Capítulo 5: New Line Cinema
Louis, who was beside him, clearly felt the stiffness of his girlfriend's arm.
"Dear, what's wrong?"
"No, nothing."
Naturally, Pera's thoughts in her heart could not be clearly stated. She quickly explained, while comforting herself in her heart. Compared with Louis, Kevin had no advantage.
The first film, just want to be a big success, that is impossible.
As long as you fail once, Kevin will never have a chance again, and she doesn't care at all.
...
the other side.
Coming to the CAA building again, Kevin's mentality was completely different.
Three film companies are interested in his film projects at the same time, which shows that everyone is very optimistic about his script. .
In this way, he was also a little relieved.
The next thing to do is to choose a suitable investor from among these three film companies.
I called Dawson, and soon, Dawson came downstairs in a hurry.
While taking him inside, he introduced the situation of the three film companies.
"Through CAA's contact, your project proposal has been voted for more than a dozen medium-to-upper-scale film companies."
"And in the end, there are three companies that came to CAA to discuss with you specifically."
"The three companies are New Line Films, Big Jazz Films, and Great American Films."
"..."
Listening to Dawson's remarks, Kevin recalled the news of these film companies in his mind, and the big jazz and the big beauty will basically disappear in the future, and there will be no sense of existence.
It must have died long ago.
Even the five largest film companies in Hollywood have experienced the crisis of bankruptcy, and have even been acquired by others in the future, not to mention two independent film companies.
However, New Line Cinema, Kevin has a deep impression.
After 1993, New Line will be acquired and controlled by Warner Bros. Pictures and become part of Time Warner Group, while Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation Production , Warner Home Video, Warner Bros. Games, DC Comics, and The CW Television, among other behemoths in the hands of a slew of companies.
Needless to say how terrifying it is.
However, New Line Cinema's favorite is to invest in low-budget horror films, and it's no surprise that they value their chainsaws.
It is worth mentioning that New Line Cinema has given their company a huge boost to their reputation last year, in 1990, after the success of the Hong Kong Golden Harvest movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" they didn't dare to buy from Fox. .
Simply put, the wallet is more adequate.
In this way, among the three film companies today, it is not surprising that the final buyer is New Line Film Company in nine out of ten.
Kevin nodded to Dawson, indicating that he had a preliminary understanding of the three film companies, and then pushed open the door of the room.
In the room, two large sofas surrounded the glass table in the middle, and the three of them looked very leisurely lying on the sofas on both sides.
It is not yet time for formal negotiation. What the heads of the three film companies have to do now is to consider whether Kevin has the ability to actually direct the film.
After it is determined which film company will invest, it will enter the serious negotiation stage.
Seeing that the door was pushed open, the three stood up and shook hands with Kevin one by one. No matter what the result was, at least the three of them showed high respect for Kevin.
This made Kevin a little stunned. He remembered that in his previous life, he had read a lot of online literature on American entertainment, and many of them had a condescending attitude at every turn.
Unexpectedly, the people from these film companies would have such respect for him, a director who has no real work.
But just thinking about it, Kevin knew that this was normal.
In the absence of a conflict of interest, in the face of him, a director who may succeed, even if it is true, at least for the time being, it will not be shown in front of him.
Unless in the future, he fails consecutively.
Presumably at that time, he will be able to see the true colors of the people in front of him.
Of course, he didn't want to have that time.
After shaking hands, Kevin picked a place to sit across from them.
As the executive at New Line Cinema, which most wanted to make Chainsaw, Dean was the first to ask his own questions.
"Why do you want the heroine of Chainsaw to be the ultimate hottie character?"
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Dean had some guesses, and it was because of this guess that they were even more convinced that the project would be a success.
But all this still has to be confirmed from the director Kevin.
Kevin smiled calmly, of course he knew what he meant.
There are many directors who only have the word "art" in their minds. It is often very difficult for such directors to obtain investment from film companies.
Among these studios, there is a category of their own for film directors.
Commercial director and art director.
Most of the funds that art directors invest in filmmaking come from overseas investors, and very few make money.
Commercial film directors, as long as they do not fail in succession, are often more likely to obtain investment.
Dean of this New Line movie seems to be trying to figure out what kind of director he is.
And Kevin's choice is naturally a commercial film director.
"Because young people like hot girls."
Kevin's words immediately made everyone present laugh, but the subtext in the words was obvious.
He is not a director for the sake of art, without regard for the audience.
With this premise, the ensuing conversation is very pleasant.
The three film companies gave him similar conditions, with a total production cost of $1.3 million, which included his director's salary of $50,000 and all production costs.
This amount, in Hollywood, is undoubtedly the low cost of the low cost.
And his salary is also very small, but Kevin doesn't care.
As long as Chainsaw can achieve one-third of the results it should have, he, Steve Kevin, will never be able to make such a meager income as he is now.
The copyright of Chainsaw Horror in his hands will bring him huge benefits.
As for discussing income sharing with them, although I am unwilling, the reality is not Long Aotian, a rookie director like him who has not proven himself in Hollywood.
It's impossible to talk to them about sharing.
but·····
With a hint of hope that it might be possible to agree, Kevin offered his thoughts.
"Everyone, I'm very confident in my film, and I have an idea."
"what idea?"
As film companies, they are naturally connected to each other, and there will be no vicious competition that ordinary people imagine.
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