screenwriter mystery

Chapter 196 Monster Universe
After listening to Ron Mayer's pursuit of the current Hollywood superhero theme.

The expression on Zhao Yuan's face was a bit strange.

In a way, he is the culprit responsible for today's rush to make superhero-themed movies in Hollywood.

Of course, Zhao Yuan's original purpose of designing the script was just to bring the extraordinary into reality.

Who would have imagined that Andrew and the others would be unconstrained, directly using the power obtained from the water pool to act as a 'superhero', indirectly affecting the Hollywood movie atmosphere.

"Does it have to be this type of movie?"

It's one thing to watch the Andrew trio play 'superheroes' on the system screen, but it's another thing to create a superhero-themed movie by yourself.

What's more, as Ron Meyer said, Universal does not have any advantage in superhero movies.

"I mean, it's not a very good choice to choose a superhero movie when there is no copyright."

Even with the topic of 'superheroes' raised by the three of Andrew in the real world, Zhao Yuan doesn't think that creating a superhero movie out of thin air without the blessing of IP can have any impressive results at the box office.

As Zhao Yuan, who has been baptized by superhero movies in another world, knows very well that no matter how famous the superhero theme is, it may not be able to support an excellent movie. Since then, it's not like no movie studios have followed suit.

The most typical example of this is Warner.

However, the poor filming and the character expansion eager for quick success made "Justice League" doomed to fail from the beginning of its creation.

"Universal's film department is equally clear about what you said."

Facing the confusion raised by Zhao Yuan, Ron Meyer sighed silently.

"However, the board does not see this as an issue."

"In fact, in order to counter these superhero blockbusters, there have been discussions within Universal, and there is a plan to create a monster universe similar to the Marvel Cinematic Universe."

Although, in terms of superheroes, Universal does not have any copyright in its hands.

However, it is not without cards. The "monster universe" mentioned by Ron Meyer is actually what Universal found after rummaging through boxes and boxes.

Since "Frankenstein" in the 30s, Universal has shot many well-known monster movies, such as werewolves, mummies, and vampires, and there are countless.One of the most recent monster movies is "The Mummy 3", a mixed Chinese and Western movie that was released not long ago. Universal reported great expectations, but it was unsatisfactory in terms of box office, becoming the worst of the three series. part of

It is precisely because of the failure of "The Mummy 3" at the box office that the shareholders of the board of directors turned their attention to superhero themes.

At the same time, in terms of film screenwriting, Zhao Yuan was chosen as the screenwriter of the new film without any disagreement.

The reason, of course, is "Smart: Ghost Story", which made Universal a lot of money.

Compared with "The Mummy 3", which cost a huge amount of investment and invited Kung Fu superstars to bless it, it still has a mediocre box office.

"Spiritual: Ghost Story" is a film that has leveraged hundreds of millions of box office with "The Mummy 3" at less than a fraction of the cost. The weight of the two in the hearts of the board members is naturally different.

"Monster Universe?"

The movie concept mentioned by Ron Meyer gave Zhao Yuan a sense of déjà vu inexplicably.

To some extent, he is also evolving his own monster universe through the system script.

It's just that the object of the universe established by Universal is the big screen of the movie, but he is the real world in which everyone lives.

Moreover, if Zhao Yuan is not mistaken.

Universal's "monster universe" that Ron Meyer said didn't take shape in the end, because the first and most important film of this movie universe, "The Werewolf" had a bad start. The investment was 1.5 million US dollars, and the world only got back 1.3 million The box office didn't even get half of it after removing other cuts, which can be described as a big failure.

Then the next "Dracula" restarted "The Mummy" and none of them made money. After eight years of tossing back and forth, Universal finally had to announce the end of the filming of the "Monster Universe". , none of the three films in a row made money, and if the filming continues, the board of directors will not agree.

Although the board of directors may not know how to make movies, they are not idiots. Even if an idiot falls into a pit three times at the same time, they should learn to detour.

Although, in an alternate world, Universal's 'monster universe' eventually died.

However, at this moment, after hearing Ron Mayer's description, Zhao Yuan couldn't help feeling somewhat interested.

He didn't forget that he still had a few cards of circus members in his hand.

It might be interesting to make a circus-themed monster movie with a few cards.

Of course, such thoughts only circled in Zhao Yuan's mind.

Right now, Universal's 'Monster Universe' is just a prototype without any plans. Instead of thinking about how to participate in filming, it's better to think about the purpose of Ron Meyer's invitation.

If you create a superhero movie.

"Are you sure you can't buy any superhero copyrights, Mr. Ron?"

"With the current degree of enthusiasm for superhero subjects in Hollywood, no superhero with a name and surname can escape the pursuit of someone with a heart."

Hollywood is not devoid of smart people, on the contrary, it is full of smart people.

Ron Meyer's answer made Zhao Yuan frown.

It is a huge challenge even for Zhao Yuan to create a superhero and sell it at the box office without a copyrighted prototype.

However, it is only a challenge.

After all, for Zhao Yuan, who is backed by another world, there is still the possibility of reference.

For example, although it is impossible to shoot a movie through superhero copyright, he can definitely draw on the background of a well-known superhero.

Create a specious mutant horror superman movie similar to "Mad Boy".

Everyone knows that the background of "Magic Boy" comes from Superman, but they won't pursue too much.

Of course, this kind of porcelain-style superhero movie, although topical enough, obviously failed to meet Zhao Yuan's expectations in terms of box office.

Therefore, after a little hesitation, he abandoned the selection of this film and made another proposal that was more out of the ordinary but more eye-catching at the same time.

"A superhero movie in 'pseudo-documentary' form?"

(End of this chapter)