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"Magic Young will name "Batman 2" "The-Dark-ght"." - Yahoo Entertainment

The first Batman movie in history without "Batman" in the title!

Yesterday, Warner Bros. released this amazing news. For a big production like this, the title of the film will naturally have to be finalized through consultations between the production team and the distribution department. They will also first test the reaction of the fans and audiences, but in the case of super big star Wang Yang , jump directly to the last step! In an instant, the fans once again happily lamented, "Wang Yang's brain is seriously injured!"; however, to Warner's surprise, most of the fans were actually very interested and unanimously praised it!

"I like this name, "The Dark Knight" is really cool and manly!" nyT said, "! I finally believe that MY is going to take over "Batman", oh no, it's "The Dark Knight"!" h said; " Now begins a new chapter! The title of "The Dark Knight" already made me understand how different it will be, goodbye "Batman"!" elL said... l, ty, Great! As soon as Warner Bros. dipped their toe in the water, they got a satisfactory answer.

But without "Batman", it is equivalent to weakening the atmosphere of superhero comic adaptation, and it seems to be giving up part of the fan resources of "Batman"; the advantage is that it has distanced itself from "Batman Begins", and at the same time "MY" can Let "TDK" become popular easily, =Batman, \u003eBatman.

"500 Days with Summer" also started shooting in San Francisco yesterday. Since it was a street scene, a large number of photos from the set were immediately exposed by reporters. Fans didn't find any spoilers. They only saw Nata with a refreshing short hair. Leigh Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are walking on the street, walking to the tram, etc.; and the most concerned person in the world, "Magic Young is wounded in battle", is not missing a picture, he is holding the viewfinder in his left hand, and his face is serious He directly directed the fat photographer, he gave speeches and demonstrated the moves of the two main actors, he took the water bottle from the visiting wife...

"Hi, this is Lin, good morning to Miraculous Yang! Haha, what do you want from me? Oh, yes..."

As the Vice President of Production at Warner Bros., Lin Wei (Dan-n) has been under rapid pressure to the point of collapse recently. The reason is that "Batman Begins", which he mainly produced, suffered a major failure. Now The company started to pursue accountability. President Jeff Robinov not only crossed the river, but also intentionally made him bear more responsibility for the failure. If it hadn't been for the sudden decision to take over "Batman" by Miriam Young, this matter would have been even more troublesome. Big, but now he doesn’t have many projects on hand.

Regarding "I Am Legend", he and Jeff Robinoff have an opinion that must not be sold to Fire Movies! But who will listen to them now? At this time, he suddenly heard Wang Yang on the other side of the phone say: "Dan, are you interested in coming to Flame Movie?"

"What do you mean..." Lin Wei's heart beat rapidly, Magic Yang invited me to jump to the Flame! ? He couldn't help walking back to the house from the garden,

It seemed that the conversation was about some big secret; Wang Yang's enthusiastic voice continued: "Yes, that's right! Dan, I know that you are a capable person and have an extraordinary grasp of the market. You understand, I need people like you, I’m not going to invite you over and put you aside, no, we’re going to do a career, man, think about it.”

Since their debut in 1999, since Warner Bros. and Flame are competitors, Lin Wei and Wang Yang have not had a close relationship, but they have had some interactions and have also met at Asian award ceremonies. At the beginning, Warner Bros. was full of confidence in hiring Wang Yang, thinking that Dan Lin would play a key role, but who knew it would end in failure! Now Allen-F-Horn is also blaming this for his incompetence. From high hopes to repeated disappointments, Warner Bros. has lost patience with Lin Wei.

Lin Wei knew that now was indeed the best time to change jobs, so he resigned without hesitation. The company would not hold him back or blame him any more. On the contrary, someone had shouldered the responsibility for "War Time"; and he switched to Flame Films, which was in the honeymoon period with Warner Bros. You will be surprised but not resentful. The key is whether it is better to stay at Warner Bros. or to join the Flames? Can it better support his goal of establishing his own production company as soon as possible? However, it seems that going to the Flames does not conflict with the goal, because what Magic Yang means is that when he has enough transcripts, he can get shares in the Flames movie.

"Oh! Okay, I will think about it carefully." Lin Wei walked around the living room with his mobile phone, his face full of contemplation, and Miyazaki Yang's verbal promise was to serve as the vice president of the production department in two years. After being promoted to president due to performance, the original supervisor has other arrangements...or if he does not want to be the production department manager and producer, he can serve as an executive producer full-time and be directly responsible for the film projects under Flame Films, all of which are entrusted to him. heavy responsibility.

After the call ended, Wang Yang's words still echoed in Lin Wei's ears, "The transformation idea of ​​"Batman Begins" is correct, but Darren Aronofsky took it too far." This Harvard alumnus is really impressive. Helpless! Lin Wei sat down on the sofa and thought about it carefully. It was obvious that Miyazaki Yang was really optimistic about him, otherwise he would not have bothered to find a loser. At the same time, the management of Flame Films lacked Chinese personnel. Miyazaki Yang would not want his company or even Hollywood to ignore him. When looking at Chinese faces, they all know the simple truth that there is strength in numbers.

Of course, you have to have the ability and achievements in advance to have a chance to join the board of directors... Lin Wei felt that he really needed to think about it carefully.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, the small town of Palo Alto (-) is a beautiful scenery in the midsummer morning. A black car drives steadily from the direction of San Francisco and San Mateo.

"N, N..." Wang Yang, who was in the passenger seat of the car, muttered softly, looking for a name in his address book, and then chose to call Lin Yibin. Joshua, who was holding the steering wheel, and Jessica and Wang in the back seat Mother didn't speak.

Wang Yang really hopes that Lin Wei will join the Fire Movie, and he really knows that Dan Lin is a capable person.

The 32-year-old Lin Wei is two years younger than Lin Yibin. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1973. He immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 5. After receiving his undergraduate education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he received a Harvard degree in 1999 at the age of 26. Lin Wei obtained an M.B.A (Master of Business Administration) degree from the Business School. During the summer internship program while studying for the M.B.A., Lin Wei entered the Warner Bros. Company to work. After graduation, he officially joined Warner as the deputy creative director of the production department and was promoted to senior vice president in 2003. .

In the world of future film and television information base, Lin Wei has had a smooth journey. He has done an outstanding job in the management of Warner Production Department and has been directly and deeply involved in projects such as "The Aviator" directed by Martin Scorsese. (2004), "The Departed" (2006), "Ten Thousand Years Before History" (2008) directed by Roland Emmerich, "Stickman" (2003), "Scooby-Doo 2" (2004) ), "Speed" (2004), "Alexander the Great" (2004), "Boogie Christmas" (2006), "The Visit" (2007) and other films.

By the end of 2007, Lin Wei left Warner to create the "Lin's Pictures (n-tures)" production company, cooperating with Warner in the form of joint venture production and then Warner's distribution. The production project initiated by Lin's Pictures was launched in 2009 There are "Strange Stone", "The Birth of Lies", "Sherlock Holmes", "Murder Box", "Terminator 2018", "Sherlock Holmes 2" (2011), "Gangster Legend" (2012), etc. Lin Wei was also named one of the top ten most promising producers in Hollywood by Ety in 2008.

However, due to the butterfly effect, many changes occurred. There was "Mr. Hughes" but "The Aviator" was produced. After Lin Wei was promoted, he did not have the support of the Olska Award. Therefore, the other two blockbusters "Alexander the Great" and "The Aviator" were released. The successive failures of "Batman Begins" have worn away his previous efforts.

But Wang Yang knew that Lin Wei’s taste and sensitivity to movies and the market were at an exciting level. “Sherlock Holmes” fully demonstrated his production and marketing capabilities; of course, no one is perfect, and he could not stop films like “Alexander” "Emperor" is such a terrible work. Sandy Parks, currently the director of the Flame Film Production Department for many years, has sufficient management and operational capabilities, but lacks pioneering power and vision. If the down-and-out Lin Wei joins the Flame to fill the gap, it can bring a great positive effect. He has vision and experience. He is aggressive and courageous. He is only 32 years old. He is not limited to the production department. Flame Group likes such talents.

Lin Wei has a very good relationship with Susan Downey. He has already called Susan, who is currently pregnant, and asked her to express her intention to invite Lin Wei. Although Susan Downey did not sign a long-term contract with Flame Films, she One of the important executive producers who is a pleasure to work with, he will also be involved in projects such as "The Green Hornet" after giving birth.

"Hi! Good morning, Justin." Wang Yang smiled and said hello to the other end of the line. He was not afraid of Warner Bros. knowing that the Flames were poaching. Anyway, Alan F. Horn and the others had a way of saying "what's more important" Heavy". He hopes that the Flames and Hollywood will have more Chinese-Americans, so that something can gradually change. Without base support, everything is empty talk. What is worth looking forward to is that "Magic Young" has inspired thousands of Chinese children across the United States and around the world to bravely embark on the path of pursuing movies. I believe that in ten or twenty years, there will be a new look.

As the car moved forward, Jessica and Wang's mother talked softly. Joshua quickly asked Wang Yang about the traffic situation. Lin Yibin's voice also came from the mobile phone: "Hi Yang, good morning."

Wang Yang looked at the town scenery in front of him, gestured to Joshua to move on, and talked about business in a sincere tone on the phone: "Justin, maybe you know that I took over "Batman", and now many people say that I am planning to invite You directed The Dark Knight, but I actually had no intention of doing that."

He is not afraid that Warner will know that he does not use Justin Lin but Christopher Nolan. What Warner wants is "Magic Young". Of course, keeping it secret can save a lot of trouble. But in just a few days, due to Warner's publicity and testing, In the atmosphere created by fans in the media, it seems that Justin Lin's directing of "TDK" is a certainty. Whether it is a friend or a partner, he does not want Lin Yibin to have some unnecessary joyful expectations and then be disappointed.

"Oh, it's nothing! I don't have anything to think about." Lin Yibin over there said that he didn't mind and didn't feel disappointed. Neither of them liked to beat around the bush. He said, "Yang, I've really heard this in the past two days. There are some rumors. Several friends asked me about "Batman"..."The Dark Knight". To be honest, I was about to ask you what's going on. Now it's clear, it's nothing! And I don't know anything about Batman movies. I have special interest in it, so I can continue to focus on creating the bucket of popcorn that is "Rush 2"."

"Rush 2" is in the filming stage and is expected to be completed in September. Wang Yang laughed loudly after hearing this, glanced at his wife in the rearview mirror, and said with a smile: "If you think "TDK" is a bucket of popcorn, you are wrong! Let me tell you quietly, I will invite Christopher No. Lan Lai directed." Lin Yibin, who was highly recommended by others, was surprised: "Wow! Really? Continue Darren's style?" Wang Yang shrugged and smiled: "Nolan's style will have higher commercial capabilities."

"That's really exciting, Nolan's superhero movie." Lin Yibin didn't know what to say. Who would have thought that "Batman" would still have a dark style with a different title? Sure enough, Dark!

"Nolan won't treat it like a superhero movie. That's the power he can bring to "Batman." You know, that's why the film is called "TDK." Wang Yang smiled and listened. When Lin Yibin sighed with L, he asked: "Man, do you have any interesting projects? But there is no compensation." Now that Huo Film has a lot of money, the schedule for the next two to three years still needs to be filled. If there is a suitable good project, Flame will not miss it.

Lin Yibin suddenly felt excited. He knew Wang Yang's decisiveness best, and he had been obsessed with and interested in a movie recently. Lin Yibin said frankly: "In fact, I want to remake a Korean movie. ,"old boys"."

"Not bad!" Wang Yang leaned back in his chair and nodded: "I know "Oldboy", I've seen it."

"Oldboy" (y) is a revenge drama, thriller and suspense film directed by Park Chan-wook. The script is adapted from the work "The Iron Man and the Strong Dragon" by the Japanese cartoonist Nobuaki Minegishi. It tells the story of the protagonist Wu Daxiu who was suddenly encountered on his way home after being drunk. He was kidnapped and locked up in a private prison without seeing the light of day. During this period, he learned about the murder of his wife and the disappearance of his daughter through the prison TV. The police even suspected that he was the murderer. In order to clear the unjust case, avenge his family and find out the cause of the kidnapping, he Wu Daxiu, who wanted to commit suicide, insisted on living and continued to exercise.

Fifteen years later, Wu Daxiu was finally released by his enemy Li Youzhen, and immediately launched a revenge plan. Li Youzhen said that as long as Daxiu could guess the reason why he was kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years within five days, he would give up his life.

If "Batman Begins" is darkness, "Oldboy" is darkness within darkness. The degree of human distortion and perversion cannot be described as sinful. The film was released in South Korea in 2003 and won the jury award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Will win big prize. Just ask any movie fan, and they will all think that the remake of "Oldboy" is most suitable to be directed by Darren Aronofsky, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, etc.

"Justin, "Oldboy" is hardly popcorn." Wang Yang teased Lin Yibin again. Anyway, he is absolutely unwilling and unable to make this kind of movie now. He has to find the director's feeling that suits it. Do you think you will suffer from depression and be set up by your enemy to fall in love with your daughter? This is no longer repression, but distortion.

According to current and future information, there have always been people interested in remaking "Oldboy", including Justin Lin, who failed midway, and Steven Spielberg and Will Smith, who also failed later. The director was finally determined to be "New York Knicks" Spike Lee, the mascot. "Oldboy" must be a very CULT R-rated film. Box office will not be its main focus. Awards and post-sales are its hope.

Wang Yang is actually not very optimistic about Spike Lee's version of "Oldboy". He still doesn't know how it will turn out, and maybe he will never know, because he only has news and no movies in his mind. However, no matter what, this LEE is not an Asian LEE. , Spike Lee has a black perspective and style. He can make a sharp and bright "Oldboy", but it is difficult to touch the Asian thinking of the original comics, scripts, and films. Of course, different versions are not needed; but Lin Yibin If you direct "Oldboy", there will be a lot of room for explosion. Justin does not only know popcorn, and the things shown in "Hot Mochi" tell this point.

If Lin Wei joins the flames, the "N+N" Shuanglin combination should have a very good chemical reaction. It should be noted that Lin Wei has "operated" the remake of "Infernal Affairs" into "The Departed".

"Haha!" Lin Yibin, who was being teased, laughed out loud, and then felt very funny and overjoyed. "Oldboy" should be directed by Christopher Nolan, and then he should direct "The Dark Knight". People all over the world are Think so, if not? "Miracle Yang's brain is really hurt." Wang Yang was also made to laugh crazily, and Lin Yibin, who stopped laughing, said: "Yang, if you let me remake it, I will There will be a lot of new things added, a new interpretation of it. I can really do it, Yang, Asian movies have given me a lot of strength, I really can!"

"OK! Just this sentence will do." Wang Yang agreed simply and neatly. The "Oldboy" project is not unfinished, and Lin Yibin is so confident and full of feelings, why not?

"Oh...! Thank you!" Lin Yibin thanked him with surprise. He knew that with Qi Miyang's words, the matter was basically done. After all, the copyright of "Oldboy" was not difficult to obtain. Over there, Wang Yang continued: "Then you wait, as long as the company can get the filming rights, we will schedule this project, but now you'd better finish "Rampage 2" first! Otherwise we have to consider James, you It would also be nice to know that Oldboy was made into a horror movie.”

Lin Yibin, who was teased again, laughed naively. James Wan is indeed very suitable for "Oldboy". In the eyes of the outside world, he is definitely more suitable than him. The "Saw" series is a movie with distorted human nature, and " "Rush" series is a completely different genre, and there is no comparison whether it is messed up or not. He smiled happily: "Okay, okay! I will definitely get it... This is really a dark revenge movie by Justin Lin." "

The two laughed and chatted for a few more words before hanging up. Wang Yang then called Sandy Parks: "Sandy, check the remake rights of the Korean movie "Oldboy". We want to win it." It's over. After a brief phone call, Wang Yang continued to think about the project in silence. At this time, he heard someone shouting from behind, "Yang, dear! Yang, Yang-Wang! Little monkey -" He finished thinking about an idea, and then suddenly woke up from his thinking. God came over, turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Jessica and Mother Wang, who kept shouting, shook their heads, but they were obviously dissatisfied that he was still busy with work on weekends and did not give himself any time to rest. Does he want to be Miranda? Jessica said casually: "It's almost there." Mother Wang took over and said: "It's almost an hour's drive away. Do you really want to live so far away? Isn't San Mateo good?" Looking at the two women With a bad expression, Wang Yang felt apologetic, put away his mobile phone, and shouted to Joshua next to him with a smile: "Brother, let's not talk about work anymore! Don't talk about work on weekends, just look at houses and look at houses -"

Palo Alto, located in the center of Silicon Valley, is a small town with a population of less than 60,000. The statistics in 2000 were 58,598 people, 75.76% white, 17.22% Asian, 2.02% black and others. Stanford University is here , Google headquarters are also here, as well as current IT companies such as Y0UTUBE. Needless to say, its beautiful and leisurely environment, very good public security, high-culture atmosphere, etc. make it definitely a good place to live.

It's just a little far away from the center of San Francisco. From a residential perspective alone, San Mateo, which is half an hour's drive away, seems better. Wang Yang couldn't even remember how many times he had been to Palo Alto. He had been dragged by Helen to visit Stanford many, many times before. He didn't know if Helen lived in this town now. He knows and knows Chu Haowei (n-Chu) who was born and raised in Palo Alto. Since Anne Fletcher has felt tired of "Step-Up", the Flame Film Project will invite Chu Haowei to direct "Dance My Life" 3》.

"Palo Alto is really good..." Along the way, middle-aged real estate agent William Myers introduced the city to Wang Yang and others who were strolling around the community. Naturally, he was afraid that they would eventually leave. People, although billionaire Wang Yang is not buying a big mansion, who wants to miss out on commissions? However, Wang Yang kept saying, "I know, I know this, sir, I grew up in the Bay Area, and I know it too." William Myers, who had a headache, suddenly thought of something and said quickly: "By the way, we are par The Ro Alto High School basketball team has a local Chinese captain.”

Sure enough, basketball fan Wang Yang was attracted. When he saw him, William Myers introduced in detail: "He is very good at playing. Jeremy Lin (Jeremy-n), the core of the team, is ours here." Super star."

"Really?" Wang Yang couldn't help but stare, and looked at Jessica a few more times. He asked with surprise and disbelief: "What position? Like Yao Ming?" William Myers said: "Guard, point guard Point guard." Wang Yang was stunned for a moment. The point guard hit the core captain? Although the California Interscholastic League Division II (F-n-) where Palo Alto High School is located is not a high level, it is already very rare and difficult to see! Jessica, Joshua and Mrs. Wang all also said wow.

"Jeremy Lin, wow!" Wang Yang excitedly raised his left hand to shoot, and smiled at everyone: "I always wanted to join the school basketball team when I was in high school, but unfortunately no one wanted me."

The smiling mother Wang and Jessica knew that this was not true. He was obsessed with movies and basketball since he was a child. He also said "I will play for the Warriors in the future" when he was a child. However, later in middle school, he became more and more obsessed with movies. He couldn't get up from high school. I joined the school basketball team, otherwise I would really have a chance to be the captain. The high school coach at the time was very unwilling and visited him several times. He was still thinking about Wang Yang until later: "He played basketball very well and was a very smart point guard. He had good physical fitness and knew how to use his IQ to play. If he If he is willing to join the school basketball team, he may even have a chance to play at North Carolina or Duke. I have always thought so."

"Fortunately, I didn't go to play ball, otherwise I might be unemployed now." Wang Yang waved his right hand that was covered in plaster, with a bright smile on his face, and walked forward in a good mood, followed by the smiling crowd.