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Chapter 548: Brother Bao's Suggestion

Regardless of whether the movie is bad or not, "Dungeon Siege" has achieved commercial success, and Uvi Ball has also gained fame. Against the background of the failure of "Tomb Raider 2", some people even began to call him the chief director of the Hollywood game adaptation film genre.

If you can make more success in filming, this title will naturally be confirmed.

"This "Bloodsucking Ryan" will not be completed until the end of next year at the earliest."

In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Uvi Ball looks like there is no change from before, and he is still the good director who works hard to shoot movies: "Ronan, if it is released, it will probably be until 2005."

Ronan nodded and said, "It's okay, calm down and prepare patiently."

Uvi Ball opened his mouth and smiled: "I have started writing scripts with the screenwriter of Shahai Entertainment, and I am going to make some major changes to the game."

He detailed: "I am going to replace the story background on the eve of World War II in the original game with the ghostly 18th century, and go back two hundred years. The heroine Ryan's opponent has also changed from a supernatural creature cultivated by Germany to a vampire with strong mana, which can make the film's myths and legends richer, more charming and vivid."

Ronan just simply read the game information of "Bloodsucking Ryan", but he didn't know anything about it at all. He said directly: "You are the director and producer, please make your own decisions."

"Okay!" Wu Wei-Bao nodded seriously: "In three months, I will give you a rigorous script."

"Yes." Luo Nan replied.

Uvi Ball suddenly suggested: "Ronan, shouldn't Relativity Entertainment strengthen its efforts in adapting movies?"

Ronan raised his head and looked at Uvi Ball in confusion.

"There are many excellent games that have the potential to adapt into a movie." Uvi Ball started completely from the perspective of relativity entertainment: "I am alone and it is impossible to complete these projects..."

Ronan heard it. Although he was full of doubts about the game movie, he knew that Uvi Ball was out of kindness.

The angle of Uvi Ball is completely different from that of him.

Perhaps in the eyes of Uvi Ball, the two adapted movies directed by the two games were successful without much effort. As a typical example of small profits and big gains, as a relativity entertainment group that has a kindness to him, why not invest more money and strength to earn more income?

But Ronan knew very well that "House of Death" and "Dungeon Siege" were not the victory of the movie. Currently, Hollywood has only one Uvi Ball, and it is impossible to tolerate a second one.

Uvi Ball has a special liking for game-adapted movies, and said: "Since the birth of computers, computer games have gradually developed and matured, becoming rich, vivid and colorful. I think the relationship between computers and movies has been closely linked from the beginning. With the help of computer stunts, the pictures of movies are more exquisite, and many shots that I never dared to imagine before can also be realized through computer stunts."

It is obvious that Uvi Ball has done a lot of work before.

This is what Ronan admires most about Uvi Ball. No matter how talented or capable this person is, his attitude towards doing things is impeccable.

He could hear that Brother Bao was indeed considering the entertainment of relativity.

Uvi Ball said at this time: "My point of view is that computer games are in a way that they are in line with the nature of playing in the human spiritual traits, making people willing to give up their current real life and enter the world of games to experience another life. When a certain game has many fans, it means that this movie adapted from the game has a large number of viewers in advance, thus laying a certain foundation for the box office."

He looked at Ronan and said with a smile: "Because those game fans are very willing to see what the virtual characters in the game they love will look like after being played by real people. With the further development of computer stunts and the prosperity of the game career, adapting movies from games will inevitably be one of the future development paths for movies."

Ronan nodded slightly. Perhaps what Uvi Ball said is not wrong. Adapted movies have always been easier to succeed, but the works available for adaptation are decreasing, and games will increasingly enter the sight of film manufacturers. For a long time, countless game-adapted movie projects must go through the stage of paying tuition fees, but who can guarantee that one day the game-adapted movies will not become the mainstream of commercial activities?

In the 1970s and 1980s, who had thought that comic superhero movies would become the mainstream of business in the future?

Ronan knew very well that his thoughts had been influenced by his past experiences, which gave him huge capital and support for development, and may also confine certain aspects of ideas.

Once upon a time, there were very few successful game-adapted movies, and more than 90% of game-adapted movies ended with a painful failure.

But not all.

Ronan said slowly: "Wuwei, thank you for your suggestions. I will ask someone to buy some game adapted movie copyrights and wait for the right time."

Uvi Ball smiled and said, "It's good that it can help you."

Ronan smiled: "It's very helpful."

Nowadays, the copyright of many game adaptations is not high, so Robert Lee can collect some copyrights as a reserve of Shahai Entertainment's future film adaptation copyright.

Some game copyrights may become sentiments in the future.

After Uvi Ball said goodbye, Ronan called Robert Lee, who soon came to his office.

"It's also a kind of consideration." Robert Lee agreed with Uvy Ball's opinion: "It's no harm in preparing more adaptations, and the licensing fee for games is much lower than that of popular or comics."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "This way, I'll let Shahai Entertainment reserve the box office revenue of "Dungeon Siege" separately. All this funds are used to purchase game adaptation rights and buy as many copyrights as possible for games with typical significance."

Robert Lee nodded: "Okay, no problem." He asked again: "Are there any specific goals?"

Ronan couldn't answer because he knew too little about the game, so he simply said: "You can find Uvi Ball and other people who know about the game to specifically filter it. You can decide the specific list for yourself."

Robert Lee roughly guessed that Ronan didn't understand computer games and said, "I understand."

Ronan suddenly thought of one thing: "By the way, how is Tom Hanks' Preton company going on?"

"I've called me a few times," Robert Lee said simply: "Gary Gosman, a partner of Tom Hanks at Preton Pictures, had interviewed me once, and they didn't have a clear attitude yet."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "When it is mid-December, if Tom Hanks and Preton Pictures have not made a clear statement, don't worry about them anymore."

He couldn't wait indefinitely.

Preton Pictures is co-founded by Tom Hanks and her famous Hollywood producer Gary Gossman. It has filmed and participated in the shooting of many films, including the successful "Brothers" and "My Grand Greek Wedding".

At this moment, a three-person meeting is underway in the conference room of Preton Pictures.

"Tom, Gary, we can give up." Rita Wilson expressed his attitude: "I do like Mamma Mia very much and thought about adapting it into a movie, but this is just a personal hobby and should not be mixed into the normal operation of the company. You don't have to consider me."

Gary Gaussman touched his gray hair and said, "Rita, don't worry, Tom and I are completely considering it from a business perspective."

Tom Hanks smiled slightly honestly: "Dear, we will choose whatever is beneficial to the company."

Rita Wilson nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Tom Hanks looked at Gary Gossman, and Gary Gossman said directly: "I have been looking for people to learn about Ronan Anderson and the Relativity Entertainment he founded recently. Ronan Anderson has a unique vision in choosing film projects and is much better than me. Personally, I feel that in Hollywood, he and Jerry Brookheimer belong to the same level, and then other producers."

"This guy is amazing." Tom Hanks agreed.

Gary Gossman continued: "From entering Hollywood to the present, Ronan Anderson-led film project has only one real failure. His first film almost broke the bankruptcy of Sand Sea Entertainment, but he survived."

Tom Hanks continued: "In other words, the success rate of the projects Ronan Anderson is interested in is extremely high."

Gary Gossman smiled bitterly: "It's true." He sighed: "Mama Mia is very likely to be successful. He said it can be comparable to Chicago, maybe it's true."

Tom Hanks said: "That is, investing in Mamma Mia is feasible."

Gary Gossman said: "If you don't invite big stars, you can handle this kind of musical films for about $30 million. We invest more than $10 million in exchange for half of the investment in "Da Vinci Code", which is very cost-effective."

He looked at the report in his hand: "I have made a budget. If "Da Vinci Code" wants to be successfully adapted, the production budget may be more than $120 million. If 15 million can be exchanged for $60 million for Relativity Entertainment's investment, it will greatly alleviate our financing pressure."

Rita Wilson reminded: "Relativity Entertainment also needs the right to issue."

"We don't have the ability to publish," said Gary Gossman. "The films that are shot and produced must be handed over to other companies for distribution. Embassy Pictures has proved their ability to publish with more than 20 videos. I think it's not much different to handing over to them and the six major companies, and the distribution commissions charged by the six major companies are slightly higher."

Tom Hanks slowly tapped his desk.

"Steven's side..." Rita Wilson still had doubts.

Gary Gossman said: "It's just about doing business. Steven is also the owner of a film company, and he can understand that."

Do you want funds that can solve the project budget problem? Don’t you choose a relatively low issuance commission and have to choose a high issuance commission?

Tom Hanks nodded slowly: "Gary, you are responsible for talking to Relativity Entertainment."
Chapter completed!
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