In the script library of Artisan Pictures, there are thousands of copyrights of scripts, and there are only two that Ronan is really familiar with.

One of them is a horror movie, and the other is a killer action movie.

The former is a typical American youth horror film, which belongs to the big category of horror films.

Ronan went through the script very carefully and carefully, and made sure that it was a horror movie he had ever seen.

The script is a typical Hollywood model.

Two American college students travel to Europe, meet a European peer, and hear about a magical location, an idyllic inn in Slovakia, where there are many beautiful and gentle girls, and they are so excited that they immediately get on the train to Slovakia, and soon find the fairyland-like hotel: the lobby is full of beautiful girls, and the reception lady is pure and lovely.

However, this is the beginning of a nightmare, and in this seemingly remote and secluded town, evil is happening that no one knows.

The two Americans soon found themselves in a perilous situation that had grown dramatically.

Invisibly, a certain ominous feeling slowly came to the two of them, sex, blood and even killing, all kinds of dark and evil tentacles quickly stretched out to the two young people.

This hotel is an underground slaughterhouse, specializing in seducing 2B young people with sperm worms in their brains, for perverts to dig their hearts and chop their heads for fun.

The name of the script is very simple, it is called "Hostel", and after reading it, Ronan is sure that this is the "Human Skin Inn" he has seen.

This is not a backlog of scripts, but a work that Artisan Pictures just bought the copyright last year, the playwright is called Eli Rose, Ronan has heard of this name in the circle, the other party is not an unknown person, it is estimated that Artisan Pictures won the script, and also had the idea of wanting to shoot a movie.

Eli Rose is not just a screenwriter, to be precise, he is a typical horror film director, and in 2002, he directed "No Bones" won more than $20 million at the North American box office for $1.5 million, as if he had won a Saturn Award.

Artisan Pictures' purchase of the script is inevitably linked to the success of Eli Rose's previous film.

Although I don't remember the box office or market response of "Human Skin Inn", Ronan feels that this script can work.

First of all, the author of the script is a director who has a successful experience in the same genre.

Secondly, the project fits the successful model of American youth horror films.

The cost does not need to be too high, it is estimated that three or four million dollars is enough, and it is easy to recover the cost, which is also one of the reasons why youth horror films are often filmed tirelessly.

This kind of movie doesn't need too many stunts, no big scenes, often just a camera, a few actors who are good at running, a few murder weapons, a few masks, a few broken houses, and a remote venue, which have the basic conditions for shooting.

There must be 2B brain-dead American youth in the film, college students or high school students and the like are the best choice, since it is a "youth horror movie", the protagonist must be young, youth represents vitality, but in this kind of film, it is also synonymous with brain damage.

The location of the story must be a remote place, the place where the horror story takes place, in the words of the other side of the Pacific Ocean, that is, "poor mountains and bad waters", such as abandoned towns, remote roads, barren woods, etc.

The villain murderer must be perverted, no matter what the reason is, the more perverted the audience, the more the audience likes it, and it is easy to kill, even if he is beaten half to death, he still stands up and kills.

There must be a brain-dead plot like the protagonist, which is very important and the key to success, for example, in the most dangerous and terrifying places, normal people will feel that it is safest for the group to stay together, but not in the movie, the protagonists often act separately, which gives the murderer a chance to break it one by one, so as to achieve the effect of the brain-dead plot perfectly matching the brain-dead protagonist.

There are also large-scale scenes, the protagonists of youth horror films are all open young people, and it is normal to get together at every turn, but there are also rules in this regard, and all the characters who have large-scale scenes in the film will basically die.

In this regard, youth horror films have a rule called "Left love must die".

And then there's the ending, and this kind of film will leave some suspense at the end to prepare for the sequel.

There is no doubt that Ronan is sure that the script of "Human Skin Inn" is completely in line with the unique selling point setting of youth horror films.

In addition, this film can also make some articles on publicity.

Whether he lived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean or spent the past two years in Hollywood, Ronan has heard a lot of rumors about torture and murder in Eastern Europe.

After the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the social economy was on the verge of collapse for a while, and the society became chaotic, so many underground industries were born.

Ronan couldn't tell if it was true or not, after all, he hadn't been to that place in Eastern Europe in his two lifetimes.

He'd heard another rumor that somewhere in Southeast Asia, there was a deal to make money by killing people for $10,000 in exchange for a loaded gun and a person who would voluntarily be slaughtered by you, because the victims sacrificed themselves to free their families from starvation, and the site was said to have whitewashed the horrific killing as charity.

Rumors about torture and killing in Eastern Europe have always been circulating in society, and these can also be used as gimmicks when the film is filmed.

For example, the film is based on real events or something.

The more real it is, the more selling it is.

Ronan forwarded the script to George Clint and asked him to contact Eli Ross and try to start filming within the year, and if it goes well, at least a trilogy.

This type of horror film is a typical short-term and fast project, and most of the operation cycles are within fifteen months.

Even from planning to filming to release, there are not a few who can get it done in half a year.

Horror films are the starting genre of Shahai Entertainment, with rich experience in filming and production, Ronan is very relieved about the filming and production of the film.

So, he carefully reviewed the second impressive script.

This is a killer type of action movie script, and strictly speaking, it can be classified as a spy action movie.

The script tells the story of a killer couple.

John Smith and his wife, Jenny Smith, have a comfortable but uneventful married life, but they both have their own big secrets: Mr. and Mrs. Smith are actually well-paid killers with special skills, but they work for a spy killer organization that is a rival to each other.

After a series of unexpected events, the couple suddenly realizes that they have both been targeted for assassination, and the killers responsible for the assassination are actually each other.

Ronan was pretty sure that this film was Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

The reason why I remember it so clearly is not because of how classic the film is, but because of the bloody gossip incidents of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie that once appeared around this film.

At that time, there were rumors that Brad Pitt was caught in bed by Jennifer Aniston when he was fooling around with Angelina Jolie.

The various gossip scandals generated during this period are enough to shoot a movie.

Ronan has always felt that once this film was a box office hit, and the bloody gossip of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie played an important role.

Of course, the film itself is also more interesting, and the killer couple's goal is each other's setting, which can be described as full of highlights.

This also decided that it was best for the film to be played by a charismatic big star, because the sub-characters in this film are completely above the plot.

Ronan has not been in contact with Brad Pitt, but he is quite familiar with Angelina Jolie, the two have been working out with the same fitness coach in the past few years, and although there has been a lot less contact in the past year or so, they can still chat enthusiastically for a while when they meet occasionally.

If this script is made into a movie, the heroes and heroines will of course be Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie first.

However, there are some areas in the script that need to be revised.

Ronan also forwarded to Shahai Entertainment, asking Shahai Entertainment to contact the original author, Simon Kinberg.

I just don't know if Simon Kinberg still remembers this script.

The script for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has only been transferred to Artisan Pictures for more than a year, but it took a long time to write, this is the work of Simon Kinberg when he graduated from college, and it has been transferred between multiple film companies before, and it has never been filmed as a movie, and Artisan Pictures bought out the copyright of the script for $17,500 in 2002.

Similarly, Artisan Pictures did not plan to shoot a movie, at the beginning of this year, Summit Entertainment asked for this script, and Artisan Pictures originally planned to sell it to Summit Entertainment, but as soon as the two sides had initial contact, Artisan Pictures fell into a acquisition turmoil, and Summit Entertainment did not buy it in the end, and the copyright of the script went to Ronan's side.

If it weren't for the intervention of Relativity Entertainment, this script would definitely have been sold to Summit Entertainment by Artisan Pictures.

It's normal for a script like this kind of blockbuster movie to be written and no one pays attention to it, but it keeps circulating among various companies.

The selling point of this film itself is not how good the plot and creativity of the script are.

There are also marks on the script, and over the years that "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has been circulating everywhere, the screenwriters of the company have occasionally made some revisions, and by the time they reach Relativity Entertainment, the cumulative number of revisions has been close to fifty.

As for the opinion of the original screenwriter Simon Kinberg, no one paid attention at all.

Ronan also made some assumptions, maybe he could find Paul Greengrass to direct this work? The style doesn't seem to be suitable, this film is full of romance, and Paul Greengrass's realistic style seems to be a bit mismatched.

In some ways, the style of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" used to be somewhat similar to "Infernal Affairs".

Ronan asked Shahai Entertainment to communicate with Simon Kinberg first, and then talk about the details.

After dealing with these two impressionistic scripts, Ronan put this work on hold for a while, and Lindsay Beale returned from New York.