Vol 2 Chapter 713: Opening film

There was a knock on the door, and David Ellison looked away from the monitor screen. After saying please come in, his assistant walked in quickly.
"Boss..." The female assistant put a document on David Ellison's desk and said, "Warner Bros. just announced the release date of Fury Road. North America is on May 22 this year. day."
David Ellison opened the file and glanced at it, and couldn't help asking, "Are they sure they want to attend the Cannes Film Festival?"
The female assistant nodded and said, "Yes, I have confirmed with the Cannes Film Festival that "Furthermore" will participate in the competition unit."
"It's not like Duke Rosenberg's style?" David couldn't help frowning.
After thinking for a while, he waved his hand to the female assistant, "You go out first."
When the heroine left the office, David Ellison's gaze returned to the file in front of him. Duke Rosenberg was going to participate in the competition at the Cannes Film Festival. What was he thinking? Has this world changed?
In his perception, Duke Rosenberg is a typical large-scale commercial film director. His films are definitely genres naturally excluded by the three major European films, and the investment in this film is as high as 120 million US dollars. , √, what will such a big production do to attend the Cannes Film Festival?
With such doubts, David Ellison left the office and went to the Disney Studios in Burbank, where he met Spielberg, who was busy in the post-production of The Adventures of Tintin, and David Eri. Unlike Sen, Spielberg is experienced and has an extremely extensive network of contacts. The information is well-informed and combined with some information he has learned, he quickly reached his own conclusion.
"In my impression. Duke has no interest in European films and the three major European film festivals at all."
Sitting at the rest table, Spielberg drank coffee and said to David Ellison, "Participating in the Cannes Film Festival competition unit should be the work of Warner Bros. The purpose is definitely to further promote this film."
"Is the existing publicity methods not enough?" David Ellison frowned again, "Duke Rosenberg's work naturally attracts the attention of the media and fans."
"I've heard people mention it before. The movie "Furstery Road" is set in the future wasteland apocalyptic world."
Thinking back to the news he heard, Spielberg said without hesitation, "This type of film has a relatively small audience, especially in overseas regions, so Warner Bros. has to think of ways to promote it. "
"The audience is small..." David Ellison couldn't help but raised his lips, "Can we still sign up for the Cannes Film Festival now?"
"At the Cannes Film Festival?" Spielberg shook his head. "No need."
Although he is an investor in the film, David Ellison also respects Spielberg's opinions to a certain extent. He is actually not very interested in the Cannes Film Festival. Seeing Spielberg's objection, he simply gave up the idea.
"Steven..." David Ellison said again, "I want "The Adventures of Tintin" to be released on May 22."
Spielberg looked up at him, "The same day as Fury Road?"
David Ellison didn’t mean to deny anything,
I want to compete head-to-head with Duke Rosenberg. Steven, now the outside world says you are old and not as good as the younger generation, don’t you want to prove Down yourself?"
sometimes. The simplest is often the most effective.
There is no personal conflict between Spielberg and Duke, but competition in the market has nothing to do with individuals. Even with his status and status, he must appropriately follow the opinions of investors, especially David Ellison is still the owner of the entire DreamWorks.
Besides, he never thought he was old, outdated...
"David..." Spielberg said solemnly, "You should understand. The competition between the two films is more than just the quality of the film!"
Having worked in the industry for so many years, Spielberg would not understand that there are too many factors that can affect the success or failure of a movie, and the quality of the movie is only one part of it. Even publicity is more important than the quality of the film.
David Ellison also understood this, so he said directly, "Steven, I will use the same amount of money as the production cost to promote "The Adventures of Tintin"!"
The other party was willing to invest so much money, and Spielberg couldn't say anything more. After thinking about it, he nodded.
After all, the film did not have any investment from him, and even if the box office is not as good as "Furious Road", it will not affect his position in Hollywood.
As for what David Ellison thinks, it is out of his scope.
A large-scale production film can always arouse the minds of many people, and the people at Warner Bros. are also working on the follow-up announcement of the film.
Jamie Johnson hurried through the corridor and entered the office of CEO Doug Walter.
Doug Walter asked the secretary to bring a cup of coffee and asked, "How's the press conference going?"
"Very smoothly." Jamie Johnson sat across from his desk. "Duke's film naturally attracts media attention. There are also two people like Charlize Theron and Tom Cruise. The company is eye-catching enough."
"How about the shooting progress?" Doug Walter asked again.
"The crew returned to Los Angeles from New Mexico the day before yesterday and is currently on holiday."
After receiving the coffee from the secretary, Jamie Johnson first thanked him and said, "From tomorrow, the crew will gather at Warner Studios to shoot the final scene in the studio."
Doug Wall nodded his head. It seemed that the shooting would definitely be completed on time, and it was time for the announcement.
"How was the contact at the Cannes Film Festival?" he asked.
"It has been confirmed to enter the competition unit..."
Jamie Johnson frowned slightly, "If you want to be the opening film, we still need to do more."
"Let the French branch step up public relations." Doug Walter ordered, "In any case, take the opening film."
Although the Cannes Film Festival received mediocre response in North America, it is still quite influential overseas. Let Fury Road participate in the Cannes Film Festival, and the target is the overseas market.
"I will go to France in person." Jamie Johnson took this seriously. "I also made an appointment with Isabel Huppel, and I will have a good talk with her."
Isabel Huppert is the chairman of the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Jamie Johnson and Doug Walter are very clear, all the work is done in front, it is possible to get Palme d’Or.
Palme d’Or plays a very important role in a film of this type.
The two of them are not worried about speculation that will cause media shady at that time. Warner Bros’ intention is to make more people interested in this film. Even if the media is criticized by the time, it will cause huge controversy, and it will be able to seduce quite a lot of fans. The idea of ​​watching.
"The ability to win several awards and attract criticism from the European media actually met our expectations..."
In the studio, Duke discussed the future trip of Fury Road to Cannes with Tina Fey, Anna Prinz, Charles Rowan and others.
Time Warner’s media also has considerable influence. , Will inevitably fight back. And don’t forget that North American media and European media have never dealt with it very much..."
Tina Fei took Duke’s words,
With your influence in the United States, if the European media criticizes you wildly, the mainstream media in North America will definitely stand on your side, and then the two sides will form a battle of public opinion. "Road" became the focus of it."
"This is just the ideal situation."
There is no doubt that this is what Duke is very happy to see, "No one can guarantee that Fury Road will win the prize."
Although the awards in the film industry basically have room for operation, it is impossible to say how to win awards.
If "Furious Road" wants to make a difference in commercial performance, it must think of more methods in publicity.
As Duke said, it is only the most ideal situation in the plan that can cause a public opinion war on both sides of the Atlantic.
Looking at the watch, Duke stood up first, clapped his hands and said, "The time is almost up, we are ready to start shooting. We will finish the rest of the shot as soon as possible."
Now there is only one remaining shot. After today, the crew can be temporarily disbanded and transferred to post-production.
Leaving the rest area, Duke walked into the set-up set, and nodded to the oncoming Anthony Hopkins. The veteran actor has already put on make-up, and his body covered with sores is not only pale, but also on his mouth. Wearing an evil ventilator, it looks terrifying.
In fact, the villain of this film is also very facial.
After going around the set, Duke came to the green screen. The last shot was shot here. This is the shot of the undead Joe who released the water. In the background, the most eye-catching one is a Congress. Model of the building.
This is a prop specially added by Duke. It also wants to explain from the side that the story still takes place on the land of the United States. Not only the model of the Capitol, but also the model of the Washington Monument in the previous shots.
The North American film market is extremely exclusive. Duke just wanted to let North American audiences see the film at the moment, he thought it was a story that happened in his own country.
Back behind the director's monitor, Duke raised the megaphone, "The last scene, now begins!"
Facing the green screen, Anthony Hopkins put his hands on the huge metal valve, looked down ahead in a condescending posture, and then opened the valve...
The shooting ended. Duke completed all the shots in only more than sixty days. The total length of these shots exceeded 200 hours, which also made post-editing a very large and complicated job. (To be continued...)