Chapter 1556: Ghostly New Project

"Have you decided to cooperate?" Yang Cheng asked.

Xiao Lizi hesitated a little, "I've read the script, and it is undoubtedly Quentin's consistent style, but it involves some sensitive plots. I am worried that I will be frustrated in the market, so I haven't decided yet."

Yang Cheng grasped the crux of the problem, "Sensitive plot? Religion involved?"

Xiao Lizi shook his head, "No, it might have something to do with Ru Hua."

Yang Cheng stared, "Ru Hua? Quentin is not an idiot, so he wouldn't offend the country Z market by doing this, right?"

Xiao Lizi scratched his head, "No, no, it's not that he is prejudiced against country Z, it's just a plot in the movie, which teases and satirizes Bruce Lee, you know that Bruce is a symbol of the Chinese, I'm worried that the Chinese world won't be able to accept this plot. "

As expected of Xiao Lizi, she has a very keen sense of smell, knowing who can offend and who can't be touched.

However, Yang Cheng is not surprised at all. Quentin has always been a believer in Xiangjiang Films, and he has always adhered to the doctrine of borrowing. This is not the first time he has used Bruce Lee as a hindrance.

In the film "Reservoir Dogs", he borrowed a lot of scenes from "Blood Heroes", which is enough to show that Quentin is very obsessed with oriental culture. For two years, Quentin willfully fulfilled his martial arts dream , "Kill Bill" two parts came out one after another, making more oriental movie fans know this movie genius for a while.

I also realized that this great director is uninhibited, and even blatantly used the superstar in the hearts of the Chinese as a hindrance, which caused him trouble a lot.

In Kill Bill, Quentin puts Uma Thurman, who once shined in "Pulp Fiction", in a Bruce Lee-style one-piece tracksuit, picked up the RB katana, and started the revenge killing.

When Uma Thurman brandished the samurai sword in his hand and cut off the heads like leeks, the screen was full of flesh and blood, and the picture turned black and white at this moment. When Yang Cheng was watching that movie, he almost thought he was Blind.

But then it was an eye-opener. It turned out that movies can still be made like this?

Anyway, before reading the script, Yang Cheng thought it was a way of paying homage similar to "Kill Bill". Although it is a very uncomfortable thing for Bruce Lee to put on RB's cultural logo, but people , still need some entertainment spirit.

But Xiao Lizi's worry made him have to think more, the plot that can make Xiao Lizi afraid is probably worth discussing.

"Can you show me the script?"

Xiao Li shook his head, "I haven't brought the script, so let me dictate it to you. By the way, before I talk about the plot, I want to emphasize to you that Quentin is going to invite me and Brad Pitt to co-star, and Margot Robbie will be in it." The heroine, and Al Pacino will come out and play a role."

Yang Cheng trembled after hearing this long list of names. Quentin is going to make trouble, not to mention that Al Pacino, the great god, is a combination of three leading actors. Explosive, at least in the early days of the release, there is no need to worry about the box office at all.

As for the future trend, Yang Cheng feels that as long as Quentin doesn't try to kill himself, the most popular result should not be too bad.

After talking about the cast lineup that he was planning to play, Xiao Lizi began to tell the plot, but he asked, "The name of the project is "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", the plot is also very gimmicky, and it is adapted from real people.

The timeline is set in Los Angeles in 1969. At that time, American society was experiencing the rise of rebellious culture, ZZ turmoil, the old film system and concepts were being disintegrated, the vigorous development of the TV industry, and the impact of new European films were like a strong wind. The torrential rain hit Hollywood at that time.

In that year, a major event that shocked the world happened in Hollywood-one night in 1969, the police found five bloody corpses in the home of the famous genius director Roman Polanski. "

Yang Cheng nodded slightly. He knew about it. Roman Polanski was also a frequent visitor to the Oscars and the world's three major film festivals. He was also one of Li Eu's favorite directors.

Roman is good at digging out the evil of human nature and criticizing the crime of human nature in film creation.

Known as the "Master of Evil" in the history of film.

Xiao Li’s voice continued, “Those who were murdered that night in 1969 were Roman Polanski’s 26-year-old wife Sharon Tate, who was six months pregnant, and the hostess’ friends and servants.

According to the police's description, the murderer's method of committing the crime was extremely vicious. When they arrived, the corpse was hung in the air.

Later, under investigation by the police, it was discovered that the murderer was Charles Manson, the leader of the cult organization Manson Family at that time.

The motive for the murder is most likely caused by Roman Polanski's works, because there are descriptions of cult organizations in "The Devil's Child" directed by him, some of which may have aroused Charles Manson's dissatisfaction.

Of course, there are also sayings that this is just a pure revenge social behavior of the cult organization.

But this is not important, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is adapted from this background.

Among them, Pete and I are likely to be arranged to play the actor and his stand-in who are struggling to become popular in Hollywood, and Margot Robbie will play Sharon Tate, the romantic wife who was killed in reality.

In the story, Margot and I are neighbors. "

Yang Cheng wondered, "Why is Bruce Lee here?"

Xiao Li smiled, "Bruce Lee used to be Roman Polanski's personal trainer, and his lost pair of sunglasses will become the physical evidence of this murder case, which may involve some plots to vilify Bruce, such as being knocked down by ordinary people, talking Arrogant, bragging, arrogant, etc., of course there are positive scenes."

Yang Cheng nodded to express his understanding. He didn't know whether this plot would arouse strong opposition from Bruce Lee fans, or even the entire Chinese world.

In the eyes of Hollywood, as long as he can make money, his boss can blackmail him at will, let alone a star?

Let's take the film's loss of the Chinese market as an established fact for the time being. Is it possible to recover the investment if it is only released in the Western market?

Just after listening to the list that Xiao Lizi mentioned, Yang Cheng knew that the investment in this project would not be small, at least half of it would be used to pay the actors, and the rest could be used for production.

Judging from the market situation that Xiao Lizi just got the Golden Man, the investment budget of this project is conservatively estimated to be 80 million US dollars, leaving some room for surprises, and it is very easy to invest hundreds of millions.

How much box office will it take to recoup the cost?

No matter what, it will cost 400 million US dollars!

Quentin's style is definitely not a family movie. An R-rated movie can't run. With an R-rated movie, it is still very difficult to get a box office of 400 million US dollars under the premise of losing the Chinese market~

Seeing Yang Cheng pondering, Xiao Lizi couldn't help saying, "You can think about it seriously. I heard from Quentin that this is a script he has been preparing for five years, and it is also the most important project he has ever valued. The investment will not be small."

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