The next morning, Martin arrived in Century City and entered the WMA's office building.

As before, Bruce went to see his assistant Natasha to set up, and Martin went into Thomas's office alone.

With a large stack of materials piled up on Thomas's desk, he saw Martin come in and said, "I'm all set." ”

Martin grabbed a bottle of water from the freezer and sat down on the couch.

Thomas held the materials on the coffee table: "The scripts and projects that are suitable for the company, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I have printed them out." ”

Martin saw the first one, with one of Hasbro's favorite toys emblazoned on it: Optimus Prime.

He took the script and came over.

Thomas said: "Hasbro, DreamWorks and Paramount cooperated, DreamWorks as the reproduction of the film, Spielberg himself as the producer, and the director chose Michael Bay, who just messed up "Escape from Clone Island", with an expected investment of more than $150 million. ”

Martin didn't read the script and asked directly, "The male lead?" ”

Thomas took the script, flipped to one of the pages, pointed to a concept map of soldiers, and said, "Male No. 2, the leader of the U.S. special operations team." ”

Martin was still a little impressed, and could vaguely remember which character it was: "Give up." ”

Thomas opened his mouth, but he still couldn't hold back: "This is Spielberg and Michael Bay's project." ”

Martin picked up the script and flipped through it, and said: "The real protagonists are Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, the male protagonist is at most the third in line, and the male is the second one?" ”

Thomas put aside for the moment and picked up a second book, a few pages and a book titled "The Last Man."

He gave the book to Martin: "David, the producer of the Harry Potter series under Warner Bros., plans to remake Warner's old film "I Am Legend", and I inquired that the plot is different from the original, and he intends to use the plot of "The Last Man". ”

Martin knew that the rights to the film were entirely in the hands of Warner Bros.

Thomas added: "I didn't get the script for the time being, I should have used the one that was written in the 90s, when Warner wanted to partner Ridley Scott with Schwarzenegger, but later gave up because the budget was too high. ”

He said: "But I can be sure that the film is the model of one person, one dog and one gun that you said, and probably the success of the same model across the mountain helped Warner Bros. make up its mind." ”

Martin asked, "What do you ask for the male lead?" ”

Thomas said: "The last person, as you can imagine from the name, has to rely on one person to support the whole film, and the new actor is definitely not in the consideration of Warner and David, and the actor must have enough box office appeal." ”

Martin can recognize himself: "I don't have enough box office appeal. ”

"If the wanted warrant is a big hit, maybe you can make a profit," Thomas said. ”

Martin said: "You keep an eye on the project, and you can fight for it. ”

According to his understanding, the success of this film is partly related to the popularity of the original movie itself, and the appeal of the actor is another.

Perhaps the latter is more critical.

The latter role comes from "The Zodiac Killer", which is confirmed to be directed by David Fincher.

Susan Downey, who changed her surname after getting married, has secured one of the main roles for Robert Downey Jr., and there are three heavyweight roles in the process of recruiting actors.

This is also an adaptation.

Thomas also prepared the original version for Martin.

David Fincher's style, Martin liked it in his previous life, he has basically seen all his works, and the zodiac should be a relatively mediocre one.

Martin flipped through the script and said, "The protagonist is not prominent enough, let's go to the back." ”

Thomas didn't say much, and took another copy of the material, also with him: "You told me that the director you focus on, Christopher Nolan, the director of the new Batman movie, is going to adapt Pirester's "Deadly Magic" into a movie, Warner Bros. has bought the rights, and Jonathan Nolan is writing the screenplay. ”

Martin asks the key: "Warner Bros. gave the project the green light?" ”

Thomas nodded: "The green light has been given, if nothing else, we will prepare for filming next year and release it in 07." ”

Martin took the lethal magic: "You keep an eye on Nolan's project, and if you have a chance, you can contact him or his wife first." ”

"Emma Thomas has been the production manager for the Nolan project." Thomas asked, "She seems to be over 35 years old, do you want to go out of Mene......

Martin shook his head: "Let's figure it out first and then talk about anything else." ”

Thomas nodded: "I see." ”

Martin singled out the two books "The Last Man" and "Deadly Magic" and said to Thomas: "Keep an eye on the two projects of Legend and Deadly Magic, and give up the rest." ”

In fact, Thomas is very optimistic about Transformers, after all, he can cooperate with Spielberg.

But Martin is also very realistic, there is a project that can fight for the male number one, why should he play a supporting role for the robot.

"I'll make appropriate contact with Warner Bros." Thomas has Martin as a customer, and gradually has some confidence.

Martin took the book and said, "You keep busy, I'll go." ”

Thomas sent him out of the office.

Martin beckoned to Bruce and went downstairs together.

Halfway through, he threw two copies to Bruce: "New harvest." ”

Bruce glanced at the cover and said, "I haven't finished reading that copy of Dark Realm, you got two more." ”

The two of them left the office building and went up to Escalade, and Martin asked, "What is that book about Alain?" ”

Bruce started the car, drove out slowly, waited for the main road, and said: "The male protagonist is a writer, with a similar personality to you, daydreaming all day long, but he has no ability, and he is a failure anyway." ”

Martin nodded: "Standard scrap wood start, is there a plug-in?" ”

"Plug-ins?" Listening to Martin's simple explanation of the word cheat, Bruce said: "Of course there are cheats, the actor encounters a drug, and after taking it, he can stimulate people's potential, including stupid heads, and even learn a foreign language in a day, master a skill, such as finance or martial arts." ”

Hearing this, Martin suddenly became serious: "Go on." ”

Bruce is not particularly good at telling stories, and can only express it in his way: "After taking that medicine, an idiot becomes a smart person, making money is like picking up fallen leaves in the woods, and he can still exude Leonardo-like charm, I mean Leonardo of the Titanic." ”

He tried to organize the language: "His anomaly was discovered by a capitalist, and I haven't seen it later, but I think it should be the capitalist who seized the drug, and the actor fought back with the ability to be blessed with the drug." ”

Martin thought of a movie he had seen, the one that the dicks used to particularly like, a masterpiece in YY movies.

The Chinese translation should be called "Never-ending".

He still remembers watching this film with a group performer, and after watching it, that guy fantasized about taking this medicine for a long time, and he couldn't stop sending the nickname medicine.

The film is very suitable for ordinary people: he became a superman after taking medicine, made a lot of money, and soaked a lot of beauties.

The author, Alan Green, deserves to work in an entertainment magazine and knows very well what ordinary people envy most about Hollywood stars.

Isn't it just mansions, incense cars, beautiful women, and the most important banknotes?

As for the original leading actor, it is estimated that he is still a young actor who is not in the stream.

Martin asked, "Where?" Got it? ”

Bruce pointed to the armrest box, "It's inside." ”

Martin opened it and took out the one Alan had sent: "Find a place, let's go read a book." ”

Bruce found a nearby coffee shop, parked the car, and entered the store with Martin, asking for two cups of coffee for patience.

Martin takes a quick look at "Dark Realms" and Bruce looks at "Deadly Magic".

The two scumbags looked very seriously.

Martin can't write, but basic reading is fine.

Of course, it is very different from the movie, but the main line and framework are largely the same as "Neverending".

Martin was able to determine that this was the original version of the movie.

He took out his mobile phone and called Thomas: "Help me check it, a film called "Dark Realm", the author is called Alan Green, how much it sells." ”

On the day of the tasting, Gillian used to say that Alan Greon had only created this one so far.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Thomas's call came back: "Published in 2001, it has sold less than 40,000 copies. ”

Martin is not suitable to come forward in person: "You and Jessica contacted the publishing house and the author himself, and bought the copyright of the film and television adaptation of this film in the name of my film studio. ”

Thomas doesn't understand: "It has a limited readership and is of little value. ”

Martin said: "Because of this, it doesn't cost much to buy it, it really can't be adapted, and it can't lose much." ”

Thomas thought about it and said, "Let Jessica talk, and I'll be her deputy." ”

Martin said: "Yes, I can rest assured that you are watching." ”

Thomas moved quickly: "I'll go to the studio." ”

Martin called Jessica first, and there was nothing special to do, and she and Emily would stay at Davis Studios to deal with fans and the network.

Bruce had already put down "Deadly Magic" and pointed to the book: "Are you sure it's the next target?" ”

Martin put it away: "It's not a big problem to win the adaptation copyright for this book." He took two other books separately: "These two can win one of the protagonists, which can be said to be a surprise." ”

Bruce said, "Nolan? It's not very famous, except for the new Batman movie, I haven't heard of anything else. ”

Martin said simply: "He is now one of the top emerging directors, Warner Bros. values him, and its Legendary Pictures supports him because he has revitalized Batman." ”

The Lord and the Big Super are the most important assets of DC and Warner Bros.

Martin picked up the book: "Let's go." ”

Bruce followed him out: "It's a pity that Batman doesn't have superpowers. ”

Martin casually asked, "Does having money count?" ”

Bruce was stunned for a moment: "There is money to the extent of him, count." ”

Having money is the most realistic, and it allows the whole city to play with you.

(End of chapter)