Chapter 593： Self-recommended director

The Golden Gate Bridge, one of the most famous bridges in the world and one of the iconic buildings in the United States, a symbol of San Francisco, can be called the building that Hollywood movies are most willing to destroy alongside the White House and Manhattan.

In the Golden Gate Bay not far from the Golden Gate Bridge, there is another famous existence in San Francisco. Perhaps few people would know the original name of Pelican Island, but when it comes to Alcatraz Island, I am afraid it exists all over the world. Heard.

"X-Men 3" selected the most important drama in these two places.

Today's Alcatraz Island has long become a leisure area in San Francisco. Tourists who visit here have become an important source of income for the island, and the film or TV crews filmed here are another source of income.

After arriving on the island, Ryan chose a high platform with a panoramic view of the shooting site and quietly observed the crew's shooting.

Now I’m filming the scene of the big battle at the end. Fires and explosions appear from time to time. Although the momentum is strong, the scale is actually limited. Actors dressed in X-Men uniforms, extras dressed as American soldiers, and mutant brothers will be roaring into battle. A group, apart from enough chaos, actually doesn't have much appreciation at all.

The picture without post-processing is really horrible. After seeing the filming pause, Ryan looked back at the Golden Gate Bridge. The fog-shrouded bridge was indeed a very peculiar sight.

"Aren't you going to go down and take a look?"

Charlize's clear voice came from behind. When Ryan looked back, she nodded to the bodyguards guarding the periphery and walked to this slightly higher platform, "Oh, the scenery is really good."

She also saw the orange Golden Gate Bridge sheltered in dense fog.

"Don't you need to shoot today?"

Ryan looked at her. Charlize is wearing straight-leg pants, a tight-fitting T-shirt, and a pair of sunglasses, which is obviously not the way he is filming.

The South African Diamond came to hold his hand and said with a smile, "My scenes are all in the afternoon, and now I mainly shoot Magneto vs. Men."

Although it is night according to the movie's setting, such scenes are often shot during the day. Then replace the background.

The filming restarted soon, Ryan didn't mean to come close, just led Charlize to observe the crew from a distance.

This will be the last of the first trilogy of "X-Men". Ryan and Marvel reached an agreement long ago. After the movie is released, the series will be temporarily sealed and restarted in the next three to five years. Hugh Jackman, Harry Berry, Ian McLean, including Charlize, have long been different in Hollywood status and reputation, especially the salary of Hugh Jackman, which is directly close to 20 million. The dollar mark. The pay of all the crew almost overwhelmed the surprise budget.

Even if the negotiations were repeatedly compressed, the remuneration of the actors and directors still accounted for 60% of the crew's expenses, and it pushed the production cost of "X-Men: Last Stand" to a terrifying figure of 200 million US dollars.

In this respect, this group of actors will be replaced, and then a group of youth idol groups will be used. It is a wiser choice to photograph the confusion of their youth.

And the aspect of Ryan and surprise. I have already made plans to rely on the box office to not recover the cost. After all, there is still US$45 million in publicity expenses. The global box office of this movie is 500 million US dollars. We can only rely on various copyrights and peripheral products to achieve profitability.

Then there is the director, because Brian Singer can only fully complete this series because he has already signed a astronomical breach of contract, before he can carry out his favorite "Superman" series.

Yes, in addition to the "Wonder Woman", which is currently selecting actors, Warner restarted the "Superman" series, and the director of "Superman Returns" is set to be Brian Singh, but all of these will have to wait until he completes the "X War". P: It's after "Lastly".

"Too much work this year."

This is already the third movie that Charlize has shot in a year. She looked at the fire on the set and shook Ryan's hand and said, "After Jean Gray's play is completed, I will take a long vacation."

"Have you figured out where to go?" Ryan reached out and smoothed her long hair that was blown away by the sea breeze. Charlize simply rolled up her blond hair and tied it into a ponytail. "Not yet..."

Her eyes hidden under the sunglasses glanced at Ryan, "Why don't we go to Africa together?"

"Your hometown?" Ryan took off the sunglasses that covered her pretty face, and kissed Charlize on the forehead. "As long as it's not the Middle East, it can be anywhere."

"It's better to choose a place in North America." Charlize suddenly thought of the threat of terror. Although there are no signs of danger until now, it is best to be careful about some things. "Let me think about it again. This movie is a short time. It's impossible to finish filming inside, and you can't just stay by my side."

Ryan could hear the small complaints in her tone, so she grabbed her shoulders, "If you want, we can go to Lanai for vacation together..."

"Forget it."

Before he was finished, Charlize shook his head, "I don't want to ask for trouble."

Even if they met in public, they would ignore each other, it would only be more embarrassing in private, and there might be conflicts, so it's better to continue to do so.

With a sigh, Ryan saw that the crew seemed to have entered a long rest state and walked over with Charlize.

Most of the actors are acquaintances. After they saw Ryan, they came over to say hello, and Ryan responded one by one. In addition to limited enemies, his popularity in Hollywood is also famous.

"Ryan..."

When he reached the main camera position, Brian Singer in the director's chair quickly stood up and shook hands with him, and said sincerely, "I'm very sorry, Ryan."

"It's okay." Ryan shook his hand, "We can wait for you to complete the "Superman" series, and continue to work together."

The other party is a smart person and knows the need to have a good relationship with Ryan. Although he rejected the surprise plan on "The Golden Wolf", Ryan knew that "Superman" was almost unsolvable, and the other party was destined to rely on "x". The "Men" series will last a lifetime, and after the failure of "Superman Returns", he will naturally return to the Marvel banner obediently.

After talking with Brian Singer a few words, Ryan took the initiative to leave. He came here to visit Charlize, and the others were responsible, and there was no need to directly intervene.

But those actors didn't think so. Except for their previous acquaintances, when Ryan and Charlize were sitting in the rest area, the newly promoted X-Men came over to say hello.

For example, Catherine Isabel, this little naughty has an awkward position in the latter two films, and the development in recent years has not been very smooth. In the latest version of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", her performance was met by audiences and film critics. People's unanimous criticism.

"Ryan, I participated in the audition for "Wonder Woman."

Ryan shook his head and said nothing when she said faintly when she left.

If it was James Cameron who spoke, maybe he would call Warner, and let her alone. The surprising boss intervened in the casting of superhero movies. This kind of thing is too weird.

However, Ryan also saw people who were quite interested. The actor who played the Phantom Cat was very familiar.

"Do you know her?" Charlize handed over an ice cream and asked Ryan who was sitting next to him curiously, "She is from Canada like Kate."

"It should be the first time I have seen you." Ryan opened the outer packaging of the ice cream, "I just feel a bit familiar."

"Men look familiar to beautiful women." Charlize smiled with a curled mouth.

Shaking his head, if Ryan doesn't pick her up, given the current social environment, teenage pregnancy is not a very suitable subject, and he doesn't plan to make that movie.

After all, it's too sensitive.

After talking to Charlize for a few minutes, someone came over again. Kevin Fitch was wearing jeans and a baseball cap, not at all like the CEO of Surprise Pictures.

After he sat down, he talked to Ryan about Marvel Pictures' future filming plans.

"The script for the ghost rider is being written." Kevin Fitch took the soda that Charlize handed over, said thank you, and continued to say to Ryan, "Nicholas Cage agreed to play the leading actor, he is now We have to wait until next year to shoot "National Treasure" by Touchstone Pictures."

"Don't worry." Ryan stuffed the ice cream to Charlize, ""X-Men" took up too much of our funds. Many overseas shares and copyright income of "Captain America" ​​have not yet arrived. We have enough preparations. time."

"Stan is still leading people to write the scripts for "The Hulk" and "Iron Man." At this point, Kevin Fitch smiled and shook his head. "He prefers Edward Norton as Bruce Banner. UU reads the book. www.uukánshu.com"

"Edward Norton?" Ryan frowned, and after thinking about it, said, "The Hulk is an important character in our entire series. With Edward Norton's character, is he likely to play this role for a long time?"

"I don't think he is a suitable candidate."

"Well, I will communicate this to Stan."

Waving his hand to John behind him, Ryan motioned to him to take note of the incident and continued, "Kevin, you choose a suitable person from the second-line or third-line actors, and also, sign a long-term contract."

For superhero movies, changing actors also means unnecessary risks. Unless the "X-Men" series is overthrown and restarted, it will not be good for the big plan.

After spending nearly a day in Alcatraz, Ryan spent most of his time watching the shooting quietly. When Charlize's scene was over, he was about to leave the island and return to San Francisco together.

Before he got on the boat, someone rushed to the island, and someone came to look for him, a director who recommended himself! ()