Chapter 623 Are you rushing to ask for cooperation?

Author: Fried Daikin

Chapter 623 Are you rushing to ask for cooperation?

"The Vampire Diaries" is also a best-selling novel, which seems to have been published in 1991...

Why has it never 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 hints, 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 filmed a movie called "True Blood", which was very pornographic. Well, HBO, Xiao Huang Taiwan, 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 "lustful"...

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 the neck, a male vampire falling in love with a woman, and the shadow between sunshine 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, 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 ends...

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 "City" produced by Joseph Drake had good ratings and good reviews, and AMC has 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 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.

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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 topic, Shen Xudong just made a suggestion, and Joseph Drake immediately called in Josh Sapan, the CEO of AMC TV. The latter excitedly stated that as long as Shen Xudong is willing to produce, he can purchase any subject. !

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 base!"

$18 million in direct appropriations to purchase first quarter…

Not even a pilot episode was made!

——They firmly believe that Shen Xudong can succeed!

In Hollywood, there is no such thing as good luck twice in a row.

Shen Xudong has succeeded more than twice. Although he is in the film industry, he has never missed the subject matter he is optimistic about. Besides, AMC TV station is only a small TV station, and the resources and exposure rate it can provide are not as good as those of big TV stations.

Therefore, binding it in advance has only advantages and no disadvantages.

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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 a love story between 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 - among the actors, none of them looked familiar to him...

He is too lazy to communicate with these unknown actors and has no time!

Very busy!

Busy socializing…

Really socialize and actively integrate 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 is 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, 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, the reason why I chose Drew Gouda is mainly because he brought a work "Cloverfield"-a movie in the form of a mockumentary about monsters attacking the earth...

The film will cost up to 25 million US dollars and has already started filming and is preparing 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 Report": the five films created a net profit of no less than US$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...
Chapter completed!