On Monday morning, Charlize Theron, who was praised by countless people as the "South African Diamond", came to the Santa Monica Valley and entered Gale Anne Hurd's office.

After winning the Oscar for Best Actress, Charlize Theron chose to work with Anne Hurd and Paramount Pictures.

The project has no script yet, only one creativity, and the creativity comes from producer Anne Hurd.

Charlize Theron was not dissatisfied with taking over the heroine without seeing the script. This is a regular creative model for Hollywood commercial films. The producer or film company is creative first, and then hires screenwriters to write scripts under the template according to the creativity and market needs.

Since the early 1980s, most typical commercial films have done this.

Among them are the famous Don Simpson and Jerry Brookheimer. Under the highly commercial production system, Hollywood has truly dispersed European films and created a situation where the world's film market is dominant.

After entering the new century, another producer carried forward this typical Hollywood movie model.

The producer, Charlize Theron, not only met, but also collaborated on a very successful romantic comedy movie.

"The Enemy of the People" is also the most successful film in business since she entered the industry. Its box office in North America was $223.84 million and the global box office was $487.2 million.

Although the outside world unanimously believes that the biggest factor in the success of the film is the male lead Will Smith and producer Ronan Anderson, no one can stop her, the heroine, from taking advantage of the situation.

What's more, she won the Oscar for Best Actress a few months later, and was even received by a great man Mandela of a generation. Her motherland, South Africa, gave her supreme honor.

What other regrets can an actor have when he reaches this point?

It seems not to be, but Charlize Theron not only has it, it is also very large.

This regret comes from money.

"The Enemy of the People" was a big hit at the box office, but her pay, including the share and bonus stipulated by the union, was only $3 million.

The money was basically not stuck in her account, but was thrown into awards season and Oscar public relations, and it was far from enough.

What others saw was the media’s praise for her. Roger Albert praised her vigorously. Who knows the money spent like flowing water?

People outside the circle would not have thought that the Oscar-winning Best Actress would be a loser.

Because public relations promotion requires money, raising a boyfriend also requires money.

So, when Paramount Pictures and Anne Hurd threw their olive branches, Charlize Theron thought about it and agreed.

Oscar investment requires profit, and it is best to make profits.

The $10 million in the negotiations earned by the agent also set a record for her since she entered the industry, several times the amount of the previous commercial film.

Moreover, with the Oscar-Best Actress Little Golden Man, the agent has won more power, and she is also one of the producers.

The power of the crew is far inferior to Anne Hurd, but he can have a certain say in matters related to himself and avoid becoming a pure pawn in the hands of the producer.

When he saw Anne Hurd, Charlize Theron asked, "I heard that another screenwriter has been confirmed."

Anne Hurd temporarily put down his work and replied: "I will sign the contract this week, Glenn Morgan."

The name is a little strange, and Charlize Theron is puzzled: "Is he?"

"The screenwriter of the "Death is Coming" series," Anne Hurd said directly.

Charlize Theron nodded: "Is Death Coming in the Series with Ronan Anderson as the producer?"

Because of their relationship as both women, Anne Hurd was very patient and said, "Yes, the first screenwriter of the "God of Death" series is extremely successful. I was still a little doubtful, so I have been waiting for "God of Death to Be 3" to be released in North America before signing with Glenn Morgan."

She found a newspaper and handed it to Charlize Theron. She circled a piece in a red pen, which was the North American box office rankings.

Charlize Theron gave a look and the number one ranking was Spider-Man 2, which entered the next weekend, with a box office of 45.18 million US dollars.

"The Death Comes 3" ranked second with a box office of $29.8 million.

Anne Hurd said: "It's difficult for this film to have a box office of over 100 million in North America, but the production cost of three times the $20 million is not a problem."

Box office numbers are always the most powerful data in commercial films. Charlize Theron has a basic recognition of this strange screenwriter, but he still has doubts.

After all, this "Magic Warrior" is the key to her turning from a loser to a rich man and achieving a great fortune.

Charlize Theron said with some doubts: "The God of Death is Coming 3" has achieved great success, but this is a horror film, and our project is a science fiction film..."

Anne Hurd smiled and said, "Glenn Morgan has experience in creating sci-fi scripts. He has served as the signed screenwriter of "The End of the Universe". Although the box office of that film is not very ideal, it has achieved profitability through the offline market in the past two years. This has also allowed Glenn Morgan to accumulate some experience, which will definitely be helpful for the script creation of "The Warrior of Magic".

She further said: "Glenn Morgan is just the second signed screenwriter. Matt Manfreddy is trustworthy and will also do a good job in script quality control."

Charlize Theron nodded slightly.

Anne Hurd suddenly emphasized: "There is another point, Glenn Morgan is the screenwriter that Ronan Anderson values ​​very much!"

When these words fell into his ears, Charlize Theron was instantly convinced. The screenwriter Ronan Anderson was optimistic about must be capable.

As an actor who has worked directly with her, she has reason to believe that Ronan Anderson's judgment in the film business is definitely the top level in Hollywood.

The success of the "Death is Coming" series is in front of everyone, and the box office figures of "Death is Coming 3" are in front of her.

Charlize Theron has more confidence in "The Magician", and perhaps this movie will become the key to the 20 million club.

As an actress, who doesn’t want to be the next Julia Roberts? One-hand business and the other-hand awards are all at the top.

Besides, I have to earn more money. I have enough money and great influence. Not only can I provide my boyfriend with a good life, but I may also pull him into a quagmire acting career.

Charlize Theron is a woman with extremely rich experience and cherishes the love in front of her.

For love! She is willing to run around the set and accept more endorsements from commercial brands.

"Death Comes 3" became the only movie released by Embassy Pictures in 2004. It has not won the North American box office championship so far. Moreover, "Spider-Man 2" is in front, so there is no chance to win the box office championship again.

But the box office figure of $29.8 million in North America in the first weekend has exceeded the total production cost and promotional distribution cost, and also represents the film's commercial success.

There are also predictions inside and outside the industry that the North American box office of this film will be around 80 million US dollars, and the global box office is expected to hit US$200 million.

Naturally, "The God of Death is Coming 4" was put on the agenda by Shahai Entertainment again.

Having had an experience of not being successful in "The Ending Warrant for the Universe", James Huang has no intention of leaving the horror film for the time being. With a generous enough director's salary, he soon signed a director and producer contract with Shahai Entertainment for "The God of Death is Coming 4".

Ronan only retains the final editing rights, and at the same time allows third parties to provide financial supervision and control. All other authority will be left to James Huang.

If you continue to shoot and produce the existing successful business model, perhaps the sequels after "The God of Death" will not make any breakthroughs, and the box office and market response will also show a gradual decline. However, it is not difficult to continue to bring considerable commercial profits to the online and offline markets.

Starting from "The God of Death 2", the offline market revenue, including DVD rental and TV copyright broadcast, has completely surpassed the box office share earned by the film in North America and overseas regions.

In other words, this series has a larger market outside the theater.

There are many films in Hollywood, and the box office numbers are mediocre and even very average, but sequels are filmed one after another. The reason is very simple, and the offline market can continue to make profits.

Ronan has seen related reports, after filming series such as "Death is Coming", "Saw" and "Resident Evil", the box office revenue alone will definitely lose money, and his profits basically come from the offline DVD rental and sale market.

This is the best era of movie DVD discs. A movie with a market can often release multiple versions of DVDs, such as luxury outfits, commemorative outfits, director editing versions, etc., and people pay for it.

Moreover, DVD has low manufacturing costs and is relatively easy to recover.

Ronan heard that Walt Disney recently launched a "platinum" commemorative edition plan, intending to release Disney animation studio's classic animation feature films in a DVD version.

In a few years, the same Disney animated movie will definitely release another version of DVD disc.

Of course, it's not just Walt Disney doing this.

Embassy Film and Television, together with Shahai Entertainment, is also preparing for this, intending to release the high-definition DVD version of "The First Drop of Blood" acquired from Yijiang Entertainment, such as "The Spy" and "Pirates of the Caribbean". It plans to release another behind-the-scenes version before the new film is released next year.

DVD is popular, and you won’t make any profit at this time, so when will you wait?

The DVDs were sold so hard in the past, only more than ten years.

After the new week begins, the publicity of "Batman: The Moment of War" which is released for more than a dozen days has been further increased. Even Ronan attended several publicity events. The "Batman" movie, which has experienced the collapse of reputation and market, is not easy to resurrect.

Fortunately, Bruce Wayne finally has a certain market foundation.
Chapter completed!