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Angel Agency, inside Helen Herman's office.

Matthew sat on a chair in front of his desk, and looked seriously at the script that Sean Daniel specially sent over yesterday afternoon, the script is not thick, only about a hundred pages, as a simple and clear script for a commercial film, with his current reading level, it is very easy to read.

Although it is a remake, what Sean Daniel said at the beginning is true, the crew is repeatedly polishing the plot, in mid-March, his crew has the framework and setting of the script, and now it is not until the end of May that the first draft of the script is produced, which is inefficient for Hollywood's industrial assembly line model.

According to Helen Herman, the reason for the inefficiency is not that the crew is not strong, but that Sean Daniel has people repeatedly polish the script in order to be more in line with Matthew's acting path.

Sean Daniel's reason for doing this is also very simple, in May, Disney Studios held several test screenings for "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", which circulated widely in the circle and had a good reputation, especially for the evaluation of the two leading actors, Johnny Depp and Matthew, which could not be better in commercial films.

Even, Disney Studios has put a sequel on the agenda, and will announce the news only when the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" explodes in the first week.

Matthew understands Sean Daniel's approach very well, especially after the recent continuous popularity with Keira Knightley, Hollywood is like this, you rub my heat, I rub your heat, as long as you can become famous and rich together, these are small things.

Helen Herman sat in her office chair and was flipping through another script, which she had roughly read last night, and this time more carefully.

Selecting and securing jobs for their actors is the most basic ability of an entertainment agent.

Matthew didn't look through it very quickly, and when he encountered some scenes that he thought were good, he would build scenes in his mind, and nearly a morning had passed, and he only read two-thirds of the script with only about 100 pages of relatively sparse text.

Frankly speaking, he doesn't really have the ability to concept and judge the quality of the script.

The films he has starred in in the past can be roughly divided into two categories.

One is the film that he starred in as an extra actor and an ordinary actor, and at that time he didn't have any fame or capital, so he went on when he had the opportunity, showed his face in the film first, tried to be familiar, and at the same time earned some living expenses.

During this period, it was not him who picked the crew and script at all, but the other party picked him.

Later, he became famous, especially trying his best to get the role of Will Turner in "Pirates of the Caribbean", which had nothing to do with the judgment ability to pick scripts, and was completely cheating.

Similarly, the remake of "Dawn of the Living Dead" did not directly reject Sean Daniel and Zack Schneider, also because of Zack Snyder's former fame.

A rookie director who transformed from the advertising industry to the film industry, and later became a first-line commercial film director in the industry, his first work is certainly not a street product.

This is Matthew's most direct judgment on the script and the project.

After mixing Hollywood in the past few years, he knows very well that the success of a movie is only one of many conditions, and the initiator, producer and director of the project are far more important than the script.

Matthew looked through the script of "Dawn of the Living Dead" and made sure that the script met the consistent standards of the Hollywood industrial assembly line, and did not think about whether it was good or bad, but first listed the advantages of the project in his mind.

The promoter and producer of Dawn of the Living Dead is Sean Daniel, the director is Zack Schneider, and the production and distribution company is Universal Pictures......

Just like when he first came into contact, Matthew's judgment was simple, it was a very, very reliable combination.

It's not too late to determine these and think about the script.

The first sentence of the whole script left a deep impression on Matthew - the room in hell was full, and so death crept up on the earth......

The male protagonist in this script is set as a tough SAT member, who survives with a sudden outbreak of the plague during a mission, saves the young and beautiful heroine halfway, and then comes to the commercial center that is the main location of the movie.

The actor has a lot of action scenes, and the setting of his size, appearance and skills basically comes from him, such as this SAT player is an avid kickboxing enthusiast, etc., to be exact, the actor can deal with not too many zombies.

From Matthew's point of view, this actor still uses cool and selling skills as the main selling point, compared with his past roles, the selling point mainly increases one aspect, that is, the degree of blood.

In the words of Zack Schneider's annotation in the script, the audience wants to enjoy the thrill of the male protagonist slaughtering zombies like crazy!

In addition, the male protagonist and the female protagonist, perhaps it is more appropriate to describe it as the first supporting actress, there is a relationship drama, and the scale will be relatively large, after all, this must be an R-rated film, and large-scale dramas don't need to be too evasive.

It's hard to say what the final movie will be, but from the description of the script, this is indeed very suitable for his acting career, and after playing costume action roles one after another, a modern role is also conducive to him broadening his acting path.

Although it is still limited to the category of action movies, it is out of the relatively narrow category of ancient costumes, and the development space of action movies is broad enough for him now.

If this film is successful, he can take advantage of the trend to take on modern action scenes and temporarily break away from the genre of costume action movies.

Thinking of this, Matthew closed the script and put it on Helen Herman's desk, Helen Herman looked up at Matthew, and also closed the script and put it on the desk.

Helen Herman held her glasses and asked, "What's in your mind?" ”

Matthew didn't hide it, and said directly, "I think, you can go on." ”

Helen Herman didn't speak immediately, her fingers lightly tapping the armrests of her chair, as if thinking.

"What about you?" asked Matthew, "Helen, what do you think?"

Helen Herman stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, and said, "The role is indeed a good fit for you, Sean has not broken his promise, the actor is almost set with you as a template, as long as the director can be half as good as Gore Verbinski, I have no doubt that you can make this role brilliant." ”

Matthew knew that she hadn't finished speaking, so he didn't answer and continued to listen to her.

"The advantages and disadvantages of this project, I have analyzed you very clearly last time. Helen Herman clasped her hands to her chest and said, "I think it's risky, but it's worth the next step." ”

She sat back in her office chair, "There is no such thing as a movie in Hollywood that doesn't have risks. ”

Matthew agrees on this, if you want to appear in a movie without taking risks, then don't compete for the leading actor, always play a small role like a passerby, and ensure that no one and no company will take the responsibility for the failure of the film on their heads.

Helen Herman added, "Sean chose the right time to shoot, from mid-August to September, if "Pirates of the Caribbean" is successful, you will become famous, and then take on new works, both for you and for the film, it will be helpful!"

Matthew nodded, no longer hesitating, and said, "You can contact Sean." ”

The negotiation is of course up to the broker.

Helen Herman waved her hand, "It's not the right time, formal negotiations, we must wait until "Pirates of the Caribbean" is released before starting." ”

Matthew understands that in this way he can fight for his greatest interests, if he talks about it now, he is just a third-rate star, and the salary is simply not high.

In this way, you have a few doubts and dissatisfaction with the script. Helen Herman was already thinking about how to drag it out, "I went to negotiate with Sean, and it would take time to revise the script. ”

She smiled and said, "I think Sean also knows that we can't sign before Pirates of the Caribbean comes out, and he probably waits." ”

"It's very likely. Matthew thinks so, too.

If "Pirates of the Caribbean" is successful after its release, the cooperation will naturally go well, and if it fails, what Sean Daniel said before will probably be invalidated, and the actor may be changed.

It's never a big deal for Hollywood to veto a script and change it.

After Matthew and Helen Herman agreed on the project, one thing came to mind, "Will the timing of the shoot conflict with Jerry Bruckheimer's project about independence?"

"No!" Helen Herman elaborated, "Jerry Bruckheimer has encountered financing problems, he has been pulling investment everywhere in the past few months, and has just solved the upfront budget of "King Arthur", another project is still facing a funding gap of tens of millions of dollars, Disney Studios is short of liquidity, he has not found a suitable investor yet, it may take a while, I guess it will be good to start filming early next year." ”

"Don't have the right investors?" Matthew suddenly thought that this might be useful to him, but without thinking about it, he asked, "What about the content of this project?"

"It is said that there is no tension in the script. Helen Herman shook her head, "I haven't heard the details yet, I'll let you know when I have news." ”

She suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Keira Knightley has agreed to play the heroine of "King Arthur". Jerry Bruckheimer asked me about the male lead, and I politely turned him down, citing the Dawn of the Living Dead project. ”

"Kayla took over the title of King Arthur?" Matthew frowned slightly.

Do you want to persuade Keira Knightley, after all, judging from his analysis, this film belongs to the series of kings and emperors, and the possibility of hitting the street is greater than the chance of success.