Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

  Chapter 146 Matryoshka shooting plan and "Titanic"

  What does Roland think?

From the first time he heard the name Gwen Stacy, he already knew that the truck driver, an old pervert, would definitely film Gwen's death, because it was not a big event in Spider-Man comics at all, but the whole story. Big event in American comic history!

When a comic plot can affect the creative direction of the entire industry, this is not just a simple work, and Spider-Man is therefore firmly seated in the position of the first brother of Marvel, who made him the first wife to die What about superheroes?

With Andrew Garfield in front of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", Roland can actually accept the plot of Gwen's death, and with an investment of 200 million, the total box office in North America is over 200 million, and the global box office is over 700 million. .

The reason why movie fans all over the world speak badly about him is that the Electric Man created by Sony is too stupid, the blackening of the second-generation Green Goblin seems inexplicable, and the appearance of the last Rhinoceros is too abrupt. As for the impact of Gwen’s death ?

   In fact, when the name Gwen Stacy appears, most viewers will know that she is going to die.

  In this case, the key is to arrange her death reasonably.

  In the words of the truck driver, that is, "All movie characters are alive. He can live or die, but if he is arranged to die, he must try his best to reflect the value of his death."

so-

  In "Terminator", the second male died in order to make the first female realize the value of life.

  In "Terminator 2", the male one died in order to protect the world.

  In "Titanic", in order to reflect the true love between the hero and the heroine, instead of an ordinary cheating, the hero died again.

  Why do many people think that "Alita" is Cameron's work?

  Because the male lead died again.

   Tut!

  Looking at it this way, the truck driver is really a psychopath!

In the newly edited script, the value of Gwen's death is to let the little spider understand the cruelty in the superhero world: this is not an exam, if you make a mistake, there will be a next time; This is not starting a business, even if they fail, they can start all over again; superheroes have no right to smile at all, as long as they despise the enemy once, everything around them will be threatened with death. Prepared to die.

   It doesn't matter if I fall, because I believe that after I fall, someone will stand up again like me.

To put it bluntly, Roland even felt that there was absolutely no need to restart Spider-Man, who was shaped by the truck driver and already had the consciousness of death. Even if there was no sequel, it could still be used in Avengers, and Mary Jane would be replaced. Soul Stone, Spider-Man instantly became the one to snap his fingers—"I've been a hero since I was sixteen, I was ready to sacrifice when I was twenty, and now I can finally rest .”

  Both parents died, uncle died, father-in-law died, girlfriend died, friend's father died, friend went crazy, wife disappeared...

  After leaving a sweet little loli daughter to Mei, he can finally close his eyes.

   Hiss!

  With such a setting, how could Aunt Mei be the worst one?

Roland shook his head, wanting to throw out all the black holes in his head. Although he thought the plot of the trilogy was OK, he still had a few questions, "I want to know, why is the second part? Do you want to use Doctor Octopus and Green Goblin?"

"I can understand the setting of Doctor Octopus being brainwashed by the Green Goblin, because it shows that he was originally a good person, but he was controlled to do bad things, so after the little spider destroyed his chip, he regained his sanity and did not attack the little one. Spider."

   "But Dr. Octopus and the Green Goblin are combined, and if the little spider doesn't go berserk, he can't beat him at all!"

   "The power is too disparate, isn't it?"

"It's the disparity in strength! This reflects the misery and despair of the little spider!" Facing Roland's inquiry, the truck driver took a sip of wine and said proudly: "If the disparity in strength is not large, how can we reflect the small spider's misery and despair!" The misery of the spider?"

   “When faced with an invincible enemy, the idea that I save the world and no one can help me can be conveyed.”

   "And, in this case, it seems very reasonable for the Green Goblin to kill Gwen!"

   "Because Spider-Man can't beat him!"

  “What we want is not in the comics, mistakenly thinking that he killed Gwen, and then there is a twisted Spider-Man.”

   "This is not an Olympic movie, the fundamental purpose of this movie is still commercial, so the connotation of the whole movie is all left to those guys who have nothing to do! We have only one idea to convey to ordinary audiences!"

  “When Spider-Man was saving the world, he was also carrying all the pain that should have been borne by the world and that didn’t match his age!”

   “Then it’s when he gets crushed, he doesn’t want to do it, and then he gets back on his feet!”

   "What I want is for the audience to feel that Peter Parker is miserable, and walk out of the cinema crying sadly!"

   "Then when they saw Peter Parker standing up again in the next movie, they walked out of the theater crying excitedly!"

   "Just let them cry anyway! Crying is the easiest way to vent your emotions!"

   "If we can move 30% of the audience, we will win!"

   "If it can move 50% of the audience, this movie will definitely be a hit!"

   "Eighty percent of the audience can be moved, and the remaining 20 percent, even if they are not moved, will be moved by the moved guy!"

  What kind of logic is this special code?

  Roland was defeated by the truck driver's idea of ​​killing the master.

  However, he has to admit that moving the world is actually quite popular.

  However, before officially agreeing, he still has a concern, "James, what if the audience doesn't accept such a plot?"

  The "Spider-Man" trilogy that Roland is working on now has no reference basis from his previous life.

  He just thinks the story line is clear and complete. As for whether it will be liked by the public, how does he know?

   To put it bluntly, his keen sense of smell is all based on past life memories, but now—

  Rely only on the conscientious judgment of professionals.

  However, Roland's question made the truck driver look serious.

  He stared at Roland for half a minute, then stretched his face, and sighed: "Roland, I admit that when I set the plot, I gambled, but I didn't gamble randomly."

"I told you before that the difference between the second "Far From Heroes" and the first "A Hero Is Born" is four years, and the difference between the third "Heroes Return" and the second is only a few months. considerate."

   "I'm going to shoot the second and third parts together, so that the investors have to make a one-time capital injection, and after the filming is over, whether they want to or not, they have to spend a lot of money for publicity."

   "That is to say, even if the market thinks that there is a problem with the second part, we can release the third part that is responsible for the explanation in the shortest possible time, trying to restore the market and the fans."

   "Of course, I know it's a bad idea, but I like the story and I want to take a gamble."

   "It's the same as doing the "Terminator" series."

  Got special code continuous shooting?

  Hearing what the truck driver said, Roland's face changed.

   Now, he can finally understand how helpless Fox, who has been tossed by the truck driver and wants to hang himself, is! This old man is really crazy! In order to make a movie, he spared no effort to find a way to deceive investors!

   Touching his conscience, if Roland didn't have the memory of his previous life, and he didn't know how awesome the truck driver was, then he must have blown him away by now! I can't guarantee the script I wrote, want to gamble and play a big one?

  I went into the water with you only after seeing a ghost!

Just when Roland wanted to make a soul-deep rant about the truck driver's irresponsible thoughts, the truck driver who had already seen Roland's thoughts spoke first, and said, "Oh! Don't refute me, just listen to me. Is it alright? The reason why I extended the shooting time of the first and second parts to four years is that besides the main factor of your age, the other factor is that after the first filming, I have already The next film, which has been in preparation for five years, is about to be filmed."

"In 1990, I wanted to make a movie about the Titanic, and I was going to make a disaster movie into a romance movie—didn't I tell you before? If you can accept the trilogy plot, I can show you the book of a romance movie, because the hero in the movie will die for love..."

   "If I remember correctly, you were born on January 1, 1980, right?"

   "Now I am ten years and fifty-two months old."

   "When my movie started shooting, you were already ten years and eighty months old, and the time was just right."

   "If you think the plot of the trilogy is good, but you don't know if the audience can accept the plot of the dead heroine, then you can make my disaster romance first after filming the first one!"

   "If the audience can accept your death while watching your movie, then there is a high probability that they will accept the death of the heroine! If it is a game, it is one-on-one!"

"Really, you believe me, I have prepared this script for many years, just to break the box office record of you and Steven's "Jurassic Park", if the character you played in the play dies, you Even breaking the box office record, wouldn't that prove that my moving theory is okay? So we can continue filming boldly with confidence!"

   "Of course, if something goes wrong, it doesn't matter, we still have a full year to change the script!"

  "People can't accept the death of the protagonist, so change it to the story of Gwen discovering the identity of Spider-Man after the war, and it is difficult to accept the fact that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, and then breaks up with him."

"Although this is a traditional commercial film routine, with the influence of Spider-Man, the popularity you lost because of disaster romance films can also be regained. I always think that no matter who plays the role of Spider-Man, it will explode. fire…"

   "Of course, changing the plot is the worst plan. The reason why I say this is to tell you that we have a way out..."

When the truck driver kept tempting Roland with the tone of buying three and getting one free, and stuffed the script of "Titanic" that had been hidden in his bag for a long time into Roland's hands, the guy who was about to be fooled and limped showed disbelief. expression.

no…

  Why does this old man still have the script of "Titanic" on him?

   Grass hold...

  How did the script of "Titanic" come to me?

  At this moment, Roland is like a guy who watched the ABC Oscar live broadcast!

  If the trilogy thrown by the truck driver is as exciting as Bong Joon-ho's winning the best director, then the script of "Titanic" is just like "Parasite" winning the best picture, which is too surprising!

  Sam Mendes and his "1917" can really cry to death in the toilet!

You said that the "Joker" super-English film, Joaquin Phoenix was in the solo solo throughout the whole process, so Todd Phillips was moved; - Scorsese; "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is the world in the eyes of Quentin Tarantino, and Sam Mendes is facing Bong Joon Ho, isn't that just a flying dragon riding on the face? —

   Well, Flying Dragon Riding Face will indeed lose.

  However, even though Roland was confused, he understood what the other party meant.

   First of all, the filming of "Spider-Man: A Hero Is Born", the first purely commercial film that was created by people, followed the rules of the Green Light Committee of major film and television giants. Want to lose money? That is dreaming!

Then, "Titanic" was done. If Roland's fans can accept the death of Roland's character, they can prepare for "Far From Heroes" and "Return of Heroes". commercial film.

  To be honest, this is the first time Roland has seen this kind of filming plan similar to Russian dolls.

but-

  The old man took the initiative to say that he wanted to use "Titanic" to protect "Far From Heroes"?

   Grab the grass! Isn't your special code for nothing?

  How can Xiao Lizi sit on the A+list for more than 20 years?

  In addition to choosing this anthology, the most important thing is that he has been handsome all his life with "Titanic"!

   Actors and queens will be released every year, and the best film will be released every year, but there will only be one box office record in film history!

  And what is the box office record in film history?

   This is the death-free gold medal!

   Not all movies with high box office are good movies, but the movie with the highest box office is definitely not bad!

   Being able to get the first place means that a lot of people like it, and in this case, the leading actor can eat it for at least ten years!

  Even if Roland didn't like the idea of ​​the truck driver's free-spirited nesting dolls that day, he would still agree with the other party's script outline for the sake of the book in his hand! What's more, using "Titanic" to preserve "Far From Heroes" and "Return of Heroes" is a genius idea! And just when Roland was about to lock the script of "Titanic" in his safe without conscience, he suddenly thought of a question—

its not right!

  Why is this truck driver who has been trying to beat him up so kind?

  Before the truck driver said in front of Spielberg that he was a cheater who grabbed the script, why now...

   Roland, who felt that something was wrong, calmed down. After looking at the other party a few times, he asked secretly, "James?"

"Um?"

   "Is this book for me?"

"yes!"

   "You didn't lie?"

   "Hey you little brat! Why do you lie to you when you say I'm fine?" The truck driver lost his temper.

   "Then you said before that you will be unlucky after meeting me?" Roland narrowed his eyes, and he smelled a conspiracy.

  Hearing these words, the old man's face turned pale, and after a few seconds, he returned to normal, "Didn't you just say you believed me?"

   "What's unlucky, unhappy, those are all angry words..."

   Angry words?

  I also feel that there is a happy atmosphere in the air!

  Why did you suddenly become cowardly, old man?

   If it was still a guess before, then now, Roland can be sure that this guy is hiding something from himself.

  Based on the combination of the other party's previous words and the historical means in memory, Roland felt that he had seen the truth.

   "Is it because of this project that Fox is unwilling to inject capital?" Roland flicked the cover of the script with his index finger.

   Hearing what he said, the old man who was leaning on the sofa suddenly curled his lips and rolled his eyes, "Hey!"

   "Fox and the gang are a bunch of idiots!"

"I just reported a budget of 75 million, but they have to say, I reported 75 million, and I will definitely use 115 million in the end, plus "Terminator 2", "True Lies" "All used 100 million, so..."

   "They don't want to approve."

   "They think it's crazy to throw 150 million into a disaster romance movie!"

  “They even moved out of Cleopatra, thinking that investing in me was a risk!”

oh!

  The fox tail is exposed!

   "So you need a guy who can beat the box office?" Roland looked at the old man with a smile.

  Although the real purpose has been discovered, the drunk and courageous truck driver did not hesitate at all, "What do you think?"

"Fox President Bill Michenik told me that they don't mind spending nine figures on a disaster romance as long as you're willing to play it! Although we're going to shoot Spider-Man next year, they can start with $7,000 at the beginning of next year. Five million for me to do the preliminary preparations for "Titanic", to ensure that you can smoothly transition to their side after the filming of "Spider-Man" is finished!"

   "One hundred and fifty million, when you were ten years and eighty months old, how tall are you now? Five feet five inches?"

"Your height is already good. Of course, according to your growth rate, you will definitely exceed five feet seven inches in two years. Whether it is seven, eight, ten, eleven, or six feet, it doesn't matter... "

   "Will you answer a sentence? If you say No, I'll start beating you right now!"

  Watching the truck driver roll up his sleeves, using a wine bottle to buff his head, Roland laughed and hid aside, "Ok, Ok, can I take it? But..."

   "But? Nothing but!" The truck driver interrupted directly: "Don't tell me that your acting skills are not good enough to control, you have been with Tom for more than half a year, do you think I will believe you?"

   "And I heard Robin told you, how to find emotion?"

   "That's enough! The two of them think you can do it, so you can!"

   "Besides, romance films are very simple! Just find an actress you think is beautiful!"

   "If you can really create that green, hazy feeling, I'll still feel good!"

   "The matter is settled like this? You take these two books to Steven! "Spider-Man" strives to find an investor to inject capital into the project before June. As long as the money is in place, the crew can be formed."

   "It took half a year to choose a location, make props and find actors. It looks loose, but it is actually very tight!"

   "We strive to start filming in early January and finish work in early June."

"We're going to get the editing done all June, and then around September, I'll have time to stare at the Titanic side - you decide when Spider-Man comes out, it starts in June '96 anyway. , you have to join the group of "Titanic", as for when the filming will be finished, maybe half a year at most, but you are not allowed to accept other projects in advance."

   "Uh... if it's Steven's project, you can take it, but you're not allowed to run away!"

have to…

  Seeing that the truck driver calculated the time so accurately, Roland knew that this guy had made thorough preparations before he came.

  This is actually a good thing, who doesn’t want their partners to be very reliable?

  But about casting...

   Seeing that the other party wanted to make Spielberg a co-producer, Roland coughed and recounted what he had said to James Olsen before.

After the truck driver finished listening to the series of abnormal lineups that could never exist in a superhero movie, he was about to leave with his mouth slightly open, frowning for a while, and then he asked in an almost corrupt voice, "Are you crazy?"

   "Shit! Am I crazy?"

   "Damn! If you form this kind of lineup, the heroine will die a hundred times, and others will still watch it!"

   "It's not that the audience can't accept the death of the protagonist, but they are worried that the director's random filming will lead to the death of the protagonist!"

   "Fuck!"

   "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you want to recruit these people to play?"

   "If you told me earlier, I wouldn't have to explain it to you for a long time!"

   "Wow, now that it's done like this, Doctor Octopus can still invite Arnold to play it!"

   "As for the evil ghost in the third part, you can invite an actor!"

   "Once this kind of A+list, A-list lineup is released, which audience will think that I will mess around?"

   "Uh... what if I think you're going to mess around?" Roland, who was sprayed with saliva all over his face, said very seriously.

"Get out!" Seeing the truck driver who is about to get the full gold team, this time he rolled up his sleeves and started beating people unceremoniously, "I think you are really rising too fast, and you are starting to float! "

   "If I don't beat you up today, I won't leave!"

Note: ①No matter how bad the Spider-Man filming is, so far none of them have lost money, not even at the box office. The old version of "Spider-Man 3" didn't lose money, and neither did "The Amazing Spider-Man 2". What an amazing IP. ② Cameron is indeed a representative of fraud. Before the project was officially approved in 1995, he told Fox that "Titanic" could be shot for only 75 million. The young Fox didn't believe it, but he didn't think it would How much does it cost? After all, a movie like "True Lies" only cost 115 million. It still uses fighter jets, and then waits for the truck driver to get the money and tell Fox to be like Kevin Costner's " Like Future Water World, when buying land and building ships, the young Fox directly raised the budget to 150 million, because "Future Water World" used 175 million, not that Fox wanted to spend 65 million Selling the North American distribution rights to Paramount, but "Future Water World" was lost to grandma's house.

  (end of this chapter)