Chapter 1403 (1/2)

The project of the American version of Infernal Affairs was launched smoothly. DreamWorks and Ben Affleck agreed to the invitation of the film in advance before they saw the script. They also played the role of police undercover Liu Jianming in the film. Leonardo, Ben Affleck and Tom Hanks were also recognized by Martin Scorsese The rest of the characters, Li Mu, are completely handed over to Martin Scorsese from the Lord.

After the director and the leading actor have been determined, Muye image and DreamWorks immediately signed the relevant cooperation agreement, and started the relevant work of script creation.

As the flying tigers is expected to be finished in early September, the US version of Infernal Affairs is tentatively scheduled to start preparation in August and officially start shooting at the end of October.

”Infernal Affairs” is a thorough urban film. All of its stories are built in a spatial dimension and only happen in one city. So it's not difficult to shoot. The shooting time is expected to be about two to three months. If there's no accident, it can be finished at the beginning of next year.

According to this rhythm, it is impossible to compete for next year's Oscar. The film will be released in the first half of next year or in summer, and then participate in the Oscar in February and March of next year. The time is just right.

In Li Mu's view, with the US version of Infernal Affairs + Martin Scorsese + Leonardo, Tom Hanks' lineup, coupled with their own strong resource support, it's no problem to win several Oscars.

While the project of the American version of Infernal Affairs has basically taken shape, the total box office of zombie master in North America has exceeded 200 million US dollars, and it only took an amazing seven and a half days for it to achieve this amount.

Although the subsequent box office is slightly weaker than before, the decline is very stable. According to this estimate, it is not a problem to win another 100 million box office in the remaining release time.

Hollywood and Hong Kong film industry have been shocked to be numb by the amazing achievements of the film. The direct impact on Hollywood and Hong Kong film industry is that Hong Kong has recently launched several zombie themed films. Hollywood has already had companies to talk with Huanya about the North American remake right, adaptation right and continuation right of Zombie master.

Huanya tries hard to sell Infernal Affairs at a high price, but it still hasn't sold it. Now the news that Li Mu is going to remake it comes out that Hollywood's interest in the original Infernal Affairs is even weaker.

The way the movie is handled and narrated doesn't suit the taste of the North American audience. If the Hollywood film company takes it away, it's hard to push it up in North America. Now, the film company of the Hollywood film company can guess that the film company of the Hollywood film company can also guess that the film company of the Hollywood film company is going to invest in the remake instead of Huanya Asia's relationship is not very good, or even a little tense. As a result, they have to worry a little bit more about whether they will find something strange for the release of the original film in North America after mastering the pastoral image of the pastoral film ticketing system? Even if it just weakens the layout, it's enough for the distribution company to drink a pot.

Mr. zombie lost a large amount of revenue, and Infernal Affairs failed to realize it, which made Huanya's anger at the image of Makino reach a peak. So when several Hollywood companies want to buy all the English copyright and derivative copyright of Mr. zombie, Huanya is ready to take this opportunity to make a big profit, and then find some for the image of Makino Trouble.

Huanya is very clear that there are many zombie movies with overseas distribution rights in Makino image, which means that the big profits of zombie master in North America are just the beginning of Makino image's making money. Next, the movie will be released all over the world, and the players of ”plant vs. zombie online” around the world will pay for it, and so on After the gold absorption, Muye image can launch other zombie films and earn another round of copyright. In this way, Muye image will surely earn a lot of money.

What makes Huanya angry is that most of the copyrights of high-quality zombie movies are from their own hands, which means that they have to bear the pain to watch the Muye image make more money with their copyrights.

So, Huanya decided to make a barrier for Makino image, sell a series of derivative rights and interests such as remake, adaptation and continuation of Mr. zombie to Hollywood, and let Hollywood make a big deal. In this way, not only can they make a big profit through copyright authorization, but also let these Hollywood film companies encircle Makino image and reduce Makino image profit as much as possible Profits from zombie movies.

Packing and selling these copyrights means that all the rights and interests of Mr. zombie IP have been transferred. If Hollywood gets these copyrights, it can not only remake the movie, but also adapt and make various sequels, and even refine the characters to create more new stories. After selling, Huanya will never be able to sell Mr. Zombie itself 》Adapted into any English version.

Others are fishing with all their efforts. Huanya wants to pack and sell the whole fish pond.

However, the proceeds from the package sale are still very considerable. Hollywood film companies offer more than $6 million, while Huanya mediates among several film and television companies, and the price has gradually exceeded $10 million.When Huanya finally reached an agreement with a Hollywood film company to sell the exclusive English remake right, adaptation right and remake right of Mr. zombie for us $12 million, the news came out and shocked the whole Hong Kong.

Hollywood companies are willing to buy the English remake rights and remake rights of ”Mr. zombie” for 12 million dollars? It's almost impossible! 12 million dollars, which is almost 100 million Hong Kong dollars! Can't Hollywood movie companies have a long brain?!

The price seems to be outrageous, but in the eyes of Hollywood companies, it's still very profitable. Now, zombie master has become a hot IP in the North American market. If you can get the rights of remake, adaptation and continuation, Hollywood companies can make a big contribution to the story structure of this hot IP. You can remake movies, make new sequels, or Make North American style comics and animes, even imitate marvel to create a new superhero, and then make this superhero into its own IP.