Chatty Hollywood

Of course, even if Charlotte has a lot of plans in advance, this does not mean that he has to completely abandon traditional distribution channels.

However, when to take action is a matter of timing.

Just like Charlotte will need to put its various layouts together sooner or later.

——In his opinion, it is not a particularly suitable time.

In particular, as one of the Big Seven in Hollywood and the holder of the 007 series, MGM is currently in trouble and is about to collapse again.

——According to Charlotte's memory of the original time and space, the disastrous failure of the war blockbuster "Windtalker" in 2002 was the final blow to MGM.

After that, MGM became a piece of meat among the other six Hollywood majors.

Everyone is busy cutting up the corpse of MGM and fighting for the most beneficial part to themselves.

In addition, DreamWorks, a high-profile challenger, will gradually fall during this period, and its departments will become the spoils of the Big Six in Hollywood.

——This period is the opportunity for Specter Studio to take advantage of the chaos and rise.

At least, the six major powers at that time couldn't muster enough strength to pay attention to this...

Therefore, Charlotte did not comment on Mr. Westwood's suggestion to establish her own distribution channel.

Mr. Westwood said nothing about this.

After all, although publishing is safer, it is also known to be trivial and troublesome.

In his opinion, it is normal for Charlotte to feel that the studio is not ready yet and cannot make up her mind.

He can understand.

But as a subordinate, this cannot be a reason for him not to raise it.

He didn't say anything else.

After Alexis finished reading the report about "The Island", she continued to talk about "Pirates of the Caribbean 1"——

"At present, the North American box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" has exceeded 300 million US dollars. According to this trend, it is not impossible to reach nearly 600 million US dollars in North America.

The global box office will definitely exceed 1 billion US dollars. Disney hopes that we can make the second part more carefully and then release it next year. "

"It's natural."

Charlotte nodded,

"The purpose of continuous shooting of movies is to reduce costs and shorten the release time interval-if the interval between the second and the first film takes two or three years, then wouldn't it make sense for us to shoot continuously?"

"But the general view is that if the sequel is released too quickly, although it can take advantage of the popularity, it will easily damage the reputation of the film itself, which is not good for the long term, right?"

Alexis asked a question and Charlotte shrugged.

"That's because, in most cases, Hollywood can't finish crafting a blockbuster sequel in one year, so it can only extend the interval to two years or even longer - but we don't Same!"

Charlotte smiled and said,

"We have completed most of the shooting tasks through continuous shooting in the early stage. Even if we need to reshoot in the later stage, there will not be much - in this case, about a year of post-production time is enough for us to complete the movie. Very sophisticated!”

"That's good!"

Alexis breathed a sigh of relief;

"Speaking of which, I also heard some interesting news from within Disney through special channels——"

"what news?"

"People at Disney seem to be studying whether to make a sequel after your "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy is completed. However, it seems that they are not planning to share the copyright with us this time."

"It's easy to understand."

Charlotte nodded,

"If the trilogy is successful, then the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series will form a very powerful IP. In this case, Disney must feel that even if it only relies on itself, it can handle subsequent movies, so naturally they will not They are willing to share profits with us again - this is a normal thing."

"Then we just ignore it?"

Mr Westwood asked,

“Although Disney invested in this series and gave it a lot of support, it’s our Specter studio that supports the production, right?”

"indeed so."

Charlotte nodded,

"So in the current trilogy, we share the copyright with Disney - when I was filming Pirates of the Caribbean, I spent so much effort, and even chose the high-risk mode of three-part continuous shooting in order to reduce costs. This is because For this reason—and if we film it again, I’m not going to do it anymore!”

"Why?"

Not to mention Mr. Westwood, even Alexis, who is Charlotte's secretary, doesn't understand.

Charlotte simply shrugged.

"Because the cost is too high!"

He explained,

"Now because of the three-part shooting model, the actors in the movie are generally not very well paid - even counting some step bonuses after the movie is released - because they lack a reason to ask for a salary increase now."

"However, when the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy is released, if the box office and reputation are good, then when the sequel is filmed, everything will change——"

Charlotte smiled helplessly and said,

"At that time, it is estimated that all actors' agents will ask for a substantial increase in salary - I estimate that the possibility of Depp's agent shouting out 20 million in additional profits is not small, and it may even be higher - and considering We cannot simply deny the continuity of the characters in the sequel."

"So, if you want to make a fourth installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and continue the original cast, the actors' salary costs will inevitably increase exponentially?"

As someone who has been a casting director for many years, Lao Qiang immediately understood what Charlotte meant.

"The cost has increased significantly, and the freshness of the audience will decrease because they have watched three films - these elements will inevitably affect the profitability of the film. So you really don't want to continue directing this series after the trilogy, do you? ?”

"You can't say that."

Charlotte shook her head;

"To be precise, I don't want to direct a sequel where the salaries of the three protagonists have increased significantly."

"Does it make any difference?"

Both Lao Qiang and Mr. Westwood didn't understand.

And Charlotte explained,

"To put it simply, I want to separate the three protagonists and shoot different movies. For example-"

He held out a finger,

"——According to the story we expected, after the trilogy is completed, the story of Will Turner and Elizabeth will have an ending. Then, in the following story, they will inevitably part ways with Captain Jack——This way Once this happens, doesn’t one story line become a two-day story line?”

"You mean-"

"We can give one story line to Disney, make some money from them, and then film another line of story."

Charlotte shrugged.