Heads Up Hollywood

Within two hours, Frank Darabont randomly selected two of the 56 scripts submitted.

One is called "Thousands of Times Past", which is a Civil War romance film; the other is called "Little Town in Florida", which is a crime horror film.

He read the two scripts once, and he was astonished!

Are scripts of this level really only written by those small screenwriters in the screenwriting department of New Universal?

It's too outrageous!

The profundity, thoughtfulness, philosophy and storytelling in it are even better than his "Murder with a Borrowing Knife"!

DreamWorks planned to buy the script of "Murder with a Borrowed Knife" at a price of 800,000 US dollars, and then find a screenwriter to rewrite it and make it into a movie.

But what happened to these two scripts at the moment?

If "Borrowing Knife" can sell for $800,000, how much can these two scripts sell for?

Just more and less!

The so-called literati look down on each other.

With the level of Frank Darabont, it is inevitable that he is arrogant. He regards many well-received scripts in the industry as rubbish and dismisses them.

Only the script he created himself is the best.

However, the two scripts created by others that he just read really shocked him speechless!

So exciting, so deep, so full of connotations!

The more Frank Darabont thought about it, the more horrified he felt!

Out of the thick stack of 56 scripts, he was sure he just picked two at random.

The result, A Thousand Years Ago and Small Town Florida.

Doesn't this mean that the remaining 54 scripts have all reached this level?

This is so shocking!

Prior to this, the entire Hollywood knew that Tang En's new Universal had many commercial film themes that could create a lot of wealth, such as Marvel's comics, such as the "Bourne Shadow" series, such as "Harry Potter" Series, such as the "Pirate League" series, and even films such as "National Treasure" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" are also worthy of renewal.

Twain has a golden hand in commercial and entertainment blockbusters!

But this experience made Frank Darabont deeply understand Tang En's true strength.

Is it more than a golden hand for entertainment?

He is simply the godfather of movies!

For Frank Darabont, this result is even more shocking than "Titanic", which was directed by an 18-year-old child and sold 1.88 billion US dollars at the global box office!

In his opinion, those 56 stunning movie scripts are Tang En's greatest heritage! New Global's biggest guarantee!

His "Murder with a Borrowing Knife" script can be sold for 800,000 US dollars. How much can the 56 scripts that are not low in quality be sold for?

$50 million can't stop it, can it?

Even if the entire Hollywood is put together, the intellectual property rights owned by New Universal cannot be compared!

Originally, when Tang En said that these scripts were written by the screenwriting department of New Universal, Frank Darabont didn't take it seriously, even a little contemptuously.

This kind of thing is really old-fashioned and outdated.

In the past, major Hollywood studios also liked to keep a group of screenwriters in the company, and they only needed to pay a low annual salary to obtain their intellectual property rights.

This seems to be much more cost-effective than spending hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to buy a script outside!

However, the major studios later closed down their screenwriting departments one after another.

Because it's so ridiculous!

The top screenwriters are unwilling to be supported; the low-level small screenwriters are willing to go to the film company to receive an annual salary, but their level is really poor, and they can't write excellent scripts at all.

After decades of groping, the "screenwriting department" has completely disappeared in Hollywood.

It wasn't until Twain Films... I heard that the same tricks of the screenwriting department were played again.

It was also ridiculed by the industry again and again.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all!

The screenwriting department of New Universal... really has a lot of capable people!

Among the 56 scripts, any one taken out would be enough to cover the expenses of the entire screenwriting department for three to five years.

"Where did Tang En find this talent?"

Frank Darabont's blood was rushing, and he felt that the New Universal Group was worthy of being the leader of Hollywood in the new era, and it really was a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger!

What's more, these screenwriters who have the potential to be Hollywood's top screenwriters are willing to work hard under Tang En's hands with an annual salary of 50,000 to 60,000 US dollars?

Is Tang En's ability to fool you too strong?

Or is it his personality charm?

Frank Darabont was worried about gains and losses, and the restlessness in his heart could not be calmed down for a long time.

He wanted to read all of these 56 scripts.

But time is limited.

Furthermore, this is New Universal's confidential document after all. Tang En is open-minded, but he can't be shameless.

It is enough to read the two books and understand the inside story.

"Have you finished reading the script?"

Dunn is handling a personnel appointment. Barry Diller intends to invite Lehman Brothers Vice President Fernando Baden to serve as the Vice President of New Global to assist Brandy Norris in completing a series of mergers and acquisitions, equity, debt, etc. work in finance.

Seeing Frank Darabont's appearance as if he had hit a ghost during the day, he almost laughed out loud.

"I read two copies, one called "A Millennium Past" and the other called "A Small Town in Florida". Come on.

Tang En smiled, "So do you agree to shelve the original script of "Murder with a Borrowing Knife"?"

Frank Darabont sighed, "Yes!"

No reason to disagree!

Tang En still has 56 excellent scripts that are equally profound and philosophical, and they are internally supplied scripts. None of these projects have started filming. What qualifications does "Murder with a Borrowing Knife" have?

This is called strength punching!

In front of dozens of genuine scripts half a meter high, Frank Darabont finally lowered his youthful and noble head.

"What about the right to edit?"

"I want New Universal to be in charge of developing this script!"

By this time, Frank Darabont had long since left DreamWorks behind.

Not to mention DreamWorks, even if Warner Bros., Paramount, Disney, Columbia Pictures, and 20th Century Fox were all added together, he would choose New Universal without hesitation!

In the film market, intellectual property rights determine everything.

New Universal's wealth is too rich!

Seeing his sincerely convinced appearance, Tang En felt a little funny.

He has checked through the "sunglass system", and the top screenwriters in Hollywood, the "screenwriting" ability is actually not too high.

The reason why they can stand at the pinnacle of the screenwriting field and become extremely popular gold medal screenwriters in the Hollywood industry is mainly because they not only have good "screenwriting" attributes, but also have good "market judgment" attributes.

For example, the well-known ace screenwriter Akiva Goldsman has a screenwriting ability of only "85", but his market judgment ability is as high as "88". This is the way for top screenwriters to survive.

Tang En was different.

He has a sunglasses system.

He set up a screenwriting department, planning a group of people with the highest attribute of "screenwriting"; he established a market analysis department, recruiting a group of people with the highest attribute of "market judgment"; A group of people with the highest "aesthetic" attribute gathered together.

Frank Darabont's screenwriting ability is "92", but for the 56 scripts that Tang En showed him, behind each script stood a screenwriter whose ability value was as high as "95", "96", or even The god-level screenwriter of "98" and "99".

The script of "Murder with a Borrowing Knife" is very exciting, but what New Universal lacks most is a wonderful script!

Just limited resources.

Many films that have been proven by the market in the previous life have not had time to be filmed. It is impossible for Tang En to start the original film that has not appeared in the previous life eagerly, at most it is a small experiment.

Tang En nodded and said, "Since you want to make the script into a movie so much, let Universal Pictures operate it. You can talk to them about the specific cost."

"No, I won't ask for any fees!"

"oh?"

Tang En's eyes lit up, which made him curious.

This is the United States, and capital transactions are very practical.

Frank Darabont said: "It is already a rare opportunity to direct a large-scale TV series like "The Walking Dead". I am willing to cooperate with New Universal for a long time."

Tang En glanced at him, and said meaningfully: "Frank, the American TV series "The Walking Dead" is specially tailored for you."

"I know, this series, I will stick to it. However, what I want to say is another thing." Frank Darabont hesitated to speak.

"Tell me?"

"If I can remake "Murder with a Borrowing Knife" in the future, that is, make a movie based on my original script, I hope I can become a director."

Frank Darabont looked hopeful.

Since his 2001 film "Movie Life" failed at the box office, his career as a film director seems to have been cut off.

He is very unwilling.

Tang En smiled and said: "No problem, but as I said, if this type of movie is to be made, it will take at least ten years!"

Ten years later, produced by Netflix.

Then push directly to streaming.

This type of movie does not need theater box office at all.

There is no box office either.

"No problem, I can wait! Just in these years, I can devote myself to the production of "The Walking Dead"."

Frank Darabont was convinced.

As a literati, he is proud.

But the young man in front of him completely convinced him!

The left hand is wealth and status, and the right hand is intellectual property.

How can such a person not rule Hollywood?

...

After seeing off Frank Darabont, Tang En couldn't help smiling proudly.

It's good to have a system!

The next thing will trouble the system again.

"The Departed Walker" is about to start filming, now, it's time to find a suitable actor to "mirror mirror possession".

Tang En came to the second office alone, locked the door behind him, and put on his sunglasses.

Start searching.

"Adam Sandler...Tom Hanks...Edward Norton...Matt Damon...Russell Crowe...George Clooney...Who is better to mirror?"