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   Chapter 798

  Weta Special Effects Studio, those props and the like, are obviously preparing for the new movie of Western Pictures, and it is also the next big movie of Western Pictures!

   Every Hollywood company has its own style. The great success of "The Matrix" has made Western Pictures now somewhat obsessed with high-investment, high-risk, and high-return movies with big special effects.

Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings are all movies that require a lot of special effects, and the investment is also huge, including the fact that they are currently talking with Marvel, and they want to acquire some Marvel superhero characters from Marvel, which will also be for the future. Western Pictures, ready to make superhero movies.

  Western Pictures is not thinking about winning the Oscar now. It only wants to make a good knife. It doesn't spend much thought and energy on Oscar PR, knowing that there is no drama at all.

Oscar's gang of academic old men are notorious for disliking high-box-office movies. What they like most is the "sublimation" style of Hollywood stars. To put it bluntly, it is to play ugly. Xiao Lizi's award-winning movie, I know they acted, I don't know, I guess I can't find their shadow after watching the whole movie...

They were all "my own people", and Ted Sarando had nothing to hide. "After Christmas, Western Pictures will start shooting on many movie projects, including "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter". "series!"

When The Matrix started filming, three films were made in one go. At that time, many people in Hollywood thought that Western Pictures was crazy, for fear of losing money, but now, after the first film of The Matrix was released, it has become this year's Summer box office champion.

Before Christmas, The Matrix 2 will continue to be released. Next summer, it has been pre-ordered by The Matrix 3. The Matrix trilogy is likely to directly bring more than two billion dollars to Western Pictures. The revenue from the box office is only in terms of the box office. Video tape rentals, movie peripheral products, and derivatives of the movie industry are the most profitable ones. Western Pictures has not yet started!

When the Internet online video era arrives, the distribution of movie copyrights can also be played. The copyrights of The Matrix are sold to major video websites, TV stations, and video UP owners. a lot of income.

Just like those actors who participated in The Matrix, even if they are not the leading actors, such as Xia Zhaolong, who only appeared in the movie for less than ten minutes, they can get hundreds of thousands of dividends every year, not to mention other leading actors. Even the actors are like this. How much does the film company that makes The Matrix make every year, needless to say?

  The film company is not a charity. If it can't make a US knife, it will have already packed up and left, and it will give the actors dividends every year.

Relying on this Matrix, Western Pictures will be able to earn more than ten years' worth of money, just like LeTV after the departure of the "Dream Run" Boss Jia, relying on "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "The Legend of Miyue". ", "White Deer Plain" and other copyright income, plus the income from renting out their own buildings, let the more than 400 workers of LeTV live quite well, at least a little more than Boss Jia...

Having tasted the sweetness of "The Matrix", Western Pictures now wants to copy it again and directly start shooting "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", which is also a big investment. You can completely raise your own flag.

After losing the bet, Ted Sarando and all the executives of Western Pictures present could not help but quietly glanced at their big money owner. Based on their understanding of the big money owner, Western Pictures lost. Maybe the big money owner backhandedly acquired a Hollywood giant film company. As for them, it must be the way to get out of the way.

Song Yang didn't seem to see the expressions of the executives of Western Pictures, and he didn't object to Ted Sarando's proposal to make three series of movies at a time. The risks are indeed great, but the benefits are also huge. That is, the cost can be controlled, and the announcement is easy to do.

If you shoot one film after another, as long as the first film is a hit at the box office, then if you want to hire the original team of the first film to shoot, you may face sky-high asking prices. Hollywood stars are not good men and good women. , as long as there is a chance, they will bite hard and take a bite.

Song Yang turned his head to look at the trio of Weta Special Effects Studio, "The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter movie projects, the special effects are all done by Weta Special Effects Studio, and if Jackson is interested, , you can try to be the director of the Lord of the Rings movies..."

  Richard Taylor and Jimmy Selkirk from Weta Special Effects Studio couldn't help showing joy on their faces when they heard this.

  The Matrix movie has made the technology of Weta special effects studio advance by leaps and bounds, but compared with the technology of Industrial Light and Magic, there is still a big gap.

   If you can get special effects orders from The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, then the technology of Weta Special Effects Studio, if not comparable to Industrial Light & Magic, can at least increase a lot!

The most important thing is to be able to earn a lot of money. Even if it is under the Western Film Industry, the Weta special effects need to be self-sufficient. With the money from the Western Film Industry alone, it is no problem to survive, but if you want to earn If you have a lot of money, you will think too much, and you have to take orders for other film projects!

  While Richard Taylor and Jimmy Selkirk were still excited, Peter Jackson stood there, wondering if he had an ear or hallucinations.

Ted Sarando and many other executives of Western Pictures also looked at Peter Jackson in surprise. Unexpectedly, Song Yang would hand over a major production of nearly 300 million US dollars to Peter Jackson. to be the director.

After recovering, Richard Taylor also looked at Peter Jackson, and quickly grabbed Peter Jackson as the director of the Lord of the Rings movie. This is for any director in Hollywood, especially a young director. , is a huge opportunity!

  Look at the Wachowski brothers who made the movie "The Matrix". Now all Hollywood film companies are coming to the door with their scripts and wanting to invite them to be directors, so they are willing to offer all kinds of sky-high remuneration and dividends.

With the popularity of The Lord of the Rings novels in English-speaking countries, whether in America or Europe, there are a large number of die-hard fans. If the director of the adaptation of the "Lord of the Rings" movie is not too sloppy, it will become famous overnight and become a world-renowned director. Not impossible!

   "Jackson served as the assistant director of the "Matrix" movie, and was responsible for the special effects part of the shooting.

The Lord of the Rings movie needs a lot of special effects, and it needs a director who knows the most about the special effects of the movie to produce the effects in the original book. I can't think of anyone in Hollywood who knows more about special effects movies than Jackson. ! "

Song Yang said something to Ted Sarando and other executives for Peter Jackson. Song Yang just gave a "suggestion", but anyone who is familiar with the rules of the rivers and lakes knows that there is no accident, as long as Peter Jackson does not He pulls his hips so well that he is basically the director of the big production "The Lord of the Rings".

If Ted Sarando and some senior executives of Western Pictures rejected Song Yang's proposal and insisted on replacing Peter Jackson, then at that time, it would not be about an investment of nearly 300 million US dollars. The "Lord of the Rings" movie of Knife, but the entire management of Western Pictures, has to be bloodbathed again.

Before entering the office building of Western Pictures, Ted Sarando and other executives patted Peter Jackson on the shoulder when they passed by. According to the laws of Hollywood, if nothing else happens, by next year, the movie When it was released, it was when Peter Jackson was on the rise.

Hollywood is about to give birth to a new big director. If you want to become a big Hollywood director, you must have the ability to attract investment, whether it is cheating or stealing, as long as you can get people to invest, That's half of it. After all, whether it's a good movie or a bad movie, it has to be made. Those little directors don't have such a chance at all!

   And Peter Jackson, with the support of Western Pictures and Song Yang, doesn't need him to worry about film funding in the future. This has already crushed a large number of Hollywood directors.

   first scolded excitedly, and then Richard Taylor took Peter Jackson, "Did you find director Bruno, how could he support you, this is a big production of 300 million US dollars..."

   (end of this chapter)