hollywood draw

A meeting that was originally for the release of "The Matrix" in advance gradually evolved into a discussion of this year's Oscars. Since I had been working for a day and had not been able to go for a while, after smoking a cigar, Wayne and several people on the scene signaled it and stood up first to leave.

Charlize Theron has been observing his movements. After he got up, he took the man's arm without caring about the eyes of others and left the office together.

Is South Africa's Mei Diamond stupid? Not at all. The few people sitting in the office are either Zach Schneider, with a promising future, or Warner Bros. In her opinion, now is the time to show her close relationship with Wayne.

No matter from any perspective, as long as some people in the house are willing to take care of the face of the men around her and give her some appropriate care in the future, it will be of great help to her acting career.

After watching Wayne and his group leave, Li Guohao politely nodded to the two senior executives of Warner Bros., raised his hand, and made a phone call. "I will have a good rest for a few days during this time. When will the "Matrix" start promoting it? Call my agent."

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

"I heard..."

Bruce Rosenblum watched the Chinese leave, shook his head slightly, and whispered: "I heard that he couldn't rest for a long time. Wayne's agent Jimmy, who has already started contact with his agent on behalf of Greenberg Studio, has started a new project with his agent. It seems that Wayne is still like that and will never let go of any money-making..."

He only said halfway through Zach Schneider's face, and he saw that his eyebrows had already frowned, so he shrugged at the two people beside him, with an expression on his face that you all knew.

Jeff Robinoff looked at the Warner Bros. Distribution Director sternly, and the warning in his eyes was quite obvious. Most people smiled at some irrelevant jokes, but some words were obviously Zach Schneider didn't like to listen to them.

Both executives also understood that the director around him, from a commercial director who was inferior in the circle to becoming a successful person in the hot commercial films, in a few years, he basically learned the whole process from Wayne.

Even the "The Matrix" series that made countless people discover his ability was originally Wayne personally invested tens of millions of dollars, and he opposed the opposition and directed by Zach Schneider, a novice.

So, in front of Zach Schneider, even if he just teases Wayne in secret, he doesn't like to listen. Even if Bruce Rosenblum has no malicious intentions.

"Okay, let's talk about the serious matter."

Jeff Robinoff reached out his hand and tapped on the coffee table in the rest area a few times. He skipped the casual joke just now and said, "Zach, if there is no accident, after all the work of "The Matrix: Matrix Revolution" is completed, you have to join the DC plan quickly and be mentally prepared. You have no time to rest and take a vacation in the past two years."

Listening to Warner Bros. CEO's words, Zach Schneider nodded silently. He had actually expected and prepared to join the DC series, and many people around him knew that Wayne spared no effort to support and train him, and even spent a lot of money to use "The Matrix" to accumulate experience in taking charge of large crews, in order to allow him to join the DC series as soon as possible.

In fact, after the first film of "The Matrix" was held within Warner Bros., both the veteran film workers of Warner Bros., and the media and film critics who were fortunate to be invited, they all understood that this advertising director from New York was definitely one of the most suitable directors to join the DC series.

As long as you watch "The Matrix", you will find that this guy is almost in line with Wayne, whether it is shooting techniques, understanding of the darkness, the habit of using the mirror, and the appropriate treatment of the film's connotation. The style of the film between the two is so similar.

Of course, in many places, Zach Schneider is definitely not comparable to Wayne, especially in the typical academic storytelling ability, there is basically no comparison.

But for superhero movies, his current abilities are completely enough. He can basically continue Wayne's production style to produce the next DC series of movies. The reason is very simple, and it will not make the entire DC series feel divided.

"Bruce and I originally wanted to use the advice of some shareholders to make the last movie "The Matrix" released as soon as possible."

When talking about the seriousness, Jeff Robinoff's face was full of seriousness, and even the cigar that never left his hands was put in the ashtray. "Then let you pull out early and prepare for the next project of the DC series. But you also see that no one can ignore Wayne's decision, and..."

Speaking of this, he looked at Bruce Rosenblum and shrugged. "And in the company's internal thoughts, I mean you can directly prepare for Superman Clark Kent's movie."

In the first two plots of "The Matrix", the hero Neo's use of invincible special effects has been recognized by them and has also been recognized by many senior executives of the company.

In fact, for Superman, they also hope to perform in a similar way. Warner Bros. does not need Zach Schneider to make a breakthrough, but only needs to continue the most stable shooting method. With the name of Superman Clark Kent, a safe shooting method is enough to allow fans from all over the world to enter the theater.

"Did Wayne know what the company is going to do?"

Obviously, even if Zach Schneider was not surprised to hear that he could come up, he asked Wayne the first thing he wanted to do was to take over Superman. "I would of course be very happy if he wanted me to take over Superman. You know, I have been a hardcore DC comic fan since I was a child, and 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 his opposition at that time. When the work of "The Matrix" is completed, I will take some time to discuss it with him. I think he should trust your abilities."

"I will start working on the post-production of "The Matrix" immediately after two days of rest. If there is news, you can inform me at any time."

In fact, Zach Schneider's meaning is quite clear. If Wayne is willing to take over Superman, 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 result of the negotiation between Warner Bros. and Wayne.

So this conversation about the progress of the DC Universe Plan ended in a sloppy atmosphere. Zach Schneider's mind was very clear, and he understood better than anyone else. Only by obtaining Wayne's support can he let go of it in the DC series.

That's right, this series belongs to Warner Bros., regardless of copyright or other things, but as long as you have a little brain, you can see clearly. In fact, the entire DC series has been following Wayne's intentions, and no one dares to fight Wayne in this series.

"The Flash" is still under intense shooting, and "The Matrix" has also begun its final post-production work. Since the end of the hot summer season, the North American theater market, which has been silent for nearly two months, has ushered in another unexpected wave in the upcoming stage of November.

First of all, Sony Columbia. In order to avoid the extremely enthusiastic summer season, they deliberately postponed the films. Seeing that it was already the end of October, the film "Who's the Devil" immediately received numerous praises after entering the theater market.

The film unexpectedly received more than 30 million US dollars in its first weekend of release, and with the attitude of a dark horse, it sounded the competitive horn in the theater market at the end of 1997.

Immediately afterwards, Warner Bros. The low-cost film that was not favored by Warner Bros., was pulled down from the throne of the weekly box office champion with a record of 33.65 million US dollars at the beginning of its release.

If it were just these two companies, it would not surprise the major media if it was just these two companies, which was about to enter the awards season, and who knew that Paramount Pictures would follow closely.

Ashley Judy and Morgan Freeman lead the lead and directed by Gary Fred, the low-cost crime suspense film also won $30 million in the first weekend of its release.

Three films released at the end of October have been tangled in the theater market until early November, and even the box offices achieved were about 60 million US dollars. However, as Sony Columbia continued to make efforts, "Starry Team" joined the battlefield, it completely ended the journey of the above three films.

"Starship Team" almost dominated the first half of November with its own strength. After receiving $54 million in two weeks, 20th Century Fox's "Alien 4: Rebirth in the Ashes" and Universal Pictures' "The Jackal's Doomsday" were released, and once again successfully took over the theater market.

Even the media was dazzled by the trend of the North American theater market during this period. The relatively calm period was accompanied by the continuous appearance of small dark horses at the box office, showing a trend of you finishing the show, which made a rare trend of movie fans watch throughout the year in 1997.

However, this melee, independent of the summer season, has nothing to do with Wayne. His eyes and energy have always been devoted to his work, especially the filming of "The Flash".

Several times, there may be genius directors in the Hollywood movie circle. They don’t have to work hard and can continue to succeed by relying on their natural sense of keen movies, but this person has never been Wayne.

He knew that he was definitely not such a genius. Although God had given him a lot, he did not continue to give him that talent. So he worked very hard and devoted himself to it as long as the shooting started. Yes, it was common for God to lose his pie, but he never expected to fall into his pocket.