David Geffen made an analysis of the current situation, Lin Mu and Spielberg could not devote too much energy to this company, and he himself did not understand the operation of the film company, which became a very serious problem on the road to the establishment of a new company. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Does Mr. Geffen already have a suitable person?" David Geffen was watching the woods, and the trees weren't watching him. Lin Mu found that David Geffen didn't have too much worry on his face when he said this, which showed that he had already thought of a solution to the problem.

Being seen through by Lin Mu at a glance, David Geffen was not embarrassed at all, what he said just now was actually foreshadowing, the purpose was to let Lin Mu and Spielberg accept the person he wanted to recommend smoothly. There is no vanity under the fame, and Lin Mu became famous at a young age, in addition to the same luck as David Geffen, more of an unknown strength. David Geffen no longer dared to underestimate the young man in front of him, but these thoughts of his did not show on his face. "I think Jeffrey Katzenberg is a good managerial talent!"

Lin Mu and Spielberg both know Jeffrey Katzenberg as a person, and Lin Mu actually knows more than they know, he knows that Jeffrey Katzenberg is one of the three founders of DreamWorks, but due to his own appearance, history has shifted, and it seems that David Geffen intends to hire him to manage the new company instead of pulling him as a partner. Spielberg thought about it more simply, he only knew that Jeffrey Katzenberg had just gotten out of a lawsuit with Disney and was not clear about his whereabouts. David Geffen recruited him at this time, and it was the right time.

Seeing that neither of them had any objections, David Geffen knew that Jeffrey Katsenberg had been approved by Spielberg and Lin Mu, and the management of the new company was thus resolved, but David Geffen and Spielberg had a dispute over the name of the newly established company.

Spielberg's idea was simple, he proposed to use the initials XSK of the three of their names as the name of the new company, but David Geffen wanted to come up with a name that would have a practical meaning and would be immediately remembered. The two of them held their own opinions and did not give in to each other, but it made the forest trees sitting on the side a little big. He thought the name Dreamworks was something they had in mind from the beginning, but Spielberg and David Geffen didn't mention it at all.

"What do you think of the name Dreamworks?" Just when the two were arguing, Lin Mu suddenly came up with such a sentence, and at the end he didn't forget to add a point, "The initials of our name can be added after this name!" ”

Both Spielberg and David Geffen stopped arguing because they both thought the idea was good, and it was the only thing they agreed on on the new company name.

"DreamWorks? It's a good name, we want to set up a dream factory, and continue to spread the Hollywood movie dream to the world! David Geffen was the first to react to the name.

Spielberg also nodded, the essence of the movie is to create dreams that people can't realize in reality, Lin Mu's name can be said to be the essence of Hollywood movies, he really can't find any reason to object, and Lin Mu also took care of his opinion, adding a combination of the initials of the three people at the back, and only this name can satisfy both him and David Geffen at the same time.

Under the impetus of Lin Mu, the name of the new company was decided, and DreamWorks, the film company that would later become Hollywood's leading studio, was born in this humble café in Los Angeles. Lin Mu later recalled the situation at the beginning of the company's formation, and still had palpitations, "At that time, any of our thoughts could lead to a completely different situation for this company in the future, this process is really thrilling, fortunately, they like the name very much!" ”

Christmas Woods spent most of his time with his family, DreamWorks took most of his time, and Pirates of the Caribbean had already completed all the post-production, the film was scheduled to be released in the New Year, and the promotion of the film took up all the time he had left. James Cameron's "Pirates of the Caribbean" has a lot more novel elements than the original, especially Zhen Zidan's oriental warrior style, which has attracted the attention of many Americans. In terms of shooting scenes, it inherits James Cameron's usual style, and the whole film is very majestic. In terms of the action design of the film, James Cameron completely adopts Yuan Heping's Chinese/Chinese martial arts routines, which has to be said to be an extremely bold attempt. But in the end, the effect of the film after shooting is good, and the fighting feeling in the film is more real and gorgeous than the previous Hollywood blockbusters. The image of the pirate turning into skeletons on a full moon night is carefully designed by ILM, and these skeleton images are not just simple computer effects, the production team input the scan data of the actors' bodies into the computer, so that each skeleton image matches the appearance and movement characteristics of the characters. In order to cooperate with the production of special effects, Yuan Heping also had an in-depth discussion with Lucas. And all this is due to James Cameron is a very good spender, he finally spent 130 million given to him by Lin Mu, and made Lin Mu invest an additional 10 million in post-production. Including the later publicity costs, the production cost of the entire "Pirates of the Caribbean" was as high as 160 million US dollars, which was almost unimaginable in Hollywood at the time. You must know that the final box office of many films may not necessarily exceed this number.

The promotion of "Pirates of the Caribbean" through Paramount and Universal's respective channels, coupled with the previous media attention to the film, made the film the most anticipated film of the new year's schedule. For this reason, many movies that were previously decided to be released in the New Year have pushed back their premiere dates, and who doesn't want to crash with this blockbuster comparable to "Jurassic Park". "Pirates of the Caribbean" was going well, but now it was a different thing to give Lin Mu a headache.

He now has very little time to write the script, so he only handed over the full script to MGM in early '94 for the final season of "Prison Break", and he thought that "Prison Break" could end like this, but many "Prison Break" fans were unwilling to accept such an ending. In their opinion, Lin Mu can continue to release "Friends" with a total length of more than 100 episodes for five seasons, and "Prison Break" should be continued. Although all the suspense in the plot of "Prison Break" is clearly explained in the finale, people are still interested in this TV series.

The call for the creation of a sequel to "Prison Break" is getting stronger and stronger, but Lin Mu resolutely said that he has no intention of continuing "Prison Break", but he still underestimated the audience's and fans' love for this TV series. On New Year's Eve, Lin Mu was given a vacation, which really kept him busy, so he was ready for a good night's sleep, but a phone call from Shirley Lansing made it impossible for him to stay in bed peacefully. He was told that hundreds of excited spectators had staged a sit-in in front of Paramount Pictures' headquarters, and that although there were several police officers at the scene to maintain order, the head office still hoped that Lin Mu would personally intervene to solve the problem.

By the time Lin Mu arrived at the scene, the number of spectators at the sit-in had exceeded 1,000, and the number was growing. There were already a lot of media at the scene, Lin Mu's appearance at the scene caused a small commotion, under the protection of Paramount security, Lin Mu squeezed into the center of the crowd with great difficulty, he finally stood on a car, a staff member handed him a microphone, but Lin Mu looked at the crowd below, but did not know what to say.

Lin Mu just looked at the crowd around him without saying a word, the buzzing around gradually faded away, the scene suddenly quieted down, and he raised the microphone in his hand with difficulty. "Today was supposed to be my day off, and many times the office is not here, I hurried 10 kilometers from Los Angeles to get here, in fact, I just want to tell you one thing, "Prison Break" is over, it's over forever!"

"I know that the people who are here today are some of the most loyal fans of Prison Break. And I also know that in the past four years, it has been everyone's silent support that has made "Prison Break" what it is today, but nothing in this world will be eternal except time. Just as a person will eventually return to the arms of God, so a work will eventually come to an end. While this result is unacceptable, it cannot be changed. ”

"In fact, after I made the decision not to continue writing 'Prison Break', many people advised me to continue writing because the TV series has a huge audience, which means that continuing to write the script can bring me a steady stream of wealth. During this period, I was approached by a number of producers who wanted to get permission to create a sequel to "Prison Break", and their prices were very high, and no one would be unable to get along with money, they all felt the same way. ”

"I'll admit I'm busy, but that doesn't mean I don't have time to write a screenplay. In fact, the sequels to "Prison Break" can be launched one after another as long as I want, but in the previous episodes, I have completely written all the plots I can think of into the script. I can even predict that in 10 years, any film and television works related to the theme of prison escape will not be able to jump out of the plot covered by "Prison Break". The so-called sequel can only repeat the previous plot constantly, until finally everyone present can no longer show the slightest interest in such a plot. A classic work, and finally quit the screen in everyone's interest. Is it true that everyone is willing to watch a classic slowly change its taste, rather than keep a perfect in their hearts at the most appropriate time? ”

"I admit that I wrote this script with a strong commercial purpose, and I wrote it to make money, but I didn't write it all to make money. If it was just for the money, I could have ended my screenwriting career a long time ago, and even though I'm now the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood, I can make a lot more money in other fields than that, and it's fair to say that my input and output in scripts are actually disproportionate; If it's just for the money, I can sell the license to the sequel to producers who bid very high, and I know they can find a lot of writers to write the sequel. In this way, even if everyone is not satisfied with the sequel in the end, I will not be blamed in any way, all the infamy can be attributed to the authors of those sequels, and I can completely stay out of it! ”

"But I can't, maybe I just saw it as a tool when I wrote this script, but not now. I feel that every work has its own life, and I respect each of my works as much as I respect life. A person who doesn't know how to respect his own script can't really respect himself. A person who doesn't know how to respect himself can't respect the audience. A screenwriter who doesn't know how to respect the audience can't create a work that is truly respectable. ”

"I refuse to sell the sequel license to the script, and I will not create any more so-called sequels, which is not only for me personally, but also for a work, and for all of you! Forgive me for not being able to fill out a script with something uninspiring! ”

After saying this in one breath, Lin Mu jumped off the roof of the car without hesitation, and he left the scene first regardless of the crowd of onlookers. But his words were not completely ineffective, and these heartfelt words were like a basin of cold water that woke up the sanity of those fanatical fans. Many classic film and television works are late because of the failure of the sequel, Lin Mu is not the best choice, although it is difficult to accept now, but it is much better than the sequel launched in the future to lose its novelty and be disappointing, and being reviled.

began to leave the scene one after another, and many people knew that "Prison Break" had completely ended, and their last efforts did not seem to be able to save the final fate of this classic TV series. Lin Mu decided to mark "Prison Break", and his words at the scene have clearly told everyone that this cannot be changed!

Many people left with some regret on their faces, and of course, the most disappointed people at the scene were the media who waited on the side early. They had thought they had written a vigorous piece of news, but now the final outcome was beyond all of their expectations, with no riots, no chaos, not even invective and quarrels. However, Lin Mu's grandiose speech made the media present unable to find any fault, so the news that the newspaper was originally going to report on the fan siege incident the next day was replaced with a photo of Lin Mu standing on the roof of the car holding a microphone, and the media had different interpretations of what he said at the scene, but almost all the media mentioned one point, Lin Mu's speech this time was exactly the same as his acceptance speech on the Oscar podium, but obviously he pointed the finger at a common problem of Hollywood film and television works, The success of a work often leads to countless sequels and follow-up works, although there are some good works, but in general they all belong to the dog's tail sequel. (To be continued.) )