In Jenkins Films' office, Ryan sat behind his desk, dragging the mouse and quickly flipping through the dense documents. The first draft script of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy sent by Jackson a while ago is not perfect, and the big fat man in New Zealand is deeply influenced by Hollywood, and plans to revise it while filming after setting the first draft.

Fortunately, the direction of the story and the main scenes are infinitely close to Ryan's impression, and he doesn't plan to interfere, because most Hollywood movies are shot like this, and in the earliest days, the scripts he gave were not often changed back and forth.

Send? Kim sat across from him, flipping the script in her hand for a long time before closing it on the table and stacking it on top of each other.

"Ryan, this doesn't look like your style." She was a little surprised.

"Style?" Ryan shook his head, and didn't hide it in front of his own people, "Pat, as long as I can benefit, I don't care what style I have." ”

"Alright, Ryan, tell me exactly what you need me to do." Send? Kingsley doesn't think that this guy brought herself in just to appreciate his newly finished script.

"'Gladiator' gets out as soon as possible, and I don't want similar movies to appear in Hollywood in recent years."

This kind of thing? Jin Sili had already done this many times, and immediately nodded, "No problem, I'll let people deal with it as soon as possible, what about the other one?" ”

"You take "The Pianist" and go to France as soon as possible to find Roman? Polanski talks, I want him to direct this film next year. Ryan clasped the table lightly and said as he thought, "He doesn't dare to come to North America, you can only make a trip yourself." ”

"Alright then, looks like I'm going to be busy again."

Although many years have passed, the US judicial department has been keeping an eye on Polanski, and she has only made a personal trip.

There was an aggressive knock on the door, and George walked in. "Peter? Mr. Jackson and Francis? Ms. Wall arrived. ”

"Ask them to come to the conference room and tell Julius and Mario to come too."

Ryan closes his notebook and asks Pie? Kinsley, "Interested in going over and have a look, Pat?" ”

"The Lord of the Rings thing?"

"yes, they're ready to cast actors." Ryan walked towards the door first, and Kingsley followed from behind, "It's said that this movie needs a lot of actors, and I can recommend some suitable people to them." ”

"You're really looking for a chance." Ryan smiled, like any other studio in Hollywood. Of course, this kind of thing will take precedence over one's own people.

"KK has signed a lot of potential actors."

"Trust me, Pat, go around Hollywood Boulevard, and you can catch at least a hundred potential actors."

The two jokingly walked into the conference room, where the others were already waiting, and after greeting them one by one, everyone sat around the long conference table.

"Peter, you look like you've lost a lot of weight, and you've lost weight successfully." Ryan joked casually.

"Shoot a trilogy at once. That's a big job, and there's pressure to invest more than $300 million. The big fat man in New Zealand touched his beard with one hand and gestured in front of him with the other, "I haven't slept a peaceful sleep for half a year." ”

"Do you need me to give you a day off?" Ryan put away his smile. In any case, the complicated prep work for "The Lord of the Rings" can go so smoothly, Peter? Jackson is credited with it.

"No, no." His head shook. "Completing this series is my biggest dream and wish."

"Ryan, have you read the script?" It was Peter who spoke? Jackson's wife, Francis, who presided over the screenwriting of "The Lord of the Rings"? Wall.

"I've basically read it." Ryan nodded. Seeing that the Jacksons were staring at him, they obviously wanted to be recognized, "Well, you guys did a good job." Peter, Fran, I can give you enough rights, but you must give me a great trilogy. ”

"I'll do my best!" Peter? Jackson cupped his eyes.

"Trust me, Peter, if the trilogy can be successful, you will become a big director on the front line of Hollywood."

The words of encouragement ended here, and Ryan asked some more specific preliminary work, Peter? Jackson's assistant brought a reel of film.

"This is the location I chose, near Queenstown, my hometown in New Zealand."

When all the curtains were closed and the conference room was plunged into darkness, beautiful landscape paintings appeared on the white curtains.

"It's almost pristine New Zealand, and I think it's the most suitable archetype for the Middle-earth world." Peter? "The most important thing is that we can minimize the cost of labor, horses, extras, overhead, etc., so that we can put more money into post-production." ”

"You're the director, you just make decisions." Seeing that there were no unexpected changes, Ryan nodded directly.

It's wise to shoot away from North America, where taxes, labor, and living expenses for the crew are much higher than shooting overseas.

Profit maximization is the pursuit of every investor.

"In terms of actors, I don't plan to invite first-line stars, this is a group show, and it is impossible to spend too much money on actors."

Peter? Jackson flipped through the thick materials, "Recently, the crew will audition for the Fellowship of the Ring and several other actors......"

"You and Julis are in charge."

The film needed so many actors that Ryan didn't have that much time to spend in the audition room.

"Ryan, can you listen to me?" Peter? Jackson smiled helplessly.

"I'm sorry." Ryan made a gesture to continue.

"If you could, could you be invited to play a role in the Fellowship Squad?"

I? The Fellowship Squad? Ryan looked at the big fat man who was smiling so much that he couldn't find it, an image flashed in his mind, and he quickly shook his head.

"Who? Gandalf? Gimli? Aragon? Or Balromil? ”

"The one you've overlooked, Legras? Green leaves! ”

Hearing the other party's words, Ryan had the feeling that this was indeed the case, sighed, and asked, "Do you think I'm really suitable?" ”

"I don't think there's a better fit in Hollywood than you."

Peter? Jackson said and looked around, and everyone including Julie and Kingsley looked approving.

Legolas in a past life? The green leaves are indeed unusually eye-catching, but Ryan is not interested. The character of Legras in the movie is much simplified than the novel, and this character completely carries forward the concept of a male vase, even if it is Jack? Dawson is far inferior to him, and he is simply the future killer of the actor.

To this day, he still remembers that after the release of "The Hobbit 2" in his previous life, Legolas returned to the movie, and countless female fans rushed into the theater, and they didn't care how the movie was, as long as they could see the footage of Legrasse pulling a bow and releasing arrows.

Already starring Little Frank and Jack? Dawson, the two characters who are suspected of showing off their faces, continue to walk on this road. That's going to go dark.

However, he is still very interested in this movie, and the role will be changed.

"No, Peter, you should find a beautiful enough actor for Legras." Seeing that everyone was still staring at him, Ryan couldn't help but tap the table lightly, "Handsome and beautiful are two concepts for men, please don't confuse them." ”

Seeing that the words he said didn't seem to have any effect, Ryan had no choice but to continue. "Well, Peter, I can be in this movie, but the role is ......"

"I think Gandalf or Aragon are very nice." The Wizards and Dendans are both good choices.

That's right. In Tolkien's world, the wizards of Gandalf were not a profession, but a race like dwarves and elves.

The others couldn't help but look at each other, and Aragorn didn't say anything. Gandalf is definitely not suitable, otherwise you have to spend at least half a day before shooting every day to put on makeup.

"Ryan. Your age ......" Aragorn in the film is a man in his eighties.

"Peter, age is not an issue." Ryan didn't want to force him, and reminded, "Don't make a decision yet, "The Rest of the Desert Island starring me will be released before the New Year, and you will make a decision after watching this movie." ”

Originally, Ryan was still interested in Gimli, but when he thought of playing such a role, he estimated that his fans would unite to protest.

Aragon is actually not bad, a very masculine powerful ranger, but the beard on his face is more troublesome, if the character's beard is removed, it is estimated that the massive fans of "The Lord of the Rings" will have opinions.

Sent Peter away? Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Ryan went to Robert again? Zemeckis's studio, his former alumnus, began post-production on Desert Island Aftermath after a short sabbatical.

When the directing agreement was signed, Ryan gave him the final editing rights, Robert? Zemeckis also wants to challenge next year's best director with this movie, and put all his energy into it.

This movie hardly uses too many special effects, and the most troublesome part is to replace some of the shots shot during the day with the background at night, and then the dubbing, because a lot of the exterior scenes are filmed on the island, and there is too much noise during the live recording, and most of the shots need to be re-dubbed.

Fortunately, these scenes are all shots of Ryan alone, as long as Robert? Zemisky was able to finish the editing on time, and it wasn't much of a challenge for him.

Since the acquisition of Carlock Films, after several years of development, Jenkins Films is small in scale, but has a complete business system, and the screenwriter team's scripts will be approved by Ryan after the script, and will work with other partners to start preparation, shooting, release, and various derivative operations.

"American Pie", "Scream" and "Death is Coming" are currently in post-production, the first two can be launched in the North American market at the end of this year or early next year, and "Scream 3" has also entered the pre-preparation stage, Charlize? Theron will be the last film in the series.

Send? After Kinsley went to France with "The Pianist", she soon got the word Roman? Polanski wanted to talk to Ryan in person, but since he was wanted by the U.S. Justice Department and rarely left France or Poland, Ryan had to make a personal trip. (To be continued......)