Six Hundred and Twenty - Chaos at the End of the Year

A meeting that was originally supposed to be for the early release of "The Matrix" gradually turned into a discussion about this year's Oscars. Since he had already worked for a day, he didn't go over for a while. After smoking a cigar, Wayne signaled to several people present. After a while, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Charlize Theron had been observing his movements. After he stood up, regardless of other people's eyes, he took the man's arm and left the office together.

Are South African diamonds stupid? not at all. Several people sitting in the office were either big commercial directors with promising futures like Zack Snyder or executives at Warner Bros. In her opinion, now was exactly the time to show off her close relationship with Wayne.

No matter how you look at it, as long as some people in the house are willing to consider the face of the men around her and give her appropriate care, it will be of great help to her acting career.

After several people watched Wayne and his entourage leave, Li Guohao also nodded politely to the two Warner Bros. executives, raised his hand, and made a phone call gesture. "I will take a good rest for a few days during this period. When will the promotion of "The Matrix" start, I will call my agent."

Without too much greeting, he stood up and left the office.

"I heard......"

Bruce Rosenblum watched the Chinese man leave, shook his head slightly, and joked in a low voice: "I heard that he won't be able to rest for long. Wayne's agent, Jimmy, has already represented Greenberg Studio to negotiate with him. His agent has started contacting him for new projects. It seems that Wayne is still like that, never letting go of anything that makes money..."

He was only halfway speaking when he saw that the two eyebrows on Zack Snyder's face were already knitted together, and he simply shrugged at the two people around him, with an expression you all know on his face.

Jeff Robinoff gave the Warner Bros. distribution executive a stern look, and the warning in his eyes was quite clear. Most people laughed off some irrelevant jokes, but there were some words that Zack Snyder obviously didn't like to hear.

The two executives also understood that the director next to them had basically followed Wayne throughout the entire process from a lowly advertising film director in the industry to a successful one in today's hottest commercial films. Learned.

Even the "Matrix" series, which allowed countless people to discover his abilities, was originally directed by Wayne himself, who invested tens of millions of dollars and overcame all objections to let a novice Zack Snyder direct it.

Therefore, in front of Zack Snyder, even if he was just teasing Wayne behind his back, he didn't like to hear it, even if Bruce Rosenblum didn't mean any harm.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Jeff Robinoff reached out and tapped the coffee table in the rest area a few times. He ignored the casual teasing just now and said, "Zach, if nothing unexpected happens, the character of "The Matrix: Revolutions" After all the work is completed, you will have to join the DC plan quickly and be mentally prepared. You will not have time to rest or vacation in the past two years."

Listening to the words of Warner Bros. CEO, Zack Snyder nodded silently. He has actually expected and prepared for joining the DC series, and many people around him know that Wayne spared no effort to support and train him, and even spent a lot of money to let him directly use "The Matrix" to accumulate The experience of taking charge of a large-scale crew is to allow him to join the DC series as soon as possible.

In fact, when the first part of "The Matrix" had its first test screening within Warner Bros., both senior film workers at Warner Bros. and the media and film critics who were fortunate enough to be invited all understood that this film from New York The commercial director is definitely one of the most suitable directors to join the DC series.

As long as you have watched "The Matrix", you will find that this guy is almost in the same vein as Wayne in terms of his shooting techniques, his understanding of the dark and large-scale, his camera habits and his appropriate handling of the film's connotations. The film between the two The styles are really similar.

Of course, in many places, Zack Snyder cannot compare with Wayne, especially in terms of his typical academic storytelling ability. There is basically no comparison.

But for superhero movies, his current abilities are completely enough. Basically, it can continue Wayne's production style to produce the next DC series of movies. The reason is very simple. Only by following the same origin can the entire DC series not feel divided.

"Bruce and I originally wanted to use the opinions of some shareholders to get the last part of "The Matrix" released as soon as possible."

When talking about business, Jeff Robinov's face was full of seriousness, and even the cigar that never left his hand was put into the ashtray. "Then let you step aside early to prepare for the next project in the DC series. However, you have also seen that no one can ignore Wayne's decision, and..."

At this point, he looked at Bruce Rosenblum and shrugged. "And in the company's internal thinking, it is intended that you directly prepare a Superman Clark Kent movie."

In the first two parts of "The Matrix", the hero Neo's ability to reach heaven and earth and the use of special effects that made him feel invincible were recognized by them and also by many company executives.

In fact, for Superman, they also hope to use a similar method to express it. Warner Bros. does not need Zack Snyder to break through, it only needs to continue the most stable shooting method. With Superman Clark Kent’s name, safe shooting method is enough to bring movie fans around the world into theaters.

"Does Wayne know what the company is planning?"

Obviously, even when he heard that he could take over Superman, Zack Snyder was not overwhelmed by the surprise. The first thing he asked was what Wayne meant. "If he wants me to take over Superman, of course I will be very happy. As you know, I have been a die-hard DC comic fan since I was a child. Being able to take over Superman means a lot to me."

"I mentioned it to him once."

Bruce Rosenblum nodded slightly and replied: "Wayne did not express any clear objection at the time. When you complete the work on "The Matrix", I will take time to discuss it with him again. I think he You should trust your abilities.”

"Take two days off. I will immediately start the post-production work on "The Matrix". If there is any news, please inform me at any time."

In fact, Zack Snyder's meaning is quite clear. If Wayne is willing to take over Superman when he comes up, then he will be very happy. If Wayne is unwilling, or has other arrangements for him, he will do what the other party wants. Everything depends on the outcome of negotiations between Warner Bros. and Wayne.

So this conversation related to the progress of the DC universe project ended in an atmosphere that was neither salty nor indifferent. Zack Snyder has a clear mind, and he understands better than anyone else that only with Wayne's support can he let go in the DC series.

Yes, this series belongs to Warner Bros. in terms of copyright and other ownership, but as long as you have some brains, you can see clearly that in fact, the entire DC series has always been carried out according to Wayne's wishes. No one dares to Go against Wayne on this series.

Here, "The Flash" is still in intense filming, and "The Matrix" has also begun its final post-production work. Since the end of the hot summer season, the North American cinema market has been silent for nearly two months. However, in the upcoming stage of November, it is experiencing another wave that is beyond everyone's expectations.

The first is Sony Columbia. In order to avoid the extremely competitive summer season, they deliberately postponed the release of their films. Seeing that the time has come to the end of October, the movie "Who Did It" immediately received numerous praises after entering the theater market.

The film unexpectedly earned more than 30 million US dollars in its first weekend of release. As a dark horse, it sounded the clarion call for competition in the theater market at the end of 1997.

Then came Warner Bros.'s film "The Devil's Advocate." This small-budget film was not favored by Warner Bros., but when it was first released, it grossed $33.65 million, surpassing "Who Did It?" , pulled from the throne of the weekly box office champion.

If only these two companies had unexpected performances at the end of the year that is about to enter the awards season, the major media would not be surprised. Who knows that Paramount Pictures will follow closely behind.

Starring Ashley Judy and Morgan Freeman, and directed by Gary Fried, this low-budget crime suspense film also took in $30 million in its first weekend. box office.

The three films released at the end of October have been struggling in the theater market until early November, and even the box office receipts were about the same amount of more than 60 million US dollars. However, as Sony Columbia continues to exert its efforts, "Starship Troopers" joined the battlefield, completely ending the journey of the above three films.

"Starship Troopers" almost single-handedly dominated the entire first half of November. After taking in $54 million in two weeks, 20th Century Fox's "Alien 4: Resurrection" and Universal Pictures "The End of the Jackal" was released, once again successfully taking over the theater market.

Even the media was dazzled by the trends in the North American cinema market during this period. The relatively mediocre schedule was also accompanied by the continuous emergence of dark horses at the box office, showing a situation where you sing and I appear, so that at the end of 1997, there was a rare wave of movie fans watching the movie.

However, this melee, which is independent of the summer schedule, has nothing to do with Wayne. His eyes and energy have always been put on the work at hand, especially the filming of "The Flash".

Several times throughout the Hollywood film industry, there may be talented directors who can continue to succeed without any effort and just rely on their innate keen film sense, but this person has never been Wayne.

He knows that he is by no means such a genius. Although God has given him a lot, he has not continued to give him such talents, so he has always worked very hard. As soon as the filming starts, he will devote himself to it wholeheartedly. Yes, God's pie often happens, but he never expects it to fall into his own pocket.