now this little money, although it is enough for the production cost, the post-publicity and distribution costs are not necessarily enough, not to mention that the Ghost Party Studio has other projects that need financial support.

Overall, it doesn't fit Charlotte's style, nor is it Hollywood's usual practice.

It is a normal strategy to pull a few more investors into the game to reduce risks.

In this regard, Charlotte does not intend to go against the grain.

Fortunately, after the box office of "Hell Detective" exceeded 100 million in the first week, he is currently in the limelight, and it is not difficult to pull up investment.

Not to mention anything else, as soon as he heard that he was going to prepare for the filming of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Jodie Foster immediately called.

As for the new line, Mr. Westwood, an old fritter, was sent over again.

- By the way, the old guy was still carrying this emergency medicine, so that Charlotte didn't know whether he was really called by the Lord at any time, or deliberately pretended to be pitiful in front of himself.

In short, counting the 30 million she paid, Charlotte easily raised a small $100 million.

"If it were a normal shooting method, the money might not be enough. But here I am—"

Charlotte boasted to Charlize and Alexis, who knew the inside story,

"The spell perks saved a lot of money, and I had a lot of stuff on the TV anime when I was working on it early on - enough money for me to get the movie out and promote it. ”

"Well, you're really good at that!"

Charlize did not object to Charlotte's words. She just asked with some curiosity,

"But the biggest problem in the project "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is not the special effects, but the selection and guidance of the actors?—— according to the story, many of the main actors are minors!"

"This is indeed a nuisance!"

Charlotte nodded.

- During the filming of "The Sixth Sense", Charlotte already understood how troublesome it was to direct children to shoot.

It's like the kind of saying that circulates in Hollywood -

Children and animals are the most uncontrollable ingredients in a movie, they can ruin a movie or make a movie.

In "The Sixth Sense", the main child actor was only Sam Phil, and it was good to say that this time in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Charlotte is really going to be the child king.

"But it's nothing. ”

Charlotte sighed,

"Anyway, this time it's going to be a large-scale casting! Just pick some spiritual children! It's just time-"

"What's going on with the time?"

"It's going to be quite long! Just for casting, it is estimated that it will take several months to prepare, plus other preparatory work, I am afraid that it will not take half a year, and it will not be possible to officially start filming. ”

"Half a year is not a long time to prepare!"

Charlize was a little strange, and then, she glanced at Charlotte and understood,

"Well, that's a long time by your standards!"

In recent years, Charlotte has generally been able to complete a movie in about a year, and the earliest "Fatal Bend" and "Happy Death", even because of the simple post-processing, were completed within a year.

Such a speed of filming is simply blinding the eyes of many directors and producers.

You must know that counting the pre-preparation and post-production, most films, from project approval to official release, consume about two years, which is already relatively fast.

Like Charlotte's practice of one a year, it's simply quick and touching.

It's just that the quality of this guy's movies is not bad, and he has even won the North American box office champion in 1995 and 1996.

"Michael Bay, the director of "The Peerless Tribulation" that I'm filming right now, says you're a monster!"

Charlize said with a smile.

"Monster!?"

Charlotte deliberately said viciously,

"Ma'am, you're going to pay for your description at night!"

"That's not what I said, it's Michael Bay. ”

"But I heard it from your mouth, so ......"

Charlotte glanced at Charlize's rosy lips and was about to say something more-

"Hey!!"

Alexis on the side finally couldn't help but protest,

"You two pay attention, I'm still here!!"

“...... Excuse me. ”

Charlize and Charlotte realize that they have inadvertently given Miss Valkyrie heavy dog food again, and quickly apologize.

And Alexis pouted,

"If it weren't for me here, these two guys might have started working right away, right?"

Imagining some of the scenes she saw when she was attached to Charlize in the past, Miss Valkyrie's face flushed slightly,

"In short, due to various reasons, the preparations this time will inevitably not be as fast as before, depending on Charlotte, do you have any other plans?"

As she spoke, she pointed to Charlize,

"You specially called Sally this time, shouldn't it be just to show me affection?"

"I just want to make a relatively simple film during the long preparation period!"

Charlotte shrugged her shoulders and handed a script to Charlize,

"Sally, do you want to give it a try?"

"New script!?"

Charlize took the script and looked at it, only to see the name written on it-

"The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds".