~： Four hundred and ninety-six - The so-called Oscar season

The sky in the City of Angels was getting dark. At this time, in an office of the Warner Bros. Building, several executives were sitting on the sofa in the lounge area. The atmosphere was quite dull, and no one spoke, including Wayne. Some people silently hold up their coffee cups, while others enjoy cigars with their eyes closed.

"You have seen the situation, make a decision."

Seeing that the colorful lights began to light up outside the window, Jeff Robinoff opened his mouth to break the dull atmosphere. "Wayne, I will let the company issue a statement tomorrow morning, call the crew back as soon as possible, and make up the scene. There are not many real things in those reports, if you speed up..."

The few people present understood what he meant. Even if it was delayed for a long time, it was still the best solution. It would definitely not work to keep the film intact, because there were indeed several plots, which were exactly the same as the leaked script.

"Wait two more days."

After a few seconds, Wayne opened his eyes and whispered back. "The statement that Warner Bros. should issue will be released early tomorrow, and some things I haven't figured out yet. Even if some scenes have to be re-shot, the time will not be in a day or two, and some things will be done in time when I think about them clearly. "

There is really no rush in one or two days. If you want to call back the crew members and go to New York to re-shoot some scenes, it must not be done in a short time. This also means that Wayne will just miss the entire awards season.

The so-called Hollywood awards season is actually a comprehensive honor assessment of the films released in that year at the end of the year, and it is also a big show that North American audiences like to see at the end of each year.

Since the end of the year, major awards and judging activities in North America have begun to move out one after another, and the excellent works released this year have been brought back to the public. .

In a narrow sense, it refers to various film awards held from the end of December to March of the following year. For example, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Golden Satellite Awards, Annie Awards and other awards categories. The Producers Guild, Actors Guild, Directors Guild and other trade union association awards for film practitioners in the circle.

Until it ends with the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards, this probably process is what people call the Oscars season.

In a broad sense, if you want to gain something from the Oscars, which are the latest and most important, in fact, from the beginning of the current awards season, it is necessary to carry out prepared public relations and redemption actions. , especially those outpost awards and weather vane awards that have a great influence on the Oscars.

For example, the four weather vane categories of the North American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards, the British Film Institute Awards, the North American Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Critics' Choice Awards, winning in these weather vane awards can effectively improve the popularity of the film. It is a necessary part of the redemption.

And like the North American National Film Critics Association Award, the New York Film Critics Association Award, the North American National Film Critics Association Award, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, these four outpost awards closely related to film critics represent the professional evaluation of the film, there are many Academy members with voting rights will be affected by the four outpost awards.

If the above four weather vanes and four outpost awards can be affected by various public relations lobbying, in fact, the more important thing, and the last thing Wayne wants to miss, is the more than 20 internal trade union awards. How well the film performs in these internal union awards can be seen to a certain extent in advance whether it will win at the Oscars.

The matter is not complicated, because the voters of the awards within the major guilds are very likely to be members of the academy with voting rights at the same time, and the degree of overlap between the two is quite high.

Therefore, the Golden Globe Award, which people say has the greatest influence on the Oscars and seems to represent the role of the outpost of the Oscars, actually has less influence on the selection results of the Oscars than people think. It can even be said that the two are completely different. selected by the two groups.

In the face of Wayne's request to wait for two more days and continue to observe, all the executives of Warner Bros. acquiesced. In the thoughts of Jeff Robinoff and others, he regarded this as his last stubbornness. Do not choose to call the crew to reshoot.

At the same time, he also specially notified the relevant staff of "The Dark Knight" that any post-production work was temporarily suspended in the past two days, and everything was waiting for his notice to act.

Early the next morning, a statement appeared on both the print media owned by Warner Bros. and the authoritative media with better relations with Warner Bros.

"Warner Bros. has noticed the recent reports on the story of "The Dark Knight" in the media, and hereby specifically declares that all the so-called reports on the market are all false speculations. The story of "The Dark Knight" has not been leaked. It has officially entered the later stage of work, and will start in the summer next year, meeting with the majority of fans on time.

Director Greenberg appealed to the kind-hearted fans not to believe in the so-called rumors and gossip. Those are all groundless speculations, and don't be deceived and fooled by people with a heart. "The Dark Knight" has never disclosed any specific plot information to the outside world. .

After seeing these reports, Director Greenberg said that if fans want to know more about "Batman" and believe in these tricks to deceive children, it is far better to watch the comics carefully, or at least pay tribute to their childhood. time..."

After waiting for a full day, Warner Bros. made a routine response, which was beyond the expectations of many people. However, in the face of the statement given by Warner Bros., people in the circle actually disagreed.

This summer, Warner Bros. became the biggest winner. Obviously, this year’s performance will continue to rank first among Hollywood studios. Because of this, I don’t know how many studios are waiting to see Warner Bros. unlucky. And this statement, for the majority of movie fans, is not as credible as imagined, but has become the focus of discussion in the media now. Some media with a keen sense of smell have quickly divided into two factions, starting an endless stream of Debate over the authenticity of the leaked content.

At noon that day, some local TV stations and radio stations appeared to analyze the true and false plot of the film "The Dark Knight". The media, who are not too serious, even started street interviews and directly began to collect the opinions of passers-by and fans. For a time, "The Dark Knight" became the center of public opinion.

Things are still fermenting. As time goes by, there is a faint momentum to suppress certain awards after the awards season, which makes many people have to sigh that the influence of superhero movies is great.

In a few days, some participants related to the crew called Wayne to inquire. Everyone expressed their concerns and concerns about "The Dark Knight". After all, this film entrusted the hopes of all the staff. I don't want to see any surprises in the video.

Three days later, when Wayne was about to accept Warner Bros. urging to urgently recall all the crew related personnel, there were some different voices in the media.

"I'm an African American, a black man who became a big star in Hollywood." In an entertainment program on ABC TV, an interview with Will Smith was being broadcast live on the TV screen. It can be seen that he is quite serious and formal, with a straight body. Wearing a suit, he talked into the reporter's microphone.

"I have a lot of black friends, compatriots and family members who have asked me more than once why, as a person of color, I can be a good brother with someone like Wayne Greenberg. Annoyed, only to tell them the real reason.

When I was just a rapper and a little guy in Hollywood that year, the film industry faced me as an African-American "amateur" actor, and no one gave me even a chance to try to prove myself. Yes, once again I walked into the audition room with the mentality of trying. That's right, it was the audition room that selected the male lead for "Get Out".

I thought I would get a strange look again, but I didn't expect that even though Wayne Greenberg knew that I was a hip-hop singer, he still gave me a fair, just, and the same performance opportunity as other actors. In the end, as you all know, I got the role that gave me a firm foothold in Hollywood, and because of the great success of "Get Out", I completely opened up my career as an actor.

In fact, there are some things that I have never told the media for so many years. After the filming of the film, Wayne Greenberg solemnly encouraged me and said to me, "You are very talented in actingwei Er, don't give up, believe me, keep working hard, you will become a big star in the future!"

Speaking of which, Will-Smith shrugged at the camera and continued: "From now on, I treat Wayne as a brother. As a result, you saw it, didn't you? I really became a man in a few years. Big star. The reason why I accept this interview today is to tell those with ulterior motives that you can't ruin the results of a good person with a noble character and a whole month of hard work because of your dark thoughts!"

On the words "good man" and "noble character", he deliberately emphasized his tone. At the same time, this interview is being broadcast live on ABC TV to countless home TVs in North America.

In the end, Will Smith adjusted his tie in front of the camera and made a serious appeal: "My fans, fans, and my fellow African-American friends, please ignore all the media comments on "The Dark Knight" Guess, director Greenberg is a great film worker. His hard work and noble character deserve everyone to go into the theater next year to watch the destined wonderful "Dark Knight", no matter whether the film and the information leaked now have or not. any relationship!"

The live interview came very suddenly, and Will Smith didn't say hello to Wayne beforehand. With the explosive popularity of the black star, the whole thing was instantly heated up.

However, the surprise of Wayne, Warner Bros. and many people in the entertainment circle is not over yet. Will Smith's statement is like the beginning, and the direction of the future development of things is beyond everyone's expectations... ..

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