Chapter 623 Are You Rushing to Ask for Cooperation?
"The Vampire Diaries" is also a best-selling novel, which seemed to have been published in 1991...
Why hasn't it been adapted?
Or is it because the vampire theme is no longer popular?
Before "Twilight", the image of a vampire was very fixed: fangs sticking out of its mouth, and freshly sucked blood at the corner of its mouth...
All in all, it's terrifying and intrusive.
The earliest vampire movies were basically the same as horror monster movies - Gothic style, strong sense of stage play, sexual implications, pale and thin Count Dracula...
Even though it is the elegant vampire image in "400 Years Later", vampires still can't get rid of things with a gloomy temperament...
After entering the new century, the vampire theme has completely become commercialized. Whether it is the "Blade" series, "Underworld" or "Vampire Rayne" series, they are almost all in a gorgeous action style.
These works have one common characteristic: they are low-cost, do not do well at the box office, and they are for selling discs...
Also, the subject matter is not suitable for global distribution...
However, HBO first made a movie called "True Blood", which was very pornographic. Well, HBO, Xiao Huangtai, vampires themselves have the meaning of erotic expression - the "blood-sucking" part is usually at the neck, give a close-up, Or if you change the angle slightly, it will become "erotic"...
However, the appearance of "True Blood" is too low, and the heroine has a big face...
The success of "Twilight" has allowed Hollywood to discover a new treasure land that combines fantasy, heterosexuality, vampire themes and youth idol dramas.
Although it is still the same as biting necks, male vampires falling in love with women, and shadows between sunlight and night, the concept is actually completely different from the tradition.
"The Vampire Diaries" is this way!
Find a few handsome men and beautiful women to match them up, you love me, I love you, the messy emotional lines, coupled with the good foundation of the original "Vampire Diaries", it won't be too bad no matter what...
Oh, the original time and space, starting from the fourth season, the screenwriter felt that he was awesome, put aside the original work, and made up his own...
And then it all ended...
Whether it sucks or not has nothing to do with Shen Xudong. He hasn't even watched "The Vampire Diaries", he just heard about it...
The other day, I was talking about American TV series with Joseph Drake. The first season of "Urban" produced by Joseph Drake had good ratings and reputation, and AMC ordered the next two seasons.
The profit model of American dramas is roughly divided into several parts. Among them, TV stations earn advertising fees and broadcast syndication. This is very complicated. It probably refers to the direct sales of TV and radio programs by TV stations and radio stations without the involvement of the TV broadcast network. The broadcasting rights; in addition, online on-demand revenue, overseas copyright revenue, DVD sales and derivatives licensing belong to the production company!
Therefore, public television stations rarely purchase dramas produced by other production companies. They have their own production teams...
But the remuneration they give is definitely not as good as cable stations!
In the beginning, there weren’t that many TV networks, and the production companies didn’t have much bargaining power. Later, cable TV stations emerged, and a bunch of streaming media also came up.
Take "This Is Us" as an example. It is broadcast on NBC and has high ratings. However, NBC may not make as much money from this TV series as other programs. The reason is very simple. It is purchased rather than produced by itself. .
The cost is quite expensive, and you can only make money from advertising...
Therefore, in the future, it will be even less possible for public television dramas to be luxuriously produced...
Back to the subject, Shen Xudong just made a suggestion, and Joseph Drake immediately called in Josh Sapan, CEO of AMC TV. The latter excitedly stated that as long as Shen Xudong is willing to produce, he can purchase any subject matter!
Even though Shen Xudong clearly said: "The target audience of "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Twilight Saga" are relatively similar, belonging to a typical female group...around 20 years old...maybe different from the positioning of AMC TV station..."
Josh Sapan was happy: "No problem, just expand the audience!"
$18 million in direct appropriations to purchase first quarter…
We didn’t even make a pilot episode!
——They firmly believe that Shen Xudong can succeed!
In Hollywood, there's no such thing as two good fortunes in a row.
Shen Xudong has succeeded more than twice. Although he is in the film industry, he has not missed the subject matter he is optimistic about. Besides, AMC TV station is only a small TV station, and the resources and exposure it can provide are not as good as those of big TV stations.
Therefore, there are only advantages and no disadvantages to binding it in advance.
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When it comes to casting for American dramas, many people talk about process-based auditions and the need for a casting director. In fact, it’s not that complicated. Just package it directly to the agency, tell your requirements, and they will provide a full range of one-stop services for actors...
Oh, the agency is the casting director...
The plot of "The Vampire Diaries" can be summarized as the love story of an exotic vampire and a troubled teenage girl!
"Gossip Girl" with a touch of fantasy: beautiful troubled girls, status struggles between boys and girls, friendship and rebellion between boys and girls, parties, dating and sex...
For a show like "The Vampire Diaries," the only requirement is: handsome men and beautiful women.
As for acting and other things, just pass the mark!
Shen Xudong didn't even participate in the casting - none of the actors were familiar to him...
He is too lazy to communicate with these unknown actors about art and has no time!
Very busy!
Busy socializing…
It’s really socializing and actively integrating into the Hollywood circle!
There is no need to pay attention to the filming of "I Saw the Devil" - the production cost of 48 million US dollars set a new production high after he entered Hollywood!
An R-rated suspense crime film with such a high cost, even though Shen Xudong had a hunch that it would probably be successful, he was still a little worried...
If I had known, Bale would not be needed. His salary was too expensive: 13 million US dollars!
Plus Jack Nicholson's 8 million salary...
Their salaries accounted for half of the production budget!
Fortunately for Shen Xudong, he at least knew that this film had a high probability of success, but producer Jason Blum was much more worried.
He used to make small films with a budget of less than 10 million US dollars, focusing on 3 million to 5 million US dollars. Suddenly he was asked to be responsible for such a large investment, and he was very nervous...
Even though director Drew Gouda was personally selected by Jason Blum, he still stays on the set every day...
Oh, and the main reason I chose Drew Gouda is because he brought a work called "Cloverfield" - a mockumentary movie about monsters attacking the earth...
The cost is up to 25 million US dollars, and filming has already begun and is scheduled to be released in March next year.
There are also "Happy Death Day 2", "Purge 3", "Ghost Story 2", "Escape Room"...
Overall, it’s not stressful!
The main business is still not mainstream, but Wonderful Studio is too eye-catching.
The five movies produced and released this year, whether they are the original "The Fault in Our Stars", "Juno", "The Ghost Story", "Happy Death Day" or the sequel "Purge 2", have all benefited greatly!
According to the "Hollywood Reporter": the five films created a net profit of no less than $400 million for Wonderful Studio.
Most importantly, it brought $80 million in revenue to the publishing company Lions...
A bunch of mainstream studios...well, actually the six major Hollywood studios are interested in Wonderful Studio and have proposed acquisitions or cooperation...