Los Angeles.
The first thing Kyle did when he returned to the company was to ask Victor to arrange for Christopher Nolan to sign a three-film directing contract and strongly recommended him to be the director of "Wrong Turn 2".
Nolan is of course extremely grateful for this.
Think about his predecessors, when they first arrived in Hollywood, how many of them were able to start out as directors?
Except for a few individuals, many well-known Hollywood directors started out as small roles on film crews. They worked their way up from humble beginnings to become successful directors!
At the same time, Kyle also did not miss the movie "Following", which Nolan spent $6,000 to shoot.
Spent $30,000 to purchase all copyrights.
"Boss, from my professional point of view, the box office expectations for the movie 'Following' won't be very good." Victor objected to Kyle's actions.
The box office won't be very good?
Of course not!
In the original time and space history, the total global box office of "Following" was less than 300,000 US dollars.
Kyle nodded and said, "Victor, there is no rush to release the film. You can arrange for someone to take it to the New York Film Festival and the San Francisco Film Festival to test the waters. If the effect is good, arrange a small-scale release with our cooperative theaters. Then we can sell the DVD offline. In short, we should not expect this movie to make much money."
"Okay, I understand," Victor responded.
Kyle would not ask too much about the specific operations that would follow. After all, Victor was a professional in how to operate a movie.
For the movie "Following," Kyle's purpose was clear.
The film was not expected to make much money, and was mainly intended to win over Nolan. Of course, after the establishment of Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, the company expanded its distribution network to several states in North America. Kyle wanted the company's employees to try more distribution methods and gain experience to prepare for the future operation and distribution of high-cost blockbusters.
The next day.
Kyle got up early and set off for the filming site of "The Purge".
When we arrived at the scene, the crew had not started filming yet. Kevin Feige, the producer of the film, was discussing today's filming plan with director Zack. When he saw Kyle coming, he stopped working and greeted him enthusiastically.
"How is it, did I disturb you?"
"I brought you burgers."
Kyle raised the two big bags full of hamburgers in his hands. Not only that, bodyguards Clark and Adam also had large and small bags in their hands, filled with a lot of hamburgers.
"What else can we say except thank you?"
Director Zack said with a smile.
Kevin Feige and several assistant directors of the crew expressed their gratitude.
"The boss coming here in person is the greatest goodwill," said Kevin Feige.
Although Kyle deducted a little, he was not too excessive. He never gave less money than was due, and never delayed. Well, Kyle was also very good at small favours like sending hamburgers!
Montesquieu once said: "When people get along with each other, small details are often crucial. Whether they are unintentional or deliberate."
Kyle agrees with this statement.
In the following time, Kyle, Director Zack, and Feige discussed some issues about "The Purge" and asked if they needed help.
Feige said: "Boss, Director Zack is professional in filming, there won't be any big problems. The main cast members are not well-known, so it would be great if the group could give some support in the early publicity."
"No problem, I'll tell Victor to arrange it."
Kyle nodded and said, "And don't forget, I am a major shareholder of ICQ. I will contact ICQ and sell it to you at a very low internal price.
Arrange a wave of pop-up ads for The Purge. "
Icq?
Upon hearing this, Kevin Feige was overjoyed.
Being able to get ICQ to arrange pop-up ads was definitely beyond his expectations.
You have to know that in this era, if you don't know ICQ, you are out!
It has to be said that after the A round of financing, several new shareholders of ICQ were powerful. Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, News Corporation, Sequoia Capital and other large companies only used part of their power to promote ICQ, which enabled ICQ to achieve a leap-forward development in just one month.
There are 8 million registered users in North America and 4 million overseas users.
This is the current data of ICQ.
With the global Internet population barely exceeding 300 million, it is already very remarkable that ICQ has 12 million users in such a short period. No, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is amazing.
After Kevin Feige's problem was solved, it wasn't long before it was time for today's shooting.
Kyle also finally met the actors related to "The Purge".
Well, Kyle didn't know any of them.
Of course, this does not affect the filming and box office performance of "The Purge" at all. After all, the highlight of the film is not the fame of the actors, but the creativity of the film.
Otherwise, why do you think the actors in parts 1/2/3/4 of the series are all different?
The film mainly tells the story of how in 2022, due to the overpopulation of the Earth, the US government launched a plan to allow all criminal acts within 12 hours to reduce the number of humans. The ugliness of human nature, false faces, and various violent venting are the highlights of this film.
The box office performance of each film in this series is quite impressive.
The first film grossed nearly $100 million worldwide, and although the reputation of the following films declined, the box office revenues of all of them exceeded $100 million.
"The box office may not seem high, not as high as popular movies like Spider-Man, but it's low-cost!"
The average production cost of each film is at most $10 million.
There is no doubt that Page Pictures, which owns "The Purge" series, will find it difficult not to grow in the next few years.
Kyle is now the chairman of the Golden Dawn Entertainment Group, with a net worth of over 200 million US dollars. As his career is on the rise, his work is becoming increasingly busy, and he can no longer continue to spend all day on the crew like before.
Therefore, not serving as a producer of a film will be the norm in the future!
Of course, Kyle will undoubtedly personally inquire about the producers of high-budget blockbusters such as "Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter". After all, the interests involved are too huge.
"I'm busy as hell, but maybe when I have some free time, I can indulge in the thrill of being a director again."
For a moment, Kyle couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
Although being a film director is tiring and relatively unprofitable, Kyle still feels a sense of accomplishment in the process.
"Even if time doesn't allow me to shoot a feature film, I can still make short films!"
"For example, The Blind Tuner is totally fine!"
There is no doubt that "The Blind Tuner" is a masterpiece among short films. Not to mention its popularity in various overseas countries, even in China, many netizens are amazed and admire it.
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Over the next few days, Kyle was mostly immersed in his work at UPN TV Network.
The production of "America's Got Talent" has become Kyle's top priority.
As for the Little Wizard, who had just obtained the copyright, Kyle was not in a hurry to promote it. He only promoted it on Amazon. Perhaps, after some time, he would arrange for people to contact book sales giants such as Penguin Books and Random House for further promotion.
"Donna, you will personally take charge of the production of the "Got Talent" project, and I will contact the judges, ok?" Kyle said.
"No problem, boss!"
Donna answered very straightforwardly. She knew how much Kyle valued this project. Well, in other words, we must do our best!
How could Kyle not pay attention to this project?
You should know that in 2007, Fox TV paid 70 million US dollars for the North American production rights of "Our Got Talent", not including the advertising share given to the British company.