Chapter 829 Linda Emery

No. 82 Emery

"So, we don't need to finance Bruce Lee this time?"

In the general manager's office of Light and Shadow Times, Li Xiaoping was making a long-distance call.

The person she was talking to on the phone was Wu Yuan, who was far away in Los Angeles.

"Well, we don't need to spend money." On the phone, Wu Yuan said with an obvious smile: "As soon as Hollywood heard that I was going to make a new movie, or a biopic, they came to me waving money."

"They didn't even read the script, and they patted their chests and guaranteed that they could bear all the production costs."

"And they are willing to give me 10% of the box office share."

"In other words, Director Wu, you don't have to spend a penny, and you can still get 10% of the box office after the movie is released?" Li Xiaoping asked in surprise.

Although the number 10% seems small, it is already a very scary number.

Because Wu Yuan does not need to bear any production costs.

That is to say, he has no risk. Even if the movie only has 1 million box office in the end, he can take 100,000 box office without any burden, and then let the producer lose all his money.

Of course, no one wants to see this situation.

"Yes, this is the condition given by Disney, and I have to be tempted." Wu Yuan sighed: "Disney has not made any outstanding live-action movies in recent years, and has made no achievements in awards. Now it is really anxious."

"Before, they wanted to make a live-action movie of "Mulan" and asked Sissi to star in it. As a result, after talking about it, they were not willing to back down at all. The director they found and the script they made were very different from the original plot, and they didn't come to an agreement in the end."

"Now that Sissi is pregnant, it is even more impossible to make this movie in the short term."

"I heard that they finally found a Chinese-American actress in Hollywood to play the role. Her name is Wang Keying. She has played in Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." TV series and is considered a Disney family member."

"But she is a A mixed-race of Chinese and American, with a European and American look, even if she dyed her hair black, it would definitely be out of place. "

"Apart from this movie, Disney has made no achievements in art films in recent years, and has not won an Oscar for many years."

"No wonder they are so generous." Li Xiaoping suddenly realized: "If your new film can be named as a Disney production, let alone 10% of the box office, even 20%, Disney can do it with a grit of teeth."

"After all, this is an art film, the cost itself will not be very high, and Disney is rich and can afford the loss. As long as it can gain awards, it is worth it."

From the perspective of company operations, Li Xiaoping strongly agrees with Disney's decisiveness.

For the world's top film production companies like Disney, a movie with an investment of tens of millions of dollars is not a lot of money for them.

Disney's annual revenue from movies alone is several billion US dollars, and there are a lot of movies that have lost money.

Disney has never lacked money, but good scripts.

For Disney, if it can spend tens of millions of dollars to get an Oscar for Best Picture, it is definitely worth it.

Not to mention that Wu Yuan's film actually has a very low chance of losing money. Even if it is an art film, it can basically break even.

As long as Disney can get this movie and become the producer, even if it gives Wu Yuan 10% of the box office revenue, it is nothing. At most, it will make less money or lose 10 or 20 million US dollars.

Let alone Disney, even Light and Shadow Times can afford to lose this money!

If Light and Shadow Times can spend 10 or 20 million US dollars to get an Oscar for Best Picture, then Li Xiaoping will do it without hesitation!

Unfortunately, Light and Shadow Times is not an American film company. If it is a film produced by Light and Shadow Times, it cannot be shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Oscars, and can only compete for the International Best Picture Award.

This is why Wu Yuan is tempted to cooperate with Disney.

Disney also promised to do its best to help Wu Yuan's new movie impact the Oscar for Best Picture. In other words, it will spend a lot of money on public relations judges.

Wu Yuan was actually a little hesitant about whether "Bruce Lee" should participate in the three major European awards or the Oscars.

At first, his idea was to use this movie to impact the Oscars, after all, Bruce Lee himself is a legendary Chinese movie star in Hollywood.

But there were many twists and turns in the middle. Now Wu Yuan has even sold his company in Hollywood, and once he gave up the idea of ​​winning an Oscar.

But this time Disney's promise made him feel that he could give it a try.

Oscars and other things are secondary. The main thing is that a big sucker who is willing to bear all production costs, bear the public relations expenses for rushing for awards, and give 10% of the box office share is really rare!

"I have basically agreed to Disney's conditions." Wu Yuan said easily: "The promotion of this movie will be left to Disney."

"We don't need to worry about the follow-up matters."

"I think it's good to spend other people's money to make my own movie."

This movie was not originally aimed at commercial box office, and Wu Yuan didn't expect how much box office this movie could get. Conservatively estimated that North America could get 30 to 40 million US dollars, and the mainland could get 400 to 500 million RMB.

The filming cost of this movie is estimated to be 30 to 40 million US dollars. After all, it is filmed in the United States, and the cost is in line with Hollywood.

With this calculation, the film can only break even or make a small profit of 100 million RMB at most.

If he only takes 10% of the box office share, the profit is actually about the same.

And the Light and Shadow Times does not need to use the money on the books, which is really comfortable.

"But after Disney knew that the biographical film I was going to shoot was "Bruce Lee", they made a request."

On the phone, Wu Yuan said again: "Disney hopes that Emma Stone will play the heroine, that is, Bruce Lee's wife Linda Emery."

"But I originally wanted to contact Gwyneth Paltrow to play this role."

"I think her temperament is more in line with Linda Emery, and her image is also gentle, and she is a typical blonde wife beauty."

Not to mention anything else, just Gwyneth Paltrow's role as Pepper, who doesn't say that she is full of wife flavor?

And this is also an Oscar-winning actress, and her acting skills are not much worse than Emma Stone.

But if Disney becomes the sponsor, Wu Yuan still has to consider their request.

After all, although Linda Emery is the heroine, in a male biographical film, this heroine is not that important.

Li Xiaoping could not give any advice to Wu Yuan's complaint. After all, she never participated in the company's film casting work and was only responsible for overall planning.

"It depends on how you choose, Director Wu." She even had the mind to tease Wu Yuan on the phone, "It depends on whether you want Disney to be a sucker or a heroine that you are satisfied with."