Chapter 614: 300 Warriors

Unlike Shahai Entertainment's other film projects, due to Ronan's ulterior motives, the post-production of several small crews including "Dawn of the Dead" did not enter the studio in the Relativity Building, but continued to stay in Warner Bros. studio.

Similar to "Dawn of the Living Dead", "Reaper 3", "Human Purge 4" and other films, Warner Studios' slightly old post-production room is sufficient to meet their production requirements.

Ronan met Zach Schneider in the office building of Warner Studios.

"The post-production will be completed next month." Zach Schneider introduced the latest status of the project to Ronan: "Now there are some finishing touches such as adding subtitles and sound effects editing."

Ronan nodded lightly: "I've seen the samples, and the shots are pretty good. As long as it works properly, the possibility of success is very high."

Zach Schneider is very confident: "I have been very excited to build these stories. I like big action movies."

Hearing this, Ronan couldn't help but think of the films that Zack Schneider had made. Whether it's "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", or "Man of Steel" and "Bat Super", the action scenes are really full of momentum.

Not to mention the quality of the film, but just to talk about the design and rendering of the action scenes. In the past, Marvel’s superhero movies, in front of Zack Snyder’s action scenes, are very similar to elementary school students dating.

Ronan asked: ""Dawn of the Dead" is about to be completed, Zach, what are your plans next?"

Zach Schneider smiled and deliberately reminded: "Ronan, I signed a two-film contract with Shahai Entertainment."

"That's right." Ronan said, "I came here to discuss with you first."

It seems that Charles Rowan and Warner Bros. just put Zach Schneider on the shortlist. To really get into their sights, Zach Schneider must have a good commercial performance.

Just one "Dawn of the Dead" isn't enough.

Regardless of the self-interest of Relativity Entertainment or the consideration of future DC Comics superhero movies, it is very necessary for Zach Schneider to continue to come together with "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta".

Ronan beckoned to Connie, and Connie immediately handed an illustration to Zack Schneider.

"Look, this is the masterpiece "Three Hundred Spartans" by the famous cartoonist Frank Miller.

"Ronan said very directly: "The copyright of this illustration is already in the hands of Shahai Entertainment. I plan to adapt it into a movie. You are the director's first choice." "

Zach Schneider opened the illustration and looked at it carefully. The thick and colorful picture is like an oil painting, with a strong visual impact, which made him, a director who was born as an advertising director and attaches great importance to the color of the picture, feel different instantly.

Ronan briefly introduced: "This illustration describes King Leonidas and the Battle of Thermopylae, a massacre, but shocking. Frank Miller said that "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" is his professional The pinnacle of your career. Zach, I have seen the commercials you shot, and I have also seen the samples of "Dawn of the Dead", and I believe you can shoot the feeling of the original book."

Zach Snyder closed the illustration: "Ronan, I will read it as soon as possible, and then reply to you."

Ronan nodded: "Yes."

Although the two parties signed a director agreement for two films, it is still a two-way choice as to which film to choose.

But Ronan believes that Zack Schneider will choose "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" because this illustration fits Zack Schneider's aesthetics too much.

Frank Miller's protagonist attaches great importance to having a bleak tragic temperament, such as Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Returns", the old protagonist has retired for many years, but has to come back for various reasons, and various evil forces The fight, the first scene of which, is the aging protagonist fighting his former comrade-in-arms Superman.

In some respects, Zack Snyder's characters are not thick enough, and Frank Miller's original book can just make up for this, but the characters he is good at creating are those who no matter how hard they try, they are always hopelessly defeated in the end. The tragic heroes of fate who lost the final battle but won hearts.

As for Frank Miller's opinion, it doesn't matter. Now that the copyright is in the hands of Shahai Entertainment, Ronan has the final say on how to choose a director.

I vaguely remember that there was an extremely popular line in this movie - this is Sparta!

When the film becomes popular, maybe we can make a "This Is Not Sparta", and there must be a market for it.

Afterwards, Ronan went to see several crews who also stayed in Warner Studios for post-production, the sequels of horror movies such as "Reaper 3", "Fatal Turn 3" and "Chain Saw 2" , which will be released successively this year.

Although these sequel films cannot get rid of the restrictions of niche films, they have cultivated a group of loyal audiences and can generate relatively stable income.

Ronan deliberately chatted with James Windo.

"I don't worry about this series without you." Ronan said directly: "James, if you insist on shooting another one, and then become the producer of this series, if you have other ideas about horror films, I still fully support them." you."

At this stage, if James Wen didn't come up with a horror movie, then forget it.

James Wen said: "Ronan, without you, there would be no success of "Saw". I will finish the "Saw" trilogy and then go to other horror movies."

Ronan asked, "Do you have any other new ideas for horror movies?"

James Wen said with a smile: "It's just a vague concept. When I sort it out, I will contact you as soon as possible."

Ronan smiled and said, "James, you are a genius in making horror films. I believe you can create greater achievements."

He is not in a hurry, James Wen signed a long-term contract with Shahai Entertainment, and he can wait patiently for the "The Conjuring" series.

Even if James Wen didn't have any ideas in this area, he could still come up with the script first.

None of this is difficult.

It seems that James Wen later directed the "Fast and Furious" series.

Leaving Warner Studios, Ronan made a special call to George Clint to learn about the "Fast and Furious" series.

After getting the copyright from Universal Pictures, he specially made an outline of a new trilogy and handed it over to the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment, asking them to use this as a basis to create a script with a coherent plot.

At present, the writing of the script is still in progress. If it goes well, the preparations will not start until next year.

Ronan used Dwayne Johnson as the leading actor in "Prison Break", which has been filmed so far. At that time, he had the idea to let Dwayne Johnson join the "Fast and Furious" series and become a leading character.

As for Vin Diesel, Sandsea Entertainment will invite him to star in the third part, compete with Dwayne Johnson, and finally die, so that Boss Tang’s close comrade-in-arms Dwayne Johnson will become the core just like Paul Walker .

The plan has already been drawn up, and the details depend on how well Shahai Entertainment's screenwriting department writes the script.

On the way to the Relativity Building, Ronan received a call from Mark Randolph. The technical preparations for Netflix's streaming media have been completed, and they just wait for the time to launch.

Mark Randolph mainly asked about the two opening dramas-"Prison Break" and "Wild Dead".

The latter has completed all production, and the two small-scale internal trials have received extremely high evaluations; the post-production of the former has also reached the final stage, and it will be completed soon.

These are important resources for Netflix streaming business promotion.

Sandsea Entertainment promotes the shooting and production of multiple projects at the same time, not only is the outside staring, but also internal competition.

Uwe Ball's "Vampire Lane" crew and Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" crew also took a fancy to Ron Perlman, who has a very distinctive appearance, and both want to invite Ron Perlman to serve as an important role. As a result, the two personality directors got into trouble with Shahai Entertainment, and even called Ronan separately.

Ronan handled it neatly, called Uwe Ball and Guillermo del Toro to have a conference call, and asked the two directors to respect Ron Perlman's choice.

Actors like Ron Perlman are usually uninterested, but I didn't expect directors of both genres to like him very much.

Ronan thought about Ron Perlman's appearance, and it seemed very convincing. Ron Perlman, an actor with a strange appearance, seemed to be particularly suitable for playing some unusual roles.

In the end, Ron Palma chose Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" crew.

There is no other reason, "Hellboy" gave Ron-Pulma an absolute leading actor, but in "Vampire Lane", Uwe Ball prepared only a supporting actor role.

Perhaps Uwe Ball's directing ability is still as bad as ever, but after two films, other abilities have gradually been tempered. He actually contacted the relevant departments in Bulgaria and won a huge tax rebate. The crew went to Sofia to shoot.

In this way, the crew has added more than one million dollars to the budget out of thin air.

To be honest, ignoring the terrible production and shooting ability, how can people not like a real person like Brother Bao?

Even if Bao Ge can't get along in the directing industry, being an outreach producer is more than enough.

Ronan believes that Brother Bao is a talent, and at the last time, he can deter some shameless film critics who scold for the sake of scolding.

As soon as Brother Bao came out, the film critics avoided it!

It's a pity that Brother Bao still couldn't impress the love in his heart, and Ronan didn't make too many articles on the relationship between Blizzard and Vivendi.

As the summer season of 2004 begins, the North American film market is gradually becoming lively, especially the three films "Van Helsing", "Shrek 2" and "Troy" released in the first three weekends. Cities are almost everywhere.