Chapter 1608 Braving the Death Island

Bruckheimer arrived earlier than Yin Jun expected.

The next afternoon, he hurried to Yin Jun's office at United Artists Film Company.

"Master Jun!"

Bruckheimer's name in Cantonese means that there are as many standards as there are standards.

But after the greeting, he spoke in rapid American English, "You said this Christian is so willful that he wants to perform in an opera? Isn't this a joke? I've almost found a script for him, and I'm just waiting for him to play "Resident Evil" "Start shooting after that!"

"Calm down and sit down and talk." Yin Jun looked at him funny and poured him a glass of water. "We are all old friends. There is no need to act so impatient. If you have any questions, just say it."

Bruckheimer immediately blushed.

He knew that Yin Jun saw his pretentiousness, but being able to say it so directly meant that Yin Jun did not regard him as an outsider.

"Ahem, I'm worried too!" Bruckheimer took a sip of water and said, "You know, I'm very optimistic about Christian, and I'm going to build him up so that he can be as good as Schwarzenegger and Stallone. existence. But I didn’t expect him to be so brainless! Now it’s better, all the movies I prepared are useless!”

"What movie have you prepared for him?" Yin Jun asked.

"It's a spy movie similar to "Speed", but it hasn't been submitted to the company for review yet," Bruckheimer said.

"I have my own arrangements for you for the remaining three films of the company. I will temporarily put down the spy film." Yin Jun said calmly, "I have a film here. I will recommend a new actor to you, and then you give it to do it."

"Is it one of the remaining three?" Bruckheimer's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Yin Jun nodded.

He stood up and took out a script that he had prepared long ago from the safe next to him.

Bruckheimer took it and looked at it. There were titles written on it in both Chinese and English.

"THE ROCK"! ?

Bruckheimer picked up the script and started reading it.

He was used to reading Yin Jun's scripts. The first few pages must be the main content of this script.

Then comes the character settings, details, shots, etc.

So what he is reading now is the outline of the script.

The story is simple.

It's about a group of soldiers from the Navy's detective force who are dissatisfied with the U.S. government sending them to perform various undisclosed tasks. Their colleagues sacrificed their lives but had no way to get honors and compensation, so under General Hanmer Under the leadership of the army, they decided to strive for honor and compensation for these fallen colleagues.

So General Hammer led them to steal gas bombs and occupy Alcatraz, a small tourist island that was once an abandoned prison.

While controlling the hostages, they also aimed their warheads at the nearby urban area of ​​San Francisco.

Washington could only think of a way to completely destroy it while sending the best chemical experts to find a British agent who had escaped from Alcatraz Island and preparing the two to lead the commando team. , come and rescue the hostages by force.

The story mainly revolves around chemical experts, agents and General Hammer.

And then unexpected plot developments, various displays of human nature, thrilling action shootouts, various explosion shots...

This Yin Jun was not written in the script, but Bruckheimer, who now has rich experience, could see the energy contained in it at a glance.

Yes.

The Chinese name of this script is the familiar "Bravely Attack the Death Island".

This 1996 masterpiece is a super classic that must be mentioned in Bruckheimer's career. Bombshell's Battle for Fame is also a collaboration between Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery. It has always been in the hearts of American and even global movie fans. , an indelible classic.

It's not just action thrills, like shootouts, explosions, and a car chase in San Francisco.

More importantly, the core of the film it explores is very sad and melancholy.

This is one of those rare movies where you don't hate the villain.

On the contrary, it is said that among the movie reviews of that year, the most tragic character was the villain General Hammer.

There was nothing but sympathy for Hammer and his men.

Many people even felt that if General Hammer and his men could finally escape, it would be a happy outcome.

Yin Jun also liked General Han Mo's determination and sacrificial spirit to seek justice for his subordinates regardless of his own honor or safety.

Therefore, in this movie, General Han Mo's role has been strengthened a lot.

Including the 5-minute-long scene with General Han Mo in the first scene.

Memories, making up his mind, going to the cemetery to say goodbye to his wife... and when he passed by several soldiers in the honor guard, his resolute salute with his hands raised, all revealed his tragedy.

The more excellent he is written, the more tears he will earn when he dies unexpectedly in the end, and the discussion will be more intense.

Of course, some of the original scenes also need to be modified.

For example, when General Hanmer talked about fighting in the southern part of xx, Yin Jun changed it to Thailand.

There are also some plots of General Hanmer's soldiers who were shaken at the last moment, but Yin Jun also modified it to be more smooth and changed it into an accident.

After more than ten minutes, Bruckheimer put down the script after reading it twice.

"Good script!" Bruckheimer gave a thumbs up, "If this movie is made, it will definitely be a good and controversial movie! The box office will definitely be high!"

"Of course!" Yin Jun accepted the praise with a smile, "Jerry, the chemistry expert, let our Keanu Reeves star in the role, and you can choose the rest."

"good."

Bruckheimer nodded, very satisfied with Yin Jun's arrangement.

As a producer, you must have enough power, otherwise you will be ignored and become a puppet.

Of course, Bruckheimer will not be willing to be a puppet. What he wants to be is a gold medal producer with real power.

Although he signed a five-year, six-film contract with Qilin Culture, to a greater extent, the two parties have a cooperative relationship.

Yin Jun never regarded him as a subordinate, and even agreed that his own company would produce movies and then distribute them through the Kirin Group's distribution channels.

In "The Island", although the role of the chemical expert is the most important, the middle-aged British secret agent and General Hammer are both very outstanding characters.

Among Bruckheimer's entourage, there are also some people who he often collaborates with.

If they can star in United Artists Film Company's annual production, it will definitely be a qualification.

Especially since this script was written by Yin Jun, it is destined to become a big hit.

If you are lucky with the role you play, becoming famous will not be a problem at all.

It is a little regrettable that the British agents are at least 50 years old, and General Hammer should be in his 40s, so young actors cannot be cast.

But Bruckheimer was content.

With Yin Jun's status and strength, and his own script, you can choose two of the three protagonists, what else do you want?

"Christian, don't let him go." Yin Jun said thoughtfully, "Go to England to see him from time to time, and ask him not to give up on training and to increase his acting skills... When he comes back, Let’s work together to see if he is qualified to reach the top of the world!”

"I see."

Bruckheimer smiled.

He understood Yin Jun's meaning immediately.

In fact, by the time Fei Xiang returns to the United States, at most one movie, his contract with Qilin Culture will basically be over.

What Yin Jun is saying now is obviously that everyone will cooperate in the future.

And the method of cooperation must be similar to now, with Yin Jun writing the script, Fei Xiang starring, and Bruckheimer serving as producer.

Speaking of which, Bruckheimer actually took advantage.

Disney and United Artists are becoming more and more powerful now, and there are more and more producers and directors. It can be said that they are like a cloud of powerful people.

Yin Jun did not use one of his own, but chose Bruckheimer. This is the best affirmation of Bruckheimer's ability.

"By the way, Mr. Jun." Bruckheimer suddenly remembered what he felt was wrong just now, "In "The Island of Braveness," we used the shady stories and contradictions in the navy. Isn't it a bit inappropriate? "

"Um?"

Looking at Yin Jun's surprised eyes, Bruckheimer smiled and said, "Have you forgotten? In the previous "Top Gun", didn't we highly praise the Navy and Army Flying Team? Now to change hands is to give them a knife, right? Isn’t it easy to destroy the relationship we had just established?”

"oh."

Yin Jun patted his head.

"Bravely Entering the Island of Death" was written several years ago, and was completed the year before last. Of course, I didn't pay attention to these small details.

Bruckheimer is right.

You just said good things about the navy and the army, but you immediately listed them as villains. Your stance is too unfirm.

It is also easy to lose the favor of the navy.

"Well, let's change it to Army." Yin Jun thought for a while and made a decision.

"OK!"

Bruckheimer took out his pen and took notes.

Then he asked, "What's the budget for this film?"

"Fifty million US dollars!" Yin Jun had already made a decision in his mind. "There are no big names in terms of actors. The most important thing is the special effects of explosions, speeding cars, and gun battles. You should keep an eye on these projects closely... I think these projects will definitely be popular in the future." It is used more and more in movies, so we should develop it well."

Bruckheimer nodded and said: "Yes, I think so too. But compared to "Beverly Hills Cop", its overall macro effect is more prominent, and the production cost will also be much higher. Once it is If there are problems with the script and rhythm, it is very likely that huge sums of money will be wasted, resulting in serious losses."

"It's good if you understand." Yin Jun smiled brightly.

Bruckheimer suddenly felt that Yin Jun's smile was quite meaningful.

But he didn't ask further.

As everyone knows, Yin Jun really thinks like this.

The biggest setback in Bruckheimer's and Bombay's lives was that they both worked on the same movie.

Well, we should also add the booming DreamWorks.

The three of them jointly produced a blockbuster with a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The name is

"Pearl Harbor".

As a result, the special effects were very good and the actors were excellent, but the plot was a mess, and in the end it was also a mess.

This directly caused DreamWorks to fall into serious losses, and Bruckheimer also lost tens of millions of dollars.

The bomb shell was even worse, and he was almost shot to death on the beach.

If Spielberg hadn't recognized the talent in the end and asked him to film "Transformers", Bombshell would have lost its future glory!

Bruckheimer also quit such war films because of this, and would not touch them even if they were shot to death.

Then he was lucky enough to write a theme like "Pirates of the Caribbean", which, coupled with Disney's strong publicity, became a global sensation and brought him billions in box office and countless peripheral income.

Only DreamWorks has failed to recover, and was finally acquired by others, leaving only regrets!