Los Angeles local, Touchstone Studios.

After the interview with "Vanity Fair", Shen Lin kept going, ready to discuss with Bill about "La La Land".

Frowning and looking at the bunch of audition results given by Bill, until he saw the name 'Emma Watson', his face turned good.

"This girl is quite suitable, let's choose her!"

Watsons, Shen Lin looked at the appearance of this girl, it is indeed quite in line with the heroine in "La La Land", no wonder Damian Chazelle invited her to be the heroine at the beginning.

"No... She's now working on Disney's masterpiece Beauty and the Beast!"

Bill Dorothy looked at Shen Lin a little helplessly and explained.

"Don't you let her think about it for herself? Don't we even have an audition?"

Shen Lin is also a little aggrieved, in his previous life, Damian Chazelle was rejected by Emma Watson because of his poor reputation, but now that he has changed his own directing, he will not be the same bird, right?

“… Your investment in this drama is only $30 million, and the investment in Beauty and the Beast is as high as $200 million, which is an absolute big production, do you think she would be willing to give up the heroine of a big production to play a song and dance film with an uncertain future? Moreover, you also require the actors to complete three months of dance training before filming!"

Bill Dorothy shook his head: "Shen, although you have won the Oscar for Best Picture, many people think that it depends on the actor, and it cannot be regarded as your true strength!"

“… Well, what about Miles Teller? That's the actor we had in mind from the beginning!"

Shen Lin probably thought about it, Emma Stone's performance is still perfect, so it's better to change the actor, after all, Miles Teller is much more famous than Ryan Gosling, and presumably Damian Chazelle will agree with Shen Lin to do this.

"Hehe, he doesn't have a schedule either, he took over the filming of "Divergent 2: Rebels"

Bill Dorothy looked at Shen Lin's face, and then proposed: "Why don't we change to a different type of film?" Recently, I saw a script called "Arrival", a suspenseful sci-fi theme, you should like it very much..."

"Bill, you don't have faith in me?"

Shen Lin glanced at Bill Dorothy and asked very bluntly.

"I have confidence in you, but I don't have any confidence in song and dance films, you must know that young audiences nowadays rarely watch song and dance films, this type of movie is already a product of the forties and fifties of the last century, and it should have become obsolete a long time ago!"

"Then when I talked to you about this project last year, you agreed!"

Shen Lin looked at Bill with a little dissatisfaction, and discussed with him last year that he would make an Olympic movie, and this person raised his hands and feet in favor, and said very generously that as long as it is less than 50 million US dollars, any type of movie will do.

As a result, it is not a good idea to start beeping song and dance films again, and all kinds of side knocks want Shen Lin to dispel the idea of filming "La La Land".

"Hehe, I'm going to shoot it, but what about Damian Chazelle? Why hasn't he come yet?"

Damian Chazelle, the director of the original "La La Land", this script was also written by him, and he is also another director of "La La Land" this time!

That's right, Shen Lin is going to direct "La La Land" with Damian Chazelle this time

“… He should be almost there. ”

……

Back in 2008, Damian Chazelle spent tens of thousands of dollars on "Guy and Madeleine on the Park Bench", after which Damian wrote the script for "La La Land".

Then he took the script to the major production companies to try to raise funds, but no one was willing to invest money in this kind of "song and dance romance" that no one has watched.

Shen Lin also met Damien Chazelle at that time.

"Maybe you should make a movie that the public can like first, and then investors will be willing to invest in you!"

That's what he said to Damien after he bought the project.

Damian listened very well, and took the money from Shen Lin's copyright purchase plus the investment of Touchstone to shoot his famous work "Burst Drummer".

"Burst Drummer" became famous, and Damian Chazelle wanted to make "La La Land", but that project no longer belonged to him.

Fortunately, he has been in good contact with Shen Lin in the past few years, and after saying his thoughts, Shen Lin came up with an idea: "Let's just direct together!"

This is also the reason why Shen Lin was entangled with Miles Teller and Emma Watson at the beginning, because these two are Damian Chazelle's henchmen, the heroes and heroines of "Bursting Drummer"!

"Shen, when will we start shooting, I can't wait!"

When he walked into the office, Damian couldn't hide his excitement.

"Damian, don't be in such a hurry, you see, now there is a problem with the hero and heroine, we have to change people!"

Shen Lin was very calm.

He knows that the filming cycle of "La La Land" is only three months, and with post-processing, it will only take five months in total, and it will start in May, and it will definitely catch up with the Water City Film Festival!

"Substitutions? Why?"

"None of the two you invited have a schedule!"

"So?"

"So, as I suggested earlier, let's go with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone!"

Shen Lin put forward his own suggestions.

"Okay, but I need them two and three months of dance and vocal training. ”

Damian Chazelle demanded solemnly.

“… That's what I'm asking for, too. ”

Shen Lin nodded a little speechlessly, and then looked at Damian Chazelle: "I will return to China tomorrow to shoot a movie, it will take at least two months, and during this time, you will be responsible for the early coordination..."

You know, this movie has been churning in my head for eight years, and every moment I'm thinking about how to bring it out. ”

Damien Chazelle was thrilled.

Shen Lin can understand that after he took Yang Mi's blood, he was also as excited as a dog.

"I read the script and my understanding of this film is a tribute plus modern innovation..."

"You're really on point, in fact, I'm going to draw on Singin' in the Rain here, and I'm going to draw on The Umbrella of Cherbourg here..."

Once they talked about the movie, Shen Lin and Damian began to discuss all kinds of things, from dance discussions to backgrounds, and then costumes, props, including dubbing, etc., and by the time the two came back to their senses a little, it was close to seven o'clock in the afternoon.

"Damian, let's go, let's have dinner together... Bill, are you going too?"

“… I've finished eating..."

Bill said faintly.

It's a pity that Shen Lin and Damian didn't pay attention to him at all!

In fact, since just now, Bill Dorothy has been trying to interject, after all, he is the producer of this play, but unfortunately, there is no room for him to interject at all.