Chapter 374, Schwarzenegger's transformation
As time goes by, DreamWorks has moved its headquarters, no longer located on Sunset Avenue, but is located in northeast Hollywood, Griffith Park and Highway 134. It just happened to be between Burbank and Glendale, and it is not much distance from Universal Film and Television City. On a hillside in front of the park, brand new buildings stand there, with a wide parking lot ahead.
When Lawrence's car stopped at the door, Alice looked at the surrounding environment and couldn't help but say, "I always felt that we seemed to occupy a good area of the zoo, what do you think?"
Lawrence unbuttoned his seat belt and said, "Oh, yes, if those guys want to take up a piece of land at their door, we do. But unfortunately, no one is interested in the land outside the zoo, so let's thank you."
Alice got off the car happily. She liked the choice of DreamWorks to choose such a piece of land when she first chose the site. She was very happy to be in the forest zoo, and the natural environment was of course very good. Of course, the overall woodland scenery in California was just that, and it was far from enough to compare it with the real mountainous areas. But at least when the children walked out of the zoo, the name of "DreamWorks"'s childlike fun was considered a free publicity.
"Hey, Jack!" After getting off the car, Lawrence was currently walking towards the company gate and said to the young security guard who was guarding the gate: "I remember there should be an actor audition this morning. Have they all arrived?"
"Of course, boss." Jack was particularly refreshed today, and he was excited as if he was drinking high when he answered: "They are all waiting outside Room 520 on the third floor now. Director Ritterman is so busy now."
"Oh, that's really hard." Lawrence patted Jack on the shoulder and walked into the company. There were not many people at the front desk. As a new company building, its area is of course much larger than the previous building. The expansion of the front hall area is one of the most important image projects. Alice looked left and right and smiled, "Some days have not come, and you even put four flower pots. Is this your wife's idea?"
"Actually, it was Sissi who thought of it. She probably didn't tell you?" Lawrence walked towards the elevator: "She always felt that we had decorated the front hall of the new company like a bank, so that every employee had to wear suits to work as a rule. By the way, Alice, should we go to the third floor first?"
"Of course that's great." Alice walked into the elevator and saw Lawrence pressing the three-story button, she asked, "What movie is being made now? Who is the one Jack just said about Derretman?"
"Oh, this is recommended by Cameron." When the elevator rose to the second floor, Lawrence said: "He wanted to ask Schwarzenegger to make another movie, but of course it was not the Terminator, he just wanted to give that guy another chance..."
The elevator door opened, and Alice could hear the girls chattering without much distance.
At the same time, Lawrence continued: "...The script of this movie is provided by Cameron himself, but it is just a creative one, and it is a comedy in terms of type. To be honest, I don't know what effect Schwarzenegger will have in acting as a comedy..."
"I believe it is still very promising, hey ladies!" Alice walked forward and then led to the corridor of Room 520. Many young girls were waiting for the arrival of the release: "Are you all here to apply for the heroine?"
I saw a high school girl coming here with a middle-aged man, and neither of them seemed to be attending an audition. The candidate actors present were all smart, who didn't know that her identity was extraordinary?
"Oh, yes, young lady." A girl closest to Alice smiled and said with a tooth: "Do you know? We are auditioning for this movie, but we have to work with the Terminator. Do you want to see what the real Terminator looks like?"
As soon as he finished speaking, another girl with blonde curly hair also smiled and said, "But child, you probably won't be able to take any roles. The director has already stated in the job advertisement that the actor requires him to be at least twenty-four years old, and you may be far from it."
It was good to have two people deal with each other. Alice simply smiled at them, and then looked at the closed door of 520. Sure enough, there was a piece of paper on it with the words "The Second Actor Interview of "Dragon Brother and Rat"" written on it.
"Oh, "Dragon Brother and Rat Brother." Without stopping here, Alice patted Lawrence on the shoulder and walked towards the elevator, and asked him, "Do you think this is a comedy category?"
Of course I already know the content in my heart, but after all, it is Schwarzenegger's new work, so I still have to let others introduce it to me verbally.
"Although the director is not very famous, it is a creative and science fiction comedy proposed by Cameron after all." Lawrence introduced calmly: "We currently have two versions, and I'll show you later."
Without the intention of meeting the director directly, the two went straight to the chairman's office. Lawrence ordered Liliana, the secretary at the door, to pour something for each of them. Alice emphasized that tea and coffee should be given.
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you drink some now," Lawrence opened the wooden door under the bookcase and looked for the file bag and said, "As long as you don't stay up late often, the stimulation of caffeine is nothing, and you must have stayed up late a lot, and you didn't drink coffee..."
"I'm a good kid, Uncle Roger, a good kid won't drink coffee when he's underage~"
As she talked and laughed, Lawrence had already taken out the script. Of course, as the film script that had been decided for the shooting project, the introduction of a piece of paper was also counted. Alice took over and made a simple move, and as expected, it was exactly what she had expected.
The plot of this science fiction comedy is simple.
Many years ago, scientists conducted an experiment to create perfect humans. Unexpectedly, the uneven cell division during the experiment led to only half of the success of the experiment, and the other half completely failed. The twin brothers created by scientists are one of the typical perfect humans - the tall Julis with comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetics; the other is a collection of all human shortcomings - the short Vincent. The brothers were separated as soon as they were born. Julis was sent to a small island in the South China Sea by scientists to raise him, while his younger brother spent his childhood in an orphanage.
Time flies, and the years pass, and it is not until the two brothers are over forty years that they know each other's existence. When Julius reunites with his brother Vinson, whom he has never met, the two brothers decide to embark on the road to finding their biological mother. But at this time, an accident suddenly happened, causing them to be killed.
"Well..." Seeing that she scanned the introduction and then swept to the first article of the main text, Alice pursed her lips and smiled.
Of course, it doesn't matter what the murder is. The subsequent plot is nothing more than the old action movie assembly line. What Alice cares about is of course the actors.
Obviously, this script was made for Schwarzenegger. Julius is Schwarzenegger and can be finalized directly. The crew's main job is to select another special actor. As for the heroine and other characters, it is undoubtedly all for the two brothers. The girls who are interviewing in front of the 520th door were so excited that they chattered. It is normal to be happy just to find the role, but it would be a fantasy to become famous with this movie.
"What do you think?" Lawrence was also very satisfied when he saw Alice laughing happily: "In the past year, the company has not made any profitable movies, and there are not many well-known directors and actors joining us. We still need to release a representative work quickly."
Of course, Alice understood Lawrence's mood. In the 1980s, it was just a bridgehead for Hollywood blockbusters to flourish again. Now it is 1988, and many of the most classic movies in the past decade have been almost done by other film companies. It is reasonable that Lawrence has not been able to make any blockbusters since Alice spent a huge amount of money on "Alien II".
"But it's not enough to rely on "Dragon Brothers and Rats". Alice immediately recognized the essence of the movie: "Although Schwarzenegger helped, this is not "Terminator II" after all. With his current fame, it is not enough to make ordinary movies a hot sale."
"I also want to make a new attempt," Lawrence said frankly: "It's just a long contract with a well-known actor. Schwarzenegger is also trying to transform. He has been making the same movies over the years, first of which are "Hercules in New York", "Destroy the World" and "Conan the Barbarian". After the Terminator became famous, they also made "The Devil Commander" and "The Ultimate Warrior"... To be honest, Alice, you're almost vomiting, right?"
"That's not it!" Alice giggled: "It's good to let Arnold try to transform. The stupid big man in the comedy movie and the action element bonus may really make him transform successfully."
"Maybe." Lawrence calculated: "He has always had a box office of tens of millions of action movies in the United States over the years. If he really succeeded in the transformation at DreamWorks, we and him would have won both fame and fortune. Moreover, the cost of comedy movies is not high, and it will not be difficult to see where to lose money. So..."
Speaking of this, he looked at Alice and said, "You are the new movie, and you have to play Jack Nicholson as the main villain. What kind of theme is it to shoot?"
"A dc comic has prepared us the theme of the main script. With computer support, the effect will definitely not be bad." Alice smiled, obviously confident in her proposal: "Let's get "Batman" out, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!