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As time just entered August, "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still being screened, and news has begun to spread in the media. The negotiations between Disney Pictures and the three starring actors "Pirates of the Caribbean" were not going well, especially Matthew Horner, who is ready to star in Universal Pictures' remake "Dawn of the Living Dead".

Two or three days later, the news appeared on many media one after another.

"Matthew Horner is about to join hands with Universal Pictures to remake the classic zombie film "Dawn of the Living Dead"!"

"The famous producer Sean Daniel confirmed that he had negotiated a contract with Matthew Horner, and the powerful blacksmith Will Turner will go to the zombie world to start a massacre!"

"George A-Romero angrily criticized Universal Studios for changing his creativity arbitrarily and was not optimistic about Matthew Horner's role in the leading role..."

There are many similar reports. Sean Daniel is an experienced first-line producer. He is obviously taking advantage of the popularity of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to start with a wave of early publicity.

On the morning of August 4, the crew convened a signing press conference at Universal Studios, and officially signed an actor contract with Matthew at the press conference.

The person who signed with Matthew on behalf of the crew was Sean Daniel.

The crew had previously invited George A-Romero, but George A-Romero was quite dissatisfied with the crew's rejection of his creative ideas of using women as the absolute protagonist, and directly refused the invitation. Some media reports about George A-Romero's remarks were not randomly arranged.

But George A-Romero is not George Lucas, and "Dawn of the Living Dead" is not "Star Wars". Like most directors, George A-Romero does not have the copyright of the movies he once filmed, and all the copyrights belong to the film company. When Universal Pictures bought the remake copyright, he had no other way except to vent his complaints.

"I have worked with Matthew twice, and he is a very good actor!"

Facing many media reporters, Sean Daniel naturally praised Matthew, "I am very happy to be able to cooperate with him again. Matthew's joining is the most important good news for the crew."

He then talked about the scale of the film's investment, rough shooting time, and North American release time. As Matthew learned before, the cost of the film's public production is US$28 million, from the end of August to mid-October, and will be released in mid-April next year.

Then, the reporters threw the problem at Matthew, and many people were quite puzzled by his appearance in such a non-mainstream film.

"When Zach and Sean came to me, I was moved by their new ideas." Matthew naturally disguised himself as a fan of this type of film. "I have been fascinated by zombies since I was a child. All my thoughts come from curiosity about death. If death is not eternal, if it is just half-dead and the body is still alive, what would this world be like? So I also fell in love with the movie directed by Romero."

At the signing press conference, Matthew didn't say much. He is now in the hot screening period of "Pirates of the Caribbean", and the scandal with Keira Knightley and the hype of the Harvard West Lake Middle School incident are still fermenting. It's big enough news that he doesn't need to say too many messy words.

When a celebrity reaches a certain level, it has a news effect. Not only rumors and scandals, but also food, clothing, housing and transportation can become the focus of the media and audiences.

At the end of the press conference, Matthew and Sean Daniel signed the contract.

Of course, like all signing press conferences, this is just a ceremony, and the formal contract was signed before.

After several rounds of intense negotiations between Helen Hermann and Sean Daniel, they reached an agreement on the biggest differences in the pay. In order to reduce the early expenses, Universal Pictures also agreed to his participation in the later box office share, but the proportion of the share was very small.

The basic pay was finally determined to be $5 million. Both parties used the production cost line of $28 million as the trigger point of the share clause. If the North American box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" reaches $28 million, Matthew, the absolute male protagonist, can receive one percent of the North American box office as a reward. When it reaches $50 million, this proportion will increase to two percent, and $70 million is three percent, $90 million is four percent, and $100 million is five percent.

Five percent is also the capped proportion.

This is a common way of paying compensation that Hollywood uses to reduce pre-production costs and encourage the main creators and risks to share, which is not uncommon among second-tier stars.

After the press conference, Sean Daniel specially found Matthew and told him about some things.

"The filming will be in Toronto..." he said to Matthew simply, "The crew has found a shopping mall that is about to be demolished, and you are ready in advance."

Matthew nodded, "I have no problem here."

Sean Daniel said again, “I heard from Helen that there are a lot of people following your personal blog?”

"Some," Matthew thought for a while and said roughly, "There are tens of thousands of active followers."

As "Pirates of the Caribbean" became a hit, the number of followers on his blog has surged, and the number of followers has exceeded 100,000, but there are relatively fewer active users. Helen Hermann once proposed to let the agency manage his personal blog on his behalf. He did not agree for the time being and felt that it was not the time yet.

"That's it..." Sean Daniel continued, "I got the news that in September, Sanhe Publishing Society published a book called "Zombie Survival Manual". This book is very good for the promotion of the film. You can recommend it on your blog at that time."

Matthew thought for a moment and said, "Yes, you can say hello to me in advance."

It seems that he once read the name "Zombie Survival Manual" on his smartphone. I remember that he was reading an article about the movie "Resident Evil". I remember that the editor who wrote the article also mentioned that the author of Brad Pitt's "Zombie World War" was the same person as "Zombie Survival Manual".

After chatting with Sean Daniel, Matthew quickly left Universal Studios in Helen Herman's car. He also talked about Sean Daniel's proposal in the car.

"Matthew, your personal blog is becoming a very good self-display and publicity platform." Helen Hermann did not object, but said solemnly, "You must manage it properly. If possible, it is best to find someone to take care of it."

"I know." Matthew didn't want to hand over everything to the agency to operate, which was very unfavorable for him. "I can still handle it now, and I'll talk about it when I can't get busy in the future."

Like before, he has been blogging about three blog posts a week recently. Even if he doesn’t have time to write, he will post a few latest photos. The blog has become a gathering place for his hardcore fans.

In the past month, his blog posts have focused on four aspects: "Pirates of the Caribbean", showing his affection with Keira Knightley, taking a photo at Harvard West Lake Middle School, and "Dawn of the Living Dead".

Although he is not a professional, Matthew is not stupid either. He knows that the blog should make good use of the current situation.

After chatting about the blog for a while, Matthew turned to the negotiations between Helen Herman and Disney Pictures and asked, "How is the negotiations on the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean?"

"It's not very smooth," Helen Herman said directly. "Disney Pictures offered $14 million to pack your pay for two sequels."

The two sequels of "Pirates of the Caribbean" are set shots, but no one is so stupid that they only calculate the pay for one movie.

Matthew frowned, "They are not sincere enough."

With his current status, the pay of $7 million for a single film is definitely not low, and it is still at a relatively high level among all second-tier stars. The problem is that "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" was a great success, and the pay of the last two films cannot be calculated in this way.

The risk of a sequel to a big movie is generally much smaller. If the second "Pirates of the Caribbean" hits the box office again, the third part will be paid for $7 million, which is not high, but very low.

Helen Hermann understood this truth, and Matthew could also see it.

"Even if it is split, the second $7 million pay seems to be a lot, but it is not much at all." Helen Hermann snorted coldly, "Disney Pictures deliberately ignored the starring pay for the big production sequel movie during the negotiations!"

Matthew was not in a hurry at all, "I'll have a talk with them slowly, we have time."

With the movie being sold, the three starring actors, even the most inconspicuous Kayla Knightley, have changed their negotiations with the crew and Disney Pictures. Now the actors take the initiative. No crew or film company dares to change the starring actors rashly, otherwise it will definitely bring huge risks.

What's more, Will Turner is not the once little blacksmith, but the popular Viagra.

Helen Hermann also said, "According to the convention in the circle, it is normal for the protagonist's sequel movie to increase the salary of 20 to 30% based on the value. For two sequel movies, Disney Pictures does not offer a $20 million reward..."

She didn't continue to say it, but Matthew also knew that this was Helen Herman's bottom line.

When the car entered Burbank, Helen Herman thought of another thing and told Matthew, "At any moment, don't sign more than one movie contract with any film company."

Matthew nodded, "I know, I'm not stupid."

He is not a third-tier star who is desperate or has little fame, so he will definitely be cautious in this regard.

When he arrived at the door of the Angel Agency, Matthew got out of the car and did not go in. He was about to change his car and leave to pick up Kayla Knightley who was training at Disney Studios.

Seeing that there were no reporters around, Helen Herman asked, "How are you communicating with the breakup?"
Chapter completed!