~： Five hundred and eighty-six - don't label me.

Just as Wayne plunged into the preparations for "The Flash", he had to fly back and forth between the "X-Men" crew in Montreal, Canada, and the "Charlie's Angels" crew in Miami from time to time, and the time was gradually advancing. Beginning gradually to the end.

Almost every summer, it is the most important movie schedule in North America, and it is also a box office harvesting carnival for Hollywood production companies. It starts from the first weekend of May and ends on September 1, with a total duration of about 122 hours. God, in this not-so-long timeline, there will be more than 200 films released together every year, which shows the fierce competition.

This year, from the beginning of the summer season in May, and now in mid-August, the film released by Warner Bros. has once again become the No. 1 box office of Hollywood studios without a doubt.

The first to bear the brunt is "Batman: The Dark Knight", which was released in mid-May. Even with the strong competition of "Jurassic Park 2", it also won the box office championship for four consecutive weeks in North America. However, the fierce competition in the summer season and the four consecutive box office champions show that the popularity of the film is unprecedented before.

"Batman: The Dark Knight" until now, although in the North American theater market, there are only over a thousand theaters still showing this film, and the box office potential has been exhausted early. The record-breaking North American box office of $548 million is still adored by the media from time to time.

If you add the achievements made overseas, this film has garnered 1.184 billion US dollars from the world, firmly occupying the first place in the box office of film history, surpassing the second-ranked "Jurassic Park", which is close to 100 million US dollars. box office.

The second is "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" in which Wayne is an investor, producer, and screenwriter. This film relies on the good reputation of the previous work. Since its release weekend, it has shown a dominant trend. After more than two months of release, the North American box office has reached 279 million US dollars, and the global box office has also reached 735 million US dollars.

The continuous success of the "Matrix" series has not only made Zach Snyder completely out of the doubts of the director of the commercial film, but also made the South African diamond Charlize Theron completely popular. , and even the dream lover of male fans around the world.

As the protagonist, Li Guohao also took a firm foot in the popularity of Hollywood's first-line action actor with the help of this film's hot sale. Before the release of the third film, which is still in the final stages of filming, Wayne's agent, Jimmy, has already started contract negotiations with his agent for the next film. Obviously, after the "Matrix" series, it is impossible to invite him to participate in the project cheaply, which has nothing to do with the relationship between the two parties.

In addition to the two films that have a deep relationship with Wayne, Warner Bros. invested in, produced and distributed films, as well as "Contact" with a box office of 126 million US dollars, a conspiracy theory with a box office of 96 million US dollars, and "L.A. Confidential" with a box office of 72 million US dollars. , the $73 million Devil's Advocate, and more.

It is worth mentioning that Steven Spielberg personally directed the movie "Broken Locks" starring Anthony Hopkins and Morgan Freeman, which only achieved a score of over 40 million US dollars in North America. Obviously, such a film with a less commercial flavor made Steven Spielberg madly ridiculed by the media.

After the discussion between DreamWorks and Warner Bros., they also chose to give up the film's overseas trip directly, so the total box office of "Broken Locks" stayed at more than 40 million US dollars, becoming Steven Spear Berg has been a relatively rare box office hit in recent years.

Others would doubt, ridicule, and frantically question the Jewish old man's old age, but Wayne never took it seriously. If we only talk about the success rate of movies, this old Jewish man can really be regarded as a master of success in the circle, and it is rare to miss a work.

In particular, this "Broken Rage", anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a tentative work for the cooperation between DreamWorks and Warner Bros. Really speaking, no one in the circle takes this seriously.

Wayne is very clear that it doesn't take too long. As long as next summer's Memorial Day, this old Jewish man will shock the world again and come back with an R-rated World War II epic war movie, which is not lacking in warmth and cruelty in war. A classic movie with scenes and reflections on war is destined to be worshipped by fans as soon as it is released, and can't wait to press the hat of the best war movie in history.

In addition to Wayne's "Batman: The Dark Knight", Zack Snyder's "The Matrix: Reloaded", and Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park 2" this summer , there are not many outstanding works left.

Especially compared to the summer vacations in previous years, it seems that the intensity of competition and the number of classic films are showing a clear downward trend. The golden age that started at the beginning of the 1990s is about to come to an end. This year, let alone fighting with gods in 1993, there is a significant gap compared with the previous two years.

Take a look at those films with box office exceeding 100 million, MGM United's "007: Tomorrow Empire", 20th Century Fox's "Star Wars Holiday Special Edition", etc., almost all of which are based on Chi Luoluo.

The only thing that can make people shine is Sony Columbia's "Men in Black", this science fiction comedy starring Will Smith, continuing his usual performance style, in addition to "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Jurassic Park" 2" and "The Matrix 2: Reloaded", the only film that has grossed more than $200 million at the North American box office.

This year's North American summer season is coming to an end. Countless media firmly believe that this year's film rankings have been released, and it is difficult to have other films in the future that can achieve surprising results.

"Don't jump to conclusions, it's too early to tell."

In the studio of Warner Studios, when Charles Rowan also used the same tone, firmly determined that "Batman: The Dark Knight"'s box office status, no film can shake, but Wayne shook his head uncharacteristically, everyone else. I think he is being humble, but I am afraid that only he knows what else is waiting for this world.

It seems like what the media said, only the first movie in this year's summer break was a box-office success, and it wasn't the same as the previous years, when good movies appeared every week, but in fact, it was far from what the media said.

Just because the summer season started this year, "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Jurassic Park 2", which were destined to become popular, appeared, so many films had to choose to withdraw their files and change their release dates. And what about these big-budget films? Almost all self-righteousness is put into December.

This has created, until December at the end of this year, there will be surprisingly fierce competition. Even if the truck drivers are smashed into the world's ships, there will still be "Good Will Hunting", "Perfect" and other films to compete against each other. The impact of the cinema market.

"Gillmour and I have seen the Vancouver location, and it fits perfectly with the framing requirements."

Producer Charles Rowan saw that Wayne didn't really want to talk about the box office, so he simply skipped the small talk and directly talked about the scene scouting with the assistant director. "According to your request, all the locations in Canada are used for the filming, the main shooting location is put into the Warner Studios in Los Angeles, and the first large-scale use of green screen shooting. Gilmour and I have a circle. After reading it, there is no problem with the filming location in Canada, and I have also made contact with the local municipal department..."

Several people walked and said that when they came to the corner of the studio, they stopped. In front of them, James Franco, the protagonist of the film, stood in front of a green cloth, covered with various capture sensors, and was following the staff. Commander, doing the special training required for the filming afterward.

The equipment on his body is the so-called motion capture sensor. This technology officially appeared on the big screen for the first time, and is well known by fans and ordinary people. It should be Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings". However, in fact, Motion capture has been around in Hollywood since the early 1990s.

Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings", or the characters in "Avatar", is far from being the first film to use this technology. The first Hollywood film to use this technology was actually Disney's "Avatar" released in 1939. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", in the following years, Disney has also used this technology on a small scale in its own animated feature films.

At the beginning of the preparation of "The Flash", Wayne sent someone to contact; Analysis (American Demon God) company, which was established in 1982 and belongs to the pioneer in the field of motion capture. After getting a reply, he made the decision to shoot the main sequence of the film in Los Angeles.

In fact, the idea of ​​​​this aspect comes from the first part of the film "Iron Man". Due to the sudden explosion of "Iron Man", its shooting process has long been picked up by netizens, especially Robert Downey Jr. is wearing a sensor. Various actions made in front of the green screen, and finally presented on the big screen, became various special effects of flying and fighting.

"You're creating a new Hollywood production model, Wayne." Charles Rowan looked at James Franco who was training, turned his head and said in a low voice: "Before you, no one had ever thought about film noir. As the mainstream, no one has ever dared to use an anti-hero as the protagonist like "Batman: The Dark Knight", and now you have embarked on a pioneer in the field of technology, but this time, it can be with your The production style is a bit far off.”

As we all know, no matter how the media reports on Wayne's films, or how brilliant his films are in the commercial market, in the hearts of senior people in the circle, Wayne strictly belongs to the traditional academic school, and even harshly says , he is considered to be a member of the old-fashioned director, and there is an essential difference with the pioneering technology flow of the era such as James Cameron and George Lucas.

This is the deepest impression he has left on the film industry. After all, his films, no matter how popular they are, have never been popcorn for an audio-visual feast. They have always moved people with storytelling. This time, "The Flash" uses technologies such as motion capture to shoot the main special effects shots, which is obviously different from his previous shooting methods.

"Don't label me, Charles." Wayne smiled and took the lead out of the training area. "I've never been a specific type of director, and I'm not obsessed with traditional film. From "Happy Death Day" that year, for me, the only thing that can affect my production style is the box office!"

This is the most difficult thing for all the acquaintances around him to understand. There is nothing wrong with the outside world's analysis and evaluation of Wayne's works, but his starting point has always been the market achievement. understand.