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Despite its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith still called for a huge North American premiere, and quite a few celebrities, including Duke, accepted the invitation to the premiere. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Walking quickly all the way down the red carpet, Duke met a lot of well-known people in the industry in the waiting area at the entrance of the theater. Scorsese, Francis? Coppola and Steven? Spielberg's four directors are all here, Harrison? Ford, Liam? Neeson, Tom? Hanks, Tom? Cruise and others made the premiere star-studded.

Standing in front of the theater, looking out at the red carpet, and a large number of guests walking up one after another, Duke knew very well that this was the power of the Star Wars franchise.

Just after all the guests walked on the red carpet, two teams of Imperial Stormtroopers rushed all the way and occupied both sides of the red carpet, causing the surrounding fans to chant, and then the loudspeaker at the scene sounded the sound of heavy breathing, which was the most classic voice of the black knight, and both sides of the red carpet quickly quieted down, as if they were listening carefully to this sound, and the black knight they loved was back!

Even, Duke could see some fans wiping their eyes, as if they were wiping tears.

He used to love this series too, but more because of George? The bald girl next to Lucas, after coming to this country, deeply felt the charm of Star Wars, some people may say that this series has nothing to do except special effects? But as long as it's called Star Wars, that's enough.

As long as the film is a Star Wars series and the shooting is not very bad, it is almost a guarantee of a hit!

Then again, no matter how bad the Star Wars series is, can it be worse than "Attack of the Clones"?

There is no doubt that the premiere of the Black Knight's voice is sensational, inspiring the audience's Star Wars feelings, and movie feelings are something that cannot be seen or touched, but can be transformed into tangible benefits.

Take Duke's Lord of the Rings trilogy, for example.

After this year's Oscars. Warner Bros. has once again released a DVD of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which is only a full-length version of the trilogy, not a super-long version of the series edited by Duke, but a change from the original DVD to a unified package. Added episodes and tidbits totaling an hour.

Even so, countless people paid for it, and the DVD sold more than $130 million worldwide within a week of its release, and the total sales have now exceeded $200 million.

These people are willing to pay for it. The Lord of the Rings certainly played a huge role.

Even without doing a survey, Duke can guess that at least 70 percent of the people who bought the DVD have bought the previous three-part Lord of the Rings DVDs, and at least 90 percent have seen the series more than once through various channels.

But they still pay for the Lord of the Rings, and to be exact, they are paying for their own Lord of the Rings.

"What do you think?"

A monotonous nasal voice suddenly sounded from the side, and Duke didn't have to look to know who was coming, and he didn't turn his head. He replied directly, "I wonder how long it's been since we've seen each other." ”

"Not much, just a few months."

Stepping on pointy, thin heels, Sophia? Coppola stood next to Duke and deliberately changed his curious tone, "Why did you come alone?" ”

Duke shrugged slightly, "Aren't I alone now?" ”

"That's not right, I heard ......," Sophia said in a teasing tone, as she moved closer, "I heard that Scarlett has been getting very close to you lately. ”

"It's almost time." Duke ignored her. He looked at his watch and led the way towards the theater, "Let's go inside." ”

"Haven't you come out of the shadow of your last relationship?"

Sophia, who followed him, was still muttering, among Duke's few friends. That is, Sophia will say these words without scruples, "No, how can a guy who changes women the same as changing clothes, can be emotionally hurt?" ”

As if he hadn't heard the words, Duke didn't strike up a conversation with Sophia at all and went straight into the VIP lounge.

Step into the lounge. Sofia? Coppola immediately stopped talking to himself in this joking way, after all, there were a lot of people here, and some of them took the initiative to come over to greet her and Duke.

"Long time no see, Duke."

It was Spielberg who walked over, and Duke stepped forward slightly and shook his hand, "It's been a long time, Steven." ”

"Hello, Uncle Steven."

Sophia was smart enough to see that Spielberg had come to Duke for purpose, and after a brief greeting, she stood next to Duke and stopped talking.

Spielberg didn't go around the bush either, and said directly, "Duke, is the movie copyright of Hasbro's toy series Transformers in your hands?" ”

"That's right." Duke didn't deny it either, and nodded, "I got it a few years ago." ”

Hearing him say this, Spielberg showed a trace of regret on his face, and still said tentatively, "Can I work with DreamWorks?" ”

"I'm sorry, Steven." Duke politely declined, "I have no plans to make this series anytime soon." ”

There is no personal conflict between him and Spielberg, but attacking DreamWorks is the most basic position issue, and even if Duke wants to make a live-action movie about "Transformers" now, he will not accept DreamWorks' investment.

Today's DreamWorks is struggling, and Hollywood's seventh-largest company, as the media jokingly called, has come to the edge of the cliff and is likely to fall into the abyss this summer.

As for the reason, although Scarlett did not star, "Escape from Clone Island" will still be released this summer, and Michael, who has not been very smooth in recent years? There is no way that Beji will change the fate of this film.

Even if the quality of the film is better than it used to be, the six hungry wolves around DreamWorks look around, and it is not so easy to succeed.

Spielberg was not stupid, and when he saw Duke say this, he didn't dwell on it, and took the initiative to change the topic.

"I heard that "Iron Man" is about to be officially established, are you looking for Pepper? Bolts' cast selection? ”

Duke nodded slightly, "That's true, I'm going to hold a wide audition for this role." ”

"Duke, I have a goddaughter."

As expected, Spielberg must have mentioned this character with a purpose, "You should know, Gwyneth?" Paltrow. ”

"I'll have people send her an audition invitation." Duke said very roadedly.

Anyway, it's just an audition, and this bit of face will definitely be sold to Spielberg, and insiders know that old Jewish men have always treated their godsons and goddaughters well.

"Thank you."

Spielberg said a word of thanks and left.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Sophia? Coppola suddenly sighed, "You're not going to use Gwyneth?" Paltrow, right? ”

"Can you tell?" Duke turned his head and looked at her.

Sophia shrugged, "Don't forget, my dear, I've been your personal assistant for several years. ”

"I'm sure I didn't plan to use Gwyneth? Paltrow. Duke didn't deny it, "I can't refuse Steven in person for such a trivial matter, can I?" ”

"Why?" Instead of answering Duke's words, Sophia asked, "I've read a little bit of Iron Man's comics, Gwyneth's personal image with Pepper?" Bolts is still somewhat similar. ”

"How's she doing?" Duke reminded, "I'm not talking about feelings and private life, but the style of the set. ”

Sophia understood what Duke meant, "Hollywood's most famous princess sufferer." ”

"If she was half as smart as you, she wouldn't be where she is now."

Duke is telling the truth, Gwyneth is a notoriously difficult actress in Hollywood, often gets into some inexplicable trouble on the set, and has a very bad relationship with many directors, including big directors, since winning the Oscar for Best Actress, her acting career has been downhill, if the godfather is not Spielberg, and through fashion, she can't maintain her current status.

And Duke is well aware that using Gwyneth? Paltrow didn't do much good, and the princess's illness only got worse.

Like Australians hate Nicole? Kidman, the British have never liked Hollywood's English roses, and in a few years, Americans will be annoyed with Gwyneth? Paltrow, and Pepper? Bolts will appear in many Marvel movies again, although it is only a supporting role in a vase, but when other candidates can be found, why use such a troublesome actress?

From the beginning to the present, Duke has never thought about enabling Gwyneth? Paltrow.

A staff member walked into the VIP lounge and led the guests towards the screening room, Duke and Sophia walked into the theater together, changed seats with others, and sat together to enjoy the movie.

The waiting time is always boring, Sophia looks at the front row standing George? The bald woman next to Lucas suddenly said, "I heard that you also had a relationship with her?" ”

"It was a long time ago." Duke didn't shy away from it, looking at the woman whose hair had turned into short hair, and said, "A very smart and scheming woman." ”

Sophia asked, "What about me?" ”

Duke glanced at her and said very directly, "In terms of scheming, planning, and forbearance, you can't compare to her." ”

"Oh......" Sophia didn't mind, blinked, and said deliberately, "It seems that she has made a deep impression on you." ”

The big screen lights up, and Duke reminds, "The movie is about to begin." ”

This is the darkest Star Wars, but the film's flaws are obvious, Anakin? Skywalker's transformation is too abrupt and seems unconvincing, but it's nothing, who made it Star Wars, or George? What about the last Star Wars movie in Lucas's mouth?

There will be no surprises at all, after the start of the new week, "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith" not only squeezed out "Batman: Time to War" to become the top box office leader, but also set a new North American weekend box office record with $150.04 million.

But under the squeeze of "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith", "Batman: Time to War" still received $12.15 million, plus the harvest of the previous four working days, the North American box office accumulated $202.79 million.

As the film's hottest screening phase ended, Duke's energy gradually shifted to preparing for new projects. (To be continued.) )