Chapter 886: Specialist Sent by DC

Burbank, Warner Building.

Coming out of Kevin Tsujihara's office, DC Co-Chairman Hamada was in high spirits, his leather shoes landing on the marble floor, making a rhythmic and crisp sound.

Producer Charles Roven, who was standing next to him, said, "God bless, everything is going well. Batman v Superman will be released in the summer, and the Justice League universe will usher in a new moment."

Since 2010, the planning of Green Lantern has been going on. After failures and twists and turns, DC superheroes finally ushered in the moment of harvest. Hamada was very happy: "Zack Snyder has started to prepare for Justice League! Charles, we are finally going to catch up with Marvel."

Although DC sent two executives to intervene, with the support of Charles Roven, Zack Snyder insisted on his own style, so Charles Roven was confident in the film: "In three years at most, we can catch up with Marvel and reproduce the glory of The Dark Knight."

"Man of Steel has shown us the dawn of Justice League." At this moment, Hamada felt proud. He was under great pressure when Green Lantern failed. : "Batman v Superman will turn the dawn into the sun at noon."

Charles Roven nodded first, then remembered something and said, "There is one thing that may have a negative impact on DC's plan. I wonder if you have noticed it."

Hamada's mind has been on Batman v Superman and the Justice League that has already been prepared these days, and asked, "What happened?"

Charles Roven reminded: "Another DC project, The Joker, which exists independently of the Justice League universe, Martin Davis accepted an interview with The New Yorker and claimed that the script creation did not borrow any comic stories and settings..."

Hamada immediately turned from sunny to cloudy: "I really shouldn't have authorized him and Warner Pictures at the beginning."

It's too late to say all this now. Charles Roven knows very well that Martin joined Nolan to put pressure on Warner Bros. at the time. Warner was not confident enough in Man of Steel and finally gave the authorization.

Historical issues may bring negative consequences. Charles Roven said: "If it is other characters, the success or failure of the film does not matter, but the Joker is directly related to Batman. During the audition process, Martin's crew also emphasized Bruce Wayne's audition. It is said that Wayne and his son will appear in the Joker's independent film."

"He is riding on the popularity of DC." Hamada is not worried about the failure of "Joker", but has doubts about the success of the film: "Charles, if "Joker" is a big success, the content and setting of the film will inevitably be as popular as "The Dark Knight". They do not use the content and setting of the comics, which will cause fans to misunderstand the Justice League series, thus affecting the reputation of the film."

This Charles Roven was also worried: "The success of The Dark Knight has made audiences all over the world believe that Batman will never kill people. This concept is deeply rooted in people's hearts, but they are neither willing nor want to understand that several versions of Batman in Justice League use guns and kill people."

As the producer of the Justice League series, he reminded Hamada: "We'd better communicate with Martin and don't let him go too far. The content and setting of the Joker movie should not be too far away from the main universe. After all, if everything goes well here, the Joker will soon be included in the new movie."

Hamada knew that he was talking about the planned Suicide Squad. According to DC's plan, the Joker and Harley Quinn are the core of the film.

But thinking about the Joker that Martin is currently filming, Hamada said: "Charles, I think the main plot of the Suicide Squad project needs to be adjusted, and it would be best to reduce the Joker's role."

Charles Roven understood his concerns: "When we hold a preparatory meeting for this matter, we will discuss the business in detail, or communicate with Martin first."

"I will go to Warner Pictures in a while to discuss the release of Batman v Superman with Daniel." Hamada simply said: "I will communicate with Daniel and let him restrain Martin Davis."

As for him going to talk to Martin himself, Hamada didn't even consider it, and the relationship between the two sides was not good.

Charles Roven left quickly.

Hamada went to the office floor of Warner Pictures and met Daniel, the head of Warner Pictures, and talked about the release of Batman v Superman first.

Although the relationship between the two is not very good, it will not affect normal work.

Hamada attaches great importance to the Justice League universe, otherwise he would not come to meet Daniel in person.

After talking about normal work, Hamada thought of the Joker that Martin was filming, and appropriately talked about possible problems and concerns, and specifically said: "The Joker project has always been in the charge of Warner Pictures. In order to avoid affecting DC's main universe movies, please properly restrain Martin Davis, and it is best to send a few producers directly..."

This is the standard practice of Warner's Tiantuan. In addition to the project leader, the company's senior executives are also sent to the crew, and they have great power.

Daniel is not impressed by Warner's Tiantuan's approach, saying: "I believe Martin's control over the project, and the success rate of Joker is also very high."

Hamada reminded, "Don't forget, Martin directed and acted in the film himself, and he has too little experience."

"No, I have the exact opposite of your opinion. Martin is a very clear-headed film practitioner with a particularly good eye for choosing projects." The success of "The Shallows" made Daniel full of confidence in Martin: "Which movie that Martin personally participated in has failed so far? Before the filming of "The Shallows", no one was optimistic about him, but what happened? The global box office of "The Shallows" exceeded 300 million US dollars."

He specifically gave an example: "Don't talk about the movies that Martin personally participated in, even the ones he invested in are constantly successful! This past weekend, Martin's investment in "Sicario" had a great reputation, and the box office received 20 million US dollars in the first week. The North American box office is conservatively estimated to earn 60 million US dollars!"

Hamada didn't say anything more and decided to call Martin himself.

Daniel sent Hamada away and shook his head. As a senior practitioner in the film industry, he could vaguely guess Hamada's thoughts.

But how could he do such a thing?

DC has already authorized the Joker independent film copyright to Warner Bros. Joker is now a Warner Bros. project. If the project fails, the first person to be affected is Daniel.

Warner Bros. and DC management headed by Hamada are opposed to the Joker project. If Joker is a big success, Daniel can prove his ability and vision.

On the other hand, Hamada returned to the office and immediately asked his deputy Rogers to call Martin to communicate about the Joker's setting and plot.

There was no surprise. The words were very polite, but the refusal was very firm.

Rogers reported the situation to Hamada.

Hamada said: "This Joker is an uncontrollable factor for us. I have a feeling that it may damage DC's plan."

Rogers was anxious about the leader's anxiety. After thinking for a while, he said: "DC is the copyright owner and has the power to supervise the film crew. Can we send a copyright representative to the crew to ensure that DC's copyright will not be damaged?"

Although according to the agreement, DC has no right to send a producer to the crew, according to some unwritten practices in the circle, sending a copyright supervisor is completely feasible.

Hamada thought for a while, and was unwilling to let Joker be completely out of control. He said: "So, Rogers, as a representative of DC, you will go to Brooklyn Studios in New York for a while."

Rogers said without any hesitation: "Okay, boss, I will go to prepare now."

Hamada reminded: "If possible, it is best to gain a certain voice in the crew and influence the filming and production of the film."

Rogers nodded frequently: "I understand."

Some words and things can be understood without the instructions of the leaders above.

The boss's meaning was obvious, and he almost said it directly. It's better not to succeed for a project like "Joker" that is out of control and may affect the Justice League universe.

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New York, Brooklyn Studios.

In the open-air set area, the "Joker" crew is making final preparations before filming. In the set arranged as a block, a large number of temporary actors come to their respective positions according to the assistant director's requirements.

Martin, wearing a cheap purple suit and holding a traditional clown mask, just hung up the phone.

Louise was right beside him and asked, "What's the situation with the call from DC?"

Martin simply said, "They want to interfere with the content of our filming. DC believes that we should respect the original comics instead of creating original plots."

Louise said, "The problem is that DC comics don't explain in detail why the Joker became the Joker. There is no clear statement about the origin of the Joker in DC."

Just like when he starred in "The Dark Knight", Martin didn't know the specific situation of DC comics and said directly, "Don't worry about DC. We will follow the plan here."

Louise pushed up her black-rimmed glasses: "Focus on filming and performing. If DC does these bad things, push them all to me and let me handle them."

She paused slightly: "I've heard you talk about Warner before. I want to see what kind of trouble Warner wants to make on our project."

Martin thought this was a good idea. He had to take care of the two major responsibilities of director and actor, and also pay attention to the promotion of the film. He didn't want to deal with the super talents of Warner, so he said immediately: "According to Warner's past practices, they are likely to forcibly add personnel to the crew and interfere with our filming and production."

"They dare!" Louise said coldly: "If someone really messes with our crew, I will have them sent to the Brooklyn Bridge and thrown into the Atlantic Ocean to feed the fish."

There are more than a dozen professional security personnel wearing black suits and headphones in key locations on the temporary set that do not affect the filming.

Martin ended the conversation with Louise, called a photographer over, and said: "You go and shoot the security personnel, no need to give them close-ups."

The employment contracts of these people all have relevant authorizations, and the videos shot by the crew can be used for the promotion of the film.

Because of the shooting incident at the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, Martin specifically asked the crew to hire a security team for daily protection of the crew.

Martin will use all the points that can be used for publicity and marketing.

A photographer took a handheld camera and took pictures of the security personnel before the crew started shooting.

Martin came to the location of the director's monitor, exchanged a few words with the first assistant director Steve Downton, and called the director of photography Jeff Cronus, saying: "For the first time, the camera will shoot in front of me first."

Cronus replied: "I've arranged it."

Martin put on the clown mask, and his temperament changed immediately. With the special design of the mask, he looked a little decadent.

This is also one of the key emotions of the character in this scene.

Martin entered the set, and the script supervisor came to the camera to hit the board.

The shooting officially began.

Martin ran on the sidewalk with many extras as the background board at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

He ran through telephone booths, long steps, subway stations, and ran wildly on the streets.

In this running scene, Martin rushed into an alley, holding his waist with both hands and panting, and at the same time took out a revolver from his pocket and pointed it at the two people following behind him.

From the decadence before running, to the madness during running, and then to the evil when he was about to kill, this scene represents the transformation of the Joker.

"Stop!" Steve Downton called to stop the filming.

Martin took a long breath, put away the revolver, left the set and returned to the director's monitor.

Clonweiss also came.

The three of them looked at the shots they had just taken.

Martin frowned slightly: "The effect of shooting from the front alone is average."

Steve Downton suggested: "Add another camera and follow from the back."

"Okay." Martin thought for a while and said to Clonweiss: "Add a camera from the back, don't hold it handheld, use a Steadicam."

In this way, two angles of shots can be used for cross-cutting in post-production.

Soon, another cameraman entered the set and shot on the same side as the main camera, so that they would not be affected.

Martin returned to the set, adjusted his mood slightly, waited for the script supervisor to clap, and ran again.

This time, the shooting was not smooth. A temporary actor who played a shopper did not hold the hot dog properly, and blocked Martin's front when he turned around.

Steve Downton shouted to stop directly.

"Sorry." The man said quickly.

Martin passed by the temporary actor, patted him on the shoulder, and returned to the starting point.

The other crew members reset.

This time, the shooting went smoothly, but after watching it, Martin asked for more shots.

Similar scenes, according to the usual style of Hollywood, must be completed with multi-shot cross-cutting.

Martin must ensure that the crew has enough materials for post-production.

After shooting eight times back and forth, Martin announced that it was passed.

The film had just started shooting, and the entire crew was adjusting their status, so the shooting was not very fast.

In the morning, the crew shot a total of seven shots.

However, after two or three days of running-in, the speed was much faster, after all, many people had worked together in "The Shallows".

The copyright specialist sent by DC airdropped into New York.