Director’s Legend

With Shao Shuaijun's strong support, the acquisition of Marvel Comics was unanimously approved by the senior staff. As the general manager of Summit Entertainment, Mitchell immediately started arranging negotiations with Marvel Comics, because Walt Disney is also looking for acquisitions, so this will be a very difficult negotiation. Whether Summit Entertainment can acquire Marvel Comics , everything is unknown.

After the plan was approved, Shao Shuaijun became more motivated. In order to get these superheroes, he needed more capital to make Summit Entertainment stronger. Therefore, he temporarily put the crew of "Pounding Heartbeat" on hold, handed it over to the assistant director to rehearse, and searched his guts to find the movies that were booming at the box office in his memory.

Even the kind of movies that don't make a lot of money, but still make a lot of money, are ready to copy them. In the past, he disdained plagiarizing general movies, because Shao Shuaijun felt that he was a great director no matter what, and there was no need to find out everything, and he had to leave a mouthful of food for others to eat.

Now for the superheroes, Shao Shuaijun is going all out.

Needless to say, it really reminded him of a lot of good movies. Although some plots are blurred in memory, the general framework is still recalled. Mitchell was busy arranging negotiations, and Shao Shuaijun sent Mithothos Blair, the general manager of the TV drama production company under Summit Entertainment, Gray Brown, the editor-in-chief of the film production team, and Leighton Voss, the chief screenwriter of the screenwriting department. come here.

"Misotos, I came here because, after "The Big Bang Theory", the few TV series produced by the company are not considered prosperous, they can only be said to be so-so." Shao Shuaijun was holding a comic book behind his desk.

Misothos blushed: "I'm sorry Shao. I didn't do my job well."

Shao Shuaijun put down the manga and waved his hand: "The company has no experience in TV drama production, so it's good enough to keep "The Big Bang Theory" going well every season. Misothos, you're an old man from Summit Entertainment, and you've always been loyal to the company. Geng Geng, I am very satisfied, the responsibility lies in the lack of creativity of the team, in the future you should discover more talented TV drama producers."

"Don't worry, Chairman Shao, I will try my best to cultivate more talents. Even if we can't cultivate them, we will go poach other people's corners." Misotuos vowed that although Shao Shuaijun did not criticize him, he must show Look forward, otherwise who knows if Shao Shuaijun will change his mind in the next moment.

"Poaching corners. Do it in private. Don't do it recklessly. We are a company that values ​​reputation." Shao Shuaijun smiled, and pushed the comic book over, "Look at this comic."

Misothos picked it up and looked at it. Read it: "The-wolking-dead?"

"The-wolking-dead", a not-so-best-selling comic, was serialized in 2003. The theme is the old-fashioned theme of zombies, which is the kind of story about being infected by a virus and turning into a living dead after death. Since the release of the movie "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968, zombie movies have become a popular genre on the big screen, and dozens of zombie movies are shot in Hollywood every year.

After all, this kind of movie does not require special effects, but it can create the effect of horror movies and science fiction movies very well, and is deeply loved by a large number of audiences. Among the zombie movies, the most outstanding one is the "Resident Evil" series. Others like "Dawn of the Dead", "28 Days Later" and "I Am Legend" are all classic zombie movies.

As a comic about zombies, "the-wolking-dead" has no super powers, no heroes, no cool and handsome, it tells a group of ordinary people struggling in the last days where zombies are rampant. Sales can only be said to be so-so.

But Shao Shuaijun knew that this comic was adapted into a TV series and named "The Walking Dead". Once it was aired, it immediately caused a sensation. In the first three seasons that Shao Shuaijun watched, "The Walking Dead" created many miracles in the ratings, was a great success, and won numerous awards.

As the first zombie film to be put on a TV series, the style of "The Walking Dead" is undoubtedly dark. In the last days, a group of people not only have to beware of zombies that can eat people at any time, but also beware of killing among survivors. Lack of supplies Lack of shelter, lack of system and lack of humanity.

But this group of people, in the existence of the last days, deeply analyzed the good and evil of human nature, which made the TV series attract the recognition and followers of countless people. This is a TV series that can go on for many seasons, like "The Big Bang Theory", can go on and on forever.

With this TV series, it will definitely have a huge boost to Summit Entertainment in terms of business and reputation. To become one of the top six Hollywood film companies, it is not enough to only have a few profitable movies, but to get involved in the entertainment industry in all aspects and improve the company's reputation as a whole.

Basically, "The Big Bang Theory" and "The Walking Dead" are all American dramas that Shao Shuaijun is familiar with and can be used to shoot. His help to TV drama production companies ends here.

People from Summit Entertainment blindly worshiped Shao Shuaijun. Misothos happily left with the "the-wolking-dead" comics. scenario.

Afterwards, Gray Brown and Leighton Voss walked in.

"You two, I came here because I have a few ideas about movies." Shao Shuaijun motioned for the two to sit down, then took out a piece of paper full of words and handed it to the two of them, "I recently had a sudden inspiration and came up with Lots of ideas, and this is the first idea."

The piece of paper had the title "Teddy Bear" written in large letters.

"This is a story about growing up..."

More than twenty years ago, a pure and kind boy John made a wish because he was afraid of being alone without friends, hoping that his precious teddy bear would come back to life and become his true friend. What John didn't expect was that some mysterious power made his wish come true. John lived with the teddy bear and had a happy childhood... until, more than twenty years later, John became a young man with nothing to do, and the joy finally turned into trouble.

John, in his thirties, is still single. Smoking, drinking and smoking marijuana with teddy bears every day, living a life of drunken dreams. It wasn't until John met Laurie, the girl he fell in love with at first sight, that he was determined to change himself. However, at this time, the contradictions between partners and lovers gradually emerged, and the two different lifestyles made it difficult for John to choose. In the end, after going through many twists and turns, John finally found a delicate balance between women and friendship.

Shao Shuaijun casually introduced: "About the plot, I made a rough list on paper, and you asked the screenwriting department to rush to work. I hope to complete the script as soon as possible, and then take it to Hollywood for registration. Once the time is right, we will shoot."

Hollywood is a movie center with a sound system. Before making a movie in Hollywood, everyone has to check what scripts have been registered and whether there are similar scripts. if so. Similar ideas cannot continue to be filmed. Because copyright is established with the registration of the script. After shooting, it is copyright infringement.

Even the Reborn. It is not possible to make future movies casually. Many movies may have their scripts registered ten years ago. If you want to shoot, you must find the registrant of the script to purchase the copy. If you make a movie in a daze, you'll be waiting for a lawsuit.

"Teddy Bear" was written two years later. Shao Shuaijun registered now. Even if the original author wrote it two years later, it would be useless. If Shao Shuaijun remembers correctly, the global box office of this R-rated comedy movie in the future seems to be more than 500 million U.S. dollars, which is very popular.

After solving the gold mine of "Teddy Bear", Shao Shuaijun then took out another piece of paper, which was also full of words, with the big title "Warm Corpse" on it

"This is a love story between humans and zombies..."

The story tells the story of a zombie named "r", who ate the brain of the heroine's boyfriend, suddenly remembered all the memories of this person, and gradually fell in love with the heroine. It was also this kind of love that made r, who was a zombie, gradually recover his heartbeat, and began to change from a zombie to a human again. All the zombies who feel love gradually transform into humans, and the entire doomsday world, after this transformation, is restored to life.

r and the heroine are also living happily together.

"Similarly, your screenwriting department will write it into a script, and then register and seal it."

"Warm Corpse" is not a big hit, it seems that the global box office is more than 100 million US dollars, but the gimmick is good, it is called the zombie version of "Twilight", it is an excellent movie, and it can still make a fortune , worth shooting. Gray and Layton held two pieces of paper and smiled brightly. Basically, as long as Shao Shuaijun's creativity is created, it is guaranteed to make money.

I thought that these two scripts were planned, but Shao Shuaijun took out another piece of paper, which only had four words "Planet of the Apes".

"You should have heard of this movie. I need its complete copyright, that is, let this movie and this series belong to Summit Entertainment anyway, including prequels, sequels, sequels, peripherals, etc., all copyrights." Shao Shuaijun said with a smile.

"Planet of the Apes" is a very early movie, adapted from the novel of the same name by Pierre Buller. , The third film "Escape from the Planet of the Apes" was filmed in 1971, the fourth film "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" was filmed in 1972, and the fifth film "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" was filmed in 1973.

This series was very prosperous back then, but due to technical limitations, it can no longer keep up with the current era. So the copyright owner, 20th Century Fox, started filming the fifth "Planet of the Apes" again, which is the 2001 version. It's just a pity that the production of this investment is not small, and even the cost has not been recovered.

The series pretty much ran aground there.

Without Shao Shuaijun's intervention, 20th Century Fox would have been influenced by the facial expression capture technology of "Avatar" and used this technology to truly depict the image of orangutans, thus restarting the shooting project two years later. Shao Shuaijun now hopes to buy these seemingly useless copyrights before the release of "Avatar".

Because he knows that with the use of expression capture technology, another series of stories in the future, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", will earn 500 million US dollars in box office worldwide, and the entire series can be re-adapted to set off a box office storm again.

"Director Shao hopes to remake "Planet of the Apes"? Didn't 20th Century Fox fail once?" Gray looked at the few words on the paper suspiciously.

Shao Shuaijun smiled and shook his head: "They failed, but it doesn't mean we will fail. I don't think it is too difficult to get all the copyrights of the "Planet of the Apes" series of movies as soon as possible?"

"It's not difficult. After all, it's just an outdated movie series, and it won't cost much money. If Chairman Shao needs it, we can contact 20th Century Fox to buy the rights."

Without talking about any plans for "Planet of the Apes", Shao Shuaijun closed the drawer, and then said: "The above are the three ideas I have thought of so far, act quickly, the sooner the better... By the way, you know Sylvester. Stallone, make arrangements for me, I'd like to buy him coffee."

"Of course, we will do it well. As for Stallone, I would definitely like to have coffee with Director Shao."

After the two left, Shao Shuaijun also left the office and drove to a teahouse in Santa Monica. Since Dream Chasing Entertainment Group took root in Santa Monica, a large number of Chinese people have gathered here, including engineers from special effects companies, film talents from Dream Chasing Golden Harvest and Summit Entertainment, etc.

Naturally, where there are Chinese people, there will be Chinese restaurants, Chinese teahouses and other shops. This teahouse was opened by the wife of an engineer from the Peak Special Effects Company.

After Shao Shuaijun came in, he saw Channing Tatum, who was silently drinking tea in the corner, and his manager. Channing is now a representative figure of Hollywood's post-80s rising stars. Because he became famous in the movie "Dancing Out of My Life", he has a very good relationship with Summit Entertainment.

"Hi, Qian Ning." Shao Shuaijun said hello and sat down.

"Director Shao."

After ordering a cup of tea, Shao Shuaijun started to talk about the business: "Qian Ning, I came today with an idea. I heard you said that you used to be a stripper? I thought of a good story. I want to use your This experience, to create a movie."

"Based on my experience?"

"Yes." Shao Shuaijun nodded.

Since he thought of "Teddy Bear", he naturally thought of it, a movie "Magic Mike" adapted from Channing Tatum's past experience, a film that was in the same period as "Teddy Bear" Movies that are R-rated comedies. Between the schedules, the two movies had a lot of fun and were full of topics, so Shao Shuaijun remembered the two movies.

However, compared with "Teddy Bear", the box office of "Magic Mike" is lower, but it still has 160 million US dollars in the world, and it is a hit. For the future of Summit Entertainment, Shao Shuaijun is no longer taboo about meat and vegetables, as long as he can make money and remember the plot, he will bring them all.

Chatting with Channing Tatum, this "Magic Mike" is finalized, and will be handed over to the screenwriter team to write the script first, and then take it out for shooting when it is suitable.

After stretching, Shao Shuaijun looked out the window.

On the streets of Santa Monica, pedestrians stroll lazily.

No one knows how many gold mines Shao Shuaijun has unearthed in this short period of time today... (to be continued...)