Chapter 338: The Impromptu Dispatch of the Two Directors
Click, click!
In the chaos, no one noticed that there was a ghostly figure among the trees on the other side of the mountain forest, and he pressed the camera in his hand again and again......
"Peter!" Fran Wales went to pull her husband, and Jackson rushed forward like a boar, grabbed and kicked his feet forward, shouting, "I love Susie as much as my child!"
Jia went to pull Ye Wei, but didn't hold it at all, Ye Wei rushed to Jackson, but Jackson didn't really hit it, at this time Gore pulled Ye Wei, Alice shouted "Gentlemen!" Ye Wei and Jackson both stopped with angry eyebrows, and they were both pulled back a few steps.
"Gentlemen, please calm down. Alice looked stern, "I don't tolerate violence here." β
"Sorry, I'm excited. Ye Wei apologized in a deep voice. Jackson wiped his face, "I'm sorry, I'm a little out of control." β
Because of the vigilance of the Jacksons, Gia felt that something was wrong, Peter Jackson, a dead fat man, was scheming, he could have been so angry 20 years ago, and now he is used to seeing the wind and waves? She was shocked, the dead fat man did it on purpose!
Just now, only the truth was revealed, and what he said was reasonable, Jackson would have refuted it a long time ago if he could refute it, but he obviously couldn't come up with anything else except "believe me, I can handle it", and he fell more and more behind, and was even labeled by Ye Wei as "I love the novelty of heaven more than I love Susie".
If this label was firmly attached to Alice's heart, what would she choose?
The dead fat man is about to be kicked out of the ring, so he just comes to this play, how can he show that he is also very affectionate......?
"Weige, you have some point. At this time, Jackson looked like he was trying to calm down, flashing with the light of mature wisdom, "But your worries are all about the bad results, you know that when making a movie, you can't stop trying because there may be problems, we directors are the ones who find ways to solve problems." β
He sat down at the round table again and said, "Everyone used to say that 'The Lord of the Rings' could not be made into a movie, and two years ago no one thought you could be where you are today, and we all did. We all need to have the courage to face the TLB story.
Flashy special effects aren't necessarily bad, and I agree with Alice's quote: 'Heaven is to be happy.'" I don't know what God wants, but in heaven, Susie can be bitter. It's her strong optimism, like Alice's humor, Susie isn't the kind of girl who cries and gets angry, she's like sunshine and can dispel darkness.
Heaven is so important, not only its superficial power, but also its emotional contrast with the world, if heaven is the same as the earth, then Susie will become a ghost who will not dissolve. No, Susie lives in heaven, her outward appearance is no longer growing, but her heart continues to grow, from self-imprisonment to freedom.
There is no heaven there, at first there is none, and gradually in the end, Susie understands, and she will reach the real heaven. β
Oh no! Gia couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, this is Peter Jackson! He couldn't refute it, he first led Jean Wei to say a good thing, and all of them fought back at once. Now it seems that VIY is very naΓ―ve and emotional, and the problems he says are that he lacks courage, and he doesn't understand Susie when he questions heaven......
Look at Alice's thoughtful face, she is definitely adding points to Jackson, people are still high-budget and bigger, the success of the "Lord of the Rings" series has long made people have a superstition about Jackson, which is more down-to-earth than a genius boy......
It was reversed all at once.
Ye Wei was silent and didn't speak, and suddenly said to Jiya: "Give me those papers." β
What kind of paper? Everyone wondered, but Gia was in good spirits, and now, what was he going to do?
"I don't think there's any need to talk anymore because our philosophies are so different. β
Ye Wei didn't sit down again, glanced at the people with different expressions, and said: "I ask another question, with the limited power of the movie, when a person dies, he arrives at a place where he can do whatever he wants, meet friends, and watch the world, heaven." It is also necessary to focus on rendering, how to avoid a wrong perception, it is better to die?
Shouldn't we all end it as soon as possible?Find a way to tell the family that they are dying and coming to heaven to be reunited?Does Susie still have to thank Mr. Harvey?"
The atmosphere in the garden was suddenly a little awkward, which at first glance sounded like an attack even from the original.
Ye Wei looked at Alice, "In the novel, there are so many delicate and sensitive strokes that refute this perception. What are you going to do, Peter? Susie keeps narrating for a second, even if she speaks the fastest in the world, she can't finish her thoughts.
TV series can be, but if you want to make a movie, the problem of heaven can't be solved, some are just problematic or okay, unless you make it into a trilogy.
I repeat my point again, heaven is not an amusement park!"
"There's no problem that can't be solved, you're saying this too absolutely. Jackson disagreed.
Ye Wei ignored him and raised the stack of papers in his hand, "These are my imitation of Susie's handwriting, my imagination of her handwriting." I only did two things last Saturday, read the first chapter, and write these. β
Next to her, Gia remained expressionless as he handed Alice 150 pages of gridded paper full of letters.
"......" Alice saw it, her face was full of shock, her hands trembled and flipped over, page by page, her eyes suddenly welled up with tears......
The Jacksons looked in disbelief, and Gold leaned in and was stunned.
"As much pain as Susie is, as dark is heaven. She is certainly a strong and optimistic sunny girl, but that doesn't mean she's not in pain. β
Saying in a deep voice, Ye Wei took back the stack of papers from Alice's hand, "These shouldn't be stored in the world!" he tore up page by page, "I hate Mr. Harvey so much, I love Susie so much, maybe some of my thoughts have lost my mind, I am enchanted, when I think of what happened to Susie, I will, I ...... I'm sorry......"
He burst into tears again and continued to tear the paper to shreds.
"Yes, my budget is not high, but Alice, if you give Susie to me, I promise you that I will tell her story to the whole world to the best of my ability, so that everyone can know that a girl who is elf, strong, beautiful but has a tragic fate, but still maintains her beauty, getting better and better. β
He looked at the Jacksons, who didn't know what was going on, "And Peter, Fran, I plead with you! If you get the rights to adapt, really think about it, don't make paradise an amusement park, really, I can discuss it with you at any time, although I don't think those problems can be solved, I will do my best to help." β
"So, thank you for this interview today, I hope I didn't be too rude. Alice, Glenn, thank you for your hospitality. β
After tearing up the paper, Ye Wei nodded to them and said with a reluctant smile: "I'm waiting for your news, or the next interview, at any time." Gia, let's go. β
With that, he turned and walked towards the front garden of the villa.
The round table was full of pieces of shredded paper, as if it were Susie's broken body and heart, and when a gust of autumn wind blew and fell all over the ground, the fragrance of flowers lingered around the place.
Gia took the briefcase, followed closely, and as soon as she turned her back to Alice and the others, she shouted silently with wide eyes, so cool!
Hurry up, hurry up, now even if the dead fat man rushes up and wants to pull them back, he will ignore them, and he will not give the other party a chance to turn the tables! This is like winning 100 million yuan in the casino, and then he will stop gambling, and leave immediately, and the casino will be angry! Hahaha!
Without looking back, the two of them quickened their pace, and soon left Gold's house in a second-hand Volkswagen and drove onto the boulevard.
"Did you see Alice Sieberd's reaction? she cried!" Gia exclaimed excitedly, "How did you do that, damn genius, Jackson is fucked!"
After driving for a while, the car slowed down and stopped on the side of the road, Ye Wei leaned on the seat and exhaled like a prostration, "Almost! It's us who are almost finished! We can't say that we won, but the chance is greater, I hope for good luck, whew!"
"He's deliberately angry, isn't he?"
"Of course it's on purpose, the old pervert Peter Jackson cares if people say he's ashamed? β
"Yes, yes. Gia was as excited as watching a David Copperfield magic trick with her own eyes, "The impromptu dispatch of the two directors, haha!"
Ye Wei wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and looked at her with a smile, "Master Jiya, you have really made a great contribution this time!"
"It's none of my business, your acting skills are even better than Marlon Brando. Gia gave a thumbs up.
"It's not acting, except for the paper that I didn't write, everything else is true. Ye Wei shrugged his shoulders and continued to drive the car.
"Really? What about the cheesesteak sandwich, that's true?"
"Well, you know what Google is, right?"
"You little villain!"
Ji Ya smiled and took out her mobile phone to see, it was only less than half past two in the afternoon, "There is still an afternoon, where to go?" Ye Wei, who was driving the car, glanced at her, "It's okay to go back to school...... Why are you looking at me with such strange eyes?" Jiya squinted and said, "It's going to be out of school when I go back, so I might as well go to a movie, we haven't gone to the movies together yet." β
She pressed her phone to write a text message, "I'll ask Nina." β
"Nina won't eat your jealousy. Ye Wei cut it funny.
"What do you mean?" Ji Ya was stunned, "I also have a market!"
"I know, I mean she trusts me. I haven't watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire yet, I was going to watch it with Nina, and I can watch it twice. β
Gia was even more stunned, "Harry Potter?"
"What? I'm curious about who was murdered, and I want to see how Zhang Qiu is. Ye Wei said.
Gia was really speechless: "I thought you would watch "Squid and Whale" or something. Nina replied, she said, 'Have-Fun!Lol'" Ye Wei said with a smile: "How can we all be dating, watching "Squid and Whale"? Why don't you go to watch "The Road"?"
"The Road is good. Gia muttered.
"There's no place in Los Angeles where 'The Road' is shown, I've looked for it before. We had to watch it at home, and Nina ended up crying...... Hehe. β
"I knew that "The Road" was a movie about picking up girls, and that made me cry, me!"
Ye Wei smiled when he heard this, suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, assistant, in fact, I am still busy with a few projects." β
"What's going on?!" Gia was startled, almost reaching for the brakes, "Several projects?"
"At the beginning, there were nearly ten, and there was not much chance of winning TLB, so of course I had to make other preparations. Through the windshield, Ye Wei looked at the road ahead and put his hands on the steering wheel, "Now the main ones are, "Soul Surfer", a biographical feature film by Bethany Hamilton. β
He spoke immediately.
Since watching the documentary "VIY", the Bethany family's thinking has changed a lot, and "Soul Surfer" (SS) has also made considerable progress. The more honest they are, the more material they get, and the more interested and passionate they are about the project.
Ye Wei has already told them about joining the competing TLB, and competing for the TLB does not mean giving up SS.
It's normal for a film project to be prepared for several years, and even if he wins TLB, it won't affect taking over SS. Just as Peter Jackson was working on King Kong when he first took over TLB two years ago. Of course, Bethany's team can find someone else to take over, but Bethany really wants him to shoot it, and he wants it to happen.
"If you win TLB, which one do you do first?" Gia asked.
"I don't know......" Ye Wei frowned, and did not say that there was a deciding factor for his next project, and the starring role must be Emma.
If she wins TLB, Alice can't play Susie with Emma, which is possible, because Emma's temperament is not very suitable. He's got to think about it all. For SS, Roberts still said "bad" on his side, and he hasn't fought yet.
"You know that there must be a certain Cheng dΓΉ, SS and TLB are very similar, Shark and Mr. Harvey, the loss of the left hand and death, two strong girls, two families to cheer up. From light to darkness to light, but the emotions are completely different, SS is an inspiring story. Ye Wei turned the steering wheel and drove onto the avenue where traffic was coming.
Gia thought and nodded, "It's not too difficult for you to be inspired. β
"The adaptation of SS is indeed easier than that of TLB. But I don't have a script yet, and I already have a first draft of the script for another project. β
"Tell me?" Gia felt breathless, too envious.
""Winter's Bones" is also an adaptation of the novel, and the adaptation rights have been won by me, the kind of $1. β
$1 adaptation right, that is, the author can break the contract at any time and get it back, and the producer will only pay the agreed copyright fee when he really wants to shoot.
Ye Wei talked about "Bones in Winter" (W'sB) again, "Seriously, I love this story, no less love than TLB. β
W'sB was much more agreeable, and he had a good conversation with the author, Daniel Woodrier, and with some insight and an LMS preview DVD, and Ang Lee's relationship, Woodrier simply handed over the adaptation rights to him to try the adaptation. Of course, the film adaptation rights were sold before the novel was published, and he was not anonymous anymore, which was a big help to W'sB's publishing sales.
Because W'sB is short in length and the way it is written is to tell the story one scene at a time, it is not difficult to adapt, and he has accumulated a lot of ideas before, and after getting the adaptation rights in October, he immediately started with enthusiasm and completed a first draft version that he felt was good.
"W'sB is the best shot, there are no special effects, and the scenes are all in a remote mountain town. Ye Wei said quite excitedly, "It's Rui's candidate, it's definitely hard to find." β
"Nina is not okay?" Gia was still texting Nina.
"No, I can't. Ye Wei shook his head slightly, "She is suitable to play Rui's best friend, a mother girl named Gail." Did you know that Rui barely laughs once in the whole book, she has to be a little boyish, stubborn, but beautiful...... None of the young actors I know fit the bill. Kirsten Dunst was fine as a young man. β
"She's young now, too. Gia raised a thin eyebrow, "For God's sake, Dunst is only 23 or 24 years old, right? β
"But she can't play a girl anymore, she is almost out of order when she plays your aunt's "Virgin Suicide". And I don't date her, I'm afraid Peter Parker will beat me, I can't beat this Peter. β
"She was our age at the time, she was very nice and professional on set. β
"The more I think about it, the more I feel...... Dunst is also just average. β
"Hilary Swank?"
"It's not "Boy Don't Cry", she has been in it, and the one in "New Longwei Kid" is great, but she is in her 30s. Ye Wei shook his head again, "If you really want to find it, a large-scale casting audition is indispensable." β
That's going to go crazy. Gia is sure of this, who doesn't like to act in VIY movies nowadays, especially the new generation of actors of the same age, and there are a bunch of girls who know him who want to figure out her relationship. Seeing that he had stopped, she asked again, "What other projects?"
"No, nothing else has been officially launched, and it won't be anytime soon. Regardless of whether TLB wins or not, I have to finish SS and W'sB first. β
Thinking about it, Ye Wei's face showed excitement and expectation, "I really want to shoot them all within a year!"
"Don't you think you're a monster enough?" Jiya rolled her eyes, and listened, if you win TLB, it will be fast to shoot it in a year, this is not a pseudo-documentary exploitation film.
She looked at her phone, "Can Nina play Susie?"
"No, Nina can't. Ye Wei's direct veto, it has nothing to do with Emma, it's really inconsistent, "She is suitable for playing Susie's friend Ruth, you know, she can look weird, like she has something to do with gods and monsters, but she is beautiful, she has a feeling of innocence and weakness, but she can be very fierce and terrifying when she explodes." So we considered taking on Carrie the Witch. β
"Is the new version really being done?" said Gia.
"Yes, Lionsgate is also doing "Exorcism Video 2", they want Nina to return, I said no, when I sold the rights to the sequel, it was clear that Maggie could not be resurrected. They can get Cotton to take on a new exorcism case, or continue the story of Ivan Wood, or a whole new character. I don't care. β
Ye Wei turned the steering wheel and said: "I talked to Nina, she still wants to be the queen of horror, then "Carrie" is an excellent opportunity, the high-profile and long-standing old version, once it is performed, people will say that Carrie is Nina in the future, which is very cool." And with me, there is no need to be afraid that her screen image will be stereotyped. β
Gia listened and nodded, "Then why not?"
"Lionsgate asked me to be involved in the creative side of the project, and I wasn't sure I would have the time and energy. I can't say anything about the director, screenwriter, and executive producer, but they still want me to be a planner, gatekeeper, give some opinions, and promote it in the future, and they say that this is the kind of movie I made. β
"It's not going to be a lot of work. β
"Not much, but I'm busy with three projects! I'm going to talk to Nina about it during the holidays before making a decision. β
"I envy you. Gia leaned back and looked at the road ahead, the street scene outside the window receding, "It's only been less than two weeks since the LMS was released, and you're going to have to be busy again." In any case, don't leave me alone, copywriting, chores, errands, any assistant work, just take me. β
"By the way, what Thanksgiving gift are you going to give me?" Ye Wei turned his head to look at her, "I want ......"
"FUCK-YOU!" Gia interrupted with an angry voice. Crying", she has passed it, and the one in "New Longwei Kid" is great, but she is in her 30s. Ye Wei shook his head again, "If you really want to find it, a large-scale casting audition is indispensable." β
That's going to go crazy. Gia is sure of this, who doesn't like to act in VIY movies nowadays, especially the new generation of actors of the same age, and there are a bunch of girls who know him who want to figure out her relationship. Seeing that he had stopped, she asked again, "What other projects?"
"No, nothing else has been officially launched, and it won't be anytime soon. Regardless of whether TLB wins or not, I have to finish SS and W'sB first. β
Thinking about it, Ye Wei's face showed excitement and expectation, "I really want to shoot them all within a year!"
"Don't you think you're a monster enough?" Jiya rolled her eyes, and listened, if you win TLB, it will be fast to shoot it in a year, this is not a pseudo-documentary exploitation film.
She looked at her phone, "Can Nina play Susie?"
"No, Nina can't. Ye Wei's direct veto, it has nothing to do with Emma, it's really inconsistent, "She is suitable for playing Susie's friend Ruth, you know, she can look weird, like she has something to do with gods and monsters, but she is beautiful, she has a feeling of innocence and weakness, but she can be very fierce and terrifying when she explodes." So we considered taking on Carrie the Witch. β
"Is the new version really being done?" said Gia.
"Yes, Lionsgate is also doing "Exorcism Video 2", they want Nina to return, I said no, when I sold the rights to the sequel, it was clear that Maggie could not be resurrected. They can get Cotton to take on a new exorcism case, or continue the story of Ivan Wood, or a whole new character. I don't care. β
Ye Wei turned the steering wheel and said: "I talked to Nina, she still wants to be the queen of horror, then "Carrie" is an excellent opportunity, the high-profile and long-standing old version, once it is performed, people will say that Carrie is Nina in the future, which is very cool." And with me, there is no need to be afraid that her screen image will be stereotyped. β
Gia listened and nodded, "Then why not?"
"Lionsgate asked me to be involved in the creative side of the project, and I wasn't sure I would have the time and energy. I can't say anything about the director, screenwriter, and executive producer, but they still want me to be a planner, gatekeeper, give some opinions, and promote it in the future, and they say that this is the kind of movie I made. β
"It's not going to be a lot of work. β
"Not much, but I'm busy with three projects! I'm going to talk to Nina about it during the holidays before making a decision. β
"I envy you. Gia leaned back and looked at the road ahead, the street scene outside the window receding, "It's only been less than two weeks since the LMS was released, and you're going to have to be busy again." In any case, don't leave me alone, copywriting, chores, errands, any assistant work, just take me. β
"By the way, what Thanksgiving gift are you going to give me?" Ye Wei turned his head to look at her, "I want ......"
"FUCK-YOU!" Gia interrupted with an angry voice.