Without Ronan's expectations, the first draft script, written by Nolan's brothers, translated directly into "The Foundation" and "90% of the main plot is almost the same as the former "Inception".

Ronan remembers very clearly that "Inception" is just a translation of China Film, and the original English name of the film has nothing to do with the four words "Inception".

"Very good." Ronan said, "very imaginative."

Christopher Nolan smiled and said, "This is a science fiction subject. After "The Deadly Magic" and "The Dark Knight", I want to try new subjects."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "The concept is a science fiction type, but the film needs highlights. I think some action elements should be added."

Christopher Nolan has always been a commercial director, and this has never changed: "Jonathan and I have the same idea. Originally, after I came up with the initial idea, Jonathan wanted to create a complete action-themed film, but I remember you said that old-fashioned traditional action films are outdated, and the pure action type is not suitable for my idea. This film shows the most appropriate way to combine science fiction and action."

Ronan agrees: "Dream is a high concept, and the action elements are conducive to making such high concepts easy to understand."

As an investor and producer, you must consider the market. Any big investment in commercial movies that do not consider the box office and market is a brainless behavior.

Christopher Nolan thought Ronan had doubts and hurriedly said, "I have been considering this subject for many years and have a relatively mature plan. Many years ago, I began to develop a strong interest in the theme of dreams, especially the relationship between the awake world and dream life."

He glanced at Ronan and continued, "I always thought this was a very interesting and contradictory point of view. In dreams, whether it was a fearful, happy, or idealized state, it was actually an uncontrollable thing created by the human brain, mind, and ideology. The imagination space generated by the dreams was extraordinary. I have always considered how to show this infinite energy on the big screen and express it from a very humanistic perspective in the form of a big science fiction action movie."

Ronan nodded slowly, as if thinking.

Christopher Nolan also said: "The core point of this movie is that the emergence of a concept is actually equivalent to a parasite with extremely elastic vitality. The traces it crawls through will always exist somewhere in your brain. If someone can invade your dream space, use an extremely real means to act recklessly, or even steal an extremely private concept, this narrative entry point will be very fascinating."

Ronan gently patted the script and said, "Chris, this is what attracts me the most about your script. It is full of entertainment, with a thrilling diversity, and anything can happen."

Christopher Nolan asked: "This project..."

Ronan said: "I have confidence in you. If you submit the script directly to Shahai Entertainment, they will negotiate with you on the project promotion at the best speed."

Although such trust is a good thing, Christopher Nolan feels that something must be said before: "Ronan, this project may require a very high investment. I have estimated it for a preliminary basis, about $150 million. In addition, I hope to have a long enough time to complete the movie because what I want to express is something I have been thinking about since I was sixteen."

Ronan returned the script to Christopher Nolan and said: "None of these are the problems. I will ask Shahai Entertainment to list "The Foundation Lay" as the company's first category of major projects."

"Thank you." Christopher Nolan said sincerely: "Ronan, thank you for your support."

Ronan smiled: "You're welcome. Chris, you must bring a masterpiece."

Christopher Nolan vowed: "It will."

The former "Inception" may have some mysterious aspects, but it is also a classic in commercial films, achieving a double harvest of box office and reputation.

This movie, coupled with "The Dark Knight", also made Christopher Nolan a god among movie fans.

Even as a director, Christopher Nolan is like a big-name star, with a huge number of crazy fans.

The imdb rating rankings of "The Dark Knight" and "The Godfather" and "The Shawshank Redemption" that year changed the imdb rating rules.

These three sects of movie fans attacked each other and fought in a mess, which was the biggest wonder in ImDB's history.

When Ronan left, Christopher Nolan mentioned that after filming "The Dark Knight", Christian Bale accepted the invitation from 20th Century Fox to participate in the shooting of "Terminator 4", which has been confirmed by 20th Century Fox.

Twentieth Century Fox has released a lot of news about this new project, with a production budget of up to $200 million!

This hasn't calculated the cost of Twentieth Century Fox's previous retrieval of copyright from Warner Bros.

According to the current estimate of the popular promotion and distribution investment of large-scale commercial films in Hollywood, Twentieth Century Fox will invest $100 million or even more in the future to promote and release the film.

Ronan took practical actions to allow 20th Century Fox to snatch the filming rights of the Terminator series from Warner Bros.

Twentieth Century Fox attaches great importance to this project and wants to reproduce the glory of "Terminator 2". For this reason, he contacted James Cameron and wanted to invite James Cameron to be the producer or screenwriter.

But James Cameron has a contract with Relativity Entertainment and will continue to work hard to produce "Avatar" in the past two years. In addition, it has a shadow on the cooperation between 20th Century Fox, so he refused the invitation from 20th Century Fox without hesitation.

The production budget alone is as high as 200 million US dollars, and 20th Century Fox cannot be taken seriously.

Ronan didn't know that any senior executive at Twentieth Century Fox actually came up with a trick to poach people who cooperated with Relativity Entertainment and had great success, and joined the "Terminator 4" project.

Christian Bale is just one of the candidates to be poached by Twentieth Century Fox.

They had contact with the Nolan brothers, but were rejected by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan. Not to mention anything else, the work on these two people has already been on the schedule for the next few years.

Twentieth Century Fox finally chose Paul Haggis, who has worked with Relativity Entertainment, the director, screenwriter and producer who has become famous for "Crash", and will serve as the screenwriter and executive producer of "Terminator 4".

Both works written by Paul Haggis have become famous in the past, giving Twentieth Century Fox enough confidence.

These two works are "Crash" and "Million Dollar Baby".

Twentieth Century Fox is currently looking for a director. Their first choice is still the director who has successfully cooperated with Relativity Entertainment. It is said that the first choice is Gilmo del Toro. The negotiations between the two sides have reached the stage where they can sign contracts at any time.

Gilmo del Toro is very interested in the robotics project.

There are also news that after completing "The Maze of Pan", Gilmo del Toro is also looking for a new long-term partner and has promoted the robot and monster movie projects he mentioned to Ronan before.

Although there is no clear news on Twentieth Century Fox, Ronan inferred that since Twentieth Century Fox and Gilmore Del Toro are all interested in cooperation, it is estimated that Twentieth Century Fox will invest in shooting Gilmore Del Toro's robot and monster project in the future.

This possibility is extremely high.

Speaking of which, Ronan also admired that Twentieth Century Fox's treatment of relativity entertainment is, to some extent, very similar to Relativity Entertainment's treatment of Walt Disney.

Twentieth Century Fox snatched one movie after another from Relativity Entertainment and tried his best to win over talents who had long-term cooperation with Relativity Entertainment.

This seems to be taking the path of relativity entertainment, leaving relativity entertainment with no way out.

Ronan has been watching coldly, and there is no reason for Relativity Entertainment to prevent people like Paul Haggis, Christian Bale and Gilmore Del Toro from collaborating with Twentieth Century Fox. After all, these people have no long-term contracts with Relativity Entertainment, and no terms of competition.

In any way, they have the freedom to work with any film company.

Ronan just allowed Relativity Entertainment to save more funds and resources, allowing Robert Eiger to continuously formulate relevant plans based on changes in the situation, waiting for possible opportunities in the future.

Either don't move, and you will succeed with one blow.

Twentieth Century Fox still looks powerful, and there are many heavyweight films released this summer. The most eye-catching of them is undoubtedly "X-Men 3: Battle of the Wave" adapted from Marvel Comics.

This is also the end of the "X-Men" trilogy of 20th Century Fox. Its production budget is as high as $210 million, and the release date is even the weekend before Memorial Day, one of the best schedules in May.

Perhaps it was Marvel Entertainment's long-term harassment that affected Twentieth Century Fox, or perhaps it was the new comic of "Fantasy Four" that brought negative effects. In this "X-Men" movie, Twentieth Century Fox made many irrational choices.

For example, the Phoenix Girl completely turned black and killed Professor X.

For example, Wolverine and Phoenix Girl get together, and the dead Cyclops is green.

For example, Wolverine finally killed the Phoenix Girl.

In short, the relationship is messy and the handling is bad, so the reputation of the film is not ideal.

But the first two "X-Men" have accumulated a large number of fans. This is not only a sequel, but also a gimmick for the ending of the trilogy. The premiere of "X-Men 3: Battle of the Wave" is still very impressive.

In its first weekend of release in North America, "X-Men 3: Battle Against the Wave" had a box office of $12.75 million.
Chapter completed!