Chapter 284: Peak of the Attack

$36 million!

This is the renewal price negotiated between New Line and Marvel.

If it goes according to the agreement, Lu Ping An will get 43.2 million for buying the copyright!

If you want to start the movie, you have to prepare about US$140 million based on the cost of the original version.

The total is two hundred million rounded off!

Two hundred million US dollars is actually not a big problem for Lu Ping An now, but it does have to drain the existing reserve funds of its film and television companies.

So what to do?

Simple.

After all, the movie was shot after 2008.

Now, just save money.

Saving money is also easy for Lu Ping An.

Just open another high-profit movie and it will be done

Lu Pingan also had a king bomb in his hand.

The American version of "Amazing Night" hasn't been released yet.

The original "Amazing Night" grossed more than 200 million US dollars at the box office in North America.

In addition, the Chinese version of "Wonderful Night 1" has a total box office of less than 40 million US dollars in regions other than the mainland, and even just over 2 million US dollars in North America.

Unpopularity is one thing. The old American culture is protected so that the film schedule is extremely low. Less than 1% of the theaters are showing it. This is the main reason.

It can also be seen that the movie is still very popular.

In other words, if the American version of "Wonderful Night 1" is released now, it can still make more than 200 million at the box office in North America.

The original cost of this film was only 12 million.

Calculating the accounts and disc revenue, it will be enough to deal with "Iron Man 1" in the future.

After a simple and cost-effective deal, the decision was made: "Iron Man", I want it!

He then responded directly to Bob Shaye.

Then Wattsberg was approached to discuss the plan.

"Have you really decided to shoot?"

"Yes, I have a plan for the American version of the script, director, and actors. According to the plan, if we start shooting in the first half of the year, we can still catch up with this year's Christmas schedule."

The original American version of "Wonderful Night 1" started filming in January 2006 and ended in July, and was then released in December of that year.

The Chinese version has already been filmed, so the American version doesn't have to take so long to shoot. With good control, there is no problem in catching up with the Christmas season.

"How is the investment divided?" Wattsberg asked again.

“My advice would be to keep at least half of it.”

"okay, I get it."

Wattsberg nodded, and then added, "In this case, we will be very busy this year."

There are several more low-budget movies, including Pacific Rim, and Batman, and now we have added a Wonderful Night.

The Summit has never been busier.

And what this brings is tremendous pressure on the prospects.

In this regard, Lu Ping'an could only repeat the same saying that has remained unchanged for thousands of years: "If you don't believe it, we can bet."

"It smells so familiar."

Wattsberg took a deep breath, and memories seemed to hit his mind.

After thinking about it, he wagged his finger: "I said, I won't fall down in a pit continuously."

Lu Pingan looked at him with a smile: "Then let's do it?"

"We did it! If everything succeeds this time, we will be the seventh largest!"

Wattsberg agreed directly and confidently.

Including Strange Night, there are five projects to be launched at the top of this year: Chainsaw 4, Batman 2, Humanity Purge, Death Day 2 and Strange Night 1.

There are two more projects to be released in March: Chainsaw 3 and Insidious 2.

And 3 projects in production: Pacific Rim, Kung Fu Panda, and Nolan’s “The Conjuring.”

A total of 10 projects are on the list, which is more powerful than the current six major projects.

The key is that the financial pressure is actually very small.

The project with the largest book cost is Batman 2, but sponsors of this film are currently lined up, and the financial pressure is smaller than that of Pacific Rim.

Pacific Rim now adds Matt Damon, but because it is a co-production, the cost of shooting in China has been greatly reduced. The overall cost has been calculated in the past few days, and it has come to about 75 million US dollars. This does not include photography in China. shed input.

The remaining small-scale films, including Strange Night and The Prestige, would total less than 50 million if they were all produced by themselves, not to mention that each project is now allocated at least half of the share.

Therefore, the overall financial pressure is only about 100 million, which is not a problem for Peak, which is now full of pockets.

The only problem is, Wattsberg will miss a lot of vacation time this year.

This also made him complain: "Why do I act like I want to participate in the Beijing Olympics?"

After saying that, he scratched the bright dome, then turned around and went out to start working.

He is still under a lot of pressure because the future of the project is unknown.

Unlike Lu Ping'an who knows the answer.

But he is not without pressure.

Especially for projects that are not directed by oneself.

If the whole film doesn't taste right, it will be quite troublesome.

But overall it seems that the problem is not big, just be more careful.

Hollywood's producer-centered system was not created blindly.

To deal with this situation.

So take your time next.

The next day, Lu Ping'an came to New Line and first signed the "Iron Man" transfer agreement with Bob Shaye.

This agreement was not made public, and New Line decided to give it a cold shoulder because their original Iron Man movie was going to be aborted, which was not a good thing.

As for how New Line could renew its contract, Lu Pingan also asked Bob Xiaye.

Bob Xiaye said very pretendingly: "You underestimate my energy!"

Lu Ping'an had a black line on his head, but he still expressed his sincere gratitude.

After all, without him, Lu Pingan really wouldn't be able to win "Iron Man".

It was only later that he realized that the main reason was still because of Marvel.

Marvel hesitated between the two characters of Captain America and Iron Man, and took out a loan to bet on one of them.

Then the timing of Bob Chaye's appearance was very clever.

The other party was short of money, and Bob Chaye gave money, 36 million.

Then Marvel's first independently produced movie, which was also the movie that opened his immature movie universe, became Captain America.

Having said that, the transfer of "Iron Man" was not made public, but the matter of "Peak 3" had to be made public, and it was officially announced with great fanfare.

Once this news was announced, kung fu fans around the world were extremely excited.

Cheng Long's base is actually very large.

Maybe the box office performance is not particularly high, but the sales in the disc market have never been bad.

There are many places where sales performance will always be ignored, such as Africa.

According to New Line, the day after the news was announced, a chieftain or something in Africa sent an email, saying that they must shoot once in their place.

Cheng Long's influence on a global scale is indeed terrifying.

Cheng Long said calmly: It's not the first time.

This one is more pretentious, Lu Pingan gave him a thumbs up.

But his own influence is not bad.

The king of horror, the man who resurrected Batman, this year's Oscar hot director, etc.

One is a genius director with a variety of themes, superb skills, and huge imagination.

The other is a world-class kung fu superstar.

What kind of sparks will the two of them create?

Add to that the basic base of the Peak series itself.

So Cheng Long + Lu Pingan + Rush Hour.

"Rush Hour 3", with a total investment of 150 million US dollars, immediately broke into the forefront of the most anticipated movies around the world.