hollywood draw

The preparations for "****" are in an orderly manner. Almost every other day, **-Simmons would call Wayne and talk about the progress of the crew.

In mid-July, when the summer season in North America was in full swing, Tom Hanks returned with a heavyweight film "Apollo 13" after a year, and swept the entire theater market on the day it was released.

It seems that North American audiences have reached an unparalleled recognition of Big Tom's face. As soon as the movie was released, it caused people's surprise. On Friday, it was a situation where tickets were hard to come by.

However, something unexpected happened again. "Apollo 13", which won $60 million in the first weekend, did not occupy the front page of entertainment media on Monday. On that day, both the critics and the media were singing praises to another film.

"Batman: The Moment of War" has won four consecutive box office championships since its release. Since then, regardless of whether other major productions have been released, the film has maintained a surprisingly steady box office trend.

Finally, after this weekend, it won $11.03 million again, becoming the only film this year with a box office of $300 million. So far, the cumulative box office has reached $301 million, and the competition for the annual box office championship has been announced in advance, with no suspense.

Wayne Greenberg's DC masterpiece is far ahead of the second place in the box office list of "Poems" and is the only film this year that exceeds $200 million..."

---"Premiere"

"Wayne Greenberg's new work for summer, "Batman: The War Moment" officially exceeded $300 million yesterday. This dark and serious masterpiece has been in a steady box office. Since its release, the decline has never exceeded 30% the following weekend.

There were many well-known film critics and film critics asserted that the filming of "The Joker" used too much of his talent, and such a popular work would be difficult to reappear within ten years. However, just two years have passed, and another box office bomb was cast in front of hundreds of millions of movie fans in the hands of Wayne Greenberg..."

---Los Angeles Times

On this day, no matter what type of media, radio, or TV station it is, almost all put the achievements of "Batman: The Moment of War" on the front page headlines or morning shows.

Just two years ago, "Jurassic Park" and "The Joker" that emerged suddenly pushed the box office of a movie to a terrifying $300 million for the first time.

Whether it is the media or the public, they all think this will become a normal state. The Hollywood film and theater markets are making great progress, but this is just a illusion for people. After these two films, only the work "The Legend of Ah**" has barely reached 300 million US dollars.

But "The Legend of Ah**" is completely a white moonlight in the hearts of North Americans. Its performance overseas can only be said to be neither swelling nor popular. It did not create the same achievements as the first two films, nor did it cause the so-called global movie viewing trend.

It was not until this time that everyone woke up. It turned out that the box office in North America exceeded US$300 million, which was still an unattainable peak. Even in this world's largest film market, it was not as easy as people imagined.

There are not many videos that surprise movie fans throughout the summer season. Compared with the monster dance last year, this year even has a hint of monotony.

Fortunately, at the beginning of the summer season, a box office bomb like "Batman: The Moment of War" injected a shot of augmentation into the theater market. When the film's screening scale continued to shrink and its popularity gradually faded, Tom Hanks was still as reliable as ever, and "Apollo 13" successfully took over and continued to bring a good movie-watching feast to movie fans.

However, people in the circle and most media know that this film cannot be as potential as "The Legend of Ah**", with a maximum potential of US$200 million, which is also the reason why the media announced the annual box office championship in advance.

Only looking at the release plan for the second half of this year, I can hardly find a work that can wrestle with "Batman: The Moment of War". The two films "Detective's Aircraft Head 3" and "The Seven Deadly Sins" that have the greatest chance among the critics are also written by Warner Bros.

No matter how the media sang praises outside, Wayne did not accept any interviews. The Los Angeles Times can still get some things through Bella Grant to publish them, but in this special period, the beautiful editor-in-chief did not feel uncomfortable when he ran to the manor himself.

During this period, Wayne, except for taking Nao Miwatts to the hospital for a check-up every once in a while, he had been on a comfortable vacation in the manor. In addition to occasionally caring about Zach Schneider, he basically lost his workaholic state.

In early August, "****" entered the formal stage of its establishment, with the main actors **Howe, Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, Jean Renault and others also joined the crew. After a short training, the film will officially start filming before the end of September.

Unlike Wayne's habit, he is accustomed to shooting at Warner Bros. Studios regardless of any shot. If necessary, he is reluctant to run too far to film the scene.

After careful investigation, Zach Schneider set the shooting location in Australia. The tax refund amount here is relatively high. When shooting large scenes such as helicopters, the local government can provide free help. The only thing to consider is to hire some local staff.

Because this project is known as Greenberg's work, it is also the focus of media pursuit. The film started a slow publicity work under the guidance of Warner Bros. only during the preparation period.

"Is this your new project?"

On the balcony on the third floor of Greenberg Manor, Naomi Watts held the golden retriever and looked at Wayne lazily to modify the script, and asked curiously.

"Yes, a small production that is not expensive." Looking back at the Australian girl, Wayne handed the script to the other party casually. "Do you want to see it? Talk to me about your feelings after reading it."

This familiar scene gave Naomi Watts a very strange feeling. She still clearly remembers that in that small apartment, the other party also handed her the script of "Happy Death Day" in this way.

It was also because of that script that made them "good friends" and "partners" continue to succeed in Hollywood together from a pair of small characters.

She suddenly showed a warm smile, glanced at the man, took the script, and read the story summary softly.

"In southern Boston, Frank Castro, the gang leader who was in his heyday, dominated the country. He was sophisticated that he decided to train Colin, who was only 14 years old, to pave the way for his future. At the same time, Billy, a teenager born in the neighborhood, relied on his own efforts to get rid of poverty and crime.

Time flies, and both Colin and Billy grew up and were admitted to police academy, becoming police officers of the state police station. After making contributions to annihilation of the gang, Colin was quickly promoted to the superintendent of the "Special Investigation Team". He had his own power in the police station, but he still obeyed Castro. However, Billy, who grew up on the street and had a violent personality, wanted to become a good policeman, but was arranged to secretly infiltrate the gang organization and became Castro's capable subordinate.

Castro's gang crime group is becoming stronger and stronger, and the police decided to start secretly preparing to eradicate it. The opposition is becoming more and more tense, and the failure of a series of cat and mouse operations has also made the police and the sensitive Costro realize that there are spies inside. The police and the gangster's big bottom cleaning operation is about to begin, and two undercover agents who have suffered physically and mentally have begun to embark on the road of inseparable..."

Fortunately, Naomi Watts's face was curious, but when she saw the specific plot, especially the characters' lines, she immediately had the urge to throw the script away. This story is full of barbaric violence and blood, and it is the type she dislikes the least!

"Damn it." About half an hour later, the Australian girl touched the script on the table, stretched out her white fingers, and gently pressed her forehead.

"I thought you changed your sex because of "Batman: The Moment of War", and I didn't expect to shoot this kind of film again."

"Hmm." Wayne shrugged and gently stroked Fendi's head. "Tell me, what do you feel after reading it."

Recalling the entire plot setting, Naomi Watts kept simulating it into a film scene in his mind, then frowned and said, "First of all, I have to say that I don't like this kind of film very much, and it's not friendly enough to women and teenagers."

Seeing that the big boy didn't care about his evaluation, she continued to talk about her feelings. "You have set a little less of the film and the whole story gives me the feeling, full of straightforward blood and violence, and shows the darkness and filth without any scruples.

A lot of "fights" made me frightened. Now when I think about it carefully, I actually feel a perverted and refreshing feeling. This is not like Greenber's works, which lacks the literary drama you are best at, or rather, it lacks your praiseworthy ability to tell stories in multiple lines.

And those lines, my god, your movie will definitely be rated as the movie with the most swear words! Do those men will not speak after leaving fxxk..."

Listening to the constant complaints of women, Wayne didn't care too much. To put it bluntly, this movie was not filmed for girls and teenagers, and naturally it was not very friendly to them.

He clearly remembered that the production cost of this film was about 90 million US dollars. After all, for various reasons, the film is too famous.

Unlike the actors who are old Martin's version of the actors, it is easy to save money on filming now. It would be better if you don't invite two Hollywood A-listers to play the leading role, and the production cost will immediately drop by half.

According to the view of ordinary movie fans in previous lives, this film is definitely one of the biggest aesthetic differences between the East and the West. Perhaps 90% of the East fans cannot understand this kind of filming method that removes poetry, which is simply destroying the classics.

However, such a barbaric, violent, bloody and rough film not only achieved good box office success, but also achieved considerable results in the Oscars.