Made in Hollywood

How hard is it for women to take away the Oscar for Best Director, Golden Man? In fact, everyone who knows about Oscars knows that it is basically impossible in this era. Oscars are not good enough for their works. Even if the feminist movement is gradually emerging, it is far from the later stage, if there is no corresponding social factor. With the cooperation, Sophia Coppola is nominated at best.

Even if she is standing behind the Coppola family, who can attract the support of several major film companies, and then hire the Harvey Weinstein brothers to do public relations, the chance is almost zero.

These are simply unable to fight against the general situation of the entire society. Even the Weinstein brothers will fail. Although the academy has a tendency, it has never belonged to anyone.

After the establishment of the cocktail party, Marvel Studios has returned to peace. It is just one of the countless newly established production companies in Hollywood, just like the original Duke’s studio, even with the support of people with special experiences like Duke. To develop, it also takes a long process.

Moreover, after experiencing the bankruptcy protection crisis, Marvel’s top executives have also learned a lot of experience and lessons and understood the importance of patience.

One week after the reception, Doug Walter came with good news. Warner Bros. cancelled the projects of "Catwoman" and "Superman Returns" and is negotiating with the dc comics party to set up a special department to discuss dc super The possibility of serialization of hero movies and how to serialize.

At the same time, Warner Bros. and DC Comics have no objection to handing over the Batman series to Duke.

At the same time, the late editing of "The Return of the King" has reached the final stage. Duke vetoed some of his plans during the initial editing and decided to edit the Battle of Minastiris and the Battle of Perrin Plains again.

"Mike, remove all Frodo Baggins footage from the battlefield scenes. I don't want fragmented battlefield scenes."

In the editing room. After watching the scene edited by Mike Dawson, Duke directly shook his head, "compressing the length of Frodo's first-line shot."

"If you spend most of your time on the war scene..."

Just said one sentence, Mike Dawson stopped and had been cooperating for ten years. Of course he knew Duke's philosophy. As long as the narrative is not affected, it is of course to give priority to retaining the big scene. As for the excavation of the inner drama that has been appreciated by professionals, a considerable part of it can be removed in the eyes of his own boss.

Dramas that reflect the emotions of the characters must be necessary, but they must be appropriate. Duke knows exactly what he is good at, and "The Return of the King" is originally longer than the previous two parts, but once the film's rhythm slows down. It will make the whole film seem extremely procrastinated, which makes people feel impatient.

Starting from "The Two Towers", Duke has appropriately reduced Frodo Baggins's first-line shots to speed up the pace of the film. As long as Frodo and Sam can confess the progress of the story, it is enough. It is not a literary film or a fan-oriented film. The first thing to consider is a big scene that can attract the audience's attention.

of course. The big scene will not overflow uncontrollably, just like Frodo's line. It will be enough.

"List the scenes of Frodo and Sam and the spider corpse separately as a narrative." Duke continued to explain what needs to be changed in the next editing. "I want a complete, comprehensive and as far as possible not interrupted battlefield plot. , Making the battle of Minastiris and the battle of the Perrin Plain into a coherent scene."

Seeing Duke's decision, Mike Dawson didn't comment any more, but just nodded.

Duke added, "Simplify the death of Dinether. Reduce the time to less than three minutes."

His idea is very simple. In the most climactic battle of the trilogy, spend more time to show the grandeur of the battlefield.

As in the past, Duke always considers the reactions of the market and mainstream audiences first, rather than professional evaluations.

As for professional evaluation. In the minds of such a director who is totally inclined to commercialization, it is something dispensable.

After a busy day, Duke returned to Malibu’s home and found that Ivanka was busier than him. He called and said that he would be back later instead of waiting for her to eat dinner.

The instant sharing company has just moved to Burbank, which is the busiest time. Recently Ivanka has been busy around. Although Duke can say a few insights about the website and software development in his memory, he is an outsider to the company’s operations. He also has self-knowledge, even in the past, it was basically an egg, and he never spoke indiscriminately.

This is the same as Ivanka getting along with him. It’s impossible for lovers to get along without conflicts and frictions, but conflicts and frictions should be resolved in private, not in public. Duke can see that Ivanka When attending events or banquets with him, it is entirely him. He will naturally show respect for her in front of Ivanka's employees.

Although he had hesitated to change, since accepting Ivanka, Duke still attaches great importance to this relationship and is also working hard.

After dinner, I hung up a phone call to Ivanka and tried a few words. Duke returned to the study room upstairs, turned on the computer, and prepared to process some mail.

Most of the emails are related to work, but there are exceptions. For example, there is one from the lawyers Edward Newgate and Al Ryder about the case of Christopher Rockencourt just a few days ago. Christopher Rocken Court was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment and required to pay a huge fine. His girlfriend Jessica Alba was slightly better, but sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Seeing this, Duke called Al Ryder's attorney and briefly communicated. Christopher Rockencourt has filed an appeal. The case is not over yet, but the result cannot be too big. With so many celebrities staring at a lost liar, there will be no accidents.

However, the other news brought up by Al Ryder's attorney did surprise Duke. This giant scam is not peaceful. It is said that he is selling his experience to Hollywood, and the script and project plan that can no longer be real. .

But after experiencing such a game, Duke has completely lost interest in Napoleon the Great, and has no plans to continue to take over.

After processing the email, Duke opened the script file and prepared to organize the outline of the next stage. Don’t worry about the Batman trilogy. The copyright belongs to Warner Bros., and there is no need to worry about the creative issues of the story. There have been quite a few trilogy. The content is not original, but from the comics created by Frank Miller for DC.

The copyright of the comics also belongs to Warner Bros. and DC Comics. These are not problems. After talking about it that day, he called Doug Walter again and took the copyright of an illustrated novel by Frank Miller together. .

The last two episodes of "The Matrix" have been filmed. "Reloading" will be released in July. Zach Schneider is different from Anna Prinz. This is an aspiring director. If he is interested, of course It is the first choice of the director of the three hundred red pants. If you are not interested, you have to find another director...

He also cannot guarantee that Zach Schneider, whose life trajectory has changed dramatically, will still be interested in the red pants.

Putting aside the idea of ​​the right to adapt comics and illustrated novels, Duke's mind turned to the small production after the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

This is a story about a retired agent and his daughter. An angry father will do whatever it takes to rescue his daughter. Although family and affection are very clichés, they are never out of date in mainstream Hollywood movies. The nation has been promoting the values ​​it promotes.

Duke plans to start shooting in the second half of next year. The film is several years ahead of schedule, and some changes have to be made accordingly. The most important thing is that as the daughter of the heroine, the former child star is obviously crooked, and he will definitely change one. .

As for Liam Neeson, he is now only a second-line actor, no matter his age or acting skills, he basically meets the needs of the film.

Presumably if he sends an invitation, the other party will not refuse.

Concentrating, Duke began to write character settings and script outlines, knocked on about dozens of lines, the door of the study was knocked from outside, Duke responded, and Ivanka opened the door and walked in.

"came back?"

"Ok."

Ivanka walked over, leaned over and kissed Duke, looked at the notebook, and sighed slightly, "You are working again. Honey, don't put too much pressure on yourself?"

Duke saved the document and shut it down, "just wrote an outline of the script."

"Now start preparing for the new film?" Ivanka simply pulled a chair and sat next to Duke. "Isn't the later stage of "The Return of the King" not finished yet?"

"I have to write a good outline and character settings," Duke said briefly, "and then hand it over to the editing department of the studio for improvement. I need to review it. If I am not satisfied, I need to continue to modify it. time."

Having said that, Duke asked, "How is your company?"

"The office equipment is basically in place." Ivanka gently rubbed his forehead, with a trace of fatigue on his face, "I am doing server data migration, and I will soon be on the right track."

Duke can't help with these tasks, "Will you go to the company tomorrow weekend?"

"Something?" Ivanka asked.

"We haven't been out for a long time." Duke stood up and stretched, "It will be the premiere of "Reloading" soon. Tomorrow we will go to Rodeo Drive and make it for you. Dress."

Ivanka also stood up, "Okay, I have been busy recently, I also want to relax."

"The Matrix: Reloading" will be released on the weekend of Independence Day, and now is the hottest publicity stage. Duke will naturally not be absent from the premiere of this masterpiece jointly invested by Duke Studios and Warner Bros. . (To be continued...)

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