The rights to "The Terminator" are in the hands of Hermdale, a film company backed by British tax haven capital that has a distribution deal with Orion. John Daly, the president of Hemdale, refused to sell the rights to "The Terminator," but said he could work with Daenerys Pictures. I think this plan is viable, and if a sequel is made, the funding from Hermdale can help us share the risk. ”

"Tolkien's Middle-earth series, the rights to The Lord of the Rings, is in the hands of Saul Zaynz, the same producer who produced the two Oscar best films "One Flew Over the Asylum" and "Mozart". The copyright of "The Hobbit" is in the United States Company, which bought the permanent rights to "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" for 10,000 pounds in 1969, and Saul Zaynz also obtained the copyright from the hands of United States. As for The Diamond, the copyright is in the hands of the Tolkien Legacy. I contacted the three parties, and they all said that they could negotiate, but none of them accepted our offer, and I think that in the absence of a specific production plan, it is very difficult to get the film and television rights of these three books, and they must pay a sky-high price. ”

"Dave Stevens, the creator of the comic book Rocket Expert, did not accept my offer, and he wanted to talk to you in person. I inquired that the cartoonist had been looking for opportunities to work with film companies since last year, and he wanted to adapt the comic into a high-budget film. After the box office failure of the summer manga movie "Cosmic Giant Sea-Man", several companies that were originally in contact with them retreated. ”

The rights to "Breaking Bad" are in Columbia Pictures, and the TV series was originally produced by Ronald Goldberg's production company. Before becoming president of Fox Films, Ronald Goldberg sold the company to Colombia for $40 million. From the end of the series in 1981 to the present, the syndicate distribution and videotape sales profits of "Breaking Bad" have been basically squeezed out. However, if we were to buy out the entire rights to the series, Columbia Pictures would be offering $10 million. The price is too high, and although the TV series is 6 seasons long, there is not much replay value now, and there is not much profit left from the sale of video tapes, so we can buy only the film and television adaptation rights of the TV series. ”

"Mission Impossible, the TV series version is produced by Paramount Television, and they have been trying to develop a film version, and Sidney Garnis said that if you are willing to direct it yourself, Paramount could consider working with Daenerys Pictures. ”

""Spy Shadows", this, Warner Bros. has also bought the rights a long time ago, I made a special call to talk to Terry Semel, and his reply is similar to Sidney Garnis. By the way, Semel also said that he would call you in the afternoon. ”

"In addition to that, there is good news. ”

"I got the copyright of "Spider-Man" from Canon Pictures, $200,000, which is the original price when Canon got the rights from Marvel, and after the box office failure of "Superman 4" invested by Canon Pictures in the summer, coupled with the company's own business difficulties, Canon has completely abandoned the plan for "Spider-Man". However, the original 5-year copyright term is only 3 years, and if we don't make a movie within 3 years, the copyright will automatically return to Marvel. ”

"Phantom Studios' offer for the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is $300,000, and the TV animated version of the comic has received a very good response this year, but it's very difficult to live-action, and I talked about $200,000, a five-year contract similar to Spider-Man. ”

"The Dead Poets Society, the script is $80,000. ”

"'Magnolia,' I watched a tape of a Broadway stage play, and it was very touching, and the agreed adaptation rights price was $100,000. ”

"Fast and Furious, heh, I don't know how you saw this movie, Simon, this is a 1955 film, or a Roger Koeman B-movie. As you asked, $200,000, Roger Corman sold us all the rights to the film, and I bargained with him for a long time, and sure enough, he is a shrewd man who never loses money. "Fast and Furious" was only filmed at a budget of just over $60,000, and I watched the tape and never had any interest in watching it a second time. ”

"As for the rest, it's still in contact. ”

In the conference room of Daenerys Films.

Amy Pascal counted the results of the recent copyright negotiations one by one, and then pointed to the thick stack of scripts on the desk, and said: "In addition, this week, I received a total of 60 movie scripts from major agencies, and selected 19 of them that I think are okay, all of them are here, you can watch them on the weekend." ”

On the other side of the conference table, Simon listened to Amy's report, but in his hand he was flipping through the contract for "Spider-Man".

"Spider-Man"!

This is Spider-Man!

Just start a "Spider-Man" that can earn seven or eight billion dollars worldwide!

In the era before his rebirth, let alone "Spider-Man", even if it was some second- and third-tier superheroes, Marvel could not easily transfer them. Now, for just $200,000, Simon has gotten the rights to Marvel's hottest superhero, which even feels a little incredible to think about.

But this is the reality.

Constrained by special effects technology, in this era, superhero copyrights, which are very difficult to film and television, are far less hot than later. Although he has ambitions for the entire Marvel from New World Entertainment, Simon still decisively bought the rights to "Spider-Man" in advance.

At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind that no matter whether he can successfully win Marvel in the future, Daenerys Pictures will hold the copyright of "Spider-Man" in his hands.

As for the remaining 3 years of copyright, this is not a problem at all. It's a big deal to learn and remember the means of Constantine Pictures to preserve the copyright of "Fantastic Four", and spend a million dollars to make a B-grade film, so that the contract can be renewed for another 5 years.

Thinking so, when Amy's voice fell, Simon quickly pulled his thoughts back.

After making more than a billion dollars from the operation of the stock index futures market, Simon began to collect rights again, and he was no longer so secretive. After all, now is arguably Simon's best chance to easily buy a lot of rights.

Suddenly becoming a billionaire, or a billion-dollar 'fat sheep', many people are more than happy to sell him some copyrights at a high price. But then, if Daenerys Films continues to produce more blockbusters, any project Simon has his eye on could cause a scramble, and it will be very difficult for him to get some rights.

Amy just reported the copyrights, "Spider-Man" and "Fast and Furious" Not to mention, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Dead Poets Society" and "Steel Magnolia" are all box office hits in the next few years in the original time and space, and "Rocket Expert", which has not yet been obtained, is a 'sand' that Simon casually mixed in.

After the huge wealth was exposed, Simon actually no longer did this kind of sand stuffing thing too deliberately, anyway, most of the copyrights he fancy belong to very popular projects, and it is natural that he will be a box office hit in the future.

Closing the previous "Spider-Man" copyright contract, Simon said to Amy: "Let's continue to talk about "Terminator" and Tolkien's works, as long as they make an offer, we will buy it." As for "Rocket Expert," I'll take the time to talk to the cartoonist. If you try to lower the price of the copyright of "Breaking Bad", $10 million is indeed too high, but you must make sure to take it. The last "Mission Impossible" and "Spy Shadows", since Paramount and Warner are already in development, forget it for the time being. ”

Being able to win "Spider-Man" and "Fast and Furious", "Breaking Baby" can be said to be one step away, and Simon is already very satisfied. For "The Terminator" and Tolkien's Middle-earth series, it must only be slowly grinded, both works have a great reputation, and the copyright holder will not let go easily.

As for "Mission: Impossible" and "Spy", next year the Writers Guild will launch one of the longest strikes in Hollywood history, and even if development has started now, it is likely that these two projects will be stranded due to the strike, and will eventually be dragged out even a decade later, as in the original plane.

Although the longer the time drags on, the worse it will be for Simon, he still has a lot of opportunities.

Amy jotted down Simon's instructions in the memo and said, "So, what should we do next with the copyrights we have obtained?"

""Dead Poets Society" and "Steel Magnolia" are included in the company's production list, and the others are temporarily shelved," Simon Mo held the "Spider-Man" copyright contract in front of him, and suddenly remembered one more thing, and asked: "Amy, DC's "Superman" and "Batman", do you think we can win it?"

"The copyright of "Superman" is in the hands of European producer Alexander Sarkind, I happen to know about it, Alexander Sarkinder bought the film and television rights of the "Superman" series for 15 years, and also has an automatic renewal clause, but after the box office failure of "Superman 3" in 1983 and "Superwoman" in 1984, Sarkinder has stopped the production of the "Superman" series, but still holds the copyright in his hands, and Canon Pictures has only obtained the filming authorization. From the first "Superman" in 1978, there should be about 5 years left in the copyright period, if you want to shoot it, just like Canon, we should be able to get the license," Amy said while thinking, and then said: "As for "Batman", the copyright is still in DC's hands, Warner seems to have been brewing this project, and at the beginning of the year I heard that they were planning to make a TV series version and let Bill Murray play Bruce Wayne, and I don't know about the recent news. ”

Simon's imagination of Bill Murray, who is good at comedy, as Batman, feels a little funny.

As a result of later memories, Simon instinctively felt a natural sense of distance from superhero copyright. But now, hearing that the copyright of "Superman" is not in DC's hands, Warner is also planning to make "Batman" into a TV comedy, and soon his heart is moved, and he looked at his female executive across the conference table again, and said: "Amy, do you think it is possible for me to buy DC from Warner?"