Chapter 567

"Congratulations." Neil H. morritz said to Andy with a smile. This is to congratulate Langley on his excellent performance in his first commercial film. It's really a rare step for the new actors who came from independent art film.

Andy sat contentedly in the sofa and relaxed all over, because the air conditioning in this office is enough. It's really comfortable. With that, his tone is relaxed. "Congratulations."

This is to congratulate the box office success of "speed and passion 5". Lanli has just gained fame, but Universal Pictures has gained fame and fortune. As a leading producer, Neil has made a lot of money.

Andy's gaze then falls on Michael forthrie, adding, "congratulations." This made Michael smile and retract his jaw.

"We just finished the speed and passion 5 conference." Neil didn't continue to be polite. He started the conversation directly. After all, in name, Andy will go to the airport to meet someone later. They only have 30 minutes. What's more, all the manners and tests have been completed just now, and now there's no need to continue playing tricks.

"In my mind and van diesel's mind, sequels exist." Neil said a fact known to all of Hollywood, "but how to unfold this story is a very difficult thing. On the one hand, we hope to copy the story framework of the fifth film; On the other hand, we don't want to repeat ourselves. We want to bring the film to a bigger and more exciting state. In order to achieve this goal, we talked many times, and fan put forward many positive and useful suggestions. "

Andy gently raised his chin, nodded meaningfully, "it seems that during the publicity period, some people have no leisure."

Before, because of the tit for tat incidents within the crew, Andy's intentional promotion shocked the CEO of Universal Pictures, Lang Meyer, and gave orders directly from the top, which made fan honest. But now it seems that the partnership between fan and Universal Pictures has not been substantially shaken. Fan still plays an important role in the sequel negotiations. Does that mean that——

In the fifth movie, will Dominic continue to play handsome and drag racing alone in the sequel? Correspondingly, is it difficult for Hobbes to improve his play? After all, even Brian, played by Paul Walker, is about to become a backgrounder.

Neil's two sentences seem to have profound meaning and a lot of information. Andy got it, Michael got it.

Michael didn't wink or change his face. He just said, "we hope the sequel can bring more surprises, not only faster speed, bigger scenes, but also more exciting stories and fights. In other words, in the sequel, the camera of the car will be more grand and exciting than the previous works. "

Andy said politely with a smile, "that's really something to look forward to. I can't imagine what a more exciting car would be like

Michael nodded with satisfaction. "In our opinion, the fifth is just a transitional work, and the bigger story is still to come. Even Lang has high expectations for the sequel. He hopes that we can make this film a work comparable to "Italian mission" and "French drug trafficking network."

Both are classic crime movies with lots of drag racing scenes. The former was released in 1969 and received the nomination for best foreign language film at the Golden Globe Award. Later, in 2003, it was a remake; The latter was released in 1971, including the best film, best director, best actor and best adapted screenplay of the next year's Oscar. In 2014, there was a remake of the same name.

Andy's smile bloomed, and he sighed with exaggeration, "it's a great benchmark."

Comparing "speed and passion" series with these two movies, in Andy's view, it is more like overstating one's own capacity, and the expansion of ambition seems to be overdone. But is it a real idea or a strategic shock? It's hard to figure out what Universal Pictures thinks of the sequel.

Michael didn't seem to recognize the irony in Andy's words. Instead, he nodded and affirmed, "Lang hopes that there will be pure automobile culture in this movie, and that this culture can be brought into pure action movies, and that the culture and spirit represented by this series can become an example for future movies."

"Wow." Andy didn't make any comments, just sighed, but this sighing is enough, including all kinds of rich information. As for how to interpret it, it's about Michael and Neil.

In Michael and Neil's short opening remarks, the two people revealed the same message: the sequel will be more magnificent, but their focus is different. Michael's focus is on "film", while Neil's focus is on "Van Diesel".

What does that mean? There are different interpretations, but in Andy's view, it's a signal from Universal Pictures. In the sequel, drag racing is the absolute leading role, and other people are supporting roles, which means that they won't give lanli a more important position, at least in terms of film remuneration. Neil's suggestion shows that fan still plays an important role in this project. Obviously, the tit for tat situation between fan and lanli is not good news.

Of course, it's just between breathing and blinking. Andy's information processing at the first time may be biased. We should investigate, consider and discuss the specific situation after going back. Just like the original dawn Johnson tug of war, the promotion of film pay level can not be achieved overnight.

But it's clear that universal has begun to pre empt. Not surprisingly, the posture of the six major Hollywood film companies is obvious.

As for Andy's reaction, Michael nodded slightly as if he was very satisfied. Then he turned to Neil and showed a smile. Neil took over the conversation and continued, "in the past, we have been discussing the story, starting from the frame, and then to the context of the story. It's not easy. We need more people's wisdom."

"Gary Scott Thompson, who has worked together since the first film, Chris Morgan, who has joined us since the third film, Clayton Townsend, Alexander Dostal, Justin Lin, van diesel and me. We've been communicating, trying to write a script that's more reasonable and bigger. "

Neil's words are long and fragmented, and there is a huge amount of information. Andy keenly noticed one of the messages: Van diesel. This is the second time Neil has emphasized the role of fan, which is really interesting. Not because of Neil's repeated emphasis, but because of Neil's repeated emphasis in front of Michael.

If Neil just wants to warn Andy, he can talk about it in private; But he chose the time when Michael was present, and when he was communicating the grand plan of the whole film, which was intriguing. It seems that there is something inside between Neil and Michael that can be dug out slowly.

The larger the cast, the more complicated the interpersonal relationship. Not to mention the famous film history work "future water world", a very important part of the reason for the failure is that the internal relations of the cast failed to coordinate successfully; Even within the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, there are constant disputes, and the bullying of Jerry Bruckheimer has brought a lot of problems.

"I believe Michael now, this time the racing scene will be beyond imagination." Andy is still silent, said a polite words, continue to listen carefully.

Neil couldn't help laughing, then nodded in affirmation, "yes, we will have more roaring vehicles, more characters, and the relationship between characters will be reorganized. It's a huge project that's hard to imagine. Then, we found that a movie simply can't hold so much content. Now it's just a framework, and we've come up with a script of at least 150 to 200 pages. "

According to the Convention of Hollywood genre films, one page of script is equivalent to one minute of the finished film, so this is the idea of 150 to 200 minutes. Although there are obvious differences between the conception and the finished product, we can see the great ambition of Universal Pictures from this aspect.

"So, we began to think, is not this sequel divided into two parts?" Neil's words make Andy's eyes brighten slightly.

Warner Bros. has divided the ending of "Harry Potter" into two parts, and achieved unimaginable success. Then Pinnacle entertainment also plans to divide the fourth part of "Twilight" into two parts. This trend is on the rise. For film critics, it's a disaster; But for commercial box office, it's a way to make money.

Universal Pictures is really a menacing company. If it doesn't start, it will. At the beginning, two sequels will appear together. It can be imagined that "speed and passion 5" has set off a storm in Universal Pictures. 300 million in North America and a series of works have given them more confidence and imagination. They can't wait to build their own trump card project.

"In other words, the sixth and seventh episodes are actually a story. We intend to complete the shooting of these two films in a back-to-back way. The drag racing culture, character story and vehicle modification in the film will definitely be refreshing." Neil went on to add.

Michael then said, "in these two works, the role of Luke Hobbes occupies an important position, we are very optimistic about the prospect of Langley."

Such a long and trivial preparation, now the focus has finally come. However, Michael's sincere words did not have any weight in Andy's eyes. He chuckled, "it's a very happy process to play in this work. The film has achieved such excellent results. Lenley enjoys it very much. It's even more interesting to be able to participate in the creation of the sequel."

The skin smiles, the flesh does not smile, opens the eye to say the lie.