Chapter 934: Last Stand

The latest website: Not as expected by Ronan, the first draft script written by the Nolan Brothers was directly translated and called "Foundation", 90% of the main plot is almost the same as that of "Inception".

Ronan remembered very clearly that "Inception" was just a translation of China Film, and the original English name of the film had nothing to do with the four characters "Inception".

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

Christopher Nolan said with a smile: "This is a sci-fi theme. After "Fatal Magic" and "Dark Knight", I want to try a new theme."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "The concept is sci-fi, but the movie needs something to watch. I think some action elements should be added."

Christopher Nolan has always been a commercial director, and that has never changed: "Me and Jonathan had the same idea. Originally, after I had the initial idea, Jonathan wanted to make it a full-on action movie, but I remember you saying However, the old-fashioned traditional action movies are outdated, and the pure action genre is not suitable for my ideas. This movie is about dreams and memories. The combination of sci-fi and action is the most suitable way.”

Ronan agrees: "Dreams are a high-level concept, and action elements help make such a high-level concept easy to understand."

As an investor and producer, you must consider the market. Any large-scale commercial film that does not consider the box office and market is a brain-dead behavior.

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

He glanced at Ronan and continued: "I always think this is a very interesting and contradictory point of view, that is, in dreams, whether it is fear, happiness, or idealized state, it is actually the human brain, mind , the uncontrollable things created by ideology, and the imaginary space created by dreams is extraordinary. I have been thinking about how to show this infinite energy on the big screen, from a very humanistic point of view with a large-scale sci-fi Expressed in the form of an action movie."

Ronan nodded slowly, as if thinking.

Christopher Nolan added: "The core idea of ​​this movie is that the generation of a concept is actually equivalent to a parasite with extremely elastic vitality. The traces of its crawling will always exist somewhere in your brain. If someone The ability to invade your dream space, to do things in a very real way, and even to steal a very private concept, this kind of entry point into the storytelling can be very fascinating.

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Ronan patted the script lightly, and said, "Chris, this is what attracts me the most about your script. It's full of entertainment, diverse and horrifying, and anything can happen."

Christopher Nolan asked: "This project..."

Ronan said: "I have confidence in you. You submit the script directly to Shahai Entertainment, and they will negotiate with you on the progress of the project as quickly as possible."

Although such trust is a good thing, Christopher Nolan feels that there are some things that must be said first: "Ronan, this project may require a very high investment. I made a preliminary estimate, about 150 million US dollars. In addition, I I hope there will be enough time to finish this movie, because what I want to express in it is something 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 Sandsea Entertainment list "Foundation" as the company's first major project."

"Thank you." Christopher Nolan said sincerely: "Ronan, thank you for your support all the time."

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

Christopher Nolan swears: "It will."

The former "Inception" may have some mystique, but it is also a classic among commercial films, and has achieved both box office and word-of-mouth.

This one, together with "The Dark Knight", also made Christopher Nolan a god among movie fans.

Even, as a director, Christopher Nolan is like a big-name star, with a huge number of crazy fans.

The IMDB ranking battle between "The Dark Knight" and "The Godfather" and "Shawshank's Redemption" once changed the IMDB scoring rules.

These three factions of fans attacked each other, and there was a melee, which can be called the biggest spectacle in the history of IMDB.

When Ronan left, Christopher Nolan mentioned that after filming "The Dark Knight", Christian Bale accepted Twentieth Century Fox's invitation to participate in "Terminator 4", which Twentieth Century Fox has confirmed to be a project. shooting.

Twentieth Century Fox has revealed a lot about this new project, with a production budget of $200 million!

And that's without counting the cost of 20th Century Fox getting back the rights from Warner Bros.

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

With practical actions, Ronan allowed Twentieth Century Fox to snatch back 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, it contacted James Cameron and wanted to invite James Cameron to be the producer or screenwriter.

However, James Cameron has a contract with Relativity Entertainment, and he will continue to work hard for the filming and production of "Avatar" in the past two years. In addition, he has a shadow on the cooperation with 20th Century Fox, so he rejected 20th Century Fox without hesitation. invite.

The production budget alone is as high as 200 million U.S. dollars, and 20th Century Fox can't help but pay attention to it.

Ronan also didn't know, which executive of 20th Century Fox actually thought of a coup, poaching personnel who cooperated with Relativity Entertainment and achieved great success to join the "Terminator 4" project.

Christian Bale is just one of the candidates being poached by 20th Century Fox.

They approached the Nolan brothers, but they were all rejected by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan. Not to mention other things, the work at hand of these two people has already filled their schedules for the next few years.

Twentieth Century Fox finally chose Paul Haggis, who has worked with Relativity Entertainment, the director, screenwriter and producer of "Crash", who will serve as the screenwriter and executive producer of "Terminator 4". Filmmaker.

Both of Paul Haggis' previous screenwriting works were famous, which gave 20th 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 Guillermo del Toro. The negotiations between the two parties have reached the point where they can sign a contract at any time stage.

Guillermo del Toro is very interested in robotics projects.

It is also reported that after completing "Pan's Labyrinth", Guillermo del Toro is also looking for a new long-term partner, and has sold the robot and monsters he mentioned to Ronan to many companies. film project.

Although there is no clear news from Twentieth Century Fox, Ronan infers that since Twentieth Century Fox and Guillermo del Toro are all interested in cooperating, it is estimated that Twentieth Century Fox will invest in the filming of Guillermo del Toro in the future. Robots and Monsters Project.

This possibility is extremely high.

Speaking of it, Ronan also admires it. Twentieth Century Fox's treatment of Relativity Entertainment is, to some extent, similar to Relativity Entertainment's treatment of Walt Disney.

Twentieth Century Fox snatched one film project after another from Relativity Entertainment, and also tried its best to attract talents who had long-term cooperation with Relativity Entertainment.

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

Ronan has been watching, and Relativity has no reason to stop the likes of Paul Haggis, Christian Bale, and Guillermo del Toro from working with 20th Century Fox. After all, these people do not have long-term contracts with Relativity Entertainment. There is no non-compete clause.

In any case, they have the freedom to work with any studio.

Ronan just let The Theory of Relativity Entertainment accumulate more funds and more resources, let Robert Iger continue to make relevant plans according to changes in the situation, and wait for opportunities that may arise in the future.

If you don't move, you will succeed with one blow.

Twentieth Century Fox still looks strong, and this summer has released several heavyweight films, the most eye-catching of which is undoubtedly "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" adapted from Marvel comics.

This is also the end of 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" trilogy. Its production budget is as high as 210 million U.S. dollars. weekend.

Maybe it was Marvel Entertainment’s long-term harassment that affected 20th Century Fox, or maybe it was the new comics of "Fantastic Four" that brought negative effects. In this "X-Men" movie, 20th Century Fox did A lot of irrational choices were made.

For example, Phoenix Girl completely blackened and killed Professor X.

For example, Wolverine and Phoenix Girl get together, green dead Cyclops.

For example, Wolverine finally killed Phoenix Girl.

In short, the relationship is a mess, and the handling is relatively bad, and the word-of-mouth of the film is not ideal.

But the first two "X-Men" have accumulated a large number of fans. This is not only a sequel, but also a gimmick at the end of the trilogy. The premiere attendance rate of "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" is still amazing.

In its first weekend in North America, "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" grossed $102.75 million.

Including Monday's Memorial Day holiday, the four-day box office grossed $122.86 million!