Eric briefly told the outline of the story of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Nicole listened carefully, and waited for Eric to finish speaking before saying: "It doesn't sound like anything special, but it will definitely be another movie with a killer shootout." Popcorn movies with gimmicks as selling points."
"The solidification of human thinking is very serious. The word innovation is easy to say, but it is more difficult to do. Ninety-nine percent of Hollywood movies can find similar partners. The key is how to shoot."
Nicole gave Eric a blank look: "I'm just expressing my thoughts, you don't need to rise to the height of 'humanity'."
Eric smiled and said: "Actually, your understanding of this story is only superficial. Of course, this must represent more than 90% of the audience's thoughts. But if you deconstruct it at a deeper level, this story is A true portrayal of people's marriages in real life."
"Um?"
"John and Jane's marriage is a standard love at first sight. In reality, many marriages are the product of this impulse. However, they don't really understand each other. Although they love each other, they don't open their hearts to each other. Carefully guarding against each other, it is doomed that they will not be able to maintain their marriage for a long time. When the initial passion subsides, the relationship between the two parties tends to become flat and boring, and finally they have to seek psychological counseling. At the same time , they received orders to kill each other, because of this accident, the invisible barrier between the two collapsed, and while attacking each other, they began to really understand each other. This is very similar to the marriage relationship in reality, when When couples get into a fight, that other side of themselves that they've been hiding so carefully opens up to each other. Ultimately. The marriage is either reborn from the ashes. Or it falls apart."
After Eric finished speaking, he saw that Nicole had put down the tableware in her hand, resting her chin on one hand, and staring at herself raptly.
"What's the matter, do you suddenly admire my knowledge and talents? Little girl, relax a bit, you're not the first, and you won't be the last."
"I was just wondering. When will you 'John Smith' tell me who you really are?"
Eric smiled and didn't answer. He knew that many people around him were very curious about how the special features he showed came from, and some people asked more than once, but this matter is destined to never be explained. Rick didn't explain it to others: "In many film and television novels, the protagonists tend to remain in a mediocre state for a long time. Because of the stimulation of certain things, they become a blockbuster and eventually become a superhero who saves the earth. For example, Superman, Spider Hero or something."
Nicole made an unbearable expression: "Stop talking nonsense, I just don't ask."
"Okay. Then let's continue talking about Mr. and Mrs. Smith. You will be the heroine. This script can be the first film that Disney cooperates with Columbia. It just happens to have Paula Wagner as the producer. It will serve multiple purposes."
Nicole nodded, looked at Eric and said, "Eric, how about you play John Smith? Didn't you play "Back to Seventeen"?"
Eric shook his head: "I don't have time."
Nicole also knows that she is a little whimsical. Compared with when she starred in "Return to Seventeen" a few years ago, Eric now not only has to manage the huge Firefly Film Group, but also directs "Jurassic Park" himself. As for some other movies that came from him, Eric couldn't let go completely. In this case, he couldn't spare half a year to act in movies.
The main work of "Jurassic Park" will not start until after the Oscars at the end of March. After the acquisition of Disney, Firefly Pictures is also on the right track. The cooperation with Columbia has also been finalized. Eric has a month of leisure time.
Therefore, although I don't have time to participate in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", I still have plenty of time to write the script of this movie myself. The script is written every minute and one page, according to the memory in my mind, and slightly modified according to the current time background. Knocked out in less than a week.
These days, Nicole has also been living in Pointe Manor, personally watching Eric type out the script of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" on the computer, and occasionally when going out with Eric, a few photos were taken by the paparazzi. It is inevitable that there will be some gossip again.
After the script of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was released, both Disney and Columbia quickly saw the script. Although there were slight criticisms that the film was not a blockbuster with special effects, Columbia quickly accepted the project.
After the project was confirmed, both Disney and Columbia couldn't wait to start the preliminary preparations when Eric had time to participate. In just one week, the budget of the film was made, because it was the first film of the cooperation between the two parties. In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the film budget is quite loose.
In the screening room, Eric, Katzenberg, and Peter Cooper watched the gun battle on the screen together. Mr. and Mrs. Smith involved a lot of gun battle scenes. However, in the shortlist of directors given by Disney and Columbia, None of them can satisfy Eric, and for Eric, when it comes to gunfight scenes, the first thing he thinks of is of course classic Hong Kong movies such as "The Hero Himself" and "Blood Heroes".
"The most important thing for Hong Kong action movies is to make the audience pleasing to the eye. You see, this gunfight scene, the setting of the plot, the foreshadowing of the atmosphere, and the intense three-minute gunfight at the end all reflect the director's superb field control skills. For Mr. and Mrs. Smith, what I want is a kind of elegant violence, a feeling that even if the hero and heroine are holding a large-caliber shotgun, it looks like they are flirting, not the feeling that Hollywood directors are better at Cruelty and realism," Eric explained softly while looking at the movie screen, and what was played on the screen was the famous Fenglin Pavilion shootout in "The True Colors of a Hero".
The more than three-minute shootout scene without any lines was completed in one go. For ordinary audiences, this scene is just the climax of a movie, but many directors regard this scene as an important imitation object.
"Eric, don't you want to invite those Hong Kong directors who can only make B-movies to direct "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"?" Peter Guber's tone was a little disdainful, he didn't appreciate the splendor of "True Tomorrow" On the contrary, he sneered at the rough setting and picture of Hong Kong movies.
"why not?"
"It's nothing, I'm just a little worried that they will mess up the movie," Peter Guber felt the toughness in Eric's tone, and replied with a smirk.
Eric also didn't want to get into trouble with Peter Guber, and explained: "The film market in Hong Kong is too small. In order to ensure that the cost can be recovered, the directors there have to reduce the budget. This does not mean that they will only make B-level movies. "
"Eric, have you taken a fancy to the director of this movie?" Katzenberg pointed to the movie that was playing and asked.
Eric nodded. Although in the original time and space, Wu Baige's style of painting changed suddenly in the latter part of his career and he became obsessed with epic films. A "Wind Talker" broke his Hollywood path, and a "Taiping Wheel" ruined his career. The development of mainland China, but when it comes to shooting gunfight films, the top few films in Hong Kong film history are basically the works of Wu Baige. Counting the time, it is almost time for Wu Baige to enter Hollywood, because "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is still in production. For the sake of making the sequel, Firefly has been in touch with Hong Kong, and now it's just time for them to match each other. (To be continued..)