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It took Matthew only ten minutes to get from his home to the Angels Agency in Burbank. He went up to the second floor and pushed open the door of Helen Herman's office. The first thing he saw was Sean Daniel, who had helped him. , On the single sofa next to Sean Daniel, there was a short middle-aged man sitting.

This person is also familiar, director Zach Snyder who filmed Britney's music video.

Seeing Matthew coming in, both Sean Daniel and Zach Snyder stood up. Matthew quickly took two steps forward and shook hands with Sean Daniel familiarly.

"Your new film is finished?" Matthew had forgotten what the film was called.

"There's only a little finishing work left." Sean Daniel admired Matthew very much from the very beginning, and it hasn't changed until now. He patted Matthew on the arm, "You kid, you're about to develop."

Matthew smiled and said, "It's not your support. Sean, if you don't choose me to be the Scorpion King, I'm probably still working in McDonald's or KFC restaurants to earn living expenses."

Although he declined Sean Daniel last time, he still accepted it.

Besides, there's no harm in having a good relationship with a well-known producer who has a close relationship with Universal Pictures.

Sean Daniel also laughed, turned to look at Zach Snyder, and said, "Matthew, I'll introduce you to a director."

"We know each other." Matthew took the initiative to extend his right hand to Zach Snyder, "Zach, we meet again."

Zach Snyder shook his right hand. "Hello, Matthew."

After the two sides chatted, they quickly entered the topic.

Helen-Hellman said first, "Sean is preparing a new project and wants to continue working with us."

Sean Daniel gestured to Zack Snyder with his eyes and said, "I'm planning a new movie, Zach will be the director, and we want to invite you to be the male lead."

Matthew glanced at Helen Herman's side, Helen Herman didn't prompt, and couldn't help asking, "Sean, Zach, do you know what movie this is?"

The films directed by Zack Snyder left a deep impression on him, namely the red pants and "Batman v Superman".

But counting the time, it doesn't seem right.

"Do you know George A. Romero's Dawn of the Living Dead?" Sean Daniel said directly when Matthew nodded, "Universal Pictures and I took it from the copyright owner, New Amsterdam Entertainment. When the copyright of "Dawn of the Living Dead" is reached, I am ready to remake this film."

When he said this, Matthew immediately remembered. He seemed to have seen this film. He remembered that he saw the news of George-A Romero's death on the Internet at that time, and specially published a commemorative condolence under the news.

I vaguely remember that several of George-A Romero's classic zombie films were later remade, but they were not particularly impressive to him, and he had never been able to distinguish between the Land of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Living Dead.

Is Zach Snyder breaking into Hollywood with a zombie remake?

Just when Matthew was thinking, Sean Daniel was still talking about some details, "1978's Dawn of the Living Dead is obviously a Cult movie, a milestone in horror movies, we will not make a Cult movie. , and we will apply the advanced technology that is popular today.”

Matthew listened while thinking, and nodded slowly.

Helen Herman also listened very seriously. Although Sean Daniel is not as good as Jerry Bruckheimer, he is also a very good producer and project initiator. The last time she rejected Sean Daniel, It's just because the type of the film doesn't match Matthew's development line at all. Before Matthew came over this time, the two sides had had a lot of exchanges. Sean Daniel claimed that he would use Matthew as the male protagonist and create a script based on his characteristics. .

Zombie movies are not mainstream in Hollywood, but they have a considerable audience, and her biggest concern is the quality of the remakes.

It's not that Hollywood has not remade previous classic movies in the past, and generally speaking, there are fewer successes than failures.

Watching Sean Daniel and Zach Snyder, Matthew was as serious as listening to Helen Herman talking about Jack Bruckheimer's project.

"I've always loved this genre since I was a kid, and 1978's Dawn of the Living Dead is my favorite, and while it's not uncommon for zombie movies of its kind, Dawn of the Living Dead is always the standout one. , I feel like this genre isn't getting the attention it deserves right now."

Sean - Daniel is obviously very thoughtful, at least his words reveal the meaning, "The legend of zombies has a history of thousands of years, they are almost like vampires, to me, zombies are still the perfect villain, they are fearless. , tireless, ubiquitous, and they have only one goal: to track, kill, and eat you."

Frankly speaking, the first such film that Matthew saw was the work of George-A-Romero, but the most impressive was the "Resident Evil" series.

"At present, I have convened a screenwriting team to write the script, and the framework and setting of the script have been completed." Sean Daniel smiled and looked at Matthew, "We originally asked George-A-Romero's opinion on the script, he The idea is to have a female character and continue to use the mall as the main story location..."

He shook his head, "Universal Pictures and I have doubts about these films. Women as absolute protagonists will be rejected by a considerable number of male audiences, and the audience for this type of film is still dominated by men."

Matthew didn't speak, but Helen Herman said in a timely manner, "So you want to set a male as the absolute protagonist?"

"Yes." Sean Daniel admitted first, then elaborated. "Every time Stephen Sommers writes a script, some of the characters in it like to use real people as prototypes."

Matthew knows this, the Scorpion King was originally based on Dwayne Johnson as the prototype, and the blueprint of the big villain Mannon in "The Scorpion King" is the Asian superstar Pony Ma.

Sean Daniel continued, "Stephen Sommers has been successful every time, and I think his approach is worth learning from, so let the writers use Matthew's image and style as the basis to create the hero in the script. "

He smiled again, "So, no one is more suitable for this role than Matthew."

"Sean..." Matthew asked slowly, "Is there a script?"

"It's not done yet." Sean Daniel said with a strong confidence, "I promise, this is a reimagining of a classic, not a simple repetition. There are many new remakes, and I like to test Fulman's The Human Body, Carpenter's The Thing, and Cronenberg's The Flies are all great movies that don't hurt the originals, and Zach and I hope this will make zombie movies appealing new audience."

The two seemed to come with great sincerity, and then Zach Snyder said, "Matthew, we've worked together, you should know my creative passion."

Matthew nodded. "Yes, I never doubted that."

Zach Snyder is undoubtedly a very thoughtful director.

"Sean came to me to direct because we had a very similar view on the shoot," Zach Snyder added. The original script was reshooted one step at a time. What we wanted to do was re-enact it, it was a re-creation process, and we didn’t want to compare the film to other films, this is our version.”

Whether it's Sean Daniel or Zach Snyder, saying so much is showing sincerity.

Matthew could hear it, and Helen Herman could also hear it. The two looked at each other, and the tacit understanding brought about by their long-term cooperation immediately made Helen Herman ask, "Sean, there is one thing I don't quite understand. ."

Sean Daniel looked very polite, "Helen, if you have any questions, just say it."

Helen Herman is an agent, and he asked directly, "Why Matthew? Matthew is not even a second-tier now~www.readwn.com~ This is also Matthew's question, he and Sean - Daniel's relationship is really good, but this relationship really involves big interests, and they all have to stand aside.

Sean Daniel rejected the idea of ​​George A. Romero and wanted to create a film with a male as the absolute protagonist. Hollywood has a lot of suitable actors, but with such a sincere attitude, they approached the Angel Agency, they A good relationship must be one of the reasons, but it cannot be the whole.

With Helen Herman asking questions, Matthew looked at Sean Daniel to hear what he had to say.

"I've worked with Matthew and I know Matthew very well, like Stephen Sommers said, Matthew is a good actor! And now a star-level good actor!"

Sean Daniel first praised Matthew, and then said, "Zach has also worked with Matthew, and he hopes to work with Matthew again."

Zach Snyder is Sean Daniel's finalized director, and of course he has to cooperate with him. At this time, he said, "I have seen all the roles of Matthew starting from "Gladiator", and I completely agree with Sean's words, Matthew is The most suitable actor."

"Of course, the film's investment is limited." Sean Daniel said honestly, with sincerity, "The production budget of this film will not exceed 25 million US dollars, and we do not have the ability to invite first-line big stars. Matthew may be famous. Not as loud as some of the big stars, but we did our research and after the release of The Scorpion King, he was very popular."

Matthew still did not speak. The investment of 25 million US dollars can be regarded as a medium-scale production in Hollywood commercial films.

If it weren't for "Pirates of the Caribbean", with his current status, the male lead of a crew of this size would definitely be a good opportunity for him.