Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 195 Golden Supporting Role
"I just got out of the shower, and you made me sweat again," Winona Ryder, lying on the bed, panted and rubbed Aaron's hair.

Aaron was lying on the girl. "Just now, you were very crazy, weren't you?"

"By the way, what did you mean by the bombing at the World Trade Center?"

"Oh, someone drove a car with a bomb into the underground parking lot of the World Trade Center, ready to detonate it, but was blocked outside. Six people died!"

Aaron said, propping up his head, "Don't go to the World Trade Center unless necessary. You might run into another terrorist attack."

Winona Ryder was stunned. "How could such a thing happen?"

"not sure!"

Aaron stroked the other person. Winona Ryder had a delicate face and a pair of clear and beautiful eyes like an elf!
"Mmm," Winona Ryder kissed Aaron directly on the mouth, their lips and tongues intertwined with passion.

After the kiss, Aaron hugged the girl to himself, "What's wrong, wasn't that enough just now?"

"Well, you can't do it anymore?"

"I can't?" Aaron smiled and patted the girl on his back, "Second half, let's begin..."

In Lower Manhattan, in the West Village, at the New York offices of Dawn Pictures, Esther Beckett brought two people Aaron wanted to meet: director Jonathan Demme and writer Thomas Harris;
The previous collaboration "The Silence of the Lambs" was a huge success, and now Aaron wants to continue developing another work of Thomas Harris "Red Dragon"!
Author Thomas Harris has published three works so far, the first of which is Black Sunday;
The second one is "Red Dragon", and the third one is "The Silence of the Lambs". "Red Dragon" introduces the most famous character in each other's works, the "cannibal" Dr. Hannibal Lecter!
"Aaron, you want to remake Red Dragon?"

Jonathan Demme was a little surprised. He had just finished filming "The Philadelphia Story" for Shuguang, and it hadn't been released yet.

Aaron nodded, then looked at the author, Thomas Harris. "The 86 version of 'The Dark Knight' was too crudely made. This adaptation of 'Red Dragon' was a complete failure."

"Producer Dino De Laurentiis only makes some imitative and low-quality commercial films. 'Red Dragon' should appear as a prequel to 'The Silence of the Lambs', and our focus should be on how Hannibal Lecter ended up in the Baltimore mental hospital!"

Thomas Harris thought for a moment and asked, "Isn't this a bit hasty?"

Because "The Last Dance" was released in 86, which is less than 10 years ago.

Aaron then looked at director Jonathan Demme and said, "I'll let Ted Talley adapt the script first. Do you think there's any problem with Red Dragon being released next year?"

Ted Tally is the screenwriter of "The Silence of the Lambs". This was also his first adapted screenplay, and he directly won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay!
Jonathan Demme smiled helplessly, "Aaron, you won't let me rest?"

After thinking for a moment, he said, "If Ted's adapted script meets my requirements, I will direct the prequel."

Aaron nodded. "Dino De Laurentiis has the excellent adaptation rights to Thomas' novel. Dawn will invite him to be the producer and buy the filming rights of Red Dragon from him." "With the original screenwriter and director of The Silence of the Lambs joining us, I will also invite Anthony Hopkins to continue playing Hannibal Lecter."

"While Anthony is still young, playing a younger Hannibal shouldn't be a problem!"

Aaron had a clear idea in mind, and this new adaptation was to be called The Silence of the Lambs: Red Dragon;
The main plot is why Hannibal was admitted to a mental hospital?
"By the way, Thomas, have you ever thought about writing a sequel to The Silence of the Lambs, telling the story of Hannibal Lecter escaping from the Baltimore Mental Hospital?"

Aaron asked, it was really the Hannibal Lecter IP, which was so good, and they could develop a TV series and feature characters like Clarice Starling in the sequel!
"A sequel?" Thomas Harris nodded with a smile. "I'm thinking about it."

Whether in "Red Dragon" or "The Silence of the Lambs", the "cannibal" Hannibal Lecter does not appear very often. If there is a sequel, Hannibal's story line will be the main focus.

The story that Aaron wants to develop the most is, of course, the story of Hannibal Lecter, who is in exile after leaving the mental hospital, and FBI agent Clarice Starling who rekindle their relationship;

It's simply because "The Silence of the Lambs" is too popular, and Hannibal Lecter played by Anthony Hopkins and Clarice Starling played by Jodie Foster have such a huge influence.

If "The Silence of the Lambs" develops a sequel and continues to star Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, it will definitely be a hit!
"Aaron, it's still early. The Philadelphia Story is still in post-editing," Jonathan Demme reminded.

"Well, of course I know. Anyway, it's still early, so let Ted Tally adapt the script with Thomas's advice."

Aaron is indeed not in a hurry. After all, it is only the beginning of the year and the movie will be released at the end of next year. There should be enough time!
After Jonathan Demme and Thomas Harris leave, the next thing to do is to get that Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis;

Dino De Laurentiis obtained the adaptation rights of Thomas Harris's novel very early on. After all, "Red Dragon" was adapted by him.

Dino De Laurentiis was originally going to adapt The Silence of the Lambs, but the actors he favored refused, and because of the failure of The Last Dance, he gave up filming:

Mike Medward, the former president of Orion and current chairman of TriStar Films, just bought the film rights from him!
A moment later, Esther Beckett came to Aaron's office. "Do you need Ms. Dawn Steele to follow up?"

"Yes, I'm sure Dino De Laurentiis won't object!"

Aaron knocked on the table. "Oh, and I have to go talk to Anthony Hopkins. He's been involved in more and more films since he filmed The Silence of the Lambs."

Aaron is associated with "400 Years of Dracula", "The Mask of Zorro", and Edward Zwick is also looking to invite him to play a role in "Legends of the Phoenix".

He has also participated in works such as "Chaplin", "Howards End", "The Blue Storm", "Thunder Runner", etc., and four films including "Shadow Tycoon" and "Goodbye" will be released this year.

It can be said that Anthony Hopkins is now a veritable golden supporting actor in Hollywood!
(End of this chapter)