Hollywood Drawing

In recent years, Angelina Jolie has been the biggest winner among all the women around Wayne. In fact, her success, in addition to the opportunities she received from Wayne, also depended on her unique patience and clever mind.

For example, when Naomi Watts was by Wayne's side as his official female companion, she would never move forward uninterestedly.

Even if everyone knew that she was having an affair with Wayne, as long as Naomi Watts returned to Los Angeles, she had never set foot in the Greenberg Manor.

Angelina Jolie has a clear understanding of her goals and will never do anything to make herself passive. Instead, she will always be patient and wait for the right opportunity.

And she is smart. She is smart because she knows how to refuse immediate benefits. From the first "Charlie's Angels" to the current "Wonder Woman", I have never bargained for the salary once, and I almost get what I give.

Even after learning about the next series of plans of Greenberg Studio, he happily signed a contract with Greenberg Studio for as many as five movies.

You know, once you sign a similar movie contract, it means that you are in a passive position in terms of remuneration. Even though his fame has soared now, there is no chance for the lion to open his mouth.

But according to Hollywood practice, this kind of previously signed contract will inevitably face modifications after the actor's fame and popularity soar. But Angelina Jolie has never been unbalanced, and has never had similar thoughts. Even if her agent did, she would never agree.

What she wants is never immediate benefits. Unlike those women who just want a fair deal with Wayne, she obviously sees further and higher.

"Hey, our Diana, go back and rest early."

It was almost midnight, and before leaving, Wayne greeted the creative members one by one. When it was Angelina Jolie's turn, he said with a joking tone: "Believe me, starting from tomorrow, you will definitely miss the days when you can sleep soundly. The focus of this North American promotion is you. The intensity of the schedule will definitely Much more than you think.”

"That's a good thing, isn't it?" Angelina Jolie said with a smile.

Wayne nodded. "Of course it's a good thing. Are you ready to take the whole North America by storm?"

"yep, looking forward to it very much."

Before the group left, Angelina Jolie nodded in a friendly manner to Naomi Watts before watching the group enter the elevator.

Just like Wayne said, regarding the promotional road show of "Wonder Woman", the focus of all the shots is Angelina Jolie. Compared with the doubts raised by the media about the film, he believes that the fans' views on this film will not be that great.

Obviously, as long as there are no big mistakes, Angelina Jolie's promotional trip is destined to be a perfect movie marketing and self-marketing. She will become the goddess of countless men this time.

"Are you really worried that you won't personally lead the team to promote it?"

After getting into the car, Naomi Watts looked at Wayne curiously and asked a little strangely.

"I'm in Los Angeles and can only stay for two weeks at most."

Taking a long breath, Wayne looked at the night view outside the car window and explained: "As soon as the activities that I need to participate in personally are over, I have to rush back to Chicago immediately. I have no time to lead the team to promote the movie."

Nodding thoughtfully, the Australian girl asked again: "Do you think "Superman" is more important than "Wonder Woman"?"

"Theoretically, that's the case." Unexpectedly, Wayne nodded directly.

Is Superman more important than Wonder Woman? There is no doubt that no matter who answers this question, I am afraid the answer will be the same.

Clark Kent can be said to be the most popular superhero in the world. He is not one of them. He is the number one in the world without any controversy.

And relatively speaking, the film and television adaptation of Superman is the most difficult of all DC heroes, and there is no one.

Don't look at comic books, all of Superman's superpowers are reasonable, but if you want to transplant such a perfect human god to the big screen, a human god is definitely not a good choice.

Taking a closer look at other popular heroes, most of them are human beings who became superheroes due to accidents or external stimulation.

But Superman is not. He is an alien himself. Coupled with the perfect settings in the comics and the super powers that destroy the world, it can be said that Superman himself is a personal nuclear warhead. These are the biggest things that have been put on the big screen. obstacles.

Yes, Superman's attractive charm largely stems from this. But when he appears on the big screen as a real person, these are destined to make it difficult for the character of Superman to resonate with the audience.

To put it bluntly, there is a huge sense of distance.

And the movie "Superman" does not exist purely alone. If it were shot alone, it would be easy. With its huge popularity, there is no need to consider other things at all. If you try your best to smash the special effects, the market performance will not be worse.

But Wayne must consider it comprehensively, because after the movie "Superman" is over, "Justice League" will follow.

When one Clark Kent, who is too powerful and perfect and resembles a true god on earth, appears on the big screen, all other superheroes will be forced to become cheerleaders, which obviously does not conform to his ideas.

I'm afraid that movie fans will also involuntarily wonder when the time comes. The troubles that such a powerful Superman can't solve can be solved by summoning a few other heroes who are far inferior to himself? Isn’t this a typical example of treating the audience as fools?

Therefore, in Wayne's version of the script setting, Clark Kent was put on the altar from the beginning. Clark Kent, who was pulled off the altar, can effectively close the distance with the audience. It is best for the audience to witness the growth of Clark Kent with their own eyes.

Why is Superman so difficult to shoot? The most important potential reason is that Superman represents too many things. After decades of development, everyone must admit the fact that Superman has become one of North America's classic cultural symbols.

Almost everyone knows everything from Clark Kent's origin to his superpowers, so in this regard, there is no room for Wayne to modify it. Then, we can only start from the growth process of Superman.

Is Superman born Superman? The method used by Wayne can be called crude. In order to make Superman more humane and prevent him from becoming a true god, he simply let him get lost first and then find himself again. This is the most commonly used method in Hollywood, and it is also one of the most effective methods, and the audience can accept it perfectly.

The importance of the Superman project was only one of the reasons why Wayne wanted to rush back to the crew as soon as possible. There was another unexplained reason, which was actually worry about Zack Snyder.

There is no problem in letting Zack Snyder shoot the material. After all, all the shooting plans, and even the order of shooting the footage every day, are all made by Wayne. Moreover, the shooting process of every shot was completed under his supervision.

What he fears is that after being away from the crew for a long time, Zack Snyder will become bloated due to his power and fall into old habits.

If you have watched director Zha's films, you will know that his works have a very distinctive feature. The extreme abuse of high-speed slow motion is as if if you don't use slow motion desperately, you won't be able to use other means to express action scenes.

This is what Wayne is afraid of. Moderate use of this filming method can bring a good movie-watching experience to movie fans. But if abused, what's the difference between that and watching a slide show?

In order to avoid such a situation, at the beginning of the preparations, he customized the action style for Superman, which was simple to the extreme, crisp and straightforward. For Superman, the action scenes that the audience wants to see must be a rough display of strength.

At the beginning of filming, Wayne also emphasized this point, and there must be no technical things. For example, various technical moves would not be inconsistent with Bruce Wayne or Diana Prince, especially the former. One of Batman's settings is to be proficient in fighting techniques from all over the world.

But if it were put on Clark Kent, it would be a travesty. Superman has no need for those. In theory, he himself is the most powerful creature on earth. Being tough and straightforward is more in line with people's fantasy of Superman.

Skin that can only be broken by super military weapons, a flying speed that can compete with The Flash, the power to easily push an ocean ship, the ability to travel in space without breathing, the ability to see through most objects, heat vision, etc. wait.

When these things are put together, the fighting skills are useless. The above super power settings are after Wayne has greatly weakened them. If the settings in the New 52 comics were used, then other heroes would simply stop playing. They might not be qualified to be cheerleaders.

"Nina said Wayne and Nami have gone to bed, statistics, and she will hand them over to Wayne tomorrow morning."

In the CEO's office at the Warner Bros. Building in Burbank, Jeff Robinoff shook his head, put down the phone in his hand, and looked at Bruce Rosenblum opposite. "He's still as confident as ever."

Breathing out a large cloud of smoke, the distribution director of Warner Bros. held a cigar in his hand, smiled and nodded at the statistics that had just come out on the table, and joked in a strange voice: "Jeff, it seems that the two of us are more incapable of staying calm." Angry young man.”

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, you can see that the horizon has turned white. Apparently, the two executives of Warner Bros. have been waiting since midnight.

Just after they got the first-hand statistics, they also dialed the number of Greenberg Manor immediately, but the response they got was the news that Wayne went to bed early after returning to the manor.

"He may be too tired during this time."

Jeff Robinov spread his hands, leaned his upper body into the sofa, and shook his head in a funny way.

"$11 million, 11 million." Bruce Rosenblum glanced at the statistical table and muttered softly. "I don't know if he will be surprised or disappointed when he sees this number tomorrow morning."

That's right, "Wonder Woman" opened nearly 4,000 advance screenings across North America last night. According to box office data provided by various theater companies, the total advance screenings were approximately US$11 million.

Of course, this number is not very accurate, but there is not a big gap with the actual box office. After all, this is only the product of rough statistics.

The reason why Bruce Rosenblum said this is entirely because this number is basically in line with the previous predictions of Warner Bros. and Wayne. Their previous prediction was between US$10 million and US$13 million. It can be said that there are no big surprises and no room for disappointment.

It stands to reason that such early box office results would definitely be worthy of special mention if compared to other directors. But after all, this is a DC series that has been laid out for many years. Coupled with the brand effect produced by Wayne Green, this number seems a bit salty now.

"I think he cares more about the film's reputation among fans." Looking out the window, Jeff Robinov picked up the coffee, took a sip and said.

"Wonder Woman's fan reputation"

Speaking of this, Bruce Rosenblum was speechless.

In recent years, there has always been a very special situation among fans of Wayne's movies, which is more or less polarized. Even "The Dark Knight" has not escaped this law.

Even though "Wonder Woman" was only screened in advance, it can be seen that Warner Bros. attaches great importance to this film and has done a very rigorous investigation. The embarrassing thing is that it seems that the same situation is about to happen again.

Warner Bros. distributed more than 8,000 questionnaires to mainstream commercial theaters across North America, and the result was that 87% of the audience gave the film an A or above rating. This kind of reputation among movie fans can be called an explosion. At the same time, it is also mixed with nearly 9% of the extremely poor ratings below C.

Middle ratings, which represent a small percentage of the total questionnaire, are, in a sense, something Bruce-Rosenblum is used to.

"That's weird, Jeff."

When Bruce Rosenblum saw the other party's actions, he also glanced out the window. It was obvious that he could not go back today. He frowned slightly and whispered:

"Wayne's previous films have been polarizing among fans, which can also be attributed to his personal style in the films. After all, we all know that not all fans like his style.

But this "Wonder Woman", from the perspective of film attributes, completely belongs to the most mainstream public aesthetics, and this damn situation seems to be happening again. "

"Bruce." Upon hearing the other party's question, Jeff Robinov's expression became quite strange. He stared at the statistical table on the table and said as if joking: "Tell me, are there any extremes below C?" The poor ratings are all given by die-hard movie fans who have the highest expectations for Wayne’s works?!”

“m***erf**ker?!”

Bruce Rosenblum's eyes widened, no matter what he thought, he felt that what the other party said made sense.