Hollywood legendary director

night.

In the study of Rust Manor.

Lehman writes and draws, put aside the trivial things of the past, and is immersed in the creation, with his dissatisfied hand-painted sub-mirrors under his feet, crumpled into a mess, looking a little messy.

"I Am a Hero" is still running smoothly, but he is concerned about a script.

Different from the self-castration restrictions of the Marvel Super British movie, and different from the continuous advancement and hierarchical plot of the zombie series, this is a shooting direction that he rarely touches.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Crack, creak."-Refers to the sound of the door being pushed open.

A half-draped silk nightgown in a vest, just after taking a shower, his face was flushed with warm water, the more gentle and delicate little fairy walked in, his hands still tossing his hair restlessly.

"Aren't you sleeping?"

After finishing the "Twilight" project, the goblin is already a little free, but in weekdays, he will discuss with the screenwriters about the adaptation of the second part, or perform a few endorsement platform tasks on his own. As for the role, the more critical, pick up not enough.

"Finish this paragraph, right away."

The little fairy leaned over, glanced at random, his gaze pinned to a composition.

It was a giant aircraft-like thing lying quietly in a ruin. Outside was a heavily armed army, and inside was a strangely shaped lobster monster. The two sides faced each other, and the monsters showed fear and confusion.

In the next scene, the lobster monsters are locked in cages, their ugly bodies curled up into a ball, and they are visited and pointed out, just like those rare species in the zoo that attract tourists...

Eva seldom sees her own man being so concerned about a script, but as long as he is so concerned, he must be as diligent as he is now.This is a director's insistence on the film.

Just as an actor is constantly trying to figure out a certain role, and constantly building a more three-dimensional role image in his mind, it is a performance requirement for himself.

Eva came with interest and asked softly: "Is there a script?"

"It hasn't been finalized yet. It only exists in my mind. I want to finish the storyboard first. Oh, yes, is there a character for you?"

"how is it like."

"Well, a contradiction? Anyway, it's not a positive character. The contrast is quite big. The role of this character is to highlight the cruel aspect of the story...Well, you are a female scientific researcher."

"..."

There was no sound for a while, just when Eva saw a sub-draft of a nasty dismembered larval shrimp man, she unconsciously sighed, "How it feels cruel, your paintings...how do you think of taking such a picture? theme?"

"Have you seen Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"? I think the interchangeable idea is very dramatic. Maybe it was also a while ago. "Iron Man" is the most boring movie I have ever made. I want to make something fun. ."

This one can be regarded as a more stylized release, at least Lehman thinks so.

So in the creative process, there is always a sense of joy.

"Okay, go to sleep."

It was late at night, and Lehman, who was a little less energetic, slowly fell asleep.

......

In the next few days, Lehman devoted most of his energy to the new work. After finding Ryan, Lehman provided ideas, and Ryan was responsible for implementation, optimization of structure and role dialogue.

Of course, he has always been concerned about the film market.

Yesterday at noon, Liam also reported that "I Am a Hero" has broken 370 million and has been the box office champion for three consecutive weeks.

And he also inquired that because of the audience market for zombies, some film and television companies are looking for corresponding ideas projects in an attempt to replicate the success of "I Am a Hero".

A similar thing happened when "New York Tour" hit the spotlight.

But the facts will prove that zombies are a niche subject, not one or two exploded works that can be overthrown. If the plot is not innovative enough and the scene is not exciting enough, the upper limit of such subjects is really not high.

Like "Zombie Shaun" is already a cost-effective work, cost 4 million, North America accounted for 12.89 million, and the world's 15.5 million, but because of the low budget, it looks pretty messy. What is left of "Zombie Juan", "Zombie Paradise", etc. The chaotic follow suit even did not even splash out, and the theater line went for a seven-day tour.

In other words, original projects are still too risky, especially if you want to make better results in zombie movies, the investment must not be low, but the market risk brought by high budgets cannot be ignored.

Therefore, none of the leading studios has the urge to shoot zombies. On the contrary, many third-rate companies want to try to make a profit.

But what is the competitiveness of the works shot with this idea?

Disney Pictures Building.

Robert Iger stepped into the conference room and sat in the top position.

Today is the company's usual morning meeting. The slightly different one is that Disney has different opinions on a certain project that need to be discussed.

After everyone came, the quiet atmosphere was quickly broken.

Robert Iger nodded, and the department executives underneath naturally reported work quickly or raised problems.

This matter actually blames the new line.

Its operation is fierce. Looking at its record of 0 bar 5, it poured a lot of cold water into the hot magic theme market, which instantly worried some Disney executives.

Why, the preparations for "The Kingdom of Narnia" have begun again.

The first "Lion, Witch, and Magic Wardrobe" produced in 2005 won 745 million box office worldwide with a budget of 180 million. Although the film's reputation was not up to expectations, it made a lot of profits. Then, it plans to produce a sequel in 2008. By this time , Even the script is written, and the project is established and the team is set up after the main creative is in place.

Originally, Disney had great confidence. As a result, the box office of "Dragon Knight" was not good, and the filmmaker of "Golden Compass" was eliminated, which made people think too much.

Before that, magical themes were so popular. Everyone rushed to buy and sell the copyright of the adaptation of magical novels, so that the price was raised quite high. The film and television worth of the novel copyright was refreshed many times. On this basis, the Tolkien Foundation also called the world The split of 20 allowed a group of studios to dispel the idea of ​​taking the Hobbit.

In addition, the more you analyze the failure of "Golden Compass", the more you will find that the audience market is a little tired of magical themes, and the blind special effects and exquisite pictures can no longer meet the needs of the audience.

Not to mention watching how "Golden Compass" was resisted by the audience, and the box office performance was sluggish. Some of Disney's executives couldn't think of being compared with The Lord of the Rings during the screening of the first part of their magical series. Then was sprayed too naive.

It's not easy to bring the audience this time, and more and more people are looking forward.

Then look at the second finalized version of "The Kingdom of Narnia". The story tells about Prince Caspian in Disney’s vision that also walked the lower-age route. The casting criteria are all under-age actors. How does this feel? That said, it is very bad.

So this matter became a project that Disney could not really decide after a few days.

Whether to shoot or not, or to look at the market changes, this is indeed a problem.

Similar to the Disney Ace Project, naturally it cannot be decided by a single person—Robert is a qualified manager, but he didn’t start from the grassroots of the studio and didn’t get involved in project production. He has a very toxic vision. The acquisition of Pixar Studios, Lucasfilm, Marvel Entertainment, and most of the production businesses of Fox, the establishment of Magical Disneyland and the launch of Disney's own streaming media Disney+, are all led by him.

In fact, the current Disney is not the leader in the entertainment and media field. At best, it shows some signs of the future hegemony. For example, the total volume of Disney's live-action production business this year rarely surpassed that of the world, becoming the third (second only to Warner, Palla Mongolia), the animation production still maintains the No. 1 momentum.

Furthermore, Marvel, one of the biggest power sources, was pried away by Lehman. Disney’s most powerful peripheral channel market has lost this gold mine. Can the operating model of truly setting foot on the mountain be explored again? Unknowns.

Disney executives are even more eager to maintain the production of live-action movies and televisions, and they will go back in a year without a glorious one. This is a little bit of a whisper about the establishment of the sequel to "The Kingdom of Narnia".

Because anyone can think that if this series really suffers from a cold market next year, it is because of how good the performance of live-action movies is.

Paramount's decline from 2005 to the second place this year is just DreamWorks' excellent production ability + a Transformers. The basic profitability of commercial blockbuster movies can be imagined.