Vol 2 Chapter 701: A story that only exists in the science fiction space

Today’s Duke is not only the major shareholder of Warner Bros. but also the backbone of Warner’s film business. Warner Bros. quickly agreed to his $120 million investment request. After all, the revenue from Duke’s films can only be horrified. To describe.
By the end of August, the North American box office of "Transformers" had reached $432.25 million, and the global box office had exceeded $1.1 billion.
After two months of screenings, the film was released in the Chinese market in early August, and finally received a box office of 1.411.25 million RMB, becoming the only film in the Chinese film market with a box office of over 1 billion.
Duke's name, together with Optimus Prime and Megatron, further spread throughout China.
Whether it is investment or distribution in China, China Film Group has made a lot of money from "Transformers", and naturally wants to invest in his new work.
It's just that the representative of China Film Group based in Hollywood, after reading a small part of the script of "Furious Road", he couldn't help but hesitate. This type of film has never been shown in the domestic market. Whether there is an audience is a problem. Whether it can pass the scissor review is a more critical issue.
The doomsday world in the future? Is that China also perished?
Even with toes, the representatives of the China Film Group in Hollywood can guess that some uncles in the big scissors will have such thoughts.
In the end, China Film Group did not invest in Duke's new work "Furthermore", and instead aimed at the "Transformers" sequel that was ready to be launched.
That's right, Michael Bay took over the series under Nancy Josephson's persuasion, just as Duke thought, now Michael Bay has too few choices.
He needs a successful and popular production to get himself back into the ranks of first-line directors. "Transformers" is undoubtedly an extremely suitable opportunity.
From the end of August, Duke gradually returned to the state of work, except for the "fury road" is about to formally establish the project, informing the team members to end the vacation state, he put more energy on the editing review of "Transformers" on.
The theater screening of this film has come to the end. It's time for DVDs to be on the agenda. Now the DVDs in North America have been affected by the Internet on-demand. It is declining every year or even every month. "Transformers" is considered by many in the industry to be the last carnival of DVDs.
Want to have good sales of movie DVDs. The box office can be said to be the basis, and adding different content is an important means. Highlights and different edited versions of the director are all reasons why fans are willing to pay for DVDs.
Duke shot hundreds of hours of material, so adding different content is not difficult.
By the end of August, when Duke has completed the review of the DVD version of Transformers. His team members rushed back to Los Angeles, Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron also officially signed an actor contract, and the film has reached the stage of project approval.
On September 1, a press conference for the establishment of the project was held in Fury Road.
As the three most well-known people in the film, Duke, Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron all appeared at the press conference, and their cooperation is also the focus of Warner Bros.’s promotion.
Two superstars and a super director's cast are enough to attract all media attention.
In the news hall of the Warner Building, more than 500 reporters squeezed in. Not only were all the seats filled, but even the hallways were full of people. In order to prevent accidents, the director of Warner Bros.'s security department had to refuse entry to reporters who arrived later.
In addition, at the front entrance of the Warner Building, hundreds of fans who got the news rushed over, holding up posters of Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron to support their idols.
These are all part of the capital possessed by superstars, and they are also unmatched by ordinary actors. When a Hollywood actor transforms into a superstar, he can no longer be measured by the standards of ordinary actors.
Duke's use of these two powerful stars can also make up for some of the natural shortcomings in the subject matter.
It should be said that films like "Furthermore" can be as popular all over the world as "Transformers". It's as unreliable as saying that "This Man Comes From Earth" can hit the box office.
Even if Duke will make the appropriate changes, Fury Road will still be a genre film.
When Duke, Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron were sitting on the stage, the flashing lights that lit up completely dazzled people's eyes, in the eyes of reporters. This is definitely the most attractive entertainment news in September.
The cooperation of the three has aroused the enthusiasm of countless journalists, and many people can't wait to ask questions.
However, the first question was left to the Los Angeles Times, which worked tacitly with Duke. After being named, a young female reporter stood up and asked, "Director Rosenberg. Can you tell me the type of your new film? ?"
"This is a science fiction film about the future." Duke said briefly, "but it is different from current science fiction action films. I hope to use this film to give the audience a subversive viewing experience ."
Subversive viewing experience?
Many reporters are confused. The popular sci-fi action movies are deeply influenced by the director's style on stage. He subverts the existing sci-fi action movies, isn't that subverting his own successful model?
Countless reporters raised their hands again, but Charles Rowan, who presided over the press conference, still ordered a reporter in the front row.
"Director Rosenberg, you rarely work with famous stars."
What this reporter said was the consensus in the industry. Duke rarely cooperates with first-line actors. "This time I have to cooperate with Mr. Tom Cruise and Miss Charlize Theron. Why is this?"
Duke looked at Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron separately, and then said, "Because I know how good they are."
This kind of occasion was originally used to tout each other.
"Can you know what their roles are like?" Another reporter stood up. "What is the relationship between the roles of Tom and Sally in the film?"
"Two very interesting characters..."
It's not the time to say this, Duke just vaguely said, "They will develop from confrontation to fight side by side, all the way to dead comrades!"
Subsequently, the reporter's question turned to Tom Cruise and Charlize Theron, both of them are popular superstars, and they are equally eye-catching.
The reporter asked both of them with similar questions. Why did they choose to cooperate with Duke?
Tom Cruise replied, "Any actor will be very excited when he receives an invitation from Duke. Everyone knows that he is a great director. I have co-produced "Chicago" with Duke and invested in "Chicago". In the "Mission: Impossible" series, the cooperation and friendship between us has been tested for more than ten years, so after his invitation, even if there was no script at the time, I still agreed without hesitation."
As long as there is a reminder from the right person, Tom Cruise is definitely a smart person.
Compared to Tom Cruise, Charlize Theron and Duke are more involved, and they speak more sincerely.
"My admiration for Duke is the biggest motivation to join." She made no secret of her attitude, "From the very beginning Duke talked about this movie and this heroine to me, I think this is a potential work, this But Duke Rosenberg’s work! After I read the character script..."
She gave Tom Cruise a little, "Knowing that there is a heroine fighting alongside Tom, such a role is an opportunity that all actresses dream of."
Charlize Theron turned his words back to Duke again, "Director Rosenberg never disappoints actors. He described the direction and ideas of this film for me, and I think it can really be achieved in the end. He has never deviated from the world he conceived."
After thinking about the wording for a moment, Charlize added,
For me personally, I can show everything that women can do as a woman in this film and win the respect of other women in this world. This kind of opportunity is really rare to use the performance in the story to convey the true message."
Hearing her remarks, many reporters looked at each other and couldn't help but came up with an idea, is Duke's new film "Furious Road" a feminist work?
This film does have the shadow of feminism, but it is not too obvious and will not be offensive. Duke knows that too much feminism in the film is not a very suitable time.
Like the development of feminist films, there is always a process, and it is a rather long process.
Moreover, the connotation, thinking, or certain doctrine brought by the movie have always been something that Duke does not care about, and this movie is no exception.
To put it bluntly, it embodies the purest old-school chasing car, without electronic technology navigation, without air fire support, fighting for the number of people, armor, ammunition and horsepower, as well as how high the protagonist can jump, how fast he can run, and how much he can shoot. Accurate, how hard a fist can be.
Duke's previous car chasing shots didn't fly over the air for ten seconds, or a few gorgeous steel gymnastics, I would be embarrassed to meet people.
This time it is a complete subversion.
He will let the film get rid of all the impurities other than "dressing up and going to drag racing". The protagonist is either on the road or preparing to go on the road. The motivation of the characters is highly streamlined. Some people want to survive with dignity for themselves or others; some people desire Unnecessary glory, chased to death or disillusioned in sobriety.
Possession and escape, inheritance and freedom from generation to generation, these are all ancient motives.
According to Duke's vision, each character will not have too many lines. Even if the film is transformed into a silent film without translation, everyone in the world can understand it.
This is a science fiction film that is true, but it will not have a trace of high technology. The elements of science fiction are all in the heart of the characters. They are all surreal, and they are savagely irrigated by the anarchist future continent. It’s a story that only exists in the space of science fiction. (To be continued.)
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