Chapter 519 (1/2)
Ed Warren and Rowling Warren were born in the 1920s. They have been engaged in supernatural investigation and Exorcism since the 1950s.
In the 1970s, influenced by the Exorcist fever, the supernatural events in North America began to receive frequent media attention. It was at that time that Warren and his wife became famous.
The two horror films, evocation and the haunted morgue, are adapted from the personal experience of the Warren couple. Both stories also take place in Connecticut, north of New York.
However, the copyright sources of the two projects are different.
After becoming famous, Warren and his wife accepted all kinds of interviews and authorized some writers to write books, so there were many true and false stories.
In addition, the experience of the supernatural event itself will also be interviewed by the media.
The two projects, the former from the Warren couple's own story, the latter is based on the story of the story after the snydeck family interviewed.
After lunch, Simon takes Denny Morris to his office and the two continue their discussion.
”I'll find time to draw up a thought for you about the script creation,” Simon said as they sat opposite each other at their desks. ”The most important issue now is copyright. Warren and his wife should have received a lot of interviews and authorizations over the years. Next, I need you to make a detailed investigation of all the external authorizations of the couple. Denny, I don't want people to jump out and sue us for infringement after the release of the film and claim $100 million or something. ”
On the original time line, after the release of ”evocation” and its box office success, the Warren couple once authorized an author to write the story of their supernatural investigation to claim $900 million against warner for the lion.
Hollywood has so many similar lawsuits every year that $900 million is only a joke.
However, because of his more ambitions for the series, Simon didn't want to encounter such bad things that could have avoided repeated wrangling.
Denny Morris is naturally clear about the frequent copyright disputes in Hollywood, but he affirms: ”Simon, the copyright should be OK. We keep the recording of Warren and his wife and sign the license agreement for the idea of evocation. Although the morgue is also related to the Warren couple, it is a novel written by the horror novelist ray carton after interviewing the snydeckers. We have also signed an agreement with the latter
Simon nodded, then shook his head and said, ”well, actually, Denny, I think the Warren couple's experience is far more valuable than just this one of evocation. The material you gave me shows that the Warren couple have been engaged in supernatural investigation for 30 years, and have kept a large number of cursed or supernatural objects. Have you ever thought about making a long-term series of their experiences? ”
The story of ”evocation” is just a capture of Warren and his wife's long career as a psychic investigator. Originally, Denny Morris didn't think too much about it. Hearing Simon say it, he immediately opened up: ”this is really a good idea, Simon. I will immediately ask someone to investigate the possible external authorization of Warren and his wife.”
”In fact, you still don't quite understand,” Simon said with a smile. ”I mean, since we have successfully created a DC movie universe, we may be able to create a connected horror movie universe based on the Warren couple's 30-year career as a psychic investigator.”
DC movie universe is definitely one of the biggest innovations since the birth of Hollywood.
For most Hollywood filmmakers, the only thing that can compete with the DC movie universe is probably the marvel movie universe waiting to be developed by Denise entertainment.
Denny Morris didn't expect that Simon would attach so much importance to Warren and his wife that he wanted to create a special movie universe.
This is the movie universe.
Although it is clear that, limited by the market capacity of horror films, this movie universe can not be compared with DC movie universe, if it can succeed, it will definitely become a classic business case in Hollywood.
What's more, compared with DC movies, the universe is now prone to 70 million dollars of investment, horror movies, the biggest advantage is low cost, so the risk is lower.
Thinking for a moment, Denny Morris couldn't help swallowing subconsciously. Realizing his own situation, he laughed at himself, but said seriously: ”it seems that I will have a lot of things to do next.”
”It's just an idea for me,” Simon said to Denny Morris. ”The key is to see whether these two projects can succeed. If the box office performance of” evocation ”and” the morgue haunted event ”is too mediocre, then the idea of movie universe is out of the question. Therefore, you'd better not compete with each other before the release of at least two films Others talked about it. ”
Denny Morris nodded again, even if Simon didn't remind him.
It's not just to avoid falling into a joke after failure. If the outside world learns that Daniels entertainment plans to create a new movie universe, it will definitely attract a lot of trouble like copycat who want to share the price.Denny Morris has been thinking fast about how to sign an exclusive agreement with the Warren couple.
Seeing that Denny Morris was lost in thought, Simon opened a document for a moment without interrupting him. After almost the same time, he looked up again and said, ”there's something about the detective airplane head. I think the actor named Kim Carrey has his own performance characteristics. You can give each other the most space in the production process. Well, by the way, how is the contract signed? ”
When Denny Morris heard Simon change the subject, he took it back for a moment.
”Evocation” and ”mortuary haunted time” are the earliest events in the summer of next year, while ”detective airplane head” is the scheduled movie for Easter next year.
About Kim Carey, Denny Morris doesn't quite understand why Simon is interested in the performance of this unknown little actor.
Kim Carrey, 30, has been playing minor roles in various films before. The most famous one is a supporting role in 1986's Peggy sue is getting married, directed by Coppola.
It wasn't until two years ago that Kim Kerry's popularity barely reached the second tier with a fairly good TV comedy ”vivid colors”.
Now that Simon has appointed the other side to play ”detective plane head”, Denny Morris will not be polite to the inexplicably lucky little actor, saying: ”according to the original contract of Julia Roberts, there are five movies. ”The pay for” detective plane head ”is $200000, followed by four, capped at up to $5 million, with a contract term of 15 years.”
If we can foresee the future, Simon is sure that Kim Kerry will not sign such a contract.
On the original timeline, 1994 was not only a year when Hollywood films came out in large numbers, but also the most brilliant year for Kim Carrey. The comedian released three films at one go, including detective plane, dumb and dumb and dumb and dumb and dumb and dumb and dumb and dumb It's in the top ten at the box office of the year.
Ordinary people are always talking about which star in Hollywood has joined the $20 million movie club. What many people don't know is that the first Hollywood star who can earn $20 million without a fixed share is Kim Carrey.
If the films are sold at the box office in a row, the highest salary can only get us $5 million. Although this is already the salary standard of a first-line star, Simon's understanding of Kim Carey will definitely not be reconciled.
However, there is obviously no regret medicine in this world.
Of course, there's another point. Simon will control it a little this time. He won't give Kim Carey another chance to make three big movies a year.