Chapter 200 Blooming Alone

? Sending away the suspicious Uwe Ball, Tony Koch returned to the reception room where Ronan was.

Tony Koch asked: "Is this really a bad movie?"

Ronan said very seriously: "The probability is very high, more than 90%."

"Can this kind of bad movie make money?" Tony Koch asked again.

"I can't guarantee it either." Ronan and Tony Koch didn't need to be false: "You have read Uwe Ball's proposal, he is a very thoughtful director. The director who made this movie into a super bad movie is also a kind of talent."

Tony Koch didn't know what to say.

Ronan simply explained: "A game adaptation to a movie is a thankless type."

"Resident Evil?" Tony Koch wondered.

"If it wasn't a major adaptation, I might not touch the project of "Resident Evil". Of course, Ronan would not be so stupid as to tell the truth: "On the basis of the original game, abandoning the game and making a major adaptation, the success of the game movie It could be bigger."

Tony Koch understands: "I've read about the House of the Dead game, and Uwe Bauer's adaptation is very thorough."

Ronan asked: "What is the audience for this game?"

"Not bad," Tony said.

"If the adapted movie is rotten, it may arouse the curiosity of game fans." Ronan analyzed: "Even if many people want to criticize the movie, they have to find out what to criticize. They are very likely to watch this movie."

As for what Uwe Ball said about the so-called real gamers before, of course they are all bullshit.

In fact, many gamers are often the first viewers to pay for a ticket to see a movie adaptation.

Ronan said again: "Do you have financing over there? If so, we can try it, but let me explain in advance that there are risks."

Tony Koch asked: "How much money?"

Ronan thought for a while, and said: "This kind of film will definitely lose money if the investment is high. Since it is necessary to shoot a bad film, the simple place should be simple. First invest 1 million US dollars. If the investment is high, it will definitely lose money. The theater market cannot recover the investment,

We can also use the offline market to recover our capital. "

This does not require investment from Shahai Films, and there are also candidates to direct the director, so the risk is actually not that big.

Tony still trusts Ronan very much: "This financing is no problem."

Ronan was not in a hurry either. In the next few days, he carefully studied Uwe Ball's script and proposal. Perhaps it was due to his preconceptions. Even more tricky.

Thinking about Wu Bao in his previous life, he was definitely a model of repeated defeats and perseverance.

Even if you are cast aside by the whole world, you must pursue the career you love.

No fear of success or failure, no matter the evaluation is good or bad.

Facing the eggs all over the sky, blooming alone.

This is a real inspirational movie.

I have to say a strange phenomenon in commercial movies. When the movie is bad enough, there will really be many followers, and they even think that this movie is NB.

It can be seen that the movie "The Man From Earth" supported by the protagonist's bragging B can become a hard sci-fi classic.

Ronan has read a lot of Uwe Ball's scripts recently, and some memories of Uwe Ball's news and movies that he has come into contact with in his previous life have gradually come to his mind.

I vaguely remember a scene in "Vampire Ryan", the heroine escaped from the castle, met the enemy, and gave a roundabout kick.

The action design is really just a casual lift of the legs, probably because the leather pants are too tight, or the crew didn't provide enough lunch.

The heroine is the super cool female robot TX in "Terminator 3".

Later, Ronan chatted with Uwe Ball a few more times. Perhaps Uwe Ball fully understood his talent and understood that he must go on an epic road, and gradually recognized what Ronan said. The point of view that making a bad movie is more likely to succeed than trying to make a good one.

In fact, if you are scolded by game fans a lot, you will become famous.

In the film industry, being famous means gaining money.

"How soon will this film start?" Uwe Ball asked Ronan.

He is most concerned about this issue. In fact, when the first part of the game was released, he got the movie copyright, but he couldn't find investment for a long time.

Speaking of it, this is also Uwe Ball's own problem. The first film he directed was a game adaptation with a B-movie style. It required an investment of more than 10 million US dollars to open his mouth. It is strange that a company is willing to invest. .

Even though Tony Koch was a little tempted, he still asked Ronan to check.

Tens of millions of dollars, anywhere, is a huge fortune.

Ronan said directly: "As long as we can reach a cooperation, the investment will be in place soon. At that time, you and I will go to Los Angeles to prepare for the filming. This year's preparations, this year's filming, and this year's release, these are not problems."

Since super extensive shooting is required, two or three months is enough time.

If the time is too long, it means that more funds are needed.

Uwe Ball looked like a vulgar and simple person, but he was actually not stupid. He said, "I would like to cooperate with you."

Go ahead, don't know when funding will be found.

Ronan raised a finger and said, "I have a request."

"Please speak," said Uwe Ball.

"Your current script is too complicated, please keep it simple." Ronan roughly said: "Divide the main plot into three units, use the fastest time to explain the character setting and relationship clearly at the beginning, and make some explicit restricted grades in the middle. For the plot, the rest is the climax of the zombie killing scene, the scale is larger, the female characters are exposed more, and the plasma is sprinkled more."

After confirming the production concept, "House of the Dead" must be made into a movie that is so bad that it can make people laugh, so that the audience will be deeply infatuated with this director.

Maybe one day, Uwe Ball will become a classic name in the directing world.

After thinking about it, Uwe Ball said: "I will modify and adjust the script."

After reaching an agreement on the concept, Ronan signed a cooperation agreement with Uwe Bauer on behalf of Shahai Entertainment. Sandhai Entertainment invested 1.2 million US dollars in the filming and production of "House of the Dead", of which 200,000 US dollars was paid to Uwe Bauer Therefore, Shahai Entertainment owns all the copyrights of the film and hired Uwe Ball as the director and associate producer of the project.

As for the position of producer, Ronan plans to find a suitable producer from among the producers who have worked with Sandsea Entertainment on B-grade violent bloody videotapes before returning to Los Angeles.

Of course, Ronan would not be the producer of such a bad film.

After Ronan signed a formal agreement with Uwe Ball, he also signed an investment agreement with Koch Films on behalf of Shahai Entertainment, accepting an investment of 1 million US dollars from Koch Films.

The money was all financed by the Germans.

In other words, if this film is successful, Sandsea Entertainment and Koch Films will be able to make a lot of money.

If lost, the losses of the two companies are limited.

If it works like this, the risk is already very small.

The biggest risks are all passed on to those investors.

However, after Ronan talked with Uwe Ball several times, although he was sure that this director's skills were average, even a bit clumsy, but he was very thick-skinned, and it would definitely not be a problem to talk to people.

For directors and films that can challenge the audience's patience, Ronan believes that there is still room for market survival.

On the plane back to Los Angeles, Uwe Ball chatted with Ronan about his grand long-term plan: "I have always wanted to win the movie rights of "Dungeons and Dragons" and then adapt this classic game into The movie will definitely cause a sensation by then."

Ronan was also unambiguous: "If "House of the Dead" can be a big success, I support you to get the film adaptation rights of "Dungeon and Dragon"."

Uwe Ball was really ambitious and asked, "Do you know Blizzard?"

"Blizzard that makes games?" Ronan asked back.

"Yes! It's Blizzard that makes games." Uwe Ball was very excited: "Blizzard has three games, "Warcraft", "Diablo" and "StarCraft". It’s very broad, and it’s also a good game that can be adapted into a movie.”

Of course, Ronan has heard of Blizzard's name. No need for "Warcraft", this is the predecessor of "World of Warcraft". daimyo.

"Do you really want to adapt Blizzard's game?" Ronan is not a game fan. He has neither the mentality of pilgrimage nor the consciousness of ruining the life of a game fan. He said calmly: "Los Angeles is not far from the Blizzard headquarters. If you have time, you can Go get in touch with the people from Blizzard."

If Blizzard's head is cramped, it is also a good thing to be willing to transfer the copyright of the film adaptation of the game.

Even if Blizzard doesn't want to transfer it, they can let Robert get in touch later. After "Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne" is released, it is not bad to win the film copyright of Warcraft.

Even if you don't make the film yourself, you can still make a profit by selling the adaptation rights later.

Of course, if the film is actually shot in the future, if the film is not ideal, it will inevitably bear the resentment of countless Warcraft fans.

Strictly speaking, the adaptation of the film is to destroy the original series.

In fact, what Ang Lee said makes sense. You can choose to destroy the original book and make a good movie, or stay true to the original book and make a bad movie.

Back in Los Angeles, Ronan immediately contacted a video crew producer who had previously worked with Shahai Entertainment, hired him as the producer of "House of the Dead", and formed a crew with Uwe Ball to prepare for the filming production etc.

Due to limited investment, crew members can only be found in the lowest buildings in Hollywood, and the technical partners they are looking for are also the ones with the smallest and lowest fees in the industry.

What future films will show will definitely be five-cent special effects.

Part of the special effects work will be outsourced to a cheaper film special effects company in Australia.

These don't even qualify as five-cent special effects.

In order to save money, director Uwe Bauer plans to directly use some game scenes after obtaining the consent of the game company.

Being bad also requires strength and planning.