American fame and fortune.

Chapter 885: Walking in the Fire is Full of Evil

Brooklyn Studios, New York.

The largest studio No. 1 was arranged into three main shooting locations, namely a bar, a theater and an old-fashioned apartment.

First Assistant Director Steve Downton, as requested by Martin, is directing the set and props teams to correct several unsatisfactory areas.

Editor Joel Negron came into the team in advance and sat in a quiet place to look through Martin's cutout drawings. He would observe the shooting from beginning to end to facilitate later editing.

The lighting team is adjusting the lighting.

Director of photography Jeff Cromwes stood in front of the paved camera track, discussing the shooting of the first scene with Martin.

Martin not only prepared storyboard drawings, but also clearly communicated the desired shot effects.

After a while, Steve Downton also came over, and the three of them got together and communicated for a long time.

In the afternoon, Martin put on makeup and went to the blue screen of the studio to pose in various pre-designed poses and shoot promotional posters.

The crew will officially start filming soon. On the day of filming, a round of publicity will be launched and several concept posters will be released.

This attracted widespread attention.

The Joker is, of course, top priority.

After the promotional photos were taken, they were immediately processed and will be released across the United States soon.

He emphasized: "Everyone put aside your memory of the clown in the comics and the memory of the clown in "The Dark Knight". This is a brand new character."

Perhaps for personal reasons, he prefers characters with evil characters in the midst of madness.

So, the Joker is chaotic and evil, but he's also free.

"From the initial establishment of the project, to the script creation stage, and now the preparation is coming to an end, many people have asked me this question." Martin said nonsense seriously: "What kind of character is the clown? Why does he have such charm? Because He represents a kind of freedom!"

It seems that wherever the clown walks there is bound to be chaos.

The crew took the opportunity to launch a wave of publicity, and the film's official website and official social media were set up one after another, with the cover featuring Martin as the leading actor.

Martin said: "In short, a cruel society creates clowns."

Martin thought for a while and said: "When writing the script, I, Daniel from Warner Pictures, Louise from Pacific Pictures, plus screenwriter Bradt, as well as Nolan and Emma who participated in the preliminary work -Thomas, after several discussions, we finally decided not to follow anything from the comics, and we ended up writing a completely new version of how the Joker became an agent of chaos.”

This "Joker" is promoted as a prequel to "The Dark Knight", and the Joker's design will be somewhat different.

Faced with such correct words, Grant was slightly stunned before asking: "But the freedom of the clown may bring destruction."

Being able to set fires, explode and kill freely is so consistent with the free America.

In recent years, he has been more influenced by David Fincher and Christopher Nolan.

Even in the United States today, where demons and monsters are rampant, the madness of LGBTQ and other organizations must still be under the banner of freedom.

Martin turned to actors such as Robert De Niro and Saoirse Ronan: "All the characters and backgrounds are all black, dark and depressing, with no light in sight."

A few days later, when Martin was interviewed by The New Yorker, he had a serious look on his face and what he said was very thoughtful.

After the interview was completed, the interview successfully appeared in The New Yorker, and the film's poster became an aspect of the new issue of The New Yorker.

"That's right." Martin snapped his fingers and glanced at Bradt.

Grant added: "Can you talk about what kind of character this clown is? In addition to chaos, madness and evil."

But in terms of movie style, Martin prefers David Fincher's dark style.

This kind of question does not trouble Martin. He said: "I think the clown's goal is not to see the world destroyed, but to see the world reborn."

This is neither a comic-book superhero movie nor a commercial movie following the conventional Hollywood formula.

Martin is also opportunistic, taking advantage of current social conditions.

As for whether the film should be used to explore any themes or ideas, Martin would say yes when promoting it. In fact, people in the industry understand what is going on.

Grant said to himself, since you are the director of the film, whatever you say makes sense.

Martin has benefited a lot from Nolan's various tricks in publicity and marketing. In this regard, the two can be said to have influenced and improved each other.

As a screenwriter, Bradt further interprets the clown and the script for everyone, so that the actors can more quickly integrate into the role: "The clown before blackening lived a desolate life and was a little neurotic, but not to the point of being crazy. It is social. The dark side continues to penetrate into the clown's heart. After suffering all kinds of discrimination, teasing, and abuse, the most terrifying criminal clown was born. "

Grant was slightly surprised.

Screenwriter Bradt continued: "When I wrote the script, I did not refer to any previous clowns."

Martin, a bastard, has always known how to play with public opinion and the mainstream value orientation of society.

"We are not filming DC's Joker!" Martin told the heads of various departments at the filming coordination meeting: "We are filming the process of how a person becomes a clown. The focus is on this person!"

After all, the United States uses these methods to promote their democracy and freedom around the world.

On the poster, with the burning city as the background, Martin, wearing a purple suit, walks proudly in the fire, interpreting the clown's madness and evil.

The others were basically just listening.

Robert De Niro had communicated with Martin before and said at this time: "Bad people are never born, they are cultivated or created. Something happened in their lives that made them give up their understanding of human nature. Belief."

Sitting in front of the first "Joker" poster that had just been produced, Grant, the ace reporter of "The New Yorker" asked Martin: "The last clown role you played was hailed as the most classic villain in film and television. This time is different from the last time." What’s the difference? There are multiple versions of the Joker in DC comics. Which version did you mainly use in this movie?

The first promotional poster has been finalized and will use city flames as the background of the clown while blurring the clown's face.

The crew's preparations are progressing in an orderly manner. Martin has borrowed many of David Fincher's ideas and methods for filming "Split". The focus of the plot of "Joker" will be on the experience of the character itself.

Many film newspapers and websites have joined the report.

"The first poster of "Joker" has been revealed, and Martin is full of evil when he walks on fire!"

Also announced simultaneously is the upcoming filming of "Joker" at Brooklyn Studios in New York, as well as the exact date of its release in North America next year.

The character of the Joker has long been enshrined among movie fans and the Internet.

Martin's version is known as the first villain in film history.

As soon as the Joker independent movie was announced, it immediately aroused a strong response from fans. "Martin's Joker is so charming, and Batman looks like scum in front of him."

"The poster is super explosive, I'm super looking forward to it!"

"The previous clown created by Martin was enough to become a god. Now he wants to challenge himself. I hope he can complete self-transcendence."

"Looking forward to Martin bringing a masterpiece!"

"No comic style, no fake comic background, it must be made into a realistic film!"

"It would be wonderful if Martin, after winning the Best Supporting Actor for his role as the Joker, then wins the Best Actor!"

Although it is good to read the comments on the Internet, some of them are not unreasonable.

In the hotel room, Saoirse Ronan had just given a dance report performance to Martin, showing off her body's flexibility without reservation. At this time, she was scrolling through social media on her mobile phone and said: "This character can really be played again. Get an acting Oscar?"

Martin poured two glasses of wine refreshed and handed one to Saoirse: "It's hard to say about other aspects, but there is no problem with the nature of the role."

"What is the nature of the role?" Saoirse asked the teacher sincerely: "What specific aspects do you mean?"

Martin said directly: "Of course it's a misfortune. When I was chatting with Nicholson and Leonardo, they once told me that the Oscar for acting should be renamed the misfortune award."

Saoirse thought about it for a while and said, "It seems to make sense."

She recalled it carefully: "I don't know because it's too far away. In the past 20 years or so, most of the actors who won the Best Actor and Actor had relatively miserable roles when they won the award."

Martin nodded slightly.

Saoirse also mentioned several examples: "Jodie Foster's character was criticized, Tom Hanks was first gay with HIV and then mentally retarded, Daniel Day-Lewis was crippled, Charlize Theron Almost ruining his own image, Russell Crowe’s entire family died..."

There were so many examples of misfortunes that she couldn't count them all at once.

Saoirse discovered that if this theory were to be followed, there was indeed nothing wrong with the character.

The Joker definitely meets the requirements of the Oscar Tragedy Society.

Martin picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said, "Don't worry about whether the film can be shot smoothly. The filming difficulty of this film is much higher than that of "Shark Beach"."

Saoirse encouraged Martin: "Teacher, you can definitely do it."

Martin was still a little stressed and took a slow sip of wine.

Saoirse knew the teacher very well and immediately saw that Martin was under pressure. As a good student, of course he had to find ways to help the teacher relieve the pressure. She said: "After some time, I will find some friends to come to New York for a party. Teacher, you Do you have time?"

Martin certainly has time: "I should be available."

Saoirse said: "The people here are all people we are familiar with, including Sophia Stallone, Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning sisters. After filming starts, they will come to visit my class."

Martin remembers that they had known Saoirse for a long time.

After the start of a new week, preparations for the production are still continuing. In addition to directing work, Martin also took time to rehearse with actors such as Saoirse Ronan and Robert De Niro.

The various preparations he made for "Split" can also be used in the performance of the role of the Joker.

The various qualities of split personality will certainly not appear in the Joker. The character created by Martin will only develop towards madness and chaos.

At the same time, Louise negotiated with New York City Hall for location filming.

Since the crew will not shoot location scenes in Manhattan except New York City Hall, the location scenes are mainly shot in Queens, so the shooting time is relatively easy to adjust.

Then there is the New York subway. After an inspection, the location team said that the old subway does not need to be specially arranged at all, and direct shooting can achieve the desired effect. After all, the earliest line began operation in the early 19th century.

In addition, Wayne Manor also found a suitable filming location.

The wealth does not go to outsiders. In addition to an apartment on the Upper East Side, Martin's house in New York also has a villa on Long Island.

The villa can then be rented to the crew for filming.

While preparations were underway, Martin left New York in late April and came to Houston, the largest city in Texas, to attend the premiere of "Sicario" invested and filmed by Davis Studio.

Because the film involves issues on the Texas-Mexico border, the premiere was specifically held in Houston.

Martin walked the red carpet and took photos with the cast and creators.

Director Denis Villeneuve is in high spirits. Due to the huge success of "The City" and the popularity of "Sicario" after several test screenings, he has received an invitation from 20th Century Fox to direct the classic science fiction film "Silver". The sequel to "Wing Killer".

This film suffered a huge loss at the time. After many years, finally relying on the reputation accumulated offline and the profit figures generated, 20th Century Fox finally made up its mind to put a sequel to the film on the agenda.

Martin didn't say much and sent congratulations to Daniel Villeneuve, while rejecting Villeneuve's invitation to be the leading actor.

A high-concept science fiction film has a high chance of hitting the streets.

Later, Josh Brolin, who was confirmed to play Thanos, also came over to say hello to Martin.

The crew and creative team entered the theater together, and finally there was no one else around Martin.

Alexandra Daddario came over, took his arm, and said, "This heroine is so weird."

Martin asked: "Why is it strange?"

"When filming, I thought she was the absolute protagonist." Alexandra had already seen the test screening and shrugged, "I didn't find out until the film was completed that the protagonist was replaced halfway through the film. I played Kate. , became a dispensable role, a pure tool and bystander.”

Martin smiled: "So, director Denis Villeneuve is a genius."

He thought for a while and then said: "I will give you a disaster movie script later, so you can get familiar with the heroine."

Alexandra asked directly: "Is it the project you talked about last time? The male protagonist is a member of the fire rescue team, and you are going to star in it."

"That's right." Martin simply said: "I'm not very satisfied with the script, and I'm asking the screenwriter to make revisions. I think it will be about the same next month."

The crew and creative staff entered the theater, Martin went to sit in the second row, and the film began to show soon.

This is not a purely commercial film, with director Denis Villeneuve's strong personal style. He seems to want to find an artistic balance in business and explore the issue of "boundaries."

Although the changes between the protagonists of the film are surprising, overall it is still very exciting.

(End of this chapter)