my movie years

Chapter 331 "The Dark Knight Rises" Project Approval

It is a customary practice for Hollywood sequel movies to call for high salaries.

Why Iron Man, the cash cow, died heroically in "Avengers [-]", and why the US team retired, is not only related to the actor's own wishes, but also related to the rising salary.

Robert Downey Jr., who played Iron Man, played Iron Man for the first time in 2008, with a salary of only 50 US dollars.

By the time of "Avengers 2012" in 1, the film salary had risen to 1000 million US dollars, and there was also a box office sharing agreement, with a total of 5000 million US dollars.

Marvel's "Avengers 3" to be released next year, both Iron Man and Captain America's remuneration exceeded 2000 million US dollars, as well as a box office share.

Other participating stars, Thor 1500 million US dollars, Black Widow 1000 million US dollars, Star Lord 1000 million US dollars, and various superheroes range from a few million to 1000 million.

This makes the production cost of "Avengers 3" the highest in film history at 3.2 million US dollars, and the rising salary of actors is a big factor.

"Avengers 3" has been completed in Atlanta, and "Avengers 4" is also in production.

The two-part continuous shooting method adopted by Marvel does not seem to worry that "Avengers 3" will hit the street at all.

They really don't have to worry, Marvel's ten-year layout, even the highly popular "Dark Knight" series can't keep up.

Use Marvel as a reference, and you can send a letter. The increase in the salary of "The Dark Knight" is considered a reasonable level.

When Christian Bale first took over the filming of Batman, his salary was only a few million. For the second "Dark Knight", his salary came to 500 million.

The pay for the third film has risen to 2000 million, plus the box office share.

The same is true for Zhang Hao. In the first film, his film salary was only a pitiful few hundred thousand dollars. Now, his film salary is 1500 million dollars plus a step-by-step share, with a maximum of 15.00% of the box office share.

The two are the best-paid actors and staff of "The Dark Knight Rises". Others, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman all have different degrees of increase.

In addition, the film also added new characters. At the end of August, "The Dark Knight Rises" held a press conference to officially announce the approval of the film project.

Batman fans can feel at ease with Zhang Hao continuing as series director, and Christian Bale reprising his role as Bruce Wayne.

The rest of the series characters who didn't sacrifice all returned, and new characters were added, such as the appearance of Dwayne Johnson, who played the villain Bane.

In fact, regarding the role of Bain, Zhang Hao and the producer Charles Rowan had some differences.

Under the excellent performance of the previous clown, Charles Rowan thought that Bane needed to find an actor with good enough acting skills to play the role.

Zhang Hao believes that the strength of Bain's character does not lie in his playing tricks on people.

Bane is a terrorist with super high force value, who can beat the existence of Batman, so it is perfect to find Dwayne Johnson.

As for acting skills, even if you wear a mask, you can't tell if you have acting skills, but you can see the pressure of your body shape.

Zhang Hao also asked Dwayne Johnson to increase his muscles. His body size was not shocking enough. What he wanted was a terrifying, monster-like feeling.

So Dwayne Johnson found a nutritionist, ate food for 12 people a day, and took in a lot of protein.

Then train in the gym to squeeze out excess fat and put on more muscle.

In addition, Dwayne Johnson has to follow Qian Jiale's action guidance team to practice his movements. His straight-forward macho punches in the past movies are very suitable for his image.

But Zhang Hao requested that Dwayne Johnson is a master of fighting, and should not be a big guy who crushes opponents only by strength.

This means that Dwayne Johnson has to devote more energy to practicing fighting and Sanda, and even practicing traditional Chinese martial arts.

If Dwayne Johnson followed the tough macho action routine, the smaller Christian Bale relied on dexterity and moves to win.

In the film, the two have a direct confrontation.

But the most attractive thing is actually Batman's equipment. After two years and eight years have passed in the movie, Batman's equipment should also be updated.

This time Batman not only has chariots and motorcycles, but also a bat fighter that can fly into the sky.

This big guy who can run at high speed and soar in the sky looks like a combination of Autobots and Decepticons. Following Zhang Hao's concept of model special effects, the crew built a model of this high-tech vehicle in a 1:1 ratio.

Real shooting through the street, plus necessary computer modification.To present the thrilling chase in the film.

Of course, compared to "Transformers", the film's close-to-realistic style does not allow Zhang Hao to play with the vehicles so exaggeratedly, but the performance of the Bat fighter in the setting still cannot be underestimated.

Like the Harrier fighter, it has superb low-altitude flight capabilities, whether it is a car chase close to the ground or a fast-climbing aerial combat, it can easily be competent.

In addition, the Batman suit has also been improved, such as the change of the helmet, which makes the mind more flexible and comfortable.

A new composite bulletproof breastplate has been added, which can greatly improve Batman's defense.

Another announced role is Catwoman, played by Anne Hathaway.In fact, at the beginning, Zhang Hao favored Gal Gadot and Margot Robbie as Catwoman.

European and American actresses, after the age of 30, the speed of decline in appearance is terrifying, and Anne Hathaway seems to be the same.

But during the audition process, Zhang Hao found that Anne Hathaway showed signs of regaining her peak appearance, and her figure was also maintained well.

After putting on the costume of Catwoman, a pair of slender thighs almost blinded everyone's eyes, which can be called leg fine.

Since the appearance is fine, Anne Hathaway also played the role of Catwoman, which can be regarded as fulfilling her wish to cooperate with Zhang Hao.

Another character Miranda, Zhang Hao has no preference for the French actress Maria Goondi, and did not consider her.

Eventually, Charlize Theron took over the role as Miranda.

It's just a supporting role. The former Charlize Theron will definitely not take it, but she has played the villain in "Fast and Furious 8", and it's okay to do it again.

Not to mention, it's a Batman movie.

The roles have been decided, and the costumes of Bane and Catwoman that were tried out before have to be overthrown and remade, and the costumes must be made according to the actor's body shape.

When designing Bane's costume, Zhang Hao wanted to create an effect that looked like an amalgam of bits and pieces.

Because Bane came from far away, part of his vest was a fragment cut from an old military tent. His clothes were very militaristic, but they were definitely not uniforms.

Of course, Bane's most prominent decoration is the menacing mask on his face, which needs to be tightly strung on his face.

It's a device that constantly injects painkillers into his face, the torment stemming from injuries he's suffered in the past when he was in a desperate situation.

"He lives normally with this mask. You said that he is carrying his past full of shame and hatred. His face is always reminding himself of these, and it also makes him a real monster."

Standing in front of one of Bain's masks, Serena, the art director in charge here, said to Zhang Hao: "So, we designed the mask to look like a beast.

It looks like a strong contrast to Batman's mask, and it can't be black. "

The mask was created by the costume effects team, which also scanned a data model of Dwayne Johnson's face.

When he tried this mask for the first time, Dwayne Johnson seemed very uncomfortable. He and Zhang Hao complained: "It looks like a vicious criminal is being imprisoned."

In fact, Bane is indeed a vicious criminal. Now that Dwayne Johnson has taken over this role, all he can do is cooperate.

Bain's costume design has been finalized, but Catwoman's costume design is still on the PPT. Zhang Hao is not very satisfied with the design drafts of several versions.

In order to cooperate with the costume production, Anne Hathaway wore several versions of tights, and her beautiful figure looked like she wanted to be ravaged.

It can't be seen that Anne Hathaway is 35 years old. Unlike other European and American actresses, she still maintains her appearance and figure, which is quite rare.

One of Zhang Hao's favorite singers, Beyoncé, was a hot beauty when she was young, and now she is almost becoming Aunt Bi.

Even Scarlett Johansson, the goddess of a generation, has suffered a serious decline in appearance, which has to be said to be a pity.

The former black widow, that tight-fitting style, may never be seen again.

(End of this chapter)