Chapter 505 Really Start Recording!

Chapter 505 Really Start Recording!

"Prometheus"

Wu Yuan didn't expect that after Light Era and 20th Century Fox signed a cooperation agreement, the first cooperation project sent by 20th Century Fox would be this!

According to the project book sent by Fox, the production budget of this movie is as high as 130 million US dollars, excluding the cost of publicity and distribution.

Fox plans to do the publicity and distribution of "Prometheus" by itself, that is, production, production, and distribution are all undertaken by itself, and it is expected to invest 20 million US dollars in publicity and distribution.

In other words, the total cost of this movie is 150 million US dollars.

Perhaps for Fox, which has been in good operating condition in the past few years, a mere 150 million US dollars is just a small amount of money.

But in the past few years when the company's operating condition is not good, 150 million US dollars is not a small amount of money for Fox.

Now Fox has owed the bank billions of dollars, and in order to maintain its "Big Six" appearance, the number of movies planned to be produced each year has not decreased much.

No wonder they are willing to take out the "Alien" IP and share the profits with Light Era.

Although this will be a brand new sub-series, it has no direct connection with the previous works such as "Alien" and "Alien vs. Predator", but the story line is aimed at the first few decades of "Alien 1". It is a brand new prequel movie, and the risk is definitely much higher than making a direct sequel to "Alien".

But Wu Yuan knows that the box office performance of this "Prometheus" is very good.

The global box office exceeds 400 million US dollars!

In addition, the DVD distribution market, which has always been very popular for the Alien IP.

There is no doubt that "Prometheus" has brought huge benefits to Fox, and later Fox also took advantage of the victory to shoot the sequel "Alien: Covenant".

Without any hesitation, just a rough reading, after confirming that the script is similar to his impression of "Prometheus", Wu Yuan wrote back to John and asked him to agree to cooperate in this movie.

Guangshidai will invest half of the money, but can only occupy 40% of the box office share after deducting the publicity and distribution and theater share, and there is no way to get the 50% share as common sense.

There is no way. After all, the IP of "Alien" belongs to Fox. Even if Guangshi can participate in the platter, it can't really enjoy dividends according to the investment ratio.

In fact, the cooperation between the six major Hollywood companies and other small and medium-sized companies is basically like this.

Legendary, New Line, the former Lion Alliance and other small and medium-sized independent film and television companies, when cooperating with the six majors on some film projects, often invest 10% or 20% but can only get 5% or 10% of the profits, and can't enjoy dividends according to the investment ratio.

After all, their cooperation with the six major Hollywood companies is a matter of taking advantage. They have better distribution channels, better resources, and even the IP of the six majors themselves. These are all capitals that need to be discounted into the cooperation.

This is already considered good. If mainland film companies want to cooperate with Hollywood film and television companies to go overseas, they will suffer greater losses.

In the past two years, many mainland film and television companies want to make Sino-US co-productions, or simply invest in Hollywood movies. However, Huayi, Bona and other companies, in specific cooperation negotiations with small and medium-sized Hollywood film companies, can only invest half of the capital, and can only account for 20% or 30%!

This is only cooperation with small and medium-sized Hollywood companies. For example, the six major Hollywood companies do not even open the window of cooperation to mainland film and television companies. If you want to give money to the six major companies, the six major companies will not accept it.

It is already a very good situation that Guangshidai can invest 50% but get 40% of the plate.

Of course, if Wu Yuan is a little more black-hearted, he can also outsource it to a few mainland film and television companies, contract the 50% investment amount to them, and then give them 30% of the share. There will definitely be people scrambling for it, especially Huayi, who is thinking about going overseas every day.

In this way, Guangshidai does not have to invest a penny, and can enjoy 10% of the profit of "Prometheus".

All Wu Yuan had to do was make a few phone calls and ask for some money from the bosses of mainland film and television companies.

However, after thinking about this idea, Wu Yuan gave up.

The project of "Prometheus" is still quite good, and it is worth Guangshidai's own investment.

When there are no good projects to choose from in the future, he will borrow domestic capital to compete with Fox.

Anyway, Guangshidai has signed a cooperation agreement with Fox for 20 films, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

Even Wu Yuan felt that when Fox was acquired by Disney, their cooperation agreement would not be fulfilled.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye while Wu Yuan was busy handling company affairs and producing the post-production of "Love Letter".

Liu Yifei, who went home to accompany Wu Yuan for a half-month rest, also set off for Hangzhou, the capital of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with Wu Yuan personally seeing her off.

"Actors Please Take Your Place", the first domestic actor competition program jointly produced by Guangying Times and Guangying Kuaibo, finally officially started recording in Hangzhou after two months of preparation.

The program team rented a large studio recently opened by Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, and also rented a whole building in the suburbs of the city where the studio is located, which is also near the Hangzhou Film and Television Base. After redecorating it, it will be used as the contestants' dormitory during the recording period.

At this time, 50 first-time contestants who passed the audition are arriving at this dormitory building one after another.

The photography team from South Korea had already set up the camera downstairs of the dormitory building, and several camera teachers were carrying cameras and recording.

One by one, the youthful young people pulled their suitcases and walked downstairs of the dormitory building.

Because nearly two-thirds of the 50 selected first-time contestants are students from professional schools, many of them know each other and came to Hangzhou together.

So unlike ordinary talent shows, the recording of "Actors Please Take Your Place" was full of a happy atmosphere from the beginning. At least for most contestants, this was a familiar scene from the beginning!

"Li Xian, you are here too, you were selected as a freshman?"

"Hello, senior, isn't Dou Xiao here?"

"Dou Xiao doesn't meet the program audition rules!"

Zhang Yunlong, a 2009 student from Beijing Film Academy, bumped into Li Xian who had just arrived when he arrived downstairs of the dormitory.

Zhang Yunlong, who is outgoing, cheerful and enthusiastic, had become acquainted with the 2010 freshmen not long after they entered the school. Of course, he knew Li Xian, the 2010 celebrity who was selected by the school film studio to film a movie right after entering the school.

He pulled the suitcase with one hand and put his other hand on Li Xian's shoulder, and said to him with a smile: "I saw a lot of beauties on the way here just now. They also passed the audition."

"From the Central Academy of Drama, the Academy of Chinese Opera, the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and even a beauty who looked like she was from Xinjiang Province."

"Hey, I'm already looking forward to this competition."

"If nothing else, it's a wonderful thing to live under the same roof with so many beauties for two months!"