After reading the script of "Planet of the Apes", Morris pondered for a moment. The impact of this story is not ordinary, especially the truth that is revealed at the end.

"Is there a sequel to your movie?" Morris said.

Jiang is really old and spicy, Morris has been making movies for so many years, and he can see the foreshadowing reserved by Alex at once.

This "Planet of the Apes" was originally based on Pierre? The film adaptation of Bühler's novel of the same name was supposed to be written and published in 1963. There should be 3 years left until now, and Alex thinks it's a good fit, so he takes it and uses it.

Besides, the plot and structure of the novel and the movie script are very different, and Alex chose the 1968 film series, and made some modifications and reworks on this basis.

In that film, the system of racial discrimination in the United States at the time was mapped, and through the assumption of an inverted evolutionary chain, it sharply criticized the hierarchies that permeated various societies. When it was released in 1968, it was a sensation.

The film depicts the male protagonist Taylor who wakes up in a spaceship and lands on a strange planet. He discovered that the humans who inhabited the planet had become indistinguishable from animals. And the apes became the rulers here.

He was surprised to find that the apes on the planet had a hierarchy similar to that of humans, with apes as rulers, orangutans as the middle class, and chimpanzees as the lowest group.

Taylor befriends the ape scientists Gila and Cornellis, but he is persecuted by Dr. Zans.

After the end, Taylor escaped the control of the apes. But he was walking on the beach and suddenly saw the collapsed Statue of Liberty!

It turns out that this planet ruled by apes is the Earth many years ago. Humanity's nuclear war wiped everything out a long time ago, and nature chose apes as the guardians of the planet in the process of re-evolution!

Morris saw a script based on the "Planet of the Apes" film, which in the original history was so successful that four sequels and two TV series were derived. Even in the 21st century, there are still many fans who are following it, and there are also directors who try to remake the series.

Since Alex wants to copycat, he will copycat these five series of movies, so that he has to lay more heavy foreshadowing in the first part in advance. After the other four are also filmed. The audience will clearly understand what the foreshadowing of Lu Dao was at the beginning.

What I didn't expect was. Such a foreshadowing could not be concealed from Morris, but he only vaguely guessed that there would be a follow-up. What exactly it is, then Morris is unknown.

Alex took a pen and placed it on a blank piece of paper. Write the name of the first part: "Ape Planet"! "I wanted to set up the whole story as a ring-like structure," he says. Here's how the story goes......"

The male lead of the first film "Planet of the Apes" for some reason. Get lost in space and land on a planet that's both strange and familiar.

"As for why, we can give some background hints at the beginning of the film. For example, the nuclear race between the United States and the Soviet Union, and so on. There are also details that the audience can see that people have begun to study the use of orangutans as an alternative to human labor. ”

"Uh-huh, I see! If you do so, the audience will recall it later. It's really clever to echo back and forth. ”

These film skills, just mention them to Morris, and the other party will understand them immediately, and complete a lot of content.

"In the second part, after the earth lost the protagonist of the first part, a search force was immediately dispatched. This is a certain clip in the first part of the audience, but this search force is also lost in space and goes to the future Earth. ”

In this film, the search team can have a more comprehensive understanding of the situation on the earth at this time, and also find the remaining human civilization. Eventually, in the struggle between the ape-man and humans, the nuclear warhead was once again detonated. The earth was destroyed by nuclear weapons in an instant, and neither humans nor apes were spared.

Hearing this, Morris hurriedly clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Wonderful, really wonderful!" Now, the nuclear warhead explosion in the second part is the climax of the whole movie! After the foreshadowing and reflection of the first part, the second part will definitely make people feel shocked! ”

After finishing speaking, Morris sighed unsatisfactorily: "This idea is good, or the second part will be handed over to me for filming!" You shoot the first part! ”

"Hey, hey! Do you think the second part is over? Alex asked him rhetorically, and said, "I don't want to let it end so soon, you listen to me!" ”

"Oh?" Morris really didn't expect it this time, and even had the next plot idea, so he asked: "The earth has been destroyed, and humans and apes are dead." Do you want to make a prequel? ”

Alex continued: "The impact of the nuclear bomb explosion caused the ape astronaut couple to get lost in space, and also passed through the space-time wormhole in the universe. They came to the earth of the past, in the era of human rule, and because they showed great intelligence, they were immediately locked up by humans for research. During this time, a baby ape-man was born. He was adopted by humans and named 'Caesar'! ”

Caesar! Julius Caesar!

Morris walked around the room excitedly, and he realized how the ape-man "Caesar", the first ape-man who was constantly mentioned by the ape-men in the first and second parts, came to be. It turned out that the foreshadowing was buried so deeply, and it wasn't revealed until the third part.

"Oh! No, no, no! Morris suddenly screamed in pain, and even Alex was startled by him.

"What's wrong with you? Is there any loophole in my plot? Alex asked.

Morris shook his head and said with some frustration: "It's not your problem, but I just figured it out, it turns out that it is human beings themselves who destroy human beings." ”

Alex felt strange about Morris's "hindsight". He said: "Haven't my films always been about this issue? There is no one else who destroys mankind but himself! ”

"Hey, that's what I thought when I first started, when I was reading the script for your first movie. However, when I heard you describe the second plot, I was secretly relieved that humanity was finally destroyed because of creatures like apes. In other words, the extinction of human society could still be avoided, as long as there was no race like ape-man. ”

Morris paused, took a breath, and then continued, "But, from the third part you described. In fact, it completely overturned my previous thoughts. Humanity ultimately dies from its own greedy nature. In order to enslave others, humans will follow this path no matter what. That is to say, the demise of human society is already doomed, and there is no way to change it......"

Alex listened to it. There was silence too. He hadn't thought of it that much. I just think that the structure set up in the original series of movies is more reasonable. At least it's a little more logical and shocking than the new remake of the Planet of the Apes series.

"I plan to make these three movies in one go. This will not only save time and money, but also have a greater impact on the box office. Originally, I still had the idea of the fourth and fifth parts, but I think that if I shoot here, it will be enough. At least leave some room for the audience to imagine......" Alex shook his head, and said in a somewhat low mood.

This sentence immediately caught Morris's attention, and he asked, "Two more?" You said come and listen, if you don't shoot, I can shoot! ”

So Alex told the plot of the next two parts, and the fourth part focused on the high-IQ orangutans in human society who began to try to rebel, and at the same time, humans themselves were fighting each other. As a result, the orangutan leader seized the opportunity to provoke human countries to engage in nuclear war, because those orangutans had already prepared and avoided the attack of nuclear weapons, and survived with difficulty.

From this fourth part, it is basically very different from the original movies in history, at least Alex believes that it is impossible for human beings to be destroyed at the hands of foreign races. It would be incredible if it was really like the original version, telling about the war between humans and apes, and in the end, it turned out to be the ape race.

It's completely illogical! Alex thinks that the film is not convincing at all, although the director, for the sake of reasonableness, strongly presses a reason, saying that it is the degradation of human beings. That's why humans didn't win against the ape race, and this reason is too far-fetched.

As for the fifth part, it is about the complete degradation of human beings into animals after being exposed to nuclear radiation. At the same time, the apes began to rise, and then entered the era of civilization, repeating the mistakes made by humans, and the audience found that the apes, like humans, eventually degenerated into greedy creatures.

"At this time, at the end of the film, we saw the unexpected arrival of the human astronaut, that is, the male protagonist of the first part, Taylor. What do you think? In this way, the first part can be connected. ”

Alex put his fingers together to form a circle and said, "There are five movies in total, and both the structure and the plot form a perfect circular structure, just like the Mobus Circle!" ”

“bravo！ bravo！ ”

Morris applauded, and he said excitedly: "I'll shoot the next two!" Be sure to shoot me! ”

"Well, if you count it this way, the investment in five movies is quite high! Even if the props, actors, and video clips in it can be reused, I estimate that it will cost a total of 15 million dollars! ”

Hearing this, Maurice almost fell, and he was taken aback: "You, you, how did you figure it out." Although it is a five-film film, in my opinion, it is a relatively long film at most! As long as the overall planning is reasonable and the resource scheduling is effective, a lot of money can be saved. Fifteen million dollars? That's a lot of different types of films, okay! ”

"Is that okay? I doubt it! Alex's estimation is of course based on the way he shoots and the attitude of excellence.

"Alas, you don't have to doubt it, such an investment is definitely too much! Leave these things to me to think about, and you write the remaining four scripts first! ”

In the end, Morris forced Alex to codeword, hoping to get the script quickly, and then shoot the movie according to the actual situation. (To be continued......)