Of course, even if Charlotte has a lot of advance layouts, it does not mean that he has to completely abandon the traditional distribution channels.

It's just that when to make a move is a matter of timing.

Just like Charlotte will need to put her various layouts together sooner or later.

- In his opinion, this is not a particularly suitable time.

In particular, as one of the seven major Hollywood companies and the owner of the 007 series, MGM is currently struggling and is about to fall again.

- According to Charlotte's memory of the original time and space, the fiasco of the war blockbuster "Wind Whisperer" in 2002 was the final blow to MGM.

Since then, MGM has become one of the other Hollywood plates.

Everyone is busy cutting up MGM's corpse and fighting for the best part of themselves.

In addition, during this period, the high-profile challenger of DreamWorks will gradually fall, and its various departments will become the spoils of Hollywood's Big Six.

- During this period, it was the opportunity for the Ghost Party Studio to take advantage of the chaos to rise.

At least, the six major at that time couldn't draw enough strength to pay attention to this side again......

Therefore, Charlotte did not comment on Mr. Westwood's proposal to establish his own distribution channel.

Mr. Westwood didn't say anything about it.

After all, although it is safer to engage in distribution, it is also known to be trivial and troublesome.

In his opinion, it is normal for Charlotte to feel that the studio is not ready and cannot make up her mind.

He can understand.

But as a subordinate, this cannot be a reason for him not to bring it up.

He didn't say anything extra.

And Alexis, after reading the report about "Island Cry", continued to talk about "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" -

"At present, the North American box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" has accumulated more than 300 million US dollars, and according to this trend, it is not impossible for North America to reach nearly 600 million, and the global box office will definitely exceed 1 billion US dollars. ”

"It's nature. ”

Charlotte nodded,

"The continuous filming of movies is to reduce costs and shorten the release time interval - if the interval between the second part and the first part takes two or three years, then won't our continuous filming lose its meaning?"

"But the general point of view is that the sequel will be released too quickly, although it can take advantage of the popularity, it is easy to damage the reputation of the film itself, which is not good for the long run, right?"

Alexis asked a question, and Charlotte shrugged,

"That's because, for the most part, Hollywood can't craft a sequel to a blockbuster in a year, so it's just two years or more — but we're different!"

Charlotte said with a smile,

"We have completed most of the shooting tasks through continuous shooting in the early stage, and even if we need to reshoot in the later stage, there are not many - in this case, the post-production time of about a year is enough for us to make the film very well!"

"That's good!"

Alexis breathed a sigh of relief,

"Speaking of which, I also heard an interesting news from within Disney through a special channel——"

"What's the news?"

"The people at Disney seem to be looking at whether to start a sequel to your Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy after it's finished, but they don't seem to be going to share the rights with us this time. ”

"It's easy to understand. ”

Charlotte nodded,

"If the trilogy is successful, then the Pirates of the Caribbean series will form a fairly strong IP, and in this case, Disney must feel that even if they only rely on themselves, they can play the follow-up movies, then they will naturally not want to share profits with us anymore - this is a normal thing. ”

"Then we're going to ignore it?"

Mr. Westwood asked,

"Although this series is invested by Disney and has given a lot of support, it is our Ghost Party studio that supports the production, right?"

"That's true. ”

Charlotte nodded,

"So in the current trilogy, we share the rights with Disney - I put so much effort into filming Pirates of the Caribbean, and even chose the high-risk mode of continuous shooting of the trilogy in order to reduce costs - and if I do it again, I'm not going to do it!"

"Why?"

Not to mention Mr. Westwood, even Alexis, who is Charlotte's secretary, is a little incomprehensible.

Charlotte shrugged her shoulders simply,

"Because the cost is too high!"

He explains,

"Now because of the three-part continuous model, the actors of the film are generally not paid well – even if you count some of the tiered bonuses after the film's release – because they lack a reason to ask for a pay increase now. ”

"However, when the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy is released, if the box office and word of mouth are good, then when the sequel is filmed, everything will change-"

Charlotte smiled helplessly,

"At that time, it is estimated that all the actors' agents will ask for a significant increase in remuneration - I estimate that Depp's agent shouts 20 million plus shares is not small, maybe it will be higher - and considering the continuity of the sequel role, we can't simply deny it. ”

"So, if "Pirates of the Caribbean" wants to shoot the fourth part and continue the original cast, the cost of actors' salaries will inevitably rise exponentially?"

As a casting director for many years, Lao Gun immediately understood what Charlotte meant,

"The cost has increased dramatically, and the audience has seen three films, and the freshness will decrease – these elements will inevitably affect the profitability of the film. So you really don't want to continue directing the series after the trilogy, do you?"

"You can't say that. ”

Charlotte shook her head,

"To be precise, I don't want to direct a sequel where the salaries of the three main characters have risen dramatically. ”

"Does it make a difference?"

Both Old Gun and Mr. Westwood were a little incomprehensible.

Charlotte explained,

"To put it simply, I wanted to separate the three main characters and shoot different films. Here's an example—"

He held out a finger,

According to the story we expected, after the story of the trilogy is over, the story of Will Turner and Elizabeth will have an ending. Then, in the later story, they will inevitably part ways with Captain Jack - in this way, won't one storyline become a two-day storyline?"

"You mean—"

"We can give Disney a storyline, make some money from them, and then shoot the story of the other line. ”

Charlotte shrugged.

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