American fame and fortune.

Chapter 886 Commissioner sent by DC

Burbank, Warner Building.

Coming out of Kevin Tsujihara's office, DC co-chairman Hamada was in high spirits, and his leather shoes fell on the marble floor, making a clear and rhythmic sound.

Producer Charles Rowan, who was following him, said: "God bless, everything goes smoothly, "Batman v Superman" will be released in the summer, and the Justice League universe will usher in a new moment."

Since planning "Green Lantern" in 2010, after experiencing failures and twists and turns, DC superheroes have finally ushered in a harvest moment. Hamada is very happy: "Zack Snyder has already started preparing for "Justice League"! Charles, we Finally catching up with Marvel.”

Although DC sent two executives to intervene, Zack Snyder insisted on his own style with the support of Charles Rowan, so Charles Rowan was full of confidence in the film: "In three years at most, we will be able to Catch up with Marvel and recreate the glory of "The Dark Knight."

"'Man of Steel' allowed us to see the dawn of the Justice League." At this moment, Hamada felt elated. He was under tremendous pressure after the failure of "Green Lantern": "'Batman v Superman' will The dawn becomes the midday sun.”

Charles Rowan nodded first, then thought of something and said, "There is one thing that may have a negative impact on DC's plan. I wonder if you have noticed it."

Hamada's thoughts these days are all on "Batman v Superman" and the "Justice League" that has already begun preparations, and asked: "What happened?"

Charles Roven reminded: "Another DC project, The Joker, which exists independently of the Justice League universe, Martin Davis was interviewed by The New Yorker and claimed that the script creation did not borrow any comic book stories or settings..."

Hamada immediately turned from sunny to gloomy: "I really shouldn't have given him and Warner Pictures the authorization in the first place."

It's too late to say all this now. Charles Rowan knew very well that Martin and Nolan joined forces to put pressure on Warner Brothers. Warner did not have enough confidence in "Man of Steel" and finally gave it the authorization.

Issues left over from history may have negative consequences. Charles Rowan said: "If it were other characters, it wouldn't matter whether the film succeeds or fails, but the Joker is directly related to Batman. During the audition process, Martin's crew also focused on promoting Bruce- Wayne's audition, it is said that the Waynes will appear in the Joker stand-alone movie."

"He is riding on DC's popularity." Hamada is not worried about the failure of "Joker", but has doubts about the success of the film: "Charles, if "Joker" is a big success, the content and setting of the film must be like "The Dark Knight" It is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that their failure to use the content and settings of the comics will cause fans to misunderstand the Justice League series, thus affecting the reputation of the film. "

Charles Rowan is also worried about this: "The success of "The Dark Knight" has made audiences around the world believe that Batman never kills people. This concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but they neither want nor want to understand that there are several versions of Justice League The Batman both uses guns and kills people.”

As the producer of the Justice League series, he reminded Hamada: "We'd better communicate with Martin and don't let him go too far. The content and setting of the "Joker" movie should not deviate too much from the main universe. After all, if everything goes well here, the Joker will soon be included in the new movie.”

Hamada knew he was talking about the planned "Suicide Squad". According to DC's plan, the Joker and Harley Quinn are the core of the film.

But thinking about "Joker" that Martin is currently filming, Hamada said: "Charles, for the "Suicide Squad" project, I think the main plot line needs to be adjusted, and it is best to reduce the clown's role."

Charles Rowan understood his concerns: "When we hold a preparatory meeting on this matter, we should discuss it carefully with Martin first."

"I will go to Warner Pictures soon to discuss the release of "Batman v Superman" with Daniel." Hamada simply said: "I will communicate well with Daniel and ask him to restrain Martin Davis."

As for him telling Martin himself, Hamada didn't think about it at all, and the relationship between the two parties was relatively bad.

Charles Rowan left quickly.

Hamada went to the office floor of Warner Pictures and met Daniel, the head of Warner Pictures, and first discussed the distribution of "Batman v Superman."

Although the relationship between the two is not very good, it will not affect normal work.

Hamada attaches great importance to the Justice League universe, otherwise he would not come to meet Daniel in person.

After talking about normal work, Hamada thought of the "Joker" that Martin was filming, and appropriately explained the possible problems and concerns. He specifically said: "Warner Pictures has always been responsible for the "Joker" project. In order to avoid affecting DC The main universe movie, please restrain Martin Davis appropriately, it is best to send a few producers directly there..."

This is the standard practice of Warner Group. In addition to the project leader, other company executives are sent to the crew and have great power.

Daniel was not impressed by Warner Bros.' approach and said, "I believe in Martin's control over the project and the chances of Joker's success are very high."

Hamada reminded: "Don't forget, Martin is directing and acting himself. He has too little experience."

"No, I think exactly the opposite of you. Martin is a film practitioner with a very clear mind and a very good vision for choosing projects." The success of "Shark Beach" gave Daniel full confidence in Martin: "The films that Martin participated in personally, Which film has failed so far? Before the filming of "Shark Beach", everyone was not optimistic about him, but the result was that the global box office of "Shark Beach" exceeded 3 million US dollars."

He specifically gave an example: "Not to mention the movies that Martin has personally participated in, even the ones he invested in are still successful! This past weekend, "Sicario" invested by Martin became a big hit, with a box office of 2000 million US dollars in its first week, North America. The box office revenue is conservatively estimated to be US$6000 million!”

Hamada didn't say anything more and decided to go back and give Martin a try.

Daniel sent Hamada away and couldn't help but shake his head. As a senior practitioner in the film industry, he could vaguely guess Hamada's thoughts.

But how could he do such a thing?

DC has already authorized the independent film rights of the Joker to Warner Pictures. "Joker" is now a project of Warner Pictures. Once the project fails, the first person to be affected will be himself.

Warner Group and DC management headed by Hamada are opposed to the "Joker" project. If "Joker" is a big success, Daniel can prove his ability and vision.

On the other side, Hamada returned to the office and immediately asked his deputy Rogers to make a call to Martin to communicate about the setting and plot of the Joker.

There was no surprise. The words were very polite, but the rejection was firm.

Rogers reported the situation to Hamada.

Hamada said: "This "Joker" is a factor beyond our control, and I have a feeling that it may harm DC's plans."

Rogers was concerned about the leader's concern, thought for a while and said: "DC is the copyright owner and has the power to supervise the film crew. Can this be done? We will send a copyright owner representative to the crew to ensure that DC's copyright will not be damaged."

Although according to the agreement, DC has no right to send producers to the crew, it is entirely feasible to send a copyright supervisor according to some unwritten practices in the industry.

Hamada thought about it for a while, but finally refused to accept that "Joker" was completely out of control, and said: "Well, Rogers, as a representative of DC, you will go to Brooklyn Studio in New York for a while."

Rogers said without any hesitation: "Okay, boss, I'll get ready."

Hamada reminded: "If possible, it is best to gain a certain say in the crew and have an impact on the filming and production of the film."

Rogers nodded frequently: "I understand."

He can understand some words and things without the instructions from the leaders above.

The boss's intention was very obvious and he had to say it directly. A project like "Joker" that is not under his control and may also affect the Justice League universe is best not to succeed.

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Brooklyn Studios, New York.

In the open-air set area, the crew of "Joker" was making final preparations before the start of filming. In the set arranged into blocks, a large number of extras came to their respective positions in accordance with the assistant director's requirements. Martin, who was wearing a cheap purple suit and holding a traditional clown mask in his hand, had just hung up the phone.

Louise was right next to her and asked, "What's going on with the call from DC?"

Martin simply said: "If they want to interfere with the content we film, DC believes that we should respect the original comics instead of creating original plots."

Louise said: "The problem is that the DC comics do not explain in detail why the Joker became the Joker. The origin of the Joker is not clearly stated in DC."

Just like when he starred in "The Dark Knight", Martin did not understand the specific situation of DC comics and said directly: "Don't worry about DC, we will follow the plan here."

Louise pushed up her black-rimmed glasses: "You should focus on film shooting and acting. If DC does all these bad things, push them all to me and let me handle them."

She paused slightly: "I heard you talk about Warner Group before. I want to see what bad things Warner Group wants to do with our project."

Martin thought this was a good idea. He had to take care of the two major responsibilities of director and leading actor, and also pay attention to the film's promotion. He didn't want to deal with the super talents of Warner's team. He immediately said: "According to Warner's past practices, they are likely to force Send additional personnel to the crew to interfere with our filming and production."

"They dare!" Louise said coldly: "If someone really messes with our crew, I will have them sent to the Brooklyn Bridge and thrown into the Atlantic Ocean to feed the fish."

There are a total of more than ten professional security personnel wearing black suits and headphones at key locations on the temporary set that do not affect the filming.

Martin ended his conversation with Louise, called a photographer over, and said, "You go take pictures of the security personnel without giving them close-ups."

The employment contracts of these people all have relevant authorizations, and the videos shot by the crew can be used for the promotion of the film.

Because of the shooting incident at the premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises," Martin asked the crew to hire a security team for daily protection.

Martin will take advantage of all promotional and marketing points.

A photographer held a handheld camera and filmed the security personnel before the crew started filming.

Martin came to the location of the director's monitor, exchanged a few words with the first assistant director Steve Downton, and then called the director of photography Jeff Cromweis and said: "For the first time, the camera is in front of me. Shoot."

Cromweis responded: "I have arranged it."

When Martin put on the clown mask, his temperament suddenly changed. Coupled with the special design of the mask, he looked a little decadent.

This is also one of the key emotions of the character in this scene.

Martin entered the set, and the recorder came to the camera to make notes.

The shooting officially started.

Martin ran at a sprint speed of 100 meters on the sidewalk with many extras as a backdrop.

He ran through telephone booths, long steps, and subway stations, running wildly and desperately through the streets.

During this run, Martin rushed into an alley, holding his hands on his waist and panting. At the same time, he took out a revolver from his pocket and pointed it at the two people following him.
From the decadence before running, to the madness while running, to the evil when he is about to kill, this scene represents the transformation of the clown.

"Stop!" Steve Downton shouted to stop filming.

Martin took a long breath, put away his revolver, and left the set to return behind the director's monitor.

Cronwes also came over.

The three of them looked at the footage they had just taken.

Martin frowned slightly: "The effect of simply shooting from the front is average."

Steve Downton suggested: "Add another camera and follow it from behind."

"Okay." Martin thought for a moment and said to Cromweis: "Add a camera behind, don't hold it handheld, use a Steadicam."

In this way, shots from both angles can be used for cross-editing during post-production.

Soon, another cameraman entered the set and shot on the same side as the main camera without affecting each other.

Martin returned to the set, adjusted his mood a little, waited until the scorer called, and started running wildly again.

This time, the filming didn't go well. An extra who played a shopper didn't hold the hot dog properly and blocked Martin's front when he turned around.

Steve Downton directly shouted stop.

"Sorry." The man said quickly.

Martin passed by the extra, tapped him on the shoulder, and returned to the starting point.

The rest of the crew resettled.

This time, the shooting went smoothly, but after Martin saw it, he asked for more shots.

Similar scenes, according to Hollywood's usual style, will inevitably be completed using multi-shot cross-editing.

Martin wanted to ensure that the crew had enough material for post-production.

It took eight shots back and forth before Martin declared it approved.

The filming of the film has just started, and the entire crew is adjusting. The filming is not going very fast.

At the end of the morning, the crew shot a total of seven shots.

However, after two or three days of running in, the speed was much faster. After all, many people had collaborated on "Shark Beach".

The copyright specialist sent by DC landed in New York.

(End of this chapter)