Hollywood legendary director

The original version of "The Mist" was released by MGM Films invested by Emperor Gate Pictures in 2007.

The director is Flac De Labont.

This person and Stephen King are friends.

"The Green Mile" and "Shawshank's Redemption" are all directed by him. If Lehman didn't take part, he would film "The Mist" in 2006. This is the third time he has collaborated with Stephen King.

This guy was born as a screenwriter. After stepping into Hollywood from France, he didn't get any chance to become famous in the early stage.

However, he is a very thoughtful man, not short of talent.

Occasionally, the script of "Midnight Ghost Goes to Bed 3" was written for director Chuck Russell, which was greatly appreciated by director Russell.

The following year, he asked him to write a new play "The Deformed Monster" and met Stephen King, a famous horror writer at the time.

He came to chat with Stephen very much.

In 1994, he adapted Stephen's novel "Shawshank's Redemption" to invest and act as a director.

Unfortunately, the movie’s reputation is invincible, but the story is too dull and not suitable for selling at the box office.

As a result, the losses were severe, and the investors cried directly.

However, he himself became popular because of this. Many film critics and judges of major awards liked it. He was nominated for the best adapted screenplay at the Oscar the following year and was named that one by the New York Daily. The best movie top lineup of the year.

Then in 1999, this person again adapted Stephen's novel "The Green Mile" and once again won the favor of the Oscar.

Well, the market is still on the street, less than 70% of the 60 million investment has been recovered.

Capitalists are very realistic. After these two failures, no one wants to continue to lose out even if the works are not bad.

Even if Stephen is very supportive of him, he will not support anything financially-the great writers are also realistic.Stephen admired Frank's talent and recognized his adaptation and interpretation of his work, but it is an indisputable fact that he has been losing money.

By the third cooperation, the budget given by Emperor Men was only 18 million.

From the previous production of fifty to six million, reduced to low-cost production.

It can be seen that Emperor Men is also very careful. With such a small amount of money, it is very poor to make soft science fiction thriller movies.

However, this is not a problem for Lehman.

When he inquired all the way and found out where Stephen King lived, he quickly rushed over.

In order to obtain the film adaptation copyright of "The Mist".

Such a good story should not be limited by insufficient funds to produce the best results.

Although that movie is Frank's highest return on investment, it made money...

Ringing the doorbell, Stephen's wife hurriedly greeted him again.

Lehman specifically notified this morning.

"...Two, please come in."

Lehman was polite, and then said: "Hello, Ms. Tabitha, I'm here to discuss the adaptation of the novel with Mr. Stephen, I don't know..."

Tabitha only knew that someone came to visit, but she didn't know that she came to buy the right to adapt the novel.

However, she had experienced similar things, and smiled back: "He is upstairs, I will take you up."

Before coming to meet Stephen King, Lehman also inquired about some news from the great writer.

Knowing that the copyright of the novel adaptation in his hand is in his hands, and this person attaches great importance to the handling of the right to adapt the novel.

If he appreciates it, then it's easy to say that Flacke is like that, and he is also the director he has worked with the most times; if he doesn't like it, he may not get the copyright for the adaptation at a high price.

In other words, Stephen King himself is not disgusted with his novel being put on the big screen, as long as he approves it.

And as he grows older, he also loses the energy to take care of the adaptation. In the past, he liked to work together as a screenwriter on the screenplay and personally control the shooting of the screenplay. In recent years, he has not done this.

However, occasionally, he also acts as a producer of projects and invests in works.

Culture and entertainment are not divided into families, the old man has tried everything.

Lehman also had a certain degree of psychological preparation. To obtain the copyright of the adaptation from such a rich man who does not follow the market rules, it is impossible to get it just by talking about money.

The top is also based on this, so I brought it on purpose.

After all, Lyman hasn't seen too many Stephen King's works, and it is possible that he may not be able to talk about sex scenes and the like.

The situation is pretty much what Lehman expected.

After meeting Stephen King and explaining his intentions, the old man didn't hang himself at all. Instead, he said that he would come back later if he wanted to talk.

But how could Lyman leave like this, he always talked more about spying-point tendencies.

"The junior came from Cannes, a small town in France. I have made several works. I happened to see my husband's novel "The Mist" in a bookstore. The stories portrayed in the book fascinated me, and I wanted to make a movie. When I went to Hollywood, I found out about my husband through some channels and rushed to visit him. It was nothing but anxious, thoughts, and thoughts. No matter what happened today or not, it also satisfied the boy's wish to see him."

Lehman's ability to talk nonsense has been transformed into a realm through these two years of experience, and he does not need to write a draft, just open his mouth.

Sure enough, the old man still prefers this set.

After all, you can wear everything and don't wear flattery.

In any case, you can't keep a cold face for a fan of your own book.

In other words, the old gentleman's trivial matters in the past two days have been concentrated, and he is a little irritable.

"Then talk about it."

Stephen King smiled a little, and didn't have an initial cold attitude towards the two strangers.

Then in the next chat, the top licked harder.

This guy liked Stephen's novels very much, and he admired it since childhood, and the style of his movies was also influenced by the extraordinary ideas in Stephen's novels.

As soon as we talked, he almost threw Lyman aside.

Lehman sat dry beside him, occasionally holding up words, so that the topic continued more naturally.

In fact, I was a little embarrassed, and sure enough, people who thought and didn't thought were different.

Talking about the creation of novels, or topics similar to the stories in it, the top is always the answer, which is like Lehman, a fake book fan, except for the movie versions of "Shawshank's Redemption" and "The Shining "And the original novel I bought to adapt "The Mist", other works have no impression at all.

Fortunately, the old man doesn't care about this either.

After all, in Lehman's previous explanation, he saw this novel by chance in France. How did the old man know Lehman was the movie version of the plot that he remembered first, and then he read the original novel.

Gyro looked happy after chatting, as if chasing an idol and successfully met with a star-chaser.

Stephen King also had a good chat, and felt that these two were quite familiar.

Let’s not talk about the top. As for the hardcore book fan, Lehman is also a kind attitude, with a very low posture.

Although the old man does not always pay attention to the entertainment industry, he still knows about the French director Lehmann, who has sold all his works in recent years, but has never met.