"Oh, the role of Lily in "Black Swan" has been chosen, who is it?" Looking at the brightly lit Paris night through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Zhang Ziyi, among the auditioning actors, considering her English proficiency, acting strength, international popularity, dance skills, and Hollywood movie starring experience, she is the most suitable candidate." Chris. Anderson's voice came from the phone.

Lin Yuquan nodded, unlike the prevalence of dubbing in Chinese movies, there is no dubbing in Hollywood movies, starring in Hollywood movies, speaking English lines is the most basic, Zhou Xun, Zhang Ziyi, Dong Jie, Li Binbin Among the four, Zhang Ziyi may not be the best in acting and dancing, but he is proud of his English proficiency, international popularity, and Hollywood movie starring experience. Dong Jie and Li Binbin are at a disadvantage in many places.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhang Ziyi can be expected to win from the beginning, but also depends on the fit with the role in the director's heart, what kind of Lily Darren Aronofsky wants, which he can't know.

"It's good if it's suitable, otherwise it's going to be troublesome, when is "Black Swan" going to start filming?" Lin Yuquan immediately said.

"It's going to be the end of the year at the earliest, unlike ordinary movies, "Black Swan" requires the actors to play the starring role with a certain ballet strength, not to mention reaching a professional level, but at least to meet the requirements of decent shooting, it takes a long time to practice dancing, and Zhang Ziyi needs to further strengthen his English skills. Her previous line performance in "Memoirs of a Geisha" was far from enough. "Chris. Anderson Road.

"That's right, Black Swan really can't be rushed, it must be slow. The script is rare, and if you encounter it, you can't spoil it, you must shoot it well. Lin Yuquan smiled: "For specific operations, Chris, you are responsible, you do things, I don't worry, I won't say much else." It's still a cliché, you know. ”

"Okay, boss."

Script, script, script. Hanging up the phone, Lin Yuquan shook his head, the problem of the script can be said to be a problem that has been plaguing Summit Entertainment and Dawning Movies, of course. It is also a problem that plagues all film and television companies.

As of now. Summit Entertainment has set a total of eight movies to be released next year, one is its own "Wild Story: Battle of the Hundred Clans", one is "Twilight: Lunar Eclipse", one is "Source Code", one is "Shocking Catastrophe", one is "I Have Cancer", one is Wen Ziren's new film "Latent", and one is Tsui Hark's "Dragon Gate Flying Armor". One is Scott. The first new film developed by Stäbo, "Strong Sale".

Among them, "Savage Tales: The Rise of the Ape Race", "Twilight: Lunar Eclipse", "I Have Cancer", and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" are not mentioned. "Source Code" in Duncan. After Jones took over, he had completed the revision of the script and had already locked in the leading role. Damon, Annie. Hathaway, Scarlett. Johnson.

Originally, the investor's investment budget for "Source Code" was $30 million, but after Summit Entertainment led the shooting, because Lin Yuquan, the big boss, and the internal management of Summit Entertainment were very optimistic about this film, it just so happened that Summit Entertainment is not short of money now, and what is lacking is heavyweight works, so the investment budget was increased to $80 million, the purpose is obvious, better cast, better special effects scenes, better filmmaking level, and finally produce a film with better quality, A sci-fi masterpiece with stronger commercial appeal.

Money-saver Temple. Jones made the sci-fi classic "Moon" for $5 million, and it is undoubtedly very exciting to see what "Source Code" with an investment budget of $80 million will eventually look like in his hands.

The script for "Havoc" was written in James. After Gunn took over, it has also undergone significant revisions, and the film has now ended filming and is in intense post-production, compared to "Source Code", the production cost of "Shocking Catastrophe", which is also a science fiction movie, is only 60 million US dollars, but horror film directors are especially able to save money. Tatum and Jessica. Bell's combination did not take up much budget, and the film's funds were mainly used in production, and due to the unique creativity of "Shocking Catastrophe", both Lin Yuquan and Summit Entertainment had great expectations for the film.

Wen Ziren's new film "Latent" tells the story of a happy family of five who happily move into a new home, panic and anxiety follow, the infant daughter Kelly often cries inexplicably, the second son Foster is full of fear of the bedroom, and the eldest son Dalton falls into a prolonged coma after a fright. The Potters suspected that the house was haunted, so they decided to move, but it didn't end there, and later, with the help of some exorcists, they learned that their son Dalton was haunted by strange spirits from another world. With the help of scientists, Potter duels with the Alien Spirits.

Produced by Lin Yuquan, it must be a high-quality product, this sentence is applied to Wen Ziren, and it is obviously true, Wen Ziren is definitely a genius who knows the way of horror films, the family happily lives in a new house, and suddenly encounters a strange spirit attack, such a haunted house plot seems to have nothing noteworthy and new, but when the director and screenwriter are Wen Ziren, everything naturally becomes different.

For a movie, the ultimate core is undoubtedly the story and characters, as long as the director and screenwriter can create stories and characters that can make the audience care, it doesn't matter the scale or cost, which is fully reflected in Wen Ziren's past films and in "Latent".

Wen Ziren chose Summit Entertainment because of the good cooperation of "Black Valentine" before, and out of trust in Wen Ziren's strength level and long-term cooperation needs, Summit Entertainment also gave Wen Ziren extremely generous cooperation conditions, 1 million US dollars in base salary, 5% box office dividends, and 5% DVD dividends.

"Forced Sale" is a Scott. Stuber's first film as a producer at Summit Entertainment is based on a very thunderous bestseller title, "Strong Sell: A Great Seller". The Evolution of the Salesperson", written by Jamie Reddy, was the top pharmaceutical representative of Pfizer, a Fortune 500 company, and earned a six-figure salary every year during the golden age of the pharmaceutical industry from 1995 to 1999. Brother Man", in Jamie. After Reddy gave up business and followed the text, he wrote "Forced Sale: A Wei. The Evolution of the Brotherhood Salesperson" is a semi-autobiography that exposes some of the most controversial issues in the pharmaceutical industry.

Compared with the adaptation of "Weakness", the adaptation of "Strong Sell" is obviously difficult, and the "rugby" element in "Weakness" itself has a large fan base and a better story, but the original work of "Love and Elixir" is first of all lacking in storytelling, and secondly, if the problems of the pharmaceutical industry are excavated according to the spicy brushstrokes of the original work, the film will become extremely literary and artistic, and the box office is difficult to guarantee.

In the end, Lin Yuquan decided to take the spicy excavation route, if only the sex of the American pharmaceutical industry that began in 1997. The Love Revolution serves as a backdrop and focuses the main lens on feelings and sexuality. loves scenes, so there is no need to shoot "Strong Sale", it is better to directly original the script.

Just like the rules of survival in the workplace in "Durala's Promotion", like the competition scene in "Weaknesses", the problems in the pharmaceutical industry exposed in the book are the core elements of the charm of "Strong Selling".

The chaos in the pharmaceutical industry, although it varies from country to country to country, is undoubtedly the same when it comes to the core essence.

Although Lin Yuquan did not have a deep understanding of the problems of the domestic pharmaceutical industry, he also learned about it through various channels, in fact, the Shuguang Charity Fund now has a considerable amount of money to help people who cannot afford to see a doctor.

With great power comes great responsibility, and every year the six major Hollywood studios devote themselves to making one or two art films that reflect the acute problems of reality, and you could say that the main purpose is to chase awards, but there is no denying that such films do have meaning.

Lin Yuquan deeply felt that Summit Entertainment should also shoot a film like "Strong Sale", not only to let people understand the problems existing in the medical industry, but also to hope that medical personnel and medical companies can reflect on themselves.

In addition to these eight films, Zach. Schneider is struggling to conceive of a new film, "The Hangover" has clearly filmed a sequel, but it is completely unknown when the script will be completed, the core of a comedy movie is the script, a comedy movie, especially an outstanding comedy movie, is much more difficult to get than an action movie, "The Expendables" will also consider shooting a sequel if it is a box office hit later, but the release time will not be determined at all for a while and a half.

How so? Compared with two years ago, today's Summit Entertainment has more than doubled the number of films released throughout the year, and the annual box office proportion is among the best, which should be satisfied, but Summit Entertainment wants to achieve greater development and dominate the mainland market like Shuguang Films, it is bound to need more movies and more excellent movies, and the root of all this lies in the script.

Hoping that there will be surprises soon, Lin Yuquan longs in his heart, not only does the development of Summit Entertainment need a steady stream of good scripts, but also because he is very satisfied with launching movies that make the audience feel like. (To be continued.) )