~： Six hundred and twenty - end of year chaos

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A meeting that was originally intended for the early release of "The Matrix" gradually turned into a discussion about this year's Oscars. Since it's been a day's work, it didn't take a while to finish smoking a cigar, and Wayne and a few people on the scene signaled. For a moment, stand up first and prepare to leave.

Charlize Theron has been observing his movements. After he got up, he took the man's arm and left the office together, ignoring the gazes of others.

Are South African diamonds stupid? Not at all. The few people sitting in the office are either a future commercial director like Zack Snyder, or a senior executive of Warner Bros. In her opinion, now is the right time to show their close relationship with Wayne.

No matter how you look at it, as long as some people in the house are willing to take care of the face of the men around them and give her some proper care in the future, it will be of great help to her acting career.

After several people watched Wayne and his party leave, Li Guohao also nodded politely to the two executives of Warner Bros., raised his hand, and made a phone call gesture. "I will take a good rest for a few days during this time. When the "Matrix" starts to promote, call my agent."

Without too many greetings, he also stood up and left the office.

"I heard......"

Bruce Rosenblum watched the Chinese leave, shook his head slightly, and joked in a low voice: "I heard that he won't be able to rest for long, Wayne's agent Jimmy, who has represented Greenberg Studio, and His agent is approaching new projects, and it looks like Wayne is still the same, never letting go of any money..."

Only halfway through the words, he saw Zach Snyder's face, the two eyebrows were already wrinkled together, and he simply shrugged to the two people beside him, with an expression on his face that you all know.

Jeff Robinoff gave Warner Bros. distribution executive a stern look, and the warning in his eyes was quite obvious. Most people laughed at some innocuous jokes, but there were some words that Zach Snyder didn't like to hear.

Both executives also understand that the director around him, from a low-level commercial director in the industry to becoming a successful man in a hot commercial film, has basically followed Wayne in the whole process in a few years. learned.

Even the "Matrix" series, which made countless people discover his abilities, was originally directed by Wayne himself, who invested tens of millions of dollars and defied all opposition to let Zach Snyder, a novice, direct it.

So, in front of Zach Snyder, even if he was just teasing Wayne behind his back, he didn't like to hear it, even if Bruce Rosenblum had no ill intentions.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Jeff Robinoff stretched out his hand, tapped a few times on the coffee table in the lounge area, skipped the casual joke just now, and said, "Zach, if there is no accident, the "Matrix Revolution" of "The Matrix: Matrix Revolution" After all the work is done, you have to join the DC program soon and be mentally prepared that you have no time for rest and vacation in these two years.”

Listening to the words of the CEO of Warner Bros., Zach Snyder nodded silently. As for joining the DC series, he has already anticipated and prepared for it, and many people around him know that Wayne spared no effort to support and cultivate him, and even spent a lot of money to let him directly use "The Matrix" to accumulate The experience of running a large production crew is to allow him to join the DC series as soon as possible.

In fact, when the first film of "The Matrix" was screened in Warner Bros., both senior filmmakers from Warner Bros., as well as media and film critics who were fortunate enough to be invited, all understood that this man from New York The director of commercials is definitely one of the most suitable directors to join the DC series.

As long as you have watched "The Matrix", you can find that this guy is almost in the same vein as Wayne, no matter the shooting technique, the large-scale understanding of darkness, the habit of moving the mirror, and the proper handling of the connotation of the film. The film between the two The style is so similar.

Of course, there are a lot of places where Zack Snyder can't compare to Wayne, especially when it comes to his typical academic storytelling ability.

But for superhero movies, his current ability is completely enough. Basically, it can continue Wayne's production style to make the next DC series of movies. The reason is very simple, in the same line, it will not make the whole DC series feel divided.

"The idea of ​​Bruce and I was to use the opinions of some shareholders to let the last movie of The Matrix be released as soon as possible."

When it comes to business, Jeff Robinoff's face is full of seriousness, and even the cigar that never leaves his hand was put into the ashtray by him. "Then let you get out early and prepare for the next project in the DC series. But, as you can see, no one can ignore Wayne's decision, and..."

Speaking of which, he glanced at Bruce Rosenblum and shrugged. "And in the thinking within the company, it's intentional for you to go directly to the Superman Clark Kent movie."

In the first two episodes of "The Matrix", the protagonist 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 Zack Snyder to break through. It only needs to continue the most stable shooting method. With the name of Superman Clark Kent, safe shooting This is enough to get fans from all over the world into the theater.

"Does Wayne know the company's plans?"

Obviously, even if he took over Superman when he heard that he could come up, Zach Snyder was not overwhelmed by the surprise, and the first thing he asked was what Wayne meant. "If he wanted me to take on Superman, of course I'd be very happy. You know, I've been a die-hard DC fan since I was a kid, and being able to take on Superman means a lot to me."

"I mentioned it to him once."

Bruce Rosenblum nodded slightly and replied, "Wayne didn't express his objection at that time. When your work on The Matrix is ​​completed, I will take some time to discuss it with him. I think, he You should be trusted in your abilities."

"Two days off, I will immediately start the post-production work of "The Matrix". If there is news, you can notify me at any time."

In fact, Zack Snyder's meaning is quite clear. If Wayne wants him to take over Superman, he will be very happy. If Wayne is not willing, or has other arrangements for him, he will also do what the other party wants. It all depends on the outcome of the negotiations between Warner Bros. and Wayne.

So this conversation about the progress of the DC universe plan ended in a calm atmosphere. Zach Snyder's head is clear, and he knows better than anyone that he can't let go in the DC series unless he has Wayne's support.

That's right, this series belongs to Warner Bros. in terms of copyright and all other things, but as long as you have a little brain, you can see clearly. In fact, the entire DC series has been going on with Wayne's will, no one dares to Go against Wayne on this series.

Here, "The Flash" is still under intense shooting, and "The Matrix" has also begun the 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.

The first is Sony Columbia, who deliberately postponed the release of their films in order to avoid the extremely competitive summer time slot. Seeing that the time has come to the end of October, a "Who's Who Did It" has received numerous praises immediately after entering the theater market.

Unexpectedly, the film received more than 30 million US dollars in the first weekend of its release. As a dark horse, it sounded the horn of competition in the theater market at the end of 1997.

Immediately afterward, there is the movie "Devil's Advocate" by Warner Bros. This small-budget movie was not favored by Warner Bros., but at the beginning of its release, it was released with a score of 33.65 million US dollars. , pulled down from the throne of the weekly box office champion.

If it's just these two companies, the surprise performance at the end of the year that is about to enter the awards season will not surprise the major media, who knows that Paramount Pictures is not far behind.

Ashley Judy and Morgan Freeman lead the lead, and Gary Fred's low-budget crime suspense film, Gary Fred's "Lip Robbery, also had its first weekend in theaters. to the $30 million box office.

The three films released at the end of October have been entangled in the theater market until the beginning of November, and even the box office they have achieved is about the same as more than 60 million US dollars. However, as Sony Columbia continued to exert its strength, after "Starship Troopers" joined the battlefield, the journey of the above three films was completely ended.

"Starship Troopers" dominated the first half of November almost by itself. After getting $54 million in two weeks, 20th Century Fox's "Alien 4: Reborn" and Universal Pictures The "Jackal Doomsday" was released, and once again successfully took over the cinema market.

During this period of time, the trend of the North American theater market has made even the media feel dazzled. The relatively flat schedule was accompanied by the constant emergence of box office dark horses, showing a situation where you can sing and I will appear, so that at the end of 1997, there was a rare wave of moviegoers watching movies.

However, this melee, which is independent of the summer season, has nothing to do with Wayne. His eyes and energy have always been on the work in his hands, especially the shooting of "The Flash".

Several times in the entire Hollywood film circle, there may be a talented director who can continue to succeed without hard work, just relying on his natural keen sense of film smell, but this person has never been Wayne.

He knows that he is by no means such a genius. Although God has given him a lot, he has not continued to give him that kind of talent, so he has always worked very hard. As soon as the filming starts, he will devote himself wholeheartedly to it. Yes, God dropped the pie often, but he never expected it to fall into his pocket.