Although Stephen King is a master of horror and has masterpieces such as "The Shawshank Redemption", "Ghost" and "The Green Mile", his works, without exception, have embarrassing box office results!

The production cost of "The Shawshank Redemption" was US$25 million, and the North American box office was US$28 million. It was not even released in most parts of the world...

It can be said that both fame and fortune were lost that year. First, it suffered a disastrous box office failure, and then it lost miserably to "Forrest Gump" in the Oscar competition!

Later, Tom Hanks starred in "The Green Mile." At that time, Hanks was a global superstar, and "Saving Private Ryan" had just been released...

Logically speaking, with his blessing, "The Green Mile" should be a box office hit...

But it just didn’t work. The cost of "The Green Mile" was US$80 million, and the North American box office exceeded US$100 million, and the global box office was US$230 million...

It can only be said that the blessing of a superstar still has an effect, but the effect is limited to this, because at almost the same period, the other two movies starring Hanks, "Cast Away" and "Electronic Love Letter", had a global box office of 430 million US dollars and "E-Love Letter" respectively.

$320 million!

Rob Cowan is a big fan of Stephen King, and New Line has hoarded a large amount of Stephen King's copyrights. Later, under his leadership, two Stephen King works, "The Return of the Clown" and "The Dark Tower" were simultaneously launched.

, "The Dark Tower" failed miserably at the box office, with a 60 million investment only earning a global box office of 110 million, but "The Return of the Clown" was a hit, with a cost of 35 million US dollars, and a global sales of 700 million US dollars!

Stephen King has also returned to Hollywood's horizons, and projects such as "Pet Sematary", "In the Tall Grass", "Doctor Sleep" and so on have been developed.

In addition, "The Dark Tower" was invested and filmed by Sony...

If Rob Cowen didn't lack funds, he wouldn't cooperate with Sony!

This time it hit him...

Rob Cowen was silent for a while, and then said, 'I want to discuss it with Warner.'

…

Basically done.

Shen Changlin immediately asked the driver to take him to Legendary Pictures Company, where he wanted to meet up with Shi Shi.

This is Hollywood, after all, the birthplace of the red couch—and at the end of Vanity Fair is a red couch.

How can there be no unspoken rules in an industry that relies heavily on appearance and appearance?

However, Shi Shi was specially invited by them...

This should be unlikely to happen!

But... accompanying her is what he should do as a boyfriend.

The role that Shi Shi auditioned for was called Lee Brody, the hero's wife. Her role was probably to appear in the title sequence, encourage the hero to find his father, and lead to the story...

All subsequent stories unfold from the perspective of the male protagonist!

A typical tool man.

But... this is a monster movie, it doesn’t matter who you invite, and the celebrity blessing is just to attract fans!

She has analyzed this role, and to put it bluntly, it is still a vase, but it truly serves the plot and cannot be deleted arbitrarily.

At least there won't be a special edition for China, so there's no shame in winning it.

After waiting for a long time, Shen Changlin came over. Shi Shi complained: "Why did you come here?"

"...I ended the negotiation and rushed over immediately!"

"Let's go..."

Shen Changlin looked at her. Although his expression was very stable, he could still feel the tension. He smiled and comforted her: "You have to think about your status in the Chinese film industry. The top group, the Americans are looking for you, that is.

I’m interested in your popularity, so there’s nothing to be nervous about…”

“…but my English is very poor!”

"What's the point? It's Zhang Ziyi's first time in Hollywood and she doesn't speak English."

The four of them, Shi Shi, Shen Changlin, the translator and Shi Shi's assistant, got on the elevator, and then under the guidance of the staff, they arrived at a room. The staff said: "Miss Shi Shi, please come in with me!"

"come on!"

Shen Changlin made a gesture to her and was about to find a place to rest. The staff member said again: "Mr. Shen, Mr. Thomas Tull is waiting for you..."

"who?"

"Thomas Tull, producer of "Godzilla" and president of Legendary Pictures..."

"I know who he is...I mean what is he looking for me for?"

"...You'll know it when you meet him!"

…

Why did Thomas Tull want to meet Shen Changlin?

The reason is simple - I want him to invest some money!

Legendary Pictures is a film production company transformed from a Hollywood investment fund, and it only produces large-scale productions.

Because Thomas Tull is a monster fan, he likes to make blockbusters.

But movie investment is not just a matter of liking it. Legendary Pictures certainly has outstanding achievements. Nolan's "The Man" series, "The Hangover" series, including Zack Snyder's "300" series, have all achieved outstanding results. It is the masterpiece of Legendary Pictures, but it also suffered a lot of losses. "Where the Wild Things Are", "Jonah Hux" and "Jack the Giant Hunter" were all projects that suffered huge losses!

Otherwise, Thomas Tull would not directly sell the legend to Wanda.

——Legendary Pictures suffered losses of US$343 million and US$462 million in 2014 and 2015 respectively!

Wanda spent US$1.88 billion to acquire Legend, why is it reported to be US$3.5 billion?

It's because I took on the debt.

But Shen Changlin has no idea about investing in Legend...

Unless he buys shares at a low price and then packages them up and sells them to Wanda, Thomas Tull will definitely not be willing to accept Shen Changlin's request for a low price...

He felt that Shen Changlin's visit to Los Angeles this time was the same as Japan's shopping in Hollywood...

In the past two years, Chinese capital has begun to rise, and Wangda has acquired AMC...

Shen Changlin came to Hollywood for the purpose of inspection!

The enemy is here.

Originally, he was planning to invite Shen Changlin to the dinner tonight, but when he learned that he was accompanying Shi Shi to the audition, he decisively asked the staff to invite him over...

First, he talked about his views on the Chinese film market: "The Chinese film market really has no ceiling! I can't believe that "Pacific Rim" has a box office of US$120 million in China!"

Shen Changlin explained: "Hollywood movies that are popular in China are actually divided into genres. I like science fiction and monster genres. After all, the domestic environment cannot exclude them for the time being!"

"...Are you interested in working together to make money?"

"My current goal is only "The Meg"!"

After hearing Shen Changlin's polite refusal, Thomas Tull suggested: "You can invest in "Godzilla" and we will make a co-production!"

Shen Changlin shook his head: "..."Godzilla" cannot be a Sino-US co-production. Everyone knows that Godzilla is a Japanese monster. How can we get it to China?" "...We can develop it together..."

"I agree in principle with this matter, but you can discuss it with my assistant on how to do it specifically..."

Anyway, there will definitely be a profit...

"Godzilla" gave the Monster Universe a good start, with global sales exceeding $500 million.

Shen Changlin raised his wrist to look at the time, and then asked: "How long does your audition usually take here?"

"About a quarter of an hour..." After a pause, Thomas Tull then asked: "Then how much can you invest?"
Chapter completed!