Every month, Embassy Pictures, the distribution company of Relativity Entertainment, releases at least one movie.

On the second weekend of mid-August, Zack Schneider's classic zombie film "Dawn of the Living Dead" directed by Zack Schneider and remade from George A. Romero will be released.

Although the project production budget is only 20 million US dollars, it is a medium to low investment in Hollywood, but in the genre of zombie films, it is definitely a big investment and big production.

It is relatively rare for zombie movies to invest more than 10 million dollars.

A lot of times, zombie movies are synonymous with B-grade movies and shoddy productions.

But as soon as the trailer of "Dawn of the Living Dead" was released, it attracted the attention of a large number of zombie fans.

Although zombie culture is a niche culture even in North America, there are a considerable number of die-hard fans who are as obsessed with zombie culture as Captain Jack Sparrow.

In the promotion of "Dawn of the Living Dead", Embassy Pictures also invited George A. Romero to participate in a number of promotional activities.

George Romero was quite satisfied with the crew's acceptance of his suggestion to use women as the first lead, not only praising Scarlett Johansson's excellent acting skills, but also actively cooperating with some promotional initiatives of Embassy Pictures.

In the field of zombie films, George Romero's influence is self-evident.

The image of zombies in modern pop culture in the true sense of the word was expanded from the rabies virus, and completed its wide spread in the 1968 film "Night of the Living Dead" directed by George Romero.

George Romero has also become a veritable father of modern zombie films, and his "Living Dead Series Trilogy" not only has the characteristics of the times, but also has bloody violence and eye-opening zombie scenes, which have influenced countless subsequent zombie movies, and also laid several general developments for the later zombie culture, which can be called the "three laws of robots" in the zombie world, and are still used today.

The premiere of "Dawn of the Living Dead" took place in the newly completed Nokia Plaza in Los Angeles, and from the morning onwards, the vicinity of the square seemed to be the end of the world, and all kinds of zombies were staged.

Zombies of different shapes haunt the surrounding area, and Nokia Plaza is completely occupied by zombies.

The premiere was turned into a carnival feast of zombie culture by Embassy Pictures.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the premiere kicked off, and before many celebrity guests walked on the red carpet, zombies took the lead on the red carpet, causing zombie culture lovers on both sides to scream constantly, and even some female fans fell into madness, as if they were calling more than seeing a handsome guy.

Seeing zombies, some people's emotions suddenly flew up.

Maybe you can shoot a zombie romance movie, just call "My Boyfriend is a Zombie".

Ronan came to the door of the Nokia Theater, looked at the zombie culture lovers screaming with excitement, and said to George Clint: "These are our audience protection." ”

George Clint said: "Robert has already gotten the rights to the film and television adaptation of The Walking Dead, and we really don't make movies, but TV adaptations?"

"This is a project for Netflix," Ronan said. ”

George Clint nodded, "When will it start?"

"There's no rush. Ronan looked at Scarlett Johansson who walked on the red carpet: "As long as "Dawn of the Living Dead" is successful, there will inevitably be more zombie movies to follow suit, which will further expand the influence of zombie culture and film and television works, and create a more favorable communication environment for related works." ”

George Clint estimated: "At least three to four years. ”

Ronan smiled: "Almost, it will be decided when the specific situation is concerned." ”

He specially asked Connie to do a survey and statistics, and now there is no zombie-themed TV series in Hollywood, if "The Walking Dead" appears as a pioneer, it may be able to attract more people's attention.

Scarlett Johansson walked into the interview area, a female star at the peak of her appearance and figure, which instantly attracted the attention of countless media reporters and surrounded her layer by layer.

Scarlett Johansson has given a lot to Ronan, and of course needs to be reciprocated, and she knows that Ronan doesn't mind making a proper deal with him.

"When Ronan approached me and asked me to play the lead role, I was struck by his new creativity. Scarlett Johansson said naturally: "I've been fascinated by zombies since I was a child, and all my thoughts came from curiosity about the afterlife, if death wasn't eternal, if it was only half-dead and the body was still alive, what would the world be like? ”

When celebrities are interviewed, all kinds of beautiful remarks will appear, and as for the truth or falsehood, they themselves know best.

Scarlett Johansson doesn't like zombie culture and took on the film "Dawn of the Living Dead" simply because the producer is called Ronan Anderson.

Because she believes that Ronan will be as successful as ever, and Ronan's success will lead to her success, so as to achieve a transformation in the direction of business.

Although Ronan gave her a lot of expensive gifts, if she didn't make any gains in business, if she wanted to continue to maintain a glamorous life, she would probably have to sell herself to Ronan.

Every time you go to the Future World Manor and charge a fee, the nature will change completely.

"Hi Ronan. Scarlett saw Ronan at the door of the theater and hurriedly came over to say hello: "You didn't walk the red carpet?"

Ronan shook his head: "There are too many zombies, I'm scared." ”

Scarlett Johansson couldn't help laughing, and deliberately grabbed Ronan's arm: "Don't worry, I've beaten a lot of zombies and will protect you." ”

Ronan laughed and went into the theater with Scarlett Johansson.

"Zach, Warner Bros. hopes to ...... with you in the future"

As soon as he entered the VIP lounge, Ronan saw Charles Rowan chatting with Zack Snyder, and said: "Charles, if you want to poach Zach to go to Warner Bros., you have to wait for Zack to complete the directing contract with Shahai Entertainment." ”

Charles Rowan replied with a smile: "I'm talking about the future, not the present. ”

Zack Schneider is very calm: "I still have a film contract with Shahai Entertainment. ”

"Decided on a project?" asked Charles Rowan.

Zack Schneider glanced at Ronan and, seeing that he had no objections, said, "Yes, sure, an epic action movie based on the comics." ”

Charles Rowan thought about what he had heard: "Frank Miller's "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta"?"

Ronan said: "Yes, when Zack is over on vacation, preparations will begin." ”

Charles Rowan didn't say anything more, but he took it to heart.

The success of "Batman: Time to War", the theme and core of the film are basically derived from Frank Miller's comic book "The Dark Knight Returns", which made Warner Bros. pay attention to Frank Miller's comic works and want to win the adaptation rights of several other comics and interludes.

Unexpectedly, Warner Bros. moved slowly, and the rights to Frank Miller's other two well-known works, "Sin City" and "Three Hundred Spartans", were all sold.

The former was bought by the Weinstein brothers' Emperor Pictures, and the latter fell into the hands of Shahai Entertainment early on.

Tony Koch walked over at this point, Ronan introduced him to a few people in the room, and then went somewhere else, with Scarlett Johansson following him.

"Marvel Entertainment is now your relativistic entertainment, right?" asked Scarlett Johansson.

Ronan said: "Relativity Entertainment holds Marvel Entertainment. ”

Scarlett Johansson greeted the person who came to greet Ronan with a smile, waited for the other party to walk away, and whispered: "People from Marvel Entertainment have contacted me and asked me if I am interested in Black Widow Natasha Normanoff. ”

"Did they find you?" Ronan said, "If you're interested, you can talk to Marvel Entertainment." ”

Now when it comes to the contract with Stan Lee, Ronan can't say anything more, just vaguely.

Scarlett Johansson was a little puzzled: "This character has very few roles in "Iron Man" ......"

Ronan thought about it, but still said: "Because it involves trade secrets, I can't say much about the specifics." Scarlett, if you think the conditions are right, let's do it. ”

Scarlett Johansson frowned slightly, is it really suitable for a role with few scenes, a low salary, and a long-term contract?

She couldn't make a decision right away.

Although Black Widow is a typical movie and role that makes an actor, it will not be much different if she is replaced by other actresses with excellent appearance conditions, and it is not difficult to find the right person, after all, there are not too many sexy and beautiful women in Hollywood, but thinking of the once familiar role, and now Scarlett Johansson's efforts on his side, Ronan decided to say more.

"Sometimes, you can't just look at the present. Ronan said lightly: "Scarlett, you can also take a long-term view." ”

Scarlett Johansson heard the hint in Ronan's words, and thought about it carefully, from getting together in the elevator to now, it seems that Ronan has never done anything against her.

With Ronan's status, if it is really unfavorable to her, there is no need for such trouble.

Speaking of which, Scarlett Johansson's experience of working hard in Hollywood since she was a child made her make a quick decision: "Ronan, I understand what to do." ”

Ronan smiled and said, "Do what you want, don't think about me." ”

"Nope. Scarlett Johansson said seriously: "I think we can work together for many more years, at least I'm still young and pretty. ”

That's straightforward enough.

Ronan patted her arm, "Miss Johnson, you're a good and smart girl. ”

Scarlett Johansson said, "A good smart girl will be waiting for your call at any moment. ”

Ronan is now sure that the role of Black Widow should not need to change actors.