Chapter 876: Plasma Feast

Compared with Frank Darabont, Drew Gundam's resume is much worse, but he has two obvious advantages.

First of all, and most importantly, his philosophy is almost the same as that of Ronan. In the relevant plans submitted to Shahai Entertainment, the focus is all on the horror of this doomsday world and survival in the face of the threat of zombies, rather than revealing life. Tall themes such as truth or the darkness of human nature.

Secondly, Drew Gundam seems to have a low reputation and a mediocre resume. In fact, he has been in the industry for a long time and has worked for Relativity Entertainment for many years.

Since Jeff Abrams filmed "Taken," Drew Goddard has been working for Relativity Entertainment, including "Taken 2," which will be released this holiday. Ramsay's deputy.

In the "Lost" drama that has finished all filming, Drew Goddard directed two of the episodes as the director. Ronan has already seen the first cut version, which can be said to be quite good.

This is not the first time that Drew Goddard has directed a series independently. As early as the late 1990s, he cooperated with Joss Whedon and served as the series director of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and later participated in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Angel" and "Double Agent".

That's why he got the joint recommendation of Joss Whedon and Jeff Abrams.

It's hard to say for Joss Whedon, after all, he just cooperated with Relativity Entertainment, and the "Hulk" project he directed is still in the early stages of preparation.

But Jeff Abrams is a long-term partner of Relativity Entertainment, with a very good vision and ability, and Ronan trusts him to a certain extent.

There is also an equally crucial point. Compared with directors such as Frank Darabont, Drew Gundam can be said to be Relativity Entertainment's own person.

With many years of experience in the industry, similar creative ideas, experience of independently directing successful drama series, and the endorsement of a well-known director who has cooperated with Relativity Entertainment for many years, Ronan has no reason to choose a director whose artistic concept is floating in the air, and give up A more down-to-earth director.

After determining the director, the crew quickly began to recruit actors.

Ronan doesn't remember who the actors used to be, but the most indispensable thing in Hollywood is actors.

In addition to this project, another horror thriller TV series project is also steadily advancing.

Before that, Shahai Entertainment specially sent people to collect horror materials across the United States. Among them, the part about the Warrens was specially reserved for Wen Ziren, and part of the rest of the materials were adapted into TV series scripts.

This project was also named "American Horror Story" by Ronan.

According to Ronan's request, the scale of this series will be very large, including elements such as plasma, horror and passion, and will not be smaller than the scale of HBO and other Huangbao TV series.

To be precise, the first season will be a blood feast in a retro style.

As long as the scale is large enough, this kind of drama will definitely have an audience.

Moreover, Shahai Entertainment has collected too much material, among which there will be many widely circulated horror stories.

The audience of this drama must be the group over the age of eighteen.

But the horror genre also has a fair amount of empowerment among teens, especially those online.

Ronan specifically confessed to the production department of Shahai Entertainment, using the extensive material collected, to see if it is possible to create a thrilling and mysterious drama series for teenagers.

There was once a Netflix teenage mystery thriller series. Although Ronan has never watched it, he has heard the name "Little 11" frequently mentioned by colleagues around him and entertainment news on the Internet more than once.

This caused him not to remember the name of the episode, but firmly remembered "Little 11".

It seems that many people or the media are saying that this "little 11" has a bright future in Hollywood.

Most child stars in Hollywood die as adults, but quite a few are hugely successful, even better than they were when they were kids.

The audience of teenagers cannot be ignored. They surf the Internet more frequently, and their consumption is often irrational. As long as the episodes are attractive, the probability of buying a Netflix membership is very high.

Netflix streaming media attaches great importance to this market, and has also communicated with Shahai Entertainment several times, requesting to increase the development of related dramas.

The second season of "Gossip Girl" has been prepared and will start filming soon.

But just one "Gossip Girl" is far from meeting the future needs of Netflix's streaming media, and Shahai Entertainment naturally needs new teenage themes.

The teenage thriller mystery theme, under Ronan's suggestion, temporarily uses "Little 11" as the project code name.

In addition, Ronan and Shahai Entertainment are also looking for new drama material.

Quite unexpectedly, Robert Iger suggested a project to Ronan, specifically the director-producer who had previously worked with Walt Disney.

Recently, between Maple Leaf Pictures, Disney and New York, Robert Iger finally had time to chat with Ronan about Disney affairs for a long time, and also discussed the next step.

The two had lunch together, and Robert Iger suddenly asked, "I heard you launched a blacklist plan?"

Ronan held black tea, took a sip, and said, "Expanding the company's material collection, the effect is not bad. In the first batch of blacklists, we have finalized two projects."

It should have just come from London that John Wilson and the people from the legal department reached an agreement with the British producer to buy out the copyright of the remake of "Shameless" for 5 million pounds.

The show just aired its first season in the UK and hasn't gotten much attention yet.

Robert Iger said: "I also have a project recommendation."

"You too?" Ronan became interested: "Bob, have you read the script recently?"

In Relativity Entertainment, Robert Iger has never been involved in the production of specific movies or TV series.

Robert Iger said: "A director and producer I used to know at Disney came to me two days ago and pitched me his TV series project."

"Disney?" Ronan wondered.

Robert Iger said: "You know the situation at Disney. It has become more and more chaotic recently, and it has begun to affect the company's daily operations. Steven Pateman has repeatedly promoted his new project to Disney, but has not received any response. , so they found me."

Ronan pinched his chin and asked, "Steven Pateman, this name sounds familiar."

Robert Iger said: "He is also an experienced director and producer in the industry. He has worked with Barbra Streisand in "Coquettish" before, and two years ago he also made the movie "How to Get a Rich Lady" .”

Barbra Streisand Ronan knows that this is the most successful crossover star in Hollywood.

Ronan asked, "Do you know the specifics of the project?"

"I didn't read the script or anything, but it's a teen sitcom that Steven Pateman said." Robert Iger simply said: "I've known Steven Pateman for many years, and he's a great idea. , and a very reliable director and producer, that's why I recommend you."

Ronan knew Robert Iger, and if Steven Pateman was unreliable, he would never have mentioned it.

"Okay." Ronan said: "Whenever he has time, let him come directly to me."

"I'll give him a call," said Robert Iger.

The call was made, and there was a quick response from the other side. Steven Pateman happened to be working at the headquarters of the Film Academy in Beverly Hills, and immediately rushed to the Relativity Building.

Worried about affecting Ronan's judgment, after introducing Steven Patman to Ronan, Robert Iger took the initiative to leave, expressing with practical actions that he would not participate in the content production business.

"This is the script of the project." Steven Pateman opened the briefcase and took out relevant materials: "This is the plan."

Ronan took the script, and on it was a woman's name, Hannah Montana.

This should be the title of the play, Hollywood has always had a tradition of naming directly after the protagonist.

"The script of the project was created by Michelle Boyes, but the copyright is already in my hands." Steven Pettman introduced the situation of the project as much as possible: "Don't worry about the copyright issue."

Ronan flipped through the script and asked, "It is said that you originally planned to cooperate with Disney?"

Steven Pateman said with a smile: "I have been working with Disney, but Disney's situation..." He shook his head: "At this stage, Disney is not a good partner."

For people with certain qualifications in Hollywood, especially directors and producers, cooperation is often a two-way choice.

Ronan frowned slightly, looking at the script: "It seems that something is missing?"

"It's a teen music sitcom, and Michelle Boyers and I don't know how to make music, and the songs need to be made by professionals," said Steven Pateman.

Ronan nodded slowly. Music is the key to the success of this show.

However, if it succeeds, it is very likely to become a popular youth idol drama, and the heroine in it may even become popular.

Just like the heroine in the script, become a big star!

In the script story, the heroine is a split person: half is an ordinary person, and the other half is a popular singer.

The ordinary identity of the heroine is a middle school student, but the other identity is actually Hannah Montana, an idol star who is popular all over the United States. She has been hiding her brown hair with a golden wig, so no one has ever recognized her. Her true identity, she and her family and friends laughed a lot in order to keep a secret.

It's a sitcom, but it has a lot of Hannah Montana in it.

These are not going through the motions, but really want to sing.

What Ronan said before is that the script is incomplete, that is, the songs in all the singing scenes are completely blank.

Few screenwriters and producers understand pop music creation, which requires professionals, or even a professional team to create.

"I've approached a couple of music-making groups," said Steven Pateman at this point, "but needed funding to get started."

Ronan closed the script, looked at the name of "Hannah-Montana" on the cover, and couldn't help thinking of a word.

The Hannah Montana who once carried forward the concept of "camel toe" thoroughly.

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