People who put down their faces to make money often live at the bottom, just like Hollywood actresses, don't look at their bright appearance, but in front of the real producers, even Monroe has to untie their clothes.

Of course, the actors are growing gradually, and with the growth of fame and the accumulation of funds, they participate in the production of the movie, using money, fame and hard work to save face and dignity for themselves step by step.

And this is only the second stage.

Now Don has embarked on the third stage of his life, and he can use his face to make money!

After making a series of films that grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, Donn's fame grew day by day, but he was only in the second stage.

What really made him a big man that everyone feared was the inclusion on the Forbes rich list, as well as the continuous deflated fortunes of Fox and Disney.

Donn personally came forward to invite Tim Burton to be the director of "Pirate Captain: The Curse of the Black Pearl", to put it bluntly, it is to make money with face, and Tim Burton did not refuse.

After that, Donn personally went to the Staples Center to meet with Jack Nicholson, hoping that he would change his mind and play the role of "Captain Barbossa".

It's a supporting character, and it's a villain!

But only two days later, Done Pictures received a reply from the old man's agent, and Jack Nicholson was willing to cooperate!

Although Don is young, he already has a bit of a big guy in Hollywood.

His face, even the veteran actor Jack Nicholson, has to be given!

That's not all, Tim Burton's director's contract hasn't even been first discussed, and the director, who is notoriously weird in Hollywood and difficult for producers to control, has appeared at Down Pictures many times in a row to exchange opinions with screenwriters on the content of the film.

When Tim Burton reappeared, Donn invited him to his office and said with a smile: "Tim, good news for you, Jack Nicholson agreed!"

Tim Burton was a little stunned, "Really?"

"Of course!" Don noticed something was wrong, "you look surprised?"

Tim Burton smiled awkwardly, "Hehe, he can play Captain Barbossa the best, if you really don't want to, there are still quite a lot of excellent actors in Hollywood." ”

It turns out that I have long planned to find a spare tire!

Tang En said angrily: "Okay, anyway, I've already fulfilled your request, and the movie is handed over to you, don't mess it up for me!"

Tim Burton shook his head, a little embarrassed, "Donn, you're sure you want to make Pirate Captain a big series, right?"

"Of course!"

Tang En looked at him strangely, "Haven't you read the outline of the story, it's a very large pirate world full of fantasy, and there must be a lot of development elements." Let's put it this way, even if this movie fails at the box office, it won't change my determination to make a sequel and continue to develop this series!"

"That's good. Tim Burton nodded, and slowly muttered, "Don, I think...... We'll need to spend some time building this pirate world in its entirety. ”

"Build a whole pirate world?"

A flash of surprise flashed in Donn's eyes.

There are many series of movies in Hollywood, but so far, the only series that has completely built the movie world is Star Wars!

Since "Star Wars" became popular in the United States in the 80s, various themes have appeared successively, perfecting the Star Wars world, including animation, comics, TV series, movies, and fan......

Could it be that Tim Burton wants to imitate the sci-fi world of Star Wars and create a fantasy pirate world?

Think about it......

Very good!

Tim Burton said: "That's right, only when the background of the story is rich and perfect, the clearer the framework and the richer the details, the more realistic and logical the film will be." I just got an offer from Twentieth Century Fox to remake the Planet of the Apes series, but I turned it down. Remaking an old story is far less appealing than creating a new world. ”

Don clapped his hands and praised, "Tim, congratulations on your wise decision! Believe me, you will be proud of your choice today!"

Tim Burton looked at him with a smile, "So you agreed?"

"Create a pirate world?" Donn smiled heartily, "Of course I agree! I said, I'm looking forward to this series, and the story outline I'm giving you is just a small part of what I've built for this series, since you want to create a complete pirate world first, and then make a movie...... Then I'll talk about my thinking. ”

Tim Burton hurriedly sat down and listened.

Don cleared his throat and said slowly, "This is a story that happened in the 17th century. For specific customs, details of dress, specific life, navigation and military conditions, we can hire experts in history, oceans, and humanities to serve as consultants. ”

"The general structure is like this, at that time there were nine pirates in the world, ruling all the seas on the earth. In addition to the Caribbean pirates, there are also South Sea pirates, Indian Ocean pirates, Black Sea pirates, Mediterranean pirates, Pacific pirates, Adriatic pirates, Atlantic pirates, and Caspirates of the Caspian Sea. ”

"Pirates are a special class, they are the overlords of the sea, and there will be contact between the nine pirates. Although they are all vicious villains, in order to safeguard the common interests of the sea, they have formed a pirate alliance to jointly fight against the navies of various countries. In order to lead this alliance of pirates, they have introduced a leader known as the 'Pirate Emperor'!"

Tim Burton's eyes lit up, "Pirate Alliance? This is a good idea! I even think that the name of this series is better to be called "Pirate League" directly, the pattern of "Pirate Captain" is too small! It seems that the name of "Star Wars" is very atmospheric, and if it is called "Jedi Wars", it will seriously restrict the construction of the Star Wars world. ”

"The Pirate League?"

Don blinked, thought for a moment, but didn't make an arbitrary decision, "This is a good suggestion, we can communicate with the production department, the marketing department, and the screenwriting department." ”

Tim Burton added: "Also, there are nine major forces of pirates, they live in different countries and seas, and they need to have a unique set of means of communication, which is exclusive to the pirate class and is not known to outsiders. Linguists can be called in to create a pirate language specifically. ”

Tang En was pleasantly surprised, and then frowned, "The overly complicated language setting will bring obstacles to the audience." ”

Tim Burton pondered and said: "So although the world of pirates is very large, the protagonists of the movie are always pirates from English-speaking countries, such as pirates of the Caribbean, pirates of the Atlantic, and so on. Pirate communication between different regions can be done in pirate language, which can at least add some mystery. ”

Don waved his hand, "This idea is on hold for now. Anyway, the first pioneering work only talks about a small part of the Caribbean, and it won't involve too much. It would be nice to use English as the main language, after all, it was the 17th century, and England had slowly become the largest empire with global influence. ”

Language is a big difficulty for movies, and if there are too many languages, it will make the audience confused.

Audiences in North America, in particular, have never been in the habit of reading subtitles.

On that day, Donn and Tim Burton talked at length for more than two hours, constructing the basic framework of the world of the "Pirate League".

Then, Tim Burton invited 3 of his friends, who were his royal screenwriters, and the production department of Down Pictures produced 6 more screenwriters, a total of 9 screenwriters, each responsible for one, to write the background of each Pirate King's story.

The project team was led by Andrew O'Haire, Chief Marketing Analyst at Down Pictures, with Tim Burton and Jonathan Nolan as creative directors.

The story structure of the entire "Pirate Alliance" world, from the outline, to the writing, to the revision, took at least 3 months.

Then Tim Burton adapted the script of the first pirate movie based on the part of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

According to the current progress, the official project of the film will really have to wait until next spring.

Still, Tim Burton was clearly interested, and he could afford to wait.

It's a huge job, full of fantasy and thrillers, and more importantly, once successful, it's going to go down in history!

Just like the Star Wars series!

Even if the copyright belongs to Down Pictures, it is an honor for Tim Burton to be involved in this new story construction.

Even if he gets tired of it in the future and doesn't want to make pirate movies anymore, but the choice of producer, Don will definitely not forget him.

And the name of this series, after the advice of Bill McNick, Nina Jacobson, Jonathan Nolan, Andrew O'Haire and others, has finally been decided - "Pirate League"!

The first film, the name was changed: "Pirate League: The Curse of the Black Pearl".

Formerly known as Captain Pirate, the layout is too small, and I am really sorry that Down Pictures spent so many millions of dollars to invite screenwriters, historians, writers, oceanographers and many other professionals.

Don is both helpless and funny.

Originally known as "Pirates of the Caribbean", in his hands, the sky has changed dramatically.

"Pirate League" is undoubtedly a very large world, and even because of language and culture, it is impossible to express it through movies.

In the future, if this series becomes popular, it is very likely that American dramas will be filmed, describing some pirates from other regions, or prequels, or outfalls.

In short, this theme has unlimited room for expansion.

"Hey, I wanted to build a Hasbro Alliance, but I didn't expect it to be self-defeating, and a pirate alliance came out first......"

Sitting in the office, Tang En crossed Erlang's legs, although he sighed, but there was always a bit of pride on his face that could not be concealed.

His appearance has brought earth-shaking changes to Hollywood!

These changes are all because of one name - Donn Walker!

He doesn't want to repeat, he wants to create his own era!