Chapter 518 (1/2)

Roland Emmerich's Stargate, another translation, is also called Stargate.

On the original time line, the 1994 release of ”the wonder of the universe” not only made a very good box office, but also, like Paramount's ”Star Trek”, took the ”Stargate” as the main idea in the film to form a long-lasting sci-fi series. Later, it produced more than ten seasons of related TV series and a large number of sequels.

Simon has seen the original version of ”the wonder of the universe” and some ”Stargate” series. According to his personal standards, the plot of ”the wonder of the universe” is not excellent. The key is to apply the wormhole concept to the film, which is very novel.

As a sci-fi action movie, the original action part is also very rough, which is quite miserable compared with the later mature Hollywood action movies.

Simon let Michael Bay as director this time, but also to make up for some of the defects of the original.

By the standards of popcorn movies, Michael Bay's ”bang bang bang bang bang” is actually very enjoyable. The subsequent collapse of the transformers series is mainly due to the plot. In the final analysis, it is probably because Michael Bay himself is tired of directing a series repeatedly. Paramount's lack of courage to change the director is one of the reasons.

”As for the shaping of the role, commander O'Neill is a tough, resolute soldier, which is no problem. Dr. Jackson's setting is a little vague.” In the office, Simon recalled James Spade's flashless performance in his memory and the thin portrayal of Dr. Jackson in the script, and said: ”as a leading actor more important than Colonel O'Neill's part, I hope his character can be more distinctive. You can refer to the performances of Sam Neal and Jeff goblin in Jurassic Park

Although it is a standard commercial film, in Jurassic Park, Sam Neal and Jeff goblin successfully portray two scholars with completely different personalities. One is gentle and rigorous, the other is funny and uninhibited.

In contrast, James Spade in ”the wonder of the universe” is not so much a doctor of Archaeology and Linguistics as a down and out high school teacher, giving people a sense of down and out youth in ”sex, lies and video”.

In the end, James spade is more suitable for literary films.

Roland Emmerich obviously thought about it, too, and said, ”so, Simon, what do you think of Jeff playing Dr. Jackson?”

Simon immediately understood what Emmerich meant, with a strange expression, and said, ”are you going to copy Dr. Malcolm?”

Roland Emmerich nodded, then shook his head and said, ”of course there will be some changes.”

If Jeff goblin is used in this ”wonder of the universe”, then the next ”Independence Day” will be in some trouble.

Levinson in independence day, to a large extent, reproduces Malcolm in Jurassic Park. He is equally uninhibited, equally talented, and perhaps somewhat down-to-earth.

Shaking his head, Simon denied Emmerich's idea and said: ”in this case, the emotional line of the script needs to be adjusted a lot. Jeff is older. What's more, it's too good to copy a ”Dr. Malcolm.” Jurassic Park is still on. Even next year, the audience should be more sensitive about it. I think that since Jackson can become a doctor at a very young age, he should have a kind of academic nerd character, some simple and dull, but erudite enough. ”

Michael Bay, who listens attentively most of the time as an apprentice, said: ”Simon, the two leading actors, one is serious, the other is dull. When a movie is made, it will certainly look dull. According to the traditional brotherhood film mode, the characters of the two leading characters should show a clear contrast. ”

Simon sniffed and nodded: ”this is really a problem. Let's adjust commander O'Neill's character to make him more humorous.”

So he noticed that both of them were thinking. Simon looked at the time and said, ”forget it. You can discuss it again in private and come up with an amendment. We'll make an appointment at that time.”

They agreed, and they discussed some details. Roland Emmerich and Michael Bay got up and left.

Seeing them off, Simon rushed to another conference room in the office building.

There are already a lot of people waiting for him here, including Robert rem, who is now president of paramount pictures after several twists and turns.

Others, mainly the creators of the mission impossible series.

In addition to the long established ”mission impossible” series actor Nicholas Cage, the project has been casting since the second half of last year.

The original version of mission impossible, at least in the first few films, takes Tom Cruise as the core. Although the film has a good team embryonic form at the beginning, Tom Cruise's strong character does not allow anyone to compete for his own light in a film. At the same time, for the sake of film remuneration, he does not allow others who are close to cruise Star.It was not until later that the attraction of soup to the audience was not so strong that mission impossible series paid more attention to other team members and introduced ”eagle eye” Jeremy Reiner and ”Superman” Henry Carville to enhance the box office appeal of the film.

This time, frankly speaking, Nicholas Cage's box office appeal is still far from that of Tom Hanks, so Simon intends to adopt a relatively opportunistic team model from the beginning.

Of course, for the sake of sequel pay, the team members will not be completely fixed. However, Luther, a computer expert played by Wen Reims, and Benjamin, a clown like Simon Peggy, who can increase jokes, will be fixed from the beginning.

Considering the freshness, the heroine needs to be replaced.

This also gives the project a lot of room to operate.

In the original version, because of Tom Cruise's various principles, the heroine is basically not the first line, absolutely can't suppress the hero's light, and can't be too tall. Cage certainly doesn't need these ”Taboos”.

Therefore, compared with the original version of the first film Emmanuel BEA, which is not well-known in North America, danielis entertainment plans to use a first-line actress this time.

Up to now, besides Nicholas Cage, the director has made a decision, because the original Brian De Palma wants to shoot ”the dawn of love owls”, Simon also thinks that the other party is not suitable.

After several searches, Philip Noyce, an Australian director who has just directed ”the bell of midnight”, has successfully won the guide tube. This Australian director has directed Harrison Ford's ”patriot game”, ”burning eyebrow pursuit” and Angelina Jolie's ”agent salt” on the original time line.

The box office blockbuster ”midnight bell” also proves that the director, who has made personal films since he was a child, is a versatile director similar to George Miller's, and is enough to support the project.

The roles of hacker master Luther and colleague Benjamin have also been determined.

Luther is still played by the original Van Reems. Simon and Reems have worked together in the vulgar novel. Simon knows the black actor's excellent acting skills.

Simon page is still a nobody now, so Benjamin's role can only be changed, and finally Dana cavy, who is the partner of Mike Meyers in the anti intelligence, is chosen. Although the comedic talent of this actor is not as good as that of Mike Meyers, it is just right in the big commercial production of mission impossible.

Franz, played by Jean Renault in the original, was basically cut off this time.