Chapter 867: A Treasure Trove of Horror Materials

Coming to Shahai Entertainment, Wen Ziren found George Clint, briefly said what he meant, and after signing a confidentiality agreement, he flipped through the outline of Marvel's "Avengers Movie Project" in the archive room with the highest degree of confidentiality in Shahai Entertainment.

Wen Ziren is a smart person, and combined with what Ronan said, he completely understands the meaning of the same background universe.

Like Marvel's superhero comic "The Avengers", many characters from different works are placed in the same background era.

Seeing the two documents in his hand and thinking about the situation of the Warrens, the more Wen Ziren thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good idea.

For example, if these two materials are adapted into a movie, if they can be linked, it will definitely add a lot of highlights.

In the future, if you have other ideas for horror films, you can also put them in the same world, just like a Marvel superhero comic book, you can achieve linkage when you encounter a resentful spirit or other existence that cannot be solved.

In this way, you can create a horror movie universe, the Wen Cinematic Universe exclusive to his Wen Ziren!

Wen Ziren has discovered why among so many producers in Hollywood, Ronan Anderson can become a gold medal producer, his ability and vision are really unique!

"Yes!" Wen Ziren looked at the outline of the "Avengers Film Project" and couldn't help nodding frequently: "It's totally possible!"

It seems that it will continue to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment for a long time in the future.

Perhaps because of his personality, or perhaps because he came from a Chinese family in the Far East, Wen Ziren did not swell because of the success of the "Saw Horror" trilogy.

On the contrary, I have a deeper understanding of Hollywood, and I know that with the support of a powerful company like Relativity Entertainment, the future road will be better.

Wen Ziren thought about it and made a decision, he didn't stay in the archives for long, greeted George Clint, asked him to send someone to contact the Warrens as soon as possible, and quickly left the Relativity Building, found his old partner Ray Warner, and discussed the film adaptation of the two materials in his hand.

It's not easy to create such a cinematic universe, and laying a good foundation at the beginning is key.

Wen Ziren himself is a director with a very strong commercial mind, and he is not always confused by artistic pursuits like ordinary directors.

Shahai Entertainment's "Avengers Movie Project" gave Wen Ziren a huge inspiration, and also made him think about what to do with his cinematic universe?

As far as his idea is concerned, the so-called cinematic universe, of course, is not to have a few sequel movies to assume this title, a unique world view, an infinitely extended story system, and complex character relationships are all necessary conditions to become a cinematic universe.

Wen Ziren is confident that as long as he is given enough time, he will definitely be able to complete this plan.

Of course, in the early stage of the plan, you also need someone to help.

Wen Ziren approached Ray Warner, and the two had a lively discussion about it, and it was quickly agreed that Ray Warner would provide support in the creation of the script for this cinematic universe project.

The next day, the two joined up with the staff sent by George Clint and flew non-stop to Bridgeport, Connecticut, where they met the Warrens themselves.

Ed Warren is in a state of health and seems to be called by God at any time, and only Rowling Warren accompanies Wen Ziren and Ray Warner to tell some stories about the investigation of supernatural events, and also allows them to visit the Warren Mystery Museum.

In addition to the Warren Farm incident in Rowling Warren, Rowling Warren highlights a Muppet doll and the more influential exorcism event of the year.

According to her account, in the seventies of the last century, two roommates who lived in a certain house claimed that their rag doll was possessed by the ghost of a young girl named Annabelle Higgins, and after the other party asked for help, she and Ed Warren arranged a ritual to trap the girl's ghost in the doll, telling the girls that it was a "manipulated inhuman being", and took the Annabelle doll away and locked it in the "supernatural museum" in their home.

Hearing Rowling Allen's description, Wen Ziren was greatly inspired, this is a very good movie theme!

He looked at the aging Mrs. Allen, and his eyes lit up, as if he had seen a huge treasure trove of horror themes!

Subsequently, Rowling Allen told Wen Ziren and Ray Warner about the "Demon Murder Incident", "Werewolf Incident", "Samel House Haunting Incident", "Connecticut Haunting Incident", "Horror Nun Murder Incident" and so on.

Wen Ziren feels that this trip is really the right one, and the adaptation of these things told by Rowling Warren alone is enough to prop up an entire horror movie universe.

As for whether these events are true or the stories made up by the Warrens, it doesn't matter if it's a Hollywood movie adaptation.

In fact, because of the existence of this couple, the relevant adaptation will inevitably add a lot of highlights, and even use the gimmick of the real adaptation to create a movie series.

I have to say that after staying in Shahai Entertainment for a few years and cooperating with Ronan on three films in succession, Wen Ziren unknowingly had some ideas influenced by Ronan.

Wen Ziren also asked Rowling Warren about her opinions on Hollywood film adaptations, and Rowling Warren was very interested in this and expressed her active support.

"It's easy to talk about the cost, and it's not a problem to license it for free. Rowling Warren has a sense of detachment from seeing through the world, as if it were a breath of fresh air in this filthy material society: "I just hope that the film can save us some reputation, too many people have smeared me and Ed as liars." ”

She took out a lot of letters from the cabinet and showed them to Wen Ziren and Ray Warner: "These are the letters of help and assistance that the church has sent us one after another for decades. In our decades of paranormal investigations, we have been aided by many people, including doctors, researchers, police officers, nurses, college students, and clergy. ”

Wen Ziren and Ray Werner also read it in general, and the letter did not look like it was forged, no matter how you look at it, it is true.

Rowling Warren added: "I know a lot of people are questioning and never believing me and Ed. But the forces of evil are so powerful that they persist to this day, and for us mortals, our fate depends on which side we choose to be on. ”

Wen Ziren said: "I believe that you and Mr. Warren, you have helped a lot of people. ”

After returning to the hotel, he called George Clint and Ronan successively, asking Relativity Entertainment to pay more attention to the Warrens and send professionals to Bridgeport City to negotiate with the Warrens as soon as possible, so as to obtain the film adaptation authorization for the life of the Warrens and all the supernatural event investigation reports.

Ronan was somewhat surprised to hear Wen Ziren's description on the phone, but Wen Ziren's attention just shows the great value of the Warrens in the adaptation of horror-themed movies.

He directly informed Robert Lee and asked Robert Lee to personally bring someone to Bridgeport City to negotiate the relevant licensing matters.

Later, Wen Ziren sent him a written report with multiple photos.

Seeing the furnishings of the Warren Mystery Museum and some of the Warrens' correspondence with the church, Ronan was sure that the Warrens were truly a huge treasure trove.

One of the great flaws of horror films is their absurdity.

But the supernatural horror theme about the Warrens can be promoted using the gimmick of real people and real events.

Ronan suddenly thought of the former "The Conjuring", which seems to be a pseudo-documentary-style clip at the beginning, which is the Warrens......

From this point of view, Wen Ziren at that time also knew the true meaning of adapting real people and real things.

As for the authenticity of the Warrens' experience, it doesn't matter at all.

Even if some people openly question it, there will still be many people in Western society who believe it to be authentic.

To a certain extent, the West is an idealist society, and theism is widely spread.

The Bible and the church are the best examples.

Robert Lee rushed to Bridgeport that day, and news soon came.

The Warrens not only did not have any resistance to the film adaptation, but were very active in supporting it, and the licensing fee was not high, only symbolic, but there were two extremely important conditions.

First, the relevant film adaptation or any other work must not damage the reputation of the Warrens.

The second is that the film company should fund the daily operation of the Warren Mystery Museum in the future.

None of this is a problem, the Warren Mystery Museum, with its name as a museum, is actually a small family workshop, and it doesn't cost thousands of dollars a year to maintain daily operations.

And the existence of the Warren Mystery Museum is also beneficial to future film adaptations.

According to Rowling Warren, the museum's collections are all the result of extremely dangerous paranormal events and the world's weirdest exorcisms, and if you accidentally touch any of them, you will meet with bad things.

Every night at 9 p.m., the museum is open to the music of an old organ, some supernatural photographs, devil masks, horror torture instruments, etc., and the dolls with evil spirits are locked in the basement by the Warrens, including the most evil and dangerous Annabelle ghost dolls.

In the photo that Wen Ziren passed to Ronan, there is a puppet doll called "Annabelle".

There is no doubt that Relativity Entertainment will be on the Warrens' side, full of film adaptations with great commercial value.

For horror movies and planned horror movie universes, Wen Ziren and the Warrens are simply like a tiger.

According to the book Buddha in Wen Ziren's written report, after initially reading the investigation report of the Warrens, he found that there were at least nine so-called supernatural events, which have considerable film adaptation value.

Since the "blacklist plan", Ronan and Relativity Entertainment have stepped up their efforts to find movie materials, and this time it can be said that they have gained a lot.

While Wen Ziren has made huge gains, the "blacklist plan" has also begun to be implemented.