Chapter 2358

North America is 350 million, overseas is 1.16 billion, and the world is 1.51 billion. "Speed and passion 7" has created a series of new highs with an absolutely strong posture, really getting rid of the shackles of "B-class series" and becoming a giant in the box office market that can not be ignored; The "Reunion" billboard, which has won 16 weeks in a row, is another epitome of this grand farewell. It's magnificent and magnificent, but I don't know when the fans of the series will be able to meet Paul again.

It's a spring for Paul Walker, who has the whole spring to finish his final farewell before Avengers 2 opens its summer season.

As for lanli, after the London premiere, he once again stayed away from the spotlight, returned to the Songlin shooting base, and once again devoted himself to the shooting of "grand theft one". All the noise and excitement about "Reunion" were forgotten, leaving the whole spotlight stage to Paul.

"Grand theft one" is worthy of the top production with an investment cost of more than 200 million US dollars. The whole shooting cycle is very complicated and extremely long. From the official launch in January to April, it is still in full swing shooting and production; What's worse, Gareth Edwards doesn't have the "right to speak", which makes the film "receive" too many opinions in the production process, seriously interfering with Gareth's creation, and the progress is not so smooth.

In early February, Jason mcgatlin and Garris Edwards proposed amendments to the gloomy and dark style of the work.

In mid February, Katherine Kennedy arrived at Songlin studio to express her concern about the existing script, that is, spending too much time on the shaping of a group of characters. For the actors, the performance space has expanded, which is a good thing; But for the film as a whole, it may drag down the narrative rhythm.

After that, Jason mcgatlin and Catherine Kennedy both had in-depth talks with Garris. No consensus was reached in the previous three meetings, and even a certain degree of quarrel was triggered. Obviously, Garris is not an easy compromise type. He has always insisted that the script and style have been agreed by Langley, and it has been nearly two months since the shooting, He also enjoyed working with Langley and other actors and refused to change his style.

"Not because it costs too much, but because it's unnecessary." Garris is also a stubborn man.

However, the related quarrel did not alarm Lan Li——

Because next, the crew will go to the Maldives film studio to shoot; Later, Langley and Felicity will return to Los Angeles for the Oscars. In Katherine's original words, "there's no need to alarm Langley for the moment. Everything will be discussed after the Oscar."

As a result, things were so suppressed that Garris's idea seemed to have been implemented, and he naturally did not "complain" to lanli.

After the Oscars, Langley took the lead in returning to London. On the one hand, he did attend two private banquets. Alexander Hamilton was in charge of matchmaking, which brought hall venture capital into the eyes of more people; On the other hand, Katherine Kennedy realized that she had to talk to Langley.

Katherine is a very smart woman. She doesn't have a direct confrontation with Langley, but completes the connection through her husband Frank Marshall——

Because of Steven Spielberg's relationship, Frank Marshall has a good friendship with Langley. During the preparatory process of "Jurassic world", frank and Steven have always stood on the same front, choosing to support Langley, successfully promoting Langley's film pay and breaking the Hollywood ceiling.

Completely in the dark, lanli was kicked to the iron plate for the first time since he entered Hollywood. He really realized his green and ignorance in the field of producer——

He devoted himself to the performance, which made lanli outstanding in the position of actor, even "grand theft one" is no exception; But it also means that lanli is in a state of indifference to the producer's work, and often ignores the trends and changes of the crew.

What's more, Langley still lacks the producer's overall perspective of "maximizing the interests" of the whole film, which makes him suffer a big loss when facing frank and Catherine.

Catherine put forward many opinions on the play

First of all, she doesn't like the ending of the total annihilation, "at least one needs to stay", leaving a little spark for the sequel - and this is exactly what Lan Li likes most about the whole story. She hopes to continue Marvel's style, add some jokes and burdens, and make the plot easier.

Secondly, she thinks that there are too many characters, too many lines and too many details, which makes the whole script bulky and the narrative rhythm slow down - which means that she needs to cut the lines of the actors and cut the parts that shape the characters, which conflicts with Langley's idea.

Thirdly, the fighting style is not compact and exciting enough. Garris is good at scene scheduling but not good at action editing, which makes the fighting scenes pay too much attention to dialogue and not wonderful enough. For commercial popcorn, it can be called a fatal shortcoming - she hopes the film can be fast, just like Marvel.

These are just the opinions summed up. In the actual conversation, they are more trivial and scattered, all of which are unexpected by Lan Li.

Although Lan Li also knew that adjusting the script was very common during the shooting process, including the Jurassic world, many adjustments were made during the shooting process. But the situation of "grand theft one" is special——

Lanli has the decision-making power of the script.

Before the shooting, lanli had seen the script and agreed to it; Now we need to make a big change, or even change the script's portrayal of the main characters, sacrifice the role for the rhythm of popcorn, and then build the work according to the assembly line, which is crowded and hasty.

After two months of filming, things got tricky, and Langley's "performance rhythm" was broken.

Of course, as a matter of fact, objectively speaking, Catherine is right in some of her ideas about the script. She is the real producer

For example, in order to control the narrative rhythm, reduce the battlefield dialogue as much as possible, increase the fighting scenes, and control the scene scheduling with more crisp editing, which are necessary changes for commercial films - can be seen as some shortcomings and weaknesses that Garris encountered when shooting "Godzilla".

The success of "tomorrow's edge" is inseparable from Paul Greengrass's rhythm control and sharp editing.

As for other details of the script, lanli is willing to open up the possibility. No matter whether he is for or against it, he can discuss and discuss it slowly. He can put forward his own opinions and opinions as an actor. At last, Garris and the whole writing team will complete the final integration to see which parts need to be adjusted and which parts do not, Looking for room for improvement in the process of shooting.

But Catherine's calculation is far more than that.

She thinks that Garris is really outstanding in scene scheduling and atmosphere creation, but there are still shortcomings in rhythm control and special effects presentation.

She not only insisted that the script needed to be changed, but that the crew needed to be adjusted, and perhaps a second director should be hired to see if she could make a difference with Garris - she even gave advice, Tony Gilroy.

Tony Gilroy is the elder brother of Dan Gilroy, the director of "Night Walker" and also a screenwriter. The series of "devil's spokesman", "Apocalypse", "espionage" and so on are all his works; In 2007, Tony worked with Frank Marshall to direct his first directing work, Michael Clayton, which won seven Oscar nominations and won the best supporting actress award. Later, he also directed spy 4.

From this small detail, we can see that Catherine's whole idea is very clear, even the director of "assisting shooting" has been determined. The characteristics of Tony Gilroy are exactly the parts that Catherine hopes to make up or improve, and both the inside and the outside are imperative.

Langley was killed by surprise. Facing the well prepared Frank Marshall and the aggressive Katherine Kennedy, he was also overwhelmed.

Obviously, as a producer, Langley has a lot to learn: how should a producer interfere in the work of a director, which parts can be interfered with and which parts should not be interfered with as far as possible; Art film and commercial film, which parts should respect the characteristics of the author's film, which parts should be built according to the law of assembly line, and so on.

It would have been very difficult for Garris Edwards to stop Katherine without the "intervention" of Langley.

Then, some of lanli's questions can be answered

For example, in fact, the conflicts between the troupes of "Ranger solo" can be seen in "grand theft one", and then extended to other works of "Star Wars Series". Finally, Catherine chose JJ Abrams to return to the Star Wars series, which is definitely not a casual choice.

For another example, the quality of the last generation of "Grand Theft Auto No.1" is a little bit disharmonious, and it is far from the style and characteristics of "Godzilla". Although the box office data still created good results, the media comprehensive evaluation only scored 65 points, and the follow-up box office trend also lacks a little momentum.

Garris has done the best in his ability, but there are some things that he can't shake Catherine's decision after all.

Now, Langley has become the biggest unknown factor - which is why Catherine didn't like Bob egger to choose Langley from the very beginning.

In fact, the first time we met, the other side had a mental calculation but didn't mean it. Lan Li fell completely behind and kicked the iron plate; But after that, Lan Li calmed down, thought carefully, and talked with Garris. After that, he got to know the whole story, and then he got a firm foothold again.

From March to April, the tense atmosphere within the "grand theft one" crew has never dissipated——

If anyone is curious, why the paparazzi have no way to find out about the crew, this is the answer.