As Helen-Hellman said, Lao Lei has been a little unfavorable since "Kingdom of Heaven". Even if the films he shot did not fail, the response was mediocre. Not only did he not have a hugely influential work, but he directed "Robin Hood". Such a blockbuster movie.

Fortunately, he has created enough brilliance in the past to not sink here.

But being affected is inevitable.

Ridley-Scott was sitting in the reception room of the Angels Agency, looking at Matthew and Helen-Hellman across from him, knowing that he had two paths at the moment. One was that 20th Century Fox invited him back to shoot a new film. "Alien" movie, the second is to cooperate with Matthew Horner on this Mars sci-fi film.

He himself prefers the latter, because he is not a director who likes to take his own money.

Therefore, for more than a month, he has read the original book carefully, and has a general direction for the adaptation. As long as he can reach a consensus with Matthew Horner, he can fully cooperate.

Matthew greeted Ridley Scott without saying much. For him and Ridley Scott, cooperation is a two-way choice.

"Uncle Scott." Helen Herman said calmly, "Have you read the original book?"

"I've seen it." Ridley-Scott nodded lightly.

Matthew went on to ask, "Ridley, I'm not particularly good at writing and filming." He made no secret of this, saying, "Can you tell me what you think?"

Although he has the intention to pull Ridley Scott when he faces difficulties, Matthew is very clear that the huge investment in science fiction films determines that it should not be done arbitrarily. When it comes to work, it is best to put it first Let go of personal relationships.

Like with Clint Eastwood before, he would give Ridley Scott a lot of power, including some post-editing rights, if he was right.

Ridley-Scott said slowly, "I have read the original book, and I have some ideas for future adaptations. This novel is very exciting, a rare masterpiece of hard science fiction in recent years." He coughed and said, "I personally think that future adaptations can properly incorporate the style of Westerns."

Matthew was a little surprised by this, looking at Ridley Scott, Ridley Scott simply explained, "There is a style in Westerns, or the point that impressed me the most, with The protagonists in the novel are very well matched.”

Matthew listened to Ridley-Scott's words, recalled the impressive Westerns he had seen, and thought for a while before asking, "The protagonist is tough and full of fighting spirit, like a cowboy, no matter the environment. No matter how vile and cruel, it can't beat him, can it?"

"That's about it." Ridley-Scott said seriously, "Westerns left an indelible impression on me in my early years: it is always a person who faces countless difficulties, a person who fights against the big ones. Naturally, I always think of myself as a cowboy. I've never done Westerns, but I've always had Westerns in my work."

Matthew looks back on a few of Ridley Scott's films, and that seems to be the case.

Ridley-Scott continued, "So, I need a good script, and I'm not good at writing scripts myself."

"I can recruit the right writers," Matthew said.

"There are a lot of places in the novel that need a larger adaptation." Ridley-Scott didn't want to go back to eat the old copy of "Alien" just in case, "The theme of the film should highlight self-help and rescue, no need for artificial Set a big villain, and no one will prevent the protagonist from surviving and returning to Earth, except for the natural environment of Mars."

Matthew nodded, "It's a good idea, I agree."

Only when the concept is agreed, the cooperation can be carried out smoothly.

As a director who has made many sci-fi films, Ridley-Scott likes this novel that is biased towards hard sci-fi, but he has experienced some very bad things, such as the failure of "Kingdom of the Kingdom", and he knows some things It's better to explain first, so as not to cause unpleasantness later.

Ridley-Scott also paid attention to another point, Matthew's reputation in this regard is relatively good, and Matthew has promoted his director or producer during the process of becoming famous. Later, when he encountered difficulties, Matthews. Xiudu helped them.

Like Sean Daniel.

A lot of information, he has exact sources, knows that the rumors match the facts, after all, his former assistant Jack is now a producer on the "Twilight" series.

Back then, Jack was someone who helped Matthew, and then Matthew let him stand alone...

This is also an important reason why he temporarily hung up on 20th Century Fox and talked before Matthew.

Even compared to a big company like Twentieth Century Fox, Matthew's credibility is higher.

What's more, the last time "Kingdom of Heaven" failed miserably was with 20th Century Fox. At that time, regardless of his objections, he directly bypassed the director and producer and forced the film to be edited into a release version of Tom Rothman, who is now 20 years old. The CEO of Century Fox, if Tom Rothman intervenes again, even a director like him can't afford it.

If there are other better paths to choose from, he doesn't want to take the path of Twentieth Century Fox for the time being.

Ridley-Scott continued, "Space is a magnificent platform, but for those of us, more can only stay at the level of imagination, we need professional support, preferably NASA. support."

Matthew couldn't help laughing, "We thought of this."

The future films are not hard sci-fi, but they are biased towards hard sci-fi. No one has been to Mars in the end, but it must conform to some common sense announced so far.

In this case, specialized guidance from NASA is necessary.

NASA often cooperates with Hollywood, and it is not difficult to find them as consultants or even borrow the launch site to shoot, as long as the money is in place, and they can promote them, these are small problems.

Reached an agreement on the most basic concepts, whether it was Matthew or Ridley Scott, the doubts about each other were much less, and the two talked about the past again, and ended in a harmonious atmosphere. second interview.

Although Matthew did not promise anything, and Ridley-Scott did not directly say that he would direct the project, the initial cooperation intention has already been reached, and the rest will depend on how to negotiate later.

Ridley Scott is different from Clint Eastwood, who is not very demanding when negotiating, with a sense of favor.

Working with a big director is too much to negotiate.

Since Helen Herman took the initiative to avoid suspicion, Matthew handed over the negotiation with Ridley Scott to Bella Anderson. The screenwriter team, adapted the novel into a screenplay.

As for actors and the like, there is no need to worry now, it will not be too late to recruit after the crew is established.

Matthew's plan is that the crew will establish a script this year, start preparations around the new year, shoot and post-production next year, and release it at the end of 2012 or the summer of 2013.

Now there is no publisher, and the specific release date cannot be determined.

As a result, his job is full again, shooting "American Sniper" in the second half of this year, planning "Fast and Furious 6", next year "Fast and Furious 6" and the new film he decided to title "The Martian" .

"Fast and Furious 5" was a big hit at the box office, and it is inevitable that "Fast and Furious 6" will continue to be filmed.

Matthew has asked the likes of Paul Walker, Gal Gadot, Jordana Brewster and Daniel Wu, all of whom are interested in continuing to star.

Coupled with director Justin Lin, who is confirmed to return, the main creative lineup will not change much.

Maintaining the stability of the main creative lineup is a big success for the sequel.

However, director Justin Lin greeted Matthew in advance, saying that after filming the last part of the new trilogy "Fast and Furious 6", he wanted to rest for a while. It is good to find the right director in advance.

A good commercial director is not easy to find.

Matthew communicated with David Ellison, and is also considering whether to let the "Fast and Furious" series take a two-year pause? After all, if it comes out too fast and too frequently, it may cause aesthetic fatigue.

And the salaries of actors and directors are also rising rapidly. To keep the scene big enough, the investment of "Fast and the Furious 6" can't be less than 180 million US dollars.

But after seeing the new script that Justin Lin and Chris Morgan came up with, Matthew gave up the idea after careful consideration.

Because they came up with two scripts.

"The villain in the fifth film is too weak, which is an obvious flaw."

In the office, Justin Lin told Matthew about his new ideas, UU reading www. uukanshu.com "So, in the sixth part, a very strong villain is needed, and this villain also has his team."

He raised his voice slightly and said, "In the new movie, not only will there be faster speeds and bigger scenes, but also more exciting stories and fight scenes."

Matthew nodded lightly while flipping through the script.

Justin-Lin continued, "I hope there is a more pure car culture in this film, to bring this culture into pure action films, and to let this culture and spirit that this series represent for posterity. A role model for movies."

After watching, Matthew closed the script, and Justin-Lin added, "In order to achieve this, we designed a huge story for the film -- so big that it would take two films to fully accommodate it, so we had to Call it a top-bottom movie, which means that the sixth and seventh episodes are really one story. We will do the two movies in a back-to-back fashion."

"Yes." Matthew first agreed, then said, "I have a few suggestions. First, Justin, you should leave after directing these two films, so as to ensure the unity of the film style. Second, in the two films How about changing the brothers who have appeared successively into sisters and brothers?"