How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 505 Tom Cruise’s vision sucks the director’s luck

Not a small amount?
  When Tom Cruise heard these words from Zhang Nan's mouth, he almost couldn't hold back his anger.

You, a person who earns hundreds of millions of dollars from a movie, tell me that the production fee of 1.5 million US dollars is not a small amount?

And it’s not like you Zhang Nan invested in everything. Although he got the control of the [Mission: Impossible] project.

But it is impossible for Paramount to let go of a classic series, so part of the dividend rights in the entire [Mission: Impossible] series still belongs to Paramount.

Of course, this part of the dividend requires Paramount to invest in its shares.

However, Tom Cruise also understood that Zhang Nan's approach was a routine investment operation, so he just curled his lips slightly and continued: "You should think more about it, then... I will put the project plan here. , Zhang, we’ll contact you after you think about it.”

Zhang Nan nodded after hearing this, and Tom Cruise left neatly.

Then Old Luke sat down from the sofa next to Tom Cruise's seat and picked up the project plan for "Mission: Impossible 4".

Due to the professional nature of an agent, Old Luke was the first to look at the salary of the leading actor in the project.

Tom Cruise - $[-] million plus [-]% of the box office share and [-]% of the DVD revenue.

"The asking price is so high, and he is worth so much?" Old Luke's tone was a bit disdainful.

After all, in the past few years, Tom Cruise's box office appeal has plummeted, and the box office of the movies he starred in has never regained its previous glory. Sometimes it is difficult to exceed [-] million.

This kind of performance also makes Tom Cruise's salary quotation appear to be falling with the water.

When many film crews approached Tom Cruise with a film contract, their quotations began to drop to tens of millions of dollars.

But more big-production crews have begun to abandon Tom Cruise, so Tom Cruise is now biting the bullet and making "Mission: Impossible 4".

Not only did he want to learn Zhang Nan's development route, but he was also forced by reality.

"Other projects are definitely not worth so much money, but this is the [Mission: Impossible] series, which he originally developed. He is the soul of this series, so it is still worth it. Otherwise, why would Paramount make it in the first place?" After finishing [Mission: Impossible 2], did you hide [Mission: Impossible 3] for many years instead of finding someone to replace it?" Zhang Nan gave Old Luke's answer.

Old Luke remained silent after hearing this and continued to look through the project plan.

Not long after, Old Luke finished reading, raised his head and said to Zhang Nan: "What do you think? To vote, or not to vote?"

This time Zhang Nan did not directly answer Old Luke’s question, but changed the subject and said: “Since the financial tsunami in 2008, our Longbow Film and Television Fund seems to have no other big projects except my project. Let’s get into the share-sharing contract consignment business of starring in the movie!”

After hearing what Zhang Nan said, Old Luke nodded silently.

no way.

In the world of capital in North America, there are always people who want to compete for ways to make money.

Before the financial tsunami, Zhang Nan's Longbow Film and Television Fund was still able to steadily gain business in the prosperous Hollywood by virtue of its title as a pioneer in developing a model that helps actors quickly obtain revenue sharing from film remuneration.

However, after the financial tsunami, Hollywood seemed to be experiencing a tsunami, but in fact, various film and television projects saw a visible decrease.

This can be seen from the increasing number of original blockbusters.

Before 2008, I can’t say which year Hollywood was in, but there were still two or three original blockbusters that were successful at the box office and had high production costs.

But after 2008, the number became smaller and smaller.

The original time and space was said to be the superhero series of Marvel Studios, which killed the original movie style of Hollywood.

but……

Is this really true?
  On the contrary, Zhang Nan feels that Marvel Studios' superhero series is the last underpinnings of Hollywood.

Otherwise, you can't explain why after 2020, when Marvel Studios failed, Hollywood's original movie style did not revive again.

At that time, superhero movies were no longer popular. So in general, the financial tsunami has had a great impact on the North American economy, and Hollywood has also been greatly negatively affected, with fewer projects.

As the number of projects decreases, the financial entrustment business of starring share contracts will naturally decrease accordingly.

Then there were more wolves than meat, and the Longbow Film and Television Fund's flow of money naturally began to decline.

Today, the reason why Longbow Film and Television Fund can still maintain stable business mainly relies on the connections and favors Zhang Nan has accumulated in Hollywood over the past many years.

Able to take over some revenue-sharing business from Will Smith, Matt Damon, Spielberg, etc.

But this is not a long-term solution!
  Because things like favor become less and less the more you use them.

Even if these people are still nostalgic for their old friendship, the key point is that these people are slowly becoming old, outdated and useless!

Moreover, today's Hollywood environment has become worse, there are fewer big projects, and the remuneration prices of leading actors are also being compressed. The consignment business of share-sharing contracts is slowly being taken over by Hollywood giants themselves. It is difficult for Longbow Film and Television to turn to it. Funded.

"So... we have to find some projects of our own. Tom Cruise's [Mission: Impossible] series is quite good. He wants to get out of Paramount's control, and by the way, we have to work with Paramount. If we compete in the investor arena, we can get a share of the [Mission: Impossible] project's remuneration," Zhang Nan explained.

Old Luke nodded slightly, but still worried: "But if this project fails..."

The words were not finished, but the meaning expressed by Old Luke was very clear. If the movie loses money, then everything is not in vain.

When Zhang Nan heard this, he turned his attention to the coffee table in front of him, which was the director's column in the "Mission: Impossible 4" plan.

Brad Bird.

A director who has never directed a live-action film, but has only directed several classic animated films such as "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille".

Tell the truth.

This resume sucks.

If it's hard for you to understand, it'll be easier to understand with an example.

The director of "The King of Kung Fu", Rob Minkoff, is a guy who switched from animation director to live-action film director.

And the box office performance of [The King of Kung Fu]...

I can only say that I understand everything.

Anyway, since the release of "The King of Kung Fu", a solid iron gate has been welded on for animated film directors to transform into live-action film directors, which has made it a lot more difficult.

But under such circumstances, [Mission: Impossible 4] succeeded, with a global box office of nearly 7 million US dollars, and broke the curse of the Hollywood series trilogy.

It can only be said that Tom Cruise can make it in Hollywood, and he still has abilities.

Not to mention other abilities, the vision in selecting a director is absolutely spot on.

[Mission: Impossible 2] selected Wu Baige who was at his peak, and won the annual box office championship in the original time and space.

[Mission: Impossible 4] bucked the trend and selected Brad Bird, giving the [Mission: Impossible] series a new lease of life.

The only problem is...

Wu Baige was no longer good after "Mission: Impossible 2".

Brad Bird's situation is similar. His next film "Tomorrowland" also suffered a huge collapse in box office reputation and suffered a heavy loss.

Tom Cruise's vision always seems to attract people's luck, a bit overdrawn, and a bit annoying.

(End of this chapter)