Chapter 216: Too few scenes

The script for "Planet of the Apes" was quickly delivered to Brigitte, and Morse found someone to print a few copies of the original manuscript before sending it out. The original manuscript was left behind by Morse, and it was a copy that was sent out.

Brigitte didn't get all of it, but only her part. When she saw the scene that belonged to her, she was almost shocked, because there were almost no lines of her in it.

"Isn't there anything wrong with this script?" Brigitte complained to Nick's agent: "As a heroine, I'm just standing next to the hero like a dumb girl!" What's the point of such a movie! I might as well play the female orangutan! ”

Nick took Brigitte's script, and after reading it, he also felt that such a heroine was completely a vase. There are not a few lines, as long as you have a good figure and a beautiful person, anyone can act.

It's just that judging from the storyline obtained, this movie is quite interesting, and if you refuse it because the heroine has few roles, it will definitely affect the cooperation with DreamWorks in the future.

"Ha Luha, don't worry! Why don't you ask Alex out and talk to him? Maybe I can give you a little bit of a change? ”

Brigitte shook her long blonde hair and smiled at Nick, "Do you want me to convince him that it's much better?" ”

"It doesn't matter if you can't be convinced! I think you like him! ”

"As long as it's a normal woman, he'll like him, he's young and handsome, and what's more, he's rich and talented. Where to find such a man, hehe! ”

Nick touched his chin and looked thoughtful: "Are you planning to find him as a backer?" ”

"Oh, that's a terrible sound. What is a backer? I just wanted to make friends with him. Of course, if he is willing to marry me, then it can be considered! ”

When Brigitte said this, she pursed her lips like a little girl, and her white teeth gently bit her rose-red lips, with an indescribable style. Usually when seeing such a Brigitte, ordinary people will feel suffocated, their heartbeats will increase, and even their IQ will plummet a lot.

Only a man like Nick wouldn't be deceived by her appearance, and he could see it very clearly from the sidelines. The men thought Brigitte was big-breasted. Actually, they were all wrong.

Brigitte is a scheming woman, and the reason why she can't wait to marry Hua Ting is because she knows what kind of man Hua Ting is, and she also knows that after she marries Hua Ting. It helped her career a lot. Sure enough. Brigitte is because she has a famous director like Hua Ting behind her. And in the film industry, it is booming.

If it weren't for Hua Ting's love of the new and his dislike of the old, and if he fell in love with other women, maybe Brigitte would still be honest about making each other's collections.

Yes. Brigitte has long known about Dao Huating's problems, and she thinks that there is nothing bad about becoming the other party's collection beauty. At least until she wanted to get married, this marriage was still harmless. Participating in social activities in the film industry is that Watting can also be her shield, which can block many wild bees and butterflies.

After the divorce, Brigitte wanted to find someone to rely on.

She had considered marrying other people, including famous directors, musicians, and billionaires.

At least the German billionaire has been chasing after him, and he feels like a good person. It's just that when Alex appears, her mind changes immediately, and when she has a better choice, Brigitte immediately stops thinking about others and turns to a new goal.

Brigitte likes to stand in front of the blazing lights, to be on the screen, to be stared at.

In order to satisfy herself, she hopes to be able to climb higher in the entertainment industry, so that she needs to have a reliable shoulder to rely on.

The only bad thing about being a star is that too many people are rumoring speculation about her, and many things have not happened at all, but they have been said to have noses and eyes.

"Hey, it's really annoying, those men like me, why do you think so badly of others!"

Brigitte felt angry as soon as she remembered those ridiculous gossip. Sometimes, she really wants to leave the showbiz, and she has a love-hate feeling in her heart about this place.

But for Alex, she is really emotional. At least the first impression is very beautiful, he doesn't want other men to be like him, seeing himself like a pig brother, all his demeanor comes out. Not to mention moving hands and feet, when she held Alex's arm, she already knew that he didn't have any other women.

"Hee-hee! The man I fancy still wants to run? There are no doors! ”

The next day, she asked Alex out alone to go to Paris together.

This time, without the light bulbs of Nick and Morris, the two of them held hands like a couple, visiting the mall, going to the playground, watching the movie, and so on.

Brigitte is worthy of being a woman among women, she easily breaks through the man's defense line and sticks to Alex's side with self-heating. It's as if the two of them have known each other for a long time, and they can't be more familiar with each other.

In this process, the behavior of the two is not pornographic at all, just like two very good close friends, fighting and laughing. Soon the day passed, and it seemed that I hadn't had enough fun, and it was evening all at once.

They find a place to sit and eat, and at this time, Brigitte suddenly asks the question of the heroine's role.

"Less? Not at all! ”

Alex glanced at her and thought to himself that if it was according to the original, then Brigitte would have fewer lines. Now this version is still a little more deliberately added by him, when he used to watch this movie, he always felt that the male protagonist fell in love with an idiot beauty, and he was very unhappy and boring.

Now that I have the opportunity to shoot it myself, of course, I have to change it.

But Brigitte wants more lines and scenes, so she can't. This will destroy the whole story background, creating a big hole that cannot be justified.

For such a thing, Alex naturally can't compromise, even if the other party is a big beauty, he can't change the script in order to please a woman.

Brigitte couldn't convince the other party, and finally gave up her efforts. OK. The two did not estranged themselves because of this, and the day was very pleasant.

When it was eight or nine o'clock in the evening, they parted ways and left.

After Alex returned to his residence, he began to work hard again, of course, without having to work all night, but there were still several scripts to be typed.

The story structure and details of these scripts have already been perfected in his mind, and he just needs to keep typing.

In fact, his performance has made Morris feel amazing, although the other party has long accepted the concept that Alex is not an ordinary person, but whenever he sees such a situation, he will still be shocked.

Especially this series of films. One ring after another. The result is a perfect MΓΆbius ring, which will be shocked by the content after watching it.

Of course, Alex will not write those movies as they are, but based on his own film experience, he has enriched many details. Some deficiencies have been filled.

Not only macroscopically there is a ring structure. Even in a single movie. There are also various ring-like storylines everywhere. It makes people feel that the screenwriter's idea is so delicate and meticulous, and after reading it once, I want to watch it a second time and find various meaningful storylines from it.

Of course. There's no way he's going to spend the whole day writing scripts. In addition to going out to parties with Morris and getting to know a lot of solo producers and directors in Europe, I also got to know a lot of European actors and came back with a lot of business cards.

Since I came to Paris, France, I have basically been partying a lot, and I rarely go out to play. It took two weeks for Morris to tell him he was going back to the United States.

"Oh? Already done? Alex asked.

"Yes, I've basically met people I know, and I've met people I don't know and who have just popped up. All that's left is to go back and wait for the right time, there are still many talented people among these people, and if they want to develop in the United States, they will definitely come to our dream factory to try it first. ”

Morris recounted that he now manages DreamWorks very well, and has a lot of talent, whether it is directors, actors or other personnel, they see DreamWorks as a good place to go.

In addition to the perfect rules and regulations of the film company itself, as well as the good treatment given, Morris's connections also played a big role in it. At least when directors are looking for investment from film companies, the first thing that comes to mind is their company.

In recent years, DreamWorks has released a number of blockbuster movies, some of which Alex has never heard of. Maybe it's because of the changes he has caused in this world, maybe it's because he's unheard, but in short, DreamWorks is still running well without his interference.

Of course, Alex usually takes some time to read some scripts, and if he finds a movie script that has been influential in history and is still a blockbuster, he will mark it as a priority. Through this method, he also really found a lot of good movies, such as Hitchcock's "Ecstasy", "Rear Window" and other horror and suspense movies.

There are also inspirational movies, such as "Stadium Ambition", "Bridge over the River Kwai", "Annie? Frank's Diaries", "Twelve Angry Men" and many more.

One of the films with the largest investment is William? Whitt's epic blockbuster Ben Hur, which cost $15 million, almost turned it down when Morris got the script. After all, DreamWorks has never made a movie with more than 10 million yuan, and for such a high investment, he is worried that he will not be able to recover the cost.

During this period, the Hollywood film industry in the United States was in a period of recession, many film companies closed down one after another, and even the film triumvirate was a little unable to hold on. William? Whitt had planned to try DreamWorks first, and if that didn't work, then go to MGM.

Director William has a very wide network, and after having a script, he naturally doesn't have to worry about finding someone to shoot. Unexpectedly, this epic blockbuster "Ben Hur" made most film companies look away. Even MGM, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., and other studios that have dominated Hollywood for decades are hesitant.

Only MGM was willing to think about it, and MGM was about to go out of business at this time, and there was endless internal debate. One side thinks that even if the investment fails, it is nothing, and it is not afraid of another debt if it has already collapsed. The other side believes that it cannot be worse, and that fifteen million has not been invested, which has never happened in the history of Hollywood.

When Alex learned about this incident, he jumped up with excitement, of course he knew about the movie "Ben-Hur". If it weren't for director William who made this epic film with a huge cost, saved MGM, and pointed out a path for other film companies, maybe future generations would not see Hollywood dominate the world.

"I've got to shoot! Maurice, you hurry up and call William! Tell him that the movie DreamWorks is done! ”

Before Morris could reply, he immediately added, "Oh, forget it! I'll call him personally! ”

At this time, MGM was still hesitating, but DreamWorks made a decisive move and took down the script of "Ben Hur". In fact, in a few days, they will be forced to ruin because of their deteriorating financial situation.

Although the epic blockbuster cost as much as $15 million, it grossed $70 million at the U.S. box office alone, saving MGM, which was about to collapse at the time.

In November 1959, after the release of "Ben Hur", it caused a very big sensation. The box office is rising, and seeing such a situation, the original MGM executives regretted that their intestines were green. They had a chance to come back to life, but after a little hesitation, they missed it.

On the one hand, DreamWorks won a big victory, and various movies continued to generate revenue. MGM, on the other hand, liquidated its accounts and applied to the court for bankruptcy procedures. It can be seen that sometimes one wrong step, that is really a wrong step.

In 1960, "Ben Hur" won 11 Oscars, setting a record for Oscars. It was as if people had seen the scenes of "The Sound of Music" reappear, and they exclaimed that DreamWorks had become a behemoth in the film industry, and no one could stop it.

At this time, DreamWorks took advantage of the situation to announce the production plan for the "Planet of the Apes" series of films, and they announced that they would invest $15 million in it. This attracted everyone's attention and shocked the other companies.

After the epic blockbuster "Ben-Hur", this move by DreamWorks has accelerated the pace of other companies investing in blockbusters.

With such examples, people understand that it is not that Hollywood movies have lost their charm, but that the taste of the audience has increased, and that with many entertainment methods such as television, if the quality of the movie is not as good as that of the TV program, then people will not spend money to buy tickets to watch the movie.

The big studios are planning to re-attract audiences to cinemas in the high-end market. But what they didn't expect was that before they could get ready, DreamWorks had already taken the lead and continued to dig deep into high-investment, high-quality films. (To be continued......)