After a brief thought, Matthew realized that Gilmore Del Toro was preparing to open up a new type of commercial movies. If there were King Kong and Godzilla in the past, the giant robots driven by humans, or mechas, seemed to have never played the lead role in Hollywood's first-line commercial productions.

This robot used to fight monsters is infinitely close to Gundam, rather than a completely humane Robotic or an independent Transformer.

"Gilmore, is this an original work?" Matthew asked what he thought was the key.

"Yes, this is what I came up with the Japanese comic monsters and Gundam." Gilmo del Toro said directly, "It's not an adaptation, it's an original type."

Hearing this, Matthew was still excited and cooled down at a rapid speed.

Produce an original science fiction commercial film with a budget of $200 million! How much risk will this be? Maybe it will become the next Brad Pitt.

Christopher Nolan also plays original first-line productions, but how many Christopher Nolan are there in Hollywood?

Once upon a time, the person who didn't pay attention to the behind-the-scenes of Hollywood knew who Christopher Nolan was, but he did not recognize Guilmo Del Toro.

It is true that he has worked with Guilmo del Toro and knows that this is a very talented and capable director, but the risk of original films with a $200 million production budget is really great.

"Matthew..." Guilmo del Toro wanted to say something, but Matthew did not answer and continued to think about the investment risk issue

He didn't know the box office of "Pacific Rim", but he only knew that this was a popular download on pirated websites on the other side.

But the original risk reminded him another thing: there are many popular films on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and North America, especially North America's failure often means that the entire Western market has poor returns.

What I remember most clearly is undoubtedly the movie "Warcraft".

If this is a movie of "Warcraft", wouldn't he cry if he invested?

The box office share across the Pacific Ocean is only 25% and it is absolutely impossible to support a huge production budget of about 200 million US dollars.

Moreover, "Warcraft" is an adapted movie, with the feelings of many game fans to pay for it.

"Pacific Rim" is an original work!

It’s not that he is biased against original movies, but that the entire Hollywood is biased against original productions. Let’s ask the senior executives of the six major companies who dare to easily place a budget of $200 million for an original movie?

With the success of "Inception", the media are saying that this is a victory for original movies. Hollywood production companies will be interested in more original stories that have been hidden by directors or screenwriters for a long time. However, people like Matthew or the six senior executives who dominate film production know that the downturn in Hollywood original movies will not change because of this, but will only decline more and more. Sequels and adaptations are the mainstream of commercial productions.

"Gilmore." Matthew spoke slowly, "The budget of about 200 million US dollars is not a small amount. I can't promise you now. I want to think carefully."

Even if "Pacific Rim" is a sequel to a big-selling movie, he can't just open his mouth and respond. What's the difference with a fool?

This is $200 million, not $200 million.

Gilmo del Toro was somewhat disappointed, but Matthew's words did not mean that he failed to invest. He nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I hope we can cooperate again."

Matthew smiled, "Even if you don't work with me, you don't lack investors."

This was faintly refusal, and Gilmod del Toro heard it, said politely to Matthew, and left.

Matthew did not give up completely. After all, Guilmo del Toro has worked with him and is also a well-knowing director. He then asked Bella Anderson to conduct a targeted investigation.

When the memories of the past cannot make him judge, he has to rely on the abilities and experience he has cultivated in Hollywood this life.

Although no one can make a 100% decision on success or failure before a movie is released, but to the present, the industry’s veterans can always avoid some obvious pitfalls with years of experience and the lessons of success or failure.

Matthew has been working hard in Hollywood for so many years, and he is not a fool himself, and he still has the most basic vision and ability.

So, when Bella Anderson's investigation was in front of him, Matthew decided not to spend too much time and decided to give up Guilmo del Toro's project.

Because Matthew discovered that something like Gundam had a limited audience in North America.

This will directly bring about an objective situation that is difficult to change. No matter how big the scene in this movie is in the future, the essence of the mecha monster is still a niche theme, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a quasi-ult type of Gundam to fight monsters.

Gilmore Del Toro takes this quasi-ult theme as a mainstream big production, and it is expected to cost about $200 million. Will mainstream audiences buy it?

This is not difficult to guess.

How can there be a viewer base for seriously Japanese anime movies in North America? How many people in North America have seen these? Teenagers are afraid that more American comics will be watched.

Even if there are some Japanese cartoon lovers, the group is not large.

If this film project invests 30 to 40 million US dollars or even 50 to 60 million US dollars, these may not be a problem, but the risk of shooting with top-level production is really too great.

This is not a question of whether a bad movie is not bad. Are there few bad movies sold in North America? You don’t have to look up the quality of North American audiences.

The most important thing is the subject matter. The market now has limited acceptance of this subject!

Not only North America, but also the mecha monster tall wood and other audiences in the Western movie market.

Matthew made such a judgment without delaying it. He quickly responded directly to Guilmo del Toro, telling him that the working capital was tight and the schedule was not appropriate, so he could neither invest nor star in "Pacific Rim".

This is also to ask Gilmo del Toro not to waste time on him, and hurry up to find other investors.

Although no cooperation was reached, Matthew would not drag Gilmo del Toro, the Mexican director was quite kind when he met him that day.

There are also many directors or producers who cheated investors. When they first started investing, they said that 80 million US dollars was enough, and then they started preparing for the filming. As they were filming, they said that they would invest an additional 50 million US dollars, otherwise the film would not be completed. The investor did not want to invest in advance and would generally grit their teeth and continue to invest.

The most typical ones are James Cameron and "Titanic". The initial production cost of the King of the World planned to be only more than 100 million US dollars. After the filming began, it kidnapped Twentieth Century Fox, forcing Twentieth Century Fox to invest more time and time again.

In the words of an executive of Twentieth Century Fox, James Cameron was chasing investment and almost forced the members of the board of directors to sell their butts to make up money.

Twentieth Century Fox wants to replace James Cameron more than once, but no one dares to take the responsibility for such a huge investment failure.

In this regard, Gilmore Del Toro is a director with good quality. He did not tell Matthew that he could handle it with tens of millions of dollars, but directly issued a budget of about 200 million dollars.

Of course, this project may also be successful, but Matthew made a judgment based on the market conditions. Even if it is successful, Pacific Rim will not be able to obtain much profit.

Compared with the huge risks and financial pressure brought by a huge investment of US$200 million, the possible returns are too low.

He would rather invest in Zach Schneider and Warner Bros. "Superman: Man of Steel" than put such a large sum of money on the Mecha Monster.

To be honest, his robotic sentiment is Autobot and Decepticon, not Gundam.

Gilmo del Toro politely declined, Matthew went to the two crews of "The Hunger Games" and "Twilight" and "Luxing" respectively to watch. The former has begun filming, while the latter two are preparing for promotion and release in full swing.

"Luxing" will be released before Halloween, the most traditional and strongest horror film schedule. During this period, more than a dozen horror films have entered the theater in succession. It is unknown who will become cannon fodder and who can break through the siege from a group of competitors.

However, basically one or two low-cost horror movies are sold well every year during Halloween, which is the main reason why many low-cost productions are crowded in the same schedule.

If you fail, you don’t lose much money, and the discs and rental markets outside the theaters can also slowly recover their money.

Once successful, the profits are often several times or even higher than investment.

Matthew saw an interesting title among the numerous potential competitors of "Luxing", "Pizza 3D" from Weinstein Pictures.

This film is a big Mac in the Halloween schedule because its production cost reaches $24 million!

There are very few horror films that cost more than $0 million this year.

Similarly, the high cost is the large-scale opening of theaters. Fortunately, "Luxing" is a while earlier than the release of this film.

Due to the low investment, even with Warner Bros. as the publisher, "Luxing" can only start painting on a small scale. After watching the real response of the film, the publisher and theaters will invest more resources.

This is the safest way, and no one is willing to waste the resources in his hands casually.

Another upcoming film is "Twilight: Lunar Eclipse", which will still be released during Thanksgiving. Compared to "Luxing", this film, which has already sold two previous works in a row, is much less stressful.

Everyone knows that the box office of "Twilight: Lunar Eclipse" is definitely not bad, and the only question is whether the box office in North America or globally can surpass the previous work.
Chapter completed!