Rebirth in a Perfect Era Chapter 1403: Leave a hand!

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The launch of the US version "Infernal Affairs" project was exceptionally smooth. After communicating with Ben Affleck, DreamWorks agreed to the film ’s invitation in advance without seeing the script. As the role of police undercover Liu Jianming, the starring lineup of Leonardo, Ben Affleck and Tom Hanks has also been recognized by Martin Scorsese. For the remaining roles, Li Mu is completely handed over to Martin. Scorsese decided from the Lord.

After the director and the leading role have been determined, Muye Pictures and DreamWorks immediately signed a relevant cooperation agreement, and started the work related to the creation of the script.

Because the "Flying Tigers" being filmed is expected to be successful in early September, the US version of "Infernal Affairs" will be tentatively scheduled to begin in August, and the shooting will officially start at the end of October.

"Infernal Affairs" is a down-to-earth urban film. All its story structures only take place in a city in the spatial dimension, so the shooting is not difficult. The shooting time is expected to be about two to three months. If something goes wrong, you can kill it early next year.

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

In the eyes of Li Mu, the US version of "Infernal Affairs" + Martin Scorsese + Leonardo, Tom Hanks lineup, plus his own strong resources support, won the next Oscar Several awards are not a problem at all.

Just as the US version of "Infernal Affairs" project basically took shape, the total box office of "Zombie-Master" in North America has exceeded 200 million USD, and it took only an amazing seven and a half days to achieve this amount.

The subsequent box office although has been slightly weaker than before, but the downward trend is very stable. According to this estimate, it will not be a problem to win another 100 million box office in the remaining release time.

Hollywood and the Hong Kong film industry have shocked the numbness of the film ’s amazing achievements, and the direct impact it has brought to Hollywood and the Hong Kong film industry is that Hong Kong has recently launched several Zombie(s) movies, and Hollywood already has a company to talk to Huanya about the North American remake, adaptation and renewal rights of Zombie-Master.

Huanya stubbornly wanted to sell "Infernal Affairs" at a high price, but it has been held in his hands until now. It has not been sold yet. Now the news that Li Mu is going to be remade, Hollywood's interest in the original "Infernal Affairs" is weaker. Too.

The handling and narrative methods of this movie are not in line with the tastes of the North American audience. Muye Pictures does not participate. If the Hollywood film company takes it, it is difficult to push it up in North America. Now Muye Pictures has directly set aside Huanya , Preparing for a remake of their own investment, in this case, the Hollywood film company can also guess that the relationship between Muye Pictures and Huanya is not very good, and may even be a little nervous, so that they will have to worry about one more layer. : Muye Pictures, which has mastered the ticketing of system, will you find this original film in North America awkward? Even if it only weakens the film, it is enough for the distribution company to drink a pot.

"Mr. Zombie(s)" missed a large amount of income, and "Infernal Affairs" failed to cash in, which made Huanya ’s anger at Muye Pictures reach a peak, so when several Hollywood companies wanted to pack and buy "Zombie(s)" When all the English copyrights and derivative copyrights of "Mr.", Huanya was ready to take this opportunity to make a fortune, and then found some troubles for Muye Pictures.

Huanya is very clear that there are still many Zombie(s) films with overseas distribution rights in Muye Pictures, which means that the big earning of "Zombie-Master" in North America is only the beginning of making money for Muye Pictures. Next, This movie will be released all over the world, and let the players of "Plant Wars Zombie(s)Online" all over the world pay for it. After the movie's global absorption of gold, Muye Pictures can launch other Zombie(s) film copyrights and earn another round. In this way, Muye Pictures is bound to make a lot of money.

What makes Huanya angry is that most of the high-quality Zombie(s) films are copyrighted from their own hands, which means that they must endure looks at Muye Pictures to use their copyright to make more money .

Therefore, Huanya decided to give Muye Pictures a stumbling block and sell a series of derivative rights such as the remake, adaptation and re-sequence of "Mr. Zombie(s)" to Hollywood, and let Hollywood take a big fuss. In this way, not only can he Making a lot of money through copyright authorization will also allow these Hollywood film companies to suppress Muye Pictures and minimize the profits obtained by Muye Pictures using Zombie(s) films.

Packaging and selling these copyrights means that all the rights and interests of the IP "Mr. Zombie(s)" have been transferred out. If Hollywood gets these copyrights, not only can they remake the movie, but they can also make adaptations and shoot various sequels, Refining the characters in it to create more new stories, and after selling them, Huanya can never adapt "Mr. Zombie(s)" to any English version.

Others are trying to fish. Huanya wants to sell the entire fish pond.

However, the revenue from package sales is still very impressive. Hollywood ’s film companies offer more than six million USD, while Huanya mediates among several film and television companies, and the price has implicitly exceeded 10 million USD.

When Huanya finally negotiated with a Hollywood film company to sell the exclusive English remake rights, adaptation rights and renewal rights of "Mr. Zombie(s)" for 12 million USD, the news came out and shocked the whole of Hong Kong.

Hollywood is willing to buy the English remake rights and renewal rights of "Mr. Zombie(s)" for 12 million USD? This is a fantasy! 12 million USD, this is almost 100 million Hong Kong dollars! Does Hollywood's film company's brain bubble up? !

This price seems ridiculously high, but it is actually very profitable in the eyes of Hollywood. Now, "Zombie-Master" has become a popular IP in the North American market. If you can get the remake rights and adaptation rights As well as the right to remake, Hollywood ’s company can make a big fuss about the architecture of this popular IP, can remake movies, make new sequels, can also be made into North American style comics and anime, and even imitate Marvel to create a new Super Hero, and then make this super Hero into its own IP.

The success of Marvel lies in its large number of popular super Hero, Spiderman is very hot, Wolverine is also very hot, the United States team leader and Thor, Iron Man, Hulk are very hot, each of these super Hero characters can Supporting a huge supply chain, from comics to animations to movies and TV series, peripheral products, and image authorization, the profit space is extremely large, and the profit cycle is extremely long. A super Hero can even make a company become a flowery 7-8 Ten years, such as the United States team leader, this character was born in a distant 1941, it is estimated that by 2041, he will still be active on the big screen.

What ’s more abnormal is that when these popular Heros are on fire, companies like Marvel can make money by lying down. It can let each Hero play their own, or they can get them together A SHIELD, and the Avengers.

The company that Hollywood is best at is this long-term brand building, so it cost 12 million to buy a China "Super Hero" image, and it already has a strong fans based super Hero image in the United States. This account is still Very cost-effective, as long as a remake of the original work, and then create a "Mr. Zombie(s) against the ultimate Zombie(s) and seal with the ultimate Zombie(s) for nearly a hundred years, until the seal is accidentally broken", the transitional sequel, "Mr. Zombie(s)" image can get the background of Hyundai / modern Make a fuss.

This setting sounds far-fetched, but there has been a precedent for success, that is the famous American team leader.

The team leader in the United States was frozen for several decades, and was resurrected a few decades later, holding a shield and then going to work. This setting has been accepted by the general audience. Since team leader in the United States can, why not Mr. Zombie(s)?

Moreover, for Hollywood people, they have countless ways to localize overseas culture. In their view, the image of Zombie-Master is too easy to take root in landing in the United States, because there are also a lot of ghost legends in the United States. The body is huge and not worse than the ghost legends of China. Both Eastern and Western cultures are in awe of ghosts and supernatural powers. China people like to find fortune-tellers and goddesses to see a doctor. Westerners also like to find characters such as fortune tellers and psychics. Trouble, now the China Taoist image and brand of "Zombie-Master" has become popular. When the time comes, a transitional plot will allow him to live in the United States in the 21st century, and then he can let this Mr. Zombie(s) from the East, with his magical powers, deal with the United States. The ghosts in the legend are gods.

If the copyright of this IP is finally bought by Marvel, it is likely that the Taoist priest from China will deal with the zombies of the Nazis in the movie together with the US team leader. By then, team leader will have thousands of Nazi zombies. Waving a shield in front of him became a dog, and when he was almost unable to hold it, the China Taoist wearing a yellow robe jumped out, holding a peach wood sword, and calmly came to the sentence: "The soldiers who are fighting are all moving forward in array", " "Tai Shang Lao Jun, anxious like a law", when Fu Zhuan, fingerprints and formations are flying all over the sky, the picture is so beautiful that I dare not think of it ...

It is precisely because of how to dig deeper into this supply chain that the film company of Hollywood is very interested in the remake and adaptation of the film.

When Li Mu heard that Huanya was talking to Hollywood's film company about the overseas copyrights of "Mr. Zombie(s)" ​​including remakes, adaptations and remakes, Li Mu only let Muye Science and Technology release a statement on YY. This statement Very concise:

Muye Pictures recognizes Huanya as the owner of the film "Mr. Zombie(s)" and its related intellectual property rights, and Muye Pictures is also very pleased that Huanya can export this intellectual property to the world, but Muye Pictures should make a good reminder : Huanya although is the intellectual property owner of "Mr. Zombie(s)", but Muye Pictures is the exclusive owner of the English brand name "Zombie-Master". This English brand has been registered worldwide and is protected by global intellectual property rights. Huanya and Hollywood film company can Zhixiao.

This statement suddenly awakened Huanya and Hollywood.

"Mr. Zombie(s)" is the copyright of Huanya. That ’s right. Muye Pictures only has the right to distribute the movie overseas, but there is no right to adapt or renew the film. In other words, if all countries in the world want to release the original version "Mr. Zombie(s)", the copyright needs to be found with Muye Pictures, and Huanya it doesn't matter, but if countries all over the world want to remake "Mr. Zombie(s)", this copyright needs to talk to Huanya, Muye Pictures has no right to interfere.

However, the original English name of "Mr. Zombie(s)" ​​is Mr. Stiff-Corpse, which is "Mr. Stiff Corpse". The exact meaning of "Zombie-Master" should be the master of Zombie(s), and the name was taken by Muye Pictures himself. , although is used in Huanya ’s “Mr. Zombie(s)”, but this does not mean that the copyright of this English name also belongs to Huanya.

To be more straightforward, Huanya can license derivative copyrights of "Mr. Zombie(s)" with any film company in the world, but neither Huanya nor these copyright partners have the right to use "Zombie-Master" "The name.

It ’s as if Marvel has the intellectual property rights of “US team leader”, which is protected by intellectual property laws around the world. If you are not Marvel, you ca n’t use this name. You can call it “Squadron of the American Brigade”, “ "U.S. Secretary", "U.S. Political Commissar", "American Woman Female lead", etc., etc., except for "American team leader".

This is the lifeblood! What the audience remembers is "American team leader", not any other name except "American team leader"!

The same goes for "Zombie-Master"! Now "Mr. Zombie(s)" is hot in the United States, but American audiences all know that the name of the movie is "Zombie-Master". The Taoist in it is a "Zombie-Master". Suddenly one day, Hollywood shot a "Mr. Stiff-" Corpse, which means "Mr. Stiff Body", the ghost knows what this is? It ’s weird that North American audiences will accept such egg names!

Moreover, the movie "Mr. Zombie(s)" has a very, very unfavorable thing for Huanya, that is, the starring Master Lin Zhengying Lin has gone, so no matter who shoots the sequel, there is no way for Master Lin Reappearance, in this way, whether it is Hollywood bought its own copyright, or Hollywood directly made a new director who will play Zombie(s), there is no way for the audience to determine that it is a sequel to "Zombie-Master" unless it is The name is "Zombie-Master".

So, for a Hollywood company that was willing to spend 12 million USD on a series of copyrights of "Mr. Zombie(s)", if the brand name "Zombie-Master" could not be used, how much could the copyright of this movie be worth? No one buys one million! Because China Zombie(s), and the image and setting of the Taoist are derived from the folklore of China, there is no copyright in the legend.

In this way, instead of spending a lot of money to buy the copyright of "Mr. Zombie(s)" ​​from Huanya, it is better to create a new Taoist image according to the legend of China Zombie(s), or simply go to Muye Pictures and get "Zombie-Master" The right to use the brand, at least as soon as the "Zombie-Master" brand comes out, the audience will know what is going on!

Seeing that all Hollywood companies interested in buying copyrights have withdrawn, the senior executives of Huanya are almost going away, and their dreams are also didn't expect, Li Mu has even retained such a hand, "Zombie(s) Roadmaster" has become popular in North America. The name of Zombie-Master belongs to Muye Pictures ...