Made in Hollywood

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Soon after returning to Los Angeles, Duke and Warner Bros. jointly held a press conference to officially announce the release date of "The Dark Knight" as May 4, 2007, which is the first weekend of the summer vacation next year.

Perhaps many people have long guessed that this Batman sequel will be released at this time. Many Hollywood companies have actively avoided early May, such as Sony Columbia Pictures.

Although it has been acquired by Sony Group for almost 20 years, Sony Columbia Pictures has never been able to get rid of the situation of hanging tails of the six major companies, and was almost surpassed by DreamWorks if it weren't for the six major companies to work together to encircle DreamWorks. With the Big Three, I'm afraid that the performance of Sony Columbia Pictures has long been against its position as one of the Big Six.

Sony Entertainment has extended its tentacles to Hollywood for so many years, and has had to face an awkward situation. The real signature movie is only "Spider-Man". Even after the 007 series was taken by them, the recent performances of several films have to hit the street. trend.

Faced with such a situation, Sony Entertainment did not want to see any accidents in Spider-Man. It not only invested heavily in marketing on Spider-Man 3, but also deliberately avoided the beginning of May and chose the third weekend of May. Premiere.

]℉, so that the film will be separated from Duke's new work by a weekend, and will not be too affected by the "Dark Knight".

Both of the two masterpieces with investment of more than 150 million U.S. dollars were left unoccupied for a weekend, but no one interspersed their works in the traditional forces of Hollywood, and no one wants to be affected by the sequels of the two big-selling series. Pinch.

Traditional forces will not do it, but it does not mean that Hollywood’s emerging forces will not do it. That is, on the third day after Duke and Warner Bros. held a press conference, David Ellison’s Sky Film Studio also announced. . With an investment of up to US$150 million and starring Will Smith, "I Am A Legend" will be officially released in North America on May 11.

This film, adapted from a famous novel, is shown exactly between "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man."

"David Ellison's ambition is evident."

During the break of the set, Scarlett, who came to visit the class, stood behind Duke and talked to Tina Fei about this news. “It is said that he also prepared a $120 million promotion and marketing expense for the film. Disney paid one dollar in advance."

"No way. He has a rich enough father." Tina Fei's eyes turned to Duke sitting in the director's chair. "His father is just like him. He also looks very uncomfortable with our boss."

"In fact, this is not a bad thing." Scarlett cupped his chin with one hand.

Tina Fei didn't quite understand what she meant, and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Scarlett laughed suddenly, "Because I will have a reason and excuse to laugh at the brother and sister in the future."

Although I don't know how "I Am Legend" will change in the hands of David Ellison, as long as the production of the other party has the previous level, coupled with such a high publicity investment, it will definitely be a rival.

but. Duke did not distract himself too much. Making "Dark Knight" is the basis for winning the competition.

Ignoring the two women who were standing in the rest area chatting, Duke focused all his attention on the shooting.

In the center of the field in front of the camera, a green screen was erected, and post-production would be replaced with a big screen. The two protagonists of this scene, Lawrence Fishburne and Christian Bale, are already in place.

Before the filming, Duke walked over and exhorted a few words.

"Lawrence. Lucius? Fox has always been a staunch supporter of Batman, but I will be worried when I see such a scene." Duke said to the black actor. "You have to express these in your tone and expression."

Lawrence Fisberg nodded slightly and said, "I understand that Bruce Wayne has crossed the line here. Using this kind of equipment to monitor the entire city, he has come to the edge of breaking through his bottom line."

"I will destroy him." Christian Bale said, pointing to the green screen. "Don't worry, I am a very moral person."

Bell's rare joke also eased the atmosphere of the filming. Duke nodded to the two and returned to his seat.

Maybe it's not that you don't have to face the perverted clown. Christian Bale's pressure is much less, and his performance is very relaxed.

Relaxation is sometimes a good thing, sometimes it is a bad thing. Bell obviously relaxed a little too much. Just after the shooting started, Duke called for a stop because of a mistake, and then several times in succession.

"Mr. Bell!"

After stopping again, Duke warned heavily, "Break your nerves!"

He pointed to dozens of busy people in the studio, such as lighting, props, makeup, and filming, and said, "Do you want us to relax with you all day?"

"I'm very sorry." Although Christian Bell's personality is not very good, he is relatively docile in front of Duke. After apologizing, he said, "Can you give me ten minutes?"

"Fifteen minutes rest!"

In this case, Duke must give time to Christian Bale to adjust himself.

After a short adjustment, Bell's condition improved significantly. The scene with Lawrence Fisberg, after a trial shooting, also smoothly began official shooting.

Standing in front of the green screen, Christian Bale said to Lawrence Fishburne, "Is it beautiful? Isn't it?"

Lucius Fox, played by Fishburne, was a little surprised. It seemed that this was something incredible. He said angrily, "It's beautiful, but immoral, and dangerous. You put every Gotham phone It has become a loudspeaker!"

Christian Bale said in Batman's tone, "This is a receiving device that transmits through a high frequency."

Lawrence Fisberg looked serious, "You used my sonar principle and applied it to every mobile phone in this city. As long as half of the mobile phones become the source of your sonar, you can monitor the entire Gotham."

He has a low voice, "But it is wrong to do this."

"Lucius." Christian Bale slowly clenched his Batman gloved hands, "I must find that person, find the Joker."

"But what's the price?" Lawrence Fishburne asked worriedly.

Christian Bale was silent and did not answer him, and Batman now has no time to discuss these moral and democratic issues.

After a while, he said, "This database is encrypted and only one person can access it."

Lawrence Fishburne still frowned. "This power is too powerful for a person."

Not far away, Tina Fei and Scarlett have been paying attention to the shooting location in front of the camera, and the two are also nodding. Obviously they agree with Lawrence Fishburn’s lines. If in the real world, there really is someone who can Listening to all of them through the device, it is simply creepy.

Sitting behind the director’s monitor, Duke thought of another thing. This country is far from being as democratic as he advertised and is monitored to the extent...

He shook his head, and returned to the shooting set.

Christian Bale stared at Lawrence Fishburne, "That's why I give you this power, only you can use it."

Lawrence Fishburne showed a surprised expression, "Monitoring 30 million people is not part of my job."

Christian Bale did not answer his words, and instead said, "This is a sample of the clown's voice. If he speaks within the range of any cell phone signal in this city, you can use it to confirm and locate it."

After thinking for a few seconds, Lawrence Fisberg said, "I can help you this time, but please take my following words as my resignation-as long as this machine is still in Wayne Enterprise, I will not stay it's here."

Christian Bale turned and walked outside, "When you are done, enter your name."

"Cut!" Duke yelled to stop, and then said, "This one is over, we will make up for Bell. Let's take the next one."

The literary dramas shot together actually have the same characteristics, that is, the intentions of the actors and the shots are very close, which will relatively reduce the difficulty of some performances and shooting.

The crew moved to another studio, and when Tina Fei and Scarlett had a cup of coffee and found the shooting location, Duke had directed the crew to finish the preparation work, and a new scene was about to start shooting.

Several fake Batman and the scarecrow from the previous movie were **** in a studio set up as a parking lot.

The scene is very simple, just a few lines of dialogue.

But in the eyes of Tina Fei and Scarlett Johansson, this simple scene is expressing a not simple theme.

That fake Batman’s line is a questioning of Batman-why do you have this right? How do you think you are different from us?

Batman's answer is—I don't wear a hockey puck.

Then, silently turned his head and walked away.

"Why didn't he answer?"

After the scene, Scarlett asked suddenly, "Instead, he gave such an answer."

Although Batman satirized the other party's question in a humorous manner, he did not answer the question directly. Tina Fey saw it better, "Because Batman was speechless about that question."

"Can't say anything?" Scarlett couldn't help looking at her strangely, "Why do you say that?"

"It's very simple. Why does Batman have the power to break the law?" Tina Fei turned to Duke's side. "I think this is a meaning Duke wants to show."

Scarlett frowned, "Because Batman is a superhero, isn't he just to save the city? He is not the incarnation of justice? Is it Gotham's voluntary policeman?"

"My dear, who has given the duty of police enforcement power?" Tina Fei said seriously, "Should superheroes be above the law?" (To be continued...)