Xiangxiang Airport, surrounded by fans and reporters, Zhang Tan had to be interviewed by the media.

"Director Tan, this time I returned to China to direct the new Chinese film "Infernal Affairs", is it to announce that you are planning to return to Chinese films?" A reporter asked in broken Mandarin.

Zhang Tan scratched the corners of his eyes: "I have never left, for me, whether I make a movie abroad or at home, there is no difference, the main thing is to see where creativity and inspiration are more suitable for shooting." ”

"According to Director Tan, "Infernal Affairs" and "The Departed" are different interpretations of the East and West of the same story, can Director Tan tell us more about the differences between the two?"

"Everyone will know after the movie is released, and I won't be able to say it for a while now."

"Director Tan is working with Wei Tsai and Andy for the first time, can you tell me what you think of these two actors?"

"They're all great, very dedicated actors, and I'm very happy to work with them on a film."

"Director Tan came to Xiang Lane to shoot, does it mean that speech in the mainland is not free enough?"

"Why do you say that, the movie will be released in the mainland, but the mainland does not match the background of the movie, and it will be very inconsistent to shoot."

"Director Tan......"

Zhang Tan answered a few questions, got a little impatient, gave the assistant a look, and stopped talking.

The assistant comprehended, and immediately continued with the bodyguard: "I'm sorry, let me go, Director Tan is still in a hurry, and I will communicate with you next time I have the opportunity." ”

Squeezed through the crowd, sat in the nanny car that came to pick up the airport, and waved to the fans outside, Zhang Tan breathed a sigh of relief.

It's hard to keep a low profile.

Twenty minutes later, I arrived at the hotel where the crew was staying.

Naturally, there was a meeting dinner, several leading actors, as well as members of the director team, all arrived, had a meal together in the restaurant, got to know each other, and got along with each other in the future.

After eating, I rested for the night, and the next day the crew started filming and filming began.

……

Time flies, and three months have passed in a flash.

The filming of "Infernal Affairs" has reached the second half, and it has mainly moved to studio photography.

At the same time, Zhang Tan's movie "Batman: The Dark Knight" was grandly promoted.

With the previous work "Batman: Time to War" that exploded in word-of-mouth as a foreshadowing, fans can be said to be crazy welcome to the release of "The Dark Knight".

Major media magazines, websites, and voted for the most anticipated films of 2018, "The Dark Knight" all held the top three on the list.

Zhang Tan, who was filming "Infernal Affairs", gave the crew a few days off during the period, and followed the publicity team of "The Dark Knight" to Las Vegas.

Hosted by the American Association of Chambers of Commerce, the three-day ShoWest exhibition was held at the Pairs Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. ShoWest is a film trade fair, with a lot of sales, and agents from many countries come here to pick the right film agents.

ShoWest will also present awards to the outstanding performance of the new films and the people behind the scenes.

Zhang Tan could not have come, but he had stayed in the United States for a short time and had never been to a casino, so he took this opportunity to prepare to go to a casino to play. He is not good at gambling, but he also goes to play a few games with "Batman" and "Joker" in the casino.

Then at the awards ceremony in the hotel, he received the Director of the Year Award from ShoWest.

After winning the award, Zhang Tan planned to leave.

"Tan, why don't you stay and play for a few more days?" Ledley, the actor of the Joker, said.

"No, I'm going back to making movies."

"That's a shame." Ridley said, saying goodbye to Zhang Tan, and went to play with Christian again.

In the original Nolan version of "The Dark Knight", Heath Ledger, who played the Joker, died of an overdose after acting in the movie, leaving only a very wonderful villain. So this time Zhang Tan directed, and he observed Ridley for a while.

I'm afraid that Ledley will also follow in the footsteps of Heath and have problems because of playing the clown, but Zhang Tanbai is worried, Ridley's acting skills are very good, and the clown is very exciting, but after the performance, Ridley quickly became a star with a lustful voice.

I've only seen him smoke big. Hemp, didn't take any other medicine.

Not every actor needs drugs to control their emotions, and rationally speaking, although Ledley's Joker is not as crazy as Heath's play, it is also up to the mark, in line with Zhang Tan's expectations.

This may have something to do with the fact that Zhang Tan taught Ledley a lot of Heath's acting images, and Ridley didn't need to figure it out, Zhang Tan told him how to be crazy in advance.

Make it easy to play a good clown.

……

"The Dark Knight" is scheduled to be released in North America on July 20.

In April, the publisher who did a good job of posting and secrecy released its first poster, Welcome to the World of Discord.

This poster was created based on Zhang Tan's idea.

Blue-gray color tone, Batman in a bat suit, standing in front of the poster, behind him, is a shrouded high-rise building, high-rise smoke and dust, the middle of the upper part, the fire is pervasive, these flames constitute a Batman's exclusive logo.

At the top of the poster, there is a line of subtitles.

"Welcome to the world of disorder."

Almost as soon as the poster was released, it aroused widespread popularity among fans on the Internet.

"Perfect", "Miracle", "Peerless", "Oh My God", "Breathtaking", "Cool Cool Cool" and other beautiful words appear in a large number, and even avid Batman lovers do not add "one" evaluation on social platforms: this is the best poster in the world.

Many fans even fetched $120 online in order to be able to collect the poster.

Even experts commented on this poster: "Through this chapter poster, we can see that Tan Zhang's Batman has completely fallen to realism and restored Batman to an alternative superhero in a dark style." The ridicule and rebellion against the cruel world are the biggest features of Tan's version of Batman. ”

God knows how the experts can analyze so much from a pretending poster.

Along with the release of the precursor poster, soon, the character poster was also released, and Batmobile, Batman, Two-Face (Light Knight), and Batman all appeared one by one.

Just the poster, Warner Bros. played non-stop for a month, and then landed in Empire magazine. "Empire" magazine launched a double cover issue in conjunction with the movie, a Batman cover and a Joker cover.

Then the character doll was launched, and then the news was revealed for shooting tidbits.

All the way to the most crucial publicity - the trailer.

"Batman: The Dark Knight" launched two versions of the trailer as soon as it came up, one is the theatrical version, and the trailer after the movie is shown in theaters. The first edition is the Gotham-Cable-News version.

The two versions of the trailer did not reveal much about the plot, but it still caused widespread analysis and speculation.

Basically, the entire July film industry has been ignited in advance by "The Dark Knight".

Fandango Dotcom, an online ticketing company in North America, started online ticket sales for "The Dark Knight" three weeks in advance, and in a short period of time, many midnight screenings were sold out, and in order to meet the needs of fans, it had to increase the number of screenings at 3 a.m.

The east wind is blowing, the war drums are beating, and a superhero blockbuster is about to kick off. (To be continued.) )