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Not a good trend? Ronan asked, Which aspect?

Tom Cruise said: I have been notified that the Screen Actors Union is preparing to strike.

Will Smith then said: I have also been notified.

Ronan was not surprised by this. The preliminary negotiations between the Producers Union and the three major labor unions of actors, directors and screenwriters were not going well. strike gesture.

The negotiation of the new contract is not progressing smoothly. Ronan said slowly: The differences between labor and management are relatively large.

Tom Cruise asked: Isn't it really going to be a strike?

Strictly speaking, both employers and employees do not want to see strikes happen.

Ronan said frankly: I'm not sure either. Negotiation is an art of compromise. Both labor and management need to compromise with each other. It depends on whether we can find a balance of interests in the next two months.

Will-Smith said: Let's hope it doesn't happen.

Ronan said: This is not something that we alone can decide, you two should pay attention.

Understood. Tom Cruise said: Although Will and I also have a production company, we are actors first. Once there is a situation, we must stand with the actors union.

Both of them are smart people, and Will Smith said: Tom and I are laborers, and you are employers. Ronan, then we will be on opposite sides.

Ronan waved his hand and joked, Don't worry, I won't let anyone kill you two.

Both Tom Cruise and Will Smith laughed. They are very clear that since they enjoy the benefits and protection of the trade union, they must bear corresponding responsibilities.

Ronan reminded: In the projects you invest in, if there are scripts that have not been completed, hurry up in the past two months.

Tom Cruise heard something and asked, There's going to be a problem with the Writers Guild.

No one in the alliance cares too much about the screenwriters' union. Ronan didn't need to hide it, because this is something that everyone in Hollywood knows: Including me, they will not easily agree to the conditions of the screenwriters' union. Is it possible that the trade unions will be treated the same way? The differences are so great that it is almost impossible to reconcile them.

Will Smith gets it: Like 1988.

Ronan nodded slightly: It's very possible. He added: Although the management will face some difficulties, it's not that there are no screenwriters available. You should know that the screenwriters union has a high entry threshold, and there are too many screenwriters in the industry. Not members of the union, and screenwriters who come to Hollywood from overseas to develop, rarely join the screenwriters union.

Tom Cruise said: The producer has a certain confidence, and will not compromise with the screenwriters union, so...

Ronan said: It's just a possibility. How it develops depends on the negotiations in the next two months.

Both Will Smith and Tom Cruise know that Ronan is a core member of the producers' union. Since he said so, the future situation may not be very good.

They also need to make proper preparations in advance so as not to be caught off guard.

The three of them then had dinner together, and the weekend party was declared over, and they left the Beverly clubhouse.

Ronan also reminded the two friends to prepare for the upcoming chaos in Hollywood.

This weekend, Relativity Entertainment's Zombie Paradise was officially released. This joyful zombie movie is still quite popular. It grossed $32.1 million during its opening weekend in North America, and the final North American box office is expected to reach $100 million.

In the past two years, zombie movies have begun to recover, and the number of zombie movies on the market has increased significantly, and there have been more and more commercial success stories.

Zombie films have a tendency to rush from the minority to the more popular.

The type of comedy plus zombies seems to be very interesting.

After confirming that director Edgar Wright will continue to direct, Sand Sea Entertainment also plans to continue to promote the second film.

The movie is a huge success, and it would be a waste not to serialize it.

Regardless of all walks of life, waste is extremely shameful.

No matter whether the economic crisis occurs or not, no matter whether there will be a general strike in the Hollywood circle, Relativity Entertainment is still developing rapidly, steadily advancing one project after another.

Although the proportion of Relativity Entertainment's revenue directly coming from movies is constantly shrinking, and various peripheral products account for more than 80%, but the basis of all this is content that is popular with the public.

As such, content production remains a top priority for Relativity Entertainment.

Also this week, Pharaoh and the Gods ended all screenings worldwide, and the global box office finally accumulated a total of 113.56 million US dollars.

Even if there are subsequent DVDs and various peripheral copyright income, this epic blockbuster by 20th Century Fox is still a commercial failure. It takes an extremely long time to accumulate the total investment of nearly 200 million US dollars.

First came Kingdom of Heaven, and then Pharaoh and the Gods. Two consecutive top-tier productions failed miserably. The situation Ridley Scott faced can be imagined.

If the failure of Kingdom of Heaven can be pushed to the executive producers of 20th Century Fox, Ridley Scott got almost all the power in Pharaohs and Gods, and the film is still screwed up up...

With great power comes great responsibility. Ridley Scott was naturally on the 20th Century Fox cooperation blacklist.

It is terrible to screw up two big-budget movies in a row. Not only 20th Century Fox, but many Hollywood film companies have blacklisted Ridley Scott.

At least the blacklist of big-budget movie projects.

That is, when the industry was looking down, Ridley Scott received an invitation to cooperate from Relativity Entertainment.

Relativity Entertainment sent Ridley Scott a sci-fi script.

Relativity Entertainment is very sincere. The agent said to Ridley Scott: They think you are very suitable to direct this science fiction project.

Ridley Scott was surprised: Other companies can't wait to never cooperate with me again, but Relativity Entertainment took the initiative to come to invite me...

The agent said: It is said that it was Ronan Anderson's proposal.

Ridley Scott, who has never cooperated with Relativity Entertainment, looked at the script in his hand and said, I'll take a look first, and I'll talk about it tomorrow.

For Ridley Scott, he is no stranger to sci-fi projects. He has directed many sci-fi films in the past, such as Alien and Blade Runner can be classified as sci-fi films.

But Ridley Scott quickly discovered the difference in this script. Although Survival on Mars seems nonsense, it is obviously a technological flow and belongs to the type of hard science fiction.

This kind of film requires highly professional knowledge and technical guidance from professional departments from the preparatory period to shooting, which is much more difficult to shoot than ordinary science fiction films.

Hard sci-fi was exciting, but Ridley Scott had his doubts.

Nowadays, hard sci-fi movies have long since declined, and have gradually faded out of the sequence of mainstream Hollywood commercial movies. Among the top ten box office rankings in North America every year, it is difficult to see hard sci-fi genres anymore, and even hard sci-fi movies are not very popular. Well, there hasn't been a very good hard SF published in recent years.

Many people are also afraid of reading science fiction, especially hard science fiction, mainly because they feel that there are too many scientific terms and scientific concepts are too advanced to fully understand.

This script is different.

Not only can Ridley Scott understand it easily, but he also becomes more interested in watching it, a bit like the feeling of encountering Alien back then.

The script solved this problem very cleverly, and pointed out the background and theme of the short story very early: the astronaut hero who had an accident needs to survive on Mars alone for a year and a half.

Moreover, the timing of the entire story and the technological means used for Mars exploration seem to be based on various versions of NASA’s Mars program in reality. All the solutions for the hero’s survival are also step by step. Figured it out.

Every time the male protagonist encounters a problem, he basically follows this development pattern—analyze the problem, make a hypothesis, conduct small-scale verification, determine the plan, and implement it...

In this way, even he, the reader, felt that every detail was unbelievably real.

This palpable sense of reality is probably the most fascinating part of this script.

Some people say that the biggest compliment to hard science fiction is writing as if it were real.

There is also the setting of the male protagonist, which is not the kind of high-cold pretending to force criminals, but is extremely down-to-earth.

No matter how difficult the environment the hero is facing, even if it is desperately difficult, humor and optimism can still shine in his lines.

Although from the bottom of my heart I think this is a space wilderness seeking an upgrade, but Ridley Scott is more or less moved from the director's point of view.

Coupled with the invitation of Relativity Entertainment and Ronan Anderson's golden signature, Ridley Scott thinks maybe he can try?

In the past two years, Ridley Scott has encountered too much trouble and screwed up several films one after another, causing the media and the industry to doubt him.

Even he himself doubted himself a little. After the fiasco of Pharaoh and the Gods, he once had the idea of ​​​​quitting the shadow.

After reading the script, Ridley Scott put it away solemnly: Maybe we can grow potatoes on Mars?

A director, unlike a producer, is attracted to a good enough script, he reads it, has such a good script, good material - it's written, it's on paper, all that's left is to shoot it... …

Ridley Scott has filmed sci-fi films and space films, and has rich experience. Space fantasy is another reality in his eyes. It is a magnificent platform and a dramatic form where anything can happen. .

Starting from Gladiator, counting Black Hawk Down, followed by Kingdom of Heaven and Pharaohs and Gods, Ridley Scott has filmed four war epics in a row, and the final result is not the same. not ideal.

Perhaps, you should try another type.

Ridley Scott picked up the phone and dialed the agent's number: Can you contact me for me, I want to meet with Ronan Anderson.