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Chapter 299 The drama version "Joker" released

It takes about 7 months for Hollywood to prepare and shoot an American TV series, and the winter break will take another month. Therefore, it is a normal process to start filming in November this year and release it in June next year.

However, when the actors join the group, they have already entered the second half of the cycle. The first half of the cycle belongs to the script, review, commercial and other processes. "That's the speed.

The publicity work will also be carried out at the same time. The drama version of "Joker" is an annual blockbuster drama series launched by Time Warner and FOX, and the publicity is not weak. The fourth season airs in prime time.

The drama version of "Joker" is expected to be launched in December, on Christmas Day.

The first filming period of the drama version of "Joker" is only 2 months, of course, not all episodes, only the first 3 episodes, the time is just right, and it is a little rich.

The release at this time is also to pave the way for the "Joker 2" movie to promote.

Time Warner's calculation is that the first part of the drama version of "Joker" will be released in March, just as the announcement of the movie version of "Joker 3" will start, and it will be perfect to do two things for one price.

But the premise is that the quality of the drama version of "Joker" passes the test.

Does the drama version of "Joker" really pass the quality test?

Since November, there has been news that Time Warner executives are extremely satisfied with the filming progress and quality of this series.

Although this may be a communication strategy to build momentum for the drama version of "Joker", Time Warner executives are also notoriously difficult to serve. "The director of the editing rights knows it.

Therefore, satisfying Time Warner is undoubtedly a compliment and praise, and it also made Hollywood reporters particularly interested in the internal situation of the crew. Can the combination of "green tea princess, psychopath and lunatic" really produce a masterpiece?

There is no impenetrable wall in Hollywood, how dedicated are the paparazzi in Hollywood?Just at the beginning of 2023, they went deep into the residence of a director and took pictures of the famous director and the actors of "Thor" and "Valkyrie" having a threesome.

To these reporters, the restrictions of Time Warner's filming locations seemed undefended, and they could pay cleaners to put cameras in the studio.

Not long ago, a reporter was sued by Disney for this kind of behavior. After asking the reporter's behind-the-scenes Hollywood Foreign Press Association to pay sky-high compensation, they restrained a lot.

But the reporters still received a lot of news from the set, such as "Shea and C fought on set!" "Annie and C had a spark!" "Todd and Danny fought against each other on set!" Such seemingly true and false news .

Did Shia LaBeouf fight Truman on set?It was just being beaten.

How could Anne Hathaway have a spark with Truman, the two are separated by generations.

It is also impossible for Todd to fight Danny. Todd only filmed the first three episodes of the drama version of "Joker" before leaving the group to prepare for the film version of "Joker 2". The next 9 episodes of the drama version of "Joker" are Dan Neil directed.

Amid all the disturbing news, the drama version of "Joker" ushered in its first episode, which happened to be Christmas.

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Christmas period.

From the 22nd, CBS, ABC, NBC, CW and other TV stations have been filled with Christmas special programs and reruns.

By the evening of the 24th, FOX uniquely broadcast the last episode of the fourth season of "The Manlodar", and then followed up with the first episode of the drama version of "Joker".

"The Manlodar" is a recent FOX drama series. In the fourth season, the average combined ratings of each episode exceeded 0.6. The FOX ratings exceeded 40%, and the global ratings were not bad, with 2%.

The popularity of "Manlodar" has a lot to do with his "origin". The "Star Wars" series can be said to be the largest IP in global film history. "Manlodar" is a very successful IP drama change.

At present, IMDB (Amazon's movie database, the American version of Douban, the higher the score, the better) has a score of 8.5 for the fourth season, and Rotten Tomatoes (using freshness to compare the popularity of TV series, 100% is the highest) has a score of 88%.

For an American drama that can still get this score in the fourth season, it has basically got rid of the possibility of unfinished.

Can the drama version of "Joker" handle this hot IP?
At 24:20 on the evening of the 45th, after the final episode of the fourth season of "The Manor Darren", after a 4-minute advertisement, the DC logo appeared on the TV screens of more than 300 million households.

"Crack...crack..."

First is the music.

A man in a clown mask sits against a solid black screen background.

This is of course the lead actor.

With 300 million families and more than 1000 million viewers, the image of the clown is already well known. After all, the 2019 "Joker" movie set off a wave in the United States. blockbuster.

"I heard that the protagonist is Chinese?" an audience member said in front of the screen.

"Yes, it's a Chinese named CH."

"It's a weird name. It's the first time I've watched a Chinese TV series. In which direction is China?"

"Probably next to Mexico."

"Do all Chinese people wear braids?"

"That's really funny~"

Following these discussions, the music on the TV suddenly became louder, a clown was singing and dancing there, and there were a bunch of clowns on the stage behind him, each clown looked the same, they danced in unison, and the clown sang The singing voice is also full of unique and sad tone, which seems to be blues and rock.

This is very attractive. The short opening title of less than 1 minute left a deep impression on the audience. The theme song is very good, and it quickly immerses the audience in it, going to the Gotham City full of black sky and weird customs. .

The drama version of "Joker" can be regarded as a sister chapter of "Gotham", using the same social background, which is the so-called virtual city Gotham.

The film advances rapidly. First, it circles around Gotham City. Through the changes of time and scenes, it only takes a few tens of seconds to explain the first half of the life of the protagonist Jack. salary increase, and a girlfriend who is about to enter the marriage hall.

Like a cartoon, these few pages were flipped through, and then these pages were immersed in a notepad that was turned over with one hand, and the next few pages where Jack was suspected of being a robber were turned out.

This kind of cinematography combined with comics is not uncommon in superhero movies, such as Watchmen, which requires a strong sense of beauty and mastery, and director Todd is very good at it.

The camera gradually moved up from the hand that flipped the notepad to the face of Harley Quinn played by Anne Hathaway. The movement of the camera firmly attracted the audience's attention.

Anne Hathaway's face, known to people all over the country, seemed to be a fixed star, instantly making the audience sit firmly on the sofa.

(End of this chapter)