Ryan was busy for the next few days.

Negotiations between "Truman's World" and Twentieth Century Fox have reached an impasse.

Instead, a new cooperation plan, a new horror script, was unanimously approved by the top management of Twentieth Century Fox.

At the same time, the contact with the touchstone is also very harmonious.

Carter Eisner, the head of Touchstone, said that not only can he solve the problem of distribution, but he can even accept a large investment from Ryan Studio, and the only requirement is that the distribution commission is relatively harsh.

The film cannot be divided according to the partner, but only according to the rules of Hollywood, so a relatively high percentage is given in the distribution share.

Of course, these can go on and on, and the litmus test is more or less, and some of the commission can be reduced.

And, as Helen said, Touchstone didn't plan to invest at all, but looked for an investment institution, so it took a certain amount of time to invest, and the funds did not arrive so quickly.

It's okay to talk about it slowly.

There has also been some progress in the superhero copyright figures, first reaching an agreement with Universal Pictures to buy the rights of Iron Man, Hulk and Namor at a price higher than the market.

Then, he reached an agreement with Constantine Pictures and bought the rights to the Fantastic Four.

Not necessarily, Ryan paid a lot of money.

The only fly in the ointment is that the copyright of the Fantastic Four in the hands of Constantine Pictures has a time limit, and if you want not to be taken back by the Marvel Comics, you must shoot a low-budget film every once in a while in accordance with the content of the agreement.

Of course, compared to the encounter of "Fantastic Four" in the previous life, the current situation is not bad.

The first "Fantastic Four" in the previous life, with a box office of 330 million US dollars, was a big hit, but unfortunately from the second part, the character design completely collapsed.

The main reason is none other than the filmmaker, Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Comics, falling out.

Well, in the last life, the Fantastic Four copyright still fell into the hands of Twentieth Century Fox.

But the Marvel comics are very strong, and in the comics, they directly turned the Fantastic Four into outright villains, and all kinds of green, and finally simply announced that they would stop updating.

This eventually led to the Fantastic Four's landslide.

Even in Ryan's impression, the latest "Fantastic Four 2015" is still a dismal box office, and whether it can recover the investment cost is a big problem.

So he'd rather spend a little more money and buy out all the copyrights permanently, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with Marvel Comics in the future.

As for buying the Marvel comics?

Even though the sales of Marvel Comics have declined in recent years, causing the stock price to plummet, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and it still takes a very staggering amount of money to buy Marvel Comics.

What's more, in the next ten years, Marvel Comics has been losing money, and even went bankrupt many times, like a sinkhole, bottomless.

Buying Marvel Comics now is definitely not a good choice, and there will be opportunities in the future.

A marvel comic without the copyrights of a number of superhero characters is tantamount to losing the future, and it has little value to Ryan except that it can avoid some trouble.

In fact, at this time, the Marvel Comics, as soon as they lack money, began to sell their own sons, the reason is very simple, their own sons are valuable, and their godsons are not worth much, such as Spider-Man copyright, which is how it was sold.

However, now some people are willing to buy the copyrights of many superhero characters almost in a packaged way, even if they are all godsons, or second- and third-tier superhero character copyrights, it still gives Marvel Comics the capital to open his mouth.

"Why, are you still considering the superhero character rights of Marvel Comics?"

Sofia Coppola walked over, looked at Ryan who was deep in thought, and was puzzled, and said, "I really don't know, what did you buy the copyright of those superhero characters!"

"Do you want to build a second Superman, Batman!"

She was confused about Ryan's investment method, first spending tens of millions of dollars to invest in an obscure special effects studio, saying that she planned to make a 3D animated feature film.

Even among Hollywood's many studios, Disney is the only one that is investing in the production of 3D animated feature films.

It is said that some of Disney's directors and shareholders are very dissatisfied with the investment agreement reached in the early years, and if it weren't for the fact that the funds had already been used by Pixar Animation Studios, they would rather withdraw the funds than continue to take risks.

"Why not!"

"As film technology continues to innovate, there may not be a day in the future when superheroes will be brought to the big screen. ”

Ryan half-jokingly said: "Just like George Lucas, who brought "Star Wars" to the screen, the future of industrial light and magic may not have such technology." ”

In the future, Industrial Light & Magic really has such a technology.

If you really want to start Marvel Dafa, it is best to buy a special effects company in advance, such as Industrial Light and Magic, or the digital field that has just been created.

"I hope you're not a fantasy. ”

Sofia Coppola didn't want to continue to discuss, this kind of almost impossible thing, so she casually put down the script in her hand, very seriously, and said: "Ryan, I have to say something about the new script. ”

"Truman's World!" Ryan asked, puzzled.

"It's not this, I'm talking about Invasion of the Evil Spirits. ”

Sofia Coppola organized the language and said, "Originally, I thought you would write a plasma horror script like Chainsaw, not about an evil spirit. ”

"Maybe it's very well written in terms of plot, but you have to remember that this is a horror movie. ”

"Evil spirits are a type of horror movie. Ryan said undeniably, "Haven't you been persuading me that you should pursue the artistic aspect appropriately?"

Perhaps because of the influence of her family, Sophia has always liked to pursue artistry, and some hate commercial films.

"Of course I did persuade you, for example, 'Truman's World' is a very good script, even if you end up compromising on the commercial side, but still retain enough artistry. ”

But the current script is completely different, except for some family care, it is still a complete horror film. ”

"I'm afraid that you will end up filming it without enough artistry and without the support of the audience. "Sofia Coppola, speaking her mind.

In her opinion, the script of "Invasion of Evil Spirits", whether commercial or artistic, will be a failure.

"No, you're wrong. ”

Ryan pointed to the script on the table and said, "I never wanted to develop artistically in the past, this 'Evil Soul Invasion' is a commercial film in itself. ”

"It's just that it's not for most horror fans, it's for women. ”

Who would have thought that "Invasion of Evil Spirits" is a horror movie, and female moviegoers account for 59%.

Children, young men, women, and women will be the three largest moviegoers in the North American market.

As long as you get the approval of one of these groups, it is difficult to hit the streets.

The only thing to worry about is that in the early nineties, the feminist movement in North America, had not yet become popular.

Female crowd!

"I still don't understand what you mean. Sofia Coppola looked puzzled, as a woman, she really couldn't see what could attract her in the script, "At least in my opinion, this script is not attractive at all." ”

At least she's a woman too.

"That's because you're a young girl, not a housewife with a family. ”

In this regard, Ryan was quite helpless and said: "What's more, in your eyes, I'm afraid that only a script full of artistry can be attractive." ”

You can't talk to a young woman in literature and art about anything like horror, family and children's affection.

Sofia Coppola pursed her lips and couldn't help but want to defend herself, only to find that, as Ryan said, she was just a young girl, not a housewife with a family and children.

"Maybe you're right, but I'm still holding my point. ”

She has her own opinion on this

"Well, let's put it another way. ”

"The film was invested by Twentieth Century Fox, and I didn't have a box office share of it, so it could be regarded as an attempt. Ryan gave a look you know.

Things like this are not uncommon in Hollywood, such as "The Incredible Hulk" filmed by Ang Lee in his previous life.

However, Twentieth Century Fox is not a fool, and the crew of "Invasion of Evil Spirits" will be prepared in January next year, and "Saw 2" will be released in the early Christmas of this year.

It is conceivable that once the box office of "Chainsaw 2" is not ideal, then there is no need to prepare for "Invasion of Evil Spirits" and give up this cooperation.

That's when Sofia Coppola realized that Ryan was just trying to use Twentieth Century Fox's investment.

"If Twentieth Century Fox hears this, I'm going to have to kill you. ”

"So for the sake of secrecy, I'm going to take a leave of absence to go to Europe. Sofia Coppola took the opportunity to ask for leave.

"No problem, by the way, you can go to the UK on my behalf to see how the crew is filming. Ryan agreed, and the only request was to let her go to England by the way.

Sofia Coppola rolled her eyes and said angrily: "Do you want me to bring a beautiful gift to your little girlfriend?"

She was naturally Monica Bellucci.

"If you hadn't reminded me, I really almost forgot that I needed to prepare a gift for Monica. ”

Ryan suddenly realized, took out a beautiful packaging box from the desk drawer, and put it in front of Sophia, "Just help me bring it to Monica, or I'll have to go to the post office." ”

At this moment, Sophia was completely speechless.