New York, in the Brooklyn neighborhood, the crew of "The Departed" is busy filming.

At the end of the morning, after lunch, Martin Scorsese sat in a high chair by the restaurant window, basking in the rare bright sunshine of a New York afternoon.

The filming went well, and Tom Cruise and Will Smith, who have always been despised by their directorial circle, are not bad at all.

Although it is a notch below the old buddies Al Pacino and Robert De Niro when they were at their peak, it is only higher than the average level of these two in recent years.

Since entering the new century, the two old friends really dare to take on any bad movies and bad roles, and they have a posture of hurrying to make money and retire, and their performance is even worse than Tom Cruise and Will Smith in this shooting.

The filming went well, and Relativity Entertainment also came up with a future award plan, and the old Martin was naturally in a good mood.

"Director. The assistant came over with a letter: "There is your letter." ”

Martin Scorsese took it, and the envelope had nothing but his name written on it, and asked, "Where did it come from?"

"A staff member of Shahai Entertainment asked me to hand it over to you. The assistant replied.

Martin Scorsese waved his hand to signal that he understood, unhurriedly opened the envelope and looked at it.

The letter was co-signed by George Clint, CEO of Shahai Entertainment, and Ronan Anderson, owner of Relativity Entertainment.

Seeing this, Martin Scorsese took it quite seriously and read it carefully.

"It turned out that I was going to recommend a script. He understood the intention of the letter: "Relativity Entertainment, which has hit movies one after another, is also constantly looking for new projects." ”

Martin Scorsese thought about it, he has been busy with the filming of "The Departed" recently, and he hasn't actually read a few scripts, but if he recommends it, it's a small thing to do casually.

After all, he just needs to say what interesting scripts he has read recently, and he doesn't have to worry about anything else.

Martin Scorsese asked for pen and paper, quickly finished writing a letter, and called his assistant over: "Find an envelope and seal it, give it to the production manager of Relativity Entertainment, and ask him to pass it on to George Clint or Ronan Anderson." ”

He referred to the script he had seen with a producer in New York and was said to have been in contact with Hollywood stars, including Leonardo and Brad Pitt.

Purely commercial film scripts, Martin Scorsese is actually not interested, but feels that the production style of relativistic entertainment may think that this script is valuable.

Martin Scorsese didn't take this little thing to heart, and after writing that letter of recommendation, he devoted himself to the filming of "The Departed".

In Los Angeles, California, Matthew Lioneti, who worked as a director of photography on both the crew of "Dawn of the Living Dead" and "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta," received an email.

This is an email from Relativity Entertainment, with the joint signatures of Ronan Anderson and George Clint.

Matthew Lionetti read the email and thought about it.

Because of the filming of the zombie film "Dawn of the Living Dead", someone once approached him with the script of a zombie movie to help sell it.

But Matthew Leonetti was too busy some time ago and didn't pay much attention to it.

Now that I see the email, I can't help but think about it, it seems that the script of that zombie movie is also very interesting, unlike "Dawn of the Living Dead", just by reading the content of the script, you can feel the joyful atmosphere inside.

Matthew Lionetti thought about it carefully, found a copy of the script from the filing cabinet, and simply mailed it all to Shahai Entertainment in the form of letters.

The income of the director of photography is not as good as that of the director, and if it can be adopted by Shahai Entertainment, it will also be an additional bonus income.

Although not very well-known in the industry, Matthew Lionetti has been involved in advertising and TV film shooting for many years and also has some vision.

He believes that Relativity Entertainment has recently had a series of zombie movies that have been sold well, and may continue to choose this kind of theme.

John Wilson is a British screenwriter and producer who came to Hollywood in the mid-nineties and had a tepid career until he joined the crew of "Prison Break" as an executive producer a few years ago, when his career finally reached a turning point.

By the time "Prison Break 2" was preparing for filming, he was already the production manager of the crew.

The two collaborations with Relativity Entertainment can be described as the take-off point of the screenwriter and producer's career, and John Wilson's career has taken a big step forward.

But a producer who has never been the first producer to take charge of the crew has never been a qualified producer.

John Wilson wanted to have a production project that really belonged to him, and he has been actively looking for it since the filming and production of "Prison Break 2" ended.

Hollywood's worthwhile projects, but not easy to find.

There are plenty of new scripts for newcomers, but John Wilson doesn't want to joke about his career that has been getting better.

Until some time ago, when he went back to the UK for vacation, he saw a comedy directed by director Paul Albert, and suddenly felt that a film with this kind of content seemed more appropriate to be set in the United States.

So, an idea jumped out, maybe it can be adapted into an American drama based on this British drama?

This is a good idea, but the copyright is a problem, and John Wilson could not afford to buy the rights, so he could only temporarily suppress his thoughts, buy the related TV series DVD, and return to North America.

As soon as he arrived in Los Angeles, John Wilson received an email from Relativity Entertainment.

This is undoubtedly a good opportunity for him, an opportunity to send his ideas directly to the most powerful person in Relativity Entertainment.

With great anticipation, John Wilson wrote a letter that was packaged with a TV series DVD and sent to Relativity Entertainment.

Although Ronan Anderson was not immediately seen, the person who received the email made it clear that these letters of recommendation would eventually be delivered to Ronan Anderson himself.

In just one week, Relativity Entertainment received more than 20 recommendations from a number of past collaborators, including emails from well-known figures in the circle, such as Martin Scorsese and David Fincher.

It all came together on Ronan's desk.

Compared with the scripts delivered to Shahai Entertainment, as well as spontaneous door-to-door sales, the scripts or projects recommended by these professionals in the circle are undoubtedly a hundred times more reliable.

Ronan gave up his other work for a while and set aside a day to sift through recommendations.

If you can get into the eyes of professionals, make them feel interesting, or at least leave an impression, the script and the project will not be particularly bad.

Given the relationship between personal prestige and the type of shooting, Ronan first read David Fincher's email.

David Fincher mailed Ronan a script directly in the mail in addition to the letter.

This is the script that David Fincher received this year, sent to him by producer Samuel Hadida, who has left the Resident Evil series.

After the success of the second part of "Resident Evil", Samuel Hadida had irreconcilable conflicts with Paul Anderson and Milla Jovovich because of issues such as the distribution of interests and creative concepts, and Ronan and Relativity Entertainment sided with Paul Anderson and Milla Jovovich, and Samuel Hadida directly withdrew from the series.

Samuel Hadida invited David Fincher as a director, also so that the new project could attract investment.

After all, David Fincher's fame is still quite effective in Hollywood.

But David Fincher was filming "Girls", and the schedule was not quite right.

This script is based on the famous unsolved Black Dahlia tragedy in 1947.

More precisely, it is based on "Black Dahlia Avengers: The True Story" written by James Arori in 1987.

The Black Dahlia tragedy caused a huge sensation in Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles police launched the largest investigation and arrest in history for this case, but this murderer disappeared without a trace like "Jack the Ripper".

Ronan vaguely remembers that there was such a movie, and the specific circumstances were basically forgotten, and the only thing he remembers is that Scarlett Johansson and Hillary Swank played roles in it.

David Fincher sent an email saying that he had wanted to direct the film and wanted to make it a three-hour black and white film......

This kind of idea, not to mention that David Fincher's schedule is not suitable, even if the schedule is suitable, it is estimated that he will be rejected by the film company.

Ronan shook his head slightly, this is an adaptation project, even the script is available, and the copyright ......

He sent an email to Connie on the company's internal system, asking Connie to check the relevant information.

However, a few minutes later, Connie's reply arrived, and the film rights to "Black Dahlia Avengers: True Story" were sold when it was just released, and the company that bought the movie rights was Universal Pictures.

It's been almost twenty years since Universal Pictures put the film adaptation on the agenda, and Ronan doesn't know what to say.

But such a situation is not uncommon in Hollywood.

The script recommended by David Fincher was naturally PASSED, and Universal Pictures has already started working on the project, and of course will not transfer the copyright to other companies.

Ronan also found a problem, such a recommendation, there may be a situation, the scripts and projects that can really leave an impression on the industry may already have a next home.

For projects that have found their next home, the quality rate will definitely be higher.

The referrer only leaves a certain impression of the script or project, and does not care much about whether it is an individual or which company owns it.

Later, Ronan encountered such a situation again.

Gore Wibinski's recommended script for a horror film has been bought out by Warner Bros., and Will Smith's recommended "The Insider" is a Universal Pictures project.

This cannot be avoided.

On the other hand, it reflects the reliability of the "blacklist plan" recommendation.

Ronan looked at a dozen projects that didn't make sense for relativity entertainment and set his sights on the letters of Martin Scorsese.