Chapter 858: The Land of the Living Dead
As for the film project of Relativity Entertainment, Jaina-Quan currently only participates in one "Fast and Furious" series. Apart from continuing to participate in "Grey's Anatomy", there is no other job yet.
An honest and reliable person like Ronan will certainly not do anything that he will turn his face and refuse to recognize others.
He then called Will Smith.
Some time ago, Ronan was on the crew of "The Walker of the Infernal Affairs" in New York, he read a remake of "I Am a Legend" from Will Smith.
Ronan once watched this video, and Will Smith alone took the box office.
It is also the source of the famous "One Dog Starts".
Unfortunately, this is a remake movie. The earliest film copyright and other related copyrights have been in the hands of Warner Bros. Even if Ronan remembers it, there is no other way.
Will Smith has been in the limelight in the past two years, and strictly speaking, it can already be included in the ranks of superstars.
In order to invite Will Smith, Warner Bros. not only paid $25 million and a late-stage payment, but also gave Will Smith almost the same power as the producer.
There are not many actors who can really show up in the film, but Will Smith has a heavyweight voice in the choice of other actors.
Ronan didn't need to be polite to Will Smith, and called directly to say that he would recommend a heroine.
Then, Jaina all went to the crew of "I am Legend" audition, and the Latino actress Alice Bragaca, who was originally intended to be used by Warner Bros., was on the last audition.
Jaina, who has mastered her acting skills and English skills, passed the audition very smoothly and won the third most role in the crew except Will Smith and that dog.
It has been a year since the entertainment media, which is the largest country in the universe, can be played with for a year.
Of course, in their eyes, perhaps Will Smith is not a non-Chief, but a stick.
Will Smith, who is temporarily back in Los Angeles, participated in the premiere of "The Land of the Living Dead" because of Ronan's invitation and the reputation of the father of the zombie George Romero.
The zombie movie, which ended up spending only $8 million, was completed in less than seven months, and was then pushed into the theater by Embassy Pictures.
George Romero's return to the mountains to shoot zombie movies has also become the biggest gimmick in publicity and promotion.
Although in the 1980s, George Romero almost completely made zombie movies that he developed, such as "Zombies Out of the Cage" and other zombie movies with a certain reputation that almost completely destroyed this genre.
But the audience is forgetful and public opinion seems to be more tolerant of an old man. Nearly twenty years have passed, and basically no one mentions George Romero's zombie films that are so bad that no one watches. Instead, the name of the father of zombie films has become widely spread.
Since last year's "Dawn of the Living Dead", George Romero has also learned from his experience and lessons, abandoning many old-fashioned zombie films that are not suitable for the current settings, and recreating a more modern and entertaining zombies.
For example, during the preview, zombies will be subconsciously attracted by fireworks, which will be praised by the preview audience.
Relativity Entertainment is also constantly promoting the Internet, continuing to hype George Romero's pioneering and importance to zombie films, and also completely confirms George Romero's status as the "father of zombie films".
George Romero's new zombie film has also attracted the attention of countless zombie culture enthusiasts.
At the premiere, it was said that "zombies" gathered, and real zombie culture enthusiasts dressed up themselves as zombies.
In addition to these ordinary zombie fans, there are also professionals present.
For example, Robert Kirkman.
This is the script author of "The Walking Dead". He has been hired by Shahai Entertainment and serves as the special consultant for the script adaptation of "The Walking Dead".
The series plan has been put into daily life, the script is being created, and Ronan is also looking for a suitable director.
According to the plan finalized by Netflix streaming and Sand Sea Entertainment, the first season of "The Walking Dead" will be released next winter or in the spring of 2007.
Of course, the relevant plans are still relatively cautious, and there will only be about eight episodes in the first season.
This drama is not suitable for being released too late. Once the advantages and halo of the first zombie drama are gone, the subsequent effect may be discounted.
"The Walking Dead" can be said to be a zombie drama in the early stage, but the zombie background is simply regarded as a cloak.
From a personal hobby alone, Ronan prefers to fight zombies.
Chainsaw and zombies are the ultimate romance for men.
At the entrance of the theater, Ronan met Will Smith. Will Smith said: "The zombies everywhere are so easy to make people impulsive."
Ronan deliberately joked: "Have your taste changed again? Or has it been further aggravated?"
Will Smith's dark face instantly became darker, and she said, "How could I be interested in zombies?"
Ronan said in a very serious tone: "Will, I have a project here that is very suitable for you, called "My Happy Life with the Zombie Girls."
Will Smith was completely defeated and emphasized: "I'm just a fan of George Romero!"
Ronan put away his joke and said, "You are going to star in a zombie movie, too."
Will Smith nodded: "There are not many zombies, but they are very powerful."
Ronan said: "I read the script and the settings. I should be the most powerful zombie in the zombie movie."
"It's almost the same." Will Smith thought for a while and said, "Except for the mutated zombie monsters in "Resident Evil" that you filmed in your company."
Ronan shrugged: "Those can't be considered zombies." He changed the topic: "I'll bother you about Jaina."
"Are you still polite to me?" Will Smith said seriously: "Since we met, although I have never said it, I have always been clear that you have always been helping me, but I can't help you. This character can finally make me give you some favors."
While speaking, he started to laugh first.
Ronan did not continue the topic, after all, it was just a trivial matter for Will Smith and him.
Then, Ronan met George Romero in the theater lobby.
"I've seen the preview." Ronan praised the movie: "A masterpiece."
George Romero said: "I think "The Land of the Living Dead" is the best zombie film I have ever made, and I may never be able to do this level again."
Ronan said: "How could it be? Movie fans are still waiting for your new work."
He said this, but Ronan knew in his heart that what George Romero was talking about was the truth. It was not that George Romero could not keep up with the times or had his abilities deteriorated, but that his health was not good.
During the filming of "The Land of the Living Dead", Allianz Insurance, which provides insurance services to the crew, issued warnings to Shahai Entertainment more than once, and George Romero's health is worrying.
Allianz Insurance even made it clear that if Shahai Entertainment cooperates with George Romero again, it will not provide George Romero with personal insurance.
George Romero's heart is not old, but his body is old.
For the safety of the crew and George Romero's safety, Ronan decided not to continue working with him.
And George Clint also talked specifically to George Romero and advised him to calm down.
To be honest, George Romero is not short of money.
Ronan likes zombie films very much and hopes that the father of modern zombie films can live a few more years.
Unfortunately, Uncle Ninth left too early, otherwise it would be very satisfying to let George Romero film a movie called Uncle Ninth fight against zombies.
There are successors to zombie movies. Hollywood, including Relativity Entertainment, and many companies are still continuing to develop this type of genre. There will definitely be even better zombie movies in the future.
But in the zombie film type, perhaps no one can surpass Uncle Ninth.
The premiere began soon, and George Romero added a lot of new things to this traditional zombie film.
For example, zombies and fireworks, such as the zombie revolution that runs through the entire story!
In this film, zombies no longer have only instincts, but have initially developed consciousness. Moreover, George Romero deliberately chose a black zombie as the leader of the zombie group to revolutionize the human settlement led by the white people.
Therefore, under the leadership of Hei Minggui, the zombies at the bottom of the film's character structure rushed into the human settlement with political correctness, overthrew the evil rule of the white bourgeoisie who was riding on ordinary people and a group of zombies, and exiled the petty bourgeoisie with a weak position, thus turning over and becoming masters and establishing a zombie dictatorship regime.
From then on, the zombies stood up!
This is a zombie movie!
The only purpose is to make it feel good for viewers who like zombie culture.
There is no doubt that "The Land of the Living Dead" achieves this goal.
The most direct manifestation is the box office of the film.
On the weekend of painting, "The Land of the Living Dead" received $15.24 million with the 3,256 theaters won by the Embassy Film Company, thus ensuring that the North American box office alone can recover some investment.
Although the film has a bad reputation, the Rotten Tomatoes index is so low, the media score is 4.5, and even fails to pass the ImDB score, how many zombie movies have they had a good reputation?
As long as a certain group of hobbies watch this kind of video, the film company can make money, it means success.
Moreover, outside the theater big screen, zombie films have always been very popular in the rental market.
Just like the many hardcore Uncle Jiu on the other side of the Pacific, zombie films have never lacked audiences in the West.
Perhaps other viewers think that the plot and settings that are mentally retarded are just a pleasure to get goosebumps in the eyes of zombie movie enthusiasts.
Nearly twenty years later, George Romero's appeal among zombie fans has become stronger than in the 1970s and 1980s.
Chapter completed!