Heads Up Hollywood

The American drama version of "Warcraft" started filming in New Zealand as early as August.

The filming of the first season is expected to be completed in January next year.

As the producer, Peter Jackson doesn't need to follow the group all the time like the director. He mainly sends his New Zealand team out to lead the project.

The current Peter Jackson is completely different from the little director who only knew how to make horror films back then.

Although "Lord of the Rings 3" has not yet been released, the success of "Lord of the Rings 1" and "Lord of the Rings 2" has made him a top Hollywood director!

If the quality of "Lord of the Rings 3" does not decline, then it is likely to get a huge return at next year's Oscars!

At that time, Peter Jackson's influence in commercial films was probably comparable to that of James Cameron, Dunn Walker, and Steven Spielberg.

For a great director of this level, it is unrealistic for him to focus on an American drama.

In fact, Peter Jackson's agent is actively communicating with Universal Pictures.

He wants to make "King Kong"!

Back then, the movie that Peter Jackson wanted to make most was "King Kong". The project was later shelved due to a deal between Universal Pictures and Miramax.

Peter Jackson just officially took over the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

For the classic monster film "King Kong" in Hollywood history, Peter Jackson has had unlimited fantasies since childhood and wanted to remake it.

With the great success of "Lord of the Rings 1" and "Lord of the Rings 2", and "Lord of the Rings 3" is about to be released, Peter Jackson can already find time to work on his next project.

It's just that... Peter Jackson's agent only talks about the project, not the price.

Obviously, this is waiting for the market effect of "Lord of the Rings 3" and its performance in the awards season.

Talking about salary at this stage is detrimental to the interests of Peter Jackson.

The film and television entertainment department of New Universal Group is very embarrassed about this.

The film "King Kong" must be shot.

Because of the deal between Universal Pictures and Miramax that year, Universal Pictures exchanged the overseas distribution rights of the "King Kong" and "Shakespeare in Love" projects for the overseas distribution rights of the "Lord of the Rings" series.

That's right, despite the fact that the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is produced by New Line Films, Warner can only get the North American distribution rights, and the overseas distribution rights... are in the hands of New Universal. (Chapter 420 of the previous article has a specific introduction)

Now that Universal Pictures is going to cooperate with Peter Jackson in the filming of "King Kong", the salary of this fast-rising New Zealand director has become a major difficulty.

In his previous life, after Peter Jackson won a global box office of 1 billion US dollars with "The Lord of the Rings 3" and swept the Oscars, he offered a sky-high salary to Universal Pictures - a basic salary of 20 million US dollars, plus 20% of the global box office share !

Not a profit share, but a box office share!

Universal Pictures, there is no reason to refuse.

Peter Jackson, who is in full swing, is worth the price according to market rules.

In the entire history of Hollywood, before this, only Steven Spielberg received such a top salary when filming "Jurassic Park".

Peter Jackson became the second person in Hollywood after Spielberg!

Even after him, James Cameron filmed "Avatar" and only got "US$20 million + 10% of the global box office share".

Of course, "Avatar" has a global box office of 2.8 billion US dollars, and only one film has brought him 300 million US dollars in pre-tax income.

Next, there is God Nolan.

After filming the "Dark Knight" trilogy, Nolan became a god, and his salary also rose sharply.

When filming "Inception", his remuneration was "US$20 million + 10% box office share"; when he filmed "Interstellar" and "Dunkirk", he had already reached "US$20 million + 20% box office share". " peak pay.

The most important thing is that whether Spielberg or Cameron, including Christopher Nolan, no matter how high their asking price is, they can bring huge profits to the producers.

Everyone is happy to make money together.

But Peter Jackson was different.

To put it bluntly, his level...is not as high as everyone imagined.

The "King Kong" he directed had a production cost of 200 million U.S. dollars and an announcement cost of 100 million U.S. dollars. Universal Pictures spent a total of 300 million U.S. dollars on this project.

The results of it?

The global box office of "King Kong" is only 550 million U.S. dollars, and Universal Pictures can get a share of about 200 million U.S. dollars. Among them, 100 million US dollars will be distributed to Peter Jackson.

In the box office market, "King Kong" still has a deficit of at least 200 million US dollars!

Of course, Peter Jackson's name is very big, and the sales of "King Kong" in the disc market and the TV market will be very hot. In just one week of the DVD's release, sales in North America reached $100 million, a record.

However, this hugely invested film cannot be called a success after all.

It takes at least three or four years of operation to pay back the capital.

You know, investing in such a large project takes up so much cash flow, let alone recovering the capital... Even if it is a small profit, it is considered a failure!

300 million US dollars, even if you buy government bonds, you can get 30 million US dollars in interest in three or four years, right?

"His agent doesn't want to talk about it, so why don't you take the initiative, 20 million US dollars, plus 10% of the global box office share, let me know!"

Tang En waved his hands feeling helpless.

Shirley Lansing couldn't help opening her eyes wide after hearing this, "Is this...is the salary too high?"

This kind of remuneration, in Hollywood in the past, only Spielberg took it.

Tang En said: "That's better than "The Lord of the Rings 3" which is popular all over the world, and Megatron awards season, they are so loud! Let's make it like this. Although the price is high, we can afford it! "King Kong"... just treat it as a A favor from us to Peter Jackson."

Shirley Lansing blinked, "You don't like this project?"

Tang En shook his head and said: "The monster theme... is really nothing interesting, it's not the same as dinosaurs. This is the same reason why I didn't allow Marvel Studios to make an independent film of "Hulk". This time we gave a favor , next time...he will pay it back!"

No one should try to take advantage of Tang En!

Not even Peter Jackson!

After the success of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it is conceivable that Warner will definitely actively operate the next trilogy plan-"The Hobbit".

However, The Hobbit is not the same as The Lord of the Rings. The copyright of "The Hobbit" is more divided, and the distribution rights of the film are in the hands of MGM.

The acquisition of MGM will be completed soon, and it will become the asset of New Universal.

In other words, Twain will soon own the film distribution rights of the "The Hobbit" series!

Without Twain's approval, no matter whether Warner or New Line, including producer Sal Zaenz and the Tolkien Heritage Foundation, no one would even think about developing "The Hobbit" into a movie!

This is so refreshing!

Don't forget, Tang En bought the TV adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" from the Tolkien Heritage Foundation a few years ago!

Don't even think about making a movie.

Even if it was filmed, most of the money earned would be shared by Warner.

Others eat meat, Tang En eats soup? It's impossible.

Why not make it into a high-quality American drama and broadcast it on Starz TV.

The ip of "Lord of the Rings" is always bigger than "Game of Thrones", right?

The income of TV series will not be less than that of movies!

And it's an exclusive benefit!

The director of the TV series, of course, is Peter Jackson.

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"Why are you so happy?" Seeing Isla Fisher's smiling face, Dunn couldn't help asking.

Isla Fisher smiled and said, "I'm so happy for Miranda. Speaking of which, I have to thank you."

Tang En has already arranged for Miranda Kerr to be in Villa No. 4 in King's Landing.

Natalie and Gal Gadot have already left for Israel. It is said that they will not even come back for Christmas, and they will celebrate the traditional Jewish holiday there.

Scarlett's popularity has skyrocketed because of "Lost," and film appointments keep coming.

In addition to starring in Nolan's "The Prestige", he has also received seven or eight film contracts, including the big project "Escape from Clone Island" invested by DreamWorks and directed by Michael Bay.

This should be Michael Bay's gesture of favor to Tang En, but he ruthlessly rejected it.

He wouldn't let his girlfriend star in a movie that failed badly at the box office.

In short, Tang En's three girlfriends are all out of town.

He can only find some temporary female companions.

Anne Hathaway and Monica Cruz lived in King's Landing Villa 2; Natalie Martinez and Jessica Chastain lived in King's Landing Villa 3.

Now, Miranda Kerr is also living in No. 4 King's Landing Villa.

Tang En has even notified his private financial team to continue buying top luxury houses in the Los Angeles area.

It is best to line up until No. 10 King's Landing.

Except for No. 1 King's Landing, which cost nearly 300 million U.S. dollars to build, which is the home of Tang En and several girlfriends, and outsiders are not allowed to live in it, the other 9 mansions are best not to be empty, and the outer rooms should be kept.

"Miranda is not bad." Tang En nodded in satisfaction. "I have already contacted Megan Gale and asked her to come and stay with Miranda for a while and guide her in her steps."

Isla Fisher pursed her lips and said, "In my opinion, the profession of instructing her is fake, but it's true to accompany you together?"

Tang En did not deny it, and said: "Megan Gale is Australia's image ambassador and an angel supermodel. Don't forget, she is already 28 years old. For the profession of modeling, she has reached the twilight of her career. Let Milan Da follow her to study with her for a longer period of time, it should be regarded as cultivating successors."

"Successor?" Isla Fisher's eyes lit up, a little excited, "You mean... Miranda can reach the height of Meghan Gale in the future?"

Tang En shook his head, with a calm expression on his face, "As long as she is obedient and does her part as a woman, let alone reaching the height of Megan Gale, even surpassing it, what's the difficulty?"

Isla Fisher ran out in a hurry and shouted without looking back: "I'll call her right away and ask her to take good care of you!"

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