Both sides were interested in working together, and Martin and Chuck Hogan quickly reached an intention to work together, and after his agent and lawyer arrived to talk to Thomas at length, the agreement was initialed.

This is arguably the fastest pace of progress.

Even, Chuck Hogan doesn't particularly care about the amount of copyright fees, and only mentions one precondition.

Martin has to play the leading role!

This, of course, is not a problem.

The two sides agreed that tomorrow, under the supervision of representatives of the Writers' Guild, Thomas and Chuck Hogan would discuss the specific terms in detail, and the three Martins took their leave and went downstairs.

Coming out of the main entrance of the office building, Bruce took two quick steps and came in front of Martin.

Right on the side of the road, next to their parking Escalade, the Volvo SUV door opened, and Ben Affleck and Cassie Affleck got out of the car.

Big Ben said, "Don't you talk about any rules in doing things? There's always a first come, right? ”

Cassie was not so polite: "If you rob us, don't blame us for robbing you." ”

Martin didn't want to deal with the brothers, but after a little hesitation, he still said: "A few days ago, Chuck was introduced by Graham and delivered 'The Prince of Thieves' to me. ”

Big Ben spread his hands and smiled: "If you want to say that, a few years ago, Chuck Hogan sent it to Weinstein Pictures. ”

This kind of thing is not clear, Martin said: "The choice is in Chuck Hogan's hands. ”

Cassie took a step forward and snapped, "You lack basic respect for us, and this won't end there." ”

Big Ben pressed Cassie's shoulder and said to Martin, "Man, you're deliberately stirring up conflicts. ”

"Whatever you want." There is a contradiction between the foot gang and the face gang, and Martin has explained that he can't help the other party's selective deafness.

Big Ben nodded at Martin and got into the Volvo's co-pilot.

Cassie pointed to the three Martins and got into the driver's seat.

Volvo suddenly burst into an engine roar.

Cassie in the driver's seat grinned at Martin, as if he wanted to drive over.

Martin reached inside his coat, and HK helped him and Bruce get legal gun licenses in New York.

Bruce moved faster and pulled out a pistol, the muzzle of which drooped, but as long as it was raised, it could shoot at the Volvo's front windshield.

Cassie's sinister smile froze on his face, and the two bastards on the other side didn't talk about martial arts!

He just wants to scare them, they can pull out their guns?

Bruce flicked his gun into the middle of the road.

Cassie's head was empty, and he subconsciously turned around, drove the car onto the road, stepped on the accelerator, and ran away like a rabbit that met a hunter.

It wasn't until he turned an intersection that he calmed down and asked, "Ben, let's call the police, they actually have guns in New York!" ”

New York is very strict about gun management, and Big Ben is still relatively sober: "They dare to take out guns in front of us, do you think they will not have a gun license?" ”

"Wait until you speak." Big Ben took out his phone and dialed the phone number he had written down earlier.

Chuck Hogan over there did not hesitate to reject the copyright adaptation, and did not even negotiate with them.

Big Ben put away the phone, very upset.

"He took the rights that were supposed to be ours," Cassie said. ”

Big Ben's cheeks agitated back and forth: "Martin is now more popular than me, and he is more powerful than me in the circle, and this circle is originally high and low." ”

Cassie tilted his head and glanced at Big Ben, "You just put up with it?" ”

"I don't want to put up with it!" Big Ben erupted slightly, and sighed again: "Even Harvey can't do anything about him, what can we do?" ”

Cassie said, "Let me think about it. ”

Big Ben reminded: "Don't mess around, be careful, you know Pete's current situation." ”

"Something to do with Martin Davis?" Cassie asked.

"I don't know." Big Ben pondered and said: "But Martin Davis at least pushed behind the back, without Martin lubricating in the middle, how could Aniston and Jolie reconcile?" They all aimed at Pete, did Martin push hard in the back? “

The car fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Cassie said: "Pete is indeed a bit miserable, in order to get cash, he sold his fixed assets and hired a lawyer, and he was almost ruined." ”

He suddenly thought of Martin from Pete: "I thought of a way, it's better to find Matt to make a quiet move together and make Martin a second Pete." ”

Big Ben thought for a moment and said, "Try it a little, if you can't withdraw it immediately, don't attract people's attention." ”

Cassie grinned, full of frustration: "I'll think about it carefully, find a suitable way and way, I won't come nonsense." ”

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Two days later, Thomas negotiated the rights to "Prince of Thieves" with Chuck Hogan's agent, and Jessica signed a licensing agreement with Chuck on behalf of Davis Studios.

Chuck transferred all of the film and television rights to "The Prince of Thieves" for $700,000, in addition to a share of the Writers Guild's mandatory amount.

It's a very ordinary Hollywood rights deal.

But there is an additional clause, on the one hand, Martin is going to play the leading role.

Chuck Hogan, on the other hand, is involved in the adaptation of the script, but only doing some auxiliary work.

Chuck has no qualifications in film and television adaptation, and the inclusion of this clause is also to develop in the direction of Hollywood playwright.

Martin spoke on the phone with Graham King during this time, who said Chuck Hogan had expressed his desire to become a film and television producer on more than one occasion.

He joined the future crew in order to accumulate qualifications and experience.

If the film adaptation can be a big success, Chuck, the original author and screenwriter, will gain a lot of fame at once.

As for the specific adaptation time, it will be next year at the earliest.

After taking a little time out of his energy and dealing with these things, Martin's energy turned back to shooting.

On the part of the main creators of the crew, there were some disputes.

Director Chad comes up with a new idea, screenwriter Bradt refuses to change the script, and the two disagree on their work.

After Martin understood, he called the main creative team together and learned more about the process.

Bradt sketched a circle on the whiteboard in the conference room, pointed to the words in the circle and said, "You wrote it down by your own hand, breakthrough!" Chad, you take a look at your new idea, let the protagonist be caught by the villain, but the villain doesn't kill the protagonist, and talks a lot of nonsense, waiting for the protagonist to kill ......"

"I just wanted to make the story more twisty and the conflict more intense," Chad disceded. ”

Martin carefully read the scene concept written by Chad himself, and interjected: "The protagonist is caught by the villain, the villain never kills the protagonist immediately, and then says a lot of nonsense, and then is killed by the protagonist, these are almost all traditional Hollywood action movies." ”

He looked at Chad: "The style of our film is crisp and neat, the protagonist will not spare the enemy's life with a brain, what about the villain?" Continue to be brain-dead? Chard, take on the role, if you are a gang boss, what is the first reaction to catch the protagonist when you are almost killed by the protagonist? ”

Without waiting for Chad to speak, Bradt said: "Even if you are a fool, you know how to eliminate the threat as soon as possible, even if you want to say anything or show off, at least you have to scrap the protagonist's legs and hands, right?" ”

After all, Chad is a first-time director, and although he wants to jump out of the traditional Hollywood action movie model, learning and growing up in this environment will inevitably be affected.

patted and patted, and the head turned to the traditional Hollywood plot mode.

"The villain grabs the protagonist and never kills ...... right away," Chad muttered to himself, muttering for a while before finally plucking himself out of the traditional plot mode.

As soon as his mind jumps out of the stereotype, he immediately notices that something is wrong, and what is the difference between this and those action movie routines that he hates.

Chad took the initiative to apologize to Bradt: "My fault is that I accidentally jumped back into those muddy puddles. ”

It was just a simple work disagreement, Bradt waved his hand: "It's okay, you forgot?" In the process of writing the script, you pulled me out more than once. ”

Chad smiled and said to Martin: "Past experience has brought me not only ability and experience, but also shackles. ”

Martin said, "If only you could think it through. ”

As a last resort, he will not use the power in his hands to forcibly suppress a director.

This is the worst option.

Chad went to wash his face, and when he came back, he said, "There's no problem on my side, let's continue shooting." ”

A few people returned to the set, and Martin put on his blazer and stepped in front of the camera.

Mene, who played with him, sat alone in a box and tasted wine.

The owner of the Continental Hotel in New York has that temperament.

Today's filming is a literary scene between the actor and Winston, Martin and Mene exchanged a few words, and the lines were correct.

With the slap board, the shooting begins.

Martin, dressed in a crisp black suit, made his way through the crowded bar to the side of the box, where he sat on Mene's side.

"Jonathan." Mene's voice is thick and magnetic, and it is definitely a box office guarantee that attracts middle-aged and older women.

He poured Martin a glass of wine and said, "You are very tired and haggard. ”

Martin kept a straight face and didn't make any expressions: "Because something happened, I had to come back." ”

This role doesn't require him to play too much at the acting level.

Mene was also expressionless: "You know the rules of the Continental Hotel very well, fighting is strictly forbidden at the high table, otherwise the membership will be cancelled." ”

Martin didn't touch his glass, stood up and said, "I'm not going to cause you trouble." ”

He left the bar of the Continental Hotel alone.

Director Chad shouted a halt to announce that the shot had passed, and then switched to continue filming the literary scene between Jonathan and Winston.

Compared with the two crews of The Dark Knight and Benjamin, this film has much less requirements for character creation.

Both Martin and Mene were able to deal with it with ease.

Even Alexandra D'Addario, who has mediocre acting skills, shoots a few shots very well, after all, once she moves, it is easy to attract attention.

(End of chapter)