When he got up from bed in the morning, when Zhang Ran checked his email, he saw the script of "Black Swan" sent by Darren Aronofsky, and couldn't help laughing, this should be the biggest gain last night. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At last night's party, when several directors talked about their future film plans, Darren Aronofsky said that he was going to shoot "Black Swan" next.

In January 2007, Darren handed over a detailed shooting plan to Universal in the hope of getting the start-up capital to shoot "Black Swan". At that time, Universal told Darren that they needed Darren to finish the film in the shortest time possible. However, at that time, Darren only had an idea for "Black Swan", not a complete script, so the plan was aborted around the world. After filming "Wrestling", Darren asked "Wrestling" screenwriter to complete the script of "Black Swan" and submitted the script to Universal, but still failed to pass Universal's green light system.

Zhang Ran's heart moved, he clearly remembered that the movie "Black Swan" not only won Natalie Portman the Best Actress, but also achieved great success at the box office with the blessing of the Oscar.

If you can win "Black Swan", it will undoubtedly be a great thing for Summit Entertainment, so Zhang Ran quietly suggested to Darren that he send the script to himself, maybe he can invest in it.

Zhang Ran simply flipped through the script of "Black Swan", it was indeed the version in his memory, and he immediately replied to Darren with an email, saying that he liked the script very much, and he would suggest Summit Entertainment to buy the script from Universal.

After the email was sent, Zhang Ran dialed Rob Freman, CEO of Summit Entertainment: "Rob, do you know Darren Aronofsky? Yes, it is the director of "The King of Wrestling", he is currently preparing a new movie "Black Swan". I read the script, it's very good, the heroine is Natalie Portman, and the copyright is in Universal's hands. Darren said that the script failed to pass Universal's green light system, and Universal had no intention of filming. That's what I mean, let the company evaluate the script of "Black Swan", and if it can pass the green light system, find a producer from Universal, buy the script, and we will invest in it!"

Rob Freman has 100% trust in Zhang Ran's vision for films, not to mention that Zhang Ran is the boss, and immediately said: "Okay, I will organize an evaluation, how to be suitable, we will contact Universal as soon as possible." What are the recommendations for the budget for films?"

Zhang Ran didn't want to change the company's purpose because of himself: "Summit Entertainment is a small company, you can't spend money lavishly, and the company can survive by strictly controlling the budget!" Zhang Ran said again: "I talked to Robert De Niro yesterday about the second male lead in "The Colonel's Sabre", and he agreed to act. I also met Scarlett Johansson last night, and I asked her to play the lead role, and she said yes. You tell the casting director that you don't have to choose the role. ”

Rob Freman couldn't help but laugh when he heard Zhang Ran finalize Scarlett Johansson at night: "Scarlett Johansson is very spicy and is a good choice." But there are still a lot of good actresses in Hollywood, you can try more!"

Zhang Ran was speechless, am I that kind of person, but he didn't explain, and people may not believe it if you explain, so he said: "Is there an echo from the Ministry of National Defense, has "The Colonel's Sabre" passed the censorship?"

The novel "The Colonel's Sabre" tells the story of the U.S. military fighting the AI army in the European theater, Zhang Ran originally planned to change the U.S. military to the People's Liberation Army after getting the novel, and wanted the PLA to fight with the AI army in Europe, but after the peak of the century submitted the script outline to the General Bureau, it was directly rejected.

There are a bunch of reasons given by the General Administration, how the PLA went to Europe, what *****, what international influence is not good, in short, it can't be filmed.

Zhang Ran was very helpless about this, this is obviously a good opportunity to promote the image of China and show the image of the People's Liberation Army, why can't it be filmed? Just like the elder said, the Chinese film system is full of fools, and I can't do anything about it.

In the end, Zhang Ran could only change the story back to the mode of the novel, change the protagonist to the US army, and change the 38th Army back to the First Cavalry Division.

"The Colonel's Sabre" is a sci-fi war film, with a large number of war scenes, involving a large number of US military equipment, if all are done with special effects, the cost is too high, on the contrary, directly renting US military equipment saves time and effort.

U.S. military equipment can be rented for filming, such as renting an E-4B air command aircraft for $72,000 per hour, and a B-1B long-range bomber for $50,000 per hour.

Of course, in order to rent these US military equipment, there is a premise that the movie script or the shot must be reviewed by the Department of Defense and revised in accordance with the opinions of the Department of Defense. As long as the plot and characters that the military is not satisfied with must be adjusted, otherwise the Ministry of Defense will refuse to provide any support, such as "Black Hawk Down" will rewrite a character who is known to be a ** fetish in reality according to the requirements of the Ministry of Defense.

Of course, there are also many directors who disagree with the military's modifications to the film, such as the movie "Thirteen Days of Shock", which describes the deep contradictions between US President John F. Kennedy and the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. In reality, the then Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Admiral Curtis LeMay, was a war hawk who advocated an immediate attack on Cuba at the risk of a nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union. The United States Air Force also sent a U-2 reconnaissance plane to infiltrate Cuban territory for reconnaissance, but it was shot down by Cuban troops. Before the filming of the film, the US Department of Defense demanded that Admiral Li May not be described as so belligerent and that the downing of the U-2 reconnaissance plane be deleted. But the filmmakers refused to compromise. As a result, the film could only make extensive use of cinematic special effects, causing the budget and cost to skyrocket.

In fact, the cooperation between the US military and Hollywood began at the beginning of the 20 th century, and it has been 100 years now, and almost all of Hollywood's large-scale war films have the Pentagon's figure, and there is also an entertainment media office in the Department of Defense, which is headed by the assistant secretary of defense in charge of public affairs, and there are also film liaison offices within each branch of the military, which are specifically responsible for handling the film industry's support requests for different services.

The influence of the U.S. military is not limited to military movies, well-known TV series such as "24" and "Looking for Bone Clues" have the shadow of the Ministry of Defense behind them, and the reality show "Overnight Success" has also consulted the Ministry of Defense because of the participation of active U.S. troops.

"The Colonel's Sabre" is an anti-war and technologically reflective film, but the US military in it is positive, and it should not be a big problem to pass the review of the Ministry of Defense, the only thing worth worrying about is that although the US military is the protagonist in the story, it is the PLA that really turns the situation around.

It was precisely the PLA that pushed the AI army back on the Langfang front line and officially opened the prelude to the counteroffensive of the human army, that the 101st Commando Division of the US Army cooperated with the 173rd Airborne Brigade to raid Paris, and that the four motorized divisions and two heavy divisions of the Russian Army completed the assembly and began a fierce counteroffensive against the AI army on the north bank of the Volga River.

It was precisely because of the human counterattack that the AI high-level decided to destroy the entire ecosystem of the earth and completely destroy the entire carbon-based biosphere, which led to the last Colonel Gurov stabbing with a saber.

Although the Chinese army's counteroffensive is not mentioned much in the movie, it is only a passing touch, but it is difficult to say whether the US Department of Defense will seize this point.

Rob Freman was also a little worried, replying, "We haven't received a review from the Department of Defense! So, I'll call Strub, the entertainment liaison at the Department of Defense, in a moment and ask when I'll know the review opinion!"

Zhang Ran said: "I'm bothering you about this, wait for the review opinions to come out, and tell me the results as soon as possible! Also, the script was sent to Leonardo, is there any response from him?"

Rob Freman sighed and said, "Leonardo turned us down the play, he felt that the role of Adams was too superficial to show his acting skills! ”

The role of Adams is really not challenging, not much different from the protagonist of many American blockbusters, and in recent years, Leonardo has obviously felt his desire for awards in the selection of scripted roles, and he has chosen the kind of roles that test his acting skills, so it is not surprising that he was rejected.

Zhang Ran didn't think there was anything, and this role didn't have to be Leonardo: "That's okay, there's news to inform me!"

After chatting with Rob Freman for a while, Zhang Ran hung up the phone, dialed Robert De Niro's number again, and asked him to talk about the script.

Robert De Niro first heard about the sci-fi war movie, and it was a supporting role, and he didn't have too high expectations for the role, but after reading the script and chatting with Zhang Ran, he suddenly felt that Colonel Gurov might be the best character he had encountered in more than ten years, this is a complex and interesting role!

Robert De Niro, who has long been famous, has acted a little casually in the last decade or so, rarely as desperately as before, and certainly no roles worthy of his desperate efforts, but now a role has emerged that has rekindled his creative passion.

Robert De Niro moved his arm and said, "Little guy, this is an interesting character, I love it! I haven't taken acting seriously for several years, and this time I'm going to do a big job!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "I'm looking forward to your performance!"

However, this pleasant conversation atmosphere did not last long, and the two soon quarreled over the content of the script.

The Stella Adler school places great emphasis on scripts, and Robert De Niro, as Stella's personal disciple, naturally likes to study scripts repeatedly, and on the basis of studying scripts, he will often change his lines, and even tear up with the director for this. Many directors who have worked with Robert De Niro have scolded him, such as Gilliam, the director of "Fantastical", who said: "The crew and I have a 180° turn in their opinion of him!

Zhang Ran is also a junior disciple of Stella, and he is also a person who attaches great importance to the script, and he will change the objections raised by De Niro if he thinks it makes sense, and resolutely disagree with the revision if he feels unreasonable.

Zhang Ran is not the kind of director who is weak and can be bullied, and the big names are whatever they say. He scolded Chen Daoming at home, and he didn't have the slightest psychological burden in the face of Robert De Niro abroad, what about Robert De Niro? I am the director of the movie, and I have the final say on the script!

The two quarreled all morning over the characters and lines, and the quarrel was so dark that it looked like they were about to fight, but by noon, the two had lunch together again, as if nothing happened.

After lunch, Robert De Niro cheered up and was ready to continue to fight with Zhang Ran, but Zhang Ran announced that he had something to do in the afternoon and would not accompany him. Robert De Niro had a feeling of punching the cotton, and he was so angry that he scolded, my old man is so easy to have an interesting character, and it's easy to have the interest to tear it up, you kid actually ran away!

More than an hour later, Zhang Ran arrived at an actor training studio on the outskirts of New York City, which is the base for many Hollywood stars to train and play. But Zhang Ran came here, not to see any Hollywood star, but to see Fan Binbin.