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Chapter 599 Modifying the script of "Huan Tai"

Although there were two battles in a row, it was not too late after the end, just after eight o'clock.

At this moment, in the spacious and bright study room, Liu Yufei was nestling on the recliner and reading the script, while Zhou Xia was sitting in front of the computer, looking at the English script of "Huantai", thinking about how to revise it.

Although when negotiating with Legendary Films, it was not Xia Hua's responsibility to modify the script and other things, and Xia Hua did not have this right, but as someone who has watched two "Pacific Rim", since he wants to join this movie now, then Just try to make it better than before.

Speaking of which, even if he is invited to participate in Hollywood's sophisticated big productions, movies of various Marvel heroes, or movies produced by famous big IPs, it will be a cameo or a supporting role. It is absolutely impossible to participate in investment production of.

It is the ordinary Hollywood blockbusters such as "The Expendables" and "Pacific Rim", and this new IP, that he can participate in to a certain extent with capital and interests.

Moreover, the people at Legendary Films are very clear-headed. The name of the film is "Pacific Rim", which means that the film's layout is aimed at the entire Asia-Pacific region, so there is no reason why the mainland box office should not care.

A movie about mechs fighting monsters does not have the advantage of gathering global action stars like "The Expendables", so it must arouse people's desire to watch movies in other regions through other elements.

Zhou Xia's role in "The Expendables 2" is second only to those of Stallone and Jason Statham in the global version, and in the mainland version, he is even more similar to Stallone.

There are ready-made successful cases here, so in the negotiation, it is very reasonable to ask for adding drama to Zhou Xia's role, adding more Chinese elements, and deleting some plots that are suspected of being black Chinese.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Xia is now planning to write his comments on the revision of the script. Even if Legendary Pictures does not adopt all of them, I believe it will accept some of them.

After all, Zhou Xia has directed several blockbuster films in China, and has also participated in the screenwriting work. He is an accomplished person. In terms of understanding of the mainland market, there are not many people who know more about him. I believe Legendary will respect him a lot. Opinion.

Under normal circumstances, Hollywood has a strictly scientific workflow for scripts, and it usually takes two or three years of preparation. After many revisions, a movie script can be finalized.

At present, the script of "Pacific Rim" is in the final stage of formation, so there is still room for revision. The change of the heroine due to the change of the investor, and the addition of the main supporting role, need to modify the relevant plot. Zhou Xia mainly started to revise from these aspects scripted.

The playing time of the Chinese mech he will drive will increase, the scenes of fighting monsters will be longer, and the total number of his shots will also increase, all of which will be inevitable.

"The role I want to play is a kung fu master, so during the time in the mech pilot training center, when showing the training and growth of a real mech master, I can teach some unruly people to convince others, so as to bear the responsibility The duties of other mecha masters to teach martial arts, these can show kung fu."

Thinking of this, Zhou Xia quickly tapped the keyboard and began to write out the details of his modification.

He quickly wrote about his role, and later wrote out the details of the modification of Liu Yufei's character.

The heroine played by Liu Yufei just changed her identity from an islander to a Chinese, and her birthplace changed from Tokyo to Wanwan.

On this point, it should be Xiangjiang's. Zhou Xia did this on purpose, and the meaning is self-evident. However, Americans are very cunning, so it may not be impossible to see his intentions.

It is estimated that the birthplace of Liu Yufei's character will still be arranged in Xiangjiang in the end, but there is nothing wrong with trying.

After Zhou Xia finished modifying the plot and lines of the two characters, he had nothing to do, so he simply took out the storyboard paper and began to simply draw the storyboards of his scenes.

Since Zhou Xia participated in this futuristic sci-fi film about mechs fighting monsters, it's like learning to do more things.

The director of this movie has been decided, but it doesn't mean he can't direct some shots.

If the director allows him to shoot some of his own scenes and practice more, he will have experience in making science fiction films in the future.

When busy, time always passed quickly. Zhou Xia and Liu Yufei were busy in their own way, and stayed in the study for more than three hours.

"Wow, haven't you finished drawing yet?"

After finishing the script, Liu Yufei was about to chat with Zhou Xia, but seeing that Zhou Xia was still busy, she couldn't help but lean over to read it.

"Why did you draw it from scratch?" Liu Yufei was quite surprised. Zhou Xia had only drawn the scenes involving him before, but she didn't expect to draw the scenes of the whole movie.

"Yeah, I'm free, so I'll try it myself and see the difference from director Gilmore's shooting." Zhou Xia continued to draw without looking up.

An hour ago, he finished the previous work, so he started to draw the sub-shots of the whole movie again, and imagined himself as the director, to see the difference from Director Gilmore at that time.

The director of "Pacific Rim" is Guillermo del Toro, who is also a powerful man. He is from Mexico.

Leaving aside the movies he has acted in, the famous works he directed include "Blade Warrior 2", which has a global box office of 1.55 million U.S. dollars; there are also two "Hellboy", which have a global box office of more than 3 million U.S. dollars. The fantasy movie "Pan's Labyrinth" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards, and was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

In addition, the thriller "Human-Beast Hybrid" is also his work. Because of this movie, he was inspired, and later directed "The Shape of Water" and won the 90th Academy Award for Best Director.

Although it was already in 2018, and there are still more than five years from now, this director has always been praised by the industry for his lens language, especially his personal film aesthetics.

If he could have more cooperation with this director Gilmore when he participated in this movie, Zhou Xia would naturally learn more.

Liu Yufei heard Zhou Xia's words, but grabbed Zhou Xia's arm and said, "Then can you stop, talk to me about this drama and my role, I want to hear your opinion."

Zhou Xia had no choice but to put down her pen, looked at Liu Yufei who was sitting on the desk facing him, couldn't help rubbing her hands on her lap and said, "What do I think, the current role will be revised, but it won't be a big deal. Change, as long as you have no problem with the language, try to understand the character's emotions as much as possible in the performance, and express it, there should be no problem. When it comes to your part in the scene, I will keep an eye on it when the time comes, just follow my guidance."

"Are you staring? Really?" Liu Yufei looked at Zhou Xia happily. If Zhou Xia could guide her by the side at any time, then she would have more confidence.

"Yeah, it's possible. I think I'll be an assistant director, or an executive director or something. I'll practice. Maybe it's not impossible for me to direct a sequel in the future."

Seeing that Liu Yufei was so happy, Zhou Xia told what he had thought in his heart.

If you want to make good sci-fi films in the future, you should try to learn in Hollywood first.

(End of this chapter)