Chapter 83 The Right to Adapt
As early as December, Hollywood Records announced that the first solo album of super genius Ryan Jenkins will be officially released after the New Year, which attracted widespread attention. "he" is naturally the first single on the album, and on January 1, 1992, the second single "I.Believe.I.can.fly" will begin to be promoted and promoted.
Ryan has also been cooperating with the record company's promotional plan. When everyone's focus on his music, he had to divide most of his energy into the film business.
Since a few months ago, Jinsley has started a tug-of-war negotiation with Universal Pictures, and the target is naturally the film adaptation rights of "Jurassic Park".
The negotiation process was very unsuccessful. Ryan had a big appetite. He wanted to cut a big piece from this super big cake and stuff it into his pocket.
Universal Pictures is not a fool. They plan to follow Disney's approach on "The Lion King" and enjoy the box office and subsequent peripheral sharing of the movie with multiple identities such as the original author and screenwriter.
If he is willing to invest less than 10 million US dollars, they will welcome him. Why not do this kind of thing that gives up a little part of the profit and bring the relationship closer?
Unexpectedly, the other party's appetite was much bigger than they thought, and he actually threw out a co-production and share agreement.
Universal Pictures could tolerate their participation in investment, but it was unacceptable to split nearly half of the cake from expected revenue, and eventually the negotiations broke down.
With absolute initiative, Ryan is not in a hurry at all. Although he tends to cooperate with Universal Pictures, he doesn't mind working with other large film companies. After all, the copyright of "Jurassic Park" is 100% in his own hands. As long as he doesn't nod, no one can do it.
Of course, he has not given up on the opportunity to cooperate with Universal Pictures for the time being. In his opinion, Universal Pictures will eventually make concessions.
As the second-oldest company among the seven major film companies, Universal Pictures has been in poor condition recently and has not launched powerful works for several consecutive years. If it does not carry out self-rescue, it will become MGM and Sony Columbia Pictures.
You should know that in addition to its huge film library, MGM and Sony Pictures have been paying for the old capital of the 007 series, and after the latter was acquired by the Japanese, they have not yet figured out how to play the American entertainment market and are constantly paying tuition fees.
Universal Pictures’ turnaround in its previous life was “Jurassic Park” and “Schindler’s List”. The former received nearly $1 billion in global box office, and the surrounding areas were so popular, while the latter had a huge response and became the big winner of the Oscars.
The person who ordered the termination of the negotiations was Universal Pictures' boss, Sean Sheenberg, the president of American Music. He was very dissatisfied and wanted to use this method to tell the kid who took the initiative in this negotiation.
However, Ryan Jenkins is not the boy a year ago, nor is he a child star whom Tom Cruise can easily question in public. With the successive sales of "Sleeping in the Seattle Night", "Terminator 2" and "Body Guard" this year, his position in Hollywood in this circle has gradually been established. In the eyes of various film companies, his works are the guarantee of box office.
"Open the news and we can only sell it at a good price if we buy it through multiple companies." After the negotiations broke down, Ryan once said this to Kingsley.
So, on the day the negotiations broke down, the news spread and the film industry suddenly became in full swing. They realized that Universal Pictures was ahead of the entire Hollywood and actually targeted "Jurassic Park".
This is a book that has won the championship for more than 40 weeks on the best-selling book rankings in the United States. According to the news released by the "Alien" Publishing House, this book sold more than 20 million copies, and in the United Kingdom and the United States... No, there are many book fans around the world. If it is adapted into a movie, as long as it is not made into something that is unknown, the profits need not be considered at all. The only thing to consider is how much money it can make.
Ryan Jenkins and Universal Pictures were so inauthentic that they were in secret negotiations and finally broke down. That was great.
Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox contacted Jinsley, Tim Burton, Jack Brookheimer and other producers that day, and then, the entire film industry was in a turmoil. Soon, the media broke out the news that "Jurassic Park" was going to be adapted into a movie.
Strictly speaking, this book was changed to a young reading material by Ryan. To be precise, it is a reading material for all ages. Unlike previous lives, the book became the best-selling book champion as early as 1986. As Ryan's fame grew, sales continued to increase, and a large number of book fans were cultivated.
After hearing this news, they were excited. What could be more enviable than seeing their favorite dinosaurs on the big screen?
"We have been looking forward to this day. Ryan is finally going to bring his most important work to the big screen. Yes! We are very excited. We love "Jurassic Park"!"
This is a book fan club of Ryan. He bought a small page in the newspaper and made his own voice, hoping to support his idol in this way.
Of course, there are also concerns. An older book fan said worriedly when he was in a street investigation by the Los Angeles Times, "I also hope to see the movie version of Jurassic Park one day earlier, especially the huge Tyrannosaurus Rex. I am a little worried that the current film technology cannot make dinosaurs come to life, that would be too bad and would be a disaster."
The Los Angeles Times simply set up a questionnaire, which was about whether to see the movie version of "Jurassic Park". Nearly 20,000 copies were collected, and more than 90% of people supported bringing the book to the big screen.
Ryan has limited knowledge about the situation in the previous life of "Jurassic Park", but in this life, the film adaptation rights have been sold, and it has attracted a lot of attention.
In fact, everyone is optimistic about the adaptation of this book, not to mention that Ryan Jenkins will write the script himself, and the only thing he is worried about is the post-production technology of the movie.
Who has the most advanced movie special effects technology in Hollywood now? Of course it is Industrial Light Magic. Not long after, a reporter came to George Lucas. After hearing the other party’s questions, the old man said without hesitation, "Using Industrial Light Magic's technology, it is possible to create lifelike dinosaurs."
The old man dares to say this, he must be sure. In addition, the special effects technology shown in "Terminator 2" has greatly increased the confidence of various film companies, and each phone calls made Jin Sili and her team very annoyed.
Especially Warner and Disney, who have worked with Ryan, are more active, and Gerald and Carter Eisner visit each other, asking Ryan to give them priority.
Ryan didn't want to refuse directly, and only gave one condition, "The director of this film must be Stephen Spielberg, which is a prerequisite for negotiation!"
The news spread for some reason. Now, the hatred has been successfully transferred, and Jewish directors have become the top priority of public relations among major companies.
A person who joined Universal Studios earlier than his previous life played an important role at this time. Ron Meyer disagreed with the public and persuaded Sean Sheenberg to restart the negotiations with Jinsley, and used his years of cooperative relationship to invite Spielberg to Universal Studios.
How Universal Studios convinced Spielberg, few people know about it for the time being. Ryan heard Kingsley say that when Spielberg left Universal Studios, his face looked very ugly, and he kept his face tight during the subsequent negotiations.
Soon, the latest news spread, Universal Studios will invest $30 million to film Schindler's List, and Stephen Spielberg will be the director of the film.
As things have developed to this point, Ryan doesn't need to inquire anymore, and he also knows that the things in his previous life have happened. Universal Pictures and Spielberg's honeymoon period ends here. It won't take long to see Hollywood's situation suddenly change and usher in a quasi-giant - DreamWorks!
What is the negotiation? To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than asking for a price everywhere and repaying the money on the spot.
Ryan also knew that the conditions he offered were indeed a bit harsh, so he took the initiative to make concessions. The subsequent negotiations can only be described as speed. The two sides reached an agreement and signed a contract when December entered.
Regarding the film adaptation and investment of "Jurassic Park", Jenkins Pictures and Universal Pictures each invested 20 million and 45 million US dollars as preliminary budgets. In addition to the distribution and promotional expenses intercepted by Universal Pictures in the future, the copyright and future income will be divided according to the investment ratio.
Ryan reduced his investment ratio. After all, he was completely disgraced by the manufacturing and release of peripheral products, and many places also rely on Universal Pictures' channels.
As for him, in addition to Jenkins Pictures' income, he can also receive $5 million and a 3% North American box office share, as the adaptation rights and the screenwriter's income.
It's a good deal, both for Universal Pictures and for others.
The cake split agreement was officially reached, and Ryan ushered in a busy life. He temporarily threw the unfinished "The Killer Leon" aside. Since December, he started to rush to write the first draft of the script of "Jurassic Park" before the New Year.
He simply extended his holiday and planned to return to school after Christmas. In addition to occasionally paying attention to the box office of "Body Guard", he devoted most of his energy to the compilation of the script.
Fortunately, I have always had a clear comparison of movies in my mind, and I have written Ryan Jenkins' version of "Jurassic Park". I wrote it again, and it will be much smoother.
Finally, before attending Diana's charity dinner, Ryan wrote the first draft of the script, and there were dozens of sketches of dinosaurs, all of which were classic images from movies in previous lives.
Chapter completed!