Chapter Seventy-Three: Rebooting The Walking Dead
While Fahrenheit Media and Microsoft have entered the negotiation stage, Link has already put down all his work and began to concentrate on revising the script of "The Walking Dead".
As for the "National Rap Rap Tour Challenge", it has also continued to advance westward as planned. Coupled with the full sponsorship of Coca-Cola, the cooperation between the two parties is also very pleasant under the framework of 'strategic cooperation'.
Recently, another big piece of news broke in the media.
The war drama "Band of Brothers", directed by 'Smith Spielberg' and co-produced with Hollywood's 'king' Tom Hanks, has also entered the final casting stage and is about to be launched.
The investment amount of the whole drama is 120 million US dollars! It is definitely the highest investment budget ever in the history of American dramas!
Moreover, according to the informant, the tough guy superstar 'David Frank' has also announced that he will join the show, which has made American fans excited for a long time.
Although the 'informant' or something, in Link's opinion, it was just a joke, and it was clearly a 'warm-up' message from the crew of "Band of Brothers".
However, Link began to work harder to revise the script, emphasizing perfection as much as possible.
Because, he still remembers what 'Spielberg' said at the time, and Link is also looking forward to competing with 'Band of Brothers' on the TV screen.
Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
During this month, everything is going according to the ideal state.
Only Link is always closed, occasionally talking to Jessie on the phone, and Mira often comes to bring him food, reminding him to pay attention to his body and so on.
Just after "Band of Brothers" was announced on May 27, Link also revised the script of "The Walking Dead".
Although the original "The Walking Dead" is also very colorful, as a director and producer, Link also has his own thoughts and ideas.
The general plot line of "The Walking Dead", he did not modify it too much, but put most of his efforts on the handling of details.
He has watched the original "The Walking Dead" countless times in his head, and he can memorize almost every shot of the design ideas compared with the light.
It's just that......
"It's just that the scenes of the original "The Walking Dead" are still too 'stingy'!"
Link looked at the finalized script that had been revised and sighed silently.
"It's a good plot, but I have to make the scene so small that it makes people look unsatisfied."
Although Link has some complaints in his heart, he also knows that the key factor that determines whether an American drama is colorful or not is investment!
Even if he doesn't know what the budget for each episode of the original "The Walking Dead" was, it will definitely not exceed $2 million.
Some scenes that should have been shocking made people want to scold their mothers.
"But fortunately, we are not short of money, hehe."
Finally, just after Link finished revising the script, he also stepped out of the house for the first time.
The first thing he did was to call Fat Jack back. Although Fat Jack is the CEO of CAA Media Group, many times, he is more like Link's personal assistant. Without him, Link really can't get used to others.
That afternoon, Fat Jack flew to New York.
"Little boss, what are you looking for me? Why are you calling me back in such a hurry? ”
Seeing Fat Jack's unhappy look, Link knew that this guy must be crazy with Eminem.
"Eminem, where have they gone now?"
"Just about to leave Tennessee." Fat Jack looked very excited: "Little boss, you can't imagine the spectacular scene at that time, it's called a hilarious!" ”
Seeing that the fat man still looked unsatisfied, Link didn't bother to hit him again, and directly handed him a list.
When Fat Jack saw the list, he was stunned for a moment, especially when he saw the few big words of the title, "The Walking Dead" actor pre-selection list', and Fat Jack completely calmed down.
"Little boss, you...... Are you ready to get started? ”
Link straightened his collar, the weather in the United States had begun to warm up, and the weather at the end of May was much hotter.
"That's right, it's time to start!"
Fat Jack nodded silently and left quickly with the list.
And paper will never keep the fire, and Link's big move in Atlanta is still known to the media.
Although Link had made a thorough plan of secrecy beforehand, it still didn't help.
For a long time, Atlanta Zhèngfu claimed that the large-scale set in the suburbs was actually for the development of tourism. Atlanta is going to build it into a large, live-action shè play venue.
And this is also one of the conditions that Link paid at the beginning, the set of "The Walking Dead", even after filming, will not be dismantled. Rather, it is used as a venue for a 'real-life shè game'.
However, the media person's nose was too clever to know where to get the news, knowing that it was a large outdoor set that Link did for the filming of "The Walking Dead".
All of a sudden, countless voices of criticism rolled in.
There is no way, the 'horror series' American drama does not have a successful precedent in the United States.
This is not to blame for the media hype, it can only be said that this is another eye-catching headline.
After the local media in Atlanta took the lead in reporting the incident, major media outlets across the United States sent teams of reporters to Atlanta.
After witnessing the hot set action, the media people became excited again. Everyone is shouting in their hearts, this is another big news!
Sure enough, early the next morning, major media in the United States made headlines and began to fully disclose that Link was preparing "The Walking Dead".
The New York Times editorial board, under Ms. Amanda's guidelines, began to run its brains frantically again. Based on the theory of 'only seeking the most eye-catching, not the most real', a new round of headline bombardment began.
The headline headlined: "Link died and didn't change, and after making a big profit of $100 million, he officially launched the filming plan of 'The Walking Dead'." At present, about 90% of the large-scale outdoor set work has been carried out, and it is estimated that it will cost 15 million to 20 million US dollars. One-fifth of his worth has been lost, and he has sat back and watched Link go crazy and burn money. ”
Other major media outlets, seeing that the New York Times has a tendency to once again top the throne of the 'first brother in the newspaper industry', have been unable to calm down.
Suddenly, eye-catching reports began to brew!
The Los Angeles Times always reported from the perspective of 'gossip', with the headline "Link has blown off this summer, and now he's ready to scare the hell out of this fall?" However, the 'horror series' American drama is destined to not have a sustained 'sense of horror', does he plan to let Eminem play a zombie? That's thanks to his 'zombie face'! Horror effect, absolutely top-notch! ”
The reports of American Television and the Washington Post are much more serious, as different from the "serious xing" print media of the Los Angeles Times, they rely on theoretical analysis and successful precedents as the basis for reporting.
"As for Link's plan to restart The Walking Dead, I have to reiterate that this is a self-destructive and failed decision!" Horror franchises will always have room in movie theaters, and if Link brings The Walking Dead to the big screen, then we will definitely have the warmest praise for it! However, if it is positioned as an American drama, then it is still waiting for his body to be collected. ”
"Link, openly challenge the 'Mission Impossible' again! No matter how strong his jing power is, he shouldn't step into the abyss of the 'horror series' American drama! Before that, we seemed to see a new star in the director's world rising, but just a second later, he was going to be silent again! Before it fully rises, it has completely fallen! Should we sigh? I don't think so, what we should do is be happy! Because of an excellent 'bankruptcy case', it will wake up the world again! Let's rejoice in the fearless Jing God like Link! ”
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