Chapter 241 Wrong Encounter

In the reception room of the embassy film company, Ronan met Ang Lee, a director who was once down in Hollywood, but now he is full of energy, as if he has reached the pinnacle of his life and career.

Ronan asked: "I heard that Director Ang Lee returned to the East some time ago?"

"I went back for a while." Ang Lee returned to his hometown, and came to Hollywood again, with a very different mood: "I traveled to both sides of the strait and three places. The fans are too enthusiastic."

He seemed to be very emotional: "I also met some colleagues and discussed some things about movies."

Ronan nodded. He could fully understand Li An's mood. With the honor of Oscar, given the general situation in this era, the treatment that Li An could receive must be grand and grand.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one person in the Chinese film industry.

"Have you met Director Zhang?" Ronan said a name.

At the Oscars ceremony, Yu Jiaolong once conveyed that the other party seemed to want to meet him.

Li Ang said: "I have seen it, and we talked for a while, it seems that he is going to shoot a martial arts movie." He shook his head: "This is not good, he is a master of literary films, he should not follow suit."

Ronan was noncommittal, and said: "Actually, the commercial film circles all over the world are the same. When a film is a big success, follow-up works flock to it."

Ang Lee is already a thoroughly Hollywood-like director. Of course he knew this situation, so he could only sigh lightly.

After hearing Li An's words, Ronan gradually became sure of what Yu Jiaolong's words might mean. Perhaps Yu Jiaolong himself didn't understand, but as someone who had experienced it, he naturally understood Zhang Guoshi's Oscar plot.

The great commercial era of oriental films is finally about to begin.

Regardless of the reputation or quality of that martial arts movie, no matter what Zhang Guoshi's original intention was, it played a huge role in promoting the rise of the oriental film market after all.

It was also after this film that the Eastern film industry and film market began to enter the fast lane of development.

It's a pity that the sharing clause can't be re-signed until after 2010, and the 13% sharing ratio for introducing account-sharing movies is really too low.

When the time is right, can we unite with the power of Hollywood to push for a revision of the agreement?

Ronan thinks it is very difficult, at least for now. Hollywood's share of movies over there has never been an issue of the film industry, but a part of the WTO agreement between the two countries. It involves political and economic games between the two countries. Send and move the whole body.

A single person, or even a group, can play a very limited role in it.

We can only wait for the time being.

However, Zhang Guoshi's masterpiece can be considered. If you have time in the future, you can go there for a while, inspect the market by the way, and inspect the overseas offices at the same time.

While thinking, Luo Nan chatted with Ang Lee without saying a word, and the topic soon came to Ang Lee's new movie.

"I wonder if Director Li has any new work plans?" Ronan asked directly, "I heard that Universal Pictures is in contact with Director Li?"

These are all news on the bright side of Hollywood, and will not touch personal privacy.

Li An said with a smile: "I plan to rest for a month first.

He did not deny the contact with Universal Pictures: "People from Universal Pictures are indeed talking to me and want me to direct a big production. "

Ronan asked curiously: "Can you know what subject matter or content it is?"

Universal Pictures did not ask for secrecy, and the news was released to warm up the hype. Ang Lee said directly: "A comic book adaptation movie, "Hulk."

Hearing this name, Ronan had a feeling that it was true, and asked, "Are you going to take this director job?"

Ang Lee thought for a while, and felt that there was nothing to say: "The general framework has almost been discussed, and the remaining details have not yet reached an agreement with Universal Pictures."

"Comics are adapted into movies..." Ronan originally wanted to remind.

But thinking of the film copyrights of a bunch of Marvel superheroes in his hands, as well as future plans, he endured it again.

Ang Lee didn't say much about the cooperation with Universal Pictures, and chatted with Ronan a few more about movies, and quickly left the embassy film industry.

Ronan watched Ang Lee leave and sat on the sofa with question marks all over his head. He didn't know who cheated who between Ang Lee and Universal Pictures in the "Hulk" project.

In literary terms, at the wrong time, at the wrong place, the two parties had a wrong encounter.

In the eyes of many Orientals, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not an excellent work compared to Ang Lee's early "Wedding Banquet", "Pushing Hands", and "Eating and Drinking Men and Women".

Therefore, what "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has gained in North America has largely exceeded the imagination and expectations of the East. Perhaps "cultural differences" can be summed up in one word as the incomprehension of the East.

Perhaps because of "cultural differences", or perhaps because the Oscar halo obscured others, Universal Pictures decided to let an oriental literary film director operate an American commercial comic film.

It is undeniable that Ang Lee has his own advantages, such as being able to shape characters more delicately on the basis of retaining the Hollywood model, and at the same time bring some fresh perspectives different from Hollywood to the film.

But Ang Lee couldn't accurately find the balance between business and personal style within Hollywood's more commercialized system.

Putting it in the last era of Ronan's previous life, I am afraid that many ordinary movie fans can agree on how to make superhero movies in comics.

For example, tight rhythm, exquisite special effects, hot scenes, and continuous climaxes and bursts that make the audience excited.

And these are exactly contrary to Ang Lee's personal style.

Under heavy pressure, Ang Lee only preserved his own personal style, but couldn't take care of others.

In the previous life, there was another saying: Ang Lee cheated Universal Pictures.

Universal Pictures gave Ang Lee full trust, huge power, and even the power that is infinitely close to the final editing right. As a result, Ang Lee created a popular commercial film with a strong personal style, made an author's film, and then slapped his ass and left , leaving Universal Pictures in a mess.

This statement is definitely unreliable. The director cherishes his reputation very much. Thinking about Ang Lee's situation after the failure of "Hulk", he also knows that he could not do it on purpose.

But Ang Lee did make The Hulk an auteur movie.

It's long, serious, and doesn't have a lot of action that people expect. It's not comfortable after watching it, and it doesn't have that "superhero saved us, I'm full of positive energy" excitement

Maybe Ang Lee doesn't want to make superheroes at all, he just wants to film an unfortunate man being torn apart by his own grotesque abilities, and emphasize this absurdity.

As a result, Ang Lee fell badly, and Universal Pictures also suffered badly. Marvel, who originally wanted to follow the autumn wind, once again doubted his life.

The adaptation of "Spider-Man" was successful, and the adaptation range is also very large. Marvel feels that its own hero is not inferior to Batman, and there is still a market.

In a blink of an eye, "Hulk" hit the street, Marvel was in doubt, and the hero was not doing well in the movie market.

It is said that Marvel's top executives can get up from countless blows, and finally bet on "Iron Man" with almost all chips. The nerves are really not ordinary toughness.

From Ronan's point of view, the cooperation between Ang Lee and Universal Pictures can be summed up in one sentence: Ang Lee made a literary feature film with the superhero Hulk.

If it comes out in ten years at night, maybe some people will say that it has a unique angle and it won't be so miserable.

Ronan did not interfere with the cooperation between Universal Pictures and Ang Lee, let alone prevent Universal Pictures from contacting Ang Lee, and he has no reason to stop it.

Probably Ang Lee also needs a theme with a wider audience, and he hit it off with Universal Pictures, and signed a formal director contract with Universal Pictures for "Hulk" in early April.

Universal Pictures also took advantage of Ang Lee's Oscar effect and announced the schedule of "The Incredible Hulk".

A little more than two years were left to Ang Lee for planning, shooting and post-production.

Ronan can only say that he is looking forward to the day when "Hulk" will be released. After all, only then will it be possible to obtain the copyright of Hulk from Universal Pictures.

Even if they only get part of the copyright like Marvel did in the previous life, it’s a big deal not to make an independent movie of the Hulk.

Directors are relatively scarce resources in Hollywood, and Ronan's Shahai Entertainment has also confirmed a director candidate.

After experiencing some twists and turns in "Death Coming 2", it was determined that Guillermo del Toro, who had completed "Fatal Bend", would be in charge of the director.

Because the film market will inevitably be impacted in the second half of the year, Ronan postponed the release of this sequel until next year.

On the release schedule drawn up by Embassy Pictures, with Ronan's subtle intervention, none of the films will be released after September.

Basically all screenings are scheduled for the first half of the year.

"House of the Dead" was released in late April, "Shrek" was released overseas in mid-May, "Bourne Shadow" in June, "Fatal Turn" in July, and two novels purchased by the viewing department from overseas in early August. make.

Beginning in April, Embassy Pictures will release films every month, most of which involve distribution in North America and overseas.

Also at the beginning of April, Ronan saw a memorable name on the "New York Times" bestseller list sent by his assistant Connie - "Summer of Jeans".

When Ronan saw the title of the book, he thought of the related film, the famous work of the famous "Queen S" Blake Lively.

I found someone to check the copyright. The film and television adaptation rights of the novel are still in the hands of the author. Ronan immediately notified Robert Lee and asked him to add the name of "Summer of Jeans" to the list of copyright purchases.

Now that he has gained something, Ronan pays more attention to the "New York Times" bestseller list. Maybe he will continue to see works on it that he ignored, but whose names remind him of movies.

The weekend came, and the work at hand was temporarily put aside. Ronan made an appointment with the real estate agent to go to see the house.

This is a self-occupied house, so you must not go overseas to buy it, otherwise it would be inconvenient to fly to and from get off work, and Ronan has some funds in his hands, not to mention the income of the producer and company positions, just the script provided by the screenwriter, Not only buyout income, but also subsequent copyright sharing income.

Of course, what Ronan provides to the company is not free, even if it is a company he fully controls.

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