Chapter 520： Violating jokes

Hollywood, in the conference room of the Paramount headquarters, the former Lehmann had been here many times, and he was familiar with finding a place to sit.

However, there were actually only a few people sitting in Nuoda's space. Except for Lehman, Shirley Lansing and an executive from the marketing department and the production department were not too lively.

Of course, in fact, there is no need for too many people to participate in the discussion. With the current reputation and achievements of Lehman, there is no need for the board of directors to doubt it. Naturally, no other irrelevant people can intervene.

Lyman sat in his seat, while the others were flipping through the script for the new play.

After all, even if you believe in Lehmann's strength, you need to review the entire shooting plan, and the basis of the project is of course what kind of story to tell, and how the audience of the story can estimate the shooting risk in order to decide the amount of investment and the preference of resources. How many.

As for the plot of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", it's actually quite simple and old-fashioned.

A couple who have been married for five or six years, have been living a life without turbulence, and then have a marital crisis. They all feel that marriage is a grave, so that the psychiatrist can not solve the gap between the two, and then the two suddenly have a problem. He was frequently attacked by killers, and he saved the danger many times, only to realize that he had never understood his lover's past...

Is it cliché? conventional.

There are not 100 or 90 works similar to the marriage crisis.

But even so, "Mrs. & Mrs. Smith" still has a little something new from the past works - if there is no point of view, this work Ryman will not come out.

That's because the two protagonists' identities are set quite strangely. The two retired legendary killers didn't know each other's identities at first, so they concealed it...

"Everyone, what do you think of this work? Do you still need to change it?"

Seeing that several people were thinking after reading the script, Lehmann took the initiative to ask the question of his views on the script.

"It's very interesting. Some scenes are very comical just by imagining them." The director of the production department said first.

Of course, the deep meaning in his words is whether the plot is simpler.

"I would like to ask what is the main selling point of this work?" The marketing director asked doubtfully from his own standpoint.

"The essence of this script is still an action-type story theme, and the most representative of today's action films is Jack Cheng (Jackie Chan is now in Hollywood, and he is still prosperous, and his salary is approaching the $20 million mark. , more popular than most Hollywood movie stars) and special action movies such as "007", "Bourne Bourne", "Mission Impossible". But most of the action themes, as long as the story can be simplified, it should be simple Move closer, because action scenes take up a lot of space to describe, and the corresponding narrative shots have to give in, as everyone knows."

Shirley Lansing nodded.

Is it that the filming should be prioritized? There should be more action and less narrative, otherwise it will be procrastinated - this is also the reason why there are very few characters and scene transitions in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

"In this movie, I want to move closer to the witty actions of Jack Cheng, so there are many jokes and contrasts deliberately arranged in it, such as sleeping together in bed for so long, and the lover still hiding his true identity, such as the early morning in the house. It was arranged as a arsenal. The two thought that the other side would not know about it. As a result, after a quarrel, they took out their weapons from the gaps in the toilet and kitchen storage compartments, and shot them... This strong sense of disobedience is the biggest part of the film. The selling point, as for the story, is to serve the identity of the two killers, so it should be as simple as possible but logical." - Lehman's request for the screenwriter is to give this kind of violation from the account of the event to the design of the daily dialogue lines. feasibility.

"If I really want to talk about the shortcomings, this story has no depth, it is not good to watch, and the laughter will pass. It is impossible for the box office to explode, but the profit risk is still very low, because action movies similar to comedies have a wide audience base, and for the sake of Deliberate and deliberate, with large traces, it is also a problem, but in any case, it does not affect the development of the overall situation."

Several of them listened carefully and thoughtfully.

Shirley Lansing said, "Then what do you think the movie's box office expectations will be?"

"100 million locally, 300 million globally." - Well, this is still a low estimate. The previous movie had a box office figure of 470 million, but what if there is a mistake in the face?

It is not as good as the expected value to give a low point, and the situation will be shown at that time.

Of course, it is already a very good goal to have 300 million in the world. At least, Paramount is very satisfied.

After all, there was no film that achieved such a box office last year, it can be said to be very embarrassing...

Later, Lehman added: "The shooting method of this film is completely different from that of traditional action films. The fighting tends to be fierce and cool. In short, it is to make the audience watch both refreshing and funny. It is best to find someone who is suitable for this kind of film. type of director."

Shirley Lansing heard another meaning from Lyman's words, and quickly said, "You mean you won't be the director of this movie?"

"Hmm I'm not suitable." - This is of course nonsense, but with the audience popularity that Lehmann has accumulated so far, he won't accept this kind of work that is too popcorn - it feels like it is shot. I'm embarrassed to admit that it's my own kind. As far as the identities of the male and female protagonists are set, it's not bad. The rest of the plot is not as good as an action movie full of Jackie Chan's style. If you replace Jackie Chan with a white man, you won't be rejected by Hollywood, for sure More hot, not just an absolute action superstar in Southeast Asia.

You must know that, even so, Jackie Chan has made a breakthrough in an environment where discrimination is ubiquitous in Hollywood.

In that sentence, the plot is so simple that it seems that one person can act, but do you dare to fight for your life?

Those dangerous scenes, jumping from a building, climbing a plane, he really did it, not using a stand-in or a camera cut, but actually doing it once, if it doesn't work, just do it twice, dancing at the gate of **** again and again, Only people have the status they have today - many people have a bad opinion of him, it can only be said that his personal morality is bad, his professional attitude is not black, and his **** is really nothing in Hollywood...

Of course, this does not mean that Layman in "Mrs. & Mrs. Smith" prefers Jackie Chan to play - appreciation is for appreciation, and it is better to mix interests.

Not to mention that his remuneration does not match his appeal, he started it rashly. The project "Mrs. and Mrs. Smith" may not necessarily sell as well as in his previous life - white people marrying as a couple is called political correctness. Sets, even black people can't do it, it's easy to arouse the audience's rebellious psychology.

After all, how the Lighthouse State is boasting about freedom and equality, that kind of arrogant and naked social exclusion can still be seen everywhere...

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