Chatty Hollywood

In fact, it is normal for Disney to pay attention to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

After all, the ABC television network that broadcasts this animation has been acquired by Disney.

The offices of the entertainment departments of the two companies are even separated by a pedestrian bridge.

Since the ratings of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on ABC are so good, Disney will naturally not fail to notice.

In fact, Charlotte has had several negotiations with ABC and Disney regarding the subsequent commercial development of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."

However, before, Disney was more concerned about the peripheral development of the "Harry Potter" series.

——To put it simply, after the animated version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" became popular, Disney felt it was profitable and wanted to get in the middle.

From Charlotte's perspective, with a large group like Disney helping to promote it, the opening up to surrounding areas will be smoother.

Although some benefits need to be shared, by making the cake bigger as a whole, the benefits he can obtain will actually increase.

So, in principle, Charlotte is not opposed to working with Disney.

However, he didn't want to be tied too tightly all at once.

Especially before the overall commercial value of the "Harry Potter" series has been demonstrated.

At this time, signing a long-term agreement directly with Disney will only sell gold at a cabbage price.

To this end, Charlotte sent Alexis across the Atlantic to discuss it with J.K. Rowling in person.

Finally, both parties reached an agreement——

Never sell copyright cheaply!

Especially before the commercial potential of the "Harry Potter" series has been fully realized.

Therefore, the peripheral product cooperation agreement that Specter Studio finally signed with Disney or ABC is more likely to be signed once a year.

In this way, as the influence of the "Harry Potter" series deepens, Spectre Studio, as the copyright owner, can also increase the royalties, or even simply change collaborators.

- Such an agreement is more liberal.

But because of this, Disney may feel that it has been provoked——

After all, Disney at this time was still under the rule of the tyrant Michael Eisner. Although it was making money from children, its business style was very tough.

——In short, Disney has not negotiated with Charlotte about the subsequent live-action movie.

Until Hellraiser was released.

The first week's box office exceeded 100 million, making Disney aware of Charlotte's powerful ability and vision.

This made "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", which he had always recommended, be taken seriously again.

In particular, with the continued popularity of the TV animated version and Random House's representation of the American version of the novel, the influence of the "Harry Potter" series in North America is indeed strengthening...

In addition, seeing that Warner has been hesitating and paddling, Disney naturally started poaching again.

"Unfortunately, the conditions provided by both Warner and Disney are still not "sincere" enough."

Charlotte twirled her fingers to indicate the essence of "sincerity" to Alexis.

In response, Miss Valkyrie just shrugged.

"Perhaps in their eyes, the commercial value of the Harry Potter series is not enough!"

"So, we still need to continue to improve the commercial value of this series!"

Charlotte sighed.

To improve business value and demonstrate business potential, we cannot just wait.

It takes a lot of effort -

As for J.K. Rowling, continuing to publish sequels is the best option.

In this regard, Rowling has already revealed her plan to write seven movies.

After all, according to the setting in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", there are seven grades in Hogwarts Academy. For each grade the protagonist Harry Potter advances to, a novel will be published accordingly. It sounds very natural. matter.

As a time traveler, Charlotte naturally knew this for a long time. However, he still supported Rowling's decision so early.

In particular, after communicating with the other party, he discovered that the other party seemed to refer to the character design in the animated version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to a certain extent...

Although the animated version of Charlotte was largely influenced by Rowling's original work in his original world...

In short, this is actually a strange circle about the influence of time and space that is comparable to the grandfather paradox.

However, Charlotte is neither a theoretical physicist nor a science fiction writer, so she is not very interested in this.

In terms of showing the commercial value of the "Harry Potter" series, what he needs to do is to continue to improve the TV animation of the "Harry Potter" series.

After being renewed and reaching 24 episodes in the first season, the entire story content of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" can be broadcast in one season of TV animation.

This means that in the following seasons, content from sequels such as "The Chamber of Secrets" and "Prisoner of Azkaban" must be used.

In this regard, the support of the original author J.K. Rowling is naturally needed.

Rowling agreed very simply.

Whether it was related licensing agreements or timely support for subsequent plots, they all agreed.

——The current magic mother, because she is not as wealthy as she was later, has not yet developed the bad habit of procrastinating.

However, the reason why she agreed so easily was not just because the two parties had always cooperated happily before.

More importantly, after experiencing "Sleepy Hollow", "The Sixth Sense" and the currently being screened "Hell Detective", Rowling has realized that Charlotte is a very powerful commercial film director——

If Charlotte is willing to direct the live-action movie of the "Harry Potter" series, she will definitely be able to make it into a blockbuster with high box office and huge influence.

——Maybe it can be compared with the "Star Wars" series.

At that time, Rowling, as the original author, was naturally able to follow the rising tide.

Therefore, by simply agreeing to cooperate with Charlotte, Rowling expressed her sincerity.

In fact, Magic Mom has expressed to Charlotte more than once that she hopes he will direct the live-action movies of the "Harry Potter" series.

Before, Charlotte had never been very willing——

After all, this kind of serialized commercial film does not actually require a strong director.

——At least in the sequel, it’s not really necessary.

However, because it is a series, the plot of the movie cannot deviate too much from the original work - otherwise, the plot of the subsequent sequels may not match up.

This kind of restriction is very restrictive. Films that cannot reflect their own role will naturally not be liked by ambitious directors.

So does Charlotte.

However, after sealing Xu Fu, his thoughts changed——

At least, for the sake of the Philosopher's Stone, this first "Philosopher's Stone", Charlotte needs to go out in person.

A few days ago, he even revealed the idea to J.K. Rowling.

Rowling was naturally very happy.

Although without the support of a powerful group, the movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" still cannot start immediately——

etc!

Charlotte suddenly found that she seemed to be trapped in a logical loop.

Why do we have to wait until everything is confirmed before we can start filming Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?

He suddenly had a bold idea...()