Chapter 59 Issues with the sequel to "Manslaughter"
Author: Box and Orange
Chapter 59 Issues with the sequel to "Manslaughter"
Since we had already negotiated with the XN City Government, the filming trip in XN went smoothly.
Of course, money is not wasted either.
Zhang Hao is not as famous as brother Cheng Long, who has fans all over the world. When Zhang Hao went to XN to film, the mayor of XN was a fan of him.
The mayor chatted with Zhang Hao for a while and asked him if he knew Cheng Long. Zhang Hao said he did.
So the mayor's eyes started to shine, and he asked Zhang Hao for help in getting an autographed photo of Brother Cheng Long, and Zhang Hao agreed.
Probably because Zhang Hao agreed to take the autographed photo, their filming in XN went very smoothly. They completed all the exterior shots in less than two days and returned to China on the third day after the New Year's Day in 2010.
After returning home, Zhang Hao did not rest and continued to work on the shooting.
At the same time, the post-production of "Genius Gunman" is also in progress. Zhang Hao not only has to take care of the shooting work, but also completes the editing work with the editor, supervises the post-production color and sound effects design and other work.
Zhang Hao found a new person for the soundtrack this time, Chen Kun, also known as A Kun, who graduated from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and studied at the Conservatory of Music.
Although he has only been working on soundtracks for a short time, the first draft he submitted has a very international perspective. When paired with "The Genius", it feels like watching a spy movie like "Mission: Impossible".
Zhang Hao was very satisfied after listening to it. After Akun submitted the fourth version of the soundtrack, he decided to adopt this version.
As the filming of "Genius Gunman" comes to an end, there is good news about Zhang Hao's first film.
The first is the box office news. Although mainland theaters canceled the film as early as July, the film has been released in other regions of East Asia and Southeast Asia.
As of December 31, 2009, the film had grossed HK$4.325 million at the box office on Hong Kong Island.
This film does not have any well-known stars in Hong Kong, and its good box office results are entirely due to its excellent film quality.
In Baodao, "Manslaughter" took in a box office of approximately 8.674 million RMB, becoming the 13th place on the Baodao box office list in 2009.
The Baodao film market is really sluggish compared to the mainland, and this result is enough to satisfy the Baodao film producers. You must know that they only bought the copyright for one million, and they have already made a lot of money.
In other regions, the total box office revenue in Japan and South Korea was 9.26 million RMB, and the total box office revenue in Southeast Asia was 5.338 million RMB.
But this is not the end. The film not only earns from theaters, but also earns copyright income from local TV and online broadcasts.
Copyright in this area has brought high profits, allowing local copyright owners to make a lot of money.
Moreover, the copyrights for TV broadcasts and online broadcasts are long-term, and the copyrights can be sold continuously in the future, bringing a steady stream of income.
However, overseas box office and peripheral income have nothing to do with copyright owners such as China Film Bona, because local distributors have already bought out
In this era, it is difficult for domestic films to participate in overseas box office and peripheral copyright income. Compared with the uncertainty of revenue sharing, domestic films prefer to go to film festivals and then sell their copyrights.
"Manslaughter" did not follow the film festival route, and it is already outstanding enough to sell tens of millions of copyrights.
This is still not the end. The most surprising thing is that an Indian Bollywood film producer valued "Manslaughter" and spent 3.5 million to directly buy out the copyright and remake rights in India.
It is said that Indian film producers are planning to name the film "Contest" and plan to put it on the big screen in the Indian Bollywood film market in 2011.
The sudden power of the Indian veteran, coupled with the scattered interested film studios outside East and Southeast Asia, bought the rights, allowing the overseas copyright income of "Manslaughter" to successfully exceed 20 million.
This revenue does not need to be shared with theater chains. In other words, even if "Manslaughter" is not released in domestic theaters, it has already made profits by selling copyrights.
Of course, that's not how the bill was calculated. If it weren't for "Manslaughter"'s outstanding performance in mainland theaters, it's not certain whether the copyright price could have been sold at such a high price.
Income from copyright is a long-term process. Even ten years later, "Manslaughter" can continue to generate profits and become a long-term meal ticket.
Also because of the good market performance of "Manslaughter", Bona had an idea.
Zhou Zhizhe, the director of the investment film production department of Bona Pictures, made a special trip to the crew to find Zhang Hao to discuss the possibility of a sequel.
"Unit No. 1, change lens 3 to 5, let's do a close-up and focus on the actors' facial expressions." Zhang Hao directed the set, while Zhou Zhizhe watched from the side.
After Zhang Hao finished directing, Zhou Zhizhe continued: "Director Zhang, do you really want to stop thinking about it? We can increase the investment budget."
Zhang Hao shook his head and said: "Director Zhou, the story of "Manslaughter" is generally quite complete. I can't think of anything new to shoot. I really have no interest in making a sequel."
"However, we at Bona have conducted research and found that most fans still hope that "Manslaughter" will get a sequel, and hope that you can continue to direct." Zhou Zhizhe still refused to give up and continued to persuade Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao still refused: "Sorry, I'm really not interested. Otherwise, if Bona is interested in producing it, I can transfer the sequel copyright of "Manslaughter" to you, and you can find a new director to make the sequel film."
Zhou Zhizhe's eyes lit up: "This is a way, then will Haotian Studio continue to participate in the investment?"
"I am just a small workshop that serves myself entirely. I am unable to participate in a project. Our studio will not participate in the production of the sequel." Zhang Hao said.
"That's a pity, but can you be the producer of the sequel movie?" Zhou Zhizhe made a new request.
It was just a nominal producer role, and it was also a return to Bona and Yu Dong's support for him, so Zhang Hao agreed.
Although Zhang Hao was not invited to direct the sequel, Zhou Zhizhe's purpose of this trip was achieved by obtaining the copyright to film the sequel.
After chatting with Zhang Hao for a few words about the situation of the "Genius Gunner" project, Zhou Zhizhe said goodbye and left.
As soon as Da Mi Mi finished the show, he saw Zhou Zhizhe leaving and asked Zhang Hao: "Director Zhou left with a happy face. Is there any happy event?"
"Nothing, he got the sequel filming rights of "Manslaughter" from me, so he is very happy." Zhang Hao replied.
"The sequel rights to "Manslaughter"? You don't plan to direct the second part?" Da Mi Mi continued to ask.
"Yes," Zhang Hao checked the results captured by the camera and felt very satisfied: "The sequel to this movie is not interesting at first. If Bona wants to make it, let them forget it."
Da Mi Mi suddenly realized: "So that's how it is!"
In fact, due to the irregularity of domestic copyright laws and supervision, Bona can actually get rid of China Film and Zhang Hao and produce a sequel on his own. As long as it is not called a sequel to "Manslaughter", no one can do anything to him.
But doing so will offend China Film and Zhang Hao. Now that Bona and Zhang Hao are in the honeymoon period of their cooperation, they naturally do not want to have a tense relationship with Zhang Hao.
This is also one of the benefits of having achieved success and fame. If you were an unknown person back then, people would not care whether you were the original creator or not.
Penguin has copied so many games, yet it hasn’t gone out of business. Instead, it’s getting bigger and bigger.
When it comes to movies, whoever succeeds gets the credit, and arguments about plagiarism and copyright, unless there is really conclusive evidence, everyone can only say dog bites.
In the following days, Bona Pictures officially started negotiations for the sequel copyright of "Manslaughter" with China Film Haotian Studio. Since both companies made it clear that they were not interested, Bona Pictures would carry out the project alone.
However, in order to share risks, Bona will definitely attract new investors. With the reputation of "Manslaughter", many film and television companies will definitely be involved.
After that, it has nothing to do with Haotian Studio, and the income after the sequel has nothing to do with Haotian Studio.
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