"Xudong is going to break into the dock?"

"It's a good studio, but it's not a big studio, his personality is too strong, and it's not suitable for a big studio, it's an independent film company...

"Is he only a screenwriter?"

"If he's only a screenwriter, he won't go out of his way to make a trip... Specifically, you can wait for him to come back and ask! ”

Gao Fen replied ambiguously...

This further piqued the interest of the media on the spot.

How to say it, it's good to come to the dock!

invited Shen Xudong to be a screenwriter, and it seems that he will be deeply involved...

It's about to take off!

But the specific information, not collected at all...

Leaving with a heart full of entanglement, several media even pondered whether to fly to the United States and make an appointment for an interview or something, Shen Xudong himself explained the reason for going to the United States this time on his blog.

"A lot of friends are concerned, and I'll answer it here in a unified way, it's not a good entry, it's just a pure job... During the Venice Film Festival, I met the judge Christine Wachen, a producer at Killer Films... It just so happened that she had a piece called "The Price of Salt" in her hand that she wanted to adapt into a movie, and she found me..."

"Okay, let me explain, in fact, I talked to Sister Gong Li about my opinion on the movie "Brokeback Mountain", and Sister Gong Li relayed my opinion on "Brokeback Mountain" when she chatted with Christine Wachen, which coincided..."

"Why mention Brokeback Mountain? Because "The Price of Salt" is a same-sex literature, "Brokeback Mountain" is about gay men, and "The Price of Salt" is about lesbians..."

"This kind of subject matter is very marginal, and if it is adapted into a movie, it will cost about $12 million, and Killer Films is very poor, so we provided $6 million in funding..."

"The heroine has decided Sister Gong Li, and now choose another heroine... As an investor, producer, and screenwriter, I'm definitely going to see it on site... As for the director, director Todd Hynes was chosen early on..."

"I wish me all the best... By the way, "The Aviator" was screened in 8 theaters in North America, and the audience feedback and box office were not bad, maybe it could be nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (laughs)..."

Why this smile?

Because... In the original time and space, on behalf of Chinese films competing for the Oscars, it was "Wu Ji"...

This thing is the one selected above!

To tell the truth, the original time and space, the movies submitted for the Olympic bid in 05, there are "Peacock", "Ke Ke Xili", "Qinghong", "Thousands of Miles Riding Alone", each of which has more opportunities than "Wuji", but... I still chose "Boundless" above...

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——Each country and region can only submit one film to compete for the Oscars every year...

A big bad movie like "Wuji" has lost the face of Chinese films all over the world, but it can actually represent Chinese films in the Olympic bid under the unanimous praise and popularity of various "experts" and "scholars"?

This question fully proves that the so-called experts in the film culture industry either lack professional ethics or lack the minimum professionalism to judge films, and there must be one of the two!

So, Shen Xudong needs "Carol"...

Because at home, he simply has no chance to get close to the Oscars!

In terms of seniority, it will take at least twenty years, and at that time, the Oscars will not be worth much.

Taking advantage of the fact that this award still has some weight, brush a wave of pure feeling...

Of course, this time in the United States, in addition to the casting of "Carol", he also hopes to win "Twilight"...

"Twilight", a must-read copy of Meiyu!

A typical example of a small broad.

Before he came, he was nervous because... He also doesn't know if "Twilight" has been published, whether the film rights have been taken down, and how the author Stephanie Mayer has contacted...

Good fellow, he's thinking too much!

……

"Twilight" was published in April 2005, when Stephanie Mayer made her first vocal attempt.

Within a few weeks of its release, the book skyrocketed to No. 5 on the New York Times bestseller list!

Oddly enough... No major studios are interested!

No, Paramount's MTV Films took the rights to Twilight and adapted a violent action film – which they felt would appeal to a male audience!

Then it was flatly rejected by the original author, Stephanie Mayer, and by the way, the copyright was withdrawn - she wanted the original adaptation.

Just fall in love... Don't mess around!

And then... No company wants to take over.

Because, the simple vampire love element is not enough to attract the audience in the eyes of the big studios!

Otherwise, "Tales of the Night" would not be a B-grade movie.

"Interview with the Vampire", Tom Cruise + Brad Pitt, with a cost of $60 million, the global box office is only over 200 million...

This result clearly did not live up to expectations!

And..."Twilight" is essentially a teenager bestseller, this kind of adaptation has gone to sea, not to mention anything else, "Dragon Knight" failed miserably at the first try...

"Dragon Knight", produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Company, cost 100 million US dollars, and the publicity and distribution was also 100 million, and then, the total global box office did not reach 200 million, and the local market in North America was only 75 million.

The project hit the teenage best-selling adaptation market hard.

Therefore, Shen Xudong paid $2 million to buy the adaptation rights of "Twilight", which went quite smoothly.

Of course, the contract stipulates that the screenwriter must have Stephanie Mayer, and it also stipulates that Shen Xudong has the right of first refusal to invest in subsequent works...

"I'll find a studio willing to make 'Twilight' by the end of 2006... The first movie is guaranteed to be released before the end of 2008! ”

made a promise, Shen Xudong left New York...

Then head to Los Angeles, where Hitman Films...

By the way, "Twilight" he signed a contract in his personal name.

He also paid $2 million himself!

It's not that I don't want to bring the company, it's just that it's hard to explain why I want to buy the adaptation rights of an American film with a huge amount of money.

I have a hunch that it will succeed?

On the basis?

$2 million... It's negotiable, but what about the production cost after that?

$37 million!

It's not a small amount, how do you explain it?

Or forget it...

……

Shen Xudong probably knows something about the killer film company.

In fact, Christine Wachen mainly supplies films to MGM...

In other words, MGM is responsible for distribution, investment, and Killer Films is responsible for production!

The cooperation has been very smooth.

Most of the small and medium-sized independent film companies in the United States are inextricably linked with the Hollywood Dock Eight, because there are only these eight companies with national distribution, and they later joined Lionsgate, Emperor Pictures and the like, but the works distributed by the latter rarely have mainstream films...

Here's the problem, the situation at MGM has not been good in recent years...

In 2002, MGM's huge war blockbuster "The Wind Whisperer" failed miserably at the box office, and the company's top management was forced to resign, and MGM entered the auction ranks.

In 2005, the majority shareholder, Cockrian, sold MGM Pictures again and was acquired by Sony for nearly $5 billion, of which $2 billion was used to pay the debt owed by MGM...

Like the original work of Hitman Films, they are impossible to invest in...

The stakes are too great!

But after the reorganization, MGM signed agreements with independent film companies such as Weinstein Pictures and Killer Pictures to release 14 films a year through co-production or agency distribution...

Of course, like Carol, they are only responsible for the distribution!

Can't afford it.

Before Christine Wachen became a producer, she worked with Chinese filmmakers - "Laser Man", she is the assistant director, starring Liang Jiahui, Ye Qianwen, and the director is Wang Zhengfang...

1987 Movie!

That's why she took the initiative to contact Shen Xudong...

After the adaptation of "The Price of Salt" was completed, she contacted director Todd Haynes directly.

She and Todd Hines were classmates at Brown University, and the two had similar views on art, so they collaborated on a bunch of works together...

The above is the situation that Shen Xudong has mastered, oh, and also, director Todd Haynes is the same sex~

Be careful with this, after all, Shen Xudong is handsome, so he can't be taken advantage of!