It is a pity that Warner's senior management did not accept David Hyman's plan and bought the copyright of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in advance.

They chose to wait and see again—

"What if Charlotte Booth succeeds again?"

At that time, very disappointed David Hyman asked,

"At that time, he will definitely raise the price again."

"It doesn't matter if you raise the price! As long as you can prove the value of this series, spend more money! We Warner can afford it!"

"..."

Now that the bosses are so wealthy, David Hyman has nothing to say.

However, under his fight, Warner decided to invest in the live-action movie of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

—This is not for profit, but for the subsequent acquisition of the copyright of this series, you can quickly smooth the related matters.

This requires Warner to have a certain degree of participation from the beginning of the preparation.

This job was handed over to David Hyman.

Now, he is no longer entangled in whether this is a bit stupid.

In the final analysis, this is nothing more than a move by a large production company to seek stability.

Like the "Star Wars" series, Fox also did not invest all of it because of the high production budget of George Lucas at that time.

They also, like Warner now, only made a partial investment, and wanted to make the final decision based on market feedback after the release of "Star Wars."

Unfortunately, "Star Wars" succeeded.

It was a success!

It was so successful that George Lucas was no longer willing to sell the copyright.

In the subsequent "Star Wars" series, although George Lucas was still cooperating with Fox, there was always only one dominant player—

That is George Lucas.

David Hyman is a little worried that the Harry Potter series will eventually develop into this situation.

However, in the previous meetings with Charlotte Booth, he did not have a particularly persistent performance for this series.

—This is different from George Lucas who is obsessed with the "Star Wars" series.

-You know, the Sith prince who has a strong desire to control, but for the dominance, even the brilliant Irwin Kershner who created the second "Empire Strikes Back" has to be driven away!

-That's his teacher!

Judging from the content of the several conversations between David Hyman and Charlotte Booth, the other party is more likely to want to make money from the "Harry Potter" series, and tie the whole person to this series. Not very interested.

In fact, David felt that Charlotte Booth might not have planned to direct the film at all if it weren't for Warner's constant uncertainty.

"It's easy now! It depends on whether Charlotte Booth can succeed again!"

David Hyman was very clear in his mind.

As for the question of whether there will be more competitors after the success of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", and whether the asking price of Charlotte Booth and the original author J.K. Rowling will increase, he simply does not Considered-

Isn't it just throwing money! Warner really hasn't fiddled with anyone!

"The money is not mine anyway!"

David Hyman is a bit self-defeating...

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A similar situation was staged once inside Disney.

Although Michael Eisner, who presided over Disney, is called a tyrant, he is not that kind of particularly generous boss.

—This is the reason why Disney did not win the copyright before Warner, although it had also been in the water before.

—Their offer is also not high.

Therefore, after Charlotte decided to complete the live-action movie of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on its own, Disney also decided to wait and see for a while.

They and Warner have a tacit understanding of each investment of 15 million US dollars, as a guarantee that they will stay in the game.

"This can be regarded as shelving the dispute, let's develop together!"

After learning of the decision between Warner and Disney, Charlotte was so complaining in her heart.

As for whether there will be "since ancient times..." in the future, Charlotte thinks it's the same.

After all, there is nothing new under the sun.

"You are a typical no war on the Western Front, Bob!"

After accepting the investment, Charlotte met with the people responsible for the project at Warner and Disney.

Charlotte didn't say anything to David Hyman from Warner.

Because David Hyman will always shoot with the group, the two sides have opportunities to communicate.

It's the person in charge of Disney. Charlotte didn't expect it to be Robert Iger (abbreviated as Bob).

-You know, this is the man who defeated Michael Eisner and became the president of Disney after 2005!

It was during the period when it was in charge of Disney that Disney became the first of the seven major Hollywood studios-of course, at that time there were only six remaining, and it was about to become the five.

Under its leadership, Disney annexed Marvel Pictures and Lucas Pictures, and achieved a film produced by a Disney company that occupies half of the North American box office.

Even now, he should be in a high-level position within ABC, not a simple producer, right?

"Because Disney does not plan to send people to shoot with the team directly."

Robert Iger explained,

"So, I'm just naming it. Who made the TV animation of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" be broadcast on ABC? I will be transferred from ABC to the Disney Group headquarters recently. Michael asked me to compare this first. Try familiar items."

"I see!"

Charlotte nodded, but understood in her heart that this is the fact that Michael Eisner, the current president of Disney, is not interested in this project.

But this is also good, Robert Iger's energy is much greater than that of Warner's David Hyman.

If he really takes the role of a producer and intervenes in the crew at will, it will definitely make Charlotte a headache.

The way it looks now, on the contrary, makes it easier for Charlotte to carry out work.

"However, I will follow up on the progress of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on a regular basis-especially the box office after the release."

Robert Iger smiled and said to Charlotte,

"As you just said, there is no war on the Western Front, it's only temporary!"

"So Disney still intends to compete with Warner, is it just to postpone it temporarily?"

Charlotte understood Robert Iger's meaning, but he didn't think the opponent had much chance of winning.

You know, it's different from the Warner executives who are actually very optimistic about this project, but have not made up their minds for the time being, and want to get an extra layer of insurance.

Michael Eisner, the president of Disney, is quite authoritarian in film.

Since he is not very interested in the "Harry Potter" series, even if Robert Iger wants to push Disney to acquire the copyright, he will have many difficulties...

"It seems that although there have been many twists and turns, the "Harry Potter" series still has a fate with Warner!" ()