Chapter 374: Schwarzenegger's Transformation
Time has passed, and DreamWorks has moved its headquarters away from Sunset Boulevard, but northeast of Hollywood, across Griffith Park and Highway 134. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt's just somewhere between Burbank and Glendale, and it's not much away from Universal Studios. On a hillside in front of the park, a brand new building stands with a wide parking lot in front of it.
When Lawrence's car pulled up to the door, Alice looked around and couldn't help but say, "I've always felt that we seem to occupy a good area of the zoo, what do you say?"
Lawrence unbuckled his seatbelt and said, "Oh, yes, if those guys want to take a piece of land in front of their house, then we do." Unfortunately, no one is interested in the land outside the zoo, so let's be thankful. ”
Alice got out of the car, and she still liked the choice that DreamWorks had chosen such a piece of land when the site was originally selected. , the forest zoo, the natural environment is of course too good to say. Of course, that's the case with California's woodland landscape as a whole, and it's not enough to compare it to a real mountainous area. But at least when the kids walked out of the zoo, the childlike name of "DreamWorks" was a kind of free publicity.
"Hey, Jack!" After getting out of the car, Lawrence walked towards the company gate and said to the young security guard guarding the door, "I remember there should have been an actor audition this morning, and they have all arrived?"
"Of course it is, boss. Jack was particularly refreshed today, and when he replied, he seemed to be drunk and excited: "They're all waiting outside room 520 on the third floor now, and Director Ritman is going to be busy now." ”
"Oh, that's a lot of work. Lawrence patted Jack on the shoulder and walked into the office, but there were few people at the front desk. As a new company building, it is of course much larger than the previous one, and the expansion of the lobby area is one of the most important image projects. Alice looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Some days you haven't come, you even put four flower pots, this is your wife's idea?"
"Actually, Sissi thought of it, I guess she didn't tell you?" Lawrence walked towards the elevator: "She always felt that we had renovated the front room of the new company like a bank, and every employee had to wear a suit to work. By the way, Alice, do you want to go to the third floor first?"
"Of course it's excellent. Alice walked into the elevator and saw Lawrence press the three-tier button, and she asked, "What kind of movie are you making now?
"Oh, this is what Cameron recommends. When the elevator went up to the second floor, Lawrence said, "He wants to ask Schwarzenegger to make another movie, but of course it's not the Terminator, he just wants to give that guy another chance......"
The elevator doors opened, and it didn't take long for Alice to hear the girls chirping.
At the same time, Lawrence continued: "...... The script for this film was provided by Cameron himself, but it is also an idea, and the genre belongs to comedy. To be honest, I don't know what Schwarzenegger's comedy will look like......"
"I'm sure it's still promising, hey, ladies!" Alice walked forward, and in the corridor leading to room 520, there were many young girls walking waiting for the arrival, "Are you all here to apply for the heroine?"
Seeing a high school girl, accompanied by a middle-aged man, and neither of them looked like they were going to audition, the candidate actors present were all human spirits, who didn't know that her identity was not ordinary?
"Oh yes, young lady. One of the girls closest to Alice grinned, "You know, we're auditioning for this movie, but we're going to work with the Terminator, do you want to see what the real Terminator looks like?"
As soon as the words fell, another girl with blonde curly hair was also laughing: "But child, I'm afraid you won't be able to apply for any role, the director has already stated in the recruitment advertisement that actors are required to be at least twenty-four years old, and you're probably still far away." ”
It's nice to have two people to work with, Alice smiled at them briefly, and then glanced at the closed door of 520. Sure enough, there was a piece of paper pasted on it, with the words "The Second Actor Interview of "Dragon Brother and Rat Brother" written on it.
"Oh, "Brother Dragon" and "Brother Mouse". Without stopping any longer, Alice patted Lawrence on the shoulder and walked towards the elevator and asked, "You say this is the comedy genre?"
Of course, I already know the content in my heart, but it's also Schwarzenegger's new work, and I still have to let others introduce me verbally.
"Although the director is not famous, after all, it is Cameron's idea, a sci-fi comedy. Lawrence said indifferently: "We currently have a total of two versions, I'll show you later." ”
Without the intention of meeting the director directly, the two went straight up to the chairman's office, Lawrence instructed Liliana, the secretary at the door, to pour something for each of them, and Alice emphasized that she wanted tea instead of coffee.
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you drink a little now," opened the wooden door under the bookcase, Lawrence found the document bag and said: "As long as you don't stay up late often, the stimulation of caffeine is nothing, and you must have stayed up late on a regular basis, and you still haven't drunk coffee......"
"I'm a good boy, Uncle Roger, a good boy doesn't drink coffee when he's a minor~"
Talking and laughing, Lawrence has already taken out the script, and of course, as a film script that has been decided to be a shooting project, the introduction of a piece of paper is of course also counted. Alice took over and did it simply, and sure enough, it was the "Dragon Brother and Mouse" she expected.
The plot of this sci-fi comedy is also simple.
Many years ago, scientists conducted an experiment to create a perfect human being, but unexpectedly, the uneven cell division during the experiment led to only half of the success of the experiment, and the other half of the experiment was a complete failure. The twin brothers created by the scientists were the tall Julius, the archetype of perfect human beings, the all-rounded moral, intellectual, physical, and aesthetically pleasing beings, and the other the diminutive Vincent the Short, the epitome of all human shortcomings. The brothers were separated at birth, and Julius was raised on an island in the South China Sea by scientists, while the younger brother spent his childhood in an orphanage.
Time flies, years pass, and it is not until the two brothers have passed the age of confusion that they know each other's existence. When Julius is reunited with his brother Vincent, whom they have never met, the two brothers decide to embark on a journey to find their biological mother. But at this time, an accident suddenly happened, which caused them to die.
"Well......" Seeing that she swept the introduction, and then roughly swept to the first part of the text, Alice pursed her lips and laughed.
Of course, it doesn't matter what the killing disaster is, and the plot after that is nothing more than an old-fashioned action movie assembly line. Alice's concern, of course, is the actor.
Obviously, the script was simply tailor-made for Schwarzenegger. Julius is Schwarzenegger, and it can be finalized directly, and the main job of the crew is to pick out another special actor. As for the heroine and other characters, there is no doubt that they are all foils for the brothers, and the girls who are interviewing in front of the 520 door are chattering excitedly, and it is normal to be happy just to find a role, but if you want to become famous with this movie, it is a fantasy.
"What do you think?" Seeing Alice smiling happily, Lawrence was also very satisfied: "In this year, the company has not made any more lucrative films, and there are not many well-known directors and actors to join, so we still need to release a masterpiece quickly." ”
For Lawrence's mood, Alice of course replied with 10,000 understanding. The entire 80s were just a bridgehead for Hollywood blockbusters to flourish again, and now it's 1988, and many of the most classic films of this decade have been made by other studios. Since Alice spent a lot of money on "Alien II", it is reasonable that Lawrence has not been able to make any blockbusters.
"But if you want to rely on "Brother Dragon and Brother", you can't do it. Alice immediately recognized the essence of the film: "Although there is Schwarzenegger to help, this is not "Terminator II" after all, and with his current fame, it is not enough for an ordinary movie to become a direct hit." ”
"I also want to make a new attempt," Laurence said calmly, "is to sign a long-term contract with a well-known actor, and it just so happens that Schwarzenegger is also trying to transform." He has been making the same kind of movies all these years, first "Hercules in New York", "Destroying the World" and "Conan the Barbarian", and after "Terminator" became famous, he also made "Commander Devil" and "Ultimate Warrior...... Seriously, Alice, you're going to throw up, aren't you?"
"Not really!" Alice chuckled: "It's good to let Arnold try to transform, the big guy in the comedy, and the action element bonus, maybe it can really make his transformation successful." ”
"Maybe. Lawrence pondered and said: "His action movies in the United States over the years have always only grossed tens of millions, if he really succeeds in the transformation in DreamWorks, we and he will both gain fame and fortune, and the cost of comedy is not high, and it will not be difficult to see where to lose money." So ......"
Speaking of this, he looked at Alice and said, "You are the new movie, you have to play Jack Nicholson as the main villain, what kind of subject are you going to shoot?"
"A DC comic has prepared the subject matter of the main script for us, and with the blessing of the computer, the effect is definitely not bad. Alice smiled, clearly confident in her proposal, "Let's get Batman out of the way, you see?" )