"The Vampire Diaries" is also a bestseller, as if it was published in 91...

Why hasn't it been adapted?

Or is it because the vampire theme is not popular!

Before "Twilight", the image of the vampire was very fixed: fangs sticking out of their mouths, and there was freshly sucked blood at the corners of their mouths...

In short, it's terrifying and infiltrating.

The earliest vampire movies were basically horror movies and monster movies - gothic, strong theatrical feel, sexual innuendo, pale and skinny Count Dracula...

Even the elegant vampire image in "400 Years of Horror", the vampire still can't get rid of something with a gloomy temperament...

After entering the new century, the vampire genre has completely become commercialized, whether it is the "Blade" series, "Tales of the Night" or the "Vampire Lane" series, almost all of them are gorgeous action styles.

These works have a common feature: the cost is low, the box office is not good, and they belong to the disc...

Also, in terms of subject matter, it is not suitable for global distribution...

However, HBO first filmed a "True Love Like Blood", which is very yellow, HBO, Xiao Huangtai, vampires themselves have the meaning of erotic expression - the "bloodsucking" part is generally at the neck, give a close-up, or slightly shift the angle, it will become "lustful"...

However, the appearance of "True Love Like Blood" is too low, and the heroine is a big pie...

The success of "The Twilight Zone" has allowed Hollywood to dig a new treasure land that combines fantasy, heterochromatic, vampire themes and youth idol dramas.

Although it is still the same as biting the neck, a male vampire falling in love with a woman, and the shadow between the sun and the night, the concept is actually completely different from the tradition.

"The Vampire Diaries" is the way to go!

Find a few handsome men and beautiful women to match, you love me, I love you, the messy emotional line, plus the good foundation of the original "Vampire Diaries", no matter how bad it is...

Oh, the original time and space, at the beginning of the fourth season, the screenwriter felt that he was awesome, put aside the original book and made it up himself...

And then it's over...

Whether it's bad or not has nothing to do with Shen Xudong, he hasn't even watched "The Vampire Diaries", but he's heard about it...

Talking to Joseph Drake about American dramas that day, the ratings and word-of-mouth of the first season of "Urban Rogues" produced by Joseph Drake are okay, and AMC has booked the next two seasons.

The profit model of American dramas is roughly divided into several parts, among which TV stations earn advertising fees and radio co-sales - this is very complicated, which probably refers to the fact that TV stations and radio stations directly sell the broadcast rights of TV and radio programs without the help of TV broadcasting networks; In addition, online on-demand revenue, overseas copyright income, DVD sales and derivative licensing belong to the production company!

Therefore, the average public TV station rarely purchases dramas produced by other production companies, they have their own production team...

But the remuneration they give is definitely not as good as that of a cable station!

In the beginning, there weren't that many TV networks, and the bargaining power of production companies was not good, and then later, cable TV stations rose, plus a bunch of streaming media also rose.

Take "Our Day" as an example, NBC TV broadcasts and has high ratings, but NBC may not make as much money on this TV series as other shows, for the simple reason that it is procured rather than filmed itself.

The cost is quite expensive, and you can only earn the advertising part...

So, the further back it goes, the more likely it is that a TV series on public television will be produced luxuriously...

Pulling it back, Shen Xudong just proposed, and Joseph Drake immediately brought in Josh Sapan, CEO of AMC TV, who was very excited and said that as long as Shen Xudong was willing to produce, he could purchase any theme!

Even if Shen Xudong clearly said: "The target audience of "Vampire Diaries" is similar to that of "Twilight", and it belongs to a typical female group... Around 20 years old... It may not be the same as the positioning of AMC TV..."

Josh Sapan was amused: "It's okay, just expand your audience!" ”

Direct appropriation of $18 million for the first quarter of procurement...

Didn't even do a pilot episode!

- They firmly believe that Shen Xudong can succeed!

In Hollywood, there is no good fortune that appears twice in a row.

Shen Xudong has succeeded more than twice, although he is in the film industry, he has not missed the subject matter he is optimistic about, besides, AMC TV is just a small TV station, and the resources and exposure that can be provided are not as good as those of big TV stations.

So, bind it in advance, there are only benefits and no harms.

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Casting for American dramas, many people say that they need a casting director or something like this when they say that they need to cast a casting director, but in fact, it's not that complicated, just package it to the brokerage company, tell your own requirements, and they will provide a full range of actors...

Oh, and the agency is the casting director...

The plot of The Vampire Diaries can be summarized as the love story of an exotic vampire and a troubled teenage girl!

"Gossip Girl" with a bit of fantasy style: beautiful problem girls, status battles between boys and girls, friendship and rebellion between boys and girls, party parties, dating and sex...

For a series like "The Vampire Diaries", the only requirement: handsome men and beautiful women.

Acting or something, just a passing grade!

Shen Xudong didn't even participate in the casting - a group of actors, none of whom he was familiar with...

He didn't bother to communicate with these unfamous actors, and he didn't have time!

Very busy!

Busy communicating...

It's really social, and actively integrate into the Hollywood circle!

The filming of "Seeing the Devil" doesn't need to be watched - the production cost of $48 million has set a new high for him after entering Hollywood!

An R-level suspense crime film, with such a high cost, even if Shen Xudong has a hunch that it will be successful, he is still a little worried...

I knew I didn't need Bell, his salary was too expensive: $13 million!

Plus Jack Nicholson's 8 million salary...

The salaries of the two account for half of the production budget!

Shen Xudong is okay, he at least knows that this film has a high probability of success, and producer Jason Bren is much more worried.

He used to make small movies with a cost of less than 10 million and a cost of 3 million ~ 5 million US dollars, and suddenly he was in charge of such a big investment, and he was very nervous...

Even though director Drew Gouda was personally selected by Jason Brun, he still stays on set every day...

Oh, and the main reason for choosing Drew Gouda is that he brought a work "The Clover Files" - a film in the form of a pseudo-documentary about monsters attacking Earth...

Costing up to $25 million, filming has already started and is ready for release in March next year.

In addition, there are "Happy Death Day 2", "Human Removal Plan 3", "Ghost Record 2", "Escape Room"...

Overall, not a lot of pressure!

The main business is still non-mainstream, but Wonderful Studio is too eye-catching.

The five films produced and released this year, whether it is the original "Fault in the Stars", "Juno", "Ghost Record", "Happy Death Day" or the sequel "Human Eradication Project 2", have all benefited extraordinarily!

According to The Hollywood Reporter: Five films generated no less than $400 million in net profits for Wonderful Studio.

Most importantly, it brought $80 million in revenue to the publishing company Lions...

A bunch of mainstream studios... Well, it's actually the Big Six in Hollywood that are interested in Wonderful Studio and propose an acquisition or partnership...

(End of chapter)