Legendary Hollywood Director

Zach Snyder is very depressed.

He finally made a film that he was very satisfied with, and he was able to further improve his personal aesthetic texture on the basis of his predecessors, which really took a lot of thought.

When viewers watch it, they may only feel fresh, but for similar freshness, he has been preparing for more than half a year, soaking in the digital field and discussing the feasibility of the picture with many professionals.

But after the film was released, the flood of criticism and abuse made him embarrassed as a director.

However, the only consolation may be the transcript.

Just like Michael Bay, his works ignore the plot and only have action and explosive scenes, but no matter how critics scold him, he can always "slap in the face" with box office data.

In fact, the screening of "300" did indeed make many people who paid attention drop their eyes.

After the first day of 34.69 million (including the advance show) was recorded at the box office, he won 27.73 million US dollars the next day, making people more envious and jealous of him - even in Hollywood, where talents are gathered, there are two works that break 100 million. There are not many directors, not to mention, Zach Snyder has only made two official feature films.

Such a scolding, come directly to a pile, okay?

This is simply too unreasonable, the more you scold it, the more popular it is, this audience can't do it!

At this moment, Bobby Weisman thought angrily in his heart with the data report.

"300" was scolded so badly, with so much rhythm, and as a result, its own film did not even catch up, and it was not even qualified to compete. It was less than 1.9 million US dollars in the two days of screening. It is really...

In other words, "Extraordinary Times" is actually not bad.

But the viewing experience was not good. Rory tried to tell the story clearly, but the narrative rhythm was poor.

Facts have proved that when a screenwriter turns to a director, what he is most afraid of is not the plot, but how to control the overall situation.

Furthermore, with "300" pearls in front, who would watch other ones.

Movies that are good at the same time period can always quickly squeeze the screening space of other movies.

Not only did "Extraordinary Times" perform poorly, but Hollywood giants Ridley Scott + Russell Crowe also suffered the most tragic box office results since filming - "A Good Year" only received less than 4 million Dollars, critics and audiences couldn't accept Russell's role in a drama comedy either.

Compared with it, the market appeal of "Extraordinary Times" is stronger at the same level.

You must know that the screening scale of "A Beautiful Year" is also quite high, and the investment is also 15 million higher than that of "Extraordinary Times", not to mention the investment in publicity.

As a result, the two have only pulled less than 2.1 million US dollars, which is actually even more embarrassing.

Cinema is also very realistic.

"Extraordinary Times" has only a few canvases, and if it can get such a box office, it will not be reduced in the next two or three weeks. After all, is there a need to maintain diversity in the market? Not all audiences like to watch "300". of other film options; as for "A Good Year," there's no other way, and the only thing waiting for it is to reduce the size of its screenings.

Well, the share just freed up was given to the excellent "300".

I have to say that the adjustment ability is very fast, and if you want to make money, you can't procrastinate.

Similar decisions have been made by theaters.

"300" just moved forward in the criticism, and then Liam convened a team to spend money to guide.

......

Unlike Bobby Weisman's anger, Ridley Scott is exhausted.

As soon as the box office results came out, he knew that his attempt had failed again.

Also, he never thought it would be so bad.

Although he has been going downhill all these years, it has not been without it before.

When "Blade Runner" was filmed, he was not very smooth and even fell out with the main creator of the crew. Later, he failed at the box office and almost ruined his directing career.

On the other hand, he was used to the ups and downs.

If someone else paid 35 million US dollars to shoot this kind of thing, they might still think about this and that, but the foundation laid by the past performance will not let him fall completely.

So, with a little excitement, in the study, he opened the few scripts he had sent before, and began to prepare the direction of the next new film.

And among them, there was a script that he had been optimistic about earlier.

It was April 2000, and producer Nicholas Pilecchi, who co-wrote "Goodfellas" and "Las Vegas" with Martin Scorsese, saw a news article about it. wonder. A family man, civic leader, philanthropist, and entrepreneur with billions of dollars was arrested and jailed, and the police unveiled the veil named Lucas.

Lucas, who was born in a small town in the south, has always lived a very poor life. In 1946, he came to New York and, in his own words, was "a different kind of punk."

For the next 20 years, Lucas worked under Ellsworth Johnson - the inspiration for the black "Godfather" in the 1970s gangster movies, and became its most powerful right-hand man. Until Johnson died in 1968...

As soon as Johnson died, Lucas seized this opportunity and changed all the rules of the game in the world of luxury goods by changing the import channels of luxury goods. Soon, Lucas was in New York with one hand covering the sky, and he could even point a gun at the head of any guy who dared to resist him.

Yes, he is the second New York tycoon after Johnson, but he has always been well hidden, and he has only slowly revealed himself after so many years of happiness.

Such a topical, even anecdotal deed, represents the breadth of creative materials.

Therefore, Nicholas Pileki, who was a screenwriter at the time, wanted to use this as a blueprint to bring his second creation to the big screen.

But he knew he wasn't good at writing real events, so he introduced Jacobson to Lucas.

Lucas has been imprisoned, and it doesn't matter that others use him, and some even hope that his past can be known to more people.

This is a somewhat ostentatious interview.

Soon, the two began an unusual literary journey in prison.

Lucas dictates to Jacobson his dramatic rise and fall - from watching his cousin murdered by the Klan in La Grange to how he was overwhelmed in the dummy trade All sexual rights, to why you need to spend the rest of your life in prison.

The wonderful, thrilling stories that happened to Lucas make for an excellent biographical report.

After discussion and discussion, Pilecchi and Jacobson spent some time re-polishing, perfecting the script details, clear the main line, and then thinking about preparing for the shooting.

They have no money, but they have connections. After they found Universal Pictures, they finally approved the project after trivial censorship.

In 2004, the film was directed by Anthony Fuqua, and starred Denzel Washington and Benicio del Toro, but was forced to abort just a month before the film began. , because Universal canceled the filming due to some budgetary issues.

In other words, Universal Pictures feels unreliable and does not want to continue investing money.

Similar things are common.

Sometimes poor coordination of the crew, discord between the main creators and actors competing for profits will cause the production company to cancel the production.

Later, after shelving for a period of time, the top executives of Universal, under the disdainful advocacy of the two, felt that the project was feasible again - don't laugh, it is common to go back and forth.

Of course, Universal made comments that the script would be rewritten.

Then ~www.readwn.com~ invited Steven Zellian (one of the screenwriters of "Schindler's List") to join in to recreate the entire story.

The new script is approved, and the original director is naturally out. After Anthony Fuqua left, what should everyone do? While looking for actors, they contacted the director to take over.

Among them, Terry George was once the director of the film, and the two leading actors at that time were Don Cheadle and Joaquin Phoenix. Phoenix once played opposite Russell Crowe in Gladiator, which happened to be directed by Ridley Scott.

Just as the crew struggled again, Terry George was out, and after several actors communicated, they recognized Ridley Scott one after another.

Seeing the opportunity, Pileki also visited Ridley in person before returning to the study.

Russell Crowe is Ridley Scott's most cooperating actor again, and they've known each other for a long time.

Coupled with the fact that "A Good Year" is a pitfall for Russell Crowe, Ridley can't pretend that it didn't happen.

It's the day Ridley joins the cast...