From a professional perspective, in Hollywood, film studio executives and directors all believe that they are the authors of the film. When buying the rights to adapt a film, the original author is equivalent to giving up the copyright.
Lin Han spread his hands and said helplessly: "We are not ready to publish it all in one go yet. We will only publish one chapter every month. If this novel has an English version, do you think Paramount will be the first to appear here? of?"
If this movie doesn't let me participate in the screenwriting, the rest of the people will have no idea what the subsequent plot will be, because only the first chapter of the novel has been published, and it is also in Chinese.
Harrison felt the hairs on his arms stand on end. He imagined in his mind the image of himself being chased by a Tyrannosaurus Rex and watching the Tyrannosaurus Rex slowly chew and swallow a human. His whole body suddenly felt bad!
When Lin Han sold the film adaptation rights, there were two conditions that were not allowed to be changed. One was global box office dividends, and the other was participation in the script. The original author must approve the script before he can invest in filming.
"There is an independent island in Costa Rica. Dr. Hammond built an extraordinary park on it. Dinosaurs are the protagonists of this park. He used the blood in ancient mosquitoes in amber to extract the genetic information of dinosaurs and breed them. Dinosaurs, and then use the park to make a killing on admission money.
This isn't a science fiction film, it's completely a thriller, right? It's really easy to scare people. It combines science fiction and horror. Harrison has read countless scripts in Hollywood, but he couldn't help but be moved by this idea.
Many domestic films feature comedy + science fiction. Science fiction is just a gimmick, and comedy is the core, such as "Super School King". As for the bad movie "The Great Sage", a bit of science fiction plot is also embedded in the film. There's an alien princess or something, but it's not really a science fiction movie.
"Are you talking about the novel "I, Robot"? Although it has 9 stories, I don't think it is suitable to be made into a series of movies. Some storylines are too short to make a movie at all." Jack Harry Sen could tell that he had really studied Lin Han's novels, but this time he guessed wrong.
China's history and culture that lasts for thousands of years have created a cultural atmosphere in which we look back to tradition. Even if we don't make martial arts movies, we can make historical and cultural movies such as "Confucius". Exploring the future is not the most important thing for the Chinese nation. It takes five thousand years to It is a place that many descendants of Yan and Huang are proud of.
Science fiction movies are one of the genres that Hollywood is best at, and there are very few novels that can be adapted into series. Nowadays, what Hollywood likes most is sequels. All kinds of movies are followed by 2, 3, or 4. Category.
For readers of science fiction novels, if they have to choose between "Hollywood" and "domestic", the vast majority of readers will probably choose Hollywood.
"This novel is called "Jurassic Park," and the characters in it are basically Americans. It's a dinosaur novel, science fiction and horror."
This novel has not yet been published. As long as it is revealed to Paramount, Lin Han is sure that it will attract their attention. No one can refuse "Jurassic Park"!
Being able to create a profitable sci-fi movie series is crucial for studios.
Lin Han shook his head. He picked up the book "Fantasy Age" on the coffee table. He flipped to the position of "Jurassic Park" and handed it to Cheng Huaiyuan who was aside, because among the three people, only Cheng Huaiyuan could read it. Understand Chinese.
If there are people in the production team, such as producers, directors, starring actors, and many film company executives, they will conduct multiple rounds of discussions based on the original novel to improve and perfect the plot. There may be hundreds of "minor" changes in this process. When all the content is updated, no trace of the original novel can be seen, as if a full-body plastic surgery had been performed.
For Hollywood filmmakers, they take the initiative by buying the film and television adaptation rights of the novel. The price of US$5 million is probably the highest price among Chinese best-selling novels.
"A novel is a novel, and a script is a script. Only Hollywood screenwriters know what kind of scripts the market needs now. We have to leave professional matters to professionals." Jack Harrison also argued hard at this time, The two people simply ignored the people around them.
Lin Han's deep voice described the outline of the story. Several people at the scene couldn't help but feel their scalps numb. How could humans compare with dinosaurs? This was a massacre without any suspense!
Jack Harrison became interested as soon as he heard it. He asked: "Is there an English version? I can't wait to read it!"
There are only science fiction novels in China, but there are very few science fiction movies. "Yangtze River No. 7", "Future Police", and "Wesley" are relatively popular in recent years. If you go back a little further, it is "Thunderbolt Beibei".
Lin Han suddenly thought of something. He wanted to find it difficult for Hollywood to invite Chinese actors to star in movies, so he might as well sell them the film adaptation rights of another novel.
In the true sense of the word, who can say that they have seen five domestic science fiction movies? For a movie lover, he has watched more than ten Hollywood science fiction movies!
Hollywood is obviously coming for China's huge film market. Movie audiences alone can no longer satisfy Hollywood's appetite. Every best-selling novel has many fans. It is this hundreds of millions of readers of best-selling novels that Hollywood values.
Unfortunately, the park's computer system management went out of control due to employee sabotage. All the dinosaurs escaped from the control area. The tourists fled separately but could not escape the clutches of these carnivorous dinosaurs. These dinosaurs killed each other, causing countless casualties. In the end, there were only few survivors. Dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptor, and Gallosaurus were chasing humans everywhere. The entire island was filled with an aura of terror. "
"Mr. Harrison, I think we can suspend this dispute for a moment. I have another book here that I think is very suitable for adaptation into a movie. The protagonist is still an American, and there is no need to change any background settings. The most important thing is that it can be adapted into a movie." Adapted into a film series.”
Chen Jiaxuan smiled helplessly. She turned around and took out a few bottles of mineral water and placed them in front of the guests. She, the agent, would wait a moment before joining the battle.
For Lin Han, the copyright fee of 5 million US dollars is really not low. Many writers’ film adaptation rights are priced on the low side. Hollywood film producers have always had nothing to lose, which can attract them to spend money to buy Chinese novels. , is nothing more than to cater to the tastes of Chinese audiences and win the movie box office with unlimited potential.
The film company can modify the script as needed, and the original author has no control or say over the entire film creation process.
"So can you briefly talk about the plot of the novel and why we chose it?"
"I think this is a matter of mutual respect. I respect the professionalism of Hollywood, and you respect my work. I will not have any opinions on the editing of the film. I only care about my script."
Jack Harrison didn't know what gave the young man in front of him so much confidence. He began to persuade and said: "To be honest, none of our Hollywood studios will allow an author to have such a big decision-making power. If you keep thinking If the script gets stuck, our shooting schedule will be postponed indefinitely, which is a ticking time bomb."