Watching Natalie Portman leave, Brad Pitt returns to the back of the desk and sits down, leaning on the back of a large chair, considering what Natalie Portman said just now.

"Andrew Stanton wants to direct a live-action movie." He slowly tapped his desk with his fingers and thought intently, "Or top-notch productions with investment of more than $200 million?"

No wonder Matthew Horner was very sorry for "Cloud Map", but there was no competition for the subsequent event. He originally wanted to run such a big project, but can Matthew Horner and David Ellison handle such a super production? They may be able to raise funds, but Hollywood's top productions cannot be played with just money.

His fingers hit his desk slower and slower, "The novel "Princess Mars" seems to be the work of the author of "Tarzan of the Apes". It is said that many major productions in the circle have borrowed this novel. From this aspect alone, "Princess Mars" has very adapted value.

Moreover, Andrew Stanton is a very thoughtful person in terms of films. Several Pixar animated films that he served as producer and screenwriter have succeeded without exception. The directed "Finding Nemo" has both box office and reputation.

No matter what the measurement is, Andrew Stanton is a very successful person.

Such people's projects have relatively high chances of success.

Natalie Portman is worthy of being one of the most scheming women in the Hollywood circle. He accidentally got a lot of information useful to him from Matthew Horner. Unfortunately, she is a little smaller than Angelina Jolie, otherwise she could kick Julie out and change to another girlfriend.

Brad Pitt sat in the office and asked his assistant to temporarily stop all the calls. He thought for half an hour, and then found the project investment department director of Plan B.

This is his absolute confidant.

"Franco..." he said to the project investment department director, "There is a project on Walt Disney, Andrew Stanton of Pixar Studios. He wants to direct a film called "Princess Mars" or "Alien Battlefield". The project is still in the early planning stage. You can find someone to learn about it specifically. Don't have direct contact with Disney and Andrew Stanton for the time being."

The director named Franco nodded seriously and said, "I'm going to find someone to do it now."

As he said that, he was about to stand up and leave, Brad Pitt said again, "Wait."

He then told Franko that the action must be kept confidential.

Such a huge project is still in the early planning stage, and the budget amount determines that there is still a long way to go before the preliminary preparations. Brad Pitt is very patient and not very anxious.

Matthew is also very patient. In addition to being busy with work and routine fitness these days, he has been enjoying the freshness and excitement brought by "rhythmic gymnastics" every night.

A beautiful girl who has just left the professional gymnastics industry for a few years, is really amazing.

Nina Dubov also opened his eyes.

Of course, Matthew is a very professional person. He has greeted Jack and Justin Lin, asking them to reserve a female character who is not very important.

"I've been to Paramount Pictures these days."

In the reception room of Horner Manor, Helen Hermann sat on the sofa and said slowly, "I have also contacted the publisher of the "Twilight" trilogy novel and learned some basic situations."

Matthew kept walking back and forth in the reception room and said, "Tell me in detail."

"There are currently published in this series: "Twilight", "Crescent Moon" and "Eclipse", but it is not a traditional trilogy, and the novel is not finished." Helen Hermann's tone is still as stable as ever. "According to the publisher, the author Stephanie Mayer is creating the fourth part."

She picked up the teacup and took a sip, continuing, "The author Stephanie Mel is 34 years old. He was originally a full-time housewife with three children and had no experience in writing, but her debut work "Twilight" was a success as soon as it was launched. Since its launch in 2005, "Twilight" has been ranked 56 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, with five weeks at the top of the list."

Matthew nodded and asked with concern, "Where is the copyright? Is the copyright still there?"

This is his most concerned issue. Recently, he has also learned that there are many books that dominate the best-selling list in New York. The copyright of the movie has not been sold yet, so he still has a glimmer of hope.

"About copyright..." Helen Hermann said deliberately, "There is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to listen to first?"

"Miss Herman." Matthew turned to look at her, "Isn't this your usual style?"

Helen Hermann did not go on the road of joking, and simply said, "Let's say good news first. The copyright of this series is still in the hands of Stephanie Mel. According to the reliable information I have obtained, Stephanie Mel has many ideas about adapting novels. She hired a screenwriter to adapt "Twilight" with her and sent the script to many film companies. Paramount Pictures is the only one of the six major Hollywoods that has become interested."

She shrugged slightly, "But bestsellers are not the same as successful movies. Stephanie Mayer's novels and script drafts came to the desks of several executives of Paramount Pictures at the beginning of this year. It has been more than half a year since then, and the script is still lying in Paramount Pictures' script library waiting to fall into the dust."

Matthew was relieved at first, which meant he had a chance, and then asked, "Why?"

"It's very simple. Stephanie Mell has never had contact with the film industry. The screenwriters hired are also very peripheral. Her current agency is not prominent in the book publishing industry and lacks practical operation experience." Helen Hermann held up his glasses. "So, Stephanie Mell's agency only submitted to the film company novels and script manuscripts, and there is not even the most basic plan. Very few of these scripts can be regarded by film companies."

She continued, "Also, several executives with decision-making power in Paramount Pictures think that the love between vampires and werewolfs is very stupid. This type of movie should be an action movie, not a youth romance movie that comes to life."

Matthew nodded slightly. If it weren't for the accidental memories that had been forgotten by Nina Dubov's novel, just based on the successful experience of Hollywood in the past, movies with werewolf and vampires would of course be made magic action movies, what kind of love is like vampires, would it feel like they would be substituted?

Helen Herman continued, "It is now recognized in the circle that the era of romance movies selling well has passed. In the past five or six years, romance movies have been extremely rare. Even the former romance queen Julia Roberts cannot lead this series. How can the film company have confidence?"

Speaking of this, she tilted her head and looked at Matthew, "Are you sure you want to compete for the copyright of this series? What I just said is not just the problems facing Paramount Pictures, but the conditions for objective existence."

Matthew didn't talk nonsense, didn't explain much, and said directly, "Whenever possible, I will do my best to win the movie adaptation rights."

"Okay." Helen Hermann, as always, didn't ask the bottom line, "Now I'm talking bad news."

Hearing this, Matthew raised his eyebrows dissatisfied with her.

Helen Hermann seemed not to see it and said, "Stephanie Mel and her agency are not hunched, and have been actively seeking the possibility of film adaptation. In July, they had contacted Tsukuba Entertainment. Last month, Tsukuba Entertainment gave an exact reply, expressing their interest in this series and willing to buy the copyright investment adaptation Tsukuba."

Matthew interjected, "Not the agreement?"

"Given the objective conditions I mentioned," Helen Herman said calmly. "Pinfeng Entertainment doesn't want to invest too much money. You have worked with Pinfeng Entertainment and know that they are just a lower-middle production company. They invested a huge amount of $110 million this year to bet on Catherine Bigelow's "Bomb Disposal Forces."

"James Cameron's ex-wife?" Matthew gestured, "The one stronger than me?"

He met this female director at the beginning of the century. Charlize Theron is already a very large skeleton among women, but compared with Catherine Bigelow, he is not as good as that.

Catherine Bigelow is six feet tall, and is larger than 90% of men. He is not enough to describe his skeleton. James Cameron's aesthetic is simply cutting through the universe.

Helen Herman nodded, not entangled in this issue, and said, "A company of a scale of Pinfeng Entertainment, with more than $100 million in Bomb Disposal Forces, plus several small projects such as "Dance My Life 2" and "Never Back off" that were carried out simultaneously, the funds have reached their limit."

There is no doubt about this. When he collaborated with Tingfeng Entertainment on "Mr. Smith", Matthew heard Aziva Gossman say that the assets of the entire Tingfeng Entertainment Company are only $200 to $300 million.

Dingfeng Entertainment invests in these projects and will definitely reach the limit of financing and pre-sales.

Helen Hermann picked up the teacup and took a sip, moistening his voice, and then said, "Pingfeng Entertainment only offered $1 million in copyright for "Twilight". The movie adaptation budget is about $8 million. This is too far from Stephanie Mayer's expectations. The negotiations between the two sides have been delayed from July to the present, and there has been no result."

"Isn't this good news for us?" Matthew asked.

Helen Herman shook his head slowly, "Due to the lack of interest in other film companies, Stephanie Mell tends to compromise under the persuasion of the agency."

Matthew immediately turned his head and looked at Helen Herman and said, "You meet Stephanie Mel for me!"
Chapter completed!