Ed Warren and Rowling Warren were born in the 1920s. The couple started working in supernatural investigations and exorcisms in the 1950s.

In the 1970s, influenced by the popularity of "The Exorcist", supernatural events in North America began to attract frequent media attention. It was from that era that the Warrens began to become famous.

The two horror films this time, "The Conjuring" and "The Mortuary Haunted Incident", are both adapted from the personal experiences of the Warrens, and both stories also take place in Connecticut, in northern New York.

However, the copyright sources of the two projects are different.

After becoming famous, the Warren and his wife received various interviews everywhere and authorized some writers to create books, so many true and false supernatural stories appeared.

In addition, those who experience supernatural events themselves will also accept media interviews.

The former is from the personal story of the Warrens and his wife, and the latter is based on the novel conducted by the Snedeck family, an incident experienced person, after being interviewed.

After lunch, Simon took Danny Morris to his office, and the two continued the discussion just now.

"I will take time to draw up a idea for you about the creation of the script," said Simon. "The most important issue now is copyright. The Warren couple should have received a lot of interviews and authorizations over the years. Next, I need you to investigate the entire external authorization status of the couple. Danny, I don't want someone to suddenly jump out after the film is released, asking for compensation of 100 million US dollars."

On the original timeline, after "The Conjuring" was released and achieved an excellent box office, the Warrens and his wife authorized an author who wrote their supernatural investigation experience to claim $900 million from Warner for the Lion.

There are countless similar lawsuits in Hollywood every year, and $900 million will certainly be just a joke.

However, because of more ambitions for this series, Simon doesn't want to encounter these bad things that could have avoided repeated quarrels.

Danny Morris is naturally clear about Hollywood's frequent copyright entanglements, but he affirmed: "Simon, copyright should be fine. In the creativity of "The Conjuring", we retained the recording of the Warrens and his wife and signed a licensing agreement. Although "The Mortuary Haunted Incident" is also related to the Warrens and his wife, it is a novel written by horror novelist Ray Katton after interviewing the Sneedk family. We have also signed an agreement with Katton."

Simon nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Actually, this is true, Danny, I think the experience of the Warren couple is far more than the value of just this "Summoning". The materials you gave me show that the Warren couple have been engaged in supernatural investigations for thirty years and have preserved a large number of cursed or supernaturally invaded items. Have you ever thought about turning these experiences between the couple into a long-term series."

The story of "The Conjuring" is just a capture of the Warrens' long career as a supernatural investigator. Danny Morris didn't think too long at first, and when he heard Simon say this, he immediately opened up: "This is indeed a good idea. Simon, I will immediately ask someone to investigate what the Warrens might authorize to the outside world later."

"Actually, you still don't understand," Simon smiled and said, "I mean, since we have successfully created a DC movie universe, then, based on the Warrens' thirty-year career as a supernatural investigator, we may be able to create an interlocking horror movie universe."

The DC Cinema Universe is definitely one of the biggest initiatives since the birth of Hollywood.

For most Hollywood filmmakers, the only one who can compete with the DC Cinema Universe is probably the Marvel Cinema Universe that is waiting to be developed by Daenerys Entertainment.

Danny Morris didn't expect Simon to attach so much importance to the Warrens and his wife, and he actually wanted to create a special movie universe.

This is the 'cinematic universe'.

Although it is clear that with the market capacity limitations of horror films, this cinema universe is definitely not comparable to the DC cinema universe, but if it can be successful, it will definitely become a classic business case in Hollywood.

What's more, compared to the DC Cinema Universe's investment of $70 to 80 million, the biggest advantage of horror movies is that they are cheaper, so the risk is even lower.

After his thoughts flew for a moment, Danny Morris couldn't help but swallowed subconsciously. Realizing his own situation, he smiled mockingly, but quickly said seriously: "It seems that I have a lot to do next."

"This is just one of my ideas," Simon cooled down Danny Morris a little, saying, "The key is to see if these two projects can succeed. If the box office performance of "Summoning" and "The Mortuary Haunted Incident" is too mediocre, then the idea of ​​the movie universe is impossible. So, before at least two movies are released, you'd better not talk about it casually with others."

Danny Morris nodded again, even if Simon didn't remind him, he would do so.

Not just to avoid becoming a joke after failure, if the outside world learns that Daenerys Entertainment plans to create a new movie universe, it will definitely bring a lot of troubles like those who are waiting to sell and want to share the pie.

Danny Morris is already thinking about how to sign an exclusive agreement with the Warrens.

Seeing Danny Morris fall into thought, Simon didn't bother for a while, and opened a document and read it for a while. After almost the time was about, he looked up again and said, "There is also the matter of "Detective's Aircraft Head". I think that actor named Jim Carrey has his own performance characteristics. You can give the other party the greatest space to play during the production process. Well, by the way, how was the contract signed?"

Danny Morris heard Simon change the subject and temporarily retracted his mind.

"The Conjuring" and "The Mortuary Haunted Time" are the earliest things to happen next summer, but "Detective's Aircraft Head" is the scheduled movie for next Easter.

Regarding Jim Carrey, Danny Morris doesn't quite understand why Simon took a fancy to the performance of this unknown young actor.

Jim Carrey is 30 years old and has been playing small roles in various movies. The more famous one is a supporting role in "Peige Sue is Getting Married" directed by Coppola in 1986.

It was not until two years ago that Jim Carrey's popularity barely reached the second tier with a TV comedy with pretty good ratings.

Since Simon designated the other party to star in "Detective's Head", Danny Morris would not be polite to the inexplicably lucky young actor, saying: "According to Julia Roberts' contract, there are five movies in total. The pay for "Detective's Head" is $200,000, and the subsequent four movies will be capped at a maximum of $5 million, with a contract term of 15 years."

If Simon could predict the future, he would definitely not sign such a contract even if Jim Carrey was killed.

In the original timeline, 1994 was not only a year when Hollywood was produced, but also Jim Carrey's most glorious year. The comedy star released three movies in one go, "Detective's Aircraft Head", "Ah Dai and Agua" and "The Disguised Strange". Not only did all the three movies sell well at the box office, but "Ah Dai and Agua" and "The Disguised Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Strange Story The first three movies in the box office list in one single box office.

Ordinary people always talk about which star in Hollywood joined the 20 million pay club. What many people don’t know is that the first star in Hollywood to reach 20 million US dollars without relying on share, just a fixed pay is Jim Carrey.

If you participate in the film after a continuous box office sales, the maximum pay will only be $5 million. Although this is already the salary standard for a first-tier superstar, based on Simon's understanding of Jim Carrey, this star will definitely not be willing to do so.

However, there is obviously no regret medicine to take in this world.

Of course, there is another point that Simon will control it a little this time and will not give Jim Carrey the chance to make three big hits in a year.

In my memory, the script of "Detective's Aircraft Head" in 1994 has been in the hands of Daenerys Entertainment. "The Disguised Martial Arts", adapted from a comic work by Dark Horse Comics, has also been won, and the last "Ah Dai and Agua" is a bit troublesome.

In the original "Ah Dai and Agua", the directors and screenwriters on the main creators are all Ferrari brothers.

In fact, this is not the case.

The script of "Ah Dai and Agua" was originally from John Hughes.

However, because the script is not complete, it is just similar to a story outline and is not valued by John Hughes, after New Line Film paid for the story, the two parties negotiated, John Hughes voluntarily gave up the signature, and the film became the work of the Ferrari Brothers who took over the responsibility of improving the script.

After the success of the "Home Imp" series, John Hughes has completely given up his directorial work in recent years and focused on running his own Hughes Entertainment as a screenwriter and producer. At the same time, he has once again increased the share of benefits required by his creation of films. Recently, "The Insider", which cooperated with Warner Bros. Pictures, Hughes directly opened up an omni-channel increase in the share of 10% gross income.

Gross income and net profit are completely different concepts.

Take the box office as an example. The gross income is equivalent to the share of the studio's income in the box office of the movie. Without deducting the production and promotion costs, John Hughes directly took 10% of it.

Compared with Daenerys Entertainment, only 10% of the local box office share, although John Hughes's 10% this time is only half of the local box office share, it includes all channels such as global box office, video tape sales, TV broadcast revenue and even movie peripheral sales.

With such conditions, if the movie box office is not outstanding enough, the studio may lose money if it is not paid attention, but Hughes is making a profit and does not take any risks.

Simon roughly knew that the "Home Imperial" series was basically the pinnacle of John Hughes. After the 1990s, with the rise of bombshells, Hughes's film style was quickly eliminated by Hollywood.

Therefore, "Home Imperials 2" is the last project that Daenerys Entertainment and John Hughes collaborated.

In the original time and space, the new line can spend a lot of money to produce two consecutive movies "House Imperials" from Hughes, who is still popular after only buying a script idea, and finally successfully picking up a bargain. Daenerys Entertainment obviously cannot do this now.

Moreover, Simon is not interested in risking a creative crash and making "Ah Dai and Agua" come out.

As expected, this vulgar comedy may have been completely suffocated.

I continued to discuss with Danny Morris for half an hour, and basically decided that the two projects "Detective's Aircraft Head" and "The Disguised Wizard" will be produced continuously, and the protagonists will naturally be Jim Carrey.

"Detective Aircraft Head" was produced in the second half of the year and scheduled to be released next Easter. "The Disguised Wizard" will start filming early next year and scheduled to be released at the end of next year. Doing so will at least save a lot of money. "Detective Aircraft Head" has not been released, and Jim Carrey's pay for participating in "The Transformed Wizard" can still be controlled at hundreds of thousands of dollars.

After Danny Morris left, the female assistant came over to remind him that the next time was a regular meeting of Daenerys Entertainment on the recent annual financial review.

The 1992 financial report will not be released until February, and this time it is just a weekly phased report.

In the plan, Daenerys Entertainment will start preparing for the IPO from the end of this year. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be officially launched in the summer of 1994.

Therefore, the financial data of 1992 are crucial to promoting Daenerys Entertainment's IPO process.

In 1992 just passed, Daenerys Entertainment's most important business was still movies.

The top ten movies in North America's box office rankings in 1992 are calculated based on the deadline of December 31, 1992, and the data are roughly:

No. 1: "Wonder Woman", $371 million

Second place: "Aladdin", $176 million

Third place: "Jurassic Park", $163 million (released)

Fourth place: "Deadly Weapon 3", $143 million

Fifth place: "Home Imperial 2", US$142 million (released)

Sixth place: "Midnight Bell", $131 million (released)

Seventh place: "Month of Killing", $114 million

Eighth place: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", $113 million

Ninth place: "The Nun is Crazy," $108 million

Tenth place: "Peach Sex Trading", $93.11 million

But this list is not difficult to find that except for "Aladdin", "Lawful Weapons 3" and "The Nuns are Crazy", the other seven movies are related to Daenerys Entertainment.

This ratio is basically the same as last year.

However, compared with Daenerys Entertainment's merger of MCA in 1991, the increase in distribution strength of the three film labels increased significantly in 1992, thus bringing more market share to the rapidly rising Hollywood giant.

Throughout 1992, the total box office of the North American film market reached US$5.36 billion.

Among them, all 41 movies released directly by Daenerys Entertainment, calculated in the cycle from January 1 to December 31, 1992 (including the 1992 box office part of the film released in 1991, and not counting the 1993 box office part of the 1992 film), the total box office figure reached US$2.13 billion, with a market share of 39.7%.

If the box office of the three foreign cooperation films, including "Month of Killing", "Peach Trading" and "The Last Mohicans", was included, the proportion would be further increased to 45.1%.

The annual box office market share of other large studios can exceed 20%, which is enough to open Champagne to celebrate. In a fierce competitive market like Hollywood, where seven major coexistences and a large number of second- and third-tier film companies compete, a giant that suddenly appeared with nearly 40% of the market share. This is a completely oligopolis level that makes people look up to.
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