Made in Hollywood

How hard is it for a woman to take away the Oscar for best director? In fact, everyone who knows about Oscar knows that it is basically impossible in this era, and Oscar is not a good enough work. Even if the feminist movement is gradually emerging, it is far from the later level. If there are no corresponding social factors With the cooperation, Sofia Coppola is at most nominated.

Even if the Coppola family is standing behind her, the chances of getting the support of several major film companies and hiring the Harvey Weinstein brothers to do public relations are almost zero.

These are simply unable to fight against the general situation of the whole society. Even the Weinstein brothers will fail. Although the academy is inclined, it has never belonged to any one person.

After the establishment of the cocktail party, Marvel Pictures has returned to peace. It is just one of the countless newly established production companies in Hollywood, just like the original Duke Studio. Even with the support of people with special experience like Duke, I think To develop, it also requires a rather long process.

Moreover, after the executives of Marvel experienced the bankruptcy protection crisis, they also learned a lot of lessons and understood the importance of patience.

One week after the reception, good news came from Doug Walter. Warner Bros. canceled the projects of "Catwoman" and "Superman Returns", and is negotiating with DC Comics to set up a special department to discuss the serialization of DC superhero movies. possibilities, and how to serialize.

Meanwhile, neither Warner Bros. nor DC Comics have a problem with putting the Batman franchise in Duke's hands.

At the same time, the post-editing of "The Return of the King" has also reached the final stage. Duke rejected some of his plans at the time of the initial editing, and decided to re-edit the Battle of Minas Tirith and the Battle of the Plains of Perrin.

"Mike, take all Frodo Baggins out of the battle scene, I don't want fragmented battle scenes."

in the editing room. After watching the scene edited by Mike Dawson, Duke shook his head directly, "Compressing the length of Frodo's line."

"If you spend most of your time on war scenes..."

As soon as he said one sentence, Mike Dawson stopped. He has been working together for ten years. Of course he knows Duke's philosophy. Without affecting the narrative, of course, the priority is to keep the big scenes. As for the excavation of inner dramas that are highly appreciated by professionals, in the eyes of my boss, a considerable part can be removed.

A scene that reflects the emotions of the characters is definitely necessary, but also in moderation. Duke knows what he is good at. Moreover, "The Return of the King" is longer than the first two films. Once the film's rhythm slows down, it will make the whole film seem extremely protracted, which will make people feel impatient.

From "The Two Towers", Duke has been appropriately reducing Frodo Baggins' first-line shots. In order to speed up the rhythm of the film, as long as Frodo and Sam can explain the progress of the story, it is enough, and he is not shooting a literary film and a fan-oriented film. The first thing to consider must be a big scene that can more attract the attention of the audience.

Of course, the big scene will not spread uncontrollably. Like Frodo's line, there will be enough to stop.

"The scenes of Frodo and Sam and the spider corpse are listed separately for narrative." Duke continued to explain where the next editing needs to be changed, "I need a complete, comprehensive, and as much as possible uninterrupted battlefield plot. , making the Battle of Minas Tirith and the Battle of the Plains of Perrin into coherent scenes."

Mike Dawson sees Duke make a decision. No further comment, just nodding.

Duke added, "Dineeth's death has been simplified to less than three minutes."

His philosophy is very simple. In this battle, which is the climax of the trilogy, more time is used to show the splendor of the battlefield.

As in the past, Duke's first consideration is always the reaction of the market and mainstream audiences, not professional evaluation.

As for professional evaluation, in the mind of a director who is completely biased towards commercialization, it is simply a dispensable thing.

After a busy day, Duke returned to his home in Malibu and found that Ivanka was even busier than him. He called and said that he would be back later, without having to wait for her to have dinner.

The instant sharing company has just moved to Burbank, which is the busiest time. Ivanka has been busy recently. Although Duke can say a few words about the website and software development in his memory, he is a layman. He also has self-knowledge, even if he was basically an egg in the past, he never speaks indiscriminately.

This is the same as Ivanka getting along with him. It is impossible for couples to get along without conflicts and frictions, but conflicts and frictions should be resolved in private, not in public. Duke can see that Ivanka When accompanying him to attend events or banquets, it was entirely up to him. In front of Ivanka's employees, he would naturally show respect for her.

Although he was hesitant about changing, but since he accepted Ivanka, Duke still attaches great importance to this relationship and is also managing it with heart.

After dinner, I called Ivanka again and tried to say a few words. Duke went back to the study upstairs, turned on the computer, and prepared to process some emails.

The emails were mostly work-related, but there were exceptions, such as one from lawyers Edward Newgate and Al Ryder, who had just been sentenced the other day in the case of Christopher Rockencourt, Christopher Rockencourt Court was sentenced to ten years in prison with a hefty fine, and his girlfriend, Jessica Alba, was slightly better off, but was sentenced to eighteen months in prison.

Seeing this, Duke called Al Ryder's lawyer and communicated briefly. Christopher Rockencourt and the two have filed an appeal. The case is not over yet, but the result is unlikely to be too big. With so many celebrities staring at a losing liar, it wouldn't be an accident.

However, another piece of news brought up by lawyer Al Ryder surprised Duke a bit. This giant scammer is not at peace. It is said that he is selling his experience to Hollywood, as well as the script and project plan that can no longer be true. .

But after such a game, Duke has completely lost interest in Napoleon the Great, and has no plans to continue to take over.

After processing the email, Duke opened the script file and prepared to organize the outline of the next stage. Don't worry about the Batman trilogy, the copyright belongs to Warner Bros., and there is no need to worry about the creative issues of the story. There are quite a few trilogy in the past. The content is not original, but from Frank Miller's comics for DC.

The copyright of the comics also belongs to Warner Bros. and DC Comics. These are not problems. After the discussion that day, he called Doug Walter again, and together with the copyright of a graphic novel by Frank Miller, he got it. .

The last two parts of The Matrix have already been filmed, and Reloaded is coming out in July. Zach Snyder, unlike Anna Prinz, is an aspiring director, if he's interested, of course. It is the first choice for the director of the three hundred red pants. If you are not interested, you will have to find another director...

Nor can he guarantee that Zach Snyder, whose life trajectory has changed dramatically, will still be interested in the red pants.

Putting aside the idea of ​​rights to adapt comics and graphic novels, Duke's mind turned to a small production after the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

This is a story between a retired agent and his daughter. An angry father will stop at nothing to save his daughter. Family and affection, although very cliché, are themes that will never go out of fashion in mainstream Hollywood movies. The United States has been promoting the promoted values.

Duke plans to start filming in the second half of next year, the film is several years ahead of schedule, and some changes have to be made accordingly. The most important thing is that as the daughter of the heroine, the former child star is obviously crooked, and he will definitely replace it with a new one. .

As for Liam Neeson, he's just a second-tier actor now. Regardless of age or acting skills, he basically meets the needs of the film.

Presumably if he sent an invitation, the other party would not refuse.

Concentrating, Duke began to write the character setting and script outline. After knocking about dozens of lines, the door of the study was knocked from outside, Duke responded, and Ivanka pushed the door and walked in.

"came back?"

"Um."

Ivanka came over, leaned over and kissed Duke, looked at the notebook, and sighed, "You're working again. Honey, don't put so much pressure on yourself, okay?"

Duke saved the document and shut down directly, "Just wrote an outline of the script."

"Starting preparations for the new film now?" Ivanka simply pulled up a chair and sat next to Duke, "Isn't the later stage of "The Return of the King" not finished yet?"

"I have to write the outline and character setting," Duke said briefly, "and then hand it over to the editorial and review department of the studio for improvement. I need to review it. If there is something I am not satisfied with, I need to continue to revise it. time."

Having said that, Duke asked, "How is your company?"

"The office equipment is basically in place." Ivanka rubbed her forehead lightly, with a bit of fatigue on her face, "I am doing server data migration, and I will be on the right track soon."

Duke can't help with these jobs, "Do you still have to go to the company tomorrow weekend?"

"Is something wrong?" Ivanka asked.

"We haven't been out for a long time." Duke stood up and stretched, "It's the premiere of "Reloaded" soon, we'll go to Rodeo Drive tomorrow and make it for you dress."

Ivanka also stood up, "Okay, I have been busy recently, and I also want to relax."

"The Matrix: Reloaded" will be released the weekend before Independence Day, and now is the hottest publicity stage. Duke will not be absent from the premiere of this masterpiece jointly invested by Duke Studio and Warner Bros. . (To be continued ~^~)

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