American fame and fortune

The next morning, Martin came to Century City and entered the WMA office building.

As before, Bruce went to his assistant Natasha to get close, and Martin went into Thomas' office alone.

Thomas had a stack of documents piled up on his desk. Seeing Martin come in, he said, "I'm all ready."

Martin took a bottle of water from the freezer and sat down on the couch.

Thomas held the materials and put them on the coffee table: "As long as there is a glimmer of hope for the scripts and projects that are suitable for the company, I have printed them out."

Martin sees the first copy, which has one of Hasbro's iconic Toys on it: Optimus Prime.

He brought the script over.

Thomas said: "Hasbro, DreamWorks and Paramount have three cooperations. DreamWorks is the producer of the adaptation, and Spielberg is the producer himself. The director chose Michael who just messed up "Escape from Clone Island"- Bay, with an expected investment of more than US$150 million."

Martin didn't read the script, and asked directly, "Is the actor?"

Thomas brought the script over, turned to one page, pointed to a concept map of a soldier, and said, "Male number two, the captain of the US special operations team."

Martin still has a general impression, and can vaguely remember which character it is: "Give up."

Thomas opened his mouth, but still couldn't hold back: "This is a project of Spielberg and Michael Bay."

Martin picked up the script and flipped through it, and said, "The real protagonists are Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The male protagonist can be number three at most, what about the male number two?"

Putting it aside temporarily, Thomas picked up a second source, a few pages and a book titled The Last Man.

He gave the book to Martin: "David Heyman, the producer of the Harry Potter series under Warner Bros., plans to remake Warner's old film "I Am Legend". The plot of "A Person."

Martin knew about the movie, and Warner Bros. owned the copyright entirely.

Thomas added: "I haven't got the script for the time being. I should use the one written in the 1990s. At that time, Warner intended to partner Ridley Scott with Schwarzenegger, but later gave up because the budget was too high."

He said: "But I can be sure that the film is the model of one person, one dog, one gun as you mentioned. It is probably the same model. The success of the mountain has helped Warner Bros. to make up its mind."

Martin asked, "What is the hero's request?"

Thomas said: "The last person, as you can imagine from the name, has to rely on one person to support the entire film. New actors are definitely not within the consideration of Warner and David Heyman. The male lead must have enough box office. Appeal."

Martin can recognize himself: "I don't have enough box office appeal."

Thomas said: "If the arrest warrant is a big success, maybe you can earn some money."

"You stare at the project and go for it if you can," Martin said.

According to his understanding, once this film was a big success, the popularity of the novel and the original film itself was partly, and the appeal of the leading actor was another part.

Maybe the latter is more critical.

The latter role comes from "Zodiac Killer", which is confirmed to be directed by David Fincher.

Susan Downey, who changed her surname after marriage, has secured one of the main roles for Robert Downey Jr., and three other heavyweight roles are being recruited.

This is also an adaptation.

Thomas also prepared the original novel for Martin.

Martin liked the style of David Fincher in his previous life. He has basically seen all of his works. The Zodiac should be a relatively mediocre one.

Martin flipped through the script and said, "The leading role is not outstanding enough, let's move to the back row."

Thomas didn't say much, took another document, and also brought a novel: "You told me that the director you're focusing on, Christopher Nolan, the director of the new Batman movie, is going to make Priest's novel "" The Prestige is being adapted into a movie, Warner Bros. has bought the rights, and Jonathan Nolan is writing the script."

Martin asked Crucially: "Warner Bros. greenlighted the project?"

Thomas nodded: "The green light has been given. If there is no accident, it will be filmed next year and will be released in 2007."

Martin took the novel of Fatal Magic: "You keep an eye on Nolan's project. If you have a chance, you can contact him or his wife first."

"Emma Thomas has been serving as the production manager of the Nolan project." Thomas asked: "She seems to be over 35 years old, should I send out Mene..."

Martin shook his head: "Let's figure it out before we talk about anything else."

Thomas nodded: "I see."

Martin picked out the two books "The Last Man" and "Fatal Magic", and said to Thomas: "Keep an eye on my two projects, Legend and Deadly Magic, and give up the others."

In fact, Thomas is very optimistic about Transformers, after all, he can cooperate with Spielberg.

But what Martin said is also very realistic. If there is a project that can compete for the number one male, why would you want to play a supporting role for a robot.

"I will make appropriate contact with Warner Bros.." Thomas has Martin as a client, and gradually has some confidence.

Martin took the book and said, "Keep busy, I'm leaving."

Thomas sent him out of the office.

Martin beckoned to Bruce and they went downstairs together.

Halfway through, he tosses two novels at Bruce: "New Harvest."

Bruce glanced at the cover and said, "I haven't finished finishing that "Dark Realm", so you got two more copies."

The two left the office building and boarded the Escalade. Martin asked, "What is Alan's book about?"

Bruce started the car, drove out slowly, waited on the main road, and said: "The male protagonist is a writer with a personality similar to yours. He daydreams all day long, but has no ability. He is a loser anyway."

Martin nodded: "Standard waste wood start, is there a cheat?"

"Cheat?" After listening to Martin's simple explanation of the word "cheat," Bruce said, "Of course there is a cheat. The male protagonist encounters a drug that can bring out all human potential, including the stupid head, and even a day Can learn a foreign language, master a skill, such as finance or fighting."

Hearing this, Martin suddenly became serious: "Go on."

Bruce is not particularly good at telling stories, so he can only express it in his own way: "After taking that drug, an idiot becomes a smart person, making money is like picking up fallen leaves in the woods, and he still exudes Leonardo's charm, I Refers to Leonardo of the Titanic."

He tried hard to organize his words: "His anomaly was discovered by a capitalist. I haven't read it later, but I think it should be the capitalist who seized the medicine, and the hero fought back with the ability of the medicine."

Martin thought of a movie he had seen, a favorite of dicks, a masterpiece of YY movies.

The Chinese translation should be called "Never Ending".

He still remembers watching this film with an extra buddy. After watching it, the guy fantasized about taking this kind of medicine for a long time.

The film is very suitable for ordinary people: take medicine and become a superman, earn a lot of money, and have a lot of beautiful women.

The author, Alan Greene, deserves to work in an entertainment magazine, and he understands what ordinary people envy Hollywood stars the most.

Isn't it just mansions, luxury cars, beauties, and the most important banknotes?

As for the original leading actor, it is estimated that he is still a young actor who is not popular.

Martin asked: "Where is the novel? Have you brought it?"

Bruce pointed to the armrest box: "It's inside."

Martin opened it and took out the novel sent by Alan: "Find a place, let's read."

Bruce found a nearby coffee shop, parked the car and entered the shop with Martin, ordered two cups of coffee and patiently read the novel.

Martin takes a quick look at The Dark Realm, and Bruce looks at The Prestige.

The two scumbags looked at it very seriously.

Martin is not good at writing, but basic reading is still no problem.

Of course there is a big difference between the novel and the movie, but the main line and framework are roughly the same as "Never Ending".

Martin was able to confirm that this was the original novel of the movie.

He took out his mobile phone and called Thomas: "Check it out for me, a novel called "Dark Realm" by Alan Greene, how many sales have it had?"

On the day of the wine tasting, Gillian once said that Alan Greene has only created this work so far.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Thomas called back: "It was published in 2001, and it has only sold less than 40,000 copies."

It's not appropriate for Martin to come forward in person: "You and Jessica contact the publisher and the author himself to buy the film and television adaptation copyright of this novel in the name of my film studio."

Thomas didn't understand: "It has a limited readership and little value."

But Martin said: "Because of this, it doesn't cost much to buy, and it can't be adapted, and it doesn't cost much."

Thomas thought about it for the same reason, and said, "Let Jessica talk about it, and I'll be her deputy."

Martin said, "Okay, I'm relieved to have you watching over me."

Thomas moved quickly: "I'm going to the studio right now."

Martin called Jessica first. There is no special business. She and Emily will stay in Davis Studio to deal with fans and online affairs.

Bruce had already put down "Fatal Magic" and pointed to the novel: "Are you sure it's the next target?"

Martin put away the novel: "It's not a big problem to win the copyright of this adaptation." He took pictures of the other two novels respectively: "The two protagonists who can win one of them can be said to be a surprise."

Bruce said: "Nolan? Not very famous, except for the new Batman movie, I haven't heard of other works."

Martin simply said: "He is now one of the top new directors, Warner Bros. attaches great importance to him, and its Legendary Films fully supports him, because he revitalized Batman."

Master and Super are the most important assets of DC and Warner Bros.

Martin picked up the book: "Let's go."

Bruce followed him out: "Unfortunately, Batman doesn't have superpowers."

Martin asked casually, "Does money count?"

Bruce froze for a moment: "As rich as he is, forget it."

Having money is the most realistic thing, and it allows the whole city to play with you.