The Best Entertainment Era

? In the reception room of Koch Films, after being introduced by Tony Koch, Ronan carefully looked at the director who came with the project.

This man looked about thirty-five years old, with a full face and a fierce look. He was not very tall, but he was extraordinarily thick, like a professional boxer.

Ronan kept muttering in his heart, how lucky is Tony Koch to meet such a treasured director?

Tony Koch said at this time: Uwe is not only a director, but also an actor and screenwriter.

Uwe Ball interjected: I heard that Mr. Anderson has taken a fancy to a game adaptation project some time ago? I also have a game adaptation film project here, so I contacted Mr. Koch and wanted to cooperate with Mr. Anderson.

Ronan looked at Tony Koch, Tony Koch nodded slightly, and said, Uwe has worked as a screenwriter for several film projects before, this time he got the adaptation rights of a popular game, and plans to direct it himself.

Hearing this, Ronan immediately understood that he might have failed to explain why he had won the Resident Evil project before, which caused Tony Koch to misunderstand a little, thinking that the adaptation of the game into a movie was very interesting.

So, hearing that he was coming to Europe, Tony Koch got in touch with him immediately.

The overall situation of game adaptation movies is not good, but it is not unprofitable.

Uwe Bauer is not a newcomer to the film industry either. He knows the importance of filming and attracting investment. He said: My film project is based on a series of first-person shooting games House of the Dead developed by SEGA. It tells the story of the protagonist fighting against zombies and robots in order to save his companions, and it has formed a series, with a total of 3 works.”

Ronan's knowledge of games is very limited, and he has never heard of the game House of the Dead.

But as a person who knows a little bit about the famous Wubao, Ronan knows the movie House of the Dead.

In her previous life, Xiao Wu became famous because of this film.

Ronan was also quite puzzled. As the only recipient of the honor of World's Worst Director, why did Wu Bao get investment again and again?

This should be related to Germany's tax refund policy.

Wu Bao's early films had terrible results and were not as bad as the film itself.

Similar B-grade bad movies,

Is there a selling point in the offline rental market?

It's hard to tell, and many of the worst run-of-the-mill movies, such as Robert Rodriguez's B-movies, are quite popular in the offline market.

Machete Killing, which was so bad in the previous life, has been filmed several times.

Ronan carefully recalled the movie The House of the Dead, and he could only be sure that he had watched it, but he couldn't remember more.

It is probably the kind of film that will be forgotten soon after watching it once.

In view of the fact that this is Wu Bao's famous film, and Wu Bao will be able to shoot many films later, Ronan still takes it very seriously from the perspective of a producer.

Mr. Ball...

Uwe! Uwe Ball put on a vicious smile on his face: Just call me Uwe.

Ronan didn't get entangled in this kind of issue, and continued to ask: Uwe, do you have a script or a plan?

Uwe Bauer was obviously prepared, and handed the two bound printing papers to Ronan, saying: This game adaptation movie will be a typical horror thriller type. Famous for thrillers, we have a natural basis for cooperation.

Ronan didn't speak, he opened the script and read it carefully.

The script tells the story of several female college students from the same hometown, Shensi, Grace and Karma, who decide to go on a spring outing and have a happy party in the wild. They heard from Grace's good friend Simon that there was a remote island near Seattle where accidents often happened, and they immediately wanted to find out and enjoy the excitement of adventure.

After arriving on the island, they were surprised to find that it was deserted and attacked by a group of mysterious monsters. These monsters are everywhere on land, in the sea, and even in the air. They take refuge in an old mansion, where the terrified students accidentally uncover the legend of the haunted house of the dead.

The monsters among them can be roughly classified into the category of zombies.

It's not difficult for Ronan to come to the conclusion that this is a typical American-style movie in which two-year-olds die and are attacked by zombies.

As for the game adaptation, Ronan can't see it because he doesn't know the game well, but from the analysis of the script, there should not be many game elements retained.

Then, Ronan opened the proposal, and asked tentatively while reading: How many game elements do you keep in this film?

Uwe Ball didn't quite understand what Ronan meant for a while, so he didn't answer immediately.

Tony Koch said with a smile: Like Resident Evil, Uwe just borrowed the background of the game, and the story and characters are brand new.

Uwe Ball is not as extensive as it seems on the surface. He immediately understood and said: Movies are different from games, so the adaptation is very large.

Ronan looked up at him and asked, Aren't you worried about the dissatisfaction of game fans?

Uwe Ball said something that even surprised Ronan: Real gamers are a bunch of guys who only look for pirated copies online and offline, and they never pay for movies, so why should I please them? What I want is a real moviegoer.

This statement sounds plausible.

But Ronan still felt something was wrong.

Gradually, he remembered more information about Uwe Ball, Vampire Lane, Dungeon Siege, Far Cry...

Forcing women and girls, pushing oil in the sauna, SM hanging upside down for bloodletting, ghosts and cars shaking.

In addition to being the king of bad movies, Uwe Ball is also the public enemy of game lovers all over the world, and is the terminator of game movies.

Ronan asked again: What route do you plan to take for this adaptation?

The biggest selling point is violence and gore. Uwe Bauer is very straightforward: The main line of the film is the story of the protagonist fighting devils and zombies to save his companions. I want to gain attention with a large number of zombies and a strong B-movie style.

Ronan was still flipping through Uwe Ball's proposal. Judging from the words just now, Uwe Ball was very clear-headed and knew what to rely on to attract the audience.

How much budget do you need for this film? Ronan asked the most critical question.

Uwe Ball could hear that Ronan was a little interested in this project, and immediately said: As long as 12 million US dollars is enough.

Hearing this figure, Ronan immediately put down the plan and looked at Uwe Ball: 12 million dollars?

Tony Koch wanted to intervene. In his eyes, Resident Evil can be invested 20 million US dollars. For such a game-adapted movie, 12 million US dollars is not a lot of investment.

Ronan gave Tony Koch a look. After all, Tony Koch had cooperated with Ronan, and immediately swallowed the words that came to his lips.

12 million US dollars to shoot such a film? Ronan said bluntly: With all due respect, this project is not worth such a huge investment.

Seeing Ronan's bad tone, Uwe Ball hesitated for a moment, and said, It can be done with less. 10 million US dollars...

Ronan directly interrupted him: This film will cost at most $1 million.

What? The flesh on Uwe Ball's face was trembling.

As if he didn't see it, Ronan said, Frankly speaking, judging from my production experience, your project will probably turn into a bad movie.

Uwe Ball had prominent veins on his forehead and wanted to argue.

Ronan didn't give him a chance, and said, You have no previous experience in directing movies or TV dramas. Most of the directors' first films are not very good. This is not for you personally, but for the general situation.

But $1 million is too little. Uwe Ball distinguished: Insufficient funds will only turn the project into a bad movie.

Only then did Ronan reveal his real purpose: If that's the case, why don't we make a bad movie?

Tony Koch was dumbfounded and made a bad movie? There is still this kind of operation, isn't it looking for money?

The way Uwe Ball looked at Ronan changed, as if he was looking at a psychopath.

This Hollywood producer has a mental problem at a young age? It's so pathetic.

A bad movie is not necessarily a movie that loses money. Facing the director who is destined to become famous, Ronan has no psychological burden: Sometimes, when a movie is bad enough to a certain level, there will be chasers.

He simply gave an example: In North America, there is a kind of very bad mill B-grade movie, which also sells violence and gore. These movies are often very bad, but the audience has always been there, and they are still a part of the offline rental market. Great category.

Uwe Ball was lost in thought.

Ronan said calmly: It's not necessarily that bad movies can't make money, and it doesn't necessarily mean that bad movies can't become famous. He asked back: In this world, are there few movies that make a lot of money with bad movies? Especially horror and thrillers.

Tony Koch instantly thought of The Blair Witch. This movie is worse than shit, and it is said that Ronan made hundreds of millions of dollars.

A lot of films, with particularly bad reviews, are more attractive to the audience than those mediocre films. Ronan said a very simple fact: If many people scold a film as bad, some viewers will go to watch the film instead. To what extent is it bad. To make a movie, it is either extremely bad or extremely good, and you must not be caught in the middle.”

Tony Koch agrees: That makes sense.

Ronan looked at Uwe Ball: Judging from the script and the proposal, the chance of this film becoming a bad film is far greater than that of a good film. If you want to invest heavily in making a good film, I will not accompany you. If you want to Shoot a bad movie with a small investment, and I can consider cooperating.

The flesh on Uwe Ball's face began to tremble: There is too little investment, and even the special effects of zombies and plasma can't be done well.

It's very simple, how to save and how to do it, it doesn't matter if it is rough. Ronan said as a matter of course: It was originally intended to shoot bad movies.

Uwe Ball thought for a full minute in silence, and said, I...I want to think about it.

No one is born wanting to be a bad movie director.