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For Martin Scorsese's recommendation, Ronan still paid more attention to it. After opening the envelope and taking out the letter, he read it carefully.

Martin Scorsese only read the script roughly at that time, because the genre did not meet his requirements, he did not leave a copy of the script at all, and could only describe it in general.

The script is called Superstorm.

The name alone is a disaster movie, and so is what Martin Scorsese describes.

The hero is a meteorologist who worries that global warming will trigger a storm that will destroy the entire east coast of the United States. Finally, one day, a storm occurs. Before reaching the United States, the storm will stop on the volcano for a while. It will emit poisonous dust into the air to poison and kill humans, and the hero must stop this.

Although it is only a very simple summary of the content, it is not difficult for anyone familiar with Hollywood movies to see that this is the most commonly used routine in Hollywood movies.

A disaster that destroys the whole world, a salvation full of personal heroism, a typical Hollywood theme.

It's a bit clichéd, but Hollywood movies have always been like this. The main line of most commercial movies is actually the same.

However, with only Martin Scorsese's simple description, it is impossible for Ronan to make a judgment. Martin Scorsese also stated in the letter that he didn't think the script was so interesting, but that Relativity Entertainment might be useful to this kind of subject matter. interested.

It's pretty clear that Martin Scorsese thinks that Relativity Entertainment prefers the commercial genre.

The title of the script Super Storm already exists, and it is not too difficult to find it.

Ronan immediately sent an email to Connie, asking her to send someone to find the script, and the rest will have to wait for him to read the full version of the script.

After preliminary processing of these, Ronan read the letter specially sent by Tom Cruise, and there was also a copy of the script along with the letter.

Bryan Singer, who just finished filming Superman Returns, is writing and preparing to launch a new film project. The theme of World War II genre tells the whole process from the initial plan to the final failure of the Valkyrie operation on July 20, 1944. .

The name of the script Ronan once paid attention to - Action Target Hitler.

Ronan directly called Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise stated that he was negotiating with Bryan Singer. The specific matter has not yet been determined. If Relativity Entertainment is interested in Action Target Hitler\

,"He can bridge the gap between the two sides.

Why are you interested in this role? Ronan was a little strange.

He once discussed with Tom Cruise and Will Smith that although Band of Brothers has achieved great success, the market response for war-themed movies has not been very good in recent years, and World War II is no exception.

Tom Cruise gave a very strong reason: The reason why I was attracted to this project and the actor Stauffenberg in it was because I saw Stauffenberg's photo and found that he resembled me in profile. .”

Are you not interested in this project? he asked on the other side of the phone.

Ronan said truthfully: I have doubts about the theme of World War II.

It seems that this film is a very inconspicuous one among all Tom Cruise's works.

Tom Cruise has been with Ronan for a long time, and he was greatly influenced by Ronan, and said: Then I will think about it again, it seems that there is something wrong with this project.

Ronan didn't say any more: That's it, Tom, we'll talk another day.

This theme looks good, and assassinating Hitler is also very politically correct, but it is also an indisputable fact that World War II and war themes have been downturned in recent years.

Even this film is prone to controversy, because in the mainstream view in the West, Stauffenberg's assassination of Hitler was a typical dog eats dog.

Churchill, the big fat British man, even publicly promoted this view more than once.

The script of Action Target Hitler was put into the ranks of direct denial by Ronan.

The next email came from Matthew Leonetti, the director of photography for Dawn of the Dead and Three Hundred, and besides the reply to the letter, the script was also attached.

Ronan glanced at the name attached to the script and knew that it was the subject matter - Zombie Paradise.

Judging by the name, it is not the type of Dawn of the Living Dead, which is full of hatred and bitterness. It is possible to follow the typical zombie comedy route of Shaun of the Dead.

The background story setting of the script is almost the same as most zombie films.

A strange virus has emerged across the United States. As long as humans are infected with this virus, they will turn into zombies, and then the zombies will become carriers of the virus, continuing to wreak havoc and infect humans who don't know the truth.

The difference is that the world is already doomsday when the hero appears on the stage, and there are not many survivors left in the world.

Of course, this is not The Walking Dead that sells dog meat. The villains in the film are zombies.

The setting of the male protagonist is also quite innovative. The male protagonist is not the type who kills the Quartet, but a cowardly person, and he has summed up a set of effective rules of survival in the last days.

For example, fire a shot to ensure that the zombies are dead, and get in the car and check the back seat to ensure that they will not be attacked by zombies.

It is this set of rules that allows the hero to survive in the perilous doomsday world.

The script sets up four protagonists. In addition to the cowardly male protagonist, there is also the tough second male protagonist who can do whatever he says, and a pair of liar sisters.

There is no complicated struggle of human nature, let alone the psychological struggle of going back and forth. In this uninhabited world full of zombies, they can only depend on each other.

Seeing the back of the script, Ronan even felt like laughing.

Because the whole script is not a zombie movie.

There is no parting between life and death, no flesh and blood flying, the zombies and the playground are integrated, and the protagonists seem to be playing an adventure game, which is relaxing, exciting, and very joyful.

Coupled with many subtle and natural jokes that make people laugh so hard that they have diabetes insipidus, some faint shadows of the Americanization of Shaun of the Dead can be seen.

The script is quite interesting.

More importantly, the hero's survival rules, the settings of the four protagonists, especially the liar sister Hua, all evoke Ronan's memory.

He has seen this movie!

If I remember correctly, the male lead is the one who played Zuckerberg in The Social Network, the second male lead is Woody Harrelson, and the female lead is Emma Stacy who hadn't played Gwen Stacy at the time. Tong, also known as Sister Stone on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

The female number two was an unremarkable little kid, and Ronan didn't remember it.

Looks like a second sequel was made later.

Ronan turned to the end of the script, and there were related introductions and contact information of the two screenwriters on it.

There are two screenwriters, namely Rhett Rees and Paul Winick, newcomers to the film industry and trying to write a script for the first time.

But the two have certain qualifications in the entertainment media industry. Before that, they worked as screenwriters without authorship for a reality show on CBS for two years.

In other words, Zombie Paradise is actually a new script for newcomers, and there is a high probability that the copyright of the script is still in the hands of the two screenwriters.

Ronan has a general impression. He saw this film around 2010, but he can't remember the exact time.

It is stated on the script that the two screenwriters started writing last year and completed it at the beginning of this year. Ronan guessed that it was most likely created after watching Shaun of the Dead. After all, some parts of the script can be seen shadow.

Ronan notified Connie directly and asked her to contact the two screenwriters as soon as possible to ask if the copyright was still there.

The biggest problem with this method of collecting movie scripts and themes is copyright.

Interesting scripts that professionals in the circle have read may already have copyright ownership.

But it is also worthwhile to be able to find one project out of dozens of projects.

After Ronan passed a few more scripts, Connie's assistant got a feedback that the copyright of Zombie Paradise was still in the hands of Rhett Rees and Paul Winick, and the two agreed to come to the Relativity Building to discuss tomorrow morning.

Both screenwriters have recently been promoting scripts in Hollywood, and like all new screenwriters entering the film industry, they are basically hitting a wall.

But in Ronan's eyes, Rhett Rees and Paul Winick are not pure newcomers, and their working experience at CBS will also allow them to make some empirical judgments in their contact with Relativity Entertainment.

Therefore, Ronan will not come forward and ask the copyright department to send someone to receive Rhett Reese and Paul Winick, and directly buy out the copyright of the script from them.

For now, Rhett Rees and Paul Winick won't have a better choice.

Ronan was quickly drawn to a project recommended by a TV producer.

This producer, John Wilson, once worked as a production manager on the crew of Prison Break 2, and he grew up with Relativity Entertainment.

In the letter, John Wilson strongly recommended to Ronan a TV series that was just launched in the UK last year, and specially mailed the DVD discs of all the episodes of the first season of the TV series.

Of course, Ronan didn't have time to watch the DVDs one by one. He just watched the titles of the TV series on the DVDs, and asked Connie to inform John Wilson to come to Relativity Entertainment to meet him tomorrow.

The name of this British TV series is Shameless. Looking at the content introduction, it is almost a British replica of a once popular American TV series.

But the British version of this show is right in front of you, and Ronan doesn't need to guess that 80% of the previous American TV series are remakes of the British version.

Ronan was not surprised. After all, American dramas or Hollywood movies remakes of British works are a routine operation in Hollywood.

Once on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Ronan watched the first season. Although he hadn't finished it, he had some impressions of that family.

This British drama also reminded him a little bit. It seems that the American drama has been filmed for about eight or nine seasons, right? It seems that the ratings are always high.

If you want to remake, you must first look at the operability of copyright.