How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 307 The well-informed Columbia Pictures
Faced with Zhang Nan's starting price, David Morris, the president of Warner Pictures, still didn't make up his mind after much hesitation.

First of all, the [Harry Potter] series that can be filmed at present is already confirmed to be the fifth part, and the length of the entire series is unknown. However, the third part has only been filmed now, and there are still several years to go. You can even consider it in ten years, so it's not too urgent.

Secondly, [The Lord of the Rings - The Legend of Sauron] is currently gaining quite a lot of momentum, but the specific situation is still unknown.

Seeing David Morris's hesitant attitude, Zhang Nan made a silent decision in his heart.

In the future, we must give a serious blow to the [Harry Potter] spin-off film plan.

No, in the main series of [Harry Potter], you have to kill him severely.

So Zhang Nan said: "David, [Harry Potter 3] you invited me as a guest star, I can accept it, but I also read the fourth and fifth novels of [Harry Potter] However, it seems that my role is no longer at the level of a guest star, in terms of pay, should you change it for me?"

David Morris' mouth twitched when he heard this.

"we'll talk about it then."

The conversation between the two ended here.

Because Zhang Nan could only stay on the set for eight hours, the director of his beloved, Alfonso Cuaron, was working with Zhang Nan for the first time and didn’t know much about it. Therefore, he was afraid that the shooting time would not be enough, so he hurriedly stepped forward to interrupt the two. People continue to chat.

Fortunately, there weren't many scenes to begin with, and Zhang Nan had accumulated quite a lot of strength over the years, so the filming went very smoothly, and the filming ended in less than eight hours.

Then Zhang Nan left the field directly.

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[Spider-Man 2] crew.

After Zhang Nan left the crew of [Harry Potter 3], he went directly to the filming site of [Spider-Man 2] at the agreed time.

After "Spider-Man 1" grossed US$8.5 million at the global box office, Columbia Pictures became even more focused on "Spider-Man 2" and basically treated it as its own core series.

The most direct manifestation is that the production fee has soared to 2.3 million US dollars.

This is not a small number, because this is only 2003.

So the entire shooting scene of [Spider-Man 2] looks much more high-end than the shooting scene of [Spider-Man 1].

"open!"

Tobey Maguire, who plays Spider-Man, came over to say hello enthusiastically after seeing Zhang Nan.

Although "Spider-Man 1" made him stand out from many little-known actors in Hollywood and become the leading actor in the new generation of comic-book movies - yes, before Robert Downey Jr.'s "Iron Man" came out, Tobey Maguire is one of the heroes of comic book movies.

And the film "Spider-Man 1" caused Tobey Maguire's salary to soar from 400 million US dollars to 1700 million US dollars.

But even Tobey Maguire himself is very aware of the gap between himself and Zhang Nan.

Because Hollywood is a vanity fair, but it is also a very realistic place.

To compare the gap between two stars, just look at the pay gap between them.Only by starring in the "Spider-Man" series can his salary exceed 1000 million US dollars, and there is still a gap of several million US dollars between him and 2000 million US dollars.

But now Zhang Nan is a guest star in any movie, and the salary is not less than 2000 million US dollars; for the starring role, the film salary is calculated in units of [-] million, which is a bit scary.

Faced with Tobey Maguire's overtures, Zhang Nan did not reach out to hit the smiling man, but started chatting with him in a friendly manner.

After some over-the-top conversations, Zhang Nan figured out Tobey Maguire’s remuneration in [Spider-Man 2].

There is only $1700 million in salary, and nothing else.

Although compared to the US$1 million of [Spider-Man 400], the salary of US$1700 million for [Spider-Man 2] is quite an increase between the two.

But Zhang Nan could tell from Tobey Maguire's words that Tobey Maguire was unhappy with Colombia.

After all, there is something wrong with a movie with a global box office of [-] to [-] million US dollars, and the leading actor does not get a share of it.

"This was the case with the first few popular movies, and it was the same when I first debuted. For example, the third part of the [Martial Arts] series - [Neon Martial Arts]. At the beginning, I wanted to talk about treatment with Disney, but Disney Although Bian didn’t force himself on me, he still dragged me around, and I just need to make a few more box-office hits in the future.”

Zhang Nan comforted Tobey Maguire in this way, which made Tobey Maguire feel a little at a loss.

Make a few more box-office hits?
I think so too, but do you think anyone can be like you, never losing?
But...just like whoever has a bigger fist has a bigger sense. When a celebrity like Zhang Nan said such words, Tobey Maguire couldn't refute, so he could only nod and pretend to listen.

When Zhang Nan saw Tobey Maguire like this, he became even more excited. He couldn't stop talking, and various words to bring him closer appeared frequently.

The main reason why Zhang Nan is so interested in Tobey Maguire is because if he can spend some time, he can get closer to Tobey Maguire and form a share contract with Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man 3". After all, that's millions of dollars in profit.

And with just a few words, you can make thousands of dollars in profits, and Zhang Nan doesn't think anyone will refuse.

But Zhang Nan had just chatted with Tobey Maguire for a while when he was called over by director Sam Raimi and Columbia president Clive Sand who hurried over.

"Zhang, I heard that you just came from the set of Warner's [Harry Potter 3]?" Clive Sander asked meaningfully.

Zhang Nan nodded when he heard the words, "That's right, I played a guest role there yesterday."

"So... I heard that you had some discussions with Warner about the [Harry Potter] spin-off film. Have the negotiations been completed?" Sam Raimi, the director of the [Spider-Man] series, responded.

After Zhang Nan heard this, he glanced at the two of them in surprise. Although in this land of Hollywood, news related to top IP movies was really of special concern to everyone and there was no way to hide it.

But what was discussed at Warner's studio yesterday, people in Columbia know today, and the speed is indeed too fast.

Columbia definitely planted spies inside Warner Bros.

What the hell, your spy operations are so sharp, why did [Mission: Impossible] and [The Bourne Shadow] be filmed by Paramount and Universal Pictures?

But the two people asked so concernedly that Zhang Nan had no choice but to give his attitude.

So Zhang Nan waved his hands and said, "What's the deal? It's just a casual chat. After all, [Harry Potter 3] was shot, and [Harry Potter] can shoot at least six or seven movies, so At most, Warner revealed some intentions to me."

(End of this chapter)