Heads Up Hollywood

Men at work are far more attractive than stripping naked and selling their muscles.

Penelope Cruz admired Tang En very much, and there were little stars in front of her eyes, "You are so successful, usually... just enjoy life more, if you like girls, you can socialize more, anyway, your conditions So good, is it necessary to work so hard?"

Tang En sighed and said, "If you don't work hard, you can't do it! Did you forget the phone call yesterday? That old guy Lei Shidong made me kneel with just one sentence, and there is no room for resistance. If you don't work hard, how can you take revenge?"

Penelope Cruz frowned exquisitely, "But Mr. Redstone has been in business for decades before he has the industry and strength he has today. Maybe after a few years, he won't be able to get out of bed. You don't need to do it."

Tang En snorted: "So, I have to speed up my struggle! Try to teach Lei Shidong a profound lesson when he can move, otherwise there will be no chance of revenge! Let him understand that in "Six Feet Under "The humiliation of me in this matter is the biggest mistake in his life!"

Penelope Cruz wrinkled her nose, "You are so hostile."

In the past, she would never have dared to say this to Tang En.

However, since yesterday, the relationship between the two has obviously changed, from physical communication to more spiritual communication.

Tang En let out a long sigh and shook his head, "I don't want to either, but look at my age, I'm only 23 years old! If I don't fight, snatch, or fight, so many bullies and eager guys will kill me sooner or later." Swallow it alive. The pressure to survive in Hollywood is too great!"

Penelope Cruz pursed her lips, leaned into his ear, and whispered, "So you find all kinds of girls to decompress?"

"Huh?" Tang En's eyes lit up, and he kissed her excitedly, "Good idea! Alright, I'll use this excuse to bully Nat in the future."

"Twain, you are so bad!" Penelope Cruz covered her mouth and snickered, then blinked quickly, staring at the computer screen, full of expectation, "This... what movie is this?"

Tang En smiled and patted her waist and hips, "Now you have to put all your attention on 'Erica', that is a long-term role, a female superhero, if you play this role well, you You don’t have to worry in your life, don’t be greedy.”

Penelope Cruz pouted and said, "I'm just asking, and I don't want a role."

Tang En shook his head, a little amused, "This is not a movie, it's the script of a TV series."

"TV drama?"

Penelope Cruz's exotic eyes widened again.

Obviously, in her opinion, it would be a bit overkill for a top Hollywood director like Twain to study TV dramas.

Tang En snorted coldly: "Lei Shidong gave me a big blow, that's good, I will increase my investment in the TV industry, and I will let STA TV Network completely crush SHO!"

Of course, he only said part of it.

Write a screenplay, write what?

Hollywood in the future will be dominated by big IPs, and all blockbuster movies will be continuously filmed as sequels.

As a result, the production teams dedicated to original themes switched careers one after another and went to the TV field, and then a series of wonderful and good-looking classic American dramas appeared.

Those hot movie series, what are they?

Marvel comics and DC comics are two trump cards; Lucasfilm's "Star Wars" series is the best; MGM's "007" series is unfailing for a century; The adaptation of Lord of the Rings created a myth.

Then, there are "Transformers" series, "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "Fast and Furious" series, "Jurassic Park" series, "Mission: Impossible" series, "Bourne" series, "National Treasure" series ...

A large part of it has already been done by Twain, and the three major series of "Jurassic Park", "Fast and Furious", and "Bourne Shadow" are Universal Pictures' gold-absorbing trump cards.

As long as Tang En bought Universal Pictures, he would naturally be in the bag.

Even in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", Twain adjusted the structure and setting of the script to make it possible for this movie to develop a sequel.

The male protagonist is American, and the female protagonist is French. After using a movie to uncover the secret of each other's killer identities, it also paves the way for the sequel, allowing the husband and wife to join hands to fight against the more powerful Transnational criminal group.

what else?

Don't think about "Mission Impossible", the copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" series is even more fantasy.

The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games?

These are all adaptations of novels, Tang En did not dare to do so lightly.

In case the author is currently conceiving and creating, Tang En may be involved in infringement disputes, and it will not be too late to start after the novel is released.

It can be said that in the next 20 years in Hollywood, more than 90% of the major IPs that can show their prestige in the box office market will be acquired by Twain, and he no longer needs to write commercial movie scripts.

As for the award-winning literary and artistic films...

The risk is too great to touch!

The scripts of many literary and artistic films have been accumulated for decades, and the scripts of films that will be released 10 years later may have registered their scripts 10 years ago.

If Tang En wanted to touch this cake, he had to be cautious and careful, and he had done enough homework, otherwise, if he got involved in a copyright lawsuit, not to mention a huge punitive fine, it would be a fatal blow to his personal reputation.

For example, "Black Swan", which was released in 2010, is the third part of director Darren Aronofsky's trilogy series. It was registered with the screenwriters union last year. And has already made an appointment with his alumnus Natalie Portman to collaborate on this project in the future;

For example, "Lincoln", which was released in 2012, appeared only one year later than "Schindler's List". Steven Spielberg also made an appointment with Liam Neeson for a second collaboration, letting him play this role;

For example, "Dallas Buyers Club" released in 2013, the initial script was completed after the death of the protagonist Ron Woodruff in 1992...

The list goes on.

So it is very easy for Tang En to copy commercial movies, because most commercial movies are time-sensitive, and they are big IPs, and the copyright is easy to control.

But literary movies are too complicated, unless it is a stable adaptation copyright like "The Hours" and "Chicago", otherwise you must not reach out.

In comparison, American dramas are too simple, they can be copied and used at will!

Because the most elite talents are in the film industry, there is no chance for an outstanding idea to be sealed, and the TV station will definitely rush to shoot it immediately.

The reason why so many classic American dramas appeared later is because the film market has become IP and sequelized. The original teams of many films have no living space and can only go to the TV industry to create originals.

Even Jonathan Nolan left the film industry, went to HBO, and made a "Western World".

It is only 2001 now, so naturally there are no hidden dangers in this regard.

This is a time difference.

It's just an excellent time to buy bottoms!

Tang En had already made up his mind, no matter whether he was filming or not, he had to get the script out first, and then register to occupy the quota.

Go the way of others, let others have no way to go!

Especially some excellent American dramas launched by Showtime TV station.

Don't even try to escape!

Penelope Cruz looked at the computer screen curiously, and asked, "What kind of TV series is this? Why are there so many swear words?"

"This is a drama broadcast on a professional channel. The scale must be large. It's called "Single Poison Mom." Tang En smiled, looking at the outline content that had been typed out on the computer, the corner of his mouth curled up a bit coldly.

The current him is indeed not Lei Shidong's opponent, but he has the foresight, so he can make a big bargain with SHO!

Since 2004, SHO began to invest and produce American dramas by itself. The first hit was "Single Poison Mom".

Although there is a gap with many classic HBO dramas, as a small and medium-cost urban black comedy, it is also a good choice to play during working hours and bring relaxation and laughter to the audience.

It is impossible for every drama to be a big scene and a big production.

After finishing "Single Poison Mom", Tang En still has several scripts in mind, such as "Bloodthirsty Forensic", "Queer as Mortal", "California Love", "Nurse Jack", "If There Is Tomorrow" and so on. .

Of course it is impossible for him to know the specific content of each drama, but this is not important at all, what is important is the creativity and the way of thinking!

As long as the general plot is understood and the protagonist is determined, it is enough.

First grab the idea and register it, and when it is time to shoot in the future, the screenwriters can slowly conceive the specific plot.

Of course, since it is bottom-hunting, it is not just SHO.

This is just the beginning.

Tang En will hurry up and grab more ideas!

HBO, AMC, SHO, CBS, ABC, FOX, BBC, Amazon, Hulu... As long as Tang En has an impression of the American drama, he will not let it go!

Now is the golden age of big bargain hunting in American dramas!