Hollywood Domination Chapter 314: Unknown challenge

Speaking of Joss Whedon, this talented screenwriter, director and producer does not seem to be so lucky. Although he is 45 years old this year, he is already a big name in the field of science fiction TV dramas. He created his own sci-fi film "Firefly", and became famous even earlier than J.J. Abrams, the sci-fi star who became famous with "Lost" and "Edge of Crisis". There are many well-known talents, but in the mainstream film industry, Joss has not met his own Bole for a long time. Compared with becoming famous a few years ago, he was appreciated by Tom Cruise. Abrams, the creator of Impossible 3, Star Trek 11, and other sci-fi masterpieces, although Joss got involved in the writing of film scripts very early, he didn’t even have the right to authorship in the early days. ", was nominated for the Oscar for Best Screenplay, but has been lacking a chance to prove himself, failed to win the favor of film manufacturers, and took over the lead tube of any big production.

Even in the field of TV dramas, 2008 was a relatively low ebb in his career--the two classic dramas produced by him, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", have come to an end, and "Firefly" "The movie version was well-received but not well-received. Although the relatively hard-core content has brought loyal fans and a high reputation, the box office is not satisfactory. There was a very unpleasant quarrel with Fox, which even affected the broadcast of his fourth sci-fi TV series "Puppet Agent". It's season four. As for "The Cabin in the Woods" that he is promoting as a producer, MGM had already given the green light. However, although MGM was bought by Sony before, Sony's capital injection brought some vitality to it. The company itself is still deeply in debt crisis, and now there are rumors that there is a serious problem with the capital chain, and it is likely to declare bankruptcy and reorganization in the short term. Needless to say, the production of "The Cabin in the Woods" can only be stranded. Since the launch of his masterpiece "Buffy", this period of time should be the most unsatisfactory time for him.

——Of course, this low ebb is relatively speaking. Joss was originally from a very well-off family, and the benefits brought to him by classic dramas such as "Buffy" and "Angel" made him able to live comfortably. It is his personal interests and ambitions that drive him to move forward now. Therefore, although he should be salivating for the director position of the project "Dream", he can't wait to prove his love for the big dream. However, when Dameng contacted him last year, he was preparing for "Doll Agents". Although his relationship with Fox was already quite stiff and indifferent, he still said professionally that he had to put "Doll Agents" first. Only when the work is done can the script writing and project planning of "" be considered, and it also emphasizes his style to Dameng—either don't do it for him, or guarantee the director's right to speak. Obviously, Joss himself is unwilling Yu is only Jenny's puppet, just a paintbrush. What he needs is a director-centered working model. For this reason, he also asked for a position in the producer group: the producer of "Monroe" Only Jenny's name was listed on the list. Although this allowed her to win the Oscars, it obviously brought some bad influences, causing some talented but not so lofty directors to have certain doubts.

However, Joss must have been worried in vain—maybe it was a predestined relationship between the two parties. For Jenny, she didn't have the energy to start a new movie at the time, and the funds would not be available for a while. She had to wait until "Twilight" After the settlement period of "City of City", Dameng will have spare funds to start """, so she also has plenty of time to wait for Joss to slowly brew, hone the outline of the script, and write the world setting. As for herself and Joss Who has the final say, this question is easier to discuss. Jenny herself does not have any talent for screenwriting. It is enough to reach an agreement on the guiding ideology. Jenny is not interested in making an actor-centered superhero movie. This type of movie that focuses on visual spectacle must be checked by the director. The addition of personal charm cannot replace the role of the director, just like "Iron Man", Robert Downey Jr.'s personal style is of course very important, but to say "Iron Man" is a big hit, the plot structure, rhythm, high The real reason is the trendy layout, manipulation, and special effect screen production and use-it can be said that superhero movies are the most typical products of the Hollywood industrial assembly line. The result of the structure must be that the movie hits the street, no matter how famous the individual is, there will be no exceptions to this point.

Although her influence has now surpassed that of Hollywood actresses in the usual sense, and may even be higher than that of male actors in the eyes of outsiders, Jenny has no interest in challenging this law. My own commercial appeal is still relatively underestimated - the explosion of "Monroe" is largely due to her accumulation and foreshadowing in the past few years. It can be said that a series of commercial films such as "Pirate" and "Sally" A series of awards, including the result of her personal life's endless stimulating news brought attention, if because "Monroe" exploded, it is taken for granted that """ will definitely explode, and she will definitely bring the box office, then there is some It's so self-inflated. So her attitude in the cooperation is still relatively low, giving Joss a considerable degree of freedom to create, but only emphasizing some basic directions, and 'coincidentally', on these basic issues, Joss It can be said that it coincides with her opinion, which is quite speculative, and Joss is more excited because of this. After several months of preparation, he gave her a quite detailed setting list, including the direction of the whole plot and the biography of the characters. They are all written in detail, and it really fascinated Jenny: It can be seen that the creative environment this time really made him feel very comfortable, and the respect and understanding from the employer also inspired his creative inspiration, allowing him to hand over A rather excellent answer sheet.

"One thing we have to keep in mind throughout the creation process of the outline is that when the audience watches a superhero movie, what they are looking for is a fairly stylized and simple movie-watching pleasure," said Carrey in a previous He was absent from several communications, so after the simple greetings, Joss opened his outline and introduced his thoughts to him, "So superhero movies can't accommodate overly complicated plots, There can't be too complicated characters and torture of human nature. These things are just not suitable for superheroes, and it can even be said that they are not suitable for most commercial films, but this does not mean that it should be mentally retarded. Superhero films need a bright rhythm, a clear and charming theme, an absolutely politically correct theme, and a pro and villain with distinctive personalities. The plot structure of no more than three twists, and This principle must be strictly followed: all plots serve the battle, the battle is the core of the whole movie, the characters are secondary, and the plot conflict must take a back seat."

Based on Joss's standard, all of Warner's superhero movies are unqualified, including the popular series "Batman" in recent years, which is also crooked, but "Iron Man" is more in line with this standard. Ray Orent naturally showed some uncomfortable expressions, but he couldn't come up with any good arguments to refute this point of view—since he won DC, Warner has been making progress in the development of comic-adapted movies. Stumbled and stumbled, wasting the great resources of DC, except for the "Batman" series, the rest of the comic films were almost all disastrous failures, just last month, "Watchmen" just had a miserly hit on the street, although this movie It is hailed as a masterpiece among the core fan base, but the box office is very sorry for its $130 million production budget. This movie is also completely contrary to several principles proposed by Joss, and it also got an R rating outrageously. Many young spectators are on the sidelines, and it is not so surprising that such results will be achieved.

This is also the reason why Jenny chose Joss instead of Nolan-although this movie has Warner's investment, she really does not intend to follow the serious dark style that Warner has always liked, but intends to move closer to Marvel , to create his own superhero movie in full accordance with Joss's standards. After all, the facts are in front of us. Marvel’s ideas and strategies allow them to launch two to three hits each year with a global box office of around 1 billion. Moreover, the box office and word of mouth are showing an upward trend, not because of the leading role and director. , characters, and themes have changed, while DC can only watch Marvel make money one after another—even cartoons like "Super Hero 6" are double-booming word-of-mouth at the box office—while drawing Circle cursed parent company Warner.

Actually, why doesn't Warner want to learn from Marvel and take a more relaxed route? But in the original timeline, when Marvel started to explode, they were already hard-won and could not turn back. Leaving Nolan, "Green Lantern" didn't even know his mother. The star of Ryan Reynolds was delayed for two years, and finally went to the Marvel Universe to play Deadpool, a non-mainstream hero. Going slanted and wanting to turn around and become popular again. With Nolan, "Superman: Man of Steel" still has a global score of 500 million. Although including his high cost and strong publicity, Warner certainly won't make much money. But this is at least the beginning, and at least it is their own route, so even if they realize the advantages of the Marvel route, they can't leave Nolan at this time, they can only hold his thigh firmly, and take the dark and serious route Going to the end, I hope that "Superman vs. Batman" will be a big hit under his supervision, and can compete with Marvel. Although "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" was still bad in word of mouth at that time, it attracted many fans. It's ridiculous, but no matter what, it has a box office of 1 billion in the world, which can compete with "Iron Man 3"...

As for the current timeline, Jenny did not hide her broom and signaled Joss's idea of ​​defending against Warner. Although it is almost a certainty that Marvel will marry Disney, it only needs to be announced to the public. Logically speaking, it can be regarded as a family. People, and now Marvel has begun to contact Joss, tentatively chatting about "The Avengers"-Joss asked her opinion on this matter, because two movies with similar themes are being produced at the same time. Movies are more taboo, but of course Jenny will not object——

Although, according to common sense, Jenny should hope that Warner will continue to go down the street and guard against their successful experience, so that "The Avengers" will not encounter unexpected powerful enemies. However, in Jenny's opinion , even if Warner knows this and has full confidence in her, before "" and "Avengers 2" are released, they believe that this line of thinking is the right way, and it will be difficult for them to change their course: last year they just relied on "Bat Nolan, who won the annual championship in "Heroes", has now become d. It is impossible to kick him out and take the easy route. It will be difficult for them to ignore Nolan's bitter reality version of Batman and shoot the more cheerful and young "Superman" and "Wonder Woman". Si had the opportunity to direct "Wonder Woman", and he had the embryonic form of today's mature idea, but Warner couldn't accept it. At that time, what Warner wanted to do was still a heavy and helpless "Spiderman" and "Batman". "Wonder Woman", and Joss would rather not shoot than change his mind. In addition, the fiasco of "Catwoman" in the past few years also made Warner's decision-making staff worry a lot, and this project was eventually dropped.

With the continuous expansion of the company's scale, the advantage of "small boat and easy to turn around" is gone, and the vision of decision-makers becomes more and more important, because this is no longer a matter of hitting the street. It can be said that Warner has been working until 2o15 2005, still paying for decisions made ten years ago, and the trickiest thing about this whole thing is that in 2005, making a serious, gloomy Batman did seem like a good idea, always Before "Iron Man" came out in 2008, this seemed to be a genius choice by Warner. Even now, Warner just felt a certain amount of discomfort with the rise of "Iron Man", and did not realize that he had fallen behind. The entry strategy is passive, losing the opening advantage brought by the early acquisition of DC.

——Looking at Kerry, Jenny also sighed inwardly: she was 90% sure that Kerry would not go back and spread Joss' ideas, even though he himself thought that Joss's ideas were more important. value, would not do such a thing, because Warner’s internal struggle is too fierce, and the internal friction is too strong. In the "Batman" series, it was discovered by Jeff Robinov, the director of Warner Films. Under such circumstances, Carey and the company leaders disagreed. In terms of Warner's corporate culture, it is very likely that he will be squeezed out and lose his position as the producer of "". It is also this kind of corporate culture that makes Warner miss possible opportunities to turn around again and again. Although Disney has similar problems, but to a lesser degree, it is catching up head-on, and its leading position is in jeopardy. But if we want to get back to the root, in fact, the ultimate problem lies with Jeff Bewkes, the head of Time Warner. If he hadn't appointed and supported a new CEO after the CEO of Warner Entertainment left, the three executives Fighting between dragons and tigers, Warner's internal strife is not so intense, and Jeff is not so sensitive to the criticism of "Batman". In comparison, although Big Dream and Disney movies are also different, but Robert Iger closely monitors, Adjusting the attitude at any time will at least control this kind of internal fighting within an acceptable range, so that it will not drag down the strategic advantage of the entire company like Warner.

For Jenny, this is also a shocking lesson. As the big dream grows step by step, many concepts that were originally relatively pragmatic have gradually shown their meaning: company culture, brand concept, personnel system , Employee Satisfaction These softwares may indeed be inferior to the hardware of "company profit" in the early stage of development, but when the hardware has been built and the machine has been built, it is the software that determines how far the machine can go , Whether to become a formal large company that can operate independently and be passed down for a hundred years, or a personal company that becomes unsustainable once the key person leaves, depends on how many years the company has started to formalize its transformation.

This is actually one of the things that Jenny has been thinking about recently, and it is also a shortcoming that she has realized. It is ashamed to say that although the dream was founded by her alone, and it also contributed considerable dividends to her Giving back, but Jenny actually doesn’t understand the current big dream. As a result of filming outside all the year round, she is basically far away from the daily operation of the big dream. Except for Cesare and Jim, several senior members of the distribution department and production department Although, we only have official correspondence with her, and few meetings, of course, maybe they can still be considered familiar, but what is the daily working atmosphere of Dameng, what are the disadvantages and advantages, and what kind of company do employees need? Culture, these are not soaked in the company for a year or so, and it is difficult to find the answer if you really sink your heart to experience them.

——and Jenny just lacks this time, and she doubts whether Cesare has corrected her shortcomings in downward communication: although not all, most CEOs like to create an image of approachability for themselves. It is out of the common needs of the superiors. For example, now, as a funder, Jenny must hope that he can speak freely when communicating with Joss. Even if there is a problem, she can expose it all at once. Thousands of miles away, Joss was also trembling and dared not say any risky words. In the subsequent film production process, problems will still exist and be found out, but the time and money spent on solving the problems are bound to be overwhelming. It will increase a lot, and it will also add countless unhappiness and cost more labor costs. And Cesare’s previous communication mode would indeed make those who were at a disadvantage in front of him feel nervous and resistant. Jenny didn’t know if he had improved now, but she thought it was probably not. After all, their relationship improved and deepened. , The change in the communication mode is also based on the small explosion in "The Notebook", her status has risen, and her right to speak has begun to be on par with Cesare.

"I still hope to see some data, not your judgment on the market, Joss, no offense, but it is true, many directors, even directors with very successful works, have serious concerns about the market. Misjudgment..."

"Which research company can complete the survey of the entire market? There are a lot of bad movies produced according to the survey results. In many cases, audiences don't even know what they like to watch..."

When she was distracted, Kerry asked a few sharp questions about Joss' thinking, hoping to see a solid data to prove that movie audiences really don't like superhero movies that are too serious. However, Joss obviously lacked the corresponding preparations and could not come up with real investigation results, so his argument was a bit reluctant. There were some small disagreements at the beginning of the discussion, and Jenny immediately suppressed these considerations that were not in a hurry , refocused his attention on the meeting in front of him, and said with a clear attitude: "Kerry, there is no need to discuss this point-this is already a certainty, Joss and I have the same basic ideas on this matter, We all think that the audience will like it, and the box office and word-of-mouth of "" will tell us whether the audience likes it or not."

She did not tactfully express her position, but directly ended the debate with one sentence: Jenny does not intend to give Kerry a chance to challenge the basic direction. Warner does not have so much right to speak in this project. She hopes that Kerry will have more Assuming the role of a witness—witnessing that Dameng did not pocket Warner’s funds and spend them carelessly. In addition, except when Warner’s help is needed, Kerry can speak, and it is best for him to be quiet at other times. Shut up.

Even before "Monroe", Jenny may still need some scheming and strategies to help her suppress Carrie, but now, she only needs one sentence - judging from the change in Carrie's face, Obviously, he realized the subtext contained in Jenny's words, and realized Jenny's attitude...

This man who produced "Michael Clayton" has a high status in Warner Bros. It can even be said that it should be quite a scheming middle-aged man. He seldom receives such direct denial. The producer's instinct makes Carrey want to protest and seek a higher status for himself——

However, under Jenny's calm gaze, Joss's half-smile, and his seemingly doubtless looking around, Carrie's expression slowly turned into helplessness. Obviously, after weighing the pros and cons, the senior producer In the end, the only choice was made...

&nbk. Holding up his hand, Carey finally said, "2:1, I'll shut up myself—Jose, you go on." "

As if he didn't see the embarrassment on Carrie's face, Joss smiled, "With this principle, we can plan the general structure of the entire movie. In the first thirty minutes of this story, we It is necessary to clearly explain the personality and origin of the protagonist, and introduce the concept of superpowers, and this brings us to the next topic, which is the heroine Kelly-let's call her-what kind of girl is she? Conventionally, she is either from the bottom, or a princess or a rich woman who is far away from common life. This is a characteristic of famous heroines: far away from daily life. Maybe the creators are trying to find a driving force for their struggle-but let's not In doing so, in my vision, Kelly should be a smart, good and calm girl, and I want to remove some of the stereotypes of blondes in superhero movies, or in most movies: stupid , impulsive, screaming, likes to dress up, confused, Kelly should be a girl like this: born in the middle class, but not the kind who lives on the Upper East Side of New York, her parents are doctors and teachers in small towns, she grew up Well-educated, but a bit out of place with her classmates, she's a weird girl—the cool, nice kind."

Although she has read the written materials before, when Joss began to explain Kelly in her own language, Jenny still nodded unconsciously while listening, fully immersed in Joss' narration. ——Judging from the female characters portrayed by Joss in "Buffy", he prefers to design this kind of heroine with complete personality, good education and relatively happy family. Jenny herself also thinks that this preference is actually more in line with the public Orientation, even if the feminist factors here are taken away, this kind of setting is easier to make the most audiences feel friendly. After all, the bleak life experiences of Spiderman and Batman are somewhat outdated now, and in the "self so It’s not easy to be a hero, it’s so great’, it’s also easy to arouse the audience’s doubts of ‘since it’s already so miserable, why don’t you take care of yourself first’, in comparison, there are not too many troubles in a life It is more in line with normal people's cognition to engage in vigilante work or to speak out for justice. In this regard, Marvel's "Iron Man" has made a good start. Generally speaking, among the superheroes made by Marvel itself, there is no one that is too bleak and downcast. Every superhero is a winner in life. , industry elites, it also makes the audience less worried about the daily life of the heroes, and it is easy to get involved in the plot. As in "Watchmen", let the superheroes become the objects of calculation, and become people with human weaknesses, dark sides and No matter how deep the "people" on the weak side is played, the market response will definitely be very cold. The reason is the same as what Joss said, that is, it does not meet the audience's expectations. There is a feeling of being unable to swallow.

"The movie can quickly take Kelly's childhood in five minutes, which will provide a good docking point for the subsequent comics. If we want to publish a comic version, we can draw from her teenage years. .” Under Jenny’s obviously fascinated and approving listening, Joss’s state was obviously excited, and he continued to say while gesturing, “Kelly may have been a little indifferent to real life when she was a teenager, and she was obsessed with In her little technology, she received care and kindness from ordinary people at this time. Our protagonist grew up in love. She is still a bit strange to work in a large company similar to Stark Industries, but her outstanding ability and this kind of personality that concentrates on work and doesn't care about other things made her take up an important position very quickly. Began to come into contact with the real secrets of the company. The company began to test and test Kelly, wanting to know whether she was loyal enough and disregarded human life enough, and Kelly was smart enough to see through all the temptations, but she hadn't really become vigilant at this time , she still thought it was a very fun thing, and she passed the test smoothly."

Now even Kerry is really attracted, he flipped through the materials, "Is this the timing of the villain? This is a more interesting plot, the heroine holds a high-level position in the villain's company-this is a bit The feeling of a spy movie reminds me of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.”

"Mrs. Smith is the most successful modern superheroine on the screen in the last ten years," Joss did not deny Carrie's comments, but smiled appreciatively, "Including "Tomb Raider" The same is true for Lara, so we have to draw on the success of these two characters, while finding what we should avoid from "Catwoman", it seems that the heroine may not be so exciting to the audience, they need some decryption Elements as an agent—and they are especially receptive to female disguises, lying, ambush, dealing with all kinds of people, and defeating the strong by the weak. This is a significant difference between the male hero and the female hero. The female through the male It is a classic plot to play with their weaknesses on the palm of the hand, and it is also a classic plot for men to directly disintegrate the enemy by force through physical strengthening, and the two generally cannot be mixed."

"Generally speaking, people like delicate female fight scenes, delicate, clean and flexible, but male fight scenes are just the opposite. American audiences like the kind that directly shows off their muscles. Let the audience's blood boil," Jenny added, "including the action director will deliberately make a difference between the fighting styles of the two. I have personal experience of this. My fighting scene in "Pirates of the Caribbean" was specially designed. We were taking different classes at the time.”

"And it sounds like you're going to make some changes in this regard?" Kerry raised his eyebrows.

"That's one of the subversive details of the film," Jenny said. "We wanted to have both. Kylie's fighting style is exquisite, but after she gets superpowers, her fighting results That's rough, Carrie, what do you think of that idea?"

As a reward for Kerry's convincing just now, on such a less important issue, Jenny intends to let Kerry express his opinion, although even if he objects, she will not listen to him.

"It means a lot of budget." Kerry frowned and thought for a while, but he didn't disagree, but nodded solemnly, "But it's very interesting... I think you can try it, after all, explosion scenes can always Let the audience's blood boil, and it needs to be closely connected with the protagonist to make people feel more substituting. If the jujitsu-style fighting style continues, the whole film will have a sense of regret that people cannot be fully excited, and This is what we should try to avoid."

"Yes, I feel that your condition has also begun to rise." Jenny pointed to Carrie, "This is what I want, a producer who is very close to me-Jose, you continue."

"So, blah, without further ado, some of Kelly's deciphering process can be interspersed during this period. We need some high-IQ, fast, compelling clips for the audience, reflecting Kelly's character, she is extraordinary. The boldness and composure, some chasing scenes, clever escape plots, and finally Kelly found out that her company is making a human screening drug, we can imagine a concept, so that people with IQs higher than a certain value generally carry a gene , and this screening drug will kill all people who do not carry this gene. In short, the villain wants to destroy the world for some reason, and Kelly is determined to stop this, she stole the original solution of the drug, this precious There is only such a chemical agent in the world, but it does not need a lot to be used by all human beings. If it cannot combine with this coding gene in dna, it will release biological toxicity. After dilution, it can pass through the weather Weapons are spread all over the world and enter the global circulatory system, so that for people with an IQ below 100, the earth will be uninhabitable. Sooner or later, they will die with one breath and one drink of water, but for people who carry this gene For the crowd, this drug is more like a tonic, the villain firmly believes that this gene is the key to the next stage of human evolution, and the drug will make this code more active, prompting it to mutate—"

"—and Kelly was forced to drink this bottle of stock solution at a critical moment." Kerry predicted the development of the plot before Joss could continue.

"—and Kelly was forced to drink this bottle of original solution at a critical moment—the gene was activated, superpowers, and she became a new human in the next stage." Joss nodded and said, "Tacky, but classic , and it works quite well, we have to combine the super power acquisition with the story, otherwise the first hour of the movie will be too long."

"Yes, you are right, and this also has an advantage-you can even create the villain together. After all, this is an original story. It is impossible for the audience to get the understanding and expectations of the villain from the comics. He entered the company after the super power, and the structure will be too loose,” Kerry seemed to have been deeply attracted by Joss, “This structure is relatively the most scientific, of course, it’s a bit tacky, but speaking of Come back, which commercial film has a less tacky story?"

"When it comes to shaping the villain, this is another reason why I chose Joss." Jenny interjected, "Joss' villains are always both good and evil, making people hate and love, of course—— It's always hard to die in one episode—"

Among the laughter of Joss and Carrie, Jenny also laughed and said, "This is very beneficial to the sequel and comics. A villain with humanity and popularity, as long as he looks good, there will always be people." I have a good impression of them. After all, people’s expectations for villains are not too high. So in the first part, we need a handsome villain. It's more reasonable, after all, she didn't have superpowers at the time—it could also make up for the lack of emotional lines, after all, this is the only love scene in the whole film, although it's just a side ball—"

"Wait!" Kerry exclaimed in surprise. He looked at Jenny and Joss left and right, "The only love scene? Are you kidding me? Joss? Jennifer?"

Facing the astonished Kerry, Jenny did have sympathy, she could feel the impact of this idea on him—but she shook her head firmly, "This is not a joke, Kerry, Kerry There will be no romantic relationships in the first part, and no prospective boyfriends - none of those boyfriends who were just friends in the first part, but you can feel their prospects in the second part, I guess fans may All imaginations have to be poured between Kelly and the villain, but unfortunately, this is the final decision."

"But—why—" Carrey looked totally disgusted at the idea, pulling at his hair frantically, "all superhero movies—no, all commercial movies have romance— — for a reason, Jennifer!"

"But in female superhero films, they shouldn't exist, at least not until you want to finish the series," Joss also shook his head tactfully but firmly, "male heroes falling in love? It's very normal, It's almost routine, no one will think about it, but the heroine can't, and the vast majority of female audiences will call him Tom when the real emotional line appears-because of our villain, which is His tentative name in the synopsis—appeared too early, and his identity is sensitive, most of the audience can guess that he is mostly not the right one, this is not a real relationship—so his intersection with Kelly will make The female audience has a feeling of eating snacks, which is an unexpected treat and stimulation that excites them and will not affect the plot, but from the moment the real emotional line appears, the vast majority of female audiences will start to deviate from their attention They will not care about the visual spectacle you present, the key points of the plot that you want them to pay attention to, but will always care about the interaction and progress between Kelly and the hero, and start to guess what Kelly's new human identity will have on her emotional life Get in the way, will they stay in love forever? Is Kylie ready to get married and have kids? She's 26 and ready to start thinking about it - you pull them out of real life for over an hour, but after seeing the male lead In an instant, they will immediately return to real life, or return to their movie-watching habits cultivated by countless female movies: the old routine of emphasizing emotional dramas-this kind of movie-watching experience is actually not for female audiences themselves. Not ideal, they came to the movie theater with the expectation of watching a visual spectacle, but they couldn't concentrate. What's more frightening is that this relationship was destined to be handled hastily. , because there is no original work for this movie..."

"But it's a heroine movie after all, and it's a female movie—at least it has the characteristics of a female movie," Carrey said disapprovingly, "and a female movie must have an emotional scene, no matter whether it is or not." More or less—the best thing is that it can also have a certain role in promoting Kelly's mental journey..."

This is the first producer meeting of "" and the three producers all have a lot of opinions to express and communicate. Joss still wants to make the film a steamy fantasy feeling, which is what he has always been I like it, and Jenny is determined not to give in on this point. She thinks that the good time of steam fantasy is over. As for Kerry, although he understands that his right to speak is limited, he is not willing to be marginalized. Still working hard to find a sense of existence, to find fault with the outline - of course, this is also a manifestation of his sense of responsibility.

It took a lot of time to convince Carrie, and at the same time, there are many details that need to be adjusted. For example, Jenny said for the 10,000th time in Carrie-even at the end of the film, that Carrie must be arranged on the side of justice. After the boyfriend, he was also shaken, and the three of them began to discuss the possibility of doing so... When the whole discussion was over, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon, but the good news is that the framework and outline of the movie have been finalized , Next, the writing of the script can be carried out simultaneously with the preparation and casting of the crew. This is also the advantage of self-financing and self-produced. If *oss passes it, it is passed. Unlike Warner, from the script writing to the final casting, There may be more than ten or twenty people's hands, and script doctors will be invited to revise and diagnose. Just polishing the script can last forever.

"If everything goes well, we will be able to finalize the role in a week, and in a month, the complete first draft of the script will be sent to you, and we can conduct the first round of casting based on the first draft." Joss flipped through After looking at his schedule, he finally said, "I'll see you then."

"See you then."

"See you then."

The three of them shook hands with each other, and stopped talking about work. Instead, they walked towards the door of the suite while talking about trivial matters—seeing Carrie biting her lower lip and thinking, Jenny asked half-jokingly. He said, "How about it, Carrie, will this make you more confident about the future of "" or, in turn, make you full of worries about the future?"

"I can only say that there are too many subversive and brand-new things in this movie." Kerry shook his head and said in a helpless tone. Obviously, Jenny had indeed guessed what he had in mind. thoughts. "It's hard for me to imagine what it looks like, there is no reference, so I really don't know what to do with it, because I really don't know what the final product will look like."

"I know how you feel," said Jenny, "and I don't know how it's going to end up, and I don't even know if it's going to work out in the end—trust me, it doesn't happen very often to me. "

Although she knew that Carrie would not understand, Jenny still chose to tell the truth. This feeling that everything is unknown is indeed quite new, and she can't tell whether she likes this unknown feeling or feels fear instead. However, seeing Kerry's terrified expression because of her words, she couldn't help but giggled again—well, maybe she wasn't as unconfident as expected, maybe the continuous success had indeed made She has a solid career foundation, which makes Jenny believe that she can make the right choice and judgment, which makes her even like this unknown challenge.

"However, I'm sure of it." She stopped at the door and said to Carrie and Joss with a smile, "Carrie will definitely be a cool girl-no matter what the box office does, this movie will be very good." Cool!"