The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)

Chapter 671: Team prototype

Chinatown is located in the lower/southern part of Manhattan, only six or seven blocks away from Lanly’s apartment-now Lanly has finally remembered the location of his apartment. After watching Andrew take a taxi to leave, Lan Li did not choose a means of transportation. Instead, he stepped forward and jogged back all the way.

When I returned to the apartment, I was sweating profusely, as if I had just finished the sauna, I was steaming all over my body, took off my clothes, took a shower, put on a set of clothes, and looked in the refrigerator to find out that it was already cut With the ingredients, I simply made a sandwich, drank a cup of coffee, got on the skateboard, and left the house again.

At this time, it was the peak time for work, and the entire Manhattan was congested, not only the highways, not just the subway, but even the crowds coming and going on the streets were extremely turbulent. Lan Li was supposed to cross Wall Street and head straight to his destination, but that area was the hardest hit area. He simply circled a large circle from the blocks on the south side, watching the freedom above the Hudson River. The statue of the goddess can even open his arms and feel the sassy and wanton of late autumn.

The autumn in New York is full of colorful and bleak poetry, and there is a touch of warmth in the loneliness. This city in this season, like a shadow under a polaroid photo, is covered with a layer of mist, but it makes the distance closer. At this moment, Lan Li is willing to believe that, in fact, God still loves this place.

From a distance, the gray concrete building like a jungle came into view. In this steel-reinforced forest, the wanton and messy green rushed in with a primitive roughness and recklessness, out of place. Located in a remote corner, growing stubbornly and frantically, as if abandoned by the world. However, the vigorous vitality is like a beating heart, disrupting the pulse of the city.

It is hard to imagine that this is a coffee house, like a coffee house in the Amazon jungle. This is the most unique place in New York. In a certain corner, there is always the craziest thing happening in the world. Even if most people don't know, even if Wall Street is only less than three blocks apart.

Looking down at his watch, there was a quarter of an hour before ten o'clock, and he stopped at the door of the coffee shop, stepped on the foot of the pedal, took the skateboard in his hand, walked in quickly, looked around, but found that he could see it. The place is really limited.

The interior design is very clever, using potted plants, baffles, suspended ceilings and other decorations to create a sense of jungle. The line of sight is unobstructed, but the deck and the deck are not very real; the coffee counter in front is like a primitive tribe It’s just like the dining table in the restaurant, as if the clerk standing behind must wear a tiger coat, which is reasonable enough—but they don’t.

Such a bizarre hunting scene cannot appear in London or Los Angeles. Only New York, the unique New York.

A waiter wearing a white T-shirt and black jeans stepped forward, "Sir, can I help you?"

"..." Lan Li thought about it, "Is an appointment accepted here? Lewis?" Tim Lewis, the convener of today's party.

"Yes, of course." The waiter smiled and nodded, and gestured towards the left corner, "Mr. Lewis has arrived and is waiting for the arrival of guests." In the primeval forest, using formal and respectful polite language, This is really a sense of contradiction. What came to Lan Li's mind was the image of the cannibals tying the "prey" to the campfire.

But walking three or four steps forward, the line of sight suddenly became clear. The dark brown log low table and light brown hand-made rattan chairs are randomly and scattered, and the sun shines through the tall trees behind you, like a primitive The core meeting room of the tribe. There is another village in the dark.

Lan Li was not the first to arrive.

"Sorry, I'm late." Lan Li stepped forward, everyone's sights were projected over, smiled hello, and apologized.

"No, no." Tim showed a big smile and waved his hands again and again, "I arrived early because I was worried about being late. As a result, someone came here earlier than me." The appointment time was ten o'clock, and the group arrived early. This small detail can be seen: this crew does not have a big name.

Tim Lewis, producer; Derek Korsta, Billy-Ray, screenwriter; Lucinda Sisson, casting director; and...Paul Greengrass, director.

This is the first production team of "Reincarnation of Killing", and with the addition of Lan Li, among the entire lineup of casts, the biggest card is not Paul Greengrass, but Lucinda Sisson. It's no wonder that the media has always compared "killing reincarnation" with "cable TV repairman", thinking that Lan Li has followed in the footsteps of Kim Carey.

Lan Li walked to the side, pulled a chair over, glanced around with a smile, and introduced himself, "Good morning, I am Lan Li Hall, and I will play the role of William Cage next."

This friendly gesture made Lucinda laugh, "It seems that we need to introduce ourselves formally. Lucinda, who is responsible for casting the cast, is here to watch and understand the situation today." These relaxed words Everyone chuckled, and then introduced them one after another.

Tim, Derek and Lucinda are all familiar faces. In the previous auditions, Lanly has more or less communicated, and there are two new faces, Paul and Billy.

Naturally, Paul needn't say much, the "Terror Flight 93" and "The Bourne Shadows" series have opened up the situation for him. However, Paul is still not taken seriously in the industry. On the one hand, because of his unique hand-held photography method and sharp and fast editing method, the applicable film types are very narrow. The same set of methods are repeatedly used, and people are prone to visual fatigue; On the other hand, because of his background as a journalist, the selected works always have a sharp perspective, which is not in line with the mainstream Hollywood aesthetic.

Last year, Paul and Matt Damon’s "Green Zone" was officially released, focusing on the Iraq War, but the filming was completed in 2007, and the release time was delayed for a full three years. The main reason was that the major distribution companies in the industry were not optimistic. . After the movie was released, it also suffered a double loss of box office and word of mouth, which made people disappointed.

After filming "The Bourne Duty 3" and "Green Zone" in 2007, Paul has not received a film project for three years. It was originally scheduled to be directed by him, "The Bourne Duty 4", but ultimately failed. Universal Pictures The traffic guide tube was handed over to Tony-Gilroy, the screenwriter of the first three parts of the series. It can be said that Paul is now at the bottom of his career.

When Langley talked with Jeff before, he mentioned Paul, but he did not expect that Warner Bros. really chose Paul. After all, from many perspectives, Doug Liman would be the better choice at the moment. The media is not optimistic about Paul's joining, which is excusable.

However, Lan Li was looking forward to it. Paul's control of the war pattern, battle scenes, and narrative rhythm is a natural fit with "Reincarnation of Killings". Under his lens, what kind of style the movie will present is really exciting.

As for Billy, he was recommended by Paul to join the crew. Since the director and the screenwriter are in a cooperative relationship, each director has more or less a screenwriter he or she wants to cooperate with frequently. When some directors enter the crew, they will also bring their own screenwriter partners. Or like the producer recommending a suitable screenwriter. Of course, the reverse is also true.

Billy and Paul have never collaborated on any work before, but Billy is a small well-known screenwriter in the industry. He is very good at advancing scenes and characters. He has been in the business for more than 15 years. The list of works includes "Crisis in the Air". , "Living Fire Molten City", "National Major Cases" and other commercial works. However, his work that really entered the mainstream of Hollywood was the adaptation of the first part of "The Hunger Games."

Derek is a novice and has repeatedly read the original work. He has a more accurate grasp of the plot framework and core ideas; Billy is a veteran and has a better understanding of script rhythm and character shaping. However, this is just a matter of fact. In the process of cooperation, whether two people can help each other and create sparks through friction is still unknown.

Now, Lan Li can be 100% sure that the "Reincarnation of Killing" in this life will be completely different from the "Edge of Tomorrow" in the previous life, and the entire core team has been transformed.

"Cough cough." Tim coughed slightly, trying to attract everyone's attention, but after everyone really saw it, he became nervous again and his expression suddenly became unnatural, "Uh, me, it's like this... "Tim doesn't know how to speak, so he can only bite the bullet and start directly," said Frank-Marshall. If he accepts this project, his first request is to change the name of the movie.

Silence, or silence, everyone looked at each other.

Frank Marshall is the top producer in the industry~lightnovelpub.net~ He is the husband of Catherine Kennedy. Both husband and wife are well-known in the industry. Needless to say, Catherine naturally took charge of Lucasfilm. "Star Wars" has developed into the most profitable series of movies in film history, even when Disney acquired Lucasfilm, she can be seen.

On the other hand, Frank has been in Hollywood for nearly 30 years. "Indiana Jones" is his medal of honor, "The Bourne" series, "Back to the Future" series, "Jurassic Park" series, "Benjamin Button" All works such as "Wonderful Events" are his production works.

It is worth mentioning that Frank and Steven Spielberg are close friends, even if every work of Steven, Frank serves as the producer. Frank's strength is not film production, but commercial promotion and market strategy. Of course, there is Oscar PR.

Such a top producer in the industry has actually joined the "Reincarnation of Killing". This is really a fantasy. Even Paul has heard of it for the first time and showed a surprised look.

After Tim became the focus of attention, his eyes widened and he laughed happily, but everyone's eyes were still not diverted. Tim had no choice but to shift his target and pointed to Lan Li, "Frank accepts only two requirements for the project. : One is the name of the movie, and the other is Renly Hall."