Chapter 765: Human Skin Inn

Like George Lucas and James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis is also one of the representatives of Hollywood technology directors. Over the years, he has sought innovation and change in film technology, and he can be called a movie in the Hollywood circle. The director of the modern end of the reformist, and most of the films he shot, are like adult fairy tales with unique styles.

Throughout Robert Zemeckis’s masterpieces, including the “Back to the Future” series and “Forrest Gump”, his works always have clean purity, wonderful dreams, and fusion of warmth.

The director’s work has been telling stories full of innocence.

Steven Spielberg, who carried Robert Zemeckis in one hand, commented on him like this: a young child who is restless and technically controlled by telling stories.

Actually, there is no need to look for information. Ronan also has a clear understanding of Robert Zemeckis based on his impressions.

The output is not high, but it is a classic.

Robert Zemikis is a technical controller and a good storyteller.

In Hollywood, his versatility is obvious to all.

As an alumnus of the USC Film School, Ronan also had contact with Robert Zemikis on the spot, otherwise he would not be included in the shortlist of directors.

This director is also a very suitable candidate for shooting fairy tale movies.

Anyway, are there any adult movies that are more fairy tales than "Forrest Gump"?

Ronan also had an exchange with Robert Zemikis on this.

Robert Zemeckis has a deep attachment to some innocent things.

Therefore, when dealing with Forrest Gump, he didn't portray him as a clown who made a fool of himself. Instead, he gave this reckless and straightforward character more positive colors.

The deputy director said: "Robert Zemikis has made many achievements in technology. The ingenious combination of real people and animation in "Who killed Roger Rabbit first" in 1988 has become a world film technology development history. Milestone. The "Polar Express" released last year used cg live-action capture and cg animation technology for the first time to vividly present real characters in 3d animation movies."

In fact, the corresponding choice is not difficult, and "Alice in Wonderland" still follows "Avatar" by borrowing the wind.

Ronan quickly made a decision: "Let’s suspend the contact with Tim Burton. George, you invite Robert Zemeckis; Blind, you go with Robert Zemeckis Broker contact."

He thought for a while, and then said, "Tim Burton, don't give up, they are not the first choice of the director of "Alice in Wonderland"."

Blinder said quickly: "Okay."

George Clint suggested: "Ronan, you and Robert Zemeckis are alumni. Say hello to him in advance?"

"I will." Ronan nodded slightly: "I will call Robert Zemikis this afternoon."

At the level of Robert Zemeckis, the pay is basically clear, and there is basically no possibility that Ronan’s invitation will increase the price.

In fact, whether Tim Burton or Robert Zemeckis, they all need to be hired by Shahai Entertainment.

Both of them are well-known veteran directors in the industry.

This small-scale communication about "Alice in Wonderland" will soon end, because Tim Burton asked Johnny Depp to be the leading actor, Ronan finally made the choice to look for a new director.

At the end of the meeting, Ronan did not leave immediately, and asked George Clint about the shooting of The Hangover.

This comedy movie with an investment of only 20 million US dollars will be a very important step for Relativity Entertainment in the comedy movie genre.

Embassy Pictures has also formulated a corresponding publicity and distribution plan for The Hangover. If there are no major surprises in the production, this comedy movie will be released next year, which is 2006.

If the first film is successful, "The Hangover" will definitely be serialized.

To some extent, its serialization routine is very similar to "Reaper is Coming".

The routine of the "Hangover" series was very typical. On the eve of the wedding, my friends had a crazy bachelor party. After a night of hangover, they lost their memories completely, but all members collapsed into crisis, so I had to solve the mystery and save my life.

In terms of actors, the three good friends who are the key male protagonists of the university are respectively starred by Bradley Cooper, Seth Logan and Jonah Hill.

This is also Ronan's finalized cast.

Seth Logan and Jonah Hill have been in Hollywood for a few years, and both belong to the kind of rookies with certain qualifications.

The film scale is relatively large, and it will definitely be r-level.

Someone once said that it is not an R-rated Hollywood comedy, and it is definitely not a good movie.

The routine of American comedy, with two lines at most, the topic starts to go three ways.

Ronan still remembered watching a super large-scale Hollywood comedy movie. Two male protagonists were chased by killers on the grassland. There was nowhere to hide. Then they found an elephant herd and hid it in Zigong, a female elephant. .

As a result, a male elephant came over and wanted to applaud the female elephant for love...

Seeing this, even people like Ronan couldn't bear it, so I turned off the player and deleted the **** comedy movie that didn't even remember the name.

Many funny scenes and narratives of American comedy, when viewed from the eyes of many oriental audiences, are like American horror films, which are more disgusting.

Ronan remembers that a colleague once heard someone in the office talk about "The Hangover". After get off work, he downloaded it and watched it enthusiastically. When he came back the next day, he asked: "Where is it funny, please? Where? Not only did I finish watching it seriously, but I fell asleep during the process..."

Compared to horror films, comedy films are actually more affected by cultural differences.

The focus of the film "The Hangover" is the European and American markets, and the Asian markets in the east.

Ronan then went to the screenwriting department again. He has submitted his idea of ​​the teddy bear to the screenwriting department in writing. Currently, Shahai Entertainment is hiring suitable screenwriters to create the script.

Producers or production companies propose ideas and themes, and recruit screenwriters to write scripts. This is the most typical Hollywood commercial script creation model.

In order to facilitate the creation of scripts, Ronan intends to let Shahai Entertainment recruit screenwriters and let them go to the company that produces teddy bears to experience it.

This is a typical propositional composition. This will help deepen the emotional connection between the screenwriter and the character.

As for the character of that teddy bear, he hasn't found a target to learn from for the time being, but Ronan gave a standard that this teddy bear must break through the sky.

This movie can be said to be one of Ronan’s most impressive Hollywood comedies.

also had a comedy, he was equally impressed. It was not how good the film was, but it was a film made in Hollywood. The theme plot turned out to be to assassinate the leader of a certain country...

In some respects, American hegemony thoughts are fully embodied by Hollywood.

These Hollywood filmmakers say that you are wrong, you are wrong, right and wrong.

The only thing that allows them to change their position is a wonderful existence called "profit".

For profit, they dared to black out the Washington authorities.

Ronan has seen countless Hollywood movies, and in his impression, it seems that only the tax bureau has not been hacked by Hollywood movies.

It is estimated that anyone who has hacked the tax bureau has been checked for taxes.

By the way, how many tax issues are there for companies large and small in the United States and countless taxpayers?

"Teddy Bear" is just the beginning of the first plan. It would be nice to finish the script this year.

Unfortunately, Ronan can't remember the name of the director who once sang "Mimi Song" at the Oscars.

As the Oscars become more and more politically correct, the selection of films becomes more partial and niche. The most direct consequence is that the ratings of the awards ceremony are declining every year.

So, that director can sing this kind of song on the stage of the award ceremony.

Without the consent or acquiescence of the director and production team, this kind of song will definitely not appear.

This also illustrates a problem. In a few years, the Oscar awards ceremony will also need to use a way to attract the attention of the audience.

If there is really no suitable candidate at that time, Todd Phillips, the current director of "The Hangover", can also.

This thirty-something young director has a wealth of experience in comedy film shooting.

Entering mid-April, the North American box office of "Hellboy" released by Embassy Pictures last month exceeded US$80 million, and nearly US$60 million was received overseas.

Relying solely on the box office, this alternative superhero movie can recoup its investment.

This month, Relativity Entertainment also has movies released. From preparation to filming to completion of production, to the final publicity and release, I learned that Artisan Pictures’ "Human Skin Inn" has finished its major production with a super fast pace of less than half a year. Commercial films often take two years to complete.

The total investment in the film is only 4 million US dollars The investment is small.

Correspondingly, the pressure to pay back is much less.

Director Eli Rose is a typical Quentin Tarantino admirer. He borrowed from the filming and production style of "Kill Bill", and the original "Human Skin Inn", which is already a huge scale, is even more bloody.

When    was filming, the crew of Eli Ross used more than 1,000 liters of artificial plasma.

The effect is also obvious.

This kind of horror film in which young brain-disabled youths in the United States are perverted and killed has always had a relatively stable audience in North America. As long as the quality of the film is basically guaranteed, it may not be easy to make a fortune, but the probability of recovering the investment is relatively high. .

Eli Roth’s film is also well shot. He has directed a similar film "Bone No Existence" before, which is the essence of this genre.

In the first week of "Human Skin Inn", although it did not win the North American box office chart, the box office score of 19.55 million US dollars made the film profitable in only three days.