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007 Battle Casino Royale has been considered by movie fans for a long time. 007 Skyfall Crisis release.

In terms of media and audience ratings, 007: Battle of Casino Royale has a media rating of 80, and IMDB audience rating is 8.0; 007: Skyfall has a media rating of 81, and IMDB audience rating is 7.8 . It can be seen that the overall word-of-mouth of the two works is very close, but since the latter is a masterpiece commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 007 series, it is naturally incomparable in terms of topics. After comprehensive consideration, the former is still the highest rated among all 007 works.

why?

In fact, the reason is not complicated. Before that, 007 has always been elegant, handsome, dignified, and invisible in talking and laughing. Beautiful cars, custom suits, and high-tech weapons are all eternal elements. But after 40 years of development, the times are advancing, and the tastes of the audience are improving. This kind of positioning can no longer keep up with the times. So, after the acquisition of MGM, Sony Pictures decided to break the boat and start subverting.

First of all, they chose Daniel Craig as their successor. Not only is it as simple as blond hair, Daniel's handsome and masculine tough guy temperament is also far from the previous actors; second, they boldly broke the fixed impression of 007, So many firsts appeared in the movie, the first time 007 was dressed in rags, the first time 007 was injured, the first time 007 was in a mess, the first time 007 rolled into the dust, the first time 007 made a mistake, and the first time 007 came to the scene Death... On the premise of retaining the characteristics of 007, the movie endowed 007 with more realistic elements. The power of modern technology is weakening, and more relies on personal ability to restore the true colors of agents; finally, they followed the market requirements and made 007 become To be honest, in the four movies of Daniel's version, James Bond's childhood, growth and psychological shadow are traced, and Bond girls are used to give Tiehan tenderness.

This approach triggered a backlash from many loyal fans, especially the embarrassing James Bond, which really triggered a crusade, but more of it attracted people's praise, even audiences who are not interested in the 007 series. They all walked into the cinema. Therefore, 007's Battle of Casino Royale became the first work in the series to break the shackles, and achieved a comprehensive victory from word of mouth to feedback.

For such a work, Lance can completely control it. His ability in The Day After Acquired and Murder with a Borrowed Knife proved that he is qualified for the director job of 007 vs. Casino Royale; You can overthrow and rebuild the role of 007 according to your own ideas, just like the previous ideas for DC and Marvel.

Lance doesn't have to direct all the works, he can build the main line of the series of works, and the subsequent works can be handed over to other directors to direct, and then Chaos Pictures and Sony Pictures will cooperate. Really create a distinctive 007 series.

Moreover, compared to the DC universe, the 007 series is at best a trilogy or a quadruple. With the current scale of Chaos Pictures, it should not be that difficult to convince Sony Pictures to agree to cooperate.

From a comprehensive point of view, it is very wise for Chaos Films and Lance to take over this project.

The only shortcoming of 007 vs. Casino Royale is that the villain is not strong enough, which completely wastes the charm of the Danish actor Mads-Mikkelsen. Max’s personal temperament is a bit similar to Anthony Hopkins, with a touch of evil in his elegance, and the coldness of the Nordic people in him is even more distinctive. Take a look at his later works Hunting, Hannibal is known, but the movie does not give Max much room to play, it is really wasteful.

After getting the script, the first thing Lance will do is to reorganize the outline of the story, give Max more space to play, let the villain's strength grow, and form a more intense confrontation. This is what truly creates a classic. the correct approach. Although Lance knew that it was very difficult, he was still full of energy.

However, things are not that simple. If Chaos Pictures wants to cooperate with Sony Pictures, whether it is a trilogy or a tetralogy, Lance must conceive his own framework for the entire story line, at least have a basic idea , Then submit a proposal, sit on both sides of the negotiating table with Sony Pictures, and start discussions. It's like talking about the DC Universe with Warner Bros.

Although the 007 series seems to be much simpler, and the idea of ​​the whole trilogy is not so grand and grand; but it still cannot be taken lightly.

The next day, Sony Pictures sent the script of 007 vs. Casino Royale to Chaos Pictures in person. The screenplay was written by Paul-Haggis, whose Million Dollar Baby won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay last year, and this year's Crash was also well-received. attention.

However, before Lance started to read, he received an unexpected call.

Lance, do you need me to take it now? Percy looked at Lance with playful eyes, Percy knocked on the door again and asked.

The point is not who is calling, but when.

Lance came back to his senses, nodded with a smile, Take it here. His eyes fell on the envelope in his hand. This was the script that Sony Pictures had just sent over this morning. He didn't rush to open it, so he just put the envelope on the put on the table, then picked up the handset, and connected the phone, Hey, good morning, when I was having breakfast just now, I was still wondering if I would meet some old acquaintances by chance, but I didn't expect to receive a call right away. Your phone is up.

There was a hint of banter in the familiar tone, as if he was teasing the accident that he took the initiative to approach the door not long ago but was directly rejected. If it was Michael Eisner, he should have smashed the phone at this time, and maybe he would yell at the media in the future, but Barry Meyer would not, he always believed in the supremacy of interests, and he always believed in smiling The person who reaches the end is the winner.

So, instead of being angry, Barry chuckled, Then my call is just in time. Barry also followed Lance's words and teased. How about it? Are you free recently? Let's have dinner together tonight. I'm very interested in Italian food recently. What do you think?

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Lance could tell that Barry was alluding to last night's French food. This is not unusual, you can see the gossip news about Lance having dinner with Michael in today's newspapers, as one of the most watched directors in this summer, every move of Lance has attracted countless attention Saying Fruit Candy was such a sensational Hollywood audition that the paparazzi were the first to document every detail of the night.

The problem is that Barry deliberately hinted at Michael's matter, and chose today's time, why?

I prefer Spanish food. You know, Canas-and-Tapas. Lance replied with a smile, and quietly rejected Barry's dinner proposal tonight.

But Barry didn't seem to care, Maybe next time we can have a good taste of Spanish food. The conversation changed, I'm calling you because I have a project in hand and it's still in the early stages of preparation. I heard at least six I was asking, why not use Lance? Everyone firmly believes that you are the best choice for this work, I mean, you are both director and actor. Therefore, I think it is necessary for me to advance Just to let you know, my biggest worry is that you have no more space in your next schedule.

Paramount? Sony? And fruit hard candies? How much information did Barry inquire about? But compared to these, what Lance is really curious about is, what kind of project is it? It actually made Barry contact him directly regardless of previous suspicions.

All Hollywood practitioners know: No one is irreplaceable, and Lance himself firmly believes so. The Return of Superman just started not long ago, and is now in full swing. The success of Batman Begins: The Beginning of the Shadow proves the vision and determination of Warner Bros., giving people enough confidence to believe that even without Lance , Superman Returns is bound to be a success, not to mention that Bryan Singer, who took over the director, has proved himself in the two X-Men works, and he is even more famous than Christopher Nolan.

Lance sternly rejected Barry twice, which can be regarded as a humiliation for Barry. But now only two months have passed, and Warner Bros. has found Lance again. Does it mean that there are no other directors or actors in Hollywood besides Lance? Could it be that Lance is the only director making money in Hollywood now? Could it be said that Hollywood only wants to get Lance if it has a director who turns decay into magic? Could it be said that Hollywood commercial film directors are scarce to such an extent?

Obviously not.

So why? Or to ask another question, what kind of project is it?

It's really a pity that I have to devote myself to the production of another work next week. Lance did not express his curiosity. He must now devote all his energy to Hard Candy, even if it is 007 vs. Casino Royale, he will not devote energy in a short time.

Barry seemed to have expected this answer a long time ago, and chuckled, Of course, I know. Yesterday's audition attracted a lot of attention. However, the current project is only in the paper discussion stage. Apart from shooting, we have nothing, so I just want to let you know that there is such a project, maybe during the shooting break, you can think about it, believe me, you will be interested.

Barry showed enough sincerity while talking and laughing, which made Lance laugh, Wow, you almost made an offer I couldn't refuse.

Richard-Matheson. Without too much explanation, Barry just left the name, and everything is already self-evident.