How hard is it for women to take away the Oscar for Best Director? In fact, people who know something about the Oscar know that it is basically impossible in this era, and the Oscar is not good enough, even if the feminist movement is gradually rising now, it is far from the later Cheng dù, if there is no corresponding social factors, Sophia? At best, Coppola was nominated.

Even if the Coppola family is standing behind her, can she pull the support of several major film companies and hire Harvey? The Weinstein brothers do public relations, and the chances are almost zero.

These are simply not able to confront the big picture of society as a whole, even the Weinstein brothers will miss, and the Academy, although it has some tendencies, has never belonged to any one person.

Marvel Studios is just one of the countless new production companies in Hollywood, just like the original Duke Studios, even with the support of a special person like Duke, it will take a long time to develop.

Moreover, after experiencing the bankruptcy protection crisis, Marvel's senior management has also learned a lot of lessons and understands the importance of patience.

A week after the reception, Doug? Walter has good news that Warner Bros. has canceled projects for Catwoman and Superman Returns, and is negotiating with DC Comics to set up a dedicated department to explore the possibility of serializing DC superhero movies, and how.

At the same time, Warner Bros. and DC Comics have no objection to handing the Batman series into the hands of Duke.

At the same time, the post-editing of "Return of the King" is also in the final stage, and Duke vetoes some of his plans in the first cut, deciding to re-edit the Battle of Minastiris and the Battle of Perrin Plains.

"Mike, will all Frodo? Baggins' footage is cut out of the battlefield scenes, and I don't want fragmentary battlefield scenes. ”

in the editing room. Duke looked at Mike once? After Dawson edited out the scene, he shook his head directly, "Compress the length of Frodo's first line." ”

"If you spend most of your time ...... war drama"

Just said that, Mike? Dawson stopped, having been working together for ten years, and of course he knew Duke's philosophy. Without affecting the narrative, of course, the big scenes are preferred, and as for the inner drama excavation that is appreciated by professionals, in the eyes of their own bosses, a considerable part of them can be removed.

Scenes that reflect the emotions of the characters must be necessary, but they must also be moderate, Duke knows very well what he is good at, and "The Return of the King" is already longer than the first two parts, but the pace of the film slows down. It will make the whole film seem extremely protracted, which will make people feel impatient.

Since "The Two Towers", Duke has been appropriately reducing Frodo? Baggins's first-line shots, so as to speed up the pace of the film, Frodo and Sam's line, as long as he can explain the progress of the story, he is not shooting literary movies and fan-oriented movies, the first thing to consider must be the big scenes that can attract the audience's attention.

Of course. The big scene will not flood uncontrollably, just like Frodo's line. will stop in moderation.

"Separate scenes of Frodo and Sam and the Spider Corpse for narration." Duke went on to explain what needed to be changed for the next editing, "I wanted a full, comprehensive, and uninterrupted battlefield plot that made the battle of Minas Stiris and the battle of the Perrin plain a coherent scene. ”

Mike? Seeing Duke's decision, Dawson didn't say anything more, just nodded.

Duke added, "The death of Dinether simplifies it. Compress the time to less than three minutes. ”

His philosophy is simple, in the climax of the trilogy, in this battle, use more time to show the grandeur of the battlefield.

As in the past, Duke's first consideration is always the reaction of the market and the mainstream audience, rather than the professional evaluation.

As for professional evaluations. In the mind of a director like him, who is completely commercial, it is simply dispensable.

After a busy day, Duke returns to his home in Malibu and finds Ivanka busier than he is, calling to say that he will not be back until later and will not have to wait for her to have dinner.

The company has just moved to Burbank, which is the busiest time, and Ivanka has been busy recently, although Duke can say a few words about the website and software development in his memory, he is a layman to the company's operations, and he is also self-aware, even if he was basically an egg in the past, and never spoke indiscriminately.

This is the same reason as Ivanka getting along with him, it is impossible for couples to get along without contradictions and frictions, but contradictions and frictions should be resolved in private, not in public, Duke can see that when Ivanka accompanies him to an event or banquet, he is completely dominated by him, and he will naturally show respect for her in front of Ivanka's employees.

Although he was hesitant to change, since he accepted Ivanka, Duke still attaches great importance to this relationship and is also managing it with his heart.

After dinner, he hung up the phone to Ivanka and tried to give him a few words, and Duke went back to his upstairs study, turned on his computer, and prepared to process some mail.

Most of the emails are work-related, but there are exceptions, such as one from Edward? Newgate and Orr? Lawyer Ryder, about Christopher? The verdict in Rokencourt's case was just handed down a few days ago, and Christopher? Rokencourt was sentenced to ten years in prison and had to pay a hefty fine, and his girlfriend Jessica? Alba was slightly better, only sentenced to eighteen months in prison.

Seeing this, Duke to Orr? Lawyer Ryder made a phone call and briefly communicated, Christopher? The two Rokencourt have appealed, and the case is not yet over, but the outcome is unlikely to change much, and there will be no accidents with so many celebrities staring at a crook who has lost power.

Still, Orr? Another piece of news brought up by Ryder's lawyer surprised Duke, the giant scammer was not at ease, and was said to be peddling his experience to Hollywood, as well as the script and project plan that really couldn't be real.

But after such a game, Duke has completely lost interest in Napoleon the Great and has no intention of continuing to take over.

After dealing with the email, Duke opened the script document and prepared to sort out the outline for the next stage, there is no need to worry about the Batman trilogy, the copyright is owned by Warner Bros., and there is no need to worry about the creativity of the story, quite a lot of the content of the previous trilogy was not original, but from Frank? Miller's comics for DC.

The copyright of the comics also belongs to Warner Bros. and DC Comics, which is not a problem. Walter called, along with Frank? The copyright to one of Miller's illustrated novels was also in my hands.

The last two parts of "The Matrix" have been filmed, and "Reloaded" will be released in July, Zach? Schneider and Anna? Prinz is different, this is a very aspiring director, if he is interested, of course, he is the first choice of the director with 300 red trousers, if he is not interested, then he has to find a new director......

He also can't guarantee that the trajectory of his life will change dramatically? Schneider will still be interested in the red trousers.

Putting aside the idea of rights to adapt comics and illustrated novels, Duke's mind turned to the minor production zuò after the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

This is a story about a retired agent and his daughter, an angry father who will do whatever it takes to rescue his daughter, and family, although very cliché, is a theme that will never go out of style in mainstream Hollywood films, and it is also a value that has been promoted and promoted throughout the United States.

Duke plans to start filming in the second half of next year, the film is several years in advance, and some places have to be changed accordingly, the most important thing is that as the daughter of the heroine, the former child star is obviously crooked, and he will definitely replace one.

As for Liam? Neeson is only a second-tier actor now, regardless of age or acting skills, he basically meets the needs of the film.

Presumably, if he sends an invitation, the other party will not refuse.

Concentrating, Duke began to write the character setting and script outline, knocked on about dozens of lines, the door of the study was knocked from the outside, Duke answered, and Ivanka pushed the door and walked in.

"Coming back?"

"Hmm."

Ivanka walked over, leaned over and kissed Duke, looked at her notebook, and sighed, "You're working again." Honey, don't put so much pressure on yourself, okay? ”

Duke saved the document and shut it down, "just writing an outline of a script." ”

"Start preparing for the new film now?" Ivanka simply pulled over a chair and sat next to Duke, "Isn't the later stage of "The Return of the King" not finished yet? ”

"I need to write the outline and character settings," Duke said briefly, "and then hand it over to the studio's editorial department to complete, I need to review it, and if I am not satisfied, I need to continue to revise, and it will take time." ”

At this point, Duke asked, "How's your company doing?" ”

"The office equipment is basically in place." Ivanka rubbed her forehead gently, and there was a hint of tiredness on her face, "I'm doing a server migration, and I'll be on track soon." ”

Duke couldn't help with these jobs, "Do you still want to go to the company tomorrow weekend?" ”

"Something?" Ivanka asked.

"It's been a long time since we've been out for a walk." Duke stood up and stretched, "It's the premiere of Reloaded soon, and we're going to Rodeo Drive tomorrow to get you dressed." ”

Ivanka also stood up, "Okay, I've been busy lately, and I want to relax too." ”

"The Matrix: Reloaded" will be released the weekend before Independence Day, and now is the hottest stage of publicity, and Duke will not be absent from the premiere of this blockbuster film co-financed by Duke Studios and Warner Bros. (To be continued......)

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