The success of the two films launched by Marvel Entertainment has deeply stimulated Warner Bros. and DC Comics, and the two companies have also accelerated the development of the corresponding DC Comics superhero movie projects, Zack Snyder's side is okay, "Watchmen" is advancing quickly and will be released next year.

"Green Lantern", directed by Martin Campbell, was originally still in preparation, and Warner Bros. demanded that the schedule must be accelerated, filming will start in July at the latest, and it must be released next year.

Whether it was, or still is, when it came to seeing Marvel superhero movies start to become popular in North America and around the world, Warner Bros. chose a more radical response.

Warner Bros. and DC Comics, in order to increase their influence, also announced the first two plans, with Green Lantern as the beginning of the series, and then the rebooted version of Superman to lay the big picture!

As for the latter, the two companies are busy catching up with Marvel's progress and have no plans for the time being.

In short, Warner Bros. was in a hurry to catch up, and without a long-term plan, he started "Green Lantern", and then took it one step at a time.

Zack Schneider will be fully involved in the DC Justice League Cinematic Universe project after completing "Watchmen", with Charles Rowan and Diego Harris as the main leaders.

Since Christopher Nolan has no intention of directing the series after the new "Batman" trilogy, and will not continue to work with Warner Bros., Warner Bros. will undoubtedly have a better chance of reusing Zack Snyder in the future.

Even, maybe give Zack Schneider more full force.

Frankly speaking, Zack Schneider is not a bad movie director, but has an unusually distinct personal style.

But Ronan has worked with him and talked about superhero movies, like when filming and producing "The Three Hundred Spartans," Zack Schneider likes to follow the premise and plot of the comics.

That's not a good thing for the movie.

Ronan also moderately maintained his attention to Warner Bros. and DC Comics, anyway, everything that should have been done has been done, the pit has been dug, Warner Bros. and DC Comics have all fallen, and it depends on them whether they can climb out later.

This week, Ronan took time to go to Christopher Nolan's crew to see, "Inception" has begun filming, the crew is currently filming on the streets of Los Angeles, and will go to the United Kingdom, France, island countries and Canada and other countries and regions, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a global shooting trip.

On the streets of Los Angeles, the crew occupied half of the street, and a specially made prop train was also pulled to the street by a trailer.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Connie's cough came from behind him, and Ronan turned his head and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Connie covered her mouth and said, "I don't know why, I feel a little choked." ”

The two happened to walk into Christopher Nolan's director's command area, and he would be fine, and when he heard Ronan and Connie's words, he reminded: "The wildfire is here again." ”

Hearing him say this, Ronan remembered that after entering the summer, the wildfires that burn every year are burning in Los Angeles again.

This year's Los Angeles is exceptionally hot, and the blazing sun seems to scorch every inch of land, because of the heat wave, a forest fire broke out in the San Gabriel Mountains behind Los Angeles, billowing smoke into the sky, making the nearby area even hotter for dozens of miles, like being in a baked furnace.

The bad weather and raging wildfires have caused a lot of problems for work and life in the Los Angeles area, and some companies near San Gabriel Hill have simply taken a vacation.

Ronan asked with concern, "Will it affect the crew?"

Christopher Nolan said: "Probably not, the crew will be filming here for a few more days, and they will go to France." ”

Tom Cruise, who had finished putting on his makeup, walked over with a fan and said, "It's only mid-May, it's so hot, and this year's weather is abnormal." ”

Ronan said, "Maybe the wildfire added a handful of warmth. ”

The high temperature and the distant and invisible wildfires could not affect the filming of the crew, and after the first three funds totaling $60 million from the Pacific Investment Fund arrived one after another, the preparation and filming of "Inception" entered the fast lane.

chatted with Tom Cruise and Christopher Nolan successively, and grasped the general progress of the crew, Ronan took the initiative to avoid the side to avoid affecting the normal work of the crew.

The film can be completed by May next year at the earliest, and it will be released in the summer, and then the embassy film industry will have to look at the specific schedule and decide whether to put it in the summer or holiday file.

The most eye-catching thing on the set was not Tom Cruise, but the huge IMAX camera.

Christopher Nolan used IMAX cameras for the filming of The Dark Knight, but there are currently only three IMAX cameras, one of which was destroyed on the set of The Dark Knight.

The crew of "Avatar" also partially uses IMAX technology, and the difference between "The Dark Knight" and "Inception" is that Christopher Nolan will not use any 3D technology.

Ronan never said anything about this, technology that can create huge commercial benefits is good technology, whether it is 2D or 3D, film or digital.

Moreover, he has long known that Christopher Nolan is a staunch 2D film party, and has even become a leading figure in this regard.

This is an original film, and it can even be said that Christopher Nolan is the first original film since his debut film "The Following".

"Memory Fragments" and "Deadly Magic" are adaptations, "Chasing the Murderer by Day" comes from the remake of old movies, and the two "Batman" are typical comic superhero movies.

In fact, it is not difficult to see from this aspect that Christopher Nolan is a very smart and commercial-oriented director.

The director insists on originality, but does not stick to originality, and knows very well that the original genre of ordinary directors, screenwriters and even producers is not popular in Hollywood, and the first thing he aims at when he enters the mainstream film industry is to adapt movies, relying on the great success of adapted films, so as to win opportunities for originals that require big investment and big productions.

Even in "Inception", the script seems to be cloudy, but Christopher Nolan's scene design is simple and clear, in his planning, this is a commercial movie that most audiences can basically understand without too much brains.

In the past, the success of this film also lies in the harmony between the rhythm of the story, the audience's understanding and the narrative structure of the film. In other words, it is not difficult to play a counter-chronological and layered narrative, the difficulty is not to make these elements into niche experimental films, after the film is completed, it can not only make the audience see a little foggy, but also not completely lose interest in solving the mystery, and it must be a commercial film that is worth watching, which is the value of "Inception".

Christopher Nolan's whole concept is very clear, this is a commercial film with a big investment and big production, and the real core of the film is mainstream commercial elements such as sci-fi action, and everything else is derived from it.

In addition, ILM's special effects team has been providing various technical support for the crew.

Although he is a real-life maniac, Christopher Nolan has to rely on computer CGI to solve many of the special effects of this film.

In today's Hollywood, almost all big-budget commercial films are completed with computer special effects and live-action shooting, and special effects blockbusters with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars without CGI special effects lenses simply do not exist.

The Dark Knight was also used, it was just a matter of how much Christopher Nolan used it.

Many people once had the impression that Nolan was a film maniac and extremely resistant to and even contemptuous of digital technology, which is true from a certain point of view, but this does not see the whole truth.

In fact, CGI special effects have been widely and critically used in the production of the former "Inception".

The rewinding Paris is one of the iconic shots of Inception, and it can be seen that this is a CGI-generated scene without going into details.

The filming of this crazy train scene on the streets of Los Angeles also needed to be processed through CGI in post-production.

As the weather gets hotter in May, wildfires continue to rage in Southern California, and like the drug epidemic, they are a problem that the California government will never be able to solve.

But the hot weather and raging wildfires can't stop the enthusiasm of the audience in the summer film market.

A new weekend has arrived, and the movie "Ocean's Thirteen", which gathers many big-name stars, has been pushed into theaters by Warner Bros., the producer and distributor.

This is also the final chapter of the "Arhat" series.

The film features a host of stars such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and Casey Affleck.

Coupled with the audience base brought by the first "Ocean's Eleven" and the second "Ocean's Twelve", it is also one of the highly anticipated commercial productions in this summer file.

But one thing cannot be ignored, in this era, especially in the summer file, special effects blockbusters are more popular, and the golden age of the "Luohan" series has passed.

Moreover, this group of celebrities is famous, and there is actually only Matt Damon who really has first-line appeal.

"Ocean's Thirteen" only received $13.17 million on the first day of release, which is not much better than the film's lineup and investment.

In the three days of the North American opening weekend, "Ocean's Thirteen" only received $34.25 million, and the total box office in North America is expected to be more than $100 million.

The film also missed out on the top spot at the North American box office and could only be ranked second.

Entering its second release weekend, "Hulk" had a relatively stable box office trend, collecting another $35.71 million the following weekend, ranking first in the North American box office charts.

In its first ten days of release, the superhero movie grossed $123.56 million at the North American box office.

According to various predictions, the North American box office of "Hulk" is bound to be more than $200 million.

This weekend, the film was also released in many major overseas markets in Hollywood, and the response was not as good as the original "Iron Man", let alone "Spider-Man 3", but in theaters in more than 30 countries and regions, there were also nearly 50 million US dollars in the account.