Chapter 141: The Heroine and Copyright
Naturally, Zhou Shaoming was the first to think of his girlfriend, the hot and beautiful Christina!
She was a super hot beauty robot with a super surname in "Terminator III", and this role should be logical, no problem!
Zhou Shaoming first waved his fist excitedly, but his directing experience is getting richer and more sensitive to movies, and he soon thought that Christine is beautiful, but she is as delicate and beautiful as a Barbie doll, which is inconsistent with Zhou Shaoming's belief that the audience will know that this girl can become a savior as soon as they see it.
What's more, but Christina is now working on two movies, "Chainsaw II" and "Pretty Girl Cheerleader", and she is very busy. And the film appointments continued, and a large number of directors waved their checks and waited in line pitifully for her, and the schedule was very problematic.
When Christina finishes filming, then there will be no way for "Resident Evil" to be released within this year according to the system requirements.
Zhou Shaoming fell on the sofa, kept pressing his temples, and thought hard.
Avril? Not to mention, she just wants to be a singer, not an actor, and her image is very different.
took another bottle of red wine, poured it slowly, and took a sip, Zhou Shaoming ruled out this idea.
Isabella? A forty-something aunt slashes with a fire axe? Forget it.
Thinking of Isabella's appearance of slashing zombies with two kitchen knives in her hands, Zhou Shaoming burst out laughing, this is not funny, comedy or something......
Jessica Alba? Zhou Shaoming thought about it, but still excluded her, she was too sweet, and she would make people tired of being in the frightening zombie group.
My heroine must be heroic, majestic, with tenacity in her surname, and strength in her eyes, otherwise, why is she called a savior, and why is she called the queen of zombies?
A woman suddenly popped out of Zhou Shaoming's mind, and that was one of the most valuable female stars in Hollywood!
Angelina Jolie!
This is the hottest in Hollywood, with great box office appeal, and the most shining female star, naturally needless to say, and her characteristics are very suitable for the heroine "Alice".
A well-known film critic once described it this way: "The Hollywood Walk of Fame, speeding past a convertible that seems to have lost its direction, dropping all sorts of knives, small arms, snakes, red wine and expensive cigarette butts along the way – you don't have to doubt your eyes, it's Angelina. Julie. A scheming beauty with rebellion at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. If she weren't an actress, you would also look at her differently: her big eyes, straight nose, high breasts, and long legs; The hard steps that seemed to have no hips, the sound like mashed paste, the surname was anesthetic. She's Hollywood's Wild Lips, an end-of-the-century theme in Hollywood — and can't help but say, "Let me kiss you before you're charged." ”
So what are you waiting for? Just when Zhou Shaoming picked up the phone and was about to act, another girl broke into his mind again, it was none other than the official actress of "Resident Evil", Mira? Jovovich.
Putting down the phone in his hand, Zhou Shaoming hesitated again, to be honest, in the original time and space, "Resident Evil" starring Mira was still recognized and favored by the whole world, and this Ukrainian rose also had a magical performance and performance.
Angelina or Mira? Zhou Shaoming knocked on the table with some confusion, picked up the beer and took a sip.
Now he is no longer the fledgling, just a rookie director with a dream, and now as long as Director Smith Chow has an eye on the actors, almost no one can resist.
There is no doubt about that!
The two girls, no matter who they choose, Zhou Shaoming is not worried, he has the confidence to make the heroine cooler, more perfect, and more shocking to the audience's attention.
It's just that the slightly less famous star makes him more impulsive, because he prefers to let superstars who are amazing and envious are born in his hands, rather than using superstars who have become famous to add points to his movies with such a glamorous halo.
Forget it, let's use the original heroine, Zhou Shaoming finally made a decision, but Mira shouldn't be afraid of zombies in the illusory world, right?
Yes, I have to make up an excuse to make her accept her invitation, and at the same time make her not know that the director system in her mind exists.
If she doesn't participate, that's a different story.
Make a decision now, find her first!
Rushing into the street in a hurry in a Ferrari, Zhou Shaoming realized that it was not easy to shoot "Resident Evil".
Resident Evil (Resident Evil) (known as Resident Evil) is a video game series launched by CAP in 1996, founded by Shinji Mikami, and is the pioneer of horror adventure games, which is very popular all over the world. As of February 2006, the total sales of the Resident Chemicals series of video games have exceeded 30 million units.
In other words, if you want to make this movie, you must negotiate copyright issues with the company, and it seems that it is inevitable to let the company take advantage of it.
Forget it, let's arrange a few more scenes in the movie where the dwarf turns into a zombie, or is eaten by zombies who do a lot of evil, despicable and shameless! Zhou Shaoming thought evilly, took out his mobile phone and called Jon of Lionsgate.
"Hey, Smith Chow, I'm Jon, what's the matter?" Jon's excited voice came over the phone.
The frenzy of "Herding Cows" continues, and although the release of "Mission Impossible 2" has caused a lot of trouble, the former still maintains a box office of about $20 million this week, while the latter finally regained its strength the following week, snatching the top spot at the weekend box office with a harvest of $32 million.
You must know that "Herding Cattle" has been screened for five consecutive weeks, almost six weeks, and it has long been at the end of its strength, and "Disc 2" is only the second week.
Recreating and rewriting the history of American cinema, and even leading the social turmoil, Jon is obviously in a good mood, knowing that Smith Week's first film is what he strongly demanded to win.
"My third film has a plan!" Zhou Shaoming drove the car and said calmly.
"So there's a plan? Smith Chow, you're so efficient! What genre is this movie? Jon was a little surprised, but soon asked with more surprise.
"Sci-fi action thriller horror!" Zhou Shaoming laughed and reported several nouns in a row.
“hoho! The famous father of chainsaws is back? This is also news that chainsaw fans can stop! You must know that the official website of the chainsaw has a mountain of posts asking you to make a comeback! That's great! Jon's voice suddenly became louder, if Zhou Shaoming wants to make other types of movies, Jon is still a little worried, making horror movies, that is Smith Zhou's strength!
"It's a sci-fi film, but there are some elements of fear, I promised chainsaw fans that it would be filmed in the next two years, but I didn't expect it to be so soon." encountered a red light, Zhou Shaoming stopped, and then said: "Help me contact this cap company, I want to shoot "Resident Evil"!" ”
"Resident Evil? Okay, I'll get in touch right away and get back to you as soon as possible. Jon is now unconditionally obedient to Director Smith Chow, and when he heard the name of "Resident Evil" this time, he didn't ask much carefully, and directly agreed.
"I'll be at Lionsgate soon, and I hope to give me good news!" The green light turned on, Zhou Shaoming turned off the phone, stepped on the accelerator under his feet, and left in the dust in the low roar of Ferrari.
Returning to Lionsgate is as casual as coming home. Zhou Shaoming strode forward confidently, and everywhere he went, all the staff involuntarily stood up, smiled and nodded in greeting.
At the age of 23, he has repeatedly performed miracles, single-handedly bringing Lionsgate to the point where everyone in the United States is known, and even increasing the salary of the entire company's staff by 20% in just one year.
Such a person deserves the respect of all Lionsgate employees.
Zhou Shaoming smiled and nodded, responding politely and kindly, and likewise, Lionsgate also made him grateful for his help.
Striding into Jon's manager's room, the décor inside has been changed, more upscale and expensive, which is also a small reward that Frank gave to the discerning Jon.
Compared with the hundreds of millions of dollars he brought to Lionsgate after discovering Zhou Shaoming, everything is just a drop in the bucket.
Jon, who was on the phone, saw Zhou Shaoming come in, and hurriedly motioned for him to sit down on the sofa, and then finished the call in a few words and sat down next to Zhou Shaoming.
"How's it going, are you connected?" Zhou Shaoming asked a little anxiously, if he couldn't get the copyright, "Resident Evil" would be impossible to talk about.
"It's a little tricky! There have been rumors for a long time about making a movie version of "Resident Evil", in fact, there was a version of "Resident Evil" in 1996. The German Constantin Film Company attaches great importance to this film, and has basically reached an agreement with the company, and is now looking for a director. Heard about George, the director of the classic horror film "Night of the Living Dead"? Romero was first considered a director, he is a master of horror films, and the commercial he said was originally made for the Resident Evil game, but it is said that he gave up because he could not agree with the company on the script. Now there's a British director named Paul Anderson in approach. Jon poured a glass of water for Zhou Shaoming, then helped his glasses and said unhurriedly.
"Gotta must, must, get the copyright in hand!" Zhou Shaoming panicked, if he was bought by a German film company, it would be too late!
"Why, Smith Chow, you value Resident Evil so much?" Hearing a series of musts, Jon said puzzledly, is the phenomic-level director still afraid that he won't be able to film?
"I don't have time to depretend with you, tell Frank that the box office of this movie should not be worse than a chainsaw, let him think of a way, he must get it!" Zhou Shaoming felt a little dry mouth, poured saliva and continued: "This movie can invest 60 million US dollars, and the old rule is that one person will pay half of it, let Frank hurry up, I will contact the heroine, and it will be decided!" ”
After saying that, without waiting for Jon's answer, he ran out in a hurry.