In the conference room of Sky Dance Pictures, Matthew, David Ellison, Helen Herman, the bald CEO, and the two division directors of Sky Dance gathered to discuss the newly acquired rights.

"Good news for everyone. David Ellison was in high spirits at the moment, sitting at the front of the conference table, his voice was extremely loud, "Just yesterday, we successfully obtained the sequel to the "Fast and Furious" series from Universal Pictures, which is a new development opportunity for Sky Dance Pictures, and our next phase of work will focus on this series. ”

After speaking, he looked at the people in the conference room, as if he wanted to get a warm response.

The room was quiet, except for the rustle of the bald CEO writing in his notebook with a pen, and everyone, including Matthew, seemed awake because they all understood the truth.

Helen Herman said it directly, "Getting the rights is just the beginning. ”

Matthew nodded and continued, "We're still a long way from bringing this series back to life. ”

"It doesn't matter. David Ellison looked confident, looked at Matthew, and said, "Don't we have you?"

Matthew spread his hands and said, "I'm not good at making movies. ”

This is not modesty, let him play the leading actor in the action genre, that is absolutely no problem, and it is also his specialty, if he is asked to make a movie, he will be 100% messed up.

He said very seriously, "David, first of all, I have to find a qualified producer, me and ...... You're not good at it. ”

David Ellison wasn't the hairy kid he was when he first entered Hollywood, and nodded, "I understand." ”

Helen Herman chimed in, "I recommend Jack. ”

Matthew and David Ellison looked at each other and understood that the person Helen Herman recommended was Bearded Jack, the producer of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta."

"Yes. David Ellison gave Matthew a first look and agreed.

After all, there have been successful collaborations, and the bearded jack is experienced and quite good.

"The rest is too early to tell, just one thing. The bald CEO suddenly said, "Matthew, David." What kind of movie do you want the sequel to Fast and Furious to be? ”

He added, "Universal's trilogy is a medium-sized production with a limited reach. ”

David Ellison looked at Matthew, "You must have thought about it, right?"

"If I say no......" Matthew deliberately joked, "David, will you kill me?"

He then turned to the topic, "I can only talk about the theme and the concept, and we have to find a professional to do it." ”

This is the first time he has actually made a movie, and it is absolutely false to say that he is full of confidence, and he can only remember the general main plot of the "Fast and Furious" series he has watched, plus the experience and insight of Hollywood now, he can analyze some of the success factors from it.

As for the details, I have long forgotten about it, or I didn't pay attention to it at all when I downloaded pirated versions to watch movies.

The eyes of everyone in the conference room were on Matthew, and everyone present knew very well that Sky Dance Pictures bought the rights to the sequel to "Fast and Furious", and all the confidence came from this famous Hollywood movie star.

Matthew also put on a rare attitude of seriousness, saying, "First of all, we have to determine the scale of production. He glanced at David Ellison, "I agree with David on this that the sequel to "Fast and Furious" must be a first-line commercial production. ”

David Ellison nodded in agreement, "That's how I see it, too. ”

"Our goal is to make a series. Matthew continued, "This series is more than just a trilogy, and as long as there is enough room for profit, we will continue to launch new sequels, not just on a series of films, but to construct a world, a cinematic world that belongs exclusively to Fast and Furious." ”

Not to mention the others, even Helen Herman looked at Matthew in surprise, and they could all feel that Matthew took the series very seriously, or had great ambitions.

Matthew smiled and said, "You all know that sequel movies are the most profitable film genre in Hollywood. ”

This is well known, and Matthew doesn't need to say much, "Therefore, when we make the fourth part of the series in the future, we must reserve a certain amount of creative space for the subsequent sequels, and we won't talk about it far away, but the future trilogy is at least a complete, smooth and self-justifying story." ”

David Ellison added, "Unlike other films, which are always the first big hits and then rush to pick up sequels, what Matthew and I mean is to plan well from the start. ”

A director of the film department chimed in, "What if...... What if the first part doesn't get a good response. ”

"As long as you don't incur huge losses. "David Ellison is quite determined," the sequel goes ahead as usual. I believe in Matthew's charisma. ”

The two directors unconsciously looked at Matthew at the same time, and their confidence instantly increased, no matter how bad the plot of the future movie is, can it be worse than "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Dawn of the Living Dead"? Matthew can even carry the box office of such a bad movie, and as long as the sequel to "Fast and Furious" passes, the box office will definitely not be a problem.

Matthew ignored the two fiery eyes, "Pre-planning is very important, and we need a great team of writers to craft the script in this regard. In addition, the genre of the film will be a hot and intense racing action film, and each movie is reserved for vehicles and action scenes, that is, fights, shootouts, chases, collisions, dodges, drifts, and races, which cannot be less than one-third, and the shooting and production are all at the highest level in the Hollywood film industry!"

Helen Herman understands that Matthew is ready to get involved in the production industry, basically all superstars will get involved in the production industry, even after the actor's career declines, he will be a producer with extremely heavy discourse power.

Tom Hanks is arguably the epitome of this.

"But only speed and action can't support such a movie. Matthew then added, "A good story and characters with strong personalities are a must." I've reached out to Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster and they're both willing to return. ”

He took a sip of the glass of water in front of him and continued, "My idea is to form a team of characters, with the male protagonist as the core, to take team battles, and at the same time to reflect friendship and family affection in the film, so that the main characters can form a concept of 'we are family'. ”

Listening to Matthew's words, the bald CEO kept nodding his head while recording, and a thought was also spinning in his head, no wonder the film starring Matthew could be a big hit, from what he said, you can see that Matthew's understanding of commercial films and the market is really profound.

Promoting friendship and family affection, playing the family card, adding stars and intense action scenes, it is full of highlights when you think about it.

He knows very well that "speed" alone is not enough to support a film. The "speed" of "Fast and Furious" must be outstanding, and it must work elements other than action, and the film is a little higher than works of the same type in all aspects, so that it is possible to get the best entertainment effect.

"Speed represents the charm of the vehicle, which can provide visual support for the film, but it cannot be the soul of the story. Matthew dug up almost everything he could have learned from the series, "Universal made three films, and didn't really understand why the first one was successful and why the third failed miserably? ”

In the previous deal with Universal Pictures, because the copyright of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" was in the hands of Sky Dancing Pictures, 10 million US dollars of the $15 million paid to Universal Pictures came from him, and half of the production funds for the follow-up film also needed him to raise.

Even if it's not for Vin Diesel, not for this contract, he's going to succeed.

Matthew is definitely going to star in this series, and at the end of this meeting, he also focused on his requirements for the role to be played.

"Walking between the law and the underground order, the soft and hard are not elusive, but there is an extremely soft part of the heart. He cherishes family and friendship immensely, and has always played the role of a generous elder brother in front of his brothers, and has repeatedly fought for his life to protect his relatives and friends, representing the values of civilian heroes in American movies. ”

"He was hardly interested in money, drugs, women, and other temptations that could corrupt the will, and only pursued the thrill of racing and crime. In order to achieve a moral balance, it is necessary to design a value position for him that the audience can agree with. ”

Finally, Matthew added, "We need to introduce new characters appropriately in the sequel, and the ratio of male and female characters should match. It doesn't matter how good the acting is, the actor must be distinctive, and the actress must be sexy and beautiful enough. ”

The bald CEO once again jotted down Matthew's words in his notebook, which were necessary to recruit the screenwriter team in the future.

For what Matthew said, he thinks it makes a lot of sense, they are all elements of the success of a commercial film, it is not easy for someone to make these clear, but it is even more difficult to do it.

Matthew also knows that it is difficult to do so, and this investment is actually very risky, much more risky than simply choosing roles and jobs according to the films in his memory.

But high risk also brings high returns.

In the past, he didn't have enough capital, and the net worth he had accumulated seemed to be a lot, but it was not enough for film investment.

Now, after years of hard work, he has made a lot of money through salary, dividends and endorsements, and on the other hand, Apple has advertised a new creator conference and released the kidney machine generation at the meeting.

Apple's stock began to rise explosively.

These are Matthew's risky capitals, and even if they fail, it won't be a disaster that can't be managed.

"Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster are both returning...... "What about Vin Diesel's character?"