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In the script library of Artisan Films, there are thousands of script copyrights, and there are only two that Ronan is really familiar with. After reading the outline in the script database, he selected these two scripts.

One of them is a horror movie and the other is a killer action movie.

The former is a typical American youth horror film, which belongs to the broad category of horror films.

Ronan went over the script very carefully and made sure that it was a horror movie he had seen before.

The screenplay is typical Hollywood mode.

Two American college students traveled to Europe, met a European peer, and heard about a magical place-a paradise-like hotel in Slovakia, where there are many beautiful and gentle girls. The excited three immediately got on the train to Slovakia, and soon found the fairyland-like hotel: the lobby was full of beautiful girls; the receptionist was pure and pleasant.

However, this is the beginning of the nightmare. In this seemingly remote and secluded town, unknown crimes are happening.

The two Americans soon find that they are slowly descending into a situation of rapidly increasing danger.

Invisibly, a certain ominous feeling slowly hit the two of them, sex, blood and even killing, all kinds of tentacles of darkness and evil quickly extended to the two young people.

This hotel is an underground slaughterhouse, which specializes in seducing 2B young men with sperm and upper brains, for the perverted rich to poach their hearts and behead their heads for fun.

The name of the script was very simple, it was called Hostel. After reading it, Ronan was sure that this was the Hostel of Human Skin he had seen before.

This is not a backlog of scripts, but a work that Artisan Films just bought the copyright last year. The author of the script is Eli Ross. Ronan has heard of this name in the circle. The other party is not an unknown person. It is estimated that Artisan Films After winning the script, I also had the idea of ​​wanting to make a movie.

Eli Roth is not just a screenwriter, but a typical horror film director to be precise. In 2002, Bones Not Survived won a North American box office of more than 20 million US dollars for 1.5 million US dollars. It seems to have won a Saturn Award. .

Artisan Pictures bought the script, which is necessarily related to the success of Eli Roth's previous work.

Although I don't remember the box office or market response of Human Skin Inn, Ronan thinks this script can work.

first,

The writer of the script is a director with similar success.

Second, the project fits the mold of a successful American teen horror film.

The cost does not need to be too high. It is estimated that three to four million US dollars is enough. It is easy to recover the cost, which is one of the reasons why youth horror films are often made unremittingly.

This kind of movie doesn't need too many special effects or big scenes. It usually only needs a camera, a few actors who are good at running, a few murder weapons, a few masks, a few dilapidated houses, and a remote location. Basic conditions for shooting.

There must be 2B brain-dead American youths in the film, college students or high school students are the best choices. Since it is a youth horror film, the protagonist must be young. Youth represents vitality, but in this type of film In the middle, it is also synonymous with brain damage.

The location of the story must be a remote place. The place where the horror story takes place is described in the words on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, that is, troublesome people come out of poor mountains and rivers, such as abandoned towns, remote roads, barren woods and so on.

The villain murderer must be perverted, no matter what the reason for killing, the more perverted the audience will like it, and it is not easy to kill him, even if he is beaten half to death, he still stands up and kills.

It is very important to have a plot as brain-dead as the protagonist, and it is also the key to success. For example, in the most dangerous and terrifying places, normal people will feel that it is safest to stay together in groups, but not in movies. The protagonists often They will act separately, which gives the murderer a chance to break each one, so as to achieve the effect that the brain-dead plot perfectly matches the brain-dead protagonist.

There are also large-scale scenes. The protagonists of youth horror films are open-minded young people. It is normal to get together at every turn, but there are also rules in this respect. All characters who have large-scale nonsense scenes in the film will basically die.

In this regard, youth horror films have a law called Left Love Must Die.

Then there is the ending, this kind of film will leave some suspense at the end to prepare for the sequel.

Undoubtedly, Ronan determined that the script of Human Skin Inn fully complies with the unique selling point setting of youth horror films.

In addition, this film can also make some articles on the publicity.

Regardless of whether he used to live on the other side of the Pacific Ocean or was still in Hollywood for the past two years, Ronan has heard many rumors about massacres in Eastern Europe.

After the upheaval in Eastern Europe, the social economy once fell to the brink of collapse, and the society became chaotic, so many underground industries were born. It is said that some underground massacre movies in Eastern Europe are not as simple as ordinary shooting.

Ronan also had no way of judging the authenticity, after all, he had never been to Eastern Europe in his two lifetimes.

He once heard another rumor. Somewhere in Southeast Asia, there is a kind of transaction that makes money by killing people. As long as you pay 10,000 U.S. dollars, you can get a gun full of bullets and a person who is willing to be slaughtered by you, because those people Victims sacrificed themselves to save their families from starvation, a horrific killing that the site is said to paint as an act of charity.

Rumors about massacres in Eastern Europe have been circulating in the society. After the film is shot, these can also be used as a gimmick.

For example, the film is based on real events and the like.

The more truthful the compilation, the more selling point it will be.

Ronan forwarded the script to George Clint, asking him to contact Eli Roth, and strive to start filming within the year, and if it goes well, at least a trilogy.

This type of horror film is a typical short-term project, and the operation cycle is mostly within fifteen months.

Even from planning to filming to release, there are not a few that can be completed within half a year.

Horror films are the first genre of Shahai Entertainment. With rich experience in filming and production, Ronan is very confident in the filming and production of films.

Therefore, he carefully reviewed the second script he had an impression of.

This is a killer action movie script. Strictly speaking, it can be included in the ranks of spy action movies.

The script tells the story of a killer couple.

John-Smith and his wife Jenny-Smith have a comfortable but unremarkable married life, but both of them actually hide a big secret: Mr. and Mrs. Smith are actually highly paid killers with special skills, but they are deadly rivals. Spy killer organization work.

After the couple experienced a series of unexpected events, they suddenly realized that they had been targeted for assassination, and the killers responsible for the assassination turned out to be each other.

Ronan is very sure that this film is Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

The reason why I remember it so clearly is not because of how classic the film is, but the gossip about Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie that once appeared around this film.

There were rumors at the time that Brad Pitt was caught and raped by Jennifer Aniston when he was fooling around with Angelina Jolie.

The various gossip and scandals that occurred during this period are enough to make a movie.

Ronan has always felt that the gossip about Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie played an important role in the film's success at the box office.

Of course, the film itself is also quite interesting. The goals of the killer couple are each other's settings, which can be described as full of interest.

This also determines that it is best for the film to be starred by a charismatic star, because the role of this film is completely above the plot.

Ronan has never been in contact with Brad Pitt, but he is still familiar with Angelina Jolie. The two have been exercising with the same fitness trainer in the past few years. Although they have lost contact a lot in the past year or so, But once in a while, I can still chat enthusiastically for a while.

If this script is made into a movie, the leading actors and actresses will of course be Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie first.

However, some parts of the script need to be revised.

Ronan also forwarded it to Shahai Entertainment, allowing Sandhai Entertainment to contact the original author Simon Kinberg.

I just don't know if Simon Kinberg still remembers the script.

The copyright of the script of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has only been in the hands of Artisan Films for more than a year, but it took a long time to write it. This is the work of Simon Kinberg when he graduated from university. He has worked in many film companies before. In 2002, Artisan Pictures bought out the copyright of the script for US$17,500.

Similarly, Artisan Pictures did not plan to make a movie. At the beginning of this year, Summit Entertainment had purchased the script. Artisan Pictures originally planned to resell it to Summit Entertainment, but as soon as the two parties had initial contact, Artisan Pictures fell into the acquisition In the midst of the turmoil, Summit Entertainment did not buy it in the end, and the copyright of the script went to Ronan.

If Relativity Entertainment hadn't intervened, the script would have been sold to Summit Entertainment by Artisan Pictures.

It's normal for scripts like this kind of blockbuster movies to be written without anyone paying attention, but to continue to be circulated among various companies.

The selling point of this film itself is not how good the plot and creativity of the script are.

There is a note on the script. Over the years that Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been circulated, the screenwriters of the company occasionally made some revisions. When it came to Relativity Entertainment, the cumulative number of revisions was close to 50 times.

As for the opinion of the original screenwriter Simon Kinberg, no one paid attention at all.

Ronan also made some assumptions, maybe he can ask Paul Greengrass to direct this work? The style seems inappropriate, the film is full of romance, and Paul Greenglass' realistic style seems a little out of place.

In some respects, the style of Mr. and Mrs. Smith was somewhat similar to Infernal Affairs.

Ronan asked Shahai Entertainment to communicate with Simon Kinberg first, and we will talk about the details later.

After dealing with these two impressive scripts, Ronan put aside his work temporarily, and Lindsay Bill returned from New York.