Chatty Hollywood

No matter what Warner and Disney decide, now that Charlotte has decided to film "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in person, it doesn't matter for the time being.

The first priority now is to raise funds for filming.

It should be said that with Charlotte's current status in the circle, this is not a difficult task.

If nothing else, including investments from Warner and Disney, he already has $30 million in hand.

And counting the profits from the box office success of several previous movies, Charlotte has a lot of funds at her disposal.

Especially "The Sixth Sense" and "Hell Detective," both movies were initiated and led by Charlotte in the name of Spectre Studios.

This means that he can get a large part of the profits from these two movies.

Unlike "Fatal Turn" and "Happy Death Day", you can only earn some hard money as a high-end wage earner.

In fact, when the box office proceeds of "Hell Detective" are basically received, the funds Charlotte can mobilize may reach 100 million US dollars.

——This is without calculating the later copyright income.

Although this money is still a little short of being able to shoot some commercial blockbusters with special effects after 2000, it is already a lot of money now.

Not to mention, according to the previous stepped agreement with Zippo, he can still get US$13 million in sponsorship fees...

However, making movies with your own money is not a skill.

If Charlotte had hundreds of millions of dollars in liquidity, he wouldn't mind giving away all the money for the movie, after all, that way he could monopolize the profits.

But although the current amount of money is enough for production costs, it may not be enough for post-production publicity and distribution expenses, not to mention that Spectre Studio has other projects that require financial support.

Overall, going all-in doesn't fit Charlotte's style, nor is it a typical Hollywood approach.

It is a normal strategy to bring in a few more investors to reduce risks.

In this regard, Charlotte does not intend to go against the grain.

Fortunately, after the box office of "Hell Detective" exceeded 100 million in its first week, he is currently in the limelight, and it is not difficult at all to raise investment.

Among other things, Jodie Foster called immediately as soon as she heard that he was planning to film "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."

As for New Line, they once again sent Mr. Westwood, an old man, over.

——By the way, the old guy still carries this emergency medicine, so Charlotte doesn’t know whether he really may be called by the Lord at any time, or whether he is deliberately pretending to be pitiful in front of her.

In short, including the 30 million she invested, Charlotte easily raised less than 100 million US dollars.

"If it were a normal shooting method, the money might not be enough. But here—"

Charlotte boasted to Charlize and Alexis who knew the inside story,

"Spell special effects can save a lot of costs. In addition, I prepared a lot of materials when I was making TV animations long ago - this money is enough for me to complete the film and then promote it."

"Well, you are indeed very good at this!"

Charlize had no objection to Charlotte's words. She just asked curiously,

"But the biggest problem with the project of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' is actually not the special effects, but the selection and guidance of actors, right? - According to the story, many of the main actors are minors!"

"This is indeed a trouble!"

Charlotte nodded.

——While filming "The Sixth Sense", Charlotte already knew how troublesome it was to direct children during filming.

Just like the saying circulating in Hollywood——

Children and animals are the most uncontrollable ingredients in a movie. They can ruin a movie or make it.

In "The Sixth Sense", the main child actor was only Sam Fell. Fortunately, in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Charlotte really wants to be the child king for once.

"But it's okay."

Charlotte sighed;

"Anyway, there will definitely be a large-scale casting this time! Just choose some spiritual children! It's just time-"

"What happened to the time?"

"It will take a long time! The casting alone will probably take several months to prepare, and with other preparatory work included, I'm afraid we won't be able to officially start filming in less than half a year."

“Half a year is not a long time to prepare!”

Charlize was a little strange, then she looked at Charlotte and understood.

"Well, by your standards, it's quite long indeed!"

In recent years, Charlotte has usually been able to complete a movie in about a year. The earliest "Fatal Turn" and "Happy Death Day" were even completed within a year because of simple post-processing.

This kind of filming speed simply blinded the eyes of many directors and producers.

You know, including pre-production and post-production, most movies can take about two years from project establishment to official release, which is already relatively fast.

The practice of one film a year like Charlotte is simply touching and fast.

However, the quality of this guy's movies is pretty good, and he even won the North American annual box office championship in 1995 and 1996.

"Michael Bay, the director of "The Last Days," which I'm currently filming, says you're simply a monster!"

Charlize smiled.

"monster!?"

Charlotte said deliberately viciously,

"Ma'am, you're going to pay for that description tonight!"

"That's not what I said, that's what Michael Bay said."

"But I heard it from your mouth, so..."

Charlotte glanced at Charlize's red lips and was about to say something else——

"Hey!!"

Alexis on the side finally couldn't help but protest,

"You two, pay attention, I'm still here!!!"

"……Excuse me."

Charlize and Charlotte realized that they had unintentionally sent heavy-flavored dog food to Miss Valkyrie again, and quickly apologized.

And Alexis curled her lips,

"If I weren't here, these two guys would probably start fighting right away, right?"

Imagining some of the scenes she saw when she possessed Charlize in the past, Miss Valkyrie's face turned slightly red.

"In short, due to various reasons, the preparations this time will inevitably not be as fast as before. Looking at what you mean, Charlotte, do you have any other plans?"

As she said that, she pointed at Charlize,

"You specifically asked Sally to come here this time, maybe just to show your affection to me, right?"

"I just want to make another relatively simple movie during the long preparation period!"

Charlotte shrugged and handed Charlize a script.

"Sally, do you want to try it?"

"New script!?"

Charlize took the script and looked at it, only to see the name clearly written on it——

"silver linings Playbook".

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