Meiyu: I don’t care about the cost when making movies

Chapter 150 Tawarman’s Favor
"No problem, I will convey it to George Lucas. 15% is not a small amount. I believe those Industrial Light and Magic employees will love you to death." Serra said with a smile.

"In addition, I will communicate with Susan. In addition to the 1.25 million used to invest in "Star Wars Episode 2", the remaining 1500 million will all be used in the production cost of "Resident Evil". Counting the cost of doing special effects, you should also communicate with her when the time comes."

Sera on the opposite side was stunned after hearing this. In order to do special effects, directly buy a special effects company?What kind of operation is this?
Although the production cost can be as high as the production company wants to make it, do investors really not have any objections when they see such an exaggerated production cost?

Sera asked about her worries.

In response to this, Wayne just smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, the foundation will not have any objection. After all, if it is divided equally between two movies, the cost of each movie will only be increased to 9000 million, which does not count. a lot of."

"Okay, you are the boss who has the final say." Seeing this, Sierra didn't hesitate anymore. Wayne was the boss of Hemera Pictures anyway, and Wayne said it was no problem, so she could only obey the order.

"By the way, if George Lucas was able to change his mind so quickly this time, Jill Tawerman must have put in a lot of effort."

This time it was Wayne's turn to be stunned.

"Jill Towerman? What does this have to do with her?"

Serra explained: "The COO of Lucasfilm is also a member of the Beverly Hills Women's Club and has some friendship with Jill Tawerman. I don't know where Jill Tawerman learned that you wanted to acquire Industrial Light and Magic. He was blocked and influenced George Lucas through this relationship, which I only found out after recently joining the club.”

After hearing this, Wayne had a thoughtful expression on his face.

He also didn't know where Gil Tawerman knew that he wanted to acquire Industrial Light and Magic. After all, the sources of information were too wide.

But why Jill Tawerman would spend favors to help him like this is obviously not difficult to guess.

"It seems like I'm going to have to work overtime these days."

Wayne looked down at the unfinished script and couldn't help but think to himself.

Although he did not ask Jill Tawarman to do this, he had to admit that Jill Tawarman did help him a lot by doing this, so he had to return the favor.

What's more, his relationship with Lily Collins has become much closer these days, and he doesn't mind helping Lily Collins at all and giving her some resources.

"But Lily is only 12 years old now. Are there any movies suitable for her to be the protagonist?"

Wayne unconsciously thought of Camilla Belle, Emma Roberts, and Omei. After thinking for a moment, he wrote three names in his notebook, "Dog Hotel" and "Heidi and Grandpa" and "Charlotte's Web."

Needless to say, "Heidi and Grandpa", although it was not released in North America and was only released in a few countries in Europe and Asia, it only achieved a box office of 3870 million U.S. dollars, but its reputation is Quite explosive.

Lily Collins is no less impressive than the original heroine Anouk Stéphane, and Omei can also play the second female lead, 'Clara'.

The only thing worth worrying about is that the acting skills of the two people cannot reach the level of the original version.

The movie "Hotel for Dogs" tells the story of 16-year-old orphan 'Andy' and his younger brother 'Bruce' who finally find a family willing to adopt them.

But this family does not allow pets.

So they had to find a new home for their puppy Friday, and accidentally turned an abandoned hotel into a home for stray dogs.

The original version was released in 2009, starring Emma Roberts. It made a global box office of 3500 million US dollars with a production cost of 800 million US dollars, but the actual production cost was no more than 1.17 million US dollars, and its reputation is also quite good.

If this movie is made, he only needs to slightly modify the script, replace Emma Roberts with Camilla Belle as 'Andy', and then have Lily play Andy's sister.

And from an image point of view, Camilla at this time is more in line with the 18-year-old age setting of 'Andy' than the original 16-year-old Emma Roberts.

As for the last one, "Charlotte's Web" is a 2006 fantasy comedy film starring Dakota Fanning.This movie has very good box office, word-of-mouth and disc sales data. The global box office of 1.48 million US dollars is much higher than that of "Dog Hotel".

However, in order to launder money, the producers obviously had to use special effects during filming for many parts that could have been shot with real shots. As a result, the original production cost of no more than 3000 million was directly increased to 8500 million, so it was on the books , this movie still belongs to the ranks of blood loss.

It has to be said that in order to launder money, cheat money, and avoid taxes, Hollywood production companies and distribution companies are really shameless.

So rather than let shameless studios ruin such a good movie, Wayne felt he needed to win all three.

Such three movie heroines with a total production cost of more than 4000 million should be enough to satisfy Jill Towerman.

"But which one should I shoot first?"

After thinking for a moment, Wayne chose "Hotel for Dogs."

First of all, the location selection for "Dog Hotel" is relatively simple. In terms of preliminary preparations, if everything goes well, it may be completed in half a month, unlike "Heidi and Grandpa" which required a trip to Switzerland for filming.Some retro manors, castles and streets may need to be selected in the UK or Germany.

Furthermore, "Hotel for Dogs" does not require high acting skills, and it can give Lily Collins, who is acting for the first time, enough time to adapt and grow.

After all, not everyone can act as well and spiritually as Dakota Fanning and Mckenna Grace did from the beginning.

In addition, in addition to the first and second female leads, the other three have joined the dog rescue team, and they have a lot of supporting roles in working with them to build a dog hotel. Megan and Amanda can definitely be included.

From every angle, "Dog Hotel" is currently the best choice.

With a thought in his mind, Wayne opened the system panel.

[Remaining film and television investment funds: 14625 million]

[Film and television projects currently in progress:]

[Resident Evil 1 and 2: The production budget was 17500 million, and 3890 million has been invested so far]

[Mean Girls: The production budget is 2000 million, and 1500 has been invested so far]

[Hurricane Rescue: The production budget is 3500 million, and 850 million has been invested so far]

[Arhat Eleven (18%): Estimated investment of 1500 million, currently 700 million has been invested]

[Pirates of the Caribbean (16%): Estimated investment of 2000 million, currently 0 invested]

[Spider-Man 1 (22%): Estimated investment of 3000 million, currently 1000 million has been invested]

[The Notebook: Estimated investment is 3800 million, and 945 million has been invested so far]

[Star Wars Episode 2 (4%): Estimated investment is 1500 million, current investment is 0]

[Dog Hotel: Estimated investment is 1500 million, current investment is 0]

[Wedding Crashers: Estimated investment is 4500 million, current investment is 0]

"This means that production of "Mean Girls" will be completed soon. Otherwise, the 1.4 million production funds will not be enough to complete the filming of "Rescue" and "Resident Evil."

(End of this chapter)