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Seeing Murphy stop suddenly, Gal Gadot put a big towel and walked over in a bathrobe, and pushed him, "Honey, what are you doing?" ”

"Oh, nothing, you call first." Murphy came to his senses, pressed the power button, handed the phone to Gal Gadot, picked up the book and flipped through it, waiting until she finished the call before asking, "Did you buy this book?" ”

"Yes, I bought it in a duty-free shop near Jerusalem airport before I got on the plane." Gal Gadot put down his phone, went to Murphy's side, and took the book from his hand, "I met a friend when I was attending a pan-world Jewish gathering in Jerusalem with my mother, and she recommended this book to me, and I was bored when I came, so I went to buy a copy. ”

She seemed to remember something again, "By the way, she is also working hard in Hollywood, and when she comes back, she goes to the airport with me, but on a different flight." ”

Hearing Gal Gadot say this, Murphy nodded, "If you have a chance, introduce me to me." ”

Just as Gal Gadot was always warm to Robert Downey Jr. and James Franco and Carla Firth as his friends, he doesn't ignore Gal Gadot's friends either.

And it's not a bad thing that Gal Gadot has an extra American friend.

"She's gone to New York, and she'll be in Los Angeles in a few days." Gal Gadot thought for a moment and said, "Aren't you going to throw a celebratory party?" Why don't I invite her over, and she will be happy to get to know you, too. ”

"Okay." Of course, Murphy has no opinion, "If you have any friends who want to participate, you can invite them over." ”

Gal Gadot thought for a moment, "Let me ask a few of my classmates, they might be interested in participating. ”

With that said, Murphy turned the subject back to the book and asked, "Have you read it?" ”

Gal Gadot shoved the book to Murphy, pulled him to the couch, sat down and took a sip of the cup first, and then said, "Rummaging through the plane is not to my liking, and there are places where the writing is too bloody and too sexy. Love, I don't like it too much. ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly came to her senses, "You won't like this novel, will you?" Want adaptation rights? ”

For a director, the purpose of reading the last novel is obvious, that is, the adaptation right, which Gal Gadot certainly understands.

And some of the plots in the book are described on such a large scale, and the overall style is also biased towards darkness, Murphy can take a fancy to it, she is really not surprised at all.

"yes." Murphy didn't have to hide it from Gal Gadot, but he still said something round, "I read this book before, but I forgot the title, and today I saw it and thought about it again, I like the style of this book." ”

As he spoke, he put the novel in his hand on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and the large line on the cover of the book cover was particularly eye-catching-"A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones"!

"You always like to make some big ......," Gal Gadot picked up the book and flipped through it, "when will you be able to make a film that is completely suitable for women?" ”

Murphy couldn't help but scratch his head, "This...... It's more difficult, you know I'm not good at this kind of subject. ”

However, he then remembered one thing, "I think there is a good subject that can fully reflect feminist ideas." ”

Gal Gadot came interested, "What subject?" ”

Murphy leaned into her ear, deliberately lowered his voice, and said mysteriously, "That game we played. ”

"You've got a head full of that." Gal Gadot nudged him, but stood up, "I'm going to change my clothes, where did you put my armor and Vulcan's sword?" ”

"This way."

Throwing the copy of "A Song of Ice and Grass" aside, Murphy pulled up Gal Gadot and ran to the cloakroom in high spirits.

Early the next morning, Murphy went to CAA to find Bill Rothes and asked him to find a way to meet George R. Martin and find a way to get the rights to adapt the novel.

"I know this series, and I've read it before."

After flipping through the novel, Bill Rothes said, "I don't think it's wise to take the rights to the film adaptation, the book belongs to the fantasy genre, the content is too large and complex, with Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" in front of it, if you want to make a movie, you will inevitably be compared to ......."

"No, no film." Murphy shook his head, "My goal is a TV series, a large-scale TV series that airs on cable stations!" ”

With the current situation in the North American film market, if this set of novels is adapted into a movie, the epic genre is destined to encounter a lot of difficulties, as Bill Rossith said, it will definitely be compared to Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and fans with the "Lord of the Rings" movie first, the appetite will definitely be raised a lot.

TV series are different, TV series broadcast by cable stations are larger in scale, easier to attract users, and the audience's expectations for TV series and movies are completely different.

The name of this TV series used to be like thunder, even non-American drama lovers like Murphy have listened to the people around him talk about it countless times, and he can see relevant news everywhere on the Internet, and he has tried to watch it, although like many people, the focus is more on "A Song of Ice and Grass", which caused him to just drag the mouse and roughly browse it, but he still left a deep impression.

Murphy hadn't read the novel, and his impressions and senses of Game of Thrones came from the fast-forward browsing.

Although also a literary work of the fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones is very different from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

The former has a clear distinction between good and evil, and is completely childlike, and "The Lord of the Rings" was originally written by Tolkien for his own children.

The latter is completely adult, and there is no clear division between good and evil, mainly describing a series of court struggles, battlefield battles, adventures and magical confrontations that take place in a fictional medieval world.

Although it is a fantasy series, Murphy has the impression that in terms of "magic" color, George R. Martin follows the approach of his idol Tolkien, and never uses magic lightly, making it just an element needed to render the atmosphere of the novel, as if in the TV series he has watched, almost none of the main characters can magic, and there is no essential difference between them and real humans.

Leaving the Death Star Building, where CAA is located, Murphy first went to a nearby bookstore to buy a set of published books on A Song of Ice and Fire, and then returned to Stanton's studio, put aside other work for a while, and read it seriously.

By the afternoon, news came from Bill Rossis that he had contacted Bantam Books, the publisher of A Song of Ice and Fire, and had used CAA's resources to inquire in circles, presumably influenced by the success of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, that Hollywood producers now prefer British books to American works with little history in the epic genre.

Like the "Chronicles of Narnia" series and the "Compass d'Oro" series, etc., have become the focus of competition for Hollywood producers.

According to Bill Rossius, although the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series has become famous, it is far from reaching the heights it once had, and in the late nineties and early new millennium, when someone asked about the copyright adaptation, because the bid was too low, and after George Martin rejected it, the adaptation rights were basically in a situation where no one cared about it.

Even if he didn't have as much time to devote to the lengthy filming and production of a TV series in the future, Murphy knew it was a good opportunity to invest.

Stanton Studios can also have a long-term business.

From its inception to the present, Stanton Studios has been a veritable shell company, Murphy was ambitious before, and for a while he wondered if he could build Stanton Studios into a production and distribution company that could rival the six major Hollywood companies, but as he later cooperated with other film companies, he slowly discovered that this was just a delusion, and under the strangulation of the six major companies and the group behind them, there was no such possibility in a short period of time.

The most important thing is that he has no funds and no network, even if he goes to raise funds, how many capital groups will be willing to invest huge sums of money in him?

If you really want to talk about it, except for some knowledge of movies, he is not as good as any of the three giants of DreamWorks now, not even half of it.

Of course, dreams can be had, but they must be within the scope of ability, otherwise it is not a dream, but a fantasy.

If it can get the adaptation rights of "A Song of Ice and Fire", Stanton Studios can carry out appropriate expansion, and in the future, the company's business can devote all the remaining energy to the production of this series of TV series, except for helping him as a director avoid taxes.

With a bit of luck, Stanton Studios can become one of the highest-grossing TV production companies in the industry......

Murphy's ideas and plans are beautiful, but it is not easy to realize, the first thing is to buy the adaptation rights.

After Bill Rothes' initial contact with Bantam Book Publishing, Murphy personally met with George R. Martin for a conversation.

Strictly speaking, George Martin also spent time in Hollywood, once served as a screenwriter for "The Brave Lion", but Hollywood screenwriters did not have a high status in the crew, and the income in the 80s was not very good, so he simply left Hollywood and returned home to become a writer.

In the CAA's reception room, Murphy met the full-time writer with oversized glasses and a beard. (To be continued.) )