Chapter 468
In the office of Relativity Entertainment, Ronan just got a news.
The Shahai Entertainment Screenwriter Department and lawyer Dinah Ampton, who assisted in handling related businesses, encountered some trouble when registering a new script with a museum background in the Copyright Office, namely "Museum Wonderful Nights".
The newly built electronic archive search library of the Copyright Office shows that the script content of "Museum Night" has a certain similarity to a novel interjected.
"This does not affect our registration, the script is undergoing the copyright registration process."
After taking a sip of coffee, George Clint said to Ronan: "But the other party appeared far earlier than us. Once entanglement occurs later, there may be an international lawsuit."
Ronan was curious: "Interlude novel? I don't remember any similar interlude novels."
He provided the script outline of "Museum Night" and also checked whether there was any related content in North America. Because it was not found, he directly gave the story and related settings, allowing the screenwriter department to improve the script and then register the copyright.
If there were any related works, Robert Lee would have already asked him to buy the copyright in advance.
George Clint said simply: "That interjection novel is a work from Croatia, from a writer named Milan Trek. Last year, we just registered copyright in North America. Our previous search targets were basically aimed at the copyright of related works in North America. This time, the Copyright Office's electronic database was revised and similar international works were retrieved."
Ronan nodded slightly and understood what was going on. It turned out to be a work from Croatia!
Who cares about the works of an unknown writer in a small place?
Many people have watched this strange film "Museum Night" and Ronan is no exception, but he knew that the film had made a trilogy and was not sure whether it was original. He originally thought that there were no related literary works in North America, and it might be an original movie. Now it seems that it should also be a member of the adapted movie.
George Clint said again: "I have asked someone to contact the relevant publishers and Milan Trek himself to buy the film and television adaptation rights, Croatian works, which can be done with up to hundreds of thousands of dollars."
"Yes." Ronan fully agreed: "It is better to spend a little copyright fee than to have a copyright dispute later."
If the other party did not register copyright in the United States, but instead registered copyright in the first place in the Museum's Wonderful Night, everything would be easy to say, but the other party completed the copyright registration in the United States last year, and it is still necessary to go through the copyright procedure.
George Clint stood up and said, "I'll go to Robert and ask him to find someone to talk about copyright. We should move quickly so that other unexpected situations will occur."
Ronan sent him out of the office and came back to formulate relevant plans for "Museum Night".
This is a family adventure comedy. The highest rating of the film cannot exceed the pg level, which means that the must-have movie for all ages.
It is best for directors to be good at the type of comedy that the whole family enjoys.
For the actors, remember that the male protagonists are Ben Stiller and Robin Williams, and they can continue to invite these two people to participate in the audition.
Of course, they will not be the only choice. Factors such as pay and appointments must be considered.
For actors like the protagonist, they will definitely choose the person who can sign a trilogy contract.
In terms of release time, it is best to spend such a family movie on holidays, and next year's Thanksgiving or Christmas schedule are good.
This film is not difficult to resonate with. When many people were children, they probably had the idea of hiding it in the museum before it was closed, and imagined that something wonderful would happen after the museum was closed.
In some ways, the film is a bit similar to Toy Story.
At noon, George Clint asked someone to send Milan Trek's illustration novel to Ronan, and Ronan roughly looked it up.
This is an illustration story about coaxing children to sleep.
Although the time, place and characters are different, the content is generally very similar. The former "Museum Night" is most likely adapted from the novel.
Ronan soon completed the preliminary project plan and sent it to George Clint's email address. The specific work of forming the crew will be completed by the professional team of Shahai Entertainment.
With the production budget, Ronan estimated that the desired effect of this film would cost at least about $60 million.
Not to mention anything else, just the staff pay, if Ben Stillerk signs a film contract, his pay will start with tens of millions of dollars.
Ben Stiller's salary in "Meeting Father-in-law" a few years ago has reached $10 million.
A typical commercial film like "Museum Night" cannot make celebrity actors reduce their pay.
After lunch, Ronan came to Los Angeles Motor City and received the Rolls-Royce Phantom that he ordered at the Los Angeles International Auto Show last year.
This black Phantom plus the interior decoration cost Ronan nearly a million dollars.
Ronan also changed it to another, and the previous Bentley Era was replaced with the black Rolls-Royce Phantom.
On the way back to the Relativity Entertainment, Ronan was also considering that it might be time to buy a private business plane next.
He often goes out, not to mention overseas, Netflix has been in the Silicon Valley area of San Francisco, and the atmosphere here is the most suitable for Netflix development.
San Francisco is not close to Los Angeles. Ronan usually takes flights. Although Highway 1 on the West Coast is known as one of the best scenic self-driving routes in the world, the smooth road is also a six-hour drive, which is really too late.
Moreover, the road conditions are not very good, and there are certain dangers.
After careful consideration, Ronan felt that he might be able to buy a helicopter first. In the future, there will be a tarmac in the world and it has been idle. In the industrial park where Netflix's newly replaced office building area is located, there are also tarmacs specially prepared for the bosses, which are more convenient to lift and lower.
The black Rolls-Royce Phantom parked in front of the company building. Ronan had just gotten out of the car, and a Ford drove over from the back seat. A man hurriedly got off the car and ran towards Ronan.
"Hi, Ronan." Uvi Ball smiled so hard that his face was shaking: "You just came back? What a coincidence."
Ronan looked at Wu Bao, who was more like a boxer, and said, "Yes, I just came back from the Motor City."
Uvi Ball's eyes immediately fell on the Rolls-Royce Phantom and said, "Is this the new car I just picked up? This is my dream!"
There is a saying that car is the man's second wife. Wu Wei Ball took a few more glances and was a little envious.
But in Ronan's eyes, the car was just a means of transportation, and said, "The next movie is a big sale, you can buy one."
Uvi Ball couldn't help laughing and said, "Let's talk about it then."
Ronan pointed to the office building: "You have something to do?" Seeing Uvi Ball nodding, he said again: "Let's go, let's go up and talk."
Uvi Ball quickly followed. Before leaving, he looked at the black phantom reluctantly and muttered in his heart: "When "Dungeon Siege" is sold well and gets the box office bonus. I buy two at a time, one at a time, one in Germany, and one in Los Angeles!"
When he arrived at the company and entered the office, Ronan asked someone to send coffee to Uvi Ball.
Ronan was not polite and asked directly: "Wuwei, what's wrong with coming here this time?"
Uvey Ball smiled and said, "The post-production of "Dungeon Siege" is almost completed. I want to ask when will you have time to see the movies I edited."
Ronan thought for a while and asked, “How long will it take to complete it all?”
"Another half a month." Uvi Ball was very honest when facing Ronan: "The editing has been completed, but it takes some time to add subtitles and soundtracks, as well as sound effects editing."
Ronan nodded slightly: "Let's do it, after "Pirates of the Caribbean" is released in July, I will hold an internal preview for "Dungeon Siege".
A few days ago, Wan Ziren called him that "Saw" had been filmed and began to enter post-production. At that time, two days would be available to hold an internal preview for "Dungeon Siege" and "Saw".
Only by contrast can we form a clearer judgment and let people know the importance of publicity to "Dungeon Siege".
"Okay." Uvi Ball said with a smile: "Create the specific date at that time and notify me in advance."
Ronan gave appropriate encouragement: "Wuwei, you did a good job."
To be honest, apart from funds, Ronan and Embassy Films hardly interfered with Uvi Ball and the crew of "Dungeon Siege", which can almost be said to be the directorial work of Uvi Ball.
This is also Ronan's original intention, because this video is not afraid of being bad, but is afraid of not being bad enough.
No one will have hope for the three million dollar epic game movies.
Ronan has decided to notify the Embassy Films tomorrow and start formulating a specific Uvi Ball marketing plan.
You must become a celebrity in the eyes of movie fans all over the world!
Uvi Ball seemed encouraged and full of energy, saying, "Ronan, this project is about to be completed. Can you start planning a new project?"
Ronan asked, "What game do you like again?"
"It's not a new game." Uvi Ball said with a smile: "It's still a game I've ever seen, Blizzard's "Warcraft". They are going to release a new version this year. I got their test version through my friends' relationship. The new version is called "The Throne of the Ice". The background setting is extremely grand and epic story, especially the protagonist Prince Alsace..."
Ronan immediately understood what Uvi Ball was talking about, Lordaeron... No, is the first filial son of Azeroth coming out? By the way, there is also the first filial daughter.
A filial son and a filial daughter are born with a couple.
"Wuwei, I said that as long as you can tell Blizzard to acquire copyright, adaptation is not a problem." Ronan still said those words: "This game can also be adapted by you."
Chapter completed!