Hollywood legendary director

In the conference room of Paramount Headquarters in Hollywood, Lehman had been here many times, so he could find a place to sit down.

It's just that in the big space, there are actually only a few people sitting. Apart from Lehman, Shirley Lansing and an executive from the marketing department and production department are inevitably not too busy.

Of course, in fact, there is no need for too many people to participate in the discussion. With Lehman's reputation and achievements today, the board of directors does not need to be suspicious, and naturally no other irrelevant person can interfere.

Lehman sat in his seat, while several others were flipping through the new script.

After all, even if you believe in Lehman’s strength, the entire shooting plan must be reviewed. The basis of the project is of course what kind of story is to be told, how the audience who understands the story can estimate the shooting risk, and then determine the investment amount and resource tilt How many.

As for the plot of "Smiths", it's actually quite simple and old-fashioned.

A couple who have been married for five or six years, have been living a life without waves, and then have a marital crisis. They feel that marriage is a tomb, so that the psychologist cannot solve the gap between the two, and then the two suddenly He was repeatedly attacked by killers, and he had repeatedly turned his head into danger, only to realize that he had never understood his lover's past...

Cliché?conventional.

There are not one hundred and ninety works about marriage crisis.

But even so, "Smiths" still play a little new idea from the past works-if there is nothing to watch, Lehman will not come out.

That is, the identities of the two protagonists are surprisingly set. The two retired legendary killers did not know the identity of each other at first, and they were concealed...

"Everyone, what do you think of this work? Does it need to be changed?"

Seeing that several people were thinking after reading the script, Lehman took the initiative to raise the issue of his opinions on the script.

"It's very interesting, some scenes feel very comedic just by imagination." The director of the production department said first.

Of course, the deep meaning of his words is whether the plot is simpler.

"I want to ask what is the main selling point of this work?" The marketing director asked in doubt from his own standpoint.

"The essence of this script is still an action-type story theme, and the most representative of today's action movies is Jack Cheng (Jackie Chan is now mixing in Hollywood, and he is still rising, and the pay is close to the 20 million US dollar mark. , More popular than most Hollywood movie stars) and special action movies such as "007", "Mission Impossible" and "Mission Impossible". But for most action themes, the story should be simple as long as it can be simplified. Move closer, because the action scenes will take up a lot of space to describe the scenes, and the corresponding narrative scenes will have to give in. I think you all understand this."

Shirley Lansing nodded.

Does it mean that filming has to be divided into primary and secondary roles? If there are more actions, there will be less narrative, otherwise it will be procrastinated. This is the reason why the characters and scene transitions of "Smiths" are few.

"In this movie, I want to get closer to Jack Cheng’s humorous actions, so there are a lot of jokes and contrasts deliberately arranged, such as sleeping in bed together for so long, the lover still hides his true identity, and the morning at home. They were arranged as a weapon arsenal, and both thought that the opposite party would not know. As a result, they quarreled and took out their weapons from the gap between the toilet and the kitchen compartment to shoot... This strong sense of violation is the biggest in the film The selling point, as for the story, both serve the killer identity of the two, so try to be as simple as possible but logical."-Lehmann's requirement for the screenwriter is from the account of the incident to the design of the daily dialogue lines. The feasibility.

"I really want to talk about the shortcomings. This story has no depth. It is impatient to watch. The smile will pass. The box office is unlikely to be a big hit, but the profit risk is still very low. Because the comedy-like action film has a very broad audience base, and for Deliberately and deliberately, the larger trace is also a problem, but in any case, it does not affect the overall development."

All of them listened carefully and thoughtfully.

Shirley Lansing said: "Then what do you think is the box office expected of the movie?"

"Local 100 million, global 300 million."-Well, this is still a bit lower, the previous life created a box office of 470 million, but what if you make a mistake?

It is not as good as the expected value to give a low point, and then the situation will be arranged.

Of course, 300 million in the world is already a very good goal. At least, Paramount is very satisfied.

After all, there was no film that won such a box office last year. It can be said to be embarrassing...

Later, Lehman said again: “The filming method of this film is completely different from traditional action movies. Fighting tends to be fierce and cool. In short, it is refreshing and funny for the audience. It is best to find a suitable one. Type of director."

Shirley Lansing heard another meaning from Lehman's words and quickly said: "You mean you won't be the director of this movie?"

"Well, I'm not suitable." ―Of course, this is bullshit, but with the audience popularity that Lehman has accumulated so far, he will not accept this kind of work that is too popcorn――I feel embarrassed to admit that it is my own. That kind, as far as the identities of the male and female protagonists are set are not bad, the rest of the plot is not as good as an action movie full of Jackie Chan's style stigma-you change Jackie Chan as a white person, not being rejected by Hollywood, and certainly more popular, not just Is an absolute action superstar in Southeast Asia.

You know, even so, Jackie Chan relies on the madness of going out of his life and breaks out a world in an environment where discrimination is everywhere in Hollywood.

In that sentence, the plot is simple as if a person can perform it, but do you dare to fight for your life?

Those dangerous scenes, jumping from buildings, and climbing airplanes, he really did it. They didn't use a stand-in or a camera cut, but actually did it once. No way, just do it twice, dancing at the ghost gate once and again. Only someone has this status today-many people have a bad impression of him. They can only say that they have a personal morality and a professional attitude. Moreover, his shit is really nothing in Hollywood...

Of course, this is not to say that Lyman in "Smiths" prefers Jackie Chan to play it-appreciation belongs to appreciation, and it is better to blend interests.

Not to mention that his remuneration does not match his appeal, and he hastily started it. The "Smiths" project may not be as big as his previous life-white people marrying a couple is called political correctness. Even if it is black, it can easily arouse the audience's rebellious psychology.

After all, how is the lighthouse country boasting about freedom and equality, that kind of arrogant and naked social exclusion can still be seen everywhere...

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