This director only makes bad movies.

Chapter 298 Film Preparations
After parting with Lin Ziyi, Xu Nan immediately started the preparations for the movie "Three Thousand Warriors of Sparta".

The original movie "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" will be released in about half a month, so Xu Nan needs to complete a series of preparations such as filming, production, post-release and other preparations within half a month.

This is an impossible task for other films, but for Xu Nan, there is still plenty of time.

He can complete the filming and production in only seven days, and the rest of the time is spent on leisure and relaxation while exercising and boxing.

Nanhai Film and Television has taken shape, and preparing a movie has become a simple matter. Xu Nan just briefly talked about how to shoot in the conference room, and George directed the staff to arrange most of the work.

The ability shown by George, a veteran producer, also made Xu Nan make up his mind.

"George, I have seen your performance, and I have decided that you will be in charge of the company's next film."

In the United States, the director-centered system and the producer-centered system are parallel. For a movie, there is not much difference between the director-centered system and the producer-centered system.

There are many classic movies that are shot under the command of the producer, and the director is sometimes just a pure shooting tool.

The main purpose of Xu Nan coming to the United States is to make money. He cannot stay here for a long time. He needs to cultivate a successor.

George is very good, he is a veteran producer with a lot of experience.

Although I had some small unpleasantness with him before, but recently I have been working very hard and treated Xu Nan very respectfully. He has long forgotten the small unpleasantness at the beginning and decided to train George up.

As long as George's performance is okay, he will be in charge of managing the company in the future, and he can even be given some shares to win him over.

George was stunned for a moment, feeling very surprised.

However, he is also a veteran producer. Although he was in charge of shooting that kind of low-level underground film before, he has a lot of experience.

Always in charge of a movie, although it surprises him, he will not lose his composure.

A low-end copycat is just a piece of porcelain, and the cost is only a few hundred thousand dollars.

What made him happy was the improvement of his status in the company and the recognition of Xu Nan, a talented director.

George worked harder, and the cake painted by Xu Nan added a buff of hard work to him, and it was the kind that lasted for a long time.

Thanks to George's efforts, the production team was almost ready, and the next step was the choice of actors.

Xu Nan encountered some troubles in this link.

The ancient Greek city-state Sparta was an iron-blooded city-state. The city-state had a rule that when a child was just born, he needed to be checked. If he was physically disabled, sick, or even too weak, he would be abandoned directly.

Children who are not abandoned should start training from an early age and continue to train until they become adults, because only in this way can the most powerful fighters be cultivated.

The original "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" undoubtedly has this setting, because they filmed the story of the Spartan warriors defeating the Persian army.

Although "Three Thousand Warriors of Sparta" is a pirated version, the basic setting cannot be changed, and the story is also the story of the Spartans defeating the Persian army.

This kind of setting determines that the main actor of the movie must be a man, and he must also be a strong man, a macho man who can hit eight at a glance.

This kind of actor is not easy to find.

Moreover, in this kind of movie, Elisa, who has a thin waist and long legs, is destined not to be the protagonist, but only a vase.

The protagonist of the movie must be a man, and a man who can be beaten at a glance.

Or don't all of them choose thin and weak people to create a sense of contrast?

Xu Nan suddenly had an idea in his mind.

This kind of idea is really feasible. Anyway, it is a copycat Pengci movie, using a group of weak and thin people to play the famously powerful Spartan warriors, which is full of nonsense and contrast.

While the audience is speechless, they should also be very happy to watch.

But after thinking about it carefully, Xu Nan gave up this tempting idea.

It's not that I think it's not good or anything, it's simply that the conditions are not met.

The homogenization of actors in the entertainment industry is very serious, there are a lot of handsome men and beautiful women, and you can kill seven or eight handsome guys and beautiful girls by throwing a brick at will.

Physically fit actors are a bit hard to find, but you can find them if you want.

But it is very difficult to find a thin person who is so weak.

Of course, if you look for it with your heart and spend a certain amount of energy, you will definitely be able to find it.

But this is just a copycat pen tile used to make money. After spending so much energy, is it to make yourself feel uncomfortable?

After thinking carefully about the difficulty of finding both thin actors and bodybuilders, Xu Nan decided to find bodybuilders.

If not, the requirements can be relaxed a bit.

In fact, Xu Nan still underestimated his appeal among actors.

After he released the casting request, a large number of muscular men flocked to him, trying their best to have a role in the movie.

Hollywood is a vanity fair, where countless dream-chasing boys and girls come here every day, hoping to become glamorous stars and live under the spotlight.

But this kind of person is often one in a million. To become famous, strength, luck, and connections are indispensable.

Xu Nan is a relatively well-known director in the United States. These actors also know that it is shameful and shameful to appear in his movies, but they still come for their dreams.

It is not difficult to go from one to two, and it is not difficult to go from two to three, but it is particularly difficult to go from zero to one. Many people just lack an opportunity. As long as they have an opportunity, they can get up.

It may be embarrassing to say that it is a copycat, but no matter what, this is a serious theater movie, not the kind of underground movie that can only go through the video tape channel.

Moreover, the lower limit of Shanzhai Pengci movies is guaranteed, and the popularity is not low. It can be regarded as a strong stroke in terms of qualifications, and you can use this pedal to climb higher.

Seeing a group of actors who could be bodybuilders make various poses, and some even tried to play tricks on him, Xu Nan could only lament that American people are curly, and in some places they are even curvier than those in China.

Thanks to this, Xu Nan easily found all the actors for the Three Thousand Warriors of Sparta, especially the leading actor Leonidas. He chose a handsome man with eight-pack abs. Call Butler.

This actor is not much worse than the protagonist of the genuine three hundred warriors of Sparta, even better in appearance.

But it's a pity that there is a big gap in fame between the two. Fortunately, Xu Nan doesn't care about this.

The actors are selected, the crew is ready, the staff is all ready, and the preparations for the film are all completed.

The three thousand warriors of Sparta officially started filming!
(End of this chapter)