Hollywood Drawing

Early on Monday morning, Wayne was woken up by all kinds of congratulatory calls, from Warner Bros. executives to cast members who were promoting in Salt Lake City, and even Steven Spielberg, who was busy with DreamWorks. , and then made a congratulatory phone call.

The film is already certain to be a success, and his goddaughter Drew Barrymore has also gained a lot of popularity because of her outstanding image in the film.

When the good old man hung up the phone and invited him to play golf together when he had time, Wayne declined without thinking because he was busy with two movies and couldn't spare the time.

Now is the period when DreamWorks is about to exert its efforts. The films of Spielberg's live-action department will gain both Oscars and theater markets, but what will follow is the squeeze from the Big Six.

This Hollywood is already very crowded, so crowded that these six giants will never allow a seventh one to appear.

Spielberg, who is now extremely ambitious, will encounter difficulties in the future when he loses his partners when he started his business, then gets stuck in distribution, and finally develops to the point where DreamWorks films are sent to MPAA for classification. A whole lot of puzzles.

Wayne doesn't mind maintaining a good personal relationship with each other, but their positions will gradually become antagonistic over time. The biggest tacit understanding of the six giants will also become a joint squeeze on DreamWorks in the next few years.

So, he spent the entire morning of this Monday constantly answering calls from his assistant.

It wasn’t just acquaintances who also sent congratulations. He was also surprised by a phone call from Harvey Weinstein. Regarding the other party’s proposal to come and have a talk, Wayne happily nodded and agreed, but the location was not at home, but at Warner Bros. Studios.

Although he keeps paying attention to it almost every day, he is still going to take a look today to check the preparation progress of various departments.

Wayne plans to start filming "Batman" around the end of October, which is still close to two months away. There are no problems with the long-term preparations. He still needs to decide on the remaining supporting roles himself.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Sergey drove him and his assistant to the entrance of the studio. Before Wayne could get on the tram, he was surrounded by reporters who had been waiting here.

A reporter with a "Premiere" magazine badge on his chest put the recorder directly in front of him. "Wayne, the box office of "The Return of the Clown" in its first weekend was close to 70 million U.S. dollars, which is the third-largest first-week box office record in North America. Can you talk about your current thoughts?"

“To be honest, I didn’t expect this number myself!”

Wayne faced the other party's questions and answered them while walking toward the studio. "I didn't expect that after a summer vacation, the enthusiasm of movie fans is still so high. This also gives me more motivation to shoot more excellent films..."

"Director Greenberg, can you say a few more words?"

"Wayne, what do you think about the accusations made by child protection organizations?"

"Wayne, are you here..."

Under constant questioning from reporters, he showed no intention of stopping. He got on the tram of the studio directly and drove to the studio where various preparations were being done.

Just like answering the reporters' questions, he himself did not expect that the box office of "The Return of the Clown" would be so high in the first week, which was nearly 20 million US dollars higher than his own expected figure.

The film added advance screenings on Friday and scored 2 on the first day. As attendance continued to increase, it even scored 2 on that day. On Sunday, because the next day was a working day, the box office numbers continued to decline healthily, and it got 2 $15.99 million.

It received a total box office in the first weekend, and there is no doubt that it is the box office champion this weekend.

Moreover, this first weekend opening result is the third best opening result after "Joker" and "Jurassic Park". This is the main reason why congratulatory calls are incessant this morning.

Starting early in the morning, many North American forecasting agencies have put the box office target of "The Return of the Clown" at between US$200 million and US$280 million. Even the gaming department in Las Vegas has put the film's box office target at US$250 million. The odds were quietly doubled.

Such opening results also led Warner Bros. to once again decide to invest an additional US$5 million in publicity funds to maximize the implementation of subsequent publicity plans.

The production cost of the film "The Return of the Clown" was US$25 million, but the box office in the first week exceeded the cost line by more than twice. Starting early in the morning, major media and newspapers used the title of the best director with a small reputation. Buttoned to his head.

This is still a relatively neutral title. Various media under Warner Bros. have described him even more excessively, and there are endless versions of Wayne Greenberg's success stories.

Thinking about the box office numbers of this film, Wayne felt that September was the right time to choose the release date.

He never took "The Shawshank Redemption" seriously. Wayne, who had known the result for a long time, understood that it was impossible for it to have a box office explosion.

Coupled with Warner Bros.'s fierce pursuit before the film was released, this made the film even worse.

Not only is it a blow to competitors, but with more investment in publicity funds and the publicity plan that is already being implemented, Wayne believes that "The Return of the Clown" will definitely dominate the entire September schedule.

The tram stopped at the entrance of the large studio. Wayne got off the train with Nina and walked towards the studio.

In the studio, the most conspicuous thing is the sweaty Christian Bale. His body shape has changed dramatically compared to a few months ago.

As far as his current muscles are concerned, they are definitely better than the big-breasted beauties in Wayne's impression, and this is not the end yet. There is still more than a month of training, which is enough time for him to build a stronger body.

In Wayne's "Batman", he will definitely not go out of his way to weaken Bruce Wayne's abilities, so having a body that is very strong at first glance can maximize the persuasiveness of the film.

It’s easier to say that the first part, which is about to start shooting, has a production goal of making the film full of comic relief. After all, the main story is derived from the comic book “Year One” that almost everyone knows.

Even ordinary people who have never read comics must have heard of this story. It mainly talks about the process of Bruce Wayne's transformation into Batman, starting from the death of his parents and solving various problems encountered in the process.

Then through various difficulties encountered, he began to slowly hone his fighting skills, gradually built various equipment, and finally became the dark guardian of Gotham City.

It's the same story, and the changes he can make won't be too many. At most, it will only make Bruce Wayne more humane, giving movie fans a sense of empathy, and accumulating a wider audience for this series.

But starting from the second part, his plan became different. Bruce Wayne will never become less and less effective in combat. He is not Christopher Nolan. He will not force a person to bring in private goods. A powerful superhero becomes an ordinary person.

"Hi Mr. Greenberg, congratulations!"

Christian Bale noticed his gaze, came over covered in sweat, and greeted him politely.

"Thanks."

Wayne observed his muscles closely and nodded with satisfaction. Such a masculine male body was the shape a superhero should have.

It can be seen that Christian Bale must have suffered a lot for these muscles.

"Keep it up, believe me, when you appear on the big screen, women all over North America will scream at your body."

After saying that he would no longer disturb his training plan, he walked to the office door and knocked on the door before opening the door and walking in.

Tim Burton's hair feels messier, but he is still wearing a neat suit, and his lean figure looks particularly weak and helpless compared with the muscular man just now.

"Hey, why are you here?" Looking up and seeing the two people coming in, the producer opened his mouth in surprise. "Shouldn't you be busy working on "The Return of the Clown" now? By the way, congratulations, you have created another Greenberg-style success."

"Thank you." Sitting across from the desk, Wayne glanced at the expense form on the table. "If you don't worry about the preparations here, it's more reassuring to take the time to take a look. How is the contact between the two locations? Have you encountered any difficulties?"

This is his biggest concern. It is best to find the shooting location quickly, which will affect his subsequent work on customizing the shooting plan.

"New York has taken care of it."

Tim Burton saw that he had no intention of greeting, and he was just concerned about the progress of the work. He shrugged, took out a document bag, opened it and took out two signed agreements.

"There is an acquaintance of yours in New York. As soon as we mentioned that this was your crew, he immediately gave the most lenient conditions. After the filming started, a special police force will be dispatched to cooperate with the crew. The time for road closure and filming will be determined. It’s also relatively loose.”

As he looked down at the agreement, Wayne asked in surprise. "acquaintance?"

Tim Burton said: "Yes, it seems to be called Saul, Saul Feinstein? This man is very enthusiastic about our own people."

This reminded him of the middle-aged Jewish man in the New York City Government, a rare compatriot who was not engaged in business or politics. I remember that he seemed to have helped me last time, but I didn't expect to meet him again this time.

"Okay, I remembered. As long as everything goes well. How about the Xiangjiang side? You know, we can't go to the other side to shoot."

Tim Burton stretched out his thin arm and pointed to the signature spot of the second agreement. "There is a film company called Jiahe, which has cooperated with Warner Bros., and they will be responsible for hosting us after we go there."

Oh, my eyes lit up when I saw the name Wayne. It was fate. The man who signed the agreement had participated in several Hollywood projects, and his godson also became a Hollywood action star.

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