Unlike other film projects of Shahai Entertainment, for Ronan's ulterior purposes, several small crews, including "Dawn of the Living Dead", did not enter the studio of the Relativity Building, but continued to stay at Warner Studios.

For films like "Dawn of the Living Dead", "Here Comes the Grim Reaper 3", and "Human Erasure Project 4", Warner Studios' slightly dated post-production room is enough to meet their production requirements.

Ronan was in the office building of Warner Studios and met Zack Schneider.

"Post-production will be done next month. Zack Schneider gave Ronan an update on the project: "Now it's all that remains for the finishing touches on adding subtitles and sound editing. ”

Ronan nodded slightly: "I watched the sample film, and the shooting was good, as long as it works properly, there is a great possibility of success." ”

Zack Schneider is confident: "I've always been very excited about building these stories, and I love the big action genre. ”

Hearing this, Ronan couldn't help but think of the films that Zack Schneider had made, whether it was "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", or "Man of Steel" and "Bat Super", the action scenes were indeed full of momentum.

Not to mention the quality of the film, just talking about the design and rendering of the action scenes, the superhero movies of Marvel used to be very much like elementary school students in front of Zack Snyder's action scenes.

Ronan asked, "Dawn of the Living Dead is almost finished, Zach, what are your plans next?"

Zack Schneider smiled and deliberately reminded: "Ronan, I signed a two-film contract with Shahai Entertainment. ”

"yes. Ronan said, "I came here to discuss with you first. ”

It seems that Charles Rowan and Warner Bros. just put Zack Schneider on the alternate list, and to really get into their sights, Zack Schneider must have a good business record.

A Dawn of the Living Dead is not enough.

Whether it is from the perspective of Relativity Entertainment's own interests, or for the future of DC Comics superhero movies, it is very necessary for Zack Schneider to continue to come together with "The Three Hundred Spartan Warriors".

Ronan beckoned to Connie, who immediately handed a copy of the illustration to Zack Snyder.

"Check it out, this is the famous cartoonist Frank Miller's masterpiece The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta. Ronan said directly: "The copyright of this illustration is already in the hands of Shahai Entertainment, I plan to adapt it into a movie, you are the director's first choice." ”

Zack Schneider opened the illustration and looked at it carefully, the thick and colorful picture like an oil painting had a strong visual impact, which made him, a director who was born as an advertising director and attaches great importance to the color of the picture, feel different in an instant.

Ronan briefly introduced: "This illustration depicts the battle between King Leonidas and Thermolaves, a massacre, but shocking. Frank Miller has said that The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta was the pinnacle of his career. Zach, I've seen the commercials you shot and I've seen the demos of Dawn of the Living Dead, and I'm sure you can get the feel of the original. ”

Zack Schneider closes the illustration: "Ronan, I'll read it as soon as possible and get back to you." ”

Ronan nodded, "Yes." ”

Although the two sides signed a directing agreement for two films, it is still a two-way choice when it comes to which film.

But Ronan believes that Zack Schneider would have chosen "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" because the illustration was too much in line with Zack Schneider's aesthetic.

Frank Miller's protagonist attaches great importance to having a bleak tragic temperament, such as Christopher Nolan's "The Return of the Dark Knight", the aging protagonist has retired for many years, but for various reasons has to re-emerge and fight against various evil forces, one of which is the aging protagonist vs. his former comrade-in-arms Superman.

In some ways, Zack Schneider's characters are not thick enough, and Frank Miller's original book just makes up for this, but the characters he is good at creating are those tragic heroes who no matter how hard they try, they always end up hopelessly losing to fate, they lose the final battle, but win hearts and minds.

As for Frank Miller's opinion, it doesn't matter, now that the copyright has been in the hands of Shahai Entertainment, Ronan has the final say on how to choose the director.

I vaguely remember that there was once an extremely widely circulated line in this film - this is Sparta!

When the film becomes popular, maybe you can make a "This is Not Sparta", which must also have a little market.

Later, Ronan went to several crews who also stayed at Warner Studios for post-production to take a look, and the sequels of horror movies such as "Death 3", "Deadly Bend 3" and "Saw 2" will also be released this year.

These sequel films, although they can't get rid of the limitations of niche films, have cultivated a loyal audience and can generate relatively stable income.

Ronan made a point of chatting with James Windo.

"I'm not at ease with this series without you. Ronan said directly: "James, you insist on making one more film, and then change to the producer of this series, if you have other ideas about horror films, I still fully support you." ”

At this stage, if James Win is not a horror movie, then forget it.

James Wing said: "Ronan, there would be no Saw success without you, I would finish the Saw trilogy and then go on to make other horror movies." ”

Ronan asked, "Do you have any other new ideas for horror films?"

James Wynn said with a smile: "It's just a vague concept, and I'll contact you as soon as I sort it out." ”

Ronan smiled and said, "James, you are a genius in making horror films, and I believe you can achieve even more." ”

He is not in a hurry, James Win has signed a long-term contract with Shahai Entertainment, and he can wait patiently for the "Conjuring" series.

Even if James Wing doesn't have the idea for this for a long time, he can get the script out first.

None of this is difficult.

It seems that James Wing later also directed the "Fast and Furious" series.

Leaving Warner Studios, Ronan made a special call to George Clint to find out about the Fast and Furious series.

After getting the rights from Universal Pictures, he specially listed an outline of a new trilogy and handed it to the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment, so that they could use it as a basis to create a coherent script.

At present, the script is still being written, and if it goes well, it will not be until next year before preparations can begin.

Ronan used Dwayne Johnson as the leading actor in "Prison Break", which has been filmed so far, and had the idea of letting Dwayne Johnson join the "Fast and Furious" series and become a top-level character.

As for Vin Diesel, Shahai Entertainment will invite him to star in the third installment, competing with Dwayne Johnson, and finally hanging up, making Donald's close comrade-in-arms Dwayne Johnson the same as Paul Walker as the core.

The plan has been formulated, and it depends on how well the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment creates the script.

On the way to the Relativity Building, Ronan received a call from Mark Randolph that Netflix's streaming media had completed its technical preparations and was just waiting for time to launch it.

Mark Randolph focused on the two opening dramas - "Prison Break" and "Survival in the Wilderness".

The latter has already completed all the production, and two small scale interior auditions have received high praise, while the former's post-production is also in the final stages and will be completed soon.

These are all important resources for the promotion of Netflix's streaming business.

Shahai Entertainment promotes the filming and production of multiple projects at the same time, not only staring at it externally, but also competing internally.

The crew of Uwe Bauer's "Vampire Lane" and Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" crew also took a fancy to Lang Pullman, who was very distinctive in appearance, and wanted to invite Lang Pullman to play an important role.

Ronan handled it neatly, calling Uwe Ball and Guillermo del Toro together for a conference call, getting the two directors to respect Ron Pullman's choice.

An actor like Ron Perlman is usually unpopular, but I didn't expect that the directors of both genre films liked him very much.

Ronan thinks about Ron Pullman's appearance, it seems to be very convincing, Ron Pullman, an actor with a strange appearance, seems to be particularly suitable for playing some alternative roles.

In the end, Ron Pulma chose the cast of Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy".

For no other reason, "Hellboy" gave Ron Pullma the absolute male lead, while in "Vampire Lane", Uwe Ball was only prepared for the role of a supporting actor.

Uwe Bauer's directing ability may still be as bad as ever, but after two films, his ability in other aspects has gradually been exercised, and he even contacted the relevant departments in Bulgaria, won a large tax refund, and then took the crew to Sofia to shoot.

In this way, the crew is equivalent to an extra budget of more than one million dollars out of thin air.

To be honest, ignoring the terrible production and shooting ability, how can a real person like Brother Bao not like it?

Even if Brother Bao can't get along in the directing industry, it is more than enough to serve as a liaison producer.

Ronan believes that Brother Bao is a talent, and at the very least, he can also deter some shameless film critics who scold for the sake of scolding.

As soon as Brother Bao came out, film critics avoided it!

It's a pity that Brother Bao has never been able to impress the love of his heart, and Ronan has not done much about the relationship between Blizzard and Vivendi.

Towards the beginning of the summer of 2004, the North American film market gradually became lively, especially the three films "Van Helsing", "Shrek 2" and "Troy", which were released three weekends ago.