Chapter 250 Zombie Survival Manual

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The time has just entered August, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still being shown, and news has begun to circulate in the media. The negotiations between Disney Pictures and the three main actors of "Pirates of the Caribbean" are not going well, especially Matthew Horner, who is ready to star in Universal Pictures is preparing for the remake of "Dawn of the Living Dead".

Two or three days later, the news appeared in many media.

"Matthew Horner is about to team up with Universal Pictures to remake the zombie classic Dawn of the Dead!"

"Famous producer Sean Daniel has confirmed that he has negotiated a contract with Matthew Horner, and the mighty blacksmith Will Turner will go to the world of zombies to kill!"

"George A-Romero angrily criticized Universal Pictures, changed his ideas arbitrarily, and disliked Matthew Horner as the male lead..."

There are many similar reports. Sean Daniel is an experienced first-line producer. He is obviously taking advantage of the popularity of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to first come to a wave of early publicity.

On the morning of August 4th, the crew convened a signing press conference at Universal Studios, where they formally signed an actor contract with Ma Xiu.

It was Sean Daniel who signed Matthew on behalf of the crew.

The crew had also invited George-A-Romero before, but George-A-Romero was quite dissatisfied with the crew's rejection of his idea of ​​using women as the absolute protagonists, and directly rejected the invitation. Some media reported about George-A. -The coverage of Romero's remarks is not random.

But George-A-Romero is not George-Lucas, and "Dawn of the Living Dead" is not "Star Wars". Like most directors, George-A-Romero does not have the rights to the films he ever made. The copyright belongs to the film company. Under the circumstance that Universal Pictures bought the copyright of the remake, his old man had no other way but to vent his complaints.

"I've worked with Matthew twice, and he's a very good actor!"

Facing numerous media reporters, Sean Daniel naturally praised Matthew, "I am very happy to be able to work with him again. Matthew's joining is the most important good news for the crew."

He then talked about the investment scale of the film, the approximate shooting time, and the release time in North America, etc. As Matthew learned before, the production cost of the film to the public was 28 million US dollars, from the end of August to the end of October. Filming in mid-month, it will be released in mid-April next year.

Then, the reporters threw the question to Matthew, and many people were quite puzzled about his role in such a non-mainstream film.

"When Zach and Sean approached me, I was moved by their new ideas." Matthew naturally disguised himself as a fan of this genre, "I've been very fond of zombies since I was a child. Fascinated, all ideas stem from curiosity about the afterlife, if death is not eternal, if only half-dead and the body is still alive, what the world would be like? So I also fell in love with Romero's films."

At the signing press conference, Matthew didn't say much. Now that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is in the heat period, the scandal with Keira Knightley and the hype of the Harvard Westlake High School incident are still fermenting. He is sitting here signing the contract. The news is big enough, and there is no need to say too much nonsense at all.

When the celebrity status reaches a certain level, it will bring news effects, not only scandals and scandals, but also clothing, food, housing and transportation can become the focus of the media and audiences.

At the end of the conference,

Matthew and Sean Daniel signed the contract.

Of course, like all signing press conferences, this is just a ceremony, the official contract is signed before.

After several rounds of intense negotiations between Helen Herman and Sean Daniel, they reached an agreement on the most divergent remuneration, and in order to reduce the upfront cost, Universal Pictures also agreed to his participation in the later box office share, but the share proportion is very small.

The basic remuneration was finally determined to be $5 million. The two parties used the production cost of the film as the trigger point of the sharing clause. If the North American box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" reached $28 million, Matthew, the absolute male lead, can win the North American box office. One percent of the incentives are raised to two percent at $50 million, three percent for $70 million, four percent for $90 million, and five percent for $100 million.

Five percent is also a capped ratio.

This is Hollywood's customary payment method to reduce pre-production costs, incentivize creators and share risks, and it is not uncommon among second-tier stars.

After the press conference, Sean Daniel specifically found Matthew and told him a few things.

"The filming will take place in Toronto..." He simply said to Matthew, "The crew found a shopping mall there that is about to be demolished, and you should prepare in advance."

Matthew nodded, "I have no problem here."

Sean Daniel said again, "I heard Helen say that your personal blog has a lot of attention?"

"There are some." Matthew thought about it and said roughly, "There are tens of thousands of active followers."

With the popularity of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the number of followers of his blog has surged, and the number of followers has exceeded 100,000, but the number of active users is relatively small. Helen Herman once proposed to let the brokerage company manage his personal blog on his behalf. , He did not agree for the time being, and felt that it was not yet time.

"This way..." Sean-Daniel continued, "I got news that in September, Sanhe Press will publish a book called "Zombie Survival Manual", which is very good for the promotion of the film. Recommended on the blog."

Matthew thought for a while and said, "Yes, you can say hello to me in advance."

It seems that he has read the name "Zombie Survival Manual" on his smartphone. I remember reading an article about the "Resident Evil" movie. I remember that the editor who wrote the article at that time also mentioned that Brad Pitt's movie The author of World War Z is the same person who wrote The Zombie Survival Manual.

After chatting with Sean Daniel, Matthew quickly left Universal Studios in Helen Herman's car, and he also said Sean Daniel's proposal in the car.

"Matthew, your personal blog is becoming a very good platform for self-display and publicity." Helen-Hellman did not object, but said solemnly, "You have to manage it properly, and if possible, it is best to find a special person Take care."

"I know." Matthew didn't want to hand over everything to a brokerage company, which was very unfavorable to him. "I can handle it now, and I'll talk about it later when I'm too busy."

Like before, he has been blogging about three times a week recently. Even if he doesn’t have time to write, he will post a few latest photos. The blog has become a gathering place for his die-hard fans.

For more than a month, the focus of his blog posts has mainly focused on four aspects: "Pirates of the Caribbean", showing affection with Keira Knightley, a group photo at Harvard Westlake High School, and "Dawn of the Living Dead".

Although not a professional, Matthew is not stupid and knows that bloggers need to take advantage of the current situation.

The two chatted for a while about blogging, and Matthew turned to Helen Herman's negotiations with Disney Studios, asking, "How are the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' sequel talks going?"

"It didn't go well," Helen Herman said directly. "Disney is offering $14 million to package your pay for two sequels."

The two "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels are sets, but no one would be foolish enough to count only one film's pay.

Matthew frowned, "They're not sincere enough."

With his current status, the salary of $7 million for a single film is definitely not low. It is still relatively high among all second-tier stars. The problem is that "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" was a great success. The pay for the latter two films could not have been calculated in this way.

A sequel to a blockbuster movie is generally much less risky. If the second "Pirates of the Caribbean" hits the box office again, and the $7 million in the third film is not high, it is very low.

Helen Herman understands this, and Matthew can also see it.

"Even if we split it up, the second $7 million salary seems like a lot, but it's not much at all." Helen Herman snorted coldly, "Disney Pictures deliberately ignored this during the negotiation as a big production. The starring pay for the sequel movie!"

Matthew is not in a hurry at all, "Talk to them slowly, we have time."

With the film's big sales, the three leading actors, even the most inconspicuous Keira Knightley, have turned around in negotiations with the crew and Disney Pictures. Now it's all actors who take the initiative, and no crew or film company dares to change it rashly. starring, otherwise it will definitely bring huge risks.

What's more, Will Turner is not the little blacksmith he used to be, but the very popular blacksmith.

Helen Herman added, "According to the practice in the circle, it is normal for the remuneration of the protagonist's sequel film to increase by 20 to 30% on the basis of his net worth. For the two sequel films, Disney Pictures does not offer 20 million US dollars. reward..."

She didn't go on, but Matthew also knew that this was Helen Herman's bottom line.

The car entered Burbank, and Helen-Hellman thought of one more thing and told Matthew, "At no time should you sign more than one movie contract with any studio."

Matthew nodded, "I know, I'm not stupid."

He is not a third-tier star who has nowhere to go or not much fame, and he will definitely be cautious in this regard.

When he came to the front of the Angel Agency, Matthew got out of the car and did not go in. He was going to change his car and leave to pick up Keira Knightley, who was training in the Disney studio.

Seeing that there were no reporters around, Helen Herman asked, "How is your communication about the breakup?" Free Reader!!