Chapter 125: The troubles brought by the screenwriter
A few days later, the latest issue of The Washington Post hit the shelves. Chen's interview was also published as scheduled.
"Hey, director, it's not fair, what's going on?"
With a newspaper in his hand, Leonardo. DiCaprio was very dissatisfied and walked towards Xiansen. On the front page of the newspaper's column was a propaganda poster with the domineering slogan "Three Gunners", but the photo had a somewhat joyful tone.
"Look at this picture."
As he spoke, he handed the newspaper to Mister, who was sitting on the sofa. Sen, continued: "Didn't you say that you had a funny style? But Tom is obviously playing handsome on the film, and you are even more shameful to be the director, you are actually pretending to be pitiful and cute, and the image of me alone has become such an idiot. ”
Speaking of this, as if he understood something, Leonardo pointed at Xiansen angrily and continued: "I understand, I finally understand, it turns out that there is no funny style at all, you have discussed it, no wonder I said how Brent kid suddenly became so motivated, it must be you who have calculated to trick me!" ”
"Hahahaha"
Looking at Leonardo's chattering there, Xiansen finally couldn't help laughing, when shooting this promotional poster, when he said that he needed to be funny, except for Leonardo, everyone present understood what he meant, the so-called funny does not need everyone to ruin the image, but let a guy who can cause the greatest contrast bear this responsibility, and Leonardo, who has the best appearance conditions and the most sassy style during the shooting, unfortunately became a victim, no way. Being good-looking will be envied.
"Okay, Leo, don't make a fuss, actually your goofy expression is quite cute. Rest assured, with this photo, you will definitely gain a lot of fans from Medfield. ”
Medfield is the name of the psychiatric hospital in "Shutter Island", and now it has become synonymous with psychiatric hospitals in the eyes of all Americans.
In addition to the Washington Post, other entertainment magazines have also taken great interest in this cop action film starring popular male stars and Oscar winners. Although they didn't qualify for exclusive interviews with the main actors, they also reported on something related to the film from other sources. For example, Amy, who plays Leonardo's girlfriend in the film. Adams said in an interview: "It was really unbelievable that when I was notified that I passed the audition, I was completely blindfolded. Yes, that's great news, and being able to work with Tom and Leo was a completely different experience for me. As for Mister, he's an incredible director, and he told me: "My life as an interpreter is going to change in this moment." I believe in him. ”
Tom. Hanks also said in a separate interview: "Steven and I have been friends for many years, and I was a little skeptical when he first recommended me to join the crew. Working with young people always makes you feel old. With that, he smiled and continued, "But Mister has changed my opinion, he is an amazing young man, and working with him makes me feel younger and younger. He smiled again. Said: "Haha, I hope my old friend Steven won't regret it, because he is no longer the most genius in my heart." ”
Although every actor gave high praise to Mister in an interview, most of the media were not convinced. You must know that this movie was filmed at the same time as the TV series, even if there is the support of popular movie stars and Oscar winners, they are not optimistic about the quality of this movie, after all, the quality of the TV series does not seem to have declined at present, which also shows from another point of view that it seems that Mister's energy on the movie cannot be too much. The gossip tabloid Entertainment Today unceremoniously commented: "Maybe money can make young people lose themselves. Is the movie that Sen has put half of his energy into creating ready to cheat money out of the audience's pockets?
There are also many film critics who have expressed their doubts: "I don't believe Tom. Hanks is a dizzy guy. However, I don't believe that one person can make two works at the same time, from gangster to secret agent, from the last century to the modern era, can Mister play it out?"
Such views have also created two factions of disagreement among Mister's fans. However, there are a large number of die-hard fans, such as Hathaway, who retorted in her blog: "After watching the TV series, I am so happy to be able to watch Mestre's works continuously like this, as for the rest, the movie has not been filmed yet, how do you know if it is good or not, and when Mist wanted to shoot a TV series, didn't many people not believe it?" Ah no, I was wrong, it was Mister who came all the way, hasn't he been questioned all the time, but what is the result? What you can't do, Miste can't necessarily and can't do! ”
Of course, there are also some celebrity friends who have expressed their expectations and blessings to Xiansen. Gyllen Hill: "I don't really know what's going on on the Impunity crew, but every day when I see the relaxed look on Mister's face when he directs 'Atlantic Empire,' I know that nothing is impossible for him." ”
Jule. Barrymore: "He doesn't let anyone down, as long as you believe in him." ”
Although the name is not named, many people know that he is referring to Mister. Forest.
In the midst of this disturbance, the time quickly came to the beginning of June, when the "Atlantic Empire" was halfway through the screening of the series, and as Xiansen expected, except for the third episode, when the ratings fell because of the plot, the ratings rebounded again, and then there has been a small up-and-down trend, according to Bella. Marceau's incomplete statistics for himself show that the average viewership of each episode is around 4 million, which is already good news for HBO TV. At the same time, the filming of another movie, "Impunity", also went well, because of the Oscar-winning actor Tom Anderson. Hanks with Leonardo. DiCaprio, so the process is also quite fast, and it will probably be completed at the beginning of next month.
The production cost budget of "Get Away with Impunity" is 50 million US dollars, and Miste himself received 10 million US dollars, such a salary is actually very cheap for him now, because it is double-opened, and DreamWorks is not short of people to direct, so he is working with Steven. Spielberg didn't add much when he negotiated the price, and this situation was a win-win policy. Spielberg had more experience researching Minority Report, and Mist was able to complete the "double-open" task given to him by the internal system.
Unlike in the past, during the filming of "Impunity", in addition to Brent. In addition to Wilson's role as a photographer, Xiansen will also be in charge of the camera, which is done in order to replace Brent. Wilson was able to better switch between the two crews, you know, the TV series "Atlantic Empire" used multiple electronic cameras, and the pseudo-montage shooting technique is also a unique attempt and innovation, which cannot be used in movies.
The plot of "Impunity" is very interesting, and this is a story based on a true story, for which Xiansen also went to buy an autobiographical novel "A Kind of Catch Me: The True Legend of the Most Extraordinary Liar", yes, the author of this novel is the prototype of the male lead in the movie, Frank. William. Abagonel.
Sometimes the original book is more attractive than the script, for the script provided by DreamWorks, Xiansen made some changes to the original book, he didn't like the screenwriter to add his own things to the story, just like filming "Atlantic Empire", better to restore the original is what he is pursuing.
After reading the original book, Xiansen easily found out several mistakes of the screenwriter, such as such a scene, in the script, Frank. When William returned to the United States, he looked out the window on the plane and said, "This is LaGuardia Airport, Runway 44." "You know, the number of the airport runway comes from the compass, which is from 01 to 36. So there is no "runway 44" at all.
The screenwriter here just wrote it as a matter of course, but in addition, there are many errors in the background of the times, such as the fire alarm system in hospitals, you must know that in 1970, American hospitals did not have such things, and they did not start using them until the early 1980s.
There are many mistakes in the script, some of which Xiansen can find by himself, and some of which he cannot judge.
"My studio seems to be lacking in professional screenwriters."
Because he has always had the perfect storyboard script given by the system, even when filming "Atlantic Empire", he also had a professional original author by his side to help, so for the screenwriter, Xiansen didn't think too much, and this time the script given by DreamWorks made him realize that his black hole studio lacks excellent screenwriters who can cooperate, and a good screenwriter can make the movie half of the success. Marceau called in.
"Screenwriter, I need a qualified screenwriter!"
Without superfluous nonsense, Xiansen put forward his appeal straightforwardly.
Hearing this, Bella. Marceau was a little surprised, in her eyes, a guy who could write three stories such as "50 First Loves", "Shutter Island", and "Hope" was completely the best screenwriter, but since the boss asked for it, she quickly gave her own questions.
"Is it a one-time collaboration or joining our studio?"
This is a very strange question in the eyes of many people, but Bella. Marceau quickly explained: "If it's a one-time collaboration, you can go to the Hollywood Editors Guild to recruit some people, and if you need to join our studio, then, it's a bit of a trouble, you know how high the income of those good screenwriters is, and it's difficult to continue to maintain a balance between the income and expenditure of our studio plus the screenwriting department, unless"
"Unless what?"
"Unless we turn our studio into a company that can produce and distribute films independently, which may require more capital investment, such as "
"Financing?"
Xiansen gave his own answer before Bella spoke.
Forming a film company?
What a bold and risky decision!
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