Chatty Hollywood

Generally in Hollywood, when two parties jointly own the copyright of certain movie series, it will be very troublesome for one party to leave the other party and go it alone.

Just like the "Mission: Impossible" series, because Paramount shares the copyright with starring Tom Cruise, once the two parties fail to negotiate due to interest issues, the film project will be brought to a standstill.

In this case, it is useless no matter how good the relationship between the two parties is.

After all, business talks.

What's more, in the adult world, how can there be so many friends who care about each other and don't care about their own interests?

——In Charlotte's original time and space, the time when Tom Cruise was most severely hacked was precisely the time when he had the most serious dispute with Paramount over the copyright of the "Mission: Impossible" series.

——To say that there is nothing wrong with this, Charlotte doesn’t believe it anyway.

The same is true now -

Previously, Disney was relatively weak in the field of live-action films, so they collaborated with Charlotte's Specter Studio on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy.

——In that case, Disney is the one asking for help, so it will naturally respond to Charlotte's requests.

However, now that "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" has been released and is obviously a hit at the box office and word-of-mouth, and the remaining two films have been filmed and are slowly in post-production, the situation has changed somewhat -

"Anyway, it's three to zero, so I can do it!"

——Some people within Disney naturally have some thoughts.

This is both human greed and the nature of businessmen.

After all, if you continue to cooperate with Spectre Studio, it means that most of the profits from the movie will be shared with Spectre Studio.

It's okay when you're investing in and making a movie, but when it's time to part with the money, it's particularly frustrating.

Of course, there is nothing we can do about the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, the trilogy filmed by Charlotte.

——After all, the agreement has been signed long ago, and the relevant production teams are all controlled by Charlotte. As long as Disney still wants to make money, it can only do this.

But according to the world view of Charlotte Weaving's trilogy,

The world of pirates is actually quite grand.

As long as the trilogy is successful, it's entirely possible to continue filming sequels.

As for the subsequent sequels, many people at Disney feel that profits should no longer be shared with Spectre Studios.

——You know, big productions, popular IPs, sequels to popular movies, such movie projects, the Big Seven in Hollywood have always been the only ones.

Only those films that are not sure whether they can make money will be shared with other film companies and investors.

——Share the risks!

Disney was previously willing to cooperate with Spectre Studios on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Essentially, they lacked confidence in the field of live-action movies.

But once the trilogy of "Pirates of the Caribbean" is released successfully, Disney's confidence will definitely be strengthened.

In this case, it is actually conceivable that the other party wants to take back the investment rights for subsequent sequels, fully invest in the production and then go it alone.

And Charlotte has already considered this issue -

After all, in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series in his original world, each one is inferior to the other.

Although almost every "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie has made a lot of money, the decline in the movie's reputation and profitability can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

Especially the fourth film "On Stranger Tides", although it invited the charming "Spanish Banshee" Penelope Cruz to star with Johnny Depp, it also invited Oscar-level director Rob Marshall directed it, but overall it was unsatisfactory.

——After all, judging from the plot design and Easter eggs in "On Stranger Tides", it was originally planned to start a trilogy series.

——As a result, due to poor performance, I skipped the follow-up plan for the fifth film "Dead Men Tell No Tales".

In fact, in the fifth part, Disney worked really hard to continue the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series -

Not only did they bring in the male and female protagonists from the first three movies, and let Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann come out again to make soy sauce, they also did not hesitate to give lunch to the popular character Captain Barbossa.

Before dying, Captain Barbossa also played the "I am your father" joke.

——Considering that although Barbossa did not break his hand, he had already broken a leg...

——It can only be said that although "Star Wars" did not win any important Oscar awards, its influence on Hollywood filmmakers is profound.

In addition, they also briefly introduced the origin story of Jack Sparrow in the fifth part.

——It can be said that in the fifth film "Dead Men Tell No Tales", "Pirates of the Caribbean" took the word "emotion" to the limit.

But even so, the money Disney made in the fifth film was far less than that of the previous trilogy.

In Charlotte's view, this is partly because as the movie is being filmed, the starring actor Depp gets more and more share, which reduces the income of the movie producer, and partly because the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is ultimately different from "Hahaha". "Lippert" series is different.

——The plot of the pirate world is not as rigorous and self-consistent as Rowling’s magical world.

This makes this movie series always feel inadequate when further expanding the plot.

Reflecting on the movies, everyone began to feel that the next two "Pirates of the Caribbean" films were becoming more and more routine and boring.

It is precisely because of this realization that Disney unscrupulously sold emotions in the fifth film "Dead Men Tell No Tales"...

As a time traveler, Charlotte is well aware of this change.

In addition, his filming of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series has a magical purpose in addition to making money. And this goal should be achieved by the time the third part is released at most.

Therefore, Charlotte really did not want to get into the muddy waters of the sequel.

"As long as Disney gives them enough money, they can leave the subsequent sequels to them alone and let them play it on their own - anyway, after the cost has increased significantly, and then split it evenly with Disney, the subsequent sequels will actually not make much money anymore. Money!"

——Charlotte had always had this idea before.

However, with the filming and production of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy, he gradually changed his mind——

Because it is not Keira Knightley who plays Elizabeth, but Alexis’ sister Jenny;

Will Turner is not played by Orlando Bloom, but by River Phoenix.

——Will Turner and Elizabeth in Charlotte's original time and space are not bad, but in contrast to Captain Jack's evil charm, they are more like foils.

——In his current version, due to the stronger actors and Charlotte’s modifications to the script and characters, although Captain Jack Sparrow is still the most outstanding, the cold-faced comedian Will Te Na and the quirky Elizabeth are also liked by quite a few people.

So, Charlotte came up with the idea of ​​a Will Turner line that had never been described in the original time and space...

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