Hollywood Road

"I haven't called home yet after getting off the plane. Mom should be worried."

Seeing Murphy stop suddenly, Gal Gadot put away the big towel, walked over in a bathrobe, and pushed him, "Honey, what are you doing?"

"Oh, it's nothing, you call first." Murphy came back to his senses, pressed the power button, handed the phone to Gal Gadot, picked up the book and flipped through it, waiting until she finished calling, Then he asked, "Did you buy this book?"

"Yeah, I bought it in a duty-free shop near Jerusalem Airport before I got on the plane." Gal Gadot put down his phone, came to Murphy, and took the book from him. When I attended a pan-world Jewish gathering in Jerusalem, I met a friend, and she recommended this book to me. I was bored when I came here, so I bought a copy.”

She seemed to think of something again, "By the way, she is also working hard in Hollywood. When she came back, she went to the airport with me, but the flight was different."

Hearing what Gal Gadot said, Murphy nodded, "If you have a chance, introduce me."

Just as Gal Gadot always treats his friends like Robert Downey Jr. and James Franco and Kara Firth with enthusiasm, he will not ignore Gal Gadot's friends.

And it's not a bad thing for Gal Gadot to have an American friend.

"She has gone to New York, and she will come to Los Angeles in a few days." Gal Gadot thought for a moment and said, "Aren't you going to hold a celebration party? Why don't I invite her to come over, she must be very happy to get to know you. "

"Okay." Of course Murphy had no objection, "If you still have friends who want to participate, you can invite them together."

Gal Gadot thought for a while, "Let me ask a few of my classmates, they might be interested in participating."

After saying this, Murphy turned the topic back to the book and asked, "Have you read it?"

Gal Gadot stuffed the book to Murphy, pulled him to the sofa together, sat down and took a sip of water from the cup, and then said, "Turning through it on the plane is not to my liking, some places It's too bloody and erotic, I don't like it very much."

At this point, she suddenly came to her senses, "You don't like this novel, do you? Do you want the right to adapt it?"

For a director, the purpose of reading a novel is obvious, that is the right to adapt it, of course Gal Gadot understands this.

Moreover, some of the plots in the book are described on such a large scale, and the overall style tends to be dark. It is not surprising that Murphy can like it.

"Yeah." Murphy didn't need to hide it from Gal Gadot, but he still said some words, "I read this book before, but I forgot the title, and I thought about it again when I saw it today. Come on, I like the style of the book."

As he said that, he put the novel in his hand on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and a line of large characters on the cover of the book was particularly eye-catching - "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones"!

"You always like to make some big scale..." Gal Gadot picked up the book and flipped through it, "When will you be able to make a film that is completely suitable for women?"

Murphy couldn't help scratching his head, "This... is more difficult, you know I'm not good at such subjects."

However, he then remembered one thing, "I think there is a good theme that can fully reflect feminist ideas."

Gal Gadot became interested, "What subject matter?"

Murphy leaned close to her ear, deliberately lowered his voice, and said mysteriously, "That game we played."

"You are always full of these." Gal Gadot pushed him dissatisfiedly, but stood up, "I'm going to change clothes, where did you put my armor and Vulcan sword? "

"This way."

Throwing the "Song of Ice and Grass" aside, Murphy pulled Gal Gadot and ran to the cloakroom excitedly.

Early the next morning, Murphy went to CAA to find Bill Rossis, asking him to find a way to meet George R-Martin and find a way to get the right to adapt the novel.

"I know this series and have read it before."

Flipping through the novel, Bill Rosses said, "I don't think it's wise to win the film adaptation rights of it. This book belongs to the fantasy genre, and the content is too large and complicated. There is Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" in it. Before, if you want to make a movie, you will definitely be compared..."

"No, I don't want to shoot movies." Murphy shook his head, "My goal is TV dramas, large-scale TV dramas broadcast on cable channels!"

Given the current situation in the North American film market, if this set of novels is adapted into a film, the genre of epic films is destined to encounter many difficulties. As Bill Rossis said, it will definitely be compared with Peter Jackson's. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is a comparison, and fans will definitely have a lot of appetite if they have the "Lord of the Rings" movie first.

TV dramas are different. The TV dramas broadcast by cable TV stations are larger in scale and easier to attract users, and the audience's expectations for TV dramas and movies are completely different.

The name of this TV series used to be very popular. Even a non-American drama lover like Murphy has heard countless times from people around him, and he can see related news everywhere on the Internet. He also tried to watch it. However, although, like many people, he focused more on "Song of Ice and Grass", which caused him to just browse through it with the mouse, but he still left a deep impression.

Murphy has never read the novel, and his impressions and senses of "Game of Thrones" all come from the fast-forward browsing at the beginning.

Although also a literary work in the fantasy series, "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" is very different from Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings".

The former has a clear distinction between good and evil, good and evil, and is completely biased towards children. "The Lord of the Rings" was originally written by Tolkien for his children.

The latter is completely adult, and there is no clear distinction between good and evil. It mainly describes a series of stories of court struggles, battlefield fights, travel adventures and magic confrontations that took place in a fictional medieval world. "A Song of Ice and Fire" is a mirror of real life, with a true portrayal of human nature, and it is a typical series of serious fantasy novels.

Although it is a fantasy series, in Murphy's impression, George R. Martin followed his idol Tolkien's approach in terms of "magic" and never used magic lightly, making it just a way to enhance the atmosphere of the novel. The required elements, it seems that in the TV series he has watched, almost none of the main characters can be magical, and there is no essential difference from real human beings.

Leaving the Death Star Building where CAA is located, Murphy first went to a nearby bookstore and bought a set of books of "A Song of Ice and Fire" that had already been published. Look it up.

In the afternoon, Bill Rosses received news that he had contacted Bantam Books Publishing Company, the publisher of "A Song of Ice and Fire", and used CAA's resources to inquire in the circle, probably Influenced by the success of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings," Hollywood makers now prefer British works to less historically American ones in the genre of epic series.

Series such as "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Golden Compass" have become the focus of competition among Hollywood producers.

According to the situation passed by Bill Rosses, although the "Song of Ice and Fire" series of books is already well-known, it is far from reaching its former height. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, someone asked about copyright adaptation , because the bid was too low, after being rejected by George Martin, the adaptation rights were basically in a situation where no one was interested.

Even though he himself will not have so much time to devote to the long filming and production of a TV series, Murphy also knows that this is a good opportunity for investment.

Stanton Studios could also be a long-term business.

From its establishment to the present, Stanton Studios has been a veritable shell company. Murphy was still ambitious before, and for a while, he thought about whether he could build Stanton Studios into a company that could rival the six major Hollywood companies. However, after cooperating with other film companies, I gradually discovered that this was just a delusion. Under the strangulation of the six major companies and the groups behind them, there is no such possibility in a short period of time.

The most important thing is that he has no capital and no network, even if he wants to raise money, how many capital groups will be willing to invest huge sums of money in him?

To be honest, except for some knowledge of movies, he is not as good as any of the Big Three of DreamWorks, not even half of them.

Dreams are certainly possible, but they must be controlled within the scope of ability, otherwise it is not a dream, but a fantasy.

If the right to adapt "A Song of Ice and Fire" can be obtained, Stanton Studio can fully expand appropriately. In the future, the company's business can completely devote all the remaining energy to this project besides helping the director avoid taxes. The production of a series of TV series.

If you're lucky, Stanton Studios can become the industry's top TV drama production company with this business...

Murphy's ideas and plans are beautiful, but it is not easy to realize them. The first thing is to buy the right to adapt.

After Bill Rossis' initial contact with Bantam Books, Murphy personally met with George R. Martin for a chat.

Strictly speaking, George Martin also stayed in Hollywood and once served as the screenwriter of "The Brave and the Lion". However, Hollywood screenwriters did not have a high status in the crew, and their income in the 1980s was not very satisfactory. He simply left Hollywood, went home and changed careers to become a writer.

In the reception room of CAA, Murphy saw this full-time writer with large glasses and beard. (To be continued.)