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It only took ten minutes for Matthew to rush from his home to Burbank's angel agency, he went up to the second floor, pushed open the door of Helen Herman's office, and the first thing he saw was Sean Daniel, who had carried him, and on the single sofa next to Sean Daniel, there was also a short middle-aged man.

This person is equally familiar, Zack Schneider, the director of the filming of Britney's music video.

Seeing Matthew come in, Sean Daniel and Zach Schneider both stood up, and Matthew hurriedly took two steps forward and shook hands with Sean Daniel first.

"Your new film is done?" said Matthew, who had forgotten what the film was called.

"There's only a little finishing touches left. Sean Daniel admired Matthew very much from the very beginning, and it hasn't changed until now, he patted Matthew's arm, "You kid, you're about to develop." ”

Matthew smiled and said, "It's not your support yet." Sean, if you don't choose me to be the Scorpion King, I guess I still work in McDonald's or KFC restaurants to earn living expenses. ”

Although he politely rejected Sean Daniel last time, he still accepted the affection.

Besides, it's good to say something nice and get on good terms with a well-known producer who has a close working relationship with Universal Pictures.

Sean Daniel also laughed, turned to look at Zack Snyder, and said, "Matthew, I'll introduce you to a director." ”

"We know. Matthew took the initiative to extend his right hand to Zack Snyder, "Zach, we're meeting again." ”

Zack Schneider shook his right hand, "Hello, Matthew. ”

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, they quickly got to the point.

Helen Herman said first, "Sean is preparing a new project and wants to continue working with us. ”

Sean Daniel gestured to Zack Schneider with his eyes and said, "I'm planning a new film, Zach will be the director, and we want to invite you to play the leading role." ”

Matthew glanced at Helen Herman, who didn't prompt and couldn't help asking, "Sean, Zach, can you know what kind of film this is?"

Zack Snyder is the director, and what impressed him was Red Pants and "Batman v Superman".

But when you calculate the time, it doesn't seem right.

"Do you know George A. Romero's Dawn of the Living Dead?" Sean Daniel saw Matthew nodding and said directly, "Universal Pictures and I got the rights to the remake of Dawn of the Living Dead from the copyright owner, New Amsterdam Entertainment, and are ready to remake the film." ”

As soon as he said this, Matthew immediately remembered that he had watched the film, and remembered that he saw the news of George A's Romero's death on the Internet at that time, and specially published a commemorative condolence under the news.

vaguely remembers that George A Romero's several classic zombie films have been remade later, but they are not particularly impressive to him, and he has never been able to distinguish between the Land of the Living Dead and the Dawn of the Living Dead.

Could it be that Zack Schneider broke into the Hollywood film industry with a remake of a zombie film?

While Matthew was thinking, Sean Daniel was still talking about some details, "1978's Dawn of the Living Dead is clearly a cult movie, a milestone for horror films, we won't make a cult movie, and we'll apply advanced technology that's trending nowadays." ”

Matthew listened as he thought and nodded.

Helen Herman also listened very carefully, Sean Daniel, although not as good as Jerry Bruckheimer, is also a very good producer and project initiator, the last time she rejected Sean Daniel, just because the genre of the film is completely inconsistent with Matthew's development route, before Matthew came over this time, the two sides have had a lot of exchanges, Sean Daniel claimed that he would use Matthew as the leading actor to build the script around his characteristics.

Zombie movies are not the mainstream of Hollywood, but they have a sizable audience, and her biggest concern is the quality of the remake.

It's not that Hollywood hasn't remade classic movies from the past, and in general, there are fewer successes than failures.

Watching Sean Daniel and Zach Schneider, Matthew is as serious as listening to Helen Herman talk about Jack Bruckheimer's project.

"Growing up, I've always loved this genre, and 1978's Dawn of the Living Dead is my favorite, and even though it's not uncommon to see zombie movies of the same kind, Dawn of the Living Dead has always been one of the standouts, and I feel like it's not getting the attention it deserves. ”

Sean Daniel clearly had a lot of ideas, at least that was what he meant in his words, "Zombie lore is thousands of years old, they're almost like vampires, and for me, zombies are the perfect villains, they're fearless, tireless, ubiquitous, and they have one goal in mind, which is to track, kill, and eat you." ”

Frankly speaking, the first such film that Matthew saw was the work of George A. Romero, but the most impressive was the "Resident Evil" series.

"At the moment I have gathered a team of screenwriters to write the script, and the script framework and setting have been completed. Sean Daniel looked at Matthew with a smile, "Originally, we asked George A. Romero for his opinion on the script, and his idea was to set up a female character and continue to use the mall as the main story location......"

He shook his head, "Universal Pictures and I have doubts about this, films with women as the absolute protagonists will be rejected by a considerable number of male audiences, and the audience of this type of film is still dominated by men. ”

Matthew didn't speak, but Helen Herman spoke at the right time, "So you're going to set up a male as the absolute protagonist?"

"Yes. Sean Daniel first admitted, and then elaborated, "Every time Stephen Sommers writes a script, some of the characters in it always like to use real people as prototypes. ”

Matthew knows this that the Scorpion King was originally based on Dwayne Johnson, and the blueprint for Mannon, the villain of "The Scorpion King", was the Asian superstar Little Pony.

Sean Daniel continued, "Stephen Sommers has been successful every time, and I thought his approach was worth emulating, so I asked the writers to use Matthew's image and style as a basis to create the male lead in the script. ”

He smiled again, "So, no one is better suited for the role than Matthew." ”

"Sean......" Matthew asked slowly, "is there a script?"

"It's not done yet. Sean Daniel's words exude a strong sense of confidence, "I promise it's a reimagining of a classic, not a mere repetition." There are a lot of new remakes, and I love Kaufman's Alien, Carpenter's The Stranger, and Cronenberg's The Fly, which are all great films that didn't compromise the original, and Zach and I hope that this film will make zombie movies appeal to new audiences. ”

The two seemed to come with great sincerity, and then Zack Schneider said, "Matthew, we've worked together, and you should know my creative passion." ”

Matthew nodded, "Yes, I never doubted that. ”

Zack Schneider is undoubtedly a very thoughtful director.

"Sean asked me to be a director because we had a very similar opinion on filming. Zack Schneider added, "I don't have the idea of a reshoot, because a remake for me means taking the original script and reshooting it step by step." What we wanted to do was reinterpret, it was a re-creation process, and we didn't want to compare this film to other films, so this is our version. ”

Whether it's Sean Daniel or Zack Schneider, saying so much is showing sincerity.

Matthew could hear it, Helen Herman could hear it, the two looked at each other, and the tacit understanding brought by the long-term cooperation immediately made Helen Herman ask, "Sean, there is one thing I don't quite understand. ”

Sean Daniel looked polite, "Helen, if you have any questions, just say. ”

Helen Herman is the agent, and she doesn't go around the bush and asks directly, "Why Matthew? Matthew isn't even a second-tier now." ”

This is also Matthew's question, he has a really good relationship with Sean Daniel, but this relationship really involves the big interests, and they all have to stand aside.

Sean Daniel vetoed George A. Romero's idea and wanted to create a film with men as the absolute protagonists, Hollywood has a lot of suitable actors, but with such a sincere attitude, they found an angel agency, they have worked together and have a good relationship, it must be one reason, but it can't be all.

As Helen Herman asked the question, Matthew looked at Sean Daniel to hear what he had to say.

"I've worked with Matthew, I know Matthew very well, and like Stephen Sommers said, Matthew is a good actor! and now he's a good actor at a star level!"

Sean Daniel first complimented Matthew, and then said, "Zach has also worked with Matthew, and he would love to work with Matthew again." ”

Zack Schneider is the director finalized by Sean Daniel, and of course he has to work with him, saying at this time, "I've seen all of Matthew's roles starting with 'Gladiator', and I completely agree with Sean's words, Matthew is the most suitable actor. ”

"Of course, the investment in the film is limited. Sean Daniel told the truth and was full of sincerity, "The production budget of this film will not exceed $25 million, and we can't afford to hire first-line big stars, Matthew may not be as famous as some big stars, but we did research, and after the release of "The Scorpion King", he was very popular. ”

Matthew still didn't speak, and the $25 million investment can be regarded as a medium-sized production in a Hollywood commercial film.

If it weren't for "Pirates of the Caribbean", with his current coffee position, the leading actor of a crew of this size would definitely be a good opportunity for him.