The whole Relativity Entertainment, adhering to the original spirit of pragmatism, Ronan was in his office on Tuesday and met Zack Schneider himself.

This is a small Englishman, with a very ordinary face and hair color, and a gentle temperament.

Due to the completely unequal position, after the two sides greeted each other, Ronan said directly: "Mr. Schneider, I have seen your MV for Madonna and the commercial for Nike, which are very impressive, so when someone recommended you to be the director of this remake of "Dawn of the Living Dead", I also thought you would be a suitable candidate." ”

Zack Snyder no longer wants to continue to waste his years in the advertising directorial circle, the dream of film directing is in front of him, and even within reach, and he quickly said respectfully: "It's my honor that you and Relativity Entertainment value me." ”

The agent also said next to him: "Zach took this opportunity very seriously, and as soon as he got the news, he immediately rushed over from London. He hurriedly asked, "When can we talk about cooperation?"

Not every new director in the film industry can direct a project with a budget of $20 million from the start.

Although this is risky, the opportunity is even more rare.

Ronan said, "Let's put it this way, Director Schneider, you're not our only candidate director. ”

Zack Snyder's heart is sinking, but it's not surprising, he knows that it won't be easy to impress these big names in the film industry.

The agent just wanted to say something, but Ronan raised his hand to stop it, and said directly: "Director Schneider, I will ask someone to give you the script and producer's plan, you need to make a detailed shooting and production plan, and then I can make a decision." ”

"No problem. Zack Schneider immediately responded: "I'll do my best." ”

Ronan gave a little more hope: "Don't be presumptuous, you are at the top of all the candidates." ”

The agent and Zack Schneider breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

They said a few more words to Ronan, offered to say goodbye, received relevant information from Connie, asked about some specific business work, and left Relativity Entertainment.

As soon as he left the office building, Zack Schneider said to his agent: "Sedan, push away all the advertisements and MV invitations, I won't be doing anything else during this time." ”

The agent hesitated a little and said, "This may affect your cooperation with some manufacturers." ”

Zack Schneider's eyes fell on the thick stack of documents in his hand and said, "This is an opportunity to decide my future and fate, and I need to concentrate." ”

The agent thought for a moment and said, "Okay." He opened the door to Zach Schneidra: "I'm talking to Robert Lee of Relativity Entertainment, and I'll ask him to inquire about it in time." ”

In the office, Ronan was still watching Zack Schneider's profile, specifically his shooting commercials.

Zack Snyder writes a detailed film production plan based on the script is a must, after all, he has not made any films before, who knows what he thinks?

Although in the style of an advertising director, it is very likely to continue the commercial style that focuses on formal expression, rather than the so-called connotation and philosophy of life, what if Zack Schneider has any idea and wants to make a film that focuses on ideological connotation?

This is also Ronan's determination that Zack Snyder will shoot "Dawn of the Living Dead" as he once did.

After all, advertising directors with very strong commercial attributes also have times when their heads cramp, and the former Michael Bay and the first half of "Escape from Clone Island" are undoubtedly typical of them.

It's terrible for a commercial film.

Ronan read the information and deliberately explained that when he wanted to negotiate below, he and Zack Snyder had to sign a directing contract for at least two films.

In addition to "Dawn of the Living Dead", there is also "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", which has obtained the copyright of film and television adaptation.

Although the previous film was successful, Zack Schneider did not form his own unique style, which can be said to have had a profound impact on Zack Schneider's directorial career, so that Zack Schneider's works have a highly recognizable personal style.

While still on the other side of the Pacific, Ronan has seen almost every Zack Snyder-directed movie, from "Dawn of the Living Dead" to "Watchmen" to "Batman v Superman", which can be described as extremely impressive.

In Zack Snyder's films, bloody violence is as elegant and gorgeous as ballet, massacre becomes art in his films, and sacrifice is the noblest nirvana in his films

He pursues the ultimate personal image style, and is good at adjusting the rhythm of the film in slow motion, no matter what the audience thinks of his film content, it cannot deny the magnificence of his works.

Beginning with "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", Zack Snyder's films are full of slow motion, dark tones, exaggerated violence and other personal creations, all of which are heavy and dark, like a deep oil painting, especially when applied to comic book adaptations, giving it a sense of seriousness.

This also makes Zack Snyder's films mixed, with reviews heavily polarized by both audiences and the media.

I love what I like to the extreme, and I hate what I don't like.

"Batman v Superman" undoubtedly magnifies this situation to the extreme.

In the eyes of scumbags, the whole "Bat Super" movie is like watching an elegant opera, very artistic, much stronger than Marvel's TV series superheroes, Marvel's hero movies are completely unnutritious, this is the ideal superhero movie in their hearts, with a little darkness, a little depressing, and a classic of allegorical and philosophical thoughts.

This film does have a lot of extremely impressive shots, such as Superman's state funeral with deep tones and high-speed slow motion, but more often than not, it makes non-comic fans look confused.

"Martha", which is based on the comics, has become one of the hottest Internet memes for a while.

Perhaps, in the eyes of many people at that time, DC, which was already seriously behind, wanted to catch up with or even confront Marvel movies, and had to go off the rails and find another way, and DC's superhero movies should be darker, more serious and more cruel......

But what the scum fans are waiting for is Warner Bros. and DC Comics who are the first to self-deny.

Asking a director who has directed "The Avengers" and has a typical Marvel style to do post-production and editing for Zack Snyder's "Justice League" can only say that the top management of Warner Bros. panicked and was already a little at a loss.

The descendant of the island nation, who later became CEO of Warner Bros., has really limited abilities when it comes to film.

And as the CEO of one of the six major companies, he actually fell under the guns of the rice rabbits, is it because our army is not powerful? Or do the rice rabbits have Gundam?

Robert Lee was so efficient that just by Wednesday he had reached a deal with Eric Newman, with George Clint signing a production deal with Eric Newman on behalf of Shahai Entertainment.

Shahai Entertainment invested a total of $20 million in the production of a new version of Dawn of the Living Dead, with Eric Newman taking on the role of second producer and production manager.

The cost of the copyright transfer of the project is included in the budget of $20 million.

In addition, Shahai Entertainment also paid $200,000 as a project bonus for Eric Newman's producer, in accordance with Hollywood practice.

The crew of "Dawn of the Living Dead" was also officially established, and Embassy Pictures, as the distributor, was initially scheduled to release the film in 2004.

In terms of actors, it is still provided by CAA, and Ronan specially called Brian Lord to communicate, preparing to let the crew choose actors with certain qualifications and acting skills, but who are not too famous.

On the director's side, Ronan has enough patience to wait for news from Zack Schneider.

Embassy Pictures is currently busy preparing for the release of two films, "Lost in Translation," which will have its world premiere at the opening Cannes Film Festival, and "Summer of Jeans," which will be released next month.

At the same time, "Spy 2" continued to be screened in North America, and the number of theaters increased to 3,790, and the film scheduling rate also exceeded the previously released "X-Men 2", which temporarily ranked first in North America in terms of both theaters and film scheduling rate.

In the past few working days, due to the effect of the summer film market, "Spy 2" has been running at a high level, getting $9.15 million on Monday, although the box office is decreasing every working day after that, but from Monday to Thursday, it still got $30.56 million, so that before the second screening weekend, the North American box office pushed over the $100 million mark in one fell swoop.

In less than a week after its release, the North American box office exceeded 100 million, creating the fastest North American box office record for Relativity Entertainment's films.

This has also greatly boosted the confidence of the entire group of companies, especially for large-scale film projects with high investment.

Even some people who were not very optimistic about "Pirates of the Caribbean" are quietly changing their concepts, maybe Relativity Entertainment can reverse the decline of pirate movies?

"Spy 2" is also coming to its second screening weekend, and like "X-Men 2" last weekend, it is also facing the market impact of newly released hit movies.

This is a high-profile hit top sci-fi production, and the first part of the series has been praised as a masterpiece by countless people.

1999's The Matrix not only captured the attention of audiences around the world with its bold visual innovations, but also led to a series of commercial television, music video and film imitations that were evocative in their questioning of reality and identity.

This also made the Wachowski brothers, who can be called newcomers in the film industry, almost ascend to the sky, thus getting the absolute right to speak in the sequel.

"The Matrix 2: Reloaded", produced and distributed by Warner Bros., was released as scheduled on the third weekend of the summer season.

Both inside and outside the circle believe that "The Matrix 2" will become the first R-rated movie in North America to have a box office of over 100 million.