Heads Up Hollywood

The comic book "Wanted Order" and Universal Pictures' movie and TV adaptation copyright transfer agreement have been formally concluded.

Miller World Comics will receive a copyright fee of US$300,000 in this deal. In addition, in the two future adaptations of "Wanted Order", they will receive 2.5% and 3.5% profit dividends respectively.

That's right, before the copyright deal was concluded, Twain, J.J. Abrams and Universal Pictures had already started work on the adaptation of "Wanted".

Unlike the trilogy pre-conceived by J.J. Abrams, this set of comics will be adapted into two movies, and comic plots with more compact plots and sharper conflicts will be selected for adaptation.

Universal Pictures CEO Amy Pascal and Mark Miller, on behalf of both parties, completed the signing.

Tang En and J.J. Abrams, as well as Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, and Morgan Freeman, who are scheduled to star in "Wanted", also attended the signing ceremony.

The scene is not big, but very lively.

After finishing the signing, Tang En waved to Mark Miller and said with a smile: "This business, at least to say the least, can bring your company an income of 5 million US dollars. How do I think of you... What? I hate us Is the contract offered not good enough?"

"how come?"

Mark Miller shook his head repeatedly and immediately denied it.

As a new company and a new comic, this is already a very good dividend condition.

You know, the "X-Men" movie earned at least $200 million for 20th Century Fox, and Marvel didn't even get a penny of dividends.

"Then you are?" Tang En blinked, then smiled, "Don't worry, you will be the producer and screenwriter of the two films "Wanted", and you will have a certain right to decide the plot. After all, you are a manga author."

"Thanks."

For Tang En's sincerity and friendliness, Mark Miller felt the same way, he could only sigh, and said, "Hey, there's nothing we can't say, the 32nd issue of "Wanted" comics has been blocked."

"Sealed?" Tang En couldn't help being startled.

Mark Miller explained: "It's the Comics Guidelines Administration. They think that this issue of "Wanted" comics is too large in scale, violent and bloody, and it is not suitable for public release. They require us to make major revisions."

Tang En's face suddenly sank.

Well, come again!

The Manga Standards Administration... is equivalent to the mpaa of the manga industry, responsible for grading manga.

If a movie is banned in 18, it will not be released in theaters, up to the scale of nc-17.

The same goes for comics.

However, unlike mpaa which has a semi-official color, the Manga Standards Administration is a real non-governmental organization.

This goes back 40 years.

Although the comic giants DC and Marvel back then had superheroes such as "Batman", "Captain America", "Superman", and "Winter Soldier", there was really no market for righteous comic heroes.

At that time in the United States, popular themes in the comic circle were crime comics, horror comics and pornographic comics. (Including Marvel's Black Widow and DC's Wonder Woman, who also focused on the romantic route back then...)

Marvel and DC hit it off, and joined forces with the American Magazine Publishers Association to become a comic review organization, which must seriously reject and crack down on comics with vulgar content in the market.

This institution is the Manga Standards Authority.

With the establishment of this organization, it quickly received miraculous results. Horror comics and crime comics that rely on large-scale content such as violence and pornography as their selling point, lacked the review sanctions and distribution support of the American Magazine Publishers Association. Disappear quickly.

This led to the rise of superheroes later.

Using the method of injuring one thousand enemies and self-injury eight hundred, Marvel and DC ruled the comics world.

Tang En was not clear about this period of history.

However, three years ago, something happened in Marvel Entertainment, a big event, and the big comics in Marvel Entertainment couldn't make up their minds, so they reported it to Twain for decision-making.

At that time, the 116th comic of "X-Men" refused to approve it on the grounds that it contained strong violent images.

This caused a strong backlash from Marvel.

You know, Marvel is one of the entrepreneurial leaders of the Comics Standards Authority!

Including Stan Lee, Alan Fine, Dan Buckley, Joe Quesada and other Marvel leaders, they were all furious.

Revise?

impossible!

Marvel Entertainment in 2001, because of the big sales of "Spider-Man" and the popularity of "X-Men", has reached the highest peak since its establishment!

His prestige and popularity in the comics industry have steadily surpassed that of DC comics.

How can Marvel Entertainment accept such an obvious act of disowning the horse?

When Tang En heard about it, he was also furious, and directly decided that Marvel Entertainment... would withdraw from the Comic Standards Administration from then on!

Marvel Entertainment has its own distribution department and does not need the support of the American Magazine Publishers Association!

Marvel has its own grading system, which is the Marvel grading system currently being adopted by Marvel Entertainment.

The scale is...relatively loose.

The status gap between Tang En and Mark Miller was huge.

From different angles, the way of looking at the problem must be different.

Mark Miller is a cartoonist. "Wanted" was ordered to rectify. He can only complain that the censorship mechanism is too strict and restricts imagination.

Tang En was able to catch the mystery behind it from a higher angle.

Three years ago, driven by the two commercial blockbusters "X-Men" and "Spider-Man", the annual sales of Marvel Comics surpassed that of DC Comics for the first time in history!

Then, something went wrong.

X-Men comics, censorship failed!

Now, Miller World Comic Company has just announced that it has cooperated with New Universal to adapt Miller World Company's comic "Wanted Order" into a movie... and something happened again!

The comics of "Wanted Warrant" cannot be reviewed!

Haha, what a coincidence!

With such great energy, it can affect the Comics Standards Administration... besides DC Comics, who else could it be?

There are endless market competitions with no compromises.

Warner, Warner!

Tang En nodded, keeping his expression on his face. There is no need for a small person like Mark Miller to know about the struggle among the top management.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"What else can I do? Change it."

Mark Miller couldn't help but smile wryly.

Tang En frowned, and glanced at him, "Didn't you think of leaving the Comic Standards Administration?"

"Ah?" Mark Miller froze for a moment, "Take off... off? This..."

Tang En said: "It's not like you don't know that Marvel quit the Comics Standards Administration three years ago and launched our own rating system, which will give cartoonists more room for creativity."

In the past few years, a large number of cartoonists have joined Marvel.

However, it is not known whether it is because of the popularity of Marvel's movies or the large creative space.

Mark Miller isn't stupid either.

He could naturally hear the trap in Tang En's words.

American comics companies, except for Marvel, are all affiliated with the Comics Code Authority.

If we withdraw from the Comics Standards Administration at this time and adopt the Marvel grading system, wouldn't it be the same as giving life to Miller World Comics as an accessory to Marvel Entertainment?

He founded Miller World Comics Company in order to obtain more copyright benefits for cartoonists.

If only the Marvel family is left as a partner, what's the point?

"Forget it..." Mark Miller smiled awkwardly, a little embarrassed, "Just modify it, the main plot line remains the same, and the comics are just reduced in scale."

Tang En frowned, feeling displeased, "You still have to write the script for the movie with Abram, time is running out!"

Mark Miller patted his chest and assured: "It's okay, I can start working immediately. The finishing of the comics can be handed over to other cartoonists."

"Okay, it's up to you to decide."

Tang En's face was indifferent, and he no longer had the kind of affinity he used to have.

Very disappointed!

For such a big-name cartoonist, he didn't expect that his EQ, IQ, and realm would be so poor!

Lao Tzu is the richest man in the world!

Will you care about your shit comic company?

The pocket money I give women every year is higher than the annual income of your crappy company!

If you don't fight for the opportunity, bye bye!

The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water!

Originally, Tang En was very optimistic about the talent of Mark Miller, and wanted to support him and accept him as his younger brother.

Moreover, for the cooperation of "Wanted Warrant", Miller World Comic Company has obviously been strongly suppressed by Warner.

Tang En felt that it was necessary to help him.

Let him take refuge in the company under the banner of Marvel, and still be afraid of DC's suppression?

This was an errand arranged by Tang En himself. As for Marvel Entertainment, how dare he bully him? Tang En's face, can't compare to that petty profit?

The fate of life is often a quick decision.

Tang En gave him a chance to be his little brother, but if he couldn't grasp it, there was nothing he could do.

In contrast, look at J.J. Abrams, who is younger than him, what kind of realm is this?

J.J. Abrams was born in a Hollywood family. His father is a producer. He also established his own production company, intending to inherit his father's career and make TV series.

The results of it?

Hearing Tang En's call, he immediately stopped all the work in hand and came to seek refuge.

You know, J.J. Abrams is well-known in the TV industry and is an expert in science fiction. The "Double Spy" produced by him not only received good ratings, but was also nominated for an Emmy Award.

A TV series made him more than 20 million US dollars!

But what about filming?

He's just new to the industry.

According to the rules, the salary of a new director is 250,000 US dollars; the producer's salary is 500,000 US dollars; the screenwriter's salary is 50,000 US dollars.

For the movie "Wanted", the total film salary he can get is only 800,000 US dollars!

It's $20 million to make a TV series, and $800,000 to make a movie...

This is the courage and pattern that a great event should have!

Because being Tang En's younger brother has farther and greater prospects than being in the TV circle!

If you care about the petty profits in front of you, you may lose the stage of starlight in the future.

When leaving, Dunn walked up to J.J. Abrams and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "This movie needs to be done well, otherwise, I won't be well when "Transformers" is in preparation." Fight for you."

J.J. Abrams gritted his teeth: "I will use all my energy!"

Tang En let out a "hmm", paused, and said, "When preparing the script, you have to coordinate the overall situation. Mark...is the author of the comics, but you are the main director of your movie."

There was a gleam of surprise in J.J. Abrams' eyes.

Tang En patted him on the shoulder again, turned around and got into his special car.

Did not say anything more.

J.J. Abrams stood where he was, watching the black Mercedes go away, his heart beating violently.

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