Chapter 378: Exploding Maniac
"Is there anything you don't understand?"
Wang Meng asked the two. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Seeing that the two of them kept listening to explanations and recording, Wang Meng knew that the two of them had taken over this role, otherwise, they would not be so cautious.
"Director Wang, oh, it's incredible, really, I like this script very much, I just want to ask, where you set up Morpheus, can you tell me? I'm curious. Lawrence asked.
"Actually, the two of them should have discovered that this is not a simple science fiction, but also a philosophical exploration, as well as a religious exploration," David Fincher's movie "Truman's World" tells a private and imaginary world, which is very classic, and he packed the real world into a TV-like box. So I'm going to make a hypothesis here, 'Do you wake up every morning and the sleepy-eyed person in the mirror is really you?' Do you have an inexplicable sense of emptiness, are the facts you know true?' Everything will slowly be revealed......
In 1860, under the imaginative brushstrokes of British writer Lewis Caro, the curious Alice fell into a magical dream world in the process of chasing rabbits. In "The Matrix", Neo, who suspects that something is wrong with the world, follows a sexy girl with a white rabbit tattoo to the underground rave-party, and from then on, he is out of control and walks into the real desert......
In Greek mythology, Morpheus was the god of dreams and possessed the ability to change dreams. In the film, Morpheus is the guiding person who awakens people from their dream-like fantasy world. ”
Wang Meng explained to Lawrence, and briefly expressed his views based on experience. "Lawrence, my setting for Morpheus is a guide, he could be a dream, he could be a god, he could be a virtual that doesn't exist, who knows? ”
Lawrence nodded.
In fact, Morpheus is such an existence, whether it is a great guide or a non-existent illusion, it all depends on everyone's understanding.
He also said to the thoughtful Scarlett: "Trinity's setting is also related to mythological stories, Trinity means "Trinity", and in Christianity, "Trinity" refers to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. In the book "The Interpretation of Dreams", the founding work of modern psychology, the "Trinity" refers to the female consciousness, which is able to enter the realm of mystery and perfection. This is the source of Tritini's creation, of course, as for the character is not like this, how to figure it out needs to be experienced by yourself. ”
The two pondered for a long time.
Lawrence and Scarlett, who glanced at each other, Scarlett said, "Wang, I have decided to take over this role, and I hope you can agree." ”
The final tone is different, after all, Wang Meng is the director and producer, and the two of them have naturally changed from curiosity about their favorite roles to now they can't give up.
"I'm very happy with the choice of the two, to be honest, I never thought about the audition actors, I just came for the two, I'm very happy with your decision. Hope we have a happy cooperation. ”
"It was a pleasure to work with. ”
"It's an honor. ”
The next job is the agent's business, Scarlett's agent and Lawrence's agent, and start to negotiate with Danny at the top. In the end, the two won two roles with a salary of 16 million.
Scarlett $12 million, Lawrence $4 million.
After signing the contract, Wang Meng was very heartbroken, Hollywood stars really spend a lot of money.
In the end, the two decided to gather in the magic capital of China within a week, the opening ceremony is scheduled to be in the magic capital, and the premiere is scheduled to be in the United States.
In order to take care of the two box office bases, Wang Meng could only decide like this.
As for the other actors, including Agent Smith, the Prophet, the Evil Grandmaster, the Martial Arts Grandmaster, and others. Those roles are simple, it's a big deal that China can't choose the right one, and you can continue to find them from Hollywood.
After everything was done, Scarlett suddenly asked, "Wang, how do you like me, you know, there are a lot of martial arts action scenes, and I don't seem to be suitable?"
Scarlett is right, now she is not the Black Widow of the future, and she is not good at action scenes now.
Wang Meng shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't know many Hollywood actresses, and don't underestimate yourself, I think you can, aren't you confident in yourself?"
"Oh, I didn't say that, to be honest, I love challenges and I think I'm going to be a good action actress. Scarlett smiled confidently.
"Definitely. Wang Mengdao.
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After saying goodbye to the two, Wang Meng thought about how to publicize it, and Wang Meng was not worried about the publicity in China. But the start-up ceremony was held in China, I'm afraid the United States doesn't know?
However, Danny dispelled Wang Meng's concerns, saying that he underestimated Scarlett's fame and his own fame. Besides, no one dares to underestimate the investment of $80 million, unless they are fools.
Wang Meng thought about it, now that the blockbuster era has not officially come, a work with an investment of 80 million US dollars will be concerned, not to mention the Sino-American co-production, the popular actress Scarlett and herself joining.
Let's talk about "Kung Fu Panda", after the announcement in China, the United States is still surprised.
This has been reported by many media outlets.
And Danny said that if Wang Meng believes in his ability, even if no one knows, he will publicize it and everyone will know it, it's just spending money.
Wang Meng thought about it, as long as he spent money, he was not afraid that no one would pay attention.
After that, Wang Meng went to the crew of "Twilight", which had started filming.
For the nominal producer to inspect, the crew is very solemn, and it seems that the Americans are cynical but a little rigorous, and the performance is vivid.
Director Catherine reported the situation of the crew to Wang Meng very seriously.
Originally, Wang Meng wanted to see more.
But Christine's eyes made Wang Meng feel a little bad, so withdraw it.
However, Wang Meng is a little incredible?
Doesn't it mean that Christine will fall in love with the male protagonist because of "Twilight"?
This made Wang Meng wonder if he was so charming?
After leaving, Wang Meng recruited ten members of Hollywood who had 3D shooting experience in three days, including assistant director Michael Bay.
A director who has been unlucky in this life, from "Pearl Harbor" to "Escape from Clone Island", two films in a row failed, especially "Escape from Clone Island" has simply suffered a big blow.
Originally, he would have directed "Transformers" in 07, but the Transformers in this life are controlled by Marvel, resulting in Michael Bay in this life having no chance to fight back.
Wang Meng knows the character of this explosive maniac very well, and he came to the door himself, saying that he hoped to get the film adaptation rights of "Transformers" and hoped that DreamWorks would invest.
Half a year ago, Wang Meng received a call from Michael Bay, and this guy was bombarded with a flicker.
Wang Meng was very surprised when he heard it, but he didn't expect Michael Bay to be so optimistic about "Transformers", it seems that the inertia of history is really ******.
Wang Meng promised to think about it.
After all, Wang Meng still wants to shoot it himself. But now I have another idea, first pull in this explosion maniac who has not been favored by anyone recently, and when the time comes, it will be a big deal to jointly guide.
Anyway, this guy has been unlucky recently, no one is looking for him, don't pit him and pit anyone.
It just so happens that he lacks experience in this kind of top-level blockbuster, Michael Bay is not lacking, and the $140 million "Pearl Island" and the $122 million "Get Out of Clone Island" are both big productions. He is also known as a 'blockbuster professional'.
This guy doesn't lack experience, it's a coincidence.
So, after being tempted by Wang Meng, Michael Bay was fooled by Wang Meng.
Coincidentally, the heroine of "Escape from Clone Island" is Scarlett Johansson.
When he heard that the heroine was Scarlett, Michael Bay was a little hesitant, and finally blushed and said that he was afraid of failure again, after all, the last time the two worked together, they were scolded by Hollywood reporters and the media.
I'm a little scared.
Thanks to Wang Meng, he will also flicker, and after reading the script, Michael Bay went crazy.
Nima still has such a good script? You have to be involved, and the assistant director is also a director, isn't it?
In this way, the absolute director of the future, the unlucky guy who is now fooled into the thief ship by Wang Meng.
It also includes many top talents known to Michael Bay, who have been summoned by Wang Meng, and Wang Meng feels that he is so lucky.
However, a few days later, the news leaked, which was also a deliberate disclosure.
Outcome......
Wang Meng is still worried that no one will pay attention, which is good, the Hollywood media is crazy.
Because Scarlett and Michael Bay, they are working together again. The media thought to themselves - Nima, it seems that the scolding is light, and he dares to cooperate again, even though the director is Wang Meng.
So, it doesn't matter if his movie is good or not, he will scold it first.
In front of the door of Pinnacle Entertainment, surrounded by reporters.
Wang Meng's head was big for a while, so he had to simply explain and announce his ideas.
It's very vague, after all, it hasn't been officially announced, so it can only vaguely indicate that it means this.
The next day, the American media reported the news with a lot of fanfare.
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