Chapter 934： Last Stand

Latest website: As expected by Ronan, the first draft script written by the Nolan Brothers, which is directly translated and called "Foundation Laying", has 90% of the main plot almost the same as the previous "Inception".

Ronan remembers clearly that "Inception" is just a translation of China Film, and the original English name of the film has nothing to do with the four words Inception.

"Not bad." Ronan closed the script and said, "Very imaginative."

Christopher Nolan smiled and said: "This is a science fiction theme. After "Fatal Magic" and "The Dark Knight", I want to try a new theme."

Ronan thought for a while and said: "The concept is a science fiction type, but the film needs something to watch. I think some action elements should be added."

Christopher Nolan has always been a commercial film director, and this has never changed: "Me and Jonathan had the same idea. Originally, after I put forward my initial ideas, Jonathan wanted to make a complete action film, but I remember you said However, the old-fashioned traditional action movies are outdated, and the pure action types do not suit my ideas. What this movie wants to show is the dream and memory aspects. The combination of science fiction and action is the most appropriate way."

Ronan agreed: "Dreamland is a high-level concept, and the action element helps make such high-level concepts easy to understand."

As investors and producers, you must consider the market. Any major investment in commercial films that does not consider the box office and the market is a brain-dead behavior.

Christopher Nolan thought Ronan had doubts, and quickly said: "I have been thinking about this subject for many years and have a relatively mature plan. Many years ago, I began to have a strong interest in the theme of dreams, especially in the sober. The kind of relationship between the world and dream life."

He glanced at Ronan and continued: "I always think this is a very interesting and contradictory point of view. In dreams, whether it is a fearful, happy, or idealized state, it is actually the human brain and mind. , The uncontrollable things created by ideology, and the imaginary space created by dreams is extraordinary. I have always considered how to display this infinite energy on the big screen, using a large-scale science fiction from a very humanistic perspective Expressed in the form of an action movie."

Ronan nodded slowly, as if thinking.

Christopher Nolan added: "The core point of this movie is that the creation of a concept is actually equivalent to a parasite with extremely flexible vitality. The traces of it crawling will always exist somewhere in your brain. If someone If you can invade your dream space, use an extremely real means to act recklessly, and even steal a concept of incomparable privacy, this kind of storytelling entry point will be very fascinating."

Ronan patted the script lightly and said, "Chris, this is what attracts me most about your script. It's full of entertainment, diversified performance and horror, everything can happen."

Christopher Nolan asked: "This project..."

Ronan said: "I have confidence in you. You directly submit the script to Shahai Entertainment, and they will negotiate with you about the project at the fastest speed."

Although such trust is a good thing, Christopher Nolan felt that some things must be said before: "Ronan, this project may require a very high investment. My preliminary estimate is about 150 million US dollars. In addition, I I hope there will be enough time to complete this movie, because the things I want to express here are questions that I have been thinking about since I was sixteen."

Ronan returned the script to Christopher Nolan and said: "These are not problems. I will let Shahai Entertainment list "Foundation Laying" as the company's first category of major projects.

"Thank you." Christopher Nolan said sincerely: "Ronan, thank you for your continued support."

Ronan smiled: "You're welcome. Chris, I must bring a masterpiece."

Christopher Nolan vowed: "It will."

In the past, "Inception" may have some mysteries, but it is also a classic in commercial films, and it has achieved a double harvest of box office and word of mouth.

This one, plus "The Dark Knight", also made Christopher Nolan become a **** among movie fans.

Even as a director, Christopher Nolan is like a big star, with a huge fan base.

The IMDB score ranking battle between "The Dark Knight" and "The Godfather" and "Shawshank's Redemption" changed the IMDB scoring rules for a while.

The fans of these three factions attacked each other in a melee, which can be called the biggest spectacle in IMDB's history.

When Ronan left, Christopher Nolan mentioned that after filming "The Dark Knight", Christian Bell accepted an invitation from 20th Century Fox to participate in "Terminator 4", which has already been confirmed by 20th Century Fox. Shooting.

Twentieth Century Fox has published a lot of news about this new project, and its production budget is as high as 200 million US dollars!

This has not yet accounted for the cost of 20th Century Fox's previous copyright recovery from Warner Bros.

According to the estimates of the publicity and distribution investment of large-scale commercial films in Hollywood today, 20th Century Fox will invest 100 million US dollars or more in the future for the promotion and distribution of this film.

Ronan took practical actions to enable Twentieth Century Fox to **** the filming rights of the "Terminator" series from Warner Bros.

Twentieth Century Fox attaches great importance to this project and wants to reproduce the glory of "Terminator 2". For this reason, he contacted James Cameron and wanted to invite James Cameron to be a producer or screenwriter.

But James Cameron has a contract with Relativity Entertainment. In the past two years, he will continue to work hard for the filming and production of "Avatar". In addition to the shadow of the cooperation with 20th Century Fox, he did not hesitate to reject the 20th Century Fox. invite.

The production budget alone is as high as 200 million U.S. dollars, and 20th Century Fox does not care.

Ronan didn't know, which high-level Twentieth Century Fox had thought of a coup, to join in the "Terminator 4" project by poaching and cooperating with Relativity Entertainment, and having achieved great success.

Christian Bale is just one of the people who was poached by Twentieth Century Fox.

They had contact with the Nolan brothers, but they were rejected by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan. Apart from other things, the work of these two people has long been scheduled for the next few years.

Twentieth Century Fox finally chose Paul Haggis, who had collaborated with Relativity Entertainment. This famous director, screenwriter and producer of "Crash" will serve as the screenwriter and executive producer of "Terminator 4" Film people.

The two works written by Paul Haggis in the past are well-known, giving Twentieth Century Fox enough confidence.

These two works are "Crash" and "Million Dollar Baby".

Twentieth Century Fox is currently looking for a director. Their first choice is still a director who has successfully cooperated with Relativity Entertainment. It is said that the first candidate is Gilmour Del Toro. The negotiation between the two parties has been carried out and they can sign at any time. stage.

Gilmour Del Toro is very interested in robotics projects.

There is also news that after the completion of "Pan's Labyrinth", Gilmour Del Toro is also looking for new long-term partners, and has promoted the robots and monsters he mentioned to Ronan to many companies. Movie project.

Although there is no clear news from the 20th Century Fox, Ronan inferred that since the 20th Century Fox and Gilmour del Toro all intend to cooperate, it is estimated that the 20th Century Fox will invest in the filming of Gilmour del Toro in the future. Robots and monsters project.

This possibility is extremely high.

Speaking of it, Ronan also admires a bit. Twentieth Century Fox’s treatment of relativistic entertainment is, to a certain extent, similar to the treatment of Walt Disney.

In the twentieth century, Fox snatched one film project after another from Relativity Entertainment, and tried to attract talents who had long-term cooperation with Relativity Entertainment.

This seems to be taking the road of relativity entertainment, making relativity entertainment nowhere to go.

Ronan has been watching with a cold eye, and Relativity Entertainment has no reason to prevent people like Paul Haggis, Christian Bell and Gilmour Del Toro from cooperating with Twentieth Century Fox. After all, these people have no long-term contracts with Relativity Entertainment. There is no competition clause.

No matter from which aspect, they have the freedom to cooperate with any film company.

Ronan just asked Relativity Entertainment to save more funds and more resources, allowing Robert Iger to continue to make relevant plans according to changes in the situation, and wait for opportunities that may arise in the future.

Either you don't move, or you move, you will get a hit.

Twentieth Century Fox still looks strong. There are also many heavyweight films released in this summer file. The most eye-catching one is undoubtedly "X-Men 3: Last Stand" adapted from Marvel comics.

This is also the end of Twentieth Century Fox’s "X-Men" trilogy. Its production budget is as high as 210 million U.S. dollars. The release time is selected as one of the best schedules in May before Memorial Day. weekend.

Perhaps it was Marvel Entertainment’s years of harassment that affected Twentieth Century Fox or perhaps the new comics of "Fantastic Four" brought negative effects. In this "X-Men" movie In the twentieth century, Fox made many irrational choices.

For example, the Phoenix girl was completely blackened and killed Professor X.

For example, Wolverine and the Phoenix girl get together, and the dead laser eyes are green.

For example, Wolverine finally killed the Phoenix woman.

In short, the relationship is messy, and the handling is relatively bad, and the reputation of the film is not ideal.

However, the first two "X-Men" have accumulated a large number of fans. This is not only the sequel, but also the gimmick of the trilogy's finale. The premiere attendance of "X-Men 3: Last Stand" is still very amazing.

On the first weekend in North America, "X-Men 3: Last Stand" had a box office of $102.75 million.

Counting the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, the four-day box office was $122.86 million!