Matthew won't have too much luck in business cooperation. It would be fine if the first adaptation of "Twilight" failed. If it succeeds, it is inevitable to ask for a raise from the male and female protagonists to the main supporting roles to the original author, just like the ones he has done in the sequel movie.

He was lucky to buy out the copyrights of the four novels at one time while Stephanie Mel was still at the writer level.

Later, Stephanie Mel asked to increase the dividend ratio, which according to industry practice, will definitely increase.

Even if she is a very pure housewife author, her agent may not sit idly by.

In addition to money, in order to obtain copyright to the entire series, Matthew and Helen Herman also gave Stephanie Mel some power in the future adaptation of movies. The most important aspects are two: Stephanie Mel will serve as one of the screenwriters and are the kind of subtitles; she will also be the producer, but this aspect is more of a symbol of identity and status in the crew.

After obtaining the copyright of the "Twilight" series, Matthew did not stay in Phoenix for much. He took a flight back to Los Angeles that night. Helen Hermann will not be back tomorrow. She will accompany Stephanie Mel back to Los Angeles with her to participate in the filming of the first part of the series.

Matthew had discussed with David Ellison before and would invest in promoting the project "Twilight" at the same time. The two reached a tacit understanding. The adaptation of "Twilight" will be mainly Matthew's studio, and the two companies' investments in terms of copyright transfer and production budget are three to one.

The production budget for "Twilight" is $40 million, which means that Matthew must raise $30 million before the project starts filming.

He had some headaches. He invested $40 million in "Iron Man" and $60 million in "Fast and Furious 4" and would not make any profit in a short period of time.

Matthew could only temporarily invest part of the funds to operate the project. If he could not raise enough funds later, he would go to a loan. With his current reputation, it would not be difficult to borrow tens of millions of dollars from the bank.

The $40 million of "Iron Man" has long been put into the third-party guaranteed account of the crew. The $60 million of "Fast and Furious 4" was only $20 million as an early start-up capital. There is still $40 million he is planning to invest in the crew one after another, and first move 10 million. In addition, David Ellison's early investment is enough to start the crew of "Twilight".

Compared with the science fiction action movies that are popular today, the preparation and production cycle of romance movies is much shorter. Although there are werewolfs and vampires in "Twilight", there are very few places to use time-consuming and labor-intensive computer special effects.

By using the method of tearing down things and repairing the Western Wall, Matthew solved the preliminary funding problem of the project and fully realized the difficulty of a producer. He could not devote all his energy to this project, so he needed a professional producer.

As for director, he talked to Sofia Coppola. After Sofia Coppola was thoroughly considered, he basically agreed to direct the film, but required him to serve as the screenwriter and producer.

Sofia Coppola can only serve as part-time producer, and it is impossible to be the first producer, and Matthew will not give such great power to a director.

"Do you remember Sean Daniel?" Helen Herman recommended a candidate for Matthew, "a producer who was the first to work with you."

Matthew remembers, of course, "producers of the Mummy series and Scorpion King," he asked, "You mean to invite Sean Daniel to be the first producer of the project?"

Helen Hermann nodded slightly, "Well." She pondered for a moment and said, "Shaan Daniel's ability is fine, but his vision of choosing projects in recent years has been a bit problematic. He has successively served as the producer of some traditional romantic comedy movies. You also know that this type is now marginalized, and even if the film quality and response are relatively good, it is difficult to achieve excellent box office results."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but look at Matthew. Even now, she felt that it was a bit unwise to invest in a romantic movie project.

Matthew remembered, "Shaan Daniel invited me to star in the romantic comedy movie he was responsible for, but I refused."

"I have rejected him once for you, too." Helen Hermann sighed lightly and said, "Several films have had bad box offices, and Sean Daniel has gradually become silent. He has been in retirement for more than a year, but he has the ability."

"Semi-retired?" asked Matthew, "will he take this producer position?"

Helen Herman suddenly laughed, "It's definitely." She whispered, "Did you forget why he gave up Dwayne Johnson? Spike Lee is the kind of person that Sean Daniel hates the most."

Matthew also made the decision, "Helen, you have some contact with Sean Daniel first."

In the afternoon of the same day, Helen Herman called Sean Daniel and talked with Matthew the next day. After several discussions, the two sides quickly reached an agreement that Sean Daniel officially became the first producer of the "Twilight" project.

The first thing Sean Daniel did after taking office was to negotiate with Sofia Coppola to settle the contract for the female director, and then form the entire crew with Sofia Coppola.

After confirming the first producer and basically getting the director, Matthew asked for information about many young actresses in the circle from Helen Hermann to search for information about the innocent man.

He remembered the nickname of the pure man and had a vague image in his head, but he only knew the name very long, but he forgot about it.

Fortunately, the Hollywood circle is not very big, and there are not many young actresses who can make some clues. Matthew didn't take much effort to find a photo of a pure man with a vague impression from the information of the Angel Agency.

When he got the photo, he was not sure if this was Twilight Girl, but he instantly confirmed that this was Snow White, the big nostril that made Magic Mirror lie, so he shouldn't be wrong.

The man is called Christine Stewart, who is a Hollywood child star. The Angel Company records her resume quite unusual. She has worked with Judy Foster, David Finch, Sean Penn, Meg Ryan and William Hurt.

Such a resume is absolutely prominent among young actresses under twenty years old.

Since she found a man, Matthew planned to send her an audition invitation after the crew was established. However, Kristen Stewart also asked questions. She is less than 18 years old and if she is filming a intimate scene...

Matthew took a special look at the age of Christine Stewart, who will turn 18 in early April next year.

According to his vision, the crew will start to operate as soon as possible. The filming of romance is relatively simple. Early planning has begun. The crew will be officially established in the next one to two months, and then it will be transferred to the preliminary preparation stage. The filming will be started from February to March next year, and the camera will be completed before May.

The intimate scene of the heroine Isabella can be filmed in April next year.

Such a movie will be enough for four months to make the post-production. If everything goes well, it will be released next year's holiday season.

There is also release...

This kind of movie targeting teenagers can be found in contact with Walt Disney, which is distributed by Disney Pictures as North America and Bowei Pictures will do international distribution.

Walt Disney is talking to Sky Dance Pictures about the global release of "Fast and Furious 4", which can package Twilight and "Fast and Furious 4".

Matthew did it when he thought about it and soon communicated with David Ellison. David Ellison also invested in the project "Twilight", so naturally he would not object.

Soon, Sky Dance Film joined the project "Twilight" in negotiations with several distribution companies.

Of course, the release of "Fast and Furious 4" and "Twilight" is not a must. There are many companies now negotiating with Sky Dance Pictures. Just like before, whoever has the most suitable conditions will choose who will choose.

Matthew was busy until mid-October, and the project was put on track under the management of him and Sean Daniel. Sophia Coppola also officially signed a director contract with the crew and joined Stephanie Mel's script writing.

The scripts submitted by Stephanie Mel to various Hollywood companies have been directly denied by Matthew. There were many action scenes about FBI and guns in that script, which are based on traditional vampire and werewolf movies, rather than pure romance movies.

The key to this kind of film is to love to the death, and other elements are just embellishments.

So, Matthew vetoed that script, and Sean Daniel and Sophia Coppola had the same idea as him.

With Sofia Coppola joining the crew, the project "Twilight" was officially confirmed as "Twilight". If a sequel is filmed in the subsequent film, the crew will be established and entered the preliminary preparation stage.

Matthew could also breathe a sigh of relief. Sean Daniel will be responsible for the specific affairs of the crew, a producer with extremely rich experience.

In addition, Sofia Coppola is the main behind-the-scenes staff recruited, and most of the actors are handed over to Helen Hermann for recommendation.

At the same time, Sky Dance Pictures's negotiations on the distribution rights of the two projects "Fast and Furious 4" and "Twilight" also resulted. Among a number of interested negotiating companies, Sky Dance Pictures finally reached an agreement with Walt Disney and officially signed the distribution contract.

These two films, North American distribution and international distribution, are respectively responsible for Disney Pictures and Bowei International, owned by Walt Disney, and the distribution commission ratio is 8% , two percentage points lower than the 10% that is popular in Hollywood.

More importantly, this issuance contract does not involve copyright and peripheral income, and is purely a box office commission.
Chapter completed!