"Killing with a Knife" is a movie with a good reputation and box office.

The film is produced by DreamWorks, directed by Michael Mann, and starring Tom Cruise, who contributed the first villain performance in his life and achieved good marketing results.

In the end, the film invested $65 million and grossed $217 million worldwide.

It really made a fortune for DreamWorks.

However, this film is DreamWorks spent $1.5 million and invited the well-known screenwriter Stuart Beatty to the original script of Frank Darabont, only keeping the core plot and rewriting the effect.

The original script is in Don's hands, and it's sleepy to watch!

The foreshadowing is too long, there are too many suggestive dialogues, and the whole rhythm is slow and not commercial.

It's a typical Frank Darabont style script.

Deep, philosophical, reflective of human nature, long and tedious.

To shoot according to the original script, there must be at least 3 hours of filming!

A crime, suspense, thriller, to be filmed in 3 hours?

Not a single studio would agree.

Frank Darabont is the director of the "Walking Dead" series, and Donn is counting on him to make the first feature-form, big-budget TV series in American history.

At this time, you can't refuse it all at once.

Give him a suitable reason.

Donn called Frank Darabont to the office and said straight to the point: "The script of "Killing with a Knife" lacks enough commercial temperament. ”

This script has been killed by all major studios, and only DreamWorks has promised to take over and hire a new screenwriter to rewrite the script in an all-round way.

As you can imagine, Frank Darabont must understand the reason for this.

Sure enough, I saw him with a calm face, nodded and said, "I know, this script ...... The pace is not in line with the market trend, but isn't New Globe calling for 'a new order, a new model, a new force, a new Hollywood'? ”

Don's face sank.

This guy, gagged himself with his own words?

He did say in public that if he could come across such an excellent movie as "Fight Club", even if it was a loss, he would insist on making it.

However, this kind of bottomless pit of donations, will he really be willing?

There are so many excellent scripts in Hollywood!

The six major studios, each of which still stores 350,000 copies?

All the filmmakers, writers, and screenwriters around the world are frantically contributing to Hollywood.

But there are only a handful of scripts that can really conform to the market trend and can be valued by producers and marketing departments.

Seeing Donne's unhappy face, Frank Darabont hurriedly said: "That's right, I know this script, the rhythm is similar to "The Shawshank Redemption". However, "The Shawshank Redemption" only failed at the box office that year. In the videotape and DVD market in recent years, the results of this movie are no worse than any movie!"

Donn shook his head, "One disc market alone can't save a movie with tens of millions of dollars invested. ”

Frank Darabont is still unconvinced, "The Shawshank Redemption has already earned back for investors. In fact, this film has brought great fame to Castle Stone Pictures!"

"What's the use of being famous? Because of the heavy loss of "The Shawshank Redemption", Castle Stone Pictures has become a subsidiary of Warner, and now there is only one label left, and even the skeleton is gone. ”

"But New Globe has the strength and confidence to do so! Besides, didn't New Globe acquire the IMDb website? The ranking of "The Shawshank Redemption" surpassed "The Godfather" and firmly locked the first position!

"That's right, IMDb is ranked first, and this result is important. But unfortunately, the current Internet is not popular enough. Wait a few years...... Ten years, ten years later, a script similar to "Killing with a Knife", even if I know that it will not make any success in the box office market, I will not hesitate to invest!"

"Ten years?" Frank Darabont couldn't understand, a little confused, "Does the popularity of the Internet have anything to do with movies?"

"Yes! And it's big! Maybe that's the next era of cinema!"

Don said loudly.

"Can you elaborate on that?"

"Streaming. ”

"Streaming?"

Frank Darabont looked confused.

This is normal, 99.99% of filmmakers in the world don't know what the Internet is.

Don smiled, "Frank, you don't need to understand the specific reason. I read the script of "Killing with a Knife" and it was very well written. But to be honest, I have the same opinion as other major studios, the genre of the film is not suitable for cinemas. After all, there is no pause button in the cinema, and the audience is not like watching a videotape or DVD, where they can pause, take a break, and muster up courage. ”

"So...... You're not going to invest in this project anymore?" Frank Darabont was a little disappointed.

Tang En immediately shook his head, "No, the core story of "Killing with a Knife" is very good, there are conflicts, contradictions, rich inner struggles, and a comprehensive social portrayal. As long as you find a few screenwriters and adapt the script, you can make a very good movie. ”

"Same as DreamWorks?"

"That's right. ”

"Hey. ”

Frank Darabont sighed, unwilling.

Don En smiled: "You don't have to be discouraged, I said, this story is very good, it's just a script...... It is not in line with the current market trend. After ten years, we can take this project out again and remake it, and then I will use your script as the main thing. ”

"Really?" Frank Darabont's eyes lit up.

"Of course!"

Don replied without hesitation, and then said a few words to the secretary through the walkie-talkie.

A minute later, Ella Fisher walked over panting with a half-meter-tall script, tired enough.

"Put it here. ”

Tang En pointed to the tall stack of scripts, there were dozens of them, and said unhurriedly: "Not only your "Murder with a Knife", but also 56 scripts here, all of which have been selected by me through the screenwriting department and the art analysis department over the years. However, these scripts lack a box office market, and I plan to wait 10 years before making them. ”

Why ten years later?

Because, at that time, it was the world of streaming!

In the previous life, at the peak of Netflix, it had the streaming rights of more than 14,000 movies. Later, the streaming media intensified, the price of copyright soared very exaggeratedly, coupled with the collective suppression of the entire Hollywood, the number of movie rights owned by Netflix plummeted.

In order to attract users, Netflix can only shoot movies and TV series on its own.

TV series are okay, but movies are a little difficult.

For filmmakers, Hollywood is the first choice!

When there is a good project, filmmakers usually move closer to the big studios first, and then turn to independent studios like Lionsgate and DreamWorks if they can't get along, and then they turn to platter investment companies like Relativity Media and Legendary Pictures for help.

In the end, after these companies refused, they turned to streaming companies for help.

With such an operation process, what good movie can Netflix make?

It's almost a film, a bad one!

For traditional studios such as Warner and Paramount, they have tens of thousands of scripts stored in their libraries, and even if they lack external supplies, they can fully mine internally and develop film projects.

But Netflix won't, they don't have a background, and they don't have a huge library of scripts.

In this case, the film made by Netflix suffered a lot of setbacks and developed very roughly.

However, in this life, Netflix has its back against the big tree of Donn, and all problems are solved.

Through streaming media, watching movies in front of screens such as mobile phones and computers has one of the biggest differences from being in the cinema, that is, the audience watches movies for the sake of watching movies!

It has nothing to do with dating, pickles, family fun, entertainment, etc.

In this case, a word-of-mouth masterpiece with a wonderful plot has become the best choice.

Slow-paced films like "The Shawshank Redemption," "This Killer Is Not Too Cold," and "L.A. Confidential" will collapse when they are shown in a movie theater, but when viewed in front of a computer, users have enough opportunities to pause, watch, and think before they can appreciate the flavor.

Word of mouth naturally rises layer by layer!

New Universal has a screenwriting department, all of which are special talents that Don found through the sunglasses system.

The so-called special talent refers to the "screenwriter" with high ability, but the attributes such as "market judgment" and "artistic analysis" will be uneven.

Just like Frank Darabont.

This kind of seriously biased screenwriter is difficult to get the attention of big studios.

But Don can make the best use of his talents!

These more than 50 scripts were summarized by the market analysis department, and there is no box office prospect;

It's the same as the original manuscript of "Murder by a Knife" in the hands of Frank Darabont.

I can't shoot it now, but ten years later, I can let Netflix shoot it.

Exclusive premiere directly on streaming platforms without going to the cinema!

When Frank Darabont heard this, he was a little displeased, he was conceited of his talent, and he was inevitably arrogant.

New Universal's screenwriting department?

What level can it be?

Can a screenwriter have an annual salary of $50,000?

Even if he has failed a lot, he is also Hollywood's first-class screenwriter, and a script can sell for millions of dollars!

Not a level at all!

Frank Darabont felt that Donn had taken him too lightly, and even equated his work with the scripts of these young screenwriters.

The face was gloomy and ugly.

Tang En didn't break it either, and said with a smile: "Frank, these 56 scripts, if you are interested, you can read them slowly." I'll have a meeting over there, see you later. ”

Two hours later.

Frank Darabont rubbed his slightly tired eyes, and walked out of the parlor with a red and purple face, his lips stiff and his face stiff.

The shock in my heart is like a tsunami!

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