The Best Entertainment Era

Every month, Embassy Pictures, a distribution company under Relativity Entertainment, releases at least one movie.

On the second weekend of mid-August, Dawn of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder and a remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film, is about to hit theaters.

Although the production budget of the project is only 20 million U.S. dollars, which is a moderately low investment in Hollywood, it is definitely a big investment and big production in the genre of zombie films.

It is relatively rare for zombie movies to invest more than tens of millions of dollars.

In many cases, zombie movies are synonymous with B-movies and crude productions.

But once the trailer of Dawn of the Dead was released, it attracted the attention of a large number of zombie fans.

Although zombie culture is a niche culture even in North America, there are a considerable number of die-hard fans. These people are no less obsessed with zombie culture than the fans of Captain Jack Sparrow.

In the promotion of Dawn of the Dead, Embassy Pictures also paid a lot of money to invite George A. Romero to participate in several promotional activities in succession.

George Romero was quite satisfied with the crew's acceptance of his suggestion to use a woman as the first protagonist. He not only praised Scarlett Johansson's excellent acting skills, but also actively cooperated with some promotional measures of the Embassy Pictures.

In the field of zombie films, George Romero's influence is self-evident.

In the true sense, the image of zombies in modern popular culture was developed from the rabies virus, and it was widely disseminated in the movie Night of the Living Dead directed by George Romero in 1968. Zombies are no longer pure The rigid image of coolies controlled by people has instead become a terrifying image of lifeless, rotting limbs, and biting the living.

George Romero has also become the veritable father of modern zombie films. His Living Dead Series Trilogy not only criticizes the current problems, but also has distinct characteristics of the times, as well as bloody violence and eye-opening zombie scenes. It influenced countless zombie movies that followed, and also established several general developments for the later zombie culture. It can be called the Three Laws of Robotics in the zombie world, and it is still in use today.

The premiere of Dawn of the Dead was held at the newly completed Nokia Plaza in Los Angeles. From the morning, it seemed as if the end of the world was coming near the square, and various scenes of zombies came out of their cages.

Zombies of different shapes haunt the surrounding area, and Nokia Plaza is completely occupied by zombies.

The premiere was turned into a carnival feast of zombie culture by Embassy Pictures.

At 5:00 p.m., the premiere kicked off. Before many celebrity guests walked on the red carpet, the zombies took the lead on the red carpet, causing zombie culture lovers on both sides to scream continuously, and even some female fans went crazy. It seems to call more than seeing a handsome guy.

Seeing the zombies, some people's emotions suddenly soared.

Maybe we can shoot a zombie romance movie called My Boyfriend is a Zombie.

Ronan came to the entrance of the Nokia Theater, looked at the screaming zombie culture fans, and said to George Clint: These are our audience guarantees.

George Clint said: Robert has already obtained the film and television adaptation copyright of The Walking Dead. Are we really not making a movie, but adapting a TV series?

It's a project for Netflix, Ronan said.

George Clint nodded. When will it start?

Don't worry. Ronan looked at Scarlett Johansson on the red carpet: As long as Dawn of the Dead succeeds, more zombie movies will follow suit, which will further expand the influence of zombie culture and film and television works to create a more conducive dissemination environment for related works.”

George Clint calculated: At least three to four years.

Ronan smiled: It's about the same. We'll see the specific situation.

He specially asked Connie to conduct a survey and statistics. There is no zombie-themed TV series in Hollywood. If The Walking Dead appears as the creator, it may attract more attention.

Scarlett Johansson walked into the interview area. The female star who was at the peak of her appearance and figure instantly attracted the attention of countless media reporters and surrounded her layer by layer.

On Ronan, Scarlett Johansson has paid a lot, and of course she needs to pay back, and she knows that Ronan doesn't mind using him as an appropriate example.

When Ronan approached me and asked me to play the heroine, I was moved by his new idea. Scarlett Johansson said naturally: I have been fascinated by zombies since I was a child, and all ideas It all stems from curiosity about the afterlife, what would the world be like if death was not eternal, if only half-dead and the body was still alive? So I also fell in love with Romero's film.

When the stars are being interviewed, all kinds of beautiful remarks will appear, and they themselves know best whether they are true or not.

Scarlett Johansson doesn't like zombie culture, and took on the film Dawn of the Dead just because the producer is called Ronan Anderson.

Because she believes that Ronan will continue to be successful, and Ronan's success will drive her success, thereby realizing the transformation of the business direction.

Although Ronan gave her a lot of various expensive gifts, if she didn't gain anything in business, if she wanted to continue to maintain a glamorous life, she might have to sell herself to Ronan.

If there is a charge every time you go to the future world manor, the nature will change completely.

Hi, Ronan. Scarlett saw Ronan at the entrance of the theater, and hurried over to say hello: You didn't walk the red carpet?

Ronan shook his head: There are too many zombies, I'm afraid.

Scarlett Johansson couldn't help laughing, and deliberately took Ronan's arm: Don't worry, I have fought many zombies and will protect you.

Ronan laughed too, and entered the theater with Scarlett Johansson.

Zach, Warner Bros. wants to be with you in the future...

As soon as he entered the VIP lounge, Ronan saw Charles Rowan chatting with Zack Schneider, and said in the past: Charles, I want to recruit Zach to Warner Brothers, and I have to wait for Zach to complete the director contract with Shahai Entertainment. .”

Charles Rowan laughed back: I'm talking about the future, not the present.

Zach Schneider was very calm: I still have a movie contract with Sandsea Entertainment.

Is the project confirmed? Charles Rowan asked.

Zach Schneider glanced at Ronan, saw that he had no objection, and said, Yes, it's confirmed, an epic action movie based on comics.

Charles Rowan thought about what he'd heard: The Frank Miller 'Three Hundred Spartans'?

Ronan said: It's this one. After Zac's vacation is over, we will start preparations.

Charles Rowan didn't say any more, but remembered it in his heart.

Batman: Beginning of War was a great success. The theme and core of the film basically came from Frank Miller's comic The Dark Knight Returns, which made Warner Bros. attach importance to Frank Miller's comic works and wanted to win Adaptation rights for several other comics and episodes.

Unexpectedly, Warner Bros. moved slowly, and the copyrights of Frank Miller's other two well-known works, Sin City and Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta were all sold.

The former was bought by Dimension Films owned by the Weinstein brothers, and the latter fell into the hands of Shahai Entertainment early on.

Tony Koch came over at this time, Ronan introduced him to several people present, and then went to another place, Scarlett Johansson followed.

Does Marvel Entertainment belong to your Relativity Entertainment now? Scarlett Johansson asked.

Ronan said: Relativity Entertainment holds Marvel Entertainment.

Scarlett Johansson greeted the person who came to say hello to Ronan with a smile, and waited for the person to walk away, and whispered: People from Marvel Entertainment have contacted me and asked me about the black widow Natasha Normanoff Are you interested?

They came to you? Ronan said, If you are interested, you can talk to Marvel Entertainment.

Now when it comes to the contract with Stan Lee, it is impossible for Ronan to say more, just vague.

Scarlett Johansson was a little confused: This character has very few roles in Iron Man...

Ronan thought for a while and said, Because it involves commercial secrets, I can't say more about it. Scarlett, if you think the conditions are suitable, then follow up.

Scarlett Johansson frowned slightly. Is it really suitable for a role with few roles, low pay and long-term contract?

She couldn't make up her mind right away.

Although Black Widow is a typical film and role that makes an actor, it will not make much difference if you replace it with other actresses with excellent appearance, and it is not difficult to find a suitable candidate. After all, there are not too many sexy and beautiful women in Hollywood. , but thinking of the roles he was once familiar with, and the various efforts Scarlett Johansson has made on his side, Ronan decided to say a few more words.

Sometimes, you can't just look in front of your eyes. Ronan said lightly, Scarlett, you can also take a long-term view.

Scarlett Johansson heard the hint in Ronan's words, and thinking back carefully, from getting together in the elevator to now, it seems that Ronan has never done anything against her.

With Ronan's status, if he really wants to be against her, there is no need to be so troublesome.

Speaking of this, Scarlett Johansson's experience of working hard in Hollywood since she was a child made her make a quick decision: Ronan, I know what to do.

Ronan smiled and said, Do as you want, without thinking about me.

No. Scarlett Johansson said seriously: I think we can work together for many more years, at least I'm still young and beautiful.

This is straightforward enough.

Ronan patted her arm: Miss Johnson, you are a smart and good girl.

Scarlett Johansson said: A smart and good girl will wait for your call anytime.

Ronan is now sure that there should be no need to change actors for the role of Black Widow.