Hollywood Drawing

It was getting dark in the City of Angels. In an office in the Warner Bros. Building, several executives were sitting around on the sofa in the lounge area. The atmosphere was quite dull. No one spoke, including Wayne. Some people silently picked up their coffee cups, and some were enjoying cigars with their eyes closed.

"You have seen the situation, make a decision."

Seeing the colorful lights starting to light up outside the window, Jeff Robinov spoke to break the dull atmosphere. "Wayne, I will ask the company to issue a statement tomorrow morning and call the crew back as soon as possible to reshoot the footage. There are not many true things in those reports. If we go quickly..."

Everyone present understood what he meant. No matter how long it was delayed, this was still the best solution. It would definitely not work to keep the film intact, because there were indeed several plots that were exactly the same as the leaked script.

"Wait for two more days."

After a few seconds, Wayne opened his eyes and whispered back. "Warner Bros. will issue a statement tomorrow morning. There are some things that I haven't thought clearly about yet. Even if some scenes have to be reshot, it won't be urgent in a day or two. There are some things that I can think about clearly before it's too late to take action. "

There is really no rush. If we have to gather the crew back and go to New York to reshoot some scenes in a day or two, it will definitely not be something that can be done in a short time. This means that Wayne will just miss the entire awards season.

The so-called Hollywood awards season is actually a comprehensive honorary assessment of the films released that year at the end of the year. It is also a big show that North American audiences love to see at the end of each year.

At the end of the year, major awards and review activities in North America have begun to move out one after another, bringing the masterpieces released this year to the public again. The large number of various awards and the intensive intervals have gradually formed the so-called awards season. .

In a narrow sense, it refers to various film awards held from the end of December every year to March of the following year. For example, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Golden Satellite Awards, Annie Awards and other award categories. The Producers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild and other industry union awards for film professionals.

Until it finally ends with the presentation of the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards, this process is roughly what people call the Oscar Awards Season.

Broadly speaking, if you want to gain something from the Academy Awards, which are awarded at the latest and are also the most important, in fact, from the beginning of the current awards season, you must carry out prepared public relations and award-winning actions. , especially those Sentinel Awards and weathervane awards that have a great influence on the Oscars.

For example, the North American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards, the British Academy Film Awards, the North American Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Critics Choice Awards are four trend-vane categories. Winning rewards in these trend-vane categories can effectively increase the popularity of the film and almost become a film. This is a necessary step for winning the prize.

For example, the National Society of Film Critics Awards, the New York Film Critics Circle Award, the National Society of Film Critics Awards, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Circle Awards. These four major outpost awards are closely related to film critics. They represent the professional evaluation of films. There are many Voting Academy members are affected by the four Sentinel Awards.

If the above four major vanes and four outpost awards can be affected by various public relations lobbying, in fact, what is more important, and what Wayne does not want to miss the most, are the more than 20 internal union awards. How the film performs in these internal union awards will provide an early indication of whether it will be successful at the Oscars.

Things are not complicated, because the voters for the internal awards of the major guilds are very likely to be members of the academy with voting rights, and the overlap between the two is quite high.

Therefore, the Golden Globe Awards, which people say have the greatest influence on the Oscars and seem to represent the outpost of the Oscars, actually do not have as big an impact on the Oscar selection results as people imagine. It can even be said that the two are completely different. The selection is made by two groups.

Faced with Wayne's request to wait another two days and continue to observe, Warner Bros. executives all acquiesced. In the minds of Jeff Robinoff and others, they regarded this as his last stubbornness. In fact, it was not possible in the end. Don't choose to call the crew for reshoots.

At the same time, he also specifically notified the relevant staff of "The Dark Knight" to temporarily stop any post-production work for the past two days, and everything is waiting for his notification.

Early the next morning, a statement appeared simultaneously in print media owned by Warner Bros. and authoritative media with good relations with Warner Bros.

"Warner Bros. has noticed the plot reports about "The Dark Knight" that have appeared in the media recently. We would like to specifically declare that all so-called reports on the market are all false speculations. The plot of "The Dark Knight" has not been leaked. The film The post-production work has officially entered and will start in the summer season next year to meet the movie fans on time.

Director Greenberg appealed to the kind-hearted movie fans not to believe the so-called rumors and gossip. They are all groundless speculations and not to be deceived and fooled by those who are interested. "The Dark Knight" has never disclosed any specific plot information to the outside world. .

After seeing these reports, Director Greenberg said that if fans want to know more about "Batman" and believe that these tricks are used to deceive children, it is far better to read the comics and at least pay tribute to their own childhood. Time..."

After waiting for a full day, Warner Bros. made a routine response, which surprised many people. However, in the face of the statement given by Warner Bros., people in the industry actually disagreed.

Warner Bros. has become the biggest winner this summer. It is obvious that its performance this year will continue to rank first among Hollywood studios. Because of this, I don’t know how many movie companies are waiting to see Warner Bros. suffer misfortune. For the majority of movie fans, the credibility of this statement is not as high as imagined. Instead, it has become the focus of discussion in the media. Some media with keen sense of smell have quickly divided into two groups and begun an endless debate. Controversy over the veracity of the leaks.

At noon that day, some local TV stations and radio stations appeared to analyze the authenticity of the plot of the film "The Dark Knight". The media, which was not too concerned about the matter, even started street interviews and directly began to collect the opinions of passers-by and movie fans. For a while, "The Dark Knight" became the center of public opinion.

Things are still going on. As time goes by, there is a slight tendency to suppress certain awards after the awards season. Many people have to lament the great influence of superhero movies.

Within a few days, some participants related to the production team called Wayne to inquire. Everyone expressed worries and concerns about "The Dark Knight". After all, this film rests on the hopes of all the staff, and no one can I don’t want to see any surprises in the video.

Three days later, just when Wayne was about to accept Warner Bros.'s urging to urgently recall all crew members, some different voices appeared in the media.

"I am an African-American, a black man who has become a big star in Hollywood." In an entertainment program on ABC TV, an interview with Will Smith was being broadcast live on the TV screen. It could be seen that he was quite serious and formal, wearing a straight suit. Wearing a suit, he talked into the reporter's microphone.

"I have many black friends, compatriots and family members, and they have all asked me in confusion more than once, why as a person of color, I can become good brothers with a person like Wayne Greenberg. Until one time I was asked by them After getting annoyed, I told them the real reason.

When I was just a rapper and a nobody in Hollywood, the film industry didn't even give me a chance to prove myself as an African-American "amateur" actor. Yes, once again I walked into the audition room with a trying mentality. Yes, it was the audition room that selected the leading actor for "Get Out".

I thought I would get another strange look, but I didn't expect that even though Wayne Greenberg knew that I was a hip-hop singer, he still gave me a fair and just opportunity to perform like other actors. As you all know, I got the role that completely established me in Hollywood, and because of the huge success of "Get Out", I completely opened up my career as an actor.

In fact, there are some things that I have never told the media for so many years. After the filming of the movie, Wayne Greenberg solemnly encouraged me and said to me, "You are very talented in acting, Will. Don't give up. Believe me." I, if you work hard, you will become a big star in the future!"

At this point, Will Smith shrugged in front of the camera and continued: "From then on, I regarded Wayne as a brother. As a result, you also saw it, didn't you? I really became a person in a few years. Big star. The reason why I accepted this exclusive interview today is to tell those with ulterior motives that you cannot destroy the results of a good person with noble character and hard work for several months because of your dark thoughts!"

He deliberately emphasized his tone on the words "good person" and "high character". At the same time, this interview is being broadcast live on ABC TV and is being broadcast to countless home TVs in North America.

Finally, Will Smith straightened his tie in front of the camera and made a serious appeal: "My fans, fans, and my fellow African-American friends, please ignore all the media criticism of "The Dark Knight." It is speculated that Director Greenberg is a great filmmaker. His hard work and noble character make it worthy for everyone to go into the theater next year to watch the destined to be wonderful "The Dark Knight", regardless of whether that movie is different from the information leaked now. Any relationship!”

This live interview came very suddenly, and Will Smith didn't even say hello to Wayne beforehand. With the explosive popularity of this black star, the whole thing was instantly heated to the top.

However, the surprise to Wayne, Warner Brothers and many people in the entertainment circle was not over yet. Will Smith's statement was like the beginning. The direction of the development of things was beyond everyone's expectation... ..