Twentieth Century Fox had just held a preview party, and almost all of the people invited were afraid of the film, and there were almost no critics or media.

"Saw 2" is a typical horror film, and inviting critics to come is almost useless, and Twentieth Century Fox knows this very well.

When the film is released, the personnel of the distribution department of Twentieth Century Fox will naturally contact the film critic group, which is nothing more than some exchange of interests.

"Saw 2", Ryan has watched it several times, but this time he still came, but he did not have contact with the top management of Twentieth Century Fox.

As soon as the film was over, he said goodbye to Helen and Sophia, and the three left the Twentieth Century Fox building.

Driving to a Chinese restaurant, a few people ordered a few random Chinese dishes, not caring about what to eat.

Only Ryan specially asked the waiter to serve a pot of ginger syrup and personally poured a glass for Helen.

"Ginger syrup, you can try it, it tastes pretty good, it can relieve many symptoms, such as menstrual cramps. ”

Ryan put down the teapot with a smile, if it weren't for Heidi's reminder yesterday, he wouldn't have known that Helen, who looks like a strong woman, would also have menstrual cramps.

"Quirky taste. Helen took it up and tasted it, the taste of ginger syrup didn't seem to be to her taste, and her brows furrowed slightly.

"Looks like you know women very well. Sofia Coppola said with some sarcasm.

Ryan rolled his eyes, turned sideways to Sophia, and said, "Do you want to pour you a cup too, ginger syrup is very effective for menstrual cramps." ”

"A secret ingredient from an ancient land. ”

"Get me a glass of water, thank you. Sofia Coppola unceremoniously refused.

It seems that after drinking some ginger syrup, Helen feels a little better and starts to get down to business, "Universal Pictures and Constantine Pictures agreed to sell the rights, and the same is true for Marvel Comics. ”

"It's just that in terms of price, the prices quoted by the three parties are much higher than the normal price of the copyright of the superhero characters in Marvel Comics. ”

"Twentieth Century Fox bought the X-Men rights this year, and there are no plans to sell them for the time being. ”

"As for the Spider-Man copyright, it's a bit more complicated, it's not in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox, but in Menachem Golan, and it seems that he once sold the Spider-Man script to Columbia, that is, now the Spider-Man copyright is owned by Sony. ”

However, Twentieth Century Fox insisted that the Spider-Man copyright belonged to him, and it seems that he had something to do with MGM. ”

She said a lot, seemed to feel thirsty, picked up her cup and took a sip of ginger tea, and continued: "Right now, Spider-Man's copyright is like a mess. ”

"Unless you can sort out the relationship, I advise you to give up the Spider-Man copyright as soon as possible. ”

"Or rather, it's almost impossible to buy the Spider-Man rights from three companies. ”

Twentieth Century Fox, Sony, MGM, and Menachem-Golan are no easy task to sort them out.

What's more, Spider-Man is one of the most popular superhero characters under Marvel Comics.

At the same time, he is also the only superhero who can be as famous as Superman and Batman.

Superman has produced four films, starring Christopher Reeve, and Batman has also produced several films, TV series, both of which have been well received by audiences.

From this point, it can be seen how important the copyright of Spider-Man is, whether it is Twentieth Century Fox, or Sony and MGM, they will not easily give up the copyright of Spider-Man.

"It seems that the Spider-Man copyright can only be temporarily abandoned. ”

Ryan obviously showed a trace of reluctance, you must know that almost all of the "Spider-Man" in his previous life were big hits, and the box office achieved by Spider-Man alone can almost be compared with the entire "Avengers".

"If you continue to contact Twentieth Century Fox, it's better to buy the rights to the X-Men, and you can make some concessions on the price. ”

"As for Daredevil, if the price is right, you can buy it together. ”

When Twentieth Century Fox bought the rights to the X-Men, he bought the rights to Daredevil along with them.

It's just that compared to the X-Men copyright, Daredevil's copyright seems insignificant.

"I was about to tell you about it. ”

Helen put down the spoon in her hand, looked very cautious, and said: "Twentieth Century Fox has revealed a hint of information that it can sell the rights to X-Men and Daredevil at a very reasonable price. ”

"The premise is that you have to sign a contract to direct two horror films. ”

Two film directing contracts, or two horror films, Twentieth Century Fox is a good calculation.

Ryan pondered for a moment and said, "At most one horror film, and I have to be a producer, director, and screenwriter at the same time, and I have to be paid a fair amount. ”

It seems that the conditions he proposed were very harsh.

But in fact, a lot of concessions have been made, and there is no talk of box office sharing and investment.

With his achievements in horror films, he can ask for a box office sharing agreement.

"So 'Truman's World', aren't they going to continue working together?" Ryan asked a crucial question.

He is too skilled, and it is impossible for him to direct two films at the same time.

Since Twentieth Century Fox intends to let him direct horror films again, "Truman's World" can only be put on hold.

Helen rubbed her temples, seemed a little tired, and said: "Unless you can control the budget of "Truman's World" within 10 million US dollars, and at the same time serve as an executive producer position at most, as well as the right to suggest actors, the right to suggest editing, and only one-third of the investment amount, it will be difficult for Twentieth Century Fox to agree to this cooperation." ”

However, they seem to be interested in paying a suitable price to buy the script of "Truman's World". ”

"Buy?" Ryan said with a hint of sarcasm, "It seems that Twentieth Century Fox wants to change directors and thus kick me out?"

"It is absolutely impossible to agree to such conditions, but it really can't, and you can continue to invest in the name of the studio. ”

As for the 20th Century Fox, the budget of "Truman's World" should be reduced to less than $10 million.

He didn't bother to pay attention to it, 10 million dollars can be filmed?

Well, he admits that 10 million dollars can be filmed, but you get what you pay for, and the quality of the film is inevitably a little shoddy, not to mention the box office results in his previous life, even if he can return to his original cost, he can't guarantee it.

Speaking of this, he glanced at Sophia and said, "As for the funds!"

"When "Saw 2" is released, it is natural to return the funds. ”

Sofia Coppola glanced at Ryan and didn't remind him of the funding problem again, "I have a piece of news here, and it's not bad. ”

"Carter Eisner of Touchstone Pictures wanted to meet with you and talk about Truman's World pitch. ”

He assured that Touchstone would only be responsible for 30 percent of the investment, and that the rest of the money could be invested in the name of your studio, as well as the producers, casting rights, and final editing rights, all of which could be compromised. ”

"In the future, the cost of film distribution will be negotiated separately according to general Hollywood standards, not internal investment and cooperation standards, and specific distribution plans, publicity costs, etc. ”

The conditions for the litmus test are very superior, at least much stronger than Twentieth Century Fox.

Touchstone?

"Why did it suddenly come out on such a superior condition?" Ryan was suddenly puzzled.

Helen on the side said lightly: "The touchstone is Disney's live-action film distribution department, and Disney's core business is in animated feature films, but it has been trying to revitalize live-action films in the past few years." ”

"So for Disney or Litmus Stone, maybe it's just a tentative investment, and Disney has so many sources of financing that it doesn't have to come up with a penny of cash at all. ”

Shooting with money from investment institutions or banks is the norm for Hollywood studios.

Like Ryan, he has to invest his own money at every turn, which belongs to the alternative in Hollywood.

"Earn a lot of distribution fees without taking any risks, which is worthy of being a long-established Hollywood film company. ”

Ryan pondered for a moment and said, "We can meet and talk." ”

Relying on Twentieth Century Fox for a long time is not a good phenomenon, and if one is not done well, his whole person may be swallowed by Twentieth Century Fox.