American fame and fortune.

Chapter 427 Let Martin become the next Pete

Both parties were interested in cooperating. Martin and Chuck Hogan quickly reached an intention to cooperate. After his agent and lawyer rushed over and had a detailed discussion with Thomas, the agreement was initialed.

This can be said to be the fastest progress.

Even Chuck Hogan didn't particularly care about the amount of the copyright fee, and only made one precondition.

Martin had to play the leading role!
This, of course, is not a problem.

The two parties agreed that tomorrow, under the supervision of representatives from the Writers Association, Thomas and Chuck Hogan would discuss various specific terms in detail, and the three Martins left and went downstairs.

Coming out of the main entrance of the office building, Bruce took two quick steps and arrived in front of Martin.

Just on the roadside, next to where they parked the Escalade, the door of the Volvo SUV opened, and Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck got out of the car.

Daben said: "Don't you follow any rules when doing things? Everything must come first, first served, right?"

Cassie was not so polite: "You are robbing us, so don't blame us for robbing you."

Martin originally didn't want to talk to the brothers, but he pondered for a moment and said: "A few days ago, Chuck sent "Prince of Thieves" to me under the introduction of Graham."

Ben spread his hands and smiled: "If you say so, Chuck Hogan submitted the novel to the Weinstein Films a few years ago."

This kind of thing is unclear, Martin said: "The choice is in Chuck Hogan's hands."

Cassie took a step forward and said sternly: "You lack basic respect for us, and this matter will not end like this."

Ben held Cassie's shoulders and said to Martin: "Man, you are deliberately provoking conflicts."

"It doesn't matter how you interpret it." There is a conflict between the foot gang and the face gang. Martin has explained that there is nothing he can do about the other side's selective deafness.

Big Ben nodded to Martin and got into the co-pilot of the Volvo.

Cassie pointed to Martin and the three others and got into the driver's seat.

The Volvo suddenly roared with engine roar.

Cassie in the driver's seat grinned and smiled sinisterly at Martin, as if she wanted to hit him with the car.

Martin put his hand inside his coat, and HK Company specially helped him and Bruce get legal gun licenses in New York.

Bruce moved faster and took out a pistol. Although the muzzle of the gun was drooping, as long as it was raised, it could shoot at the front windshield of the Volvo.

Cassie's sinister smile froze on her face, those two bastards opposite had no martial ethics!
He just wanted to scare them, why should they draw their guns?

Bruce swung his gun toward the middle of the road.

Cassie's head was blank, and she subconsciously turned around, drove the car onto the road, stepped on the accelerator, and ran away like a rabbit when it encountered a hunter.

It wasn't until he turned an intersection that he calmed down and asked, "Ben, let's call the police, and they actually have guns in New York!"

New York has very strict regulations on firearms, and Daben is relatively clear-headed: "They dare to take out guns in front of us. Do you think they will not have a gun license?"

"Wait for you to speak again." Daben took out his mobile phone and dialed the number he had written down.

Chuck Hogan over there refused the copyright adaptation without hesitation and didn't even negotiate with them.

Daben put away the phone, very unhappy.

"He took away the rights that were rightfully ours," Casey said.

Daben's cheeks moved back and forth: "Martin is more popular than me now, and he is more powerful than me in the circle. This circle is originally about flattering the superior and suppressing the inferior."

Cassie tilted her head and glanced at Ben: "Are you going to endure it like this?"

"I can't stand it anymore!" Ben burst out a little and sighed again: "Even Harvey can't do anything to him, what can we do?"

"Let me think about it," Cassie said.

Big Ben reminded: "Don't mess around, and be careful. You know Peter's current situation."

"Something to do with Martin Davis?" Casey asked.

"I don't know." Ben pondered and said: "But Martin Davis at least pushed him from behind. Without Martin to lubricate the middle, how could Aniston and Jolie reconcile? They all targeted Pitt. , did Martin push hard from behind?"

The car fell silent for a while.

After a while, Cassie said: "Pete is indeed a bit miserable. In order to get cash, he sold off fixed assets and hired a lawyer. He was almost ruined."

He suddenly thought of Martin from Pete: "I thought of a way, it's best to find Matt to work quietly together to turn Martin into the second Pete."

Da Ben thought for a while and said: "Try it for a little bit. If it doesn't work, withdraw immediately. Don't attract anyone's attention."

Cassie grinned, full of frustration: "I'll think about it carefully and find a suitable method and approach. I won't do anything random."

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Two days later, Thomas negotiated with Chuck Hogan's agent about the copyright issues related to "Prince of Thieves," and Jessica signed a licensing agreement with Chuck on behalf of Davis Film and Television Studio.

Chuck transferred all the film and television rights to "Prince of Thieves" for US$70. In addition, he also enjoyed the share amount mandated by the Writers Guild.

This is a very ordinary Hollywood rights agreement.But there are additional conditions. On the one hand, Martin will play the leading role.

On the other hand, Chuck Hogan participated in the script adaptation, but only did auxiliary work.

Chuck has no qualifications in film and television adaptation, and adding this clause is also to develop into a Hollywood screenwriter.

Martin spoke on the phone with Graham King during this period, and the latter said that Chuck Hogan had expressed on more than one occasion the idea of ​​becoming a film and television producer.

He joined the future crew just to accumulate qualifications and experience.

If the movie adaptation is a success, Chuck, the original author and screenwriter, will gain a lot of fame in one fell swoop.

As for the specific adaptation time, it will not be until next year at the earliest.

After taking a little energy to deal with these things, Martin's energy returned to shooting.

There were some disputes among the crew and creatives.

Director Chad came up with a new idea, screenwriter Bradt refused to change the script, and the two had different opinions on their work.

After Martin learned about it, he called the creative team together to learn more about the process.

Bradt drew a circle on the whiteboard in the conference room, pointed to the words in the circle and said: "You wrote this with your own hands, breakthrough! Chad, please take a look at your new idea, let the protagonist be captured by the villain. Come on, the villain doesn’t kill the protagonist. He talks a lot of nonsense and waits for the protagonist to kill him..."

Chad said: "I just wanted to make the story more twists and turns and the conflict more intense."

Martin carefully read the scene concept written by Chad himself and interjected: "The protagonist is caught by the villain. The villain never kills the protagonist immediately, then talks a lot of nonsense, and then is killed by the protagonist. These are almost all traditional Hollywood action movies. Common problem.”

He looked at Chad: "The style of our film is to be crisp and clear. The protagonist will not be stupid enough to spare the lives of his enemies. What about the villain? Continue to be a stupid person? Chad, step into the role. If you are a gang boss, in almost When you are killed by the protagonist, what is your first reaction when you catch a super killer like the protagonist?"

Before Chad could speak, Bradt said: "Even a fool knows how to eliminate the threat as soon as possible. No matter what he wants to say or what he wants to show off, at least he has to destroy the protagonist's legs and hands, right?"

After all, this is Chad's first time as a director. Although he wants to break away from the traditional Hollywood action movie model, he will inevitably be affected by his learning and growth in this environment.

As I was filming, my mind turned to the traditional Hollywood plot model.

"The villain captures the protagonist and never kills him immediately..." Chad muttered to himself for a long time, and finally took himself out of the traditional plot mode.

Once his thinking jumped out of the inherent mold, he immediately discovered that something was wrong. How was this different from the action movie routines that he hated deeply?

Chad took the initiative to apologize to Bradt: "My fault was that I accidentally jumped back into those mud pits."

It was just a simple work disagreement. Bradett waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, have you forgotten? You pulled me out more than once during the process of creating the script."

Chad smiled and said to Martin: "My past experiences have given me not only abilities and experience, but also shackles."

"It's good if you can think clearly," Martin said.

Unless absolutely necessary, he would not use the power in his hands to forcefully suppress a director.

This is the worst option.

Chad went to wash his face, and when he came back he said, "There's no problem on my end, let's continue filming."

Several people returned to the set, and Martin put on his suit jacket and came to the camera.

Menet, who plays opposite him, sits alone in a box tasting wine.

The owner of the Continental Hotel in New York has that kind of temperament.

Today's filming was about the literary scene between the male protagonist and Winston. Martin and Mene exchanged a few words and checked their lines again.

With the recording of the scene, the filming began.

Martin, wearing a straight black suit, walked through the bar surrounded by people, came to the box, and sat on Mene's side.

"Jonathan." Mene's voice is thick and magnetic, and is definitely a box office guarantee to attract middle-aged and older women.

He poured Martin a glass of wine and said: "You are very tired and haggard."

Martin kept a straight face and made no expression: "Because something happened, I had to come back."

This role does not require much performance from him.

Mene was also expressionless: "You know the rules of the Continental Hotel very well. Fighting at the high table is strictly prohibited, otherwise the membership will be revoked."

Without touching his glass, Martin stood up and said, "I won't cause you any trouble."

He left the Continental Hotel bar alone.

Director Chad called stop, announced that the shot had passed, and then changed scenes to continue filming the drama between Jonathan and Winston.

Compared to the two crews of The Dark Knight and Benjamin, this film requires much less character development.

Both Martin and Mene can deal with it relatively easily.

Even Alexandra Daddario, whose acting skills are mediocre, is still outstanding in a few shots. After all, once she moves, she easily attracts attention.

(End of this chapter)