It is never easy to bring a grand epic to the big screen, so it requires a large-scale adaptation.

Peter Jackson's adaptation of the original work can be described as a drastic, but in general it is quite successful.

For example, for Boromere, Peter Jackson made an almost subversive adaptation, turning the betrayer in the original work into a hero in the movie.

The trumpet to welcome the return of the king did not ring, the flying flag had not been planted into the White City, the withered holy white tree had not yet bloomed, the silver trumpet had been cut in half, and Boromir came to the end of his life.

"I am willing to follow you, my brother, my leader, my king..."

Boromir's dying vow was undoubtedly a powerful tool for sensation. The film also affirmed him through the mouth of Aragon: "Rest in peace, the son of Gondor."

"Lord of the Rings: The Rings Team" has achieved great success, the film has a huge reputation and excellent box office, and even Ronan is envious.

This is a series with a trilogy total value of over $5 billion.

It also kicked off the outbreak of Hollywood magic movies.

In addition, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", which was released this year and was a huge success, will inevitably set off a craze of magic movies in Hollywood, which is seriously following the trend.

A large number of high-investment magic films and epic films have emerged like mushrooms after a rain, but very few can truly succeed.

Not only in the past few years, but in the following decade, most magical and epic films were black holes, with very few successful people, and even contributed most typical Hollywood cases in this period of time.

There is a saying that if you see a director or film company dislike you, you encourage them to shoot magic epics. More than 90% of them may fail.

Moreover, this type requires high investment, and once it fails, it will be a super big hit.

For Ronan, several obvious big pits in Hollywood cannot be easily involved, such as the magical epic pits outside of the series "Harry Potter", "Lord of the Rings" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", such as the pits of Knight Shamaran and Colin Farrell, and the pits of live-action movies adapted by the island country comics.

Once these pits fall into them, 99% of them will fall miserably.

Especially the live-action movies adapted from Hollywood's island comics, Hollywood went through a very bumpy life in her previous life. Just like the island market is the grave of Hollywood superhero movies, the island comics adapted from the island comics are also seriously unacceptable in North America. Needless to mention James Huang's "Dragon Ball", even the masterpiece of truck drivers, which has always been guaranteed for the market, is seriously lower than expected.

There are risks in adapting live-action movies from Japanese comics, but you still need to be cautious when you get into the trap.

In his previous life, Ronan also heard that Lionsgate Films obtained the copyright of adapting live-action movies for "One Piece" and "Naruto". Fans of the comics can look forward to the style of live-action movies.

I even lost goosebumps when I thought about it.

To be honest, rather than adapting Japanese comics, it is better to buy Japanese horror movies to adapt them into American versions.

In the past life, Hollywood companies purchased the rights to adapt comics and movies in island countries, and of course there is no reason. On the one hand, the rights to adapt comics and movies in island countries are much cheaper than those in North America. On the other hand, the rights to adapt comics in North America are too concentrated, which has led to many companies that are jealous and want to get a share of the pie can only find other sources.

After all, from some aspects, the characters in the island comics are very similar to superheroes in American comics.

Moreover, the cultural differences seem to be shrinking with time.

But Ronan's memories clearly tell him that North America has always been the most exclusive film market in the world.

It is already December 2001, and a new awards season in North America has kicked off. Ronan will not participate in this Oscar game this year. None of the production of Shahai Entertainment or the release of Embassy Pictures, there are no award-winning videos.

Ronan's energy is still focused on the company's own development, and he is also planning his outing trip, preparing to rush to the other side of the Pacific before the New Year to raise funds for the Pacific Film Investment Foundation.

Scott has booked a plane ticket and will set off in about a week after Ronan finishes the work at hand. The main destination of this trip is the island country and South Korea that the Embassy and Film have already contacted.

If it doesn't go well, Ronan will consider raising funds in other countries as appropriate.

As time goes by, many countries on the other side of the Pacific are becoming richer and richer, and the hot money is ready to move.

Taking advantage of this free time, Ronan roughly handled the work at hand.

The preparations for "Pirates of the Caribbean" were generally quite smooth. The four main protagonists, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Christian Bale and Jeffrey Rush, and other actors with action scenes, have joined the crew in advance to start professional training.

A huge team of crew, led by George Clint's deputy, traveled to Rosario, Baja California, to build a background suitable for shooting, including ships, on the artificial lake set established by James Cameron and the Rosario Pier.

Vehicle and ship prop designer Matt O'Connor found a replacement for the Interceptor. He contacted the Grace Harbor Historical Authority in Seattle and leased a 18th-century brig from them, called the "Lady Washington" to film the scenes of the Interceptor.

The "Lady Washington" is a replica of the first American ship discovered on the Northwest Pacific Ocean in 1789. This type of sailboat is simple to operate and fast to speed, which is very similar to the "Interceptor".

But this part of the play will be filmed in Rosario, and the crew needs to drag the "Lady Washington" who has no ability to sail to Rosario.

This is also a considerable project.

However, compared to rebuilding a brig, the cost of shooting with the "Lady Washington" can save the crew two-thirds of the expenses.

As for another "Fearless", neither Ronan nor Matt O'Connor could find a second antique brig, and could only rebuild a prop boat in the Rosario Pier area.

According to the design of Matt O'Connor, the "Dreadless" will be built based on the Victory ship in the British fleet that year. The design is 170 feet long and 34 feet wide, and it may use nearly 40,000 pounds of steel and 1,000 square feet of canvas.

The crew has recruited 150 craftsmen and will be built on a floating barge at Rosario Pier, with a construction period expected to be three months.

The cost of the two prop ships, the Black Pearl and the Fearless, is as high as $15 million.

The first expenditure of this part of the money was borrowed from Shahai Entertainment from Relativity Entertainment, and other investments were required to be completed as soon as possible in the next few months.

If the amount of funds is enough, the budget of "Hurricane Rescue" can also be solved.

Luo Nan knew very well that Netflix would be a big money-intensive player in the next few years, and Shahai Entertainment's production funds will rely more on foreign financing.

With the film foundation raising funds, Ronan will further implement the model of borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

The script of "Hurricane Rescue" has been officially finalized after several changes. Ronan also hired an experienced producer to coordinate the daily affairs of the crew. Currently, the crew has officially confirmed personnel, in addition to the producer, the heroine Amanda Seyfried.

After several rounds of negotiations, the legal department of Shahai Entertainment and Mrs. Seyfried finalized the contract between the two parties. Amanda Seyfried signed a trilogy agreement at one time, and the first film paid reached the highest $50,000 since her career.

The male protagonist also had a close conversation with Liam Neeson, and he only signed a contract with Liam Neeson after finishing the trivial matters at home.

In terms of pay, because of the male lead, Liam Neeson has a $500,000 more than Liam Neeson's starring in "Star Wars Prequel: The Ghost's Threat", which is a $2 million salary without any post-production share.

As a result, the production budget for the film was initially set at $16 million.

The biggest problem with this project is that no suitable director was found. Ronan had already issued recruitment notices in newspapers and director unions, but the interviewees were not satisfied, especially in terms of sharp camera style and fast editing rhythm, they were extremely unfamiliar with it.

Ronan also greeted several major agency companies including Caa and William Morris, and invited them to recommend suitable director candidates to Shahai Entertainment.

Brian Lord of the caa aspect is very concerned and has called Ronan specifically for this purpose. He is now counting the company's second- and third-tier director customers and their specialties and style characteristics for Shahai Entertainment to choose from.

In contrast, the reactions of agency companies such as William Morris are average.

A few days later, Ronan saw a familiar name on the list of third-tier directors provided by Brian Lorde - Jeffrey Abrams.

This is a senior Hollywood practitioner and a veteran screenwriter. He has been a TV drama screenwriter since 1990, and also holds some producer positions. He has also been an actor.

Just two years ago, Jeffrey Abrams served as the screenwriter of Michael Bay's "The Peerless Heavenly Tribulation" and became one of the signed screenwriters, which also ensured that he won the worst screenwriter award for the Golden Raspberry Award that year.

Like all senior screenwriters, because of the screenwriter's natural and poor living environment, Jeffrey Abrams transformed into a director after "The Peerless Heaven" and directed five episodes of the TV series "Double-Faced Female Spy".

This is also Jeffrey Abrams' only directorial qualification.

Ronan took time to meet Jeffrey Abrams. After the interview, he gave him a script and asked Jeffrey Abrams to provide a shooting plan to decide whether he is suitable to direct the film based on the plan.

Then, Ronan met Liam Neeson who had rushed back from Europe and finalized the contract for the male lead.
Chapter completed!