Chapter 526 Batmobile
Starting from the simultaneous release of China and the United States in early June, "Hurricane Rescue" was released worldwide for six months and was removed from the Democratic Congo in early December, ending its global screening journey. After the film ended with a North American box office of $235.78 million, the number of votes obtained so far is not too high, but it only received $34.78 million.∷,
However, this $34.78 million is enough to push the global box office of "Hurricane Rescue" through the $500 million mark, and the final global box office totaled $517.54 million.
For a film whose production cost is only 40 million US dollars, the profit is astronomical.
But Warner Bros. didn't plan to give up just that, and they later negotiated with Duke to find a new team to produce a sequel to the film.
Perhaps inspired by the profit and influence brought by the Matrix spin-off animation, before the new sequel movie, Warner Bros.'s TV series department intends to produce a series of TV series that tells some stories when Brian Mills is not yet retired.
Since the timeline will be much earlier, the series will inevitably use a brand new cast, and it is impossible for a popular actor like Liam Neeson to star in a TV series. Even if the other party agrees, it will be after paying an unimaginable price.
Perhaps many popular movie stars will make guest appearances in popular TV series, such as the long guest lineup of "Friends", but few movie stars whose careers are in the rising stage are willing to star in a TV series.
On the contrary, those TV series stars with terrifying income and fame often squeeze their heads into the movie circle, while those who really succeed in the transformation of popular TV series stars in movies can only be described as rare.
Many movie stars are indeed in TV series at the beginning stage. After a little research, it is not difficult to find that they play in TV series. They are all small roles that are not as good as the class.
Those famous TV stars, if their transformation is not successful after the TV series ends, will not find a good way for Aniston to pull Brad Pitt out and say a few words from time to time, and will soon be forgotten.
For example, the male lead of "Prison Break" who was once considered a relatively popular one was basically forgotten after this series was cut. Even if you can get a few characters in the movie, you are still the kind of small supporting roles that are dispensable.
By the same token, except for James Cameron, Spielberg wants to control investment and brain circuits, which are different from normal people, and a few directors such as Woody Allen, whose careers have not reached the end, rarely really participate in the production of TV series. Even if they act as producers, they are often just named.
In fact, in most countries and regions around the world, the status and style of big screen stars and small screen stars are completely incomparable.
After all, there is only one Jennifer Aniston in the world.
It's not just the TV series "Hurricane Rescue". Warner Bros. has more plans, but they are waiting. After Duke makes Batman turn over, they will produce and launch some TV series with second-tier heroes.
After completing the background explosion scene, the Hughes Aircraft Factory's hangar began to be re-set, and Duke summoned the actors to enter the studio of Warner Studios and continued shooting as planned.
In the studio, Duke sat behind the monitor, watching Christian Bale standing in the bat cave. Perhaps he had starred in low-cost independent films in the past. He rarely had performance experience in front of the green screen, or perhaps the five-day rest time, which allowed him to reach a peak in Iceland to decline. Standing in the rocky bat cave, Christian Bale did not show the feeling of Blues Wayne intersecting with the bat again.
“ut!”
Duke shouted to stop, left the monitor, walked into the temporary set, stepped on the rocky ground made of polystyrene, and walked to the front of Christian Bale. Bale's head was slightly tilted. He seemed to be very stunning.
Seeing that he was thinking, Duke didn't speak and looked around the bat cave. He also hoped that Bell could get back to his state as soon as possible. The bat was added in post-production, and he could not really catch hundreds of bats and put them here.
Even if they are caught, they will not obey human commands.
When Bell came to his senses, Duke walked back and said directly, "Christian, this is a very representative scene. Bruce Wayne went from being afraid of bats to bravely standing up and dancing with bats. This is an important psychological change in his mind. Fear gave him strength, and he was about to become the incarnation of fear!"
"I understand, director," said Christian Bale, "I will adjust it as soon as possible."
While in Iceland, he communicated enough with Bell and Neeson about the roles, and Duke stopped saying anything and returned to his director monitor.
He gave Christian Bale ten minutes to adjust the time. When the time came, Duke said to the field, "It's time to start."
"Scene 47, Act 1," the recorder stood in front of the main camera with the recorder. "Start now!"
Christina Bell walked into the bat cave, lowered his head to light up the fluorescent light, and looked up with the help of the light reflection. Then he closed his eyes and turned his head, as if he had encountered something very scary, and even people squatted on the ground. However, Henry Dukad, the Himalayas, trained him from physical to mental, to make him bravely face the fear in his heart.
Even though there were no bats, Christian Belle was much better than his previous performance. He slowly stood up, faced his fear, stood up bravely, spread his arms and raised his head slightly, and the shadows of the past seemed to dissipate, and a person who was born and accompanied by darkness stood up!
“Great!”
Duke praised him and said without waiting for Christian Bale to relax, "You did a good job, but I believe you can do better, take a five-minute break and continue the show!"
In the actor's rest area, Liam Neeson, who had finished makeup, stood next to Tina Fey, looked for a while, pinched his chin and said, "It seems that Duke and Christian have a lot of feelings."
"Hmm." Tina Fei nodded in approval, "He has never had a high requirement for actor performances. As long as the performance is above the passing line, it can usually pass. This movie is an exception."
Indeed, Duke took a more stringent attitude than before to demand the actors' performance.
Compared with his past films, the action scenes of the Batman trilogy are neither dense nor intense enough. If the actor performs mediocrely, the literary drama, especially the literary dramas involving character shaping, will infinitely amplify the actor's flaws, thereby affecting the entire film.
If Bruce Wayne was like Legolas, who showed up to play coolly and handsomely during fighting and acted as a background board during literary dramas, Duke would never ask Christian Bale as he is now.
This reaction to the scene where Bruce Wayne stood up in fear, Duke shouted through after shooting it five times intermittently.
Then, Christian Bale went to put on makeup, and Duke took the crew to the nearby set to film the rivalry between Liam Neeson and Christian Bale.
Just like the strange relationship between Joker and Batman, Bruce Wayne and Henry Ducad, the highlight of this film is also the highlight of this film.
This is a scene where Henry Ducad uses psychedelic drugs extracted by blue flowers, combined with field training, to guide Bruce Wayne to overcome his fear.
Although there are action scenes, the components of the action scenes are almost ignored, and Liam Neeson's tone and lines are the key.
"Feeling how fear blurs your senses, let the power of fear distort your body and mind, and control everything about you, this power of fear will belong to you, embrace your deepest fear, Bruce!"
Because it was filming in the studio, Duke adopted the live recording method, and Liam Neeson's tone also changed, as if from the messenger from the darkness, "Merge with the dark power of fear, concentrate! Devote it! Control your whole body as you wish..."
Although the actors' performances are extremely heavy in shooting, Duke is also trying his best to mobilize the enthusiasm of Liam Neeson and Christian Bale and adjust their status. The actors' status will also fluctuate. When the two are in good condition, the shooting will progress very quickly. When the condition declines, the plan of the day is often difficult to complete on time.
In December, Duke spent Christmas with his mother in New York, and spent the whole month of shooting at Warner Studios and Hughes Aircraft Factory. Since mid-December, Liam Neeson and Christian Bale have arrived at the best stage. When the time passed 2004 and 2005, the shooting progress was about a week faster than originally planned.
If you continue at this speed, you can end all shots before the arrival of late January 2005.
Of course, the remaining scenes are still rare, because there is only one concept car, and other Batmobile will not be available until the New Year. All the scenes of Batmobile speeding and car chases are left at the end by Duke, and one of the super car chases will be filmed on the spot in downtown Chicago.
Just after the New Year in 2005, eight Batmobile and models carefully built by Lamborghini were transported to Los Angeles and sent directly to the hangar of the Hughes Aircraft Factory.
Just as Duke asked, several Batmobile can be driven, all monster-level existences. He also drove a few of them on the spot and experienced the feeling of turning over Batman. Although the Batmobile is not exquisite enough and looks a bit thick, it is absolutely cool.
Lamborghini and Warner Bros. are also preparing to launch a sales version of the Batmobile after the film is released.
Of course, this must be a weakened version of the Batmobile. After all, the car used by the crew is not suitable for long-term operation, and the fuel consumption per mile is as high as one gallon!
Chapter completed!