After Buying Marvel, I Became the King of Hollywood

Chapter 45:

At the same time, Zack Snyder was instructed to start casting supporting roles near Hollywood.

Except for a few roles that Kevin prepared for his own people, Kevin gave all the casting rights to Zack Snyder.

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After determining the protagonist, Kevin handed over the completed Pirates of the Caribbean project plan to MGM and Warner Bros. to evaluate the success rate of the project.

It includes Kevin’s consideration of the fantasy pirate film in the current market, as well as the later promotion strategy, as well as the consideration of shooting and so on.

The specific negotiation time is set in three days, so that they can investigate the authenticity of the plan. Even if it is Kevin, the procedure cannot be avoided.

It is thanks to this system that Hollywood film companies will not be fooled at will and cause huge losses to the company.

After doing these things, Kevin went to the Pirates of the Caribbean crew set up by Zack Snyder who recruited supporting roles in Hollywood. After seeing that he was in good control of the crew, Kevin left with confidence.

The role of the assistant director is to help the chief director do all the dirty work.

The Chainsaw Horror and Escape from the Dead Town are not a problem. Because the production cost is small and the scale of the crew is small, it is actually very easy for him to control the crew.

But Mission Impossible really tired him out.

With a crew of hundreds of people, plus going abroad to shoot, negotiating with others is really exhausting.

Even with the help of the old crew members arranged by MGM, it still gave him a headache.

That’s why he wanted to train a reliable assistant director.

Back in the villa, Kevin took a trip to the **** store and bought something.

After buying a bunch of food and drink, I returned to the villa.

Although Kevin is not good at cooking, due to his personality, he is not used to having other people’s strangers staying in his villa, except for regularly inviting people to come to the villa for cleaning.

Of course, with the exception of the woman he applauded for love.

“Kevin, you’re back.”

Milla Jovovich, wearing **** underwear, came to Kevin’s side with three twists.

Kevin took out the stockings in his hand with a smirk and handed them to Milla Jovovich.

“Baby, I arranged the role of the female No. 3 for you, how can you thank me?”

In addition to the heroine in Pirates of the Caribbean 1, there are actually not too many female characters, but this is not a big problem.

An extremely charismatic man, Captain Jack Sparrow is sought after everywhere, and Kevin gives Milla Jovovich the role of a **** tavern owner in the first half of the film.

At the same time, a short scene of a woman and a beauty saving the hero was added, allowing her to play a role in the process of Captain Jack Sparrow’s running.

This also in disguise foils Jack Sparrow’s female predestined relationship.

In fact, after the explosion of the three movies, Kevin’s self-confidence has also grown slowly.

Although he has not dared to make drastic changes to these classic movies at present, he still has this confidence in small-scale changes.

As for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the biggest change he made was that he reduced the roles of the original male and female protagonists and turned the film into a personal show for Captain Jack Sparrow.

In the movie, he added more characterizations of Captain Jack Sparrow to present the character more fully to the audience.

As for the audience will not like it?

As one of the fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, he deeply knows the psychology of the fans. Everyone watches Pirates of the Caribbean to see Captain Jack Sparrow.

Rather than a little blacksmith or the governor’s daughter.

Hearing Kevin’s words, Milla Jovovich looked excited, threw Kevin on the sofa, and took the things Kevin bought from the **** store to add to the fun.

The two were entangled on the sofa, and the outer clothes were instantly emptied…

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In the villa with Milla Jovovich, I tried every position and played dozens of tricks.

It was not until three days later that he received a notice from MGM, and he went to MGM to participate in specific investment matters.

In the MGM conference room, Kevin was about to enter the conference room when a sudden soreness came from his waist, which made him stagnate for a while.

After rubbing his waist for dozens of seconds, Kevin put away his painful expression and walked into the conference room.

“Kevin!”

Whether it was Reiter, or Robinoff and others, they all welcomed Kevin with a smile.

This is exactly what a star surnamed Huang said in Kevin’s previous life.

When you are silent, there are bad people around you.

When you become a big celebrity, you are surrounded by good people.

Kevin, who does not eat alone, is surrounded by friends at this moment.

Kevin sat generously on the seat on the right and said confidently:

“Pirates of the Caribbean, it is estimated that the production cost is 100 million US dollars, the personnel capital expenditure is 30 million US dollars, and the other 70 million, most of which are used for the production of special effects and props.”

“I represent Chenxi Film Company, occupying 30% of the investment share. Among them, as a producer, screenwriter and copyright owner of Pirates of the Caribbean, and director, I count as an investment of 15 million. At the same time, Chenxi Film Company takes $15 million in cash as an investment in Pirates of the Caribbean.”

“The other 70%, how do you see the distribution?”

Generally speaking, if this kind of plan is proposed by the film company, any director will not accept this situation.

The film industry still follows the 28 rule, that is, only two out of ten movies make money.

Among the twenty movies that made money, there may only be one or two big hits.

Accepting such conditions, for the director, may face the situation of working hard for half a year and finally losing money.

Of course, as an investor, Kevin is undoubtedly doing this at his own risk and making money for himself, which is a good thing.

Let him not have to take out too much cash.

Of course, the most important point is that as the copyright owner just said, that is to say, the rights to follow-up copyright development and copyright authorization of Pirates of the Caribbean are in the hands of Kevin’s Dawn Films.

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For this point, MGM and Warner Bros. discussed and reluctantly agreed.

After all, Kevin at this time, if he doesn’t cooperate with them, it is actually a very simple thing to find outside funds to enter the market.

The capital market is very obsessed with successful people.

Kevin is currently a sweet pastry in the eyes of capital.

If he releases the wind, his new film will receive external investment, even if it is 100 million US dollars, it is estimated that it will not be long before he can raise enough.

Although the two of them may not be very optimistic about the results of fantasy pirate films, Hollywood also has the habit of chasing the footsteps of winners.

Now that Kevin has succeeded in three consecutive films, they are also willing to take another gamble with Kevin.

Compared with Warner, MGM has more confidence in Kevin. After all, Kevin is a shareholder of MGM. He can’t cheat anyone.

Thinking of this, Leiter said decisively:

“MGM, the investment is 40%, and some of the crew members are still handed over to MGM to deduct part of the investment quota.”

Robinov no longer hesitated, followed by:

“Then leave the remaining thirty percent to us Warner Bros.”

“Follow-up publicity costs will also be apportioned according to this ratio. For a large production of 100 million US dollars, the publicity and distribution costs will be calculated at 20 million US dollars, no problem?”

Robinoff added.

Everyone nodded.

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After leaving MGM, Kevin came to the Hollywood crew and began to work officially.

“Johnny Depp!”

“arrive!”

“Salma Hayek!”

“arrive!”

“Milla Jovovich!”

“arrive!”

“…”

Zack Snyder, the assistant director, counted the numbers one by one to ensure that the entire crew of more than 100 people were present.

This too looked up at Kevin and waited for his instructions.

More than a hundred people looked at Kevin silently, with different eyes, each with their own different thoughts.

“Everyone, stand up as an actor who is a pirate or a navy in the plot.”

Kevin held the loudspeaker and said loudly, his face extremely serious.

Kevin, who was relatively peaceful in life, would be daunting once he came to the theater.

Even when filming Escape from Breakthrough, Jolie didn’t dare to make any jokes with Kevin on the set. On the set, they were just actors and directors.

Dozens of actors, including Johnny Depp, stood up, and Kevin continued to say seriously:

“Next, you will have two to three weeks of closed training. The content of the training includes walking posture and swordsmanship training that matches your identity. Now, if you have any questions, you can ask them in advance.”

“Once the training starts, if you leave, you must pay the crew a high liquidated damages.”

After all, Kevin looked at everyone present with a blank expression.

A black actor stood up, raised his hand and said:

“I have something to do in a few days, can I ask for leave?”

Kevin said coldly:

“Okay, you’re fired, now, right away, leave this crew right away.”

The black man’s expression instantly changed from a questioning expression to a confused expression. He didn’t expect that he would be fired just by asking.

Although he had heard that Steve Kevin had a reputation as a tyrant on the set, he was trying it out, but he still didn’t expect to be fired like this.

Then his expression changed again, becoming dissatisfied and angry, and he shouted:

“If you do this, I will file a complaint with the Actors Guild. It is our right to ask for leave.”

“Do you still want to continue acting in Hollywood?”

Kevin said a word directly, and the cold breath suddenly cut off the black people’s thoughts.

As a major shareholder of MGM, and the cooperation with Warner Bros. is in the honeymoon period, with his words, it is easy to block this unknown black actor.

If this black actor is no longer funny, Kevin will really ban him.

The black man lowered his face, did not dare to shout any more, and left here with a sullen face.

Looking at his back, Kevin turned his head to look at Zack Snyder and said:

“Go find an actor and take his place.”

Then he turned his head to the front and continued:

“Now, does anyone else have other questions?”

Everyone shook their heads.

“Okay, now, the actors who stand up, follow Director Zach Snyder to the bus outside, and the training location is in the training camp near San Gabriel Mountain, 100 kilometers away.”

“The rest of the crew and filming staff are temporarily on vacation, and the post-filming tasks are heavy. Now take care of your spirits.”

“Other actors, go through the channels and learn about the pirate deeds that happened between 1720 and 1750. After two to three weeks, I will inform you to conduct a simple understanding and assessment of the events in that period.”

“…”

“Okay, let’s go now.”

After arranging these tasks, the crew started running in an instant.