After confirming with Mr. Westwood, filming of the first two episodes of Death Note began quickly.

On the one hand, this is because the preparation of American dramas is indeed much simpler than movies.

On the other hand, it is actually because before Mr. Westwood, the producer, arrived, the Ghost Party Studio had been preparing on a small scale.

So, after Mr. Westwood got on board, the crew quickly finalized the two leading actors-

Paul Wesley.

Ian Somerhalder.

Considering the age setting of the characters in the story, the actors of the two male protagonists are relatively young.

However, the combination of these two people made Charlotte want to laugh a little-

Isn't this the Salvadoran brothers from the future Vampire Diaries?

If you add a Nina Dubov, you can shoot a classic American love triangle.

However, considering that Nina Dobov may still be a little Lori at this time, Charlotte's bad taste is impossible to achieve after all.

However, it is not bad to use these two actors to shoot "Death Note".

At least, the two of them are good-looking, and they are both sunny and gloomy.

As for acting-

"It's still within the range of what can be adjusted!"

After filming the first two episodes, Charlotte made a judgment.

Mr. Westwood agrees. In contrast, he was more interested in the Grim Reaper Sulfur, which was created using motion capture technology during the shooting.

After all, the application of computer special effects technology by Ghost Party Studios can be regarded as a must in Hollywood.

In particular, Mr. Westwood is going to introduce Charlotte to another project that may make heavy use of computer special effects and motion capture technology.

"What!?You said an adaptation of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings!?"

Charlotte was naturally not unaware of the project mentioned by Mr. Westwood.

- The famous "Lord of the Rings" trilogy!

Charlotte knew that the film was now attracting investment, but he didn't expect Mr. Westwood to mention the movie-

"Didn't the new line already have a cooperation agreement with that Peter Jackson?"

Charlotte asked.

"Actually, it's not quite there!"

Mr. Westwood explained,

Although the new line, coordinated by Miramax, has agreed to invest in a film adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings," the current plan is to make it into a single film — and Peter Jackson prefers to make it into a trilogy, which is still in talks between the two sides. ”

"I see!"

Charlotte nodded,

"So, Tony, you're not going to want to bring this project to our studio as well, are you?"

"If you wish. ”

"Hope is hope, of course, but—"

Charlotte frowned,

"At present, my movie "Sherlock Holmes" is almost ready to be filmed, plus your TV series and some other businesses, the studio may not have enough funds to open another big project!"

- For film history classics like "The Lord of the Rings", Charlotte naturally wants to get her hands on the famous gold-absorbing machine.

But as he said more Mr. Westwood, the Ghost Party Studios wasn't so well funded—

After a series of self-produced movies exploded at the box office, although Charlotte also accumulated a net worth of hundreds of millions, she did not invest all in the Ghost Party studio.

Becoming an IMAX company has consumed a lot of his liquidity, and some of the funds are invested by him in stocks that have great room for appreciation in the future - such as Apple, Netflix and the like;

Moreover, because of the cooperation with Warner Pictures, he also holds a part of Warner's shares, which naturally cannot be sold.

At the same time, Charlotte herself bought a plot of land in Santa Monica Beach and prepared to build herself a luxurious villa.

Although he didn't plan to make the villa as exaggerated as Iron Man's cape villa, it would cost a lot of money to build a small villa after all.

As for the Ghost Party Studio, after the recent corporatization, the business has also increased.

The production cost of "Sherlock Holmes" certainly accounts for the majority of the company's liquidity, but there are actually a lot of other consumptions-

Daily consumption, such as staff salaries, and so on, now that the game "Amazing Quidditch" has been put on the market, it will also require some publicity and maintenance costs.

What's more, the studio's game department, under the leadership of Stern, is also preparing the game of "Sherlock Holmes" together.

Although the main body of the development cost of the game is the developer's salary, there will still be additional investment when it comes to some outsourcing business.

Plus the Death Note TV series program and the Harry Potter series with Warner Pictures......

In short, with the expansion, Charlotte's career territory has certainly increased significantly, but correspondingly, the funds in his hands are not as abundant as before.

At the very least, it is unlikely that he will invest in a big film project on his own.

Mr. Westwood had expected this.

He smiled and said,

"Charlotte, in fact, you can use other people's money to make your own movies! Isn't most Hollywood movies made like this—— they are made entirely with their own funds, and the benefits are great if they succeed, but the risks and cost pressures are also great!"

"You're right!"

Charlotte nodded.

Before "Hell Detective", most of Charlotte's movies were also in this form of many investors.

But when it came time to shoot "Hell Detective", with Charlotte's net worth increasing, he gradually didn't need so much external investment.

This is especially evident in the production of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

It's "The Mummy", because it is a cooperation project with Universal, but Universal Pictures' investment accounts for the lion's share.

And now "Detective Sherlock Holmes", Charlotte originally wanted to rely on the Ghost Party Studio's own investment, but now it seems that if you want to win the "Lord of the Rings" series at the same time, you may have to accept some external investment funds.

Of course, Charlotte is not averse to this.

He didn't have to eat alone.

And investing in one movie to get all the proceeds, or investing in two movies and getting part of the proceeds each, in fact, there is no absolute question of which is better.

It's just that in order to start the "Lord of the Rings" project as soon as possible, Charlotte will have to take some of the current post-production costs of "Sherlock Holmes" and then reinvest in it.

Will this affect the production schedule of "Sherlock Holmes"?

You know, now that the casting of this movie has been completed-

After thinking about it, Nicole Kidman finally felt that it was important to have a chance to hug the thigh of a well-known director.

- Especially after she has already confirmed that she is going to divorce Tom Cruise.

She accepted the offer to play Erin Adler, and after auditioning, Charlotte felt that she was indeed a good fit for the role.

In addition, the old gun has also completed the construction of the studio in the UK.

At present, the preparation of "Sherlock Holmes" can be said to be all ready, and it is only necessary to start filming.

Will there be a problem with the withdrawal of funds at this time?