"Annie? After the performance of "The Frank Diaries", a special celebration was held. ”

There are some things that are also only suitable to be said among Jews, especially Duke in Mel? After the Gibson incident, the position was very clear, so Natalie did not have too many scruples in saying it, "Many Jewish celebrities living in New York attended the pie duì, and I saw Mrs. Leah on the pie duì, although she only talked a few words, her personality charm is very admirable." ”

"Thank you!" Duke nodded.

When he was talking on the phone, he also heard his mother mention it, "Annie? At the end of the performance, a large number of Jewish celebrities from New York attended the performance, and at the end of the performance, the atmosphere in the theater was so enthusiastic that the crew had to take the stage four times in a row, which lasted for more than 40 minutes.

Duke wasn't at all surprised by this situation, who made this "Annie", which actually had a much greater impact than "Schindler's List?" And Jews are sometimes not measured by the thinking of ordinary people, especially those who have lived through the war years, whether they have delusions of victimization or they like to be in groups, these people can always burst out with great enthusiasm and support for certain people or things.

Maybe it's to star in "Annie? The Frank Diaries, Natalie? Portman has won the favor of some.

After all, there are too few actresses like her, and there are no fewer people or things around her than other Hollywood actresses, but the mainstream media hardly reports negative news about her......

When the topic of Duke and Natalie is over for the time being, George? Lucas suddenly asked, "I heard you're going to adapt Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy?" ”

"It's already in preparation."

As time passed, the news gradually spread among some of the higher status people in the industry. There is no need to deny Duke, "A lot of people on my team are in New Zealand at the moment. ”

Lucas nodded, "No wonder you refused to be the director of Star Wars, and originally chose a more difficult project." ”

Duke smiled, but didn't say anything, George? Lucas himself openly admitted. The World of Star Wars is heavily constructed with a lot of references to the Lord of the Rings.

Natalie, who was at the same table, was a little surprised, she didn't expect that the director sitting next to her had rejected Star Wars, in her cognition, how many directors in the world could refuse the position of Star Wars director?

Even if she is herself, she is pretending to be innocent, pretending to be cute, and appropriately showing her precociousness, and it took a lot of effort to win Lucas's approval, and when she received Amirada's invitation, she had frequent insomnia for a whole week. Not nervous, but excited, because she knew, Padme? Amidala is enough for her to realize a large part of her ambitions and **, she will become a female star that is envied by all Hollywood and even the world!

She looked at Duke, and based on the reports she had seen in the media in the past, she determined that this was a director with a very firm goal and mind.

After a few words about their respective films, Duke looked at the time. Be the first to say goodbye and leave the restaurant, there is other work to do in the afternoon.

"I won't disturb your work." Naomi? Watts was also ready to take his leave. "Goodbye, Duke. I'll come back to see you when I have time. ”

"I'm always welcome."

Looking at Naomi? Watts got into the battery car and went away, Duke turned around and walked into the studio. Kelis and Warner Bros. head of the publishing department, Doug? Walter was already waiting in the office next to him.

A brief greeting between the two sides, Pani? Kelis gestured out the window. "The person just now is Naomi? Watts? ”

"yes." Duke nodded and sat down in the chair across from her, "She's on vacation, stop by and have a look." ”

"She's in the limelight now, and the topic is ......"

"Wait!"

Hear here. Duke directly interrupted the PR words, "Pani, this is not a niche film, but a summer sci-fi film. ”

"Duke, I don't mean anything else." Pani? Kelis said innocently, "That kind of propaganda can only be used once in a while, and if you use it too much, it will have no effect." ”

"So, that was the first time and the last time."

Duke knows very well that similar to "Chicago" when he and Catherine? Zeta? Jones's propaganda can only be used once, and if you do it a second time, you will be looking for trouble, and stupid people can see that there is a problem.

The most important thing is that he is ready to return to the summer file, and the production is a sci-fi action movie, not a niche genre such as a song and dance film.

Doug? Walter sits next to him and sees Duke and Pani? Kelis's discussion ended for the time being, and then he spoke, "Duke, can you tell me when the film will be completed now?" ”

Because of the progress of the actors' training, Duke has not determined the actual completion time of the film, which also makes Warner Bros. publicity work a little behind.

Duke thought about Keanu? Reeves's training situation, combined with the plan made from the perspective of the greatest difficulty, after thinking about it for a while, said, "The beginning of April next year, no later than the end of April"

"That's perfectly in time for the summer season." Doug? Walter opened his briefcase, dug out his work diary, and looked at it for a while, "On the third weekend of May, judging from the current release lists announced by major companies, there are no heavyweight films this weekend, "The Matrix" will be released on a large scale in North America on May 15, what do you think?" ”

"You're professionals." Duke doesn't have any opinion on this, "It's up to you to make the specific release plan." ”

"Then the pre-publicity can also begin."

Although Warner Bros. and the Duke Studios held a press conference for the project, and also released a lot of news in conjunction with the audition, there was no large-scale systematic publicity, and now the release date of the film is basically confirmed, and the entire publicity plan can be officially launched.

And Warners had already prepared, Sarah, a female reporter from the Los Angeles Times, following Doug? Walter and Pani? Kelis came to Fox Studios.

In the face of Sarah's reporter's microphone, Duke also cooperated with the interview, and since the film is still far from being completed, Duke also talked about some brief introductions to the film.

"I started with the assumption that every thing and every part of the human body today was created by the electronic world, and that what we see, smell, and hear is ......"

He picked up his coffee cup and took a sip in front of the camera, "Even what I tasted, it may be fake, just a signal forcibly imposed on us by some forces that manipulate the world." ”

"If you find out." Duke looked at the female reporter and asked, "What would you do?" ”

"Revealing the truth to everyone, of course." Sarah, a female reporter, is very upbeat.

"What if others don't believe it? They only believe what they see and hear, and even if some people find out, they choose not to believe it, and change often means pain. ”

Now Duke, who has completely become the prophet in "The Matrix", said very godly, "Throughout history, since the birth of human civilization, there have been people who have made unremitting efforts to find the profound meaning of life, and have made amazing discoveries. So, in this story, I just want to focus on a small group of people who ask questions and get shocking answers. I wanted their discovery to be the beginning of the story, not the end, and I was interested in how they responded. ”

Sarah quietly rolled her eyes while writing in her notebook, and the director opposite was clearly out of the initial stage of attracting the audience with simple explosions and visual stimuli, and after playing with humanistic care and black song and dance, he was ready to engage in mysticism.

However, she understood the purpose of her coming here, temporarily suppressed these thoughts, and asked, "It is said that all the actors in the film will go through three to four months of hard training?" ”

"All the main actors have to have a certain foundation in kung fu."

It's not the future, the topic of kung fu hasn't had much traction in North America, Duke just mentioned it in passing, and then turned to the actors, "It's a problem for the actors, the whole training program is about 100 days, and these actors may be shooting other films at the same time, how can I talk to them?" However, I was surprised by the end result because all the actors were willing to make sacrifices and agreed to complete all the hard work, and I am grateful for their efforts and sacrifices, and I am proud of their efforts. ”

A few other routine questions were asked, and this part of the interview about Duke came to an end.

It's not the first time that the two have interviewed and been interviewed, and putting away their work attitude, Sarah casually asked, "When did you believe in mysticism?" ”

"Belief in mysticism?" Duke shook his head at her, "Just borrowing." ”

Just like kung fu, as long as it is beneficial to the film, he doesn't care where he comes from or where he comes from.

After the assistant cleaned up, Sarah left the office and went to the studio to interview the main actors, and when there were four more people in the office, Duke suddenly remembered another aspect.

"Doug, do you know anything about the Internet?" He asked.

"Got a little bit of it." Doug? Walter looked at Duke strangely, "Influenced by your film, I went to study computer networks. ”

"Don't you think that our propaganda position can spread to the computer network?" "Films are closely related to computers and the Internet, and the majority of users on the Internet are teenagers, who are also the main audience for science fiction films. ”

"Duke, actually...... "Doug? Walter laughed, "We've teamed up with Yahoo and we're already working on a publicity strategy." ”

Duke nodded, although he didn't pay much attention to it, but how could media companies not see some of the convenience of the Internet?

He turned to the other side, "Pani, is my personal website complete?" I think it's time for it to work. (To be continued......)