Made in Hollywood

"No later than March, we can complete the post-production of the film we cooperated with."

Walking in the editing room of the Disney Studios for rent, Michael Ovitz said to David Ellison as he walked, "I have seen a few clips, and the quality of the film is absolutely guaranteed."

"I believe this." David Ellison said quite confidently, "otherwise I would not have appeared in this movie myself."

This is an air combat film full of romanticism. Before filming and production, David Ellison did market research on Vito’s specialized company. In recent years, Hollywood has been popular in war films, from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. You can also see the fantasy war scenes full of romanticism, which is extremely selling point.

Yes, the first film he invested in was not the realism style of "Saving Private Ryan". In the judgment of countless people, realistic commercial films have become synonymous with outdated, such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In war scenes, some people think that in real wars, 6,000 Lohan light cavalry can beat an army of 100,000 orcs equipped with spears to win, instead of suicide?

Reality is not important. Only by using romantic imagination on the basis of reality can war-themed movies become popular.

Following Michael Ovitz to ︽10, the next office, David Ellison’s thoughts have not stopped yet, he can’t help but think of the film Duke Rosenberg is making in a realistic style. In superhero movies, he is joking, which is simply dazzled by the past glory.

But that's okay, he can give a deep lesson to the guy who rejected him mercilessly.

Thinking of this, he suddenly said to Ovitz, "Michael, why did you and Disney reject my proposed release date?"

"David. Calm down." Michael Ovitz explained patiently. "What you suggest is the first weekend of May, but this weekend is not just Duke Rosenberg's "Batman: The War "Moment" was released, and "The Kingdom of Heaven" released by 20th Century Fox did not withdraw from this period. If we join it again, this weekend will be too crowded. Even if we invest a lot of resources, it is impossible to win the ideal hospital. Number of lines and row rate."

"Can't Disney do it?" David Ellison frowned.

Michael Ovitz could only sigh, "Duke Rosenberg is Duke Rosenberg after all."

David Ellison's brows tightened, but he didn't say anything. Even if he was arrogant, he knew what Duke Rosenberg's name represented in the field of commercial films.

Indeed, the theaters will definitely not put their resources into "Batman: Hour of War" as they did with "Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King". After all, the series' fiasco was yesterday. No one can guarantee that Duke Rosenberg’s claims that films made with realistic techniques will be welcomed, but in the past few years, Duke Rosenberg has become a Hollywood icon. He is a director in film. The appealing power can completely crush all Hollywood directors.

In this case, theater resources will inevitably be tilted towards his movies.

After thinking for a while, David Ellison finally gave up his original plan. Asked, "When was the film selected? Michael. You know why I invested a hundred million dollars in making this film."

He made this masterpiece of aerial combat, not only to step into the film industry, but also to save the face that Duke Rosenberg refused to lose, and at the same time teach the other party a lesson.

"On the second weekend of May," Michael Ovitz obviously had plans already, "We can sit and watch "Kings of Heaven" and "Batman: Hour of War" on the first weekend shopping. Then according to the situation. Adjusting our strategy, our goal is to snipe the next weekend box office of "Batman: Hour of War"."

His confidence is as full as David Ellison, "Trust me, David, a realist superhero movie. It is difficult to be accepted by the audience and the market. The audience may be because of Duke Rosenberg’s appeal. , Pouring into theaters in the first weekend, when the film is found to be different from the popular "Spiderman" and "X-Men", the next week of "Batman: Hour of War" is bound to be affected."

"If the realistic style is a smoke bomb released by the opponent..."

Hearing some worried words from David Ellison, Michael Ovitz raised his hand and interrupted him, "I know Duke Rosenberg and I have asked someone about the filming of the crew. There is no need to worry about this. ."

David Ellison nodded. He has watched a lot of superhero movies, and he can't imagine what a realistic Batman would look like.

Batman does have a realistic comic version of Frank Miller, but comics and movies are two completely different carriers.

"Michael, are we just watching "Batman: Hour of War" publicly released?" David Ellison asked again.

"Of course not." Michael Ovitz sneered somewhat, "Competition is never limited to the screens and theaters."

He looked at David Ellison, "Do you just want to limit the competition to the theater?"

Michael Ovitz absolutely doesn't believe this. He has heard the people around David Ellison say that the other party is in Chaduke Rosenberg and several leading actors in "Batman: Hour of War".

David Ellison didn't hide it either, and said with a somewhat helpless tone, "I found someone to check Duke Rosenberg, Christian Bell and Liam Neeson. He only has some scandals. Lace, the news of a possible breakup with Ivanka Trump cannot affect the movie. Both actors are rare low-key types in Hollywood..."

Having said that, he couldn't help shook his head.

"Then expand the scope!" Michael Ovitz said without hesitation, "for example, leading actors such as heroines."

"Well, I'll arrange for someone to do it when I go back." David Ellison nodded and said, "The public relations department I set up has established contacts with many media. As long as there are suitable materials, they will definitely follow up. Enter, the problem that money can solve is not a problem in front of me!"

In fact, David Ellison has done more. For example, his people are also in contact with the Duke’s studio. As a talented person, he does not fail to see the value of Duke. If the other party is willing to contact him Cooperation must be a strong alliance.

"Not giving up yet?"

In the Duke’s studio, Duke had just finished editing a clip, and when he heard Tina Fei come over, he said directly, “Just write back to David Ellison. I won’t work with him.”

The surname Ellison does represent a lot, but don’t forget that this is Hollywood, not the IT industry. Unless his head gets flooded, he will abandon a company like Warner Bros. and work stupidly with David Ellison instead. .

"I got a message." Tina Fei said again, "It is said that Michael Ovitz and Walt Disney intend to put the new film invested by David Ellison in early May, but it has not yet been finalized."

"Waiting for my reply?" Duke couldn't help but shook his head and smiled. "It would be better to refuse."

Tina Fei rolled her eyes helplessly, and then left the editing room.

Duke told Tina Fei to know about the film invested by David Ellison. It was an aerial combat film starring James Franco. Although it appeared some time earlier, he believed that the film should not have it. Especially big improvement.

Since the 1980s, apart from Tom Cruise's "High Aspirations", there have been very few air combat films that can sell well.

Confronting the opponents of "The Kings of Heaven" and "The Heroes of the Air", he felt more relaxed.

Perhaps it is thought that even if the new Batman falls into his hands, it is impossible to completely get rid of the shadow of the fiasco of the last century. Until now, 20th Century Fox has not changed the schedule for "The Kingdom of Heaven".

To put it bluntly, in fact, many people in Hollywood are not very optimistic about his choice. If it weren't for the past achievements, the media would have been bad-mouthed.

The media and Hollywood industry insiders are not fools. Duke continues to create brilliance, and naturally he will not jump out stupidly. It's not too late.

After the short break was over, Duke returned to the editing room and devoted himself to post-production. His special editor Mike Dawson is still used for editing. The two have worked together for so many years. As long as there are no accidents, they intend to Cooperation continues.

In the editing of "Batman: Hour of War", except for action scenes and car chase scenes, Duke does not intend to use the sharp editing style of short shot stitching. Long shots will be used extensively to match the film's realistic style and increase the sense of weight .

In particular, the long shot of Batman alone in the night can highlight the situation and psychological state of Bruce Wayne.

Duke was generally satisfied with Christian Bale's performance. He did meet the script's requirements for the role-it doesn't matter who Bruce Wayne looks, what matters is what he does.

In addition, there are many scenes in the film that need to be re-dubbed by Liam Neeson and Christian Bale, especially Bruce Wayne's incarnation into Batman shots, which basically requires Bell to change his usual tone and dubbing.

Of course, Batman must not use Christian Bell’s British accent. No matter what the style of the film, Batman is a standard American superhero.

This is directly related to the success or failure of the film. Duke has lived in North America for so many years and has never underestimated the public's rejection of foreign cultural symbols. (To be continued...)