Chapter Four Hundred and Sixty-Eight Filial Sons and Filial Daughters

In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan just got a message.

The screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment and lawyer Dinah Upton, who assisted in handling related business, encountered some troubles when registering a new script with a museum background, that is, "Night at the Museum" with the Copyright Office.

The newly built electronic archive retrieval database of the Copyright Bureau shows that the content of the script of "Night at the Museum" has a certain degree of similarity with an episode.

"This does not affect our registration, the script is going through the copyright registration process."

After taking a sip of coffee, George Clint said to Ronan: "But the other party appeared much earlier than us. Once there is an entanglement later, there may be an international lawsuit."

Ronan was curious: "Cut in? I don't remember a similar cut in."

The script outline of "Night at the Museum" was provided by him. At the beginning, he also checked whether there was any related content in North America. Because he couldn't find it, he directly provided the story and related settings, and asked the screenwriter department to improve the script. , and then go to register the copyright.

If there are related works, Robert Lee would have already bought the copyright in advance.

George Clint said simply: "The interlude is a work from Croatia, from a writer named Milan Trek, who just registered the copyright in North America last year. Our previous search targets were basically aimed at related works in North America. The copyright of the work, the revision of the electronic database of the Copyright Bureau has retrieved similar international works."

Ronan nodded slightly, and understood what was going on, it turned out to be a Croatian work!

Who has nothing to pay attention to the works of an unknown author in a tiny place?

Many people have watched the strange film "Night at the Museum", and Ronan is no exception, but he knew that the film was made into a trilogy, and he didn't know if it was original. He originally thought that there were no related literary works in North America, maybe It is an original movie, and now it seems that it should also be a member of the adapted movie.

George Clint added: "I have asked people to contact the relevant publishing houses and Milan Trek himself to purchase the film and television adaptation rights. For Croatian works, it is estimated that a maximum of hundreds of thousands of dollars can be obtained."

"Yes." Ronan fully agreed: "It's better to spend a little copyright fee than to have copyright disputes later."

If the other party did not register the copyright in the United States, but "Night at the Museum" preemptively registered the copyright, everything is easy to say, but the other party completed the copyright registration in the United States last year.

It is still necessary to go through the copyright procedure.

George Clint got up and said, "I'll go to Robert and ask him to find someone to talk about the copyright. Let's move quickly to avoid other unexpected situations."

Ronan sent him out of the office and came back to start making plans for "Night at the Museum".

This is a family adventure comedy, and the highest rating of the film cannot exceed PG, which means it must be a family movie for all ages.

The director had better be a type of family comedy.

For actors, remember that the leading actors are Ben Stiller and Robin Williams, and you can continue to invite these two people to participate in auditions.

Of course they will not be the only choice, factors such as salary and film contract must also be considered.

Actors like the male lead must be the first choice to sign a trilogy contract.

In terms of release time, it is best to put such a family movie on the holiday file, and next year's Thanksgiving or Christmas schedule will be good.

This film is not difficult to resonate with. When many people were children, they probably had the idea of ​​hiding in the museum before it closed. Imagine what wonderful things would happen after the museum closed?

In some ways, this movie is a bit like Toy Story.

At noon, George Clint had someone send Milan Trek's illustration to Ronan, and Ronan looked through it roughly.

This is an illustrated story about coaxing children to sleep.

Although the time, place and characters are different, the general content is very similar, and the previous "Night at the Museum" is very likely to be adapted from it.

Ronan quickly completed the preliminary plan of the project and sent it to George Clint's mailbox. The specific work of setting up the crew will be completed by the professional team of Shahai Entertainment.

In terms of the production budget, Ronan estimated that the desired effect of the film would require an investment of at least 60 million US dollars.

Among other things, just the salary of the personnel, if Ben Stille agrees to sign the film contract, his salary will start at tens of millions of dollars.

Ben Stiller's salary in "Meet the Father-in-law" a few years ago has reached 10 million US dollars.

It is impossible for a typical commercial film like "Night at the Museum" to reduce the salary of star actors.

After lunch, Ronan came to Los Angeles Motor City to receive the Rolls-Royce Phantom ordered at the Los Angeles International Auto Show last year.

The black Phantom, plus the interior, cost Ronan nearly a million dollars.

Ronan also changed again, the previous Bentley Elegance was replaced by a black Rolls-Royce Phantom.

On the way back to Relativity Entertainment, Ronan was also considering that the next step might be to buy a private business jet.

He often goes out, not to mention overseas, Netflix has always been in the Silicon Valley area of ​​San Francisco, and the atmosphere here is also the most suitable for Netflix's development.

San Francisco is not close to Los Angeles. Ronan usually takes a flight there. Although Highway 1 on the West Coast is known as one of the most scenic self-driving routes in the world, it takes six hours to drive on a smooth road. It's too much of a waste of time.

And the road conditions are not very good, there is a certain degree of danger.

After careful consideration, Ronan thought that maybe he could buy a helicopter first. In the future world, there is an apron, which has been idle. In the industrial park where Netflix’s new office building is located, there are also special ones for bosses. The apron is more convenient for lifting and lowering.

The black Rolls-Royce Phantom was parked in front of the company building. Ronan had just got out of the car when a Ford drove up from behind. A man hurriedly got out of the back seat and ran towards Ronan.

"Hi, Ronan." Uwe Ball was shaking with a smile all over his face: "You just came back? What a coincidence."

Ronan looked at Wu Bao, who looked more like a boxer, and said, "Yes, I just came back from the Motor City."

Uwe Ball's eyes immediately fell on the Rolls-Royce Phantom, and said, "This is the new car I just mentioned? This is my dream!"

There is a good saying that Che is a man's second wife. Uwe Ball looked at it a few more times, somewhat envious.

But in Ronan's eyes, the car was just a means of transportation, and he said, "The next movie will be a hit, so you can buy one too."

Uwe Ball couldn't help laughing, and said, "We'll talk about it later."

Ronan pointed to the office building: "Do you have something to do?" Seeing Uwe Ball nodded, he said again: "Let's go, let's go up and talk."

Uwe Ball hurriedly followed, and before leaving, he glanced at the black phantom reluctantly, and muttered in his heart: "When "Dungeon Siege" is sold and I get the box office bonus, I will buy two at a time. One in Germany, one in Los Angeles!"

When he came to the company and entered the office, Ronan had someone bring coffee to Uwe Ball.

Ronan was not polite, and asked directly: "Uwe, what's the matter here this time?"

Uwe Ball said with a smile: "The post-production of "Dungeon Siege" is almost completed. I would like to ask, when you have time, go and see the film I edited."

Ronan thought for a while and asked, "How long will it take to finish everything?"

"Another half a month." Uwe Ball was very honest when facing Ronan: "The editing has been completed, but it will take some time to add subtitles and soundtracks, as well as sound editing."

Ronan nodded slightly: "Well, after "Pirates of the Caribbean" is released in July, I will hold an internal preview for "Dungeon Siege."

A few days ago, Wen Ziren called him. The filming of "Saw" has been finished, and the post-production has begun. At that time, two days can be spared to hold internal trials for "Dungeon Siege" and "Saw". Screening.

Only with comparison can a clearer judgment be formed, and only then can people know the importance of publicity for "Dungeon Siege".

"Okay." Uwe Ball said with a smile: "The specific date will be determined at that time, and I will be notified in advance."

Ronan gave appropriate encouragement: "Uwe, you did a good job."

Frankly, aside from funding, Ronan and Embassy Pictures have done little to interfere with Uwe Ball and the crew of Dungeon Siege, which could almost be said to be Uwe Ball's directorial effort.

This is also Ronan's original intention, because this film is not afraid of being bad, it is afraid that it is not bad enough.

It is estimated that no one will have any hope of what kind of effect a three million dollar epic game movie can produce.

Ronan has already decided to inform the embassy film industry tomorrow to start formulating a specific marketing plan for Uwe Ball.

Wubao must become a celebrity in the eyes of movie fans all over the world!

Uwe Ball seemed to be encouraged, full of energy, and said: "Ronan, this project is about to be completed, can we start planning new projects?"

Ronan asked, "What game did you fancy?"

"It's not a new game." Uwe Ball said with a smile: "It's still a game I was fancy before, Blizzard's "Warcraft", they are going to release a new version this year, I got their test through a friend version, the new version is called "The Frozen Throne", the setting of the background is extremely grand, and the story is epic, especially the leading actor, Prince Arthas..."

Ronan immediately understood what Uwe Ball was talking about, Lordaeron... No, the first filial son of Azeroth is coming out? By the way, there is also the first filial daughter.

A filial son and a filial daughter are a natural pair.

"Uwe, as I said, as long as you can persuade Blizzard to accept the copyright, adaptation is not a problem." Ronan still said the same words: "This game can also be adapted by you."

Uwe Ball obviously hasn't given up yet, and perhaps the epic story of "The Frozen Throne" has moved him again: "I will go to Blizzard after I finish "Dungeon Siege."