Hollywood legendary director

"Cracking..."

At night, it started to rain heavily outside.

The wind whispered, and the big house looked extremely empty.

Lyman sat on a chair in the study, struggling to write.

For this new drama, he is still responsible for finalizing the outline and characters, and then handing them to Jonathan and other writers to fill in the details, and the plot is full.

Speaking of "Prison Break", he has also seen it in his previous life.

Watched in line with the advantages of absorbing foreign film and television dramas.

In other words, he has just entered the society and is new to this theme. Domestic TV dramas are still more attractive when they are still in the annual "Han Zhu Ge Ge".

Let's talk about the plot.

In fact, it is not complicated, there is only one main line, just like the title of the play-"Prison Break".

So that after a group of criminals worked together to escape from birth, the story became clichéd. Obviously, the lead writer had never thought of filming so many seasons at all. It was nothing more than a good grade and a mere plotter.

Lyman never thought of doing this.

This kind of unfinished thing is too normal for American dramas, because at the beginning, everyone did not think about where they could be filmed. They all took one step and counted one step, and the results were OK and continued until the original reputation of the drama was good. Crash.

What he meant was that there were only three seasons directly set.12 episodes in a season.

Set the scope to have a beginning and an end.

In this way, the direction of the story is easier to grasp.

For example, one and a half seasons tells the story of the prison, and one and a half seasons tells the story after escaping. It must be set that most of the fugitives are captured. Except for the protagonist group who used some cleverness, rooted in Mexico and was not captured... ...

Lehman hopes that this drama can be included in the boutique, to lay the best foundation for his TV drama department first, and erect the signboard.

This is a very symbolic attempt.

After completing the outline and entrusting the remaining tasks to Jonathan's screenwriting department, the preparatory work began.

Lehman also held a small meeting for this.

In fact, it is to assign tasks.

A TV drama team formed by the production department of Firefly Pictures.

Chief Producer: Lyman.

Director: Top, Wen Ziren, and even Ray Warner.U.S. dramas are rarely completed by one director, and most of them are a few episodes made by one person, and the style of the top and bottom is consistent with the style of the script.The meaning is that you should shoot according to the script, and you are not allowed to mess around.

Total photography: Thomas.

Script writer: Jonathan Nolan.

Lehman whispered softly and said: "Let me talk about our work. The script is still being written. This is a matter for the screenwriter department. Then I will look for suitable actors and determine the schedule. Thomas, just go. Kanjing, find a suitable prison exterior, look for the kind of abandoned building that was used as a prison, and start decorating it after finding it.

The approximate cost limit is around 10 million.

Then there is the interior of the studio, or rent a Warner studio for shooting, remember to communicate.

The scattered shooting costs add up, and the budget is around 20 million."

The meeting is not long, just to establish a general direction.

After the meeting adjourned, they soon took action.

As far as the production department is concerned, apart from "Batman", several projects this year require manual shooting. Most of the rest are completed, and the company has sufficient shooting staff.

Without too much delay, the preliminary design and manufacturing of props and costumes began.

Subsequently, the news spread in the circle.

Immediately, Comrade Kevin Hoween from CAA couldn't wait to arrive.

He came with a mission.

I want to provide actors with packaging services for TV series.

Brokerage companies, with so many resources, of course, they don’t want to let go of every opportunity for realisation.

The actors are popular, and they earn more.

According to the agreed terms, most of the dragon roles are almost all rounded up by CAA.

There are not many roles for wardens, police officers, prisoners, etc. Lehman doesn't care who chooses them.

As long as it fits.

He has cooperated with CAA for so many years. In this regard, everyone still cooperates very well.

As for the protagonists and supporting cast members, they can't choose casually.

Except for CAA to provide a list of actors, Lehman did not relax too much.

William Morris, ICM, WMA, BEP...

For almost all Hollywood brokerage companies that can speak up, Lehman asked them to screen a list of actors.

Choosing an actor, Lehman has read the original version once, and he has a good score.

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The assistant walked into Charles' office with a cup of coffee.Said: "The action over there is not small."

"It's okay, TV series can't be played casually." Charles is very confident and unwilling to delegate power. He has to personally take care of many things in the TV department.

At this moment, he said: "I talked to the people at FX (a TV station owned by Twentieth Century Fox) a few days ago, and the new project has already begun, called "Man to Middle Age". It is a sitcom. I was the chief writer of several diversity screenwriters of "Friends" and invited Andy Comiu to perform. I listened to the ideas of those people and thought it was very likely to succeed, so that everyone was ready."

"Friends" premiered on NBC TV in September 1994 and ended in May this year.

In the past ten years, the ratings of the ten seasons have been ranked in the top ten of the year, and its status is quite high, and it has also driven the popularity of global sitcoms.

"How could WB TV support him?"

Charles was a little disdainful, "What's the use of support? There is no comparison between FX and WB. Besides, the ratings depend on the content of the program. FX is one of the best."

The platform itself is also the reason for Charles's confidence.

Although he felt that Lehman must be prepared, he was always wary of what he wanted to do.

But he didn't expect to start from the TV production he was most familiar with.

In this regard, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Charles glanced at the news of the new press and the new drama released by the WB TV station, and a sharp look flashed in his eyes.

He attaches great importance to the right to speak of his own Lismannwish Films. If "Man to Middle Age" can overwhelm Rauche's "Prison Break" in ratings, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to Lehman's morale.

It also made that person not dare to be so unscrupulous and disturbed the turmoil in the company.

Nowadays, internal disputes are becoming more and more obvious.

Even the television department that brought him was unsure.

Lions Gate and Firefly Pictures are crushed down, but it is easy for people to make choices.

At that time, if he really becomes the polished commander, he will undoubtedly get out of it like Hunter.

The painstaking effort he spent so many years to build is to keep the company firmly established in the film and television industry, but not to let others steal the fruits of victory.

In any case, he will not catch it all.

Wait and see, Lyman.

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