Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 505 Will Warner agree?

May.

nice weather.

Today is the last scene of the first half of Arkham.

"Very good, Leto, this is the expression that is scary and weird enough."

Zhou Mo directed Leto to finish shooting the last shot.

When Batman turned around, the Joker raised his gun and showed his little face to him.

"Did you miss me?"

boom!
Zhou Mo immediately hammered his palm.

After two months of filming, it has finally come to an end.

Next, we'll give everyone a holiday.

Zhou Mo also took a good rest for two days, because this year's Cannes Film Festival will start next week.

He doesn't have much free time, so after finishing things here, he has to hurry and catch a plane to Cannes.

night.

Another banquet.

The specifications are larger and the price is higher.

Since all the expenses were reimbursed by Warner, Zhou Mo just ate to his heart's content.

Halfway through the meal, Robbie came over.

"Zhou, why are you here alone?"

"What's so strange about this? I've been busy all day and I'm starving. How can I not eat more?" Zhou Mo casually threw a large piece of shrimp into his mouth.

"Why, is there something wrong?"

"Isn't this to ask about your subsequent plans?"

Zhou Mo asked back: "Do you want to ask about the follow-up plan for "JERK", or the follow-up movie plans for you as Harley Quinn and Leto as the Joker?"

Robbie paused and smiled.

"Actually, I want to ask."

Zhou Mo smacked his lips.

have to.

He knew that since he asked, he must want to know everything.

“Okay, let’s talk about “JERK” first. You must have heard about the news that our film was selected some time ago. I have also discussed the subsequent money and funding, and have met with the judges.

We will follow the normal process and keep a normal mind. It would be best if we can get it, but if we can’t, we won’t return empty-handed. "

Robbie breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhou Mo with shining eyes.

"As expected of you, Zhou. You arranged everything so quietly."

Zhou Mo waved his hand: "Of course, you guys have contributed to this. I can't do this on my own."

Robbie was extremely excited about Zhou Mo's method of dividing the work.

There are not many bosses who really think highly of themselves and can see the contributions of their employees.

He continued, "What about the subsequent plans for the Joker and Harley Quinn? I heard you talk about this last time, but time was tight and you didn't say much."

At this moment, Laito also rushed over.

"What are you two talking about? You look so happy? Do you mind if I join you?"

Zhou Mo smiled: "You came at the right time. Robbie and I were just about to talk about the subsequent plans of the Joker and Harley Quinn. Come and listen."

Laito raised his eyebrows and his attitude quickly became serious.

When he took on the role of the Joker, it had a lot to do with the subsequent plans for the film.

Later in "Arkham", his role was also very important.

But the absolute protagonist of the movie is still Batman after all.

"Well, I've been waiting for this news for a long time. It seems I'm lucky tonight."

Zhou Mo nodded: “Well, what I told you is that the Joker’s follow-up plan is called “Assault on Arkham”, which belongs to the same world view as the “Arkham” series.

Therefore, there will be no obstacles in the setting. Not only that, the protagonists of this play will become the villains of Gotham City. Although Batman will appear, he will only be a supporting role at most and will not occupy the plot of the protagonists. "

At the beginning, Zhou Mo's plan for Robbie was to play Harley Quinn in "Suicide Squad".

However, during this period of filming, he recalled the plot of "Suicide Squad" and the performance of "Suicide Squad" in the previous life.

As for the content, it’s not very attractive, but after all, it was a script that was rushed out in six weeks.

The box office performance was not very satisfactory.

It brings together DC's most famous villain: the Joker, as well as many other popular characters, such as Harley Quinn.

The final box office did not reach 800 million US dollars.

Another work that fell short of expectations.

In fact, at this time in the previous life, Cannes was saved by "Suicide Squad" and "Wonder Woman" released at the same time due to the poor performance of "BVS".

Then again, Suicide Squad didn't do well.

It can only be said that if it weren't for the low cost and huge box office response of "Wonder Woman", Warner might not have survived the flop of "Justice League" and would have started its reboot journey 20 years ago.

Therefore, the plan of "Suicide Squad" was directly abandoned by Zhou Mo.

Fortunately, he had a backup plan.

"Arkham Assault".

A very similar lineup to Suicide Squad, but with a lot of different content.

There are basically no flaws in the plot, the characters are well portrayed, and the action, storyboards, etc. are all top-notch.

In its previous life, "Arkham Assault" was an anime.

As we all know, although Warner's movies did not perform well, its animations and series have actually always performed well.

That's what Assault on Arkham is all about.

So, just put "Assault on Arkham" on the schedule and be done with it.

After listening to Zhou Mo's introduction, the two became much more excited.

The two looked at each other and saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

This is a movie exclusively for the Joker and Harley Quinn, and the plot and setting are in line with the worldview of "Arkham".

In other words, as long as "Arkham Knight" doesn't fail, or even as long as the first half doesn't fail, they basically don't have to worry about the performance of the movie.

As for the performance of Arkham Knight, there is even less to worry about.

Anyway, in the more than two months of filming, they didn't see any sign that the show would flop.

In fact, the creators all have a feeling about what the movie will show.

Maybe a dark horse will emerge and become unexpectedly popular.

But how a movie will perform, whether it is good or bad, whether it makes a profit or a loss, in fact, everyone basically knows it the moment the movie is finished.

In the subsequent evaluation of the film during the promotion, the focus is actually on conscience.

After Zhou Mo introduced his ideas, he asked, "How do you think of my plan? Is mine better, or is Warner's original plan better?"

Hearing this, Robbie said immediately.

"Of course you have to do better, Zhou. The plan for Suicide Squad given by Warner is simply mediocre and not attractive at all."

In fact, Warner began planning for "Suicide Squad" a few years ago.

Then it was brewing until the end of last year, and the decision was just made.

That's why we only started working on the script this year.

It took more than a month to finish it.

On the other side, Laito nodded in approval.

But he still had a problem.

"I also think Zhou's script is better, but will Warner agree to let us change the script?"

Zhou Mo's lips curled up.