hollywood melon man

Chapter 614 Cyber ​​Protagonists

"It is reported that Andrew Garfield, who became famous for his role in Transformers, has joined Gilbert's drama project."

"Scarlett Johansson was the first actor to be confirmed to join the project. After returning from the promotion in Europe, Scarlett Johansson couldn't wait to join the project."

"Dwayne Johnson, a famous WWE player who has starred in the "Mystery of the Spell" series, recently said that he really likes to work with Gilbert Jr. and is expected to star in this unnamed drama project..."

"British action actor Jason Statham said he received a call from Gilbert Jr. personally, hoping that he could play a role."

Although summer movies are still popular, Warner and Disney also need to hype up Gilbert Jr.'s series project.

It’s no wonder that the topic of a famous film director making a TV series has become quite popular.

Gilbert Jr. also cooperated and released several concept pictures on his social account, including one of a man carrying a gun next to a classic motorcycle, with a city full of lights and nightlife in front.

There is also a picture of the Mantis Blade prosthetic and a picture of a hovercraft flying.

These concept design pictures instantly attracted a lot of discussion among movie fans, and the strong sense of cyberpunk technology can be seen from the artistic style.

At the same time, Gilbert also announced the title of the film on his social account, which is "Cyberpunk: Edgewalker".

"This is the first story about the cyberpunk world. Starting with the protagonist David, we will go deep into a city full of high technology, crime and poverty.

Walkers, do you want to be famous or be a nobody? "

Combined with the promotional image and this very pretentious sentence, many fans instantly became overwhelmed with second-year highs, and all the comments below were famous all over the world.

Of course, there are also rational fans who think this is not a good choice. It is not impossible for a movie director to make a TV series, but fans are worried that this subject matter will not be popular.

Ridley Scott had previously made a similar film, Blade Runner, which was a typical example of a film that was well received but not popular. There have been rumors of a sequel for many years, but it never came out.

This problem is not only a concern for movie fans, The Hollywood Reporter clearly pointed out this point: "We believe in Gilbert's ability to tell stories, but the facts prove that cyberpunk is a niche subject.

This is another limited series project with a huge investment. As a film director, it remains to be seen whether Gilbert can handle it well. "

In response to this question, Gilbert Jr. said at an internal meeting on the project launch: “I think that previous cyberpunk stories seem too profound, even deliberately mysterious.

The 1982 "Blade Runner" was limited by the technology and expressiveness of the time, as well as the difficulty in understanding the plot, which affected the film itself to a certain extent.

Today, the film has gradually become a recognized science fiction classic, and the unfair criticisms of the time have been vindicated.

To some extent, our script has been adapted to be more suitable for commercial elements. We no longer explore those high-tech elements. The core theme of the film is only one: survive and become a legend. "

That being said, becoming a legend in Night City is probably going to take a lot of effort. The only way to become a legend is to die in a spectacular way.

After Gilbert Jr. set the basic tone, the selection of actors slowly began.

First of all, the actors mentioned in the above media reports are basically confirmed to be involved in the film. Dwayne Johnson plays an unexpected role, the villain Adam Sledgehammer.

Jason Statham plays the role of Mann, the captain of a mercenary team. Anyway, the direction of the series adaptation will definitely be very different from the anime, so Gilbert Jr. can choose the actors as he pleases.

Rebecca's brother Pyrrha was played by Paul Bettany, who was recommended by Jon Favreau. He voiced the artificial intelligence Jarvis in Iron Man. The actor who played the role of Dolio is quite special. She is a professional boxer, a real female boxer, Ann Wolfe. She retired from boxing this year and is currently working as a trainer, training Hollywood actors and so on.

After knowing that Gilbert Jr. needed a tough female role, Nicolas Cage recommended Ann Wolfe, as he was a fan of Ann Wolfe's boxing.

For the role of Falco, an Japanese actor, Tomokazu Miura, was chosen, considering that Japanese dramas require an Japanese market and the film also has many Japanese elements.

This candidate was recommended by Noriko Sakai. When she recommended the actor, she told Gilbert Jr. that she really liked "The Dancing Girl of Izu" starring Tomokazu Miura, an old movie from 1975.

Gilbert's several Japanese lovers were all inserted in various ways by Gilbert. The ones with more roles are Satomi Ishihara and Kyoko Fukada, while the other three just played supporting roles.

For the role of Rebecca, which has a lot of screen time, Gilbert's requirements for the role are that the actress must be cute enough, pretty enough, and petite.

So many tall and long-legged actresses were eliminated, and Gilbert Jr. didn't want to use unknown actresses.

He hopes that the actress who plays Rebecca has a certain degree of fame, or at least a familiar face to the audience.

Originally, this role was to be given to Emma Watson, but Emma Watson disliked playing a supporting role in a TV series, especially a supporting role to Scarlett Johansson, and she also had to film "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", so she declined.

There was no other choice, so Gilbert Jr. finally held a small audition.

"Hey, Director Gilbert Jr." A petite, unfamiliar woman stopped in front of Gilbert Jr.

Little Gilbert wondered: "Who are you?"

At this time, Ivanka next to him was surprised and asked: "Kim? Why are you here at the audition?"

"What? Can't I?"

Little Gilbert asked doubtfully, "Do you know each other?"

"Not really. I've met her at a few cocktail parties in New York." Ivanka explained, "This is Kim Kardashian, the daughter of Robert Kardashian."

Little Gilbert suddenly realized something. He remembered the name when he heard it, not because Robert Kardashian was the lawyer in the Simpson murder case, but because of a videotape by Kim Kardashian last year.

Next year, it was not just Teacher Chen’s photo, Teacher Chen retired from the entertainment industry because of this photo. Kim Kardashian entered the entertainment industry because of the video tape, which is really magical.

Little Gilbert also watched and appreciated it. To be honest, the pictures were not very clear and were not as good as the later European and American fine products.

"What's this, Miss Kardashian?" asked little Gilbert.

Kim Kardashian replied as a matter of course: "I think I am suitable to be an actor, so I will give it a try."

"Really? Then do your best!"

Little Gilbert raised his eyebrows but didn't take it seriously. Kim Kardashian was not suitable for this role, even though she was less than 1.6 meters tall.

(End of this chapter)