Chatty Hollywood

Unfortunately, Warner executives ultimately did not accept David Heyman's plan to buy the rights to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in advance.

They chose to wait and see again——

"What if Charlotte Booth succeeds again?"

At the time, a disappointed David Heyman asked,

"At that time, he will definitely raise the price again."

"It doesn't matter if the price increases! As long as it can prove the value of this series, spend more! We at Warner can afford it!"

"..."

Now that the bosses are so wealthy, David Heyman has nothing to say.

However, after his efforts, Warner still decided to make a certain investment in the live-action movie of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

——This is not for profit, but so that if the copyright of this series is actually acquired in the future, the relevant matters can be sorted out quickly.

This requires Warner to have certain participation from the beginning of preparation.

The job was given to David Heyman.

By now, he no longer had to worry about whether it was a bit silly to do so.

Ultimately, this is just a stabilization move by a large production company.

Like the "Star Wars" series, Fox also did not invest all in it because George Lucas's production budget was too high at the time.

Like Warner now, they only made partial investment and wanted to make the final decision based on market feedback after "Star Wars" is released.

Unfortunately, Star Wars succeeded.

What a success!

It was so successful that George Lucas was no longer willing to sell the rights.

In the subsequent "Star Wars" series, although George Lucas still cooperated with Fox, there was always only one leader -

That's George Lucas.

David Heyman is a little worried that the Harry Potter series will eventually develop into this situation.

However, in the past few meetings with Charlotte Booth, he did not show any particular dedication to this series.

——This is different from George Lucas who is obsessed with the "Star Wars" series.

——You know, that extremely controlling Sith Lord, for the sake of dominance, even Irwin Kershner, who created the brilliant second "The Empire Strikes Back", had to be driven away!

——That’s his teacher!

Judging from the content of several conversations between David Heyman and Charlotte Booth, it seems that the other party wants to make money from the "Harry Potter" series, and is tied to this series. But not very interested.

In fact, David feels that if Warners hadn't been determined, Charlotte Booth might not have planned to direct the film at all.

"It's easier now! Let's see if Charlotte Booth can succeed again!"

David Heyman has a clear plan in mind.

As for whether there will be more competitors after the success of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", and whether the prices charged by Charlotte Booth and the original author J.K. Rowling will become higher, he simply doesn't think so. Considered--

Isn’t it just throwing money away? Warner really didn’t fail anyone! !

"That money isn't mine anyway!"

David Heyman has given up on himself...

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A similar situation also happened within Disney.

Although Michael Eisner, who runs Disney, is known as a tyrant, he is not a particularly generous boss.

——This is also the reason why Disney did not win the copyright before Warner even though it had also entered the water before.

——Their quotations are also not high.

Therefore, after Charlotte decided to complete the live-action movie of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" on her own, Disney also decided to wait and see for the time being.

They and Warner have a tacit agreement to invest US$15 million each as a price to ensure that they stay in the game.

"This can be regarded as putting aside the dispute and jointly developing it!"

After learning about the decision of Warner and Disney, Charlotte complained in her heart.

As for whether there will be "Since ancient times..." in the future, Charlotte thinks it's pretty much the same.

After all, there's nothing new under the sun.

"This is your typical All Quiet on the Western Front, Bob!"

After accepting the investment, Charlotte met with the people responsible for the project from Warner and Disney.

Charlotte had nothing to say about David Heyman at Warner Bros.

Because David Heyman will always be filming with the team, there will be plenty of opportunities for both parties to communicate.

It was the person in charge of Disney, and Charlotte did not expect that it would be Robert Iger (Bob for short).

——You know, this is the man who defeated Michael Eisner and became the president of Disney after 2005!

It was during his tenure at Disney that Disney became the first of the seven major Hollywood studios - of course, at that time there were only six major studios left, and they were about to become the five major studios.

Under his leadership, Disney absorbed Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, achieving the achievement that movies produced by one Disney company accounted for half of the North American box office.

Even now, he should be holding a high-level position within ABC, not a simple producer, right?

"Because Disney doesn't plan to send people directly to follow the group for filming."

Robert Egger explains,

"So, I'm just in name only. Who allowed the TV animation of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" to be broadcast on ABC? I will be transferred from ABC to the Disney Group headquarters recently, and Michael asked me to compare it with this first. Try something familiar.”

"I see!"

Charlotte nodded, but knew in her heart that this was because the current president of Disney, Michael Eisner, was not interested in this project.

But that's okay, Robert Iger's energy is much greater than Warner's David Heyman.

If he really takes on the role of producer and interferes in the crew at will, it will definitely give Charlotte a headache.

The current situation makes it easier for Charlotte to work.

"However, I will still follow up on the progress of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" regularly - especially the box office performance after its release."

Robert Egger smiled and said to Charlotte,

"As you just said, peace on the Western Front is only temporary!"

"So Disney still plans to compete with Warner, but is it going to be temporarily postponed?"

Charlotte understood Robert Egger's meaning, but he didn't think the other party had much chance of winning.

You know, it is different from Warner executives who are actually very optimistic about this project, but have not yet made up their minds, and want to get an extra layer of insurance, so they have postponed it until now.

Disney's president, Michael Eisner, is quite autocratic when it comes to movies.

Since he is not very interested in the "Harry Potter" series, even if Robert Iger wants to push Disney to acquire this copyright, it will be difficult...

"It seems that despite going through many twists and turns, the "Harry Potter" series is still destined to be with Warner!" ()