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"We've reached an agreement with New York City Hall."

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In a conference room in the Warners Studios office building, Akiva Goldsman stood at the front of the conference table and said, "Most of the exterior scenes, including Washington Square and the Brooklyn Bridge, will be filmed in New York."

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Matthew leaned back on a chair, and while listening to Akiva Goldsman's words, he flipped through the script in his hand. The script he got had already been marked with a red pen in several places. .

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In fact, there were not many people in the conference room. To be precise, it was only him, David Heyman, Akiva Goldsman and Guillermo del Toro.

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The four of them also constitute the top building of the crew.

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Matthew turned his eyes away from the script and happened to see Guillermo del Toro on the opposite side. Guillermo del Toro was also looking at him. The two of them met their eyes and nodded at the same time.

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This is not the first time that Matthew and Guillermo del Toro have met. After Guillermo del Toro signed a director contract, Akiva Goldsman specially asked Matthew to send Guillermo del Toro introduced to him.

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Akiva Goldsman uses Guillermo del Toro, mainly because of directing style considerations, and to a lesser extent because Guillermo del Toro was recommended by Helen Herman.

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Guillermo del Toro was short, with round eyes, and looked nothing special.

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But Matthew heard Helen Herman introduce him. Guillermo del Toro is not a client of Angels Agency. The agent is a friend of Helen Herman. He was originally going to compete for the director of "I Am Legend". idea, but Akiva Goldsman chose Francis Lawrence and could only run another project with regret.

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After Francis Lawrence was out, Guillermo del Toro signed a directing deal and delayed the film that was in the works.

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When Matthew met Guillermo del Toro before, he heard him say that there was already a first draft of the project script, called Pan's Labyrinth.

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In the limited contact, Guillermo del Toro left a deep impression on him. The Mexican director has a bizarre interior, a chaotic thinking, and a strong emotional heart.

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To put it in a somewhat forceful way, this is a film director with an extraordinary dark artistic taste.

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Akiva Goldsman's words continued, "The shooting plan has been adjusted. The latest plan, the shooting time will last from October to February next year, and the time for location shooting may be a little long."

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This is also something that can't be helped. The impact of changing the director is not great. The most important thing is that the crew's location shooting must match the situation in New York City. It is impossible for the international metropolis of New York to cooperate with the crew in turn.

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"No surprises." David Hyman interjected at this time, "This film will be released in December next year's holiday season."

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Matthew didn't say much. It was basically useless for him to express his opinions on these matters. Just listen.

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Akiva Goldsman looked at him and Guillermo del Toro and asked, "How about you?"

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Guillermo del Toro slowly shook his head, indicating that he had nothing to say.

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Matthew opened the script and said, "Aqiva, is this the final draft of the script?"

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"No." Akiva Goldsman glanced at the script in Matthew's hand, "I was writing this script a few years ago, and recently I have incorporated some new ideas."

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He is not the kind of very, very strong producer, otherwise he would not have waited until Francis Lawrence took the initiative to speak, and then changed the director.

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Akiva Goldsman added, "Everyone has read the original book. If you have any ideas, you can also mention it to me."

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Matthew was also polite and said, "In the script, the male protagonist Robert was forced to kill his only partner Sam. Will this be a problem?"

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Guillermo del Toro looked here suspiciously.

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"We let the male protagonist openly kill a dog on the screen of the movie, although it was out of frustration, but..." Matthew couldn't find the right words for a while, and after thinking for a while, he continued, "Sometimes, some People will not reason with us, they love dogs more than anything else, and if there is a protest, it will be troublesome."

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Guillermo del Toro nodded lightly and said, "That makes sense."

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"It's not impossible." David Heyman also agreed with Matthew's words.

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These people are not newcomers who have just entered Hollywood. They may have ignored it before, but after Matthew's reminder, they immediately woke up.

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Akiva Goldsman accepted Matthew's suggestion, "There really needs to be some adjustment here." He then asked, "Matthew, what do you think?"

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Matthew shook his head, "I just think that this may cause protests from dog lovers and animal protection organizations. I am a layman."

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It's okay to ask him to make suggestions based on the actual situation. Writing a script is such a highly professional job that I have never done it at all. Then again, for non-professionals, after watching a film, whoever has watched a film can tell the story of the film. Write a script?

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In this regard, Akiva Goldsman has to adjust it himself.

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Akiva Goldsman couldn't find a suitable adjustment in a short time, so he simply said, "I'll think about it again here."

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It is really difficult to make Sam's death shocking without touching the fragile psychology of dog lovers.

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Matthew couldn't think of it anyway.

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Of course, the plot in the original script may not cause trouble, but none of the people here want to take the risk, because the Hollywood film industry has developed to the present, similar to dog love, cat love, and various protection organizations, which bring a lot to the filming of the film. too much trouble.

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Nowadays, in mainstream Hollywood commercial productions, an unwritten tacit understanding and rules have been formed. In the first-line productions, there is basically no scene of directly killing pets such as dogs or cats, in order to avoid unnecessary risks. .

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Even in many big productions, there will be plots such as giving up one's life to save the dog when danger comes.

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Matthew vaguely remembers that in a Superman movie made by Zack Snyder, Superman's father on Earth gave his life for the dog.

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This is not to say that dogs can't die in movies. Just like children, there are plots of dead children in many major mainstream movies, but the process of death will never be seen directly on the screen. The tragic scene of being hacked to death by a knife or a child being divided by five horses, the public opinion must not spare this film.

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This is not a principle, as long as the director who does not deliberately hope that his film will be attacked will not do so.

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For example, in "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", the heroine's four-year-old brother ran out of the hiding place, the villain shot (no child was in the mirror), and then the child's body would not appear, and the audience was told later that he was dead. The death of the father, mother, and sister who also died have appeared.

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"Also." Matthew turned the script to the end at this time, and asked tentatively, "Wouldn't it be too tragic for the hero to die like that at the end?"

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"I think it's okay." Guillermo del Toro said first, "loneliness plus sadness plus shock, ending with death, it's more appropriate."

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Akiva Goldsman said, "Actually, I have another version of the ending, which is not written in the script." He thought for a moment and said, "It's better than this, we will shoot the ending of the two versions, according to In the case of test screenings, you can make a choice, and another version can be put on DVD."

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David Heyman nodded in agreement, "That's a good idea."

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Matthew and Guillermo del Toro have no problem with this. One more version of the ending and one more choice.

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In fact, Matthew said this because he had seen two endings of this film. The ending is that the actor finally developed a serum that can kill the virus, but in order to protect the serum and those infected with the virus, they perish together. The more powerful kind. The serum was finally delivered to the survivors and used to save humanity.

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This is the ending of the theatrical release version, which is in line with the consistent pattern of Hollywood movies, and caters to the needs of the public in the way of heroes becoming legends to save all mankind.

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In the second ending, the male protagonist released the captured Night Demon and regarded him as another intelligent creature. Everyone went back to their own homes and found their own mothers...

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Relatively speaking, the second ending leaves a more profound impression on people.

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He didn't see the second ending in the script, so he specially mentioned it today, but Akiva Goldsman had already thought about it.

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It's normal to think about it. There may be five or six screenwriters who actually wrote the script ~www.readwn.com~, but only two signed the script, and the main plot of the script is actually based on Akiva Goldsman's thinking Come on, Akiva Goldsman won the Oscar for Best Screenplay and is also a very thoughtful producer and screenwriter.

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Of course, Matthew is just looking at the script and making suggestions. He doesn't tell him how Akiva Goldsman should do it. He has learned a lot over the years, but most of them are related to actors, and the screenwriting has not been involved.

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He also never thought about getting involved in this industry. He has a low level of education. After a long period of practice, he can read and write in normal English without any problem, but professional writing is still a joke.

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In addition, those popular movies he watched, just stayed on the impression, and wrote the script based on the impression? He doesn't have that kind of ability to bring in Google or anything like that.

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The four-man meeting ended quickly, and after Akiva Goldsman and David Heyman left, Matthew and Guillermo del Toro talked for a while about the filming.

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"I Am Legend" is still in preparation, and Warner Bros., the producer and distributor, has also begun to release some news one after another. As a pre-promotion, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is still being shown, and Matthew's news can easily cause heat. )!!