Made in Hollywood

Beginning with simultaneous releases in China and the United States in early June, "Hurricane Rescue" was screened globally for six months. It was released from the Democratic Republic of Congo in early December, ending the global screening trip. The film was sold in North America for $235.78 million. After the screening at the box office, the number of votes obtained so far is not too high, but only $34.78 million.

However, this $34.78 million was enough to push the global box office of "Hurricane Rescue" past the $500 million mark, and the final global box office totaled $517.54 million.

For a film with a production cost of only 40 million US dollars, the amount of profit can be said to be astronomical.

But Warner Bros. didn't plan to just give up. They later discussed with Duke, preparing to find a new team to make a sequel to the film.

Probably inspired by the profit and influence brought by the derivative animation of "The Matrix", before the new sequel movie, the TV drama department of Warner Bros. intends to produce a series of TV episodes about Brian Mills before he retired. Some stories.

Since the timeline will be much earlier, the series will inevitably use a new cast, and it is impossible for a popular actor like Liam Neeson to star in a TV series. Even if the other party agrees, it will be at an unimaginable price. after that.

Or..., there may be many popular movie stars who will come to guest appearances in popular TV series, such as the long lineup of "Friends", but few movie stars whose careers are on the rise, few people are willing to star in a TV series.

On the contrary, those TV series stars with scary income and fame tend to squeeze their heads into the movie circle, and the people who have really made the transition to movies by popular TV series stars can only be described as rare.

Many movie stars are indeed TV dramas in the initial stage, but after a little research, it is not difficult to find that they appeared in TV dramas. They are all small characters who are not popular.

Those famous TV series stars, after the TV series are over, if the transformation is not successful, they cannot find a good way such as Aniston to tell Brad Petra from time to time, and they will soon be forgotten.

For example, the actor who used to be relatively popular in "Prison Break" after the series was cut off. Basically, it was forgotten in the corner. Even if a few characters can be found in the movie, it is the kind of little supporting role that is unnecessary.

By the same token, in addition to James Cameron, who is also favored, Spielberg wants to control investment, and the brain circuit is fundamentally different from normal people, such as Woody Allen and a few other directors, film directors who have not reached the end of their careers, I rarely really participate in the production of TV dramas. Even if I act as a producer, I often just hang a name.

In fact, in most countries and regions around the world, the status and style of big screen stars and small screen stars are completely different.

After all, there is only one Jennifer Aniston in the world.

It's not just the TV series of "Hurricane Rescue". Warner Bros. has more plans, but they are waiting for Duke to turn Batman over to produce TV series with some second-tier heroes in DC.

After completing the background explosion scene, the hangar of the Hughes Aircraft Factory began to set up the scene again, and Duke called on the actors to enter the studio of the Warner Studios and continued shooting as planned.

In the studio. Duke sat behind the monitor and looked at Christian Bale standing in the bat cave. Perhaps he has appeared in small-cost independent films in the past. He has very little performance experience in front of the green screen, or perhaps the five-day rest period has brought him back to a peak performance in Iceland. In the rocky bat cave, Christian Bale did not show the feeling of Bruce Wayne intersecting with the bat again.

"Cut!"

Duke called to stop. Leaving the monitor, walking into the temporary set, stepping on the rocky ground made of polystyrene, and walking in front of Christian Bell, his head slightly tilted. It seems very ecstatic.

Seeing that he was thinking, Duke didn’t speak, and looked around the bat cave. He also hoped that Bell could get back to his state as soon as possible. The bat was added in post-production, and he couldn’t really catch hundreds of them. The bat is here.

Even if they are caught, they won't obey human instructions.

When Bell recovered, Duke walked back and said directly, "Christian, this is a very representative scene. From fearing the bat, to bravely standing up and dancing with the bat, Bruce Wayne, This is an important change in his psychology. Fear gives him strength. He is about to become the embodiment of fear!"

"I understand, director." Christian Bale said, "I will adjust as soon as possible."

While in Iceland, he communicated enough with Bell and Nissen about the characters, and Duke didn't say anything anymore and returned to his director's monitor.

He gave Christian Bale ten minutes to adjust. When the time came, Duke said to the scene, "It's time to start."

"Forty-seventh scene, the first scene," Chang Ji stood in front of the main camera lens with the scene card, "Now it's on!"

Christina Bell walked into the bat cave, lowered her head to turn on the fluorescent light, and with the help of the light's mapping, she looked up, and then he closed his eyes and deflected his head. It seemed that he had encountered something terrible, even people squatted on the ground However, Henry Ducard's training in the Himalayas from physical to mental has allowed him to face his inner fears bravely.

Although there is no bat, Christian Bale is much better than the previous one. He slowly stood up, facing his fear, stood up bravely, opened his arms, and slightly raised his head. All the shadows seemed to dissipate, and a person who lived with the darkness stood up!

"Great!"

Duke complimented him, before waiting for Christian Bale to relax, he said, "You did a good job, but I believe you can do better. Take a five-minute break and continue the scene!"

In the actor's lounge area, Liam Neeson, who finished putting on makeup, stood next to Tina Fey, looked at it for a while, pinched his chin and said, "It seems that Duke and Christian are very feeling."

"Yeah." Tina Fei nodded in approval, "He has not always had high requirements for actors to perform. As long as the performance is above the pass line, he can generally pass, this movie is an exception."

Indeed, Duke took a stricter attitude than ever before and asked the actors to perform in performance.

Compared with his past films, the action dramas of the Batman trilogy are neither dense nor intense enough. If the actors play mediocrely, the literary drama, especially the literary drama involving the characterization of the characters, will infinitely magnify the defects of the actors and affect them. To the whole video.

If Bruce Wayne, like Legolas, came out to play cool and handsome in fights, and act as a background board in literary play, Duke would definitely not ask Christian Bale as he does now.

In response to the scene where Bruce Wayne stood up in fear, Duke called for approval after shooting five intermittently.

Afterwards, Christian Bale went to make-up, and Duke led the crew to a nearby set to shoot the rivalry between Liam Neeson and Christian Bale.

Just like the peculiar relationship between the Joker and Batman, Bruce Wayne and Henry Ducard, it is also the highlight of this film.

This is a scene where Henry Ducard's psychedelic extracted from blue flowers combined with field training to guide Bruce Wayne to overcome his fears.

Although there are action scenes, the elements of the action scenes are almost negligible. Liam Neeson’s tone and lines are the key.

"Feel how fear obscures your senses, let the power of fear distort your body and mind, and control everything about you. This power of fear will belong to you, embrace your deepest fear, Bruce!"

Because it was shot in a studio, Duke adopted the method of live recording. Liam Neeson’s tone was also fluctuating, like a messenger from the dark, “Mix with the dark power of fear, concentrate! Get involved! Control your whole body as you like..."

Although the actors’ performance is very important in the filming, Duke is also trying his best to mobilize the enthusiasm of Liam Neeson and Christian Bale, adjust their state, the state of the actors will fluctuate, and the two are in good shape. When the shooting progresses very fast, when the state is down, it is often difficult to complete the day's plan on time.

Throughout December, except for going to New York to spend Christmas with his mother, Duke spent the whole of the shooting at Warner Studios and Hughes Aircraft Factory. From mid-December, Liam Neeson and Christie Ann Bell has come to the best stage. When the time passes through 2004 and enters 2005, the shooting progress has been about a week faster than originally planned.

Continuing at this speed, before the arrival of late January 2005, all shots can be finished.

Of course, the remaining scenes are still rare, because there is only one concept car, and the other Batmobiles will not be in place until the New Year. All the Batmobiles speeding and chasing scenes were all left behind by Duke for filming, including one. The super car chase scene will also be filmed in downtown Chicago.

Just after the New Year in 2005, eight Batmobiles and models carefully built by Lamborghini were transported to Los Angeles and directly delivered to the hangar of the Hughes Aircraft Factory.

Just like Duke asked, a few Batmobiles that can drive are all monsters. He also drove a few on the spot and experienced the feeling of turning Batman. Although the Batmobile is not refined enough, it looks a little thick, but absolutely It's so cool.

Lamborghini and Warner Bros. are also preparing to launch a sales version of the Batmobile after the film is released.

Of course, this must be a weakened version of the Batmobile. After all, the car used by the crew is not suitable for long-term driving. The fuel consumption per mile is as high as one gallon!

With the end of the short New Year holiday, Duke led the crew and eight Batmobiles to Chicago. (To be continued...)