Hollywood Road

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

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

"Oh, 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 the call. Then he asked, "Did you buy this book?"

"Yes, before getting on the plane, I bought it in a duty-free shop near Jerusalem Airport." Gal Gadot put down his phone, came to Murphy, took the book from him, "I was with my mother. When attending a pan-global Jewish gathering in Jerusalem, I met a friend who recommended this book to me. I was bored when I came, so I bought a copy."

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

Hearing what Gail Gadot said, Murphy nodded, "If you have the opportunity, introduce it to me."

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

And it’s not a bad thing that Gal Gadot has an American friend.

"She went to New York, and will come to Los Angeles in a few days." Gal Gadot thought for a moment and said, "Aren't you going to have a celebration party? Why don't I invite her to come over, presumably she would also be happy to meet you. "

"Okay." Murphy has 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 some of my classmates, they may be interested in participating."

Having said this, Murphy turned the topic to the book again and asked, "Have you read it?"

Gal Gadot slid the book to Murphy, took him to the sofa, sat down and took a drink, and then said, "Turning over on the plane, it doesn't suit my appetite. Some places The writing is too **** and too erotic. I don't like it too much."

Having said that, she suddenly woke up, "You won't read this novel, do you? Want the right to adapt?"

A director, the purpose of seeing a novel is obvious, that is, the right to adapt. Of course Gal Gadot understands this.

Moreover, some of the plots in the book are of such a large scale, and the overall style is also biased towards darkness. It is really not surprising that Murphy can see it.

"Yes." Murphy didn't have to hide from Gal Gadot, but he still said something rounded up. "I have read this book before, but I forgot the title. I saw it today and thought about it again. Come up, I like the style of this book."

As he said, he put the novel in his hand on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and the big letter on the cover of the book was very 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 can you 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 thinking."

Gal Gadot came interested, "What subject?"

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

"Your head is 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? "

"Here."

Throwing aside the "Song of Ice and Grass" casually, Murphy pulled up Gal Gadot and ran to the cloakroom with enthusiasm.

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

"I know this set of books and I have read it before."

Looking through the novel, Bill Rossis said, “I don’t think it’s wise to take the film adaptation rights. This book belongs to the fantasy genre, and the content is too large and complicated. Before, if you want to make a movie, you will definitely be compared..."

"No, not filming." Murphy shook his head, "My goal is a TV series, a large-scale TV series broadcast on the cable station!"

Based on the current situation in the North American film market, if this novel is adapted into a movie, the type of epic film is bound to encounter many difficulties. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is compared, and if fans have the "Lord of the Rings" movie first, their appetite will definitely be raised a lot.

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

The name of this TV series used to be arrogant. Even non-American TV fans like Murphy have heard the people around him talk about it countless times, and he can see relevant news everywhere on the Internet. He also tried to watch it. However, like many people, his focus is more on "A Song of Ice and Grass", which caused him to just drag and browse through it with the mouse, but he still left a deep impression.

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

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

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

The latter is completely adult, without a clear distinction between good and evil. It mainly describes a series of court battles, battles in battlefields, adventures and magical controversy in a fictional medieval world, in terms of content and style. "A Song of Ice and Fire" is a mirror of real life, with a true portrayal of human nature, and is a typical series of serious fantasy novels.

Although it is a fantasy series, Murphy's impression of "magic" is that George-R-Martin follows the practice of his idol Tolkien, and never uses magic easily, making it just a way to exaggerate the atmosphere of the novel. The required elements, like in the TV series he has watched, almost none of the main characters can be magical, and there is no essential difference from human beings in reality.

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 been published, then returned to Stanton Studio, temporarily lay down other work, seriously The flip looks.

In the afternoon, there was news from Bill Rossis that he had contacted Bantam Books Publishing Company, the publisher of "A Song of Ice and Fire", and used CAA resources to inquire in the circle. It was probably Affected by the success of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings", Hollywood producers now prefer British works to works written by Americans with no history in terms of the type of epic series.

The "Chronicles of Narnia" series and the "Golden Compass" series have become the focus of contention among Hollywood producers.

According to the information passed by Bill Rossis, although the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series is already well-known, it is far from reaching its previous heights. In the late 1990s and early new century, some people asked about copyright adaptation matters. After being rejected by George Martin because the bid was too low, the right of adaptation was basically in a situation where no one cares about it.

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

Stanton Studio can also have a long-term business.

From its inception to the present, Stanton Studios has been a veritable shell company. Murphy was still ambitious before. For a while, I thought about whether Stanton Studios can be built into a company that can rival the six major Hollywood companies. The production and distribution manufacturers of, but as they later cooperated with other film companies, they slowly discovered that this was just a delusion. Under the strangulation of the six major companies and the groups behind them, there was no such possibility in a short period of time.

The most important thing is that he has no funds and no network. Even if he goes to raise funds, how many capital groups will be willing to invest heavily in him?

To be honest, except for some insights into movies, he is not as good as any of the Big Three in DreamWorks, or even half.

Of course you can have dreams, but they must be controlled within the scope of your ability, otherwise they are not dreams, but fantasy.

If you can get the right to adapt the "A Song of Ice and Fire", Stanton Studio can fully expand the company's business. In addition to helping the director avoid taxes, it can devote all the remaining energy to this. The production of a series of TV series.

With any luck, Stanton Studios can use this business to become the industry’s leading TV drama production company...

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

After the initial contact between Bill Rossis and Bantam Book Publishing Company, Murphy personally met and talked with George R-Martin.

Strictly speaking, George Martin also stayed in Hollywood and once served as the screenwriter of "The Courageous Lion", but Hollywood screenwriters are not high in the crew, and the income in the 1980s was not very satisfactory. He simply left. In Hollywood, he went home and became a writer.

In the CAA's reception room, Murphy saw this full-time writer with large glasses and a beard.