American Fame and Fortune Chapter 843

Chapter 843 The road to becoming a demon under social turmoil

  At Davis Manor, a small party was being held.

 Leonardo looked at Martin curiously: "You have been mysterious recently, and even if I ask you to come out for a drink, you won't do anything."

 Martin coughed: "I don't feel very well, and I'm still contagious. I'm afraid I'll infect you."

Nicholson asked: "It's not serious, is it?"

 Martin waved his hand: "It's not a big problem. He is fully healthy now."

Nicholson had some regrets: "I originally wanted to ask you to go out and have fun together, but everything that has happened in Los Angeles recently is so interesting."

 Leonardo said: "Man, you missed a good show."

Martin said: "I have read the reports in newspapers, TV and the Internet, and they are indeed exciting."

Nicholson said: "It's a pity that Michelle Bryan is dead, otherwise there would be more fun to watch."

Leonardo saw it clearly: "If she doesn't die, I don't know how far the trouble will go in North America, and some people in Washington will be involved."

　　Martin denied: "It's obviously a competition to win the Best Actor Oscar again earlier than anyone else!"

Nicholson nodded: "I know Brunel too."

After Leonardo and Nicholson left, before Lily and Elizabeth came back, he called Blake Lively.

Nicholson said: "Assholes and **** always have the same opinion."

Leonardo was furious: "You are ready to be a director, why can't you pursue it?"

  Martin said: “France is no less behind than the United States in terms of suicide.”

Nicholson got right to the point: "It is estimated that the relatives have taken over Brunel's inheritance."

This blatant suicide is so convincing!

Bruce came in from outside at this time, holding a stack of newspapers in his hand.

Leonardo remembered this and corrected him: "It's not who wins the Oscar first, but he wants to win the Best Director, and I'm going to win the Best Actor again to see who gets it earlier. "

In addition, after nearly a year of careful operation, the number of Blake Lively's Twitter and INS fans has exploded, and the reputation of the lace leader has spread throughout the United States.

　　After a good show came to an end, Nicholson was waiting to see the next good show. He suddenly changed the subject and reminded Leonardo: "Don't you and Martin have an agreement? Whoever wins the Oscar first will gain something."

 Looking at Hollywood, she is one of the female stars with the most online fans.

“We came up with one,” Martin said.

Hamada chaired the meeting.

 The project of "Joker" has been officially approved. DC Films hired a screenwriter to come up with the idea of ​​the first version of the script and discuss the plot content with Martin, the actor and producer, and Nolan, the producer.

Leonardo said: "I also thought about going to Europe to watch a theater together when we had time, but in the end we didn't even have time to go."

 Martin obviously didn't attach great importance to this film, and he agreed immediately.

"It has something to do with Michelle Bryan." Bruce glanced at Martin and saw that he had no objection, so he said directly: "One of the two people protesting in Ukraine this time is Michelle..."

 Leonardo took over: "The other is Brunel, the godfather of fashion in France. I know him."

 At the long conference table, Martin, Nolan and Daniel, the president of Warner Pictures, sat on the same side.

Bruce said: "The French held a press conference and announced that Brunel had committed suicide, and his relatives accepted the result."

 Opposite, DC representatives such as Scott, Phillips and Bruce Berman were sitting.

Nicholson asked curiously: "Old Boo, what's the fun?"

"That's the Oscar for Best Director!" Martin wanted to put his **** in front of Leonardo's face: "How many years did it take Director Scorsese to win the Best Director statuette? David Fincher spent another How many years has it taken? Even Spielberg has spent more than 10 years, and George Lucas has still not received the best director award..."

The three people discussed Martin's movie, and Leonardo even said that if he had time, he could also go to the set to guest-direct and film a short segment.

 The next morning, Martin rushed to DC Films for a meeting.

“There's really no creativity at all,” Nicholson said.

· Scott, the head of the writing team hired by DC, Hamada, the president of DC Pictures, and Warner Pictures, one of the film's investors and producers, all appeared in the conference room.

 Martin nodded slightly and spoke to Bruce. Bruce went to the study to get the script written by Bradett's team.

Bruce said: "The French authorities have just launched an investigation into Brunel, who hanged himself in his apartment in Paris."

Leonardo was a little surprised: "Suicide? Or hanging..."

 The three **** laughed at the same time.

  Lao Se embryo immediately targeted the core: "This actress must have an excellent figure and appearance."

Nicholson took the script and flipped it over, read it for a while and said, "As expected of a member of the Bastard Trio, he knows how to take advantage of the situation. The scenes are ridiculously simple, there are very few characters, and the plot... well, the plot is a bit interesting. , but it's more about pleasing the current social situation and using women's self-help as the theme.”

Leonardo also became interested and asked for the script. He quickly flipped through it and expressed his opinion: "The choice of the heroine is the key."

“Have you finished the script for the film you are going to direct?” Nicholson immediately interrupted Martin's excuse.

 Leonardo asked Bruce: "Are you sure he committed suicide?"

 Leonardo did not give up the opportunity to squeeze Martin: "You always have a way."

Martin continued: "So, in order to avoid causing more trouble, Michelle very wisely chose to commit suicide."

Martin said: "They moved so quickly, they cut off the two exposed hands directly."

 The latter has fully recovered from his injury and has started fitness, swimming and surfing training.

Because "Joker" is not part of the DC Justice League universe, neither Warner Bros. nor DC attaches much importance to the "Joker" project.

"Man of Steel", which is being promoted at the same time, is about to be released, "Batman v Superman" has entered the formal preparation stage, and "Joker" is still in the early stages of the project.

The projector was turned on, and creative text appeared on the screen. Screenwriter Scott pointed at the screen with a laser pointer and said: "In terms of plot, we plan to focus on the clown's family, the inheritance of his parents, and the abuse of him. The tragedy of the clown..."

 “Wait.” Martin interrupted Scott directly.

He had communicated with DC Films several times before and expressed his ideas, but DC Films obviously did not pay attention to it and still went ahead and came up with a main storyline that was completely different from his ideas.

Scott glanced at Martin, then turned to Hamada. His plot idea was approved by DC and Warner executives.

The project agreement has been signed a long time ago, and Warner Pictures has obtained the authorization from DC. Daniel said directly: "Martin, what do you think?"

 Martin exchanged glances with Nolan first, and the two had already reached an agreement in private.

　　He then said: "A clown is not born a clown. Of course part of his problem comes from genetics."

Scott breathed a sigh of relief.

Martin added: "But the clown finally turns into a madman and an agent of chaos. Environmental factors are also crucial!"

He looked around the conference room and raised his voice slightly: "This film will continue the style of "The Dark Knight", abandon the comic style, and continue the realistic style. In that case, the character of the Joker must be placed in a completely real social background. ” ˆ ˆ Nolan expressed support at the right time: “I agree with Martin's opinion.”

Scott frowned slightly.

Hamada said: "I think this is always a comic book character..."

As a member of the Warner Tiantuan, Hamada talked a lot.

Martin didn't even listen. Warner Group's almost crazy performance in DC movies was too genius, and the "Joker" project could not bear it.

 In his opinion, putting the opinions of Warner Group behind will naturally increase the success rate of the film.

 This is also the easiest way to ensure the success of the film.

Martin waited until Hamada finished speaking and did not answer his words. He said directly: "Since the financial crisis in 2008, economic development has slowed down, and the lives of the middle and lower classes in society have been difficult. Too many people are not only facing economic pressure, but also cruel mental pressure. For There are countless people who are crazy, and there are even more people who have turned to crime.”

He asked rhetorically: "Would the clown's fall be more convincing in this context?"

These are also in line with Nolan's ideas. He said: "This will make the character believable, more convincing, and arouse broad emotional resonance."

Hamada still has a completely different opinion on this.

But before he could speak, Daniel added: "This is very important for the film's market prospects. We all know that more than 90% of the people who actually pay for a film are from the middle and lower classes of society."

Scott was not very happy. The screenwriter saw that the ideas he had worked so hard to write were completely rejected. No one would be happy.

 But his opinions are not important, and his status is far from being able to compete with Martin and Nolan.

 Can only win Hamada's support.

Daniel further said: "I suggest hiring a new screenwriter team and creating a new script."

Hamada objected: “DC doesn't have the budget for this.”

Daniel said: "Warner Pictures has it."

 Martin answered: "Davis Studio also has one."

Hamada frowned. It was really hard for him to like this movie project that was not in line with the DC Justice League universe.

 The most important thing is, if the style cannot be unified with the movie universe...

Daniel added: "This project should be completely handed over to Warner Pictures. Hamada, all your energy should be focused on the DC movie universe."

These words came to Hamada's heart, and he couldn't help but think about it.

 The project has been authorized, the contract has been signed, and it is impossible to withdraw. His cooperation with Martin and Nolan always felt that everything was not smooth, and the two parties' ideas were very different.

Hamada was tired: "Leave this project to you, but DC will not invest any more money in it."

In this way, if the project fails, DC will have nothing to lose; if the project succeeds, DC will make a lot of money from the copyright income alone.

 Scott was anxious: "President Hamada..."

Hamada raised his hand and interrupted him: "I will initiate the withdrawal process. You and your screenwriting team will withdraw from the "Joker" project."

 The screenwriter has no rights, so Scott kept his mouth shut.

The meeting ended with this. As for the script ideas that Scott had come up with, Martin gave up all of them and left with Daniel and Nolan.

ˆThe latter has to return to the studio to work on the post-production of "Interstellar" and directly adopts an attitude of fully supporting Martin.

Daniel and Martin went to Warner Bros. Pictures to continue discussing the writing of the script.

Originally, Martin proposed a series of creative suggestions, hoping that DC would adopt them before writing the script.

 But it turns out that he underestimated Warner Tiantuan's way of thinking.

 The two sides are not on the same channel at all.

 Came to Daniel's office, Martin said: "It is good news that DC is not involved."

Daniel asked his assistant to bring tea and said, "The project preparation time will be postponed again."

 Martin had some thoughts on the way over: "We will take a year to complete the script, and then prepare the film."

Daniel thought about Martin's record and asked: "Is there a suitable screenwriter?"

 Martin nodded: "My old friend and partner, Bradt."

 Compared to outside screenwriters, Bradt has worked with Martin for many years and can fully understand Martin's intentions when writing the script.

 For Martin, this is a gold medal screenwriter.

Daniel said: "Yes, Bradt is an excellent screenwriter, and many of the works you have collaborated on have achieved great success."

Martin said: "Complete the script first, and we will talk about other preparations after the script is completed."

Daniel Likewise: “That's it for now.”

 When Martin left Warner Pictures, he called Bradett. When he returned to Davis Studio, Bradett was already waiting at the studio.

 The two have collaborated on multiple projects and directly discussed the creation of the script for "Joker".

 In the next two days, Martin temporarily put aside other work and concentrated on discussing script creation with Bradt.

　　Bradt also came up with a simple outline as quickly as possible.

 Compared with the unreliable Warner team, Martin is much more satisfied with the creativity of his long-term partners.

　　Bradt assured Martin that he would be able to complete the first draft of the script for "Joker" in no more than six months.

This will not be an action movie. It will completely abandon the exaggerated designs in comics and tell the story of how a person embarks on his own path to becoming a demon amidst "social unrest".

Entering mid-October, Martin temporarily put aside other matters and joined the cast of "La La Land". Together with director Damien Chazelle and actress Saoirse Ronan, they began the pre-screening of "La La Land" publicity.

The film began a period of explosive publicity before its release. Various announcements and roadshows were intensively launched, and posters, trailers and advertisements were all over the streets of North America.

Disney Pictures also held a preview screening for "La La Land", which received unanimous praise. Theater managers believed it was the best Hollywood musical in the past decade.

Although musicals are in decline nowadays, every two or three years, there will be a musical that is a hit in terms of reputation and box office, such as "Chicago", "Mamma Mia", "Pitch Perfect" and so on.

This shows that there is always a certain market space for song and dance films.

 Martin started a three-point and one-line lifestyle of airports, hotels and announcements.

The film is popular enough and has a good reputation in test screenings. North American theater chains have also arranged for the opening of 3,955 theaters for "La La Land".

 (End of this chapter)

Chapter end