Chapter 617: Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger's screenwriting department
Within two hours, Frank Darabont randomly selected two out of 56 scripts.
One is called "Once Upon a Thousand Years", which is a Civil War-era romance; the other is called "Florida Town", which is a crime horror film.
He read the two scripts once, and he was astonished!
Are scripts of this level really just written by the little screenwriters in the screenwriting department of New Universal?
It's too outrageous!
The profundity, thought, philosophy and story in it are even better than his "Murder with a Knife"!
DreamWorks plans to buy the script of "Murder with a Knife" at a price of $800,000, and then find a screenwriter to rewrite it and make it into a movie.
But what's going on with the two scripts now?
If "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" sells for $800,000, how much would these two scripts sell for?
Just more or less!
The so-called literati are light.
At the level of Frank Darabont, it is inevitable to be arrogant, and he dismisses many well-received scripts in the industry as garbage.
Only his own script is the best.
However, the two scripts he had just read, written by others, really left him speechless in shock!
So exciting, so deep, so meaningful!
The more Frank Darabont thought about it, the more horrified he became!
In the thick stack of 56 scripts, he was sure that he had just picked two of them at random.
The result is "A Thousand Years Away" and "Town in Florida."
Does this mean that the remaining 54 scripts have reached this level?
This is so shocking!
Before that, the whole of Hollywood knew that Dunn's new Universal had a lot of commercial film themes that could create great wealth, such as Marvel's comics, such as the "Bourne Bourne" series, such as "Harry Potter" Series, such as the "Pirates League" series, and even "National Treasure", "Mrs. & Mrs. Smith" and other films, also have the value of continuing.
Dunn has a golden hand in commercial and entertainment blockbusters!
But this experience made Frank Darabont deeply understand Dunn's true strength.
More than just a golden hand for entertainment?
He is the godfather of movies!
This result, for Frank Darabont, is even more shocking than "Titanic", which was directed by an 18-year-old child at the global box office of 1.88 billion US dollars!
In his opinion, those 56 stunning movie scripts are the greatest heritage of Dunn! New Global's biggest guarantee!
His script for "Murder by Borrowing a Knife" can be sold for $800,000. How much can those 56 scripts with only high quality be sold?
$50 million can't stop it, right?
The intellectual property owned by New Universal, even if the entire Hollywood is added together, cannot be compared!
Originally, when Dunn said that these scripts were written by the screenwriting department of New Universal, Frank Darabont didn't care, and even contempt.
This kind of thing is really outdated and outdated.
In the past, big Hollywood studios also liked to keep a group of screenwriters in the company, and they only needed to pay a low annual salary every year to get their intellectual property rights.
This looks like a lot more money than spending hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to buy a script outside!
However, later major studios closed down the screenwriting department one after another.
Because this is so ridiculous!
The top big screenwriters are unwilling to be raised; the bottom small screenwriters are willing to go to the film company to get an annual salary, but their level is really poor, and they can't write excellent scripts at all.
After decades of exploration, the "screenwriting department" has completely disappeared in Hollywood.
Until later, Dunn Pictures... I heard that they started the trick of the screenwriter department again.
It has also been ridiculed by the industry.
But now it looks like that's not the case at all!
New Universal's screenwriting department... Really talented people!
Of these 56 scripts, any one taken out is enough to cover the entire screenwriting department for three to five years.
"Where did Tang En get the talent from?"
Frank Darabont's heart was full of blood, and he felt that this New Universal Group is indeed the leader of Hollywood in the new era. It really is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger!
More importantly, these screenwriters with the potential of top Hollywood screenwriters are willing to work under Tang En with an annual salary of 50,000 to 60,000 US dollars?
In the end, is Dunn's flickering ability too strong?
Or is it his charisma?
Frank Darabont was worried about gains and losses, and the restlessness in his heart could not calm down for a long time.
He wanted to read all the 56 scripts.
But time is limited.
Besides, this is Xin Universal's confidential document after all, Tang En is open-minded, but he can't be shameless.
It's enough to read two books to understand the inside story.
"Have you read the script?"
Dunn is dealing with a personnel appointment. Barry Diller intends to invite Fernando Bardem, the vice president of Lehman Brothers, to serve as the vice president of the new Universal to assist Brandy Norris to complete a series of mergers and acquisitions, equity, debt, etc. Financial work.
Seeing Frank Darabont's appearance as if he had hit a ghost during the day, he almost laughed.
"I read two copies, one called "A Thousand Years of Past" and the other called "The Town of Florida." It's really...really incredible." Frank Darabont murmured, as if he hadn't slowed down. Come to God.
Tang En smiled, "So do you agree to shelve the original script of "Murder with a Knife"?"
Frank Darabont sighed, "Agreed!"
No reason to disagree!
Tang En still has 56 excellent scripts that are equally profound and philosophical, and they are scripts supplied internally. These projects have not yet started filming. What qualifications does "Murder with a Knife" have?
It's called strength slap!
In front of dozens of scripts that were genuine and half a meter high, Frank Darabont finally lowered his noble head like a young man.
"What about the right of adaptation?"
"I want to put New Universal in charge of developing this script!"
By this time, Frank Darabont had already left DreamWorks behind.
Not to mention DreamWorks, even if Warner Bros., Paramount, Disney, Columbia Pictures, and 20th Century Fox are all added together, he will choose New Universal without hesitation!
In the film market, intellectual property is everything.
The wealth of New Global is too rich!
Tang En was a little amused when he looked at his convincing appearance.
He has checked through the "sunglass system", and the top screenwriters in Hollywood, the "screenwriting" ability is actually not too high.
The reason why they can stand at the pinnacle of the screenwriting field and become the most popular gold screenwriters in the Hollywood industry is mainly because they have a good "screenwriter" attribute and a good "market judgment" attribute.
For example, the well-known ace screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, the screenwriting ability is only "85", but the market judgment ability is as high as "88". This is the way to survive for top screenwriters.
Dunn is different.
He has a sunglasses system.
He set up the screenwriting department and planned the group of people with the highest "screenwriting" attribute; he set up the market analysis department and recruited all the people with the highest "market judgment" attribute; A group of people with the highest aesthetic attributes gathered together.
Frank Darabont's screenwriting ability is "92", but in the 56 scripts Dunn showed him, behind each script, there is a screenwriting ability value as high as "95", "96", or even The god-level screenwriter of "98" and "99".
The script of "Borrowing a Knife to Kill" is very exciting, but what New Universal lacks most is a wonderful script!
Just limited resources.
Many movies that have been verified by the market in previous lives have not had time to shoot, so Tang En cannot eagerly launch original movies that have not appeared in previous lives, at most it is a small experiment.
Dunn nodded and said, "Since you want to make the script into a movie so much, leave it to Universal Pictures to operate. You can talk to them about the specific costs."
"No, I won't ask for any fees!"
"Oh?"
Dunn's eyes lit up, which made him curious.
This is America, and capital deals are practical.
Frank Darabont said: "It's a rare opportunity to direct a big-budget TV series like The Walking Dead. I'm willing to work with New Universal for a long time."
Dunn glanced at him and said meaningfully, "Frank, I specially tailored the American series "The Walking Dead" for you."
"I know, this series, I will continue to shoot~www.wuxiaspot.com~ However, I want to say another thing." Frank Darabont hesitated.
"Tell me?"
"If I can remake "Murder with a Knife" in the future, that is, to make a movie based on my original script, I hope I can become a director."
Frank Darabont looked hopeful.
Since the box office fiasco of the film "Life in the Movies" he directed in 2001, his career as a film director seems to have come to an end.
He was very unwilling.
Tang En said with a smile: "No problem, but as I said, it will take at least ten years for this type of film to be made!"
Ten years later, produced by Netflix.
Then push straight to streaming.
This type of film does not need a theater box office at all.
No box office.
"No problem, I can wait! It's just these years that I can fully devote myself to the production of The Walking Dead."
Frank Darabont is already convinced.
As a literati, he was arrogant.
But the young man in front of him convinced him!
The left hand is wealth status and the right hand is intellectual property.
How can such a person not rule Hollywood?
...
After sending Frank Darabont away, Dunn couldn't help smiling proudly.
There is a system, it is still good!
The next thing is to trouble the system again.
"The Departed" is about to start filming, and now, it's time to find a suitable actor to "mirror possession".
Tang En came to the second office alone, locked the door, and put on sunglasses.
Start searching.
"Adam Sandler...Tom Hanks...Edward Norton...Matt Damon...Russell Crowe...George Clooney...whose ability is better to mirror?"
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