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Duke is very aware of this, and also filed a script with the Screenwriters Guild early, which will be a film with a completely female perspective, and almost only the heroine is performing alone in the whole story, which requires the actress to use excellent acting skills and strong personal charm to support the whole film.

Frankly speaking, Scarlett's acting skills are not a problem when she transforms into business as a literary youth, but her personal aura and charm are insufficient.

So, after Duke is on file, he is waiting for the right time.

"I was with Jamie yesterday? Johnson's dinner together......"

Drink a glass of water, Nancy? Josephson took the initiative to change the subject, "He asked me to ask you, do you have specific plans for the next installment of "The Dark Knight" and the sequel to "Transformers"?" ”

Hollywood studios love nothing more than making sequels to blockbuster movies, and Warner Bros. is no exception, with The Dark Knight and Transformers both being hugely successful, and Warner Bros. is definitely not a Hollywood company without sequels to both films on the agenda.

"The next installment of The Dark Knight will have to wait a few more years."

Although the people who like this movie like it badly, and those who don't like it are very disgusted, no one can deny its success and influence, Duke understands this, and a sequel to a film like "The Dark Knight" that has both word-of-mouth and box office success is not easy to make, "Wait for a longer time, the influence of "The Dark Knight" will weaken a little, and the market's expectations will be higher, and then it will be made." ”

Apparently, Warner Bros. management knew they couldn't change Duke's plan, so they had to go through Nancy? Josephson came to convey and remind. Let him not forget the series that sold well.

Duke thought for a moment, then said, "As for Transformers...... I think it's more appropriate to launch one in two to three years. ”

"Looking for someone to take over?" Nancy? Josephson had already guessed what Duke meant.

"That's right." Duke nodded, propped his chin on the arm of his chair with his left hand, and said, "I remember you signed Michael?" Bey. What would I recommend Michael to Warner Bros.? Belly takes over the collection. ”

Speaking of this, Duke frowned, "How to convince Michael?" Bey, that's your job, Nancy. ”

"He doesn't have a choice now." Nancy? Josephson appeared extremely confident.

In fact, after "Escape from Clone Island" hit the streets, Michael? Bei's status in the industry has declined sharply, and few big-production crews are willing to invite him to take charge of the director's tube, and Nancy has poached ICM's situation to improve slightly. However, the market response to an action movie produced is also average, and there are not many paths for him to choose from now.

Even if he accepts the collection of films, it is unlikely that he will refuse.

Not only the next installment of "The Dark Knight" and the sequel to "Transformers", the entire Time Warner has long been aiming at Duke's blockbuster works, and plans to develop into a series of movies, such as the sequel to "Hurricane Rescue" has been put on the agenda, the sequel to "Independence Day" is also being planned, and the reboot of the "Matrix" series is also one of the future plans.

While the three of them were talking. Tina? Faye received a phone call, and she left the terrace briefly. Walked back a few minutes later.

"Good news...... "Tina?" Faye sat back in his seat and said to Duke, "Charles? Rowan already with Pat? Kingsley agreed, Tom? Cruise is basically done. ”

Duke nodded slightly, plus Charlize who had already done it? Theron, the hero and heroine of the new project have arrived.

"And." Tina? Faye continued, "Warner Bros. also got the rights to the 'Mad Max' trilogy that you wanted from Twentieth Century Fox. ”

She was a little puzzled, "What do you want the copyright of these B-grade films for?" ”

Tina? Did Faye think Duke wanted to target Mel again? Gibson, after all, there has been news circulating in the circle recently, Mel? Gibson could return to Hollywood from Australia. Her employer has never been generous in this regard.

"Nothing." Duke shook his head, "Just in case." ”

His next film, tentatively titled Fury Road, is an upgrade of the Mad Max trilogy, which only borrows Max's name and has little to do with the first three.

Once Mad Max was a 1979 Australian dystopian action film starring George? Directed by Miller and adapted from James? McCosland's original screenplay, Mel? Gibson starring. It was the highest-grossing Australian film of the year, and held the Guinness Book of Records for the most profitable film for decades, definitely opening up the international market for Australian New Wave films. In 1981, the sequel "Mad Max 2" was released, and in 1985, the third "Mad Max 3" was released. After 30 years, George? Miller reshoots the fourth installment, Mad Max: Fury Road.

That "Mad Max: Fury Road" once left an extremely deep impact on Duke, two hours all the way to the end, it is no exaggeration to say that there are several scenes that have reached the unprecedented super-god realm, if you have to say what style of the film is, it can barely be said to be a racing version of Terry? Gilliam + punk version of James? Cameron's combine. In addition to admirable cinematography, director-controlled storytelling and storyboarding, the film is full of steampunk, wasteland aesthetic, post-apocalyptic future, feminism, petrol-electric hybrids, and heavy rock...... these elements.

Although he was going to use Fury Road, Duke didn't want to have much to do with Mad Max, so he took enough precautions.

Not only did he get the rights to the reproduction of the "Mad Max" trilogy from Twentieth Century Fox, but he also found someone to go to George? Miller has investigated it, after all, in the hype, the other party has been preparing for this film for more than ten years, but the results of the investigation show that this is just publicity hype, George? Miller has not considered making a sequel at all, and has been carefully preparing and producing "Happy Feet" for the past few years, and has entered a state of retirement in the last two years.

If it weren't for that, Duke wouldn't have chosen this work.

There is no doubt that this is a film with an extremely strong personal style, and in a way, it is also a genre that is close to cult that does not quite fit his production style.

Duke is not good at this style, and he plans to make a series of changes to the film, while keeping it cool enough, and reducing some non-mainstream elements as much as possible.

And the theme of the film in his hands is very mainstream - even the apocalyptic wasteland world where society and order have collapsed cannot stop people's desire for freedom.

In the world of this film, which has suffered a nuclear catastrophe and the environment has been permanently destroyed, what is the most precious resource? In addition to freedom, Duke's script also focuses on human life that has not yet been polluted - the existence of the five wives in the film and their fertility are the most precious resources of the end times.

Like once George? As Miller himself said - "Fury Road" is not "Mad Max 4", not a sequel to the previous trilogy, but a new chapter in its own right, and these films have no timeline relevance.

Max's name will not appear in the films made by Duke.

The women in the film became the absolute protagonists, compared to Charlize? Theron's Commander Ferrosa, Tom? Hardy's character takes a back seat, and while there are plenty of blockbuster scenes and action scenes in the movie that stimulate male hormones, it is the powerful and independent Ferosa who drives the plot forward.

Now Duke has found Tom? Cruise, as the leading actor, will inevitably adjust the roles of the male and female protagonists appropriately.

In Duke's vision, Fury Road is a film that is bigger than the sum of its parts, and it definitely won't be like the Mad Max trilogy, full of fearless spirit and unrestrained energy, but more mature, more refined, more like a modern film than a B-movie.

Duke's projected production cost to Warner Bros. is as high as $100 million, and with $100 million to make a B-movie, not to mention that Warner Bros. will go crazy, he will go crazy himself.

What's more, the film that used to be was not a B-grade film anyway, and there were very few cult elements in it, and the film was almost a standard mainstream commercial film model from theme to production.

That's why Duke chose it.

In Hollywood and even around the world, there is basically a consensus in the film industry and fan groups, Duke used "Speed of Life and Death", "Brave Island" and "The Matrix" to redefine action movies, leading a new trend of action movies.

On top of that, Duke now has enough capital to do so, and has brought in Charlize? Theron and Tom? Cruise was accompanied by two superstars.

Duke submitted the script and related plans to Warner Bros. as early as the first half of the year, and the review committee completed the review in July, but Warner Bros. still has some opinions on this.

"They're urging you to use 3D technology to make films," Nancy? Josephson relayed some of Warner's thoughts, "3D can take a film's box office numbers up a notch. ”

After thinking for about five minutes, Duke nodded slightly, "I'll use IMAX3D technology to make it, and you inform Warner Bros. that I'm asking for an additional $120 million in production costs." ”

In the original plan, the most expensive ones were Duke and Charlize? Theron and Tom? Cruise's salary of the three, although Warner Bros. uses the usual basic salary plus later sharing method in the circle to reduce the financial pressure caused by the early investment, but the basic salary of the three still accounts for nearly half of the original cost of 100 million US dollars.

If you want to make a great movie, enough money is always one of the basic conditions. (To be continued.) )

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