Vol 2 Chapter 629: Calm down

In fact, Duke knows very well that the times are constantly changing, but the mainstream of the film market will not change. Teenagers will always be the backbone of the market, and they are willing to pay for their favorite movies and peripheral products.
Relatively speaking, the psychological endurance of this group will be a problem, and as people born in the 1990s in North America gradually grow up, their market share is also increasing.
These people don't like movies with heavy themes. Movies that are too heavy and dark will be rejected by most of them and will even overwhelm the market's endurance.
Duke is very sure about one thing. If the "Dark Knight" is pushed back three to four years, and the mainstream audience in the film market is updated, it is really hard to say whether it can achieve such great success in the North American market.
After all, movies are cultural products that are greatly influenced by the social environment.
Even if the "Dark Knight" appeared in the current period, the response in the relatively mature North American market is definitely much better than in overseas markets.
In other words, if "The Dark Knight" wants to succeed, it must rely more on the North American market.
Of course, the style of "The Dark Knight" also brought another way for the film industry itself.
For example, "I am a Legend" to be released next weekend,] ≯, after watching "The Dark Knight" and its market response, David Ellison is considering whether to make another move in editing to make the film darker And some despair.
"Fran..."
In the office of Sky Film Studio, David Ellison walked back and forth a few times, and said to Francis Lawrence sitting on the sofa, "I think the ending can be changed a bit, using the second version of the ending. Just like "The Dark Knight", not only look at the problem from the protagonist's standpoint, but also look at the problem from the perspective of a monster like the clown."
After several years of training, David Ellison does have a more mature view of the movie.
Francis Lawrence is hesitating. He is a relatively traditional commercial director and prefers to conform to the ending of commercial films.
But David Ellison is the investor and producer of this film, and he considers it again. Said, "In fact, those creatures are also human beings. Although they are almost reduced to beasts, beasts are undoubtedly cruel. When they find outsiders, they will naturally show aggression, but it does not mean that they have no conscience."
"The protagonist also understood at that moment. Even though mutants are beasts in our eyes, in their eyes, this is just their way of life. Can we humans change them forcibly based on our own consciousness? They just want to live quietly. They also have emotions, they also have their own social circle, and even they are more united than humans."
David Ellison is very clear that the original ending is more realistic and more in line with the perspective of current commercial films. Great humans died in order to save the survivors. The whole city eventually fell into a truly barbaric era. One person saved the world. The plot can better cater to the tastes of the audience. It will make countless moviegoers feel pleased that they are advanced and almighty humans, so hope is always in sight.
If it was in the past. David Ellison will definitely choose this ending, but "The Dark Knight" brings something different. Looking at the problem from another angle may not be unsuccessful.
In Hollywood, even senior directors like Francis Lawrence must make compromises.
"I am a legend" will change to another ending based on David Ellison's decision.
"David..." Francis Lawrence was still a little worried. "Is this ending..."
"Don't worry, looking at the world from the perspective of a monster, I think this dark style may be popular for a while."
David Ellison raised his hand to interrupt Francis Lawrence and wanted to say, "Hollywood is a serious follower, not just manufacturers. The audience is also the same. "The Dark Knight" has just set a new North American single-day box office record. , Enough to prove it."
Francis Lawrence could only nod his head, and then left the office.
David Ellison sat back at his desk, saw the data in front of him, felt the pressure of a mountain, and even unconsciously came up with the idea of ​​delaying the release of "I Am Legend".
Everything is because that number is too amazing.
"The Dark Knight" collected $68.36 million from North America on Friday, that is, yesterday, setting all previous single-day box office records in North America underfoot.
Such single-day box office data cannot be described as ‘horror’.
Walt Disney's estimate for the first week of "I Am A Legend" was only $70 million.
Although he has confidence in his own film, the preview of "I Am A Legend" has also received unanimous praise from the audience and the cinema, but David Ellison is very clear that the first weekend of "I Am a Legend" will inevitably The great challenges and threats of The Dark Knight next weekend.
Although the thought of postponing the release flashed in his mind, it was unrealistic. David Ellison understood this, and he also firmly believed that even if "I am a Legend" is not comparable to Duke Rosenberg's "Dark Knight", There will also be enough living space, and it is possible to achieve profit through the box office.
However, it is inevitable that David Ellison has some anxiety. The promotion and marketing of "The Dark Knight" is too good, and the audience's reputation after the release is also high. These almost indicate the trend of the future box office.
On the other hand, "I Am A Legend", the publicity is much inferior, even if it creates the so-called Will Smith's marriage crisis news, it is difficult to become a hot spot.
Turning on the computer, David Ellison used Google to search for the latest news about "The Dark Knight", and then opened imdb. The score of "The Dark Knight" above is so eye-catching.
For people in the industry like him, the cyber navy is not a secret at all, but he knows that no navy will stupidly rate his movies.
However, David Ellison has also seen someone cast low points, but the number is too small to play a role in the huge base number.
He glanced at the comments of these low-ranking people, could it be that while belittling "The Dark Knight", he faintly praised "The Godfather."
David Ellison suddenly thought of something, but it was not too clear. Like the statistics of iemascore, it can truly reflect the market response of a film, but it can also affect the viewing choices of a group of people...
It seems that what can be done in this regard? David Ellison thought so.
Entering Saturday, "The Dark Knight" has become the most talked-up topic throughout North America. This film attracts not only fans of the "Batman" comics and the fans of "War Hour" in 2005, but also because of the film. The accidental death of Heath Ledger, the actor of the "Joker", the number one villain, has put on a tragic mystery.
One day after the film was released, the unwilling media, in order to gain attention and attention, even began to hype that Heath Ledger was fully qualified to be nominated for an Oscar and took away an Oscar performance award figure.
Of course, behind these hype is also the shadow of Warner Bros.
At the same time, Duke also led the crew on a publicity journey. The entire crew was divided into two. Charles Rowan led Christian Bell, Gary Oldman and Lawrence Fishburne to promote overseas, while Duke Run the announcement in North America with Nicholas Cage and Anne Hathaway.
"Can I sit here?"
On the business plane leased by Warner Bros., the heroine of the film, Anne Hathaway, came over and saw Duke nodded slightly, sat opposite him, and said casually, "I still want to continue working with you. Well, I didn't expect Rachel Dawes to die like this."
"There will be a chance in the future." Duke's words were somewhat alienated and polite.
If you push forward a few years, he will definitely accept Anne Hathaway's kindness, but now the environment has changed and his style of acting has also changed.
As in the past, Duke knew that he was not a good person, but he had a girlfriend.
The flight attendant brought two cups of coffee, and Duke drank and chatted with Anne Hathaway. This one was obviously much smarter after being employed.
Frankly speaking, her performance in the film basically satisfies Duke. This is not to say that her acting skills are particularly good. Compared with the previous Maggie Gyllenhill, her acting skills may not be much better, or even slightly worse.
But for the vase role of Rachel Dawes, Maggie Gyllenhill used to have good acting skills, but the overall performance is not satisfactory. Perhaps a more in-depth role is suitable for her, but the relatively simple vase. Maggie Gyllenhill is not suitable at all.
Thinking of Maggie Gyllenhill, Duke recalled a story about decrypting "The Dark Knight" in his mind, but without her, this interesting story would not appear.
He once watched "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Dark Knight", looked for some relevant comments, and then found this paragraph.
""Night Rider" is actually a postscript to "Brokeback Mountain"-why did Ennis Delmar and Jack Drizzt separate in the first place? It's all because Jack's sister blocked them from behind!"
"After Jack died, Ennis, who had a broken back and heartbroken, was too irritated, and went away from home to a place called Gotham to recuperate from his emotional injury. Who knows that the road is narrow, Ennis met Jack's sister Rachel again. Ennis, who has been perverted by the heart of revenge, turned into a clown and covered the handsome face that had been kissed by dear Jack with a thick dress."
"He took the gun and walked into the banquet hall, and squeezed Rachel's face fiercely-because he saw the face of handsome Jack on it, he made a big fuss in Gotham, but the ultimate goal was to kill him for revenge in his heart. Sister Jack!"
"He achieved his goal and successfully used the pain of losing his lover to avenge Rachel's lover Harvey into a metamorphosis. The revenge has been taken, and Ennis has no worries. He took enough medicine in the morning. -Enough to reunite him with his deceased lover-calm his eyes." (To be continued...)