When the outside world has been in turmoil because of "Fight Club" in the past few weeks, Theolod has already quietly completed the dubbing of "Future Batman: Return of the Joker" and got the official script of "As Always", and it is already the end of the month.

Since 1970, San Diego has held the largest comic con in the United States, San Diego International Comic-Con, also known as SDCC, every year at the end of July. After nearly 30 years of development, it has become the second largest comic book exhibition in the world, and in addition to classic comic elements, it has gradually become the main target exhibition for Hollywood movies or TV dramas.

"Future Batman" will participate in this year's SDCC from both a comic and a movie perspective, there is no doubt about it, in fact, Warner did also send an invitation to Theorod, and it is understandable that the voice actors who contracted the three main roles and other creators went to the SDCC to promote it.

It's a pity that considering that "The Genius Ripley" has entered the promotion period, and the new script "As Always" also has to take time to prepare, Theolod politely declined the quota to participate with the team. If "Talented Ripley" will go to the SDCC to promote, he will naturally not refuse, but for a film like "The Genius Ripley" whose ultimate goal is obviously to win the Olympics, it is impossible for its publicity team to take into account the proportion of SDCC in publicity like other popcorn movies.

That's right, Miramax Films does have ambitions to rush to the Olympics, from the start of filming of "The Genius Ripley" to the current publicity period, the battle-tested Theolod can see at a glance that Miramax will never be satisfied with the status quo as the outside world says, people are not optimistic about the success of "The Genius Ripley" because of the nature of the thriller of the film itself and the previous work "Wrecked in the Angry Sea", but the large publicity expenses they spent on "The Genius Ripley" and the meticulous seriousness of the director's shooting faintly reveal other information.

So far, the Weinstein brothers' creation of Miramax is still only one of the independent studios that has made a presence in the United States, and even if they created the Oscar classic "The English Patient", it can't change this fact. Why? Because the classic films they can bring out in their hands are almost negligible compared to those old film companies that have been entrenched in Hollywood for many years.

If they want to go further, they must work the Oscars, Golden Globes, Golden Bears and other film awards, and whether a film can succeed in the Olympics is actually inseparable from the work of the publicity team, a successful Oscar movie must have a successful publicity team behind it, and whether an actor can be successfully crowned king is also inseparable from a mature public relations team.

Of course, Theolod understands this and the unspoken rules, in that world there are three groups of people in his PR team alone, not to mention other candidates, but most of the time these teams that Marshall has tailored for him work very easily, because their boss is strong enough in acting, and those trophies are indisputably won back by his strength.

Therefore, Theolod doesn't care much about media publicity, which doesn't mean that he doesn't know that even Marshall has begun to be nervous and busy in recent times, and it doesn't mean that he doesn't know that there are very few remarks about the youngest actor in Oscar history in the outside world and on the Internet, especially when the trailer for the second version of "The Talented Ripley" was released.

The turmoil brought by "Fight Club" has not yet dissipated, and the release of the trailer of the second version of "The Genius Ripley" has caused a lot of splashes in the critics' circles. Miramax's promoter is a little cautious, the release of this version of the trailer happened to be the most noisy time for "Fight Club", and the topic of Taylor and Theolod was very loud, and at this time, another movie starring him was released, which naturally received countless attention, which is also a successful case of one movie pulling the promotion of another movie.

The second version of the trailer does not add too many shots compared to the first version, but all the added shots are given to Ripley, played by Theolod. During the period when he played Ripley, Theolod was almost in the explosive stage, so that most of the clips that could be called the best clips were easily stuffed into the trailer to directly take the trailer to the next level.

The plot of "The Genius Ripley" is as long as anyone who has watched the old version of "The Wrecked in the Angry Sea" or the original Patricia will understand what is going on, and even those who don't know anything about this work can roughly know through the first version of the trailer that it seems to be a movie about identity theft. However, when the latest trailer was released, through the addition of Ripley's footage, people vaguely seemed to see something else.

It stands to reason that Cate Blanchett's Melty and Ripley should be a couple, and the ambiguous spark between the two of them in the trailer can be seen by almost anyone with a discerning eye, but why...... Ripley's attitude towards Dickey is so strange, and the feeling of Ripley and Dickey being confused as revealed in the second version trailer is confusing, as well as the "friend" relationship between Ripley and Peter...... Too good to be normal?

Countless people who don't know the truth see this, although they can't tell what that inexplicable weirdness represents, but they find that the atmosphere between Ripley and these two supporting actors is very natural, perhaps because Theolod uses his acting skills to eliminate people's psychological rejection of that weirdness.

This is also the main reason why the publicity team released these new clips. Although there were very few gay-themed Hollywood works in this era, the public did not accept them well, and the production company deliberately avoided this, it was impossible for Miramax to hide all the gay plots in the film until the movie was released, and at that time, audiences and film critics who had been hiding it for months would definitely resent or even boycott "The Genius Ripley".

But they can't clearly release gay elements at the beginning, affected by the limitations of the times, which will mislead and even scare away a lot of box office, they don't want the audience to think that this movie is just a same-sex taboo love, which is not the focus of this movie, this one.

So, what do they do? Maybe it's a good idea to infiltrate the trailer little by little with gay elements and subtly influence the audience to gradually accept the premise.

However, a very small number of people who have read the original book, after reading the trailer, can't help but be secretly surprised-no, no, could it be that Anthony Minghella really added the ambiguous plot about homosexuality in the original book to the new version of Ripley? You must know that Alain Delon's version of Ripley directly avoided this plot, and in order to get rid of homosexuality, he specially changed the name of the supporting actor Dickey! Miramax played so boldly this time, and is he ready to hit the Oscars with such a film that will definitely not be accepted by the academy?

This kind of speculation gradually increased after the release of the new trailer. Previously, they thought that Miramax and Anthony Minghella would follow the example of "Dead in the Angry Sea" to avoid this part of the plot, but the footage in the latest trailer made them suspicious again. Unfortunately, there are so few shots, and there is no official disclosure that it will add to the homosexuality, so that these speculations are limited to unfounded arguments.

Despite this, there are still many straight male and female fans who like Theorod who are worried about how could Theorod agree to accept a movie with a gay theme? Is he crazy? Doesn't he know Hollywood's prejudice against this kind of theme? If he has the intention of attacking the Oscar this time, then he shouldn't choose this movie!

But at this time, a different voice appeared on Theorod's fan forum-

"I'm finally daring to say this now: Taylor/Jack is standing up for me! Forgive me, it may turn you off, but I do. I'm a woman and a man, but when I watched Fight Club, I couldn't help it, I didn't believe that I was the only one in the world who thought there was sex/tension and sexuality/attraction between the two of them! If it was really just me, I highly recommend you go to the cinema and see those shots, those Taylor looking at Jack, and the way Jack and Taylor get along, especially the 'kiss' part in the middle and the rant of Taylor and Jack's showdown at the end. At least I think the ship between men (I would say more) is nothing more than that!"

A certain landlord named excitedly left this row of words, and then in an instant it was pushed high. In addition to the owners of some floors who expressed strong disgust and protest against this, many people actually expressed their approval and approval of her.

"You're not alone, I thought I was alone at first......"

"Don't talk about it, I even think the two of them met for the first time on the plane. ”

“…… But, in fact, the two of them are the same person......"

“…… It doesn't matter, anyway, the two of them exist in the thinking of the male protagonist in the form of two people, two people. ”

"Hey, even if it's the same person, what's the matter, didn't you solve the little brother for yourself with your hands!"

“…… I seem to have found something, you're a boy upstairs. ”

"I won't say anything, just put a few private photos of our adults and Ed, huh. ”

"These photos are all leaked before, it's nothing, so I'll put a few pictures of Jude and Jack in Italy, to ensure exclusivity. By the way, yes, I'm a man, what's wrong?"

"Theo was so skinny and cute at that time!"

"Jude is lying on my Theo's lap!! unforgivable!!"

"Jack, let go, I also want to put my arms around Theo's neck and rub his head......"

"?!! these angles!! that boy, don't go, what do you say you have to do with the crew of "Talented Ripley"?! This is not a candid film! Are you an insider!"

"No, I'm not an insider, I just happened to meet them at that time and worked as a tour guide for Theo for a few days. ”

"What?!Why wasn't I in China (Italy) at that time?!You must have exclusive information and treasured photos, take them out and share them with everyone!"

“……”

Hesitating, some reporters and paparazzi also like to squat on Theorod's fan forum, so the next day's newspaper appeared a lot of exclusive news about the filming of the "Genius Ripley" crew in Italy, once again hyping up "Genius Ripley". Seeing this, Marshall immediately asked Theolod to recall the experience of skiing in Switzerland with Jude and the others last Christmas, and then asked him to open a private blog and write these experiences into a travelogue and put it on, if he couldn't write well or didn't have time to write, he could find someone to help him complete it.

"Didn't you say that these accounts have to be in the hands of you and the PR team?

"Now the blog is on fire, and this is also one of the channels for celebrities and fans to communicate with each other. I didn't let you have your own private blog because you weren't very famous at the time, and I was worried that you wouldn't be able to take care of it yourself and exploit the media. But now that you are famous, fans are looking forward to having the opportunity to contact you and grasp your dynamics, and your double business has never disappointed me over the years, so I allow you to open a private blog by yourself. Besides, didn't Herman suggest that you start a blog and record your feelings and thoughts every day? He gave you a proposal for two months in a row, and you were not happy, and finally he complained to me, and now this is a work need, you can't do more. These are the blog names of some celebrities who have a good relationship with you, and remember to add friends with them after you open them. ”

Theorod sighed and nodded in compromise. Theorod's least favorite way to keep track of his journey is his practical blog, because he doesn't like and is not good at letting others know what he is thinking, and he is good at hiding it, and he is used to that good public image and diary at all times...... It's too personal and too cumbersome.

"I can write a travelogue, but Herman ...... It's only natural that the public and the media will pay attention to my private blog, so it's impossible for me to blog about things that might expose my condition. ”

Faced with this problem, Marshall waved his hand and said: "Then you are building a more private blog, don't tell me your name, write it yourself, just show Herman enough." ”

Just to Herman? Then Nattle will know about it and it will be endless. Theolod smiled lightly at the thought that came to mind, and then, he suddenly frowned, shook his head, and shook the thought out.

"Okay, I'll finish the homework Herman gave me on a regular basis, is there anything else? What else did Herman say to you?"

"No, that stuffy gourd isn't a person who likes to sue. "As Always" will start shooting next week, right? I suggest you discuss the schedule with Edward then, after all, you have to promote "The Talented Ripley" while filming, and on the eve of the premiere, Miramax also arranged "The Oprah Talk Show", this is your blockbuster film this year, we will be very busy in the second half of the year, think about it, when the time comes, I will bring out the youngest Oscar-winning actor, this is really exciting, isn't it?"

Thinking of this, Marshall smiled and poured Theolod a glass of wine and patted him on the shoulder. Looking at his excited appearance, Theolod couldn't bear to tell him that in fact, he didn't care about any little golden man at all, and he had long disdained to raise his eyes for the honor and recognition given by the so-called academic school, and the trophy was ...... Isn't it just a trophy, or gold-plated, and it takes time, money, and energy to maintain a seat at home, and his trophy showroom full of trophies in his last life has been managed by him, and he still cares about a little golden man?

Forget it, maybe this time we can teach Marshall, who has never had the experience of rushing to the Olympics, a lesson - the academic school has never been optimistic about a movie with gay elements, let alone a thriller. Those old guys have a high vision, it doesn't mean that if you do a good job in public relations and publicity, you can please them, the key is that the political correctness is the correct theme, and you must not put the cart before the horse.

Play with those old guys...... He might as well play a movie with Norton. 166 Reading Network