Hollywood legendary director

Zach Schneider was very depressed.

He finally made a movie that he was very satisfied with. On the basis of his predecessors, he could further improve his personal aesthetics. It really took a lot of thought.

When the audience watched it, they may only feel fresh, but for similar freshness, he prepared for more than half a year, soaking in the digital field to discuss the feasibility of the picture with many professionals.

But after the film was released, the director was embarrassed by the tide of criticism and abuse.

However, the only consolation may be the report card.

Just like Michael Bay, his works ignore the plot, only action and blast scenes, but no matter how critics scolded, he can always use box office data to "face".

As a matter of fact, the screening of "300" did make many people paying attention.

After 34.69 million in the box office on the first day (counting in advance), the next day he won 27.73 million US dollars, which is even more envy and envy of him. Even in the talented Hollywood, there are two works that broke 100 million. There are not many directors, not to mention, Zach Schneider only made two official feature films.

Such a curse, please come directly.

This is simply unreasonable, the more scolded, the more popular, this audience can't do it!

At this moment, Bobby Weisman thought angrily while holding the data report.

"300" was scolded so badly and brought so much rhythm. As a result, my own film caught up, not even qualified to compete. It only cost less than 1.9 million U.S. dollars for two days of screening, which is really...

In other words, "Extraordinary Period" is actually not bad.

But the movie-watching experience was not good. Rory tried to tell the story clearly, but the narrative rhythm was worse.

Facts have proved that when a screenwriter turns into a director, what he fears most is not the plot, but how to control the overall situation.

Furthermore, with the "300" pearls in front, who would watch the others?

Movies with the same schedule can always quickly squeeze the screening space of other films.

Not only did "Extraordinary Times" not get good results, but Hollywood giants Ridley Scott + Russell Crowe also suffered the most tragic box office results since the movie-"A Good Year" only received less than 4 million With US dollars, film critics and audiences can't accept Russell's role in drama comedy.

Compared with it, the market appeal of "Extraordinary Period" is stronger at the same level.

You know, the scale of "A Good Year" is also quite high, and the investment is 15 million higher than that of "Extraordinary Period", not to mention the investment in publicity.

As a result, now the two have only opened up less than 2.1 million US dollars, which is actually even more embarrassing.

The theater is also very realistic.

"Extraordinary Period" has only a few canvases, so the box office will basically not shrink in the next two or three weeks. After all, is there a need to maintain diversity on the market? Not all audiences like to watch "300". Other film choices; As for "A Good Year", there is no way, waiting for it is to reduce the scale of screening.

Well, the share just vacated was given to the outstanding "300".

I have to say that the ability to adjust is fast, and if you want to make money, you can't delay.

For similar decisions, the theaters are all skilled.

"300" just moved forward in criticism, and then Liam called a team to spend money to guide it.

......

Unlike Bobby Weisman's anger, Ridley Scott is very tired now.

As soon as the box office results came out, he knew that his attempt had failed again.

Moreover, he never thought it would be so bad.

Although he has been going downhill over the years, he has not been without it before.

When "Blade Runner" was filming, he was not slick and even fell out with the crew, and later lost at the box office, almost ruining his career as a director.

On the other hand, he got used to the ups and downs.

If someone else took 35 million U.S. dollars and took this kind of thing, they may still think about it, but the foundation laid by past results will not make him completely fall.

So, slightly excited, in the study, he opened the several scripts he had sent before, and began to prepare the direction of the next new film.

Among these, there is a script that he had been optimistic about earlier.

It was in April 2000. Producer Nicholas Pilecki, who worked as a screenwriter with Martin Scorsese for "Goodfella" and "From Vegas to Macau", saw one in a news report. Wonder.A good-living man, civil leader, philanthropist, and entrepreneur with hundreds of millions of fortunes was arrested and imprisoned. The police lifted the veil of this man named Lucas.

Lucas, born in a small town in the south, has always lived a very poor life.In 1946, he came to New York. In his own words, he was a "distinctive little bastard" at that time.

For the next 20 years, Lucas has been working under the hands of Ellsworth Johnson-he was the source of inspiration for the black "godfather" in gangster movies in the 70s and became his most powerful right-hand man. Until Johnson died in 1968...

When Johnson died, Lucas seized this opportunity. He modified all the rules of the game in the world of du products by changing the import channels of du products.Soon, Lucas covered the sky with his hand in New York, and could even point a gun at the head of anyone who dared to resist him.

Yes, he is the second New York owl after Johnson, but he has been hiding very well, and only after so many years is happy and happy to show his feet.

Such a topical, even an anecdotal deed, represents the breadth of creative material.

Therefore, Nicholas Pilecki, who was a screenwriter at the time, wanted to use this as a blueprint for his second creation on the big screen.

But he knew that he was not good at writing real events, so he introduced Jacobson to Lucas.

Lucas has been in prison, and it doesn't matter if others use him, and some even hope that his past will be known to more people.

This is an interview with some flamboyance.

Soon, the two began an unusual literary journey in prison.

Lucas dictated to Jacobson the whole process of his remarkable rise and fall-from watching his cousin being murdered by the KKK in La Grange, to how he was overwhelmed in the trade of du products All the sexual rights, and why you need to spend the rest of your life in prison.

Those wonderful and thrilling stories that happened to Lucas are enough to constitute an excellent biography report.

After the discussion, Pilecki and Jacobson spent some time refinishing, perfecting the details of the script and clearing the main line, and then thinking about preparing for the shoot.

They didn't have money, but they had connections. After going to Universal Pictures, after trivial review, they finally set up the project.

In 2004, the director of the film was set to be Anthony Fouquet, and the leading actors were Denzel Washington and Benicio del Toro, but it was forced to stop just a month before the filming started. , The reason is that Universal has cancelled the filming job due to some budgetary issues.

In other words, Universal Pictures feels unreliable and does not want to continue investing money.

Similar things are also common.

Sometimes poor coordination of the crew, discord between the main creators, and the actors competing for profit will make the production company dispel the desire to produce.

Later, after putting it aside for a period of time, under the advocacy of the two people's disdain for their hard work, the senior executives of the world felt that the project was feasible again-don't laugh, it is common to repeat it.

Of course, Universal gave an opinion and said that the script should be rewritten.

Subsequently, Steven Zellian (one of the screenwriters of "Schindler's List") was invited to join in and recreate a version of the whole story.

The new script was approved, and the original director was naturally out.After Anthony Fouquet left, what should everyone do? While looking for an actor, contact the director to take over.

Among them, Terry George was once the director of this film, and the two leading actors at that time were Don Chandler and Jackie Phoenix.Phoenix once had a rivalry with Russell Crowe in "Gladiator", and the director happened to be Ridley Scott.

Just as the crew was fighting again, Terry George was out. After communication, several actors recognized Ridley Scott.

Seeing the right time, Pileky also visited Ridley personally before returning to the study.

Russell Crowe is the actor Ridley Scott has collaborated most with.

Coupled with the fact that "A Good Year" is a pitfall for Russell Crowe, Ridley can't assume it hasn't happened.

On that day, Ridley joined the crew...