Legendary Hollywood Producer

Burbank in the morning, the headquarters of Manhai Entertainment.

While drinking coffee, Roman opened the original novel of "The Devil Wearing Prada".

What Roman has to do now is to determine the idea of ​​adapting the novel, and then let the screenwriters he finds to perfect the script. This is also today's task.

As someone who has only watched movies in his previous life but never read the original, Roman actually admires the creators of the original, because this novel is really boring, and the whole story reveals a style of Marie Suyy. At least, from the past few days to the present, Roman, who has read it several times, hadn't read it for a better understanding of the idea of ​​adapting this book, he really couldn't stand it at all.

Moreover, although the previous life movie is successful, it is huh to say how much Roman appreciates the plot of "The Devil Wearing Prada".

His impression of the movie now only remembers that the costume model of the heroine Anne Hathaway in her transformation was very beautiful, and the image of a strong figure created by Aunt May, and other things, I can’t remember clearly. .

But, this movie mainly captures the young girl class and the housewives class, so as long as the story can be rounded out, the atmosphere reveals a kind of loftyness, coupled with a variety of exquisite clothing styles, it is not difficult to do To attract the attention of these women.

Besides, the high-end fashion industry is a mysterious field, and it will not lack attention.

Roman already has a general idea. The reason why the previous life "The Devil Wearing Prada" has been able to sell well all over the world is that it has tightly grasped people's voyeuristic desires. Through the film, everyone can get a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes of the high-end fashion industry and the private life behind the top women (although the original is a fictional character, whether it is the author Lauren or the publishing house, the propaganda is secretly pointing to the famous fashion industry The strong woman Anna Wintour), seeing the unsatisfactory family life of this very famous person, can also subconsciously arouse the audience's gloat, and Anne Hathaway’s various exquisite dresses in the play , This factor is also powerful enough for female audiences. In order to learn the style in the play, many girls will enter the cinema repeatedly to watch, just to pursue the same style.

This kind of thirst for knowledge and satisfaction are also normal emotional expressions. "The Devil Wearing Prada" does not rely on the plot to achieve success. Of course, it is necessary to poke the audience's coolness in these aspects.

After sorting out the ideas for adaptation, the rest is much easier to handle.

Roman directly told the screenwriters of his thoughts, and then on this basis, they cut or added some plots to make the story fuller.

There is another point, Roman especially emphasized to the screenwriters of the adaptation, that is, to shape the protagonist Andy with a darker belly, a little more scheming, not like the original book, too silly and white and sweet, this is completely Lauren Weisberg In beautifying himself, Roman doesn't believe that a person who can be an assistant to the top fashion industry women looks so pure. This is too contradictory and a bit insulting to the audience's IQ.

The previous work was also the protagonist’s personality problem, which was frantically complained and questioned by everyone. Of course, Roman would not repeat the old ways.

Even if the protagonist has just graduated from university and lacks social experience, it is not possible for a white lotus to survive in such a dark place in the fashion circle. And there is a poisonous point in the play that is at the end of the movie. In order to keep his position, the boss gave up the position originally reserved for Andy’s friend Nigel to her competitor. Therefore, Andy thinks this circle is too much. Despicable, so I chose to leave.

How this mental retardation plot was designed, even this level of struggle is unacceptable, Andy is too white and lotus, this is also the place that Roman resolutely wants to change. Everyone is a mature person. In any industry now, you don’t need to face these. Every penny in this society is not earned in vain. If you want to succeed, you have to learn to accept and compromise, and it still belongs to the fashion circle. How could that kind of elite group have such naive ideas.

It is also for this reason that Roman will not let Lauren participate in the adaptation of the script, because she beautifies herself like this, and it is very likely that she will not agree with this adaptation idea. When the time comes, it will not end well, so she will simply put an end to it from the beginning. This happened.

After the script of the movie "The Devil Wearing Prada" officially began to be adapted, Roman also went to meet with the people from Paramount Pictures to discuss the recruitment of crew members. This kind of adapted film can start without waiting for the script to come out. Prepare to build a crew.

Paramount Pictures didn’t really want to mix with Roman’s projects and influence his performance. He also said directly that he would not intervene in it. This made Roman more relaxed. Originally, he was thinking about how to deal with Paramount Pictures. For the people, the result is no longer needed, but it is an unexpected surprise.

Back in Burbank, Roman sent out to the outside world that "The Devil Wearing Prada" project needed to recruit people. In fact, he mainly told the agency companies and went to see the shooting situation of the "Hangover" crew from time to time.

During this period, Roman also sent an invitation to Anne Hathaway's agent to ask about the schedule to see if she had time to participate in the movie "The Devil Wearing Prada" protagonist Andy.

Anne Hathaway’s agent did not refuse. After all, this is also a movie heroine based on a best-selling novel. There is no reason not to be tempted, but she clearly told Roman that it was Anne that she had no time for half a month, because She needs to follow the crew to participate in the promotion of the film.

Well, Anne Hathaway’s "Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement" is still in theaters. This is a movie produced and released by Walt Disney, and the heroine is also her. The predecessor "Princess Diary" has a global box office of more than 130 million. Of course, the sequel was confirmed very quickly. The current box office trend is pretty good, and it is hoped that it will break the final box office of the previous game.

Roman also officially issued an audition invitation to Anne Hathaway. He waited for half a month. As long as the conditions are right, basically this role belongs to Anne Hathaway. The impression is still very satisfactory.

A few days later, Shulman came over and said that he wanted to go to the mainland to see if there were any suitable movies that could be released in North America. After all, the issuing company can't stay idle all the time. In such a long time, Western Europe Films has released two low-cost movies, but it is not a loss, and there is not much to make. Since there is no film coming, Schulman also thought of releasing mainland movies. After all, there are still many Asian Americans in the United States, and the relationship between Manhai Entertainment and that side is very good. There is always no harm in trying.