After the super training of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, for Duke and his team, the preparation of the Batman series is not very difficult, and its complexity is far less than recreating a Middle-earth, the time is slowly approaching the end of October, the crew's preparations are gradually coming to an end, and according to the plan, the first thing to shoot is the Icelandic location scene, such as the Batmobile, which is a more cumbersome prop, which can be made while shooting. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Over the past few months, combined with Duke's renovation input, Lamborghini has completed a total of six copyrighted Batmobile designs.

Duke also found the type he wanted.

In previous Batman films, the Batmobile kept pace with the times and played to the extreme in publicity, while Lamborghini successfully combined the dexterity and agility of a sports car with the sturdiness of a combat vehicle to design and create a fast and muscular monster.

In "Time to Go to War", the Batmobile is actually a prototype of a military vehicle called "The. Tumbler", which was developed by Wayne to load personnel and equipment across trenches and facilitate passage in open areas. Wayne discovered, thus developing into a tool for Batman to uphold justice.

In early November, Lamborghini shipped a concept car to Los Angeles, and if Duke was satisfied, the next few prop cars would soon be built.

Equipped with a 5.7-liter, 340-horsepower engine that produces 400 pounds of torque, the Batmobile is 9 feet 4 inches wide, 15 feet long, and weighs two and a half tons, accelerating from zero to 60 mph in five seconds, as well as making long-distance jumps.

The most unique feature of the Batmobile is that it does not have a front axle, but instead supports the wheels through the sides of the body.

Lamborghini's mechanics increased the size of the rear wheels and placed the engine and gearbox nearby, and the Batmobile even had an insect-like waist that twisted when the horsepower was increased.

In addition, the Batmobile is equipped with 6 truck tires. In order to achieve the designed sideslip effect, tires with different degrees of wear can be used in different scenarios, and the tire pressure can also be adjusted accordingly.

According to the plan, Duke will use 6 to 8 Batmobiles in the film**. Five of them are fully equipped, one electronic version is equipped with a movable roof for easy access and exit, and two have no engine and are lightweighted for ejection in special action scenarios.

"I never expected them to build a Batmobile with all these ideas, but they did. It's a monster, it's a beast. ”

This is Duke's evaluation of the Batmobile, what Lamborghini did, and he was quite satisfied.

Of course, the copyright of the Batmobile is shared by the two companies, and the film will be officially launched to the market after its release, which is also one of the profit points of peripheral products.

And Bruce? Wayne's sports car in the film will use Lamborghini's latest products across the board.

Moreover, in order to promote products and advertise, Lamborghini also asked Duke and Christian? Bell presented the latest concept sports car.

However, Duke has no sense of cars and rarely drives sports cars. Changed hands and gave it to Tina? Phenanthrene.

Tina? The negotiations between Philippines and Warner Bros. did not go well, Time Warner had concerns about the stock exchange, Duke was already the largest individual shareholder of Warner Bros., and too many shares in his hands were not conducive to Time Warner Group's control of Warner Bros.

Is there still Steve involved in the negotiations? Jobs's Pixar Studio, if it can't take Pixar, and Duke's stake increases after the exchange, Time Warner will undoubtedly be quite passive.

But Steve? Jobs had the absolute initiative and was not in a hurry at all, which was destined to be a marathon negotiation.

Duke's main energy. Or in terms of new films, this is where his interest lies, and it is also the foundation of his career.

On the release date of "Time to Go to War," Duke and Warner had a slight disagreement. The reason is simple, the fiasco of "Batman and Robin" has left too deep a shadow on Warner Bros.

"Warner's opinion is to set the film schedule in late July or early August, when the competition is relatively peaceful."

In the Duke's studio, Jamie, who was promoted to Warner Bros. distribution manager? Johnson, said to Duke. "Batman can't afford to lose again, otherwise the series will be sealed indefinitely."

Duke thought about it for a moment and said, "My opinion is still in early May. ”

There's still the opening of the Marvel series waiting for next year, and there's no way he's going to delay the release of "Time to Go to War" too late so as not to distract himself too much.

And he vaguely remembered that the former "Time to Go to War" was a summer film, and the market response could also be said to be relatively successful.

What's more, the former Christopher? Nolan can't compare to his current influence in the summer.

"The May schedule is already crowded." Jamie? Johnson thought for a moment, didn't insist on his opinion, and said, "Memorial Day is certainly not appropriate, George?" Lucas's "Star Wars Prequel 3" was released on this schedule. ”

These Duke knew that he would definitely not collide with the last Star Wars in Lucas's mouth.

Jamie? Johnson continued, "There's Spielberg's War of the Worlds in mid-May, which is the sci-fi genre. ”

"What about the beginning of the month?" Duke asked directly.

"Twentieth Century Fox's blockbuster 'Heavenly Dynasty' was released in the first weekend of the summer season......"

Hearing the name, Duke's eyes immediately lit up, "Jamie, let's pick the first weekend." ”

Without waiting for the other party to speak, he gave an explanation, "I don't know if you have noticed, epic films have caused aesthetic fatigue in the market, and Warner's "Troy" has not met expectations, right?" ”

"Yes." Jamie? Johnson nodded, "Although we were profitable through merchandise and discs, it was too far from our expectations. ”

"King Arthur, which was released in July, performed extremely poorly, and I believe that its dismal market response is destined to lose money." "And last year's Alexander the Great, which was a mess of bad commercial results. ”

Jamie? Johnson's eyes suddenly lit up, Duke's grasp of the film market has always admired him, even if it is not a film made by himself, the investment in "Titanic", "Mission Impossible" and "Harry Potter" series has fully proved this, especially "Alexander the Great", Warner Bros. followed his advice and did not release Oliver? Stone's epic film, thus avoiding the risk of a loss.

"Every type of film in Hollywood, after it has reached its peak, will always cause the market to weaken." What Duke is talking about is what the film market has proven over the past countless years: "In recent years, Hollywood's epics have come out and flooded the ...... on and off screen."

Speaking of this, he shook his head, not only epic war films, but future superhero films will follow the same path.

Duke doesn't have magic, but what he says isn't hard to analyze, Jamie? Johnson thought for a moment and couldn't help but nod slightly.

Of course, the specific release date of "Time to Go to War", he will have to go back to research before he can make a decision.

Jamie? After Johnson left, Duke looked at the release schedule for next year's summer file that he left, which was full of films that had already been announced, and "Heavenly Dynasty" seemed to be amazing-Ridley? Scott teamed up with Orlando? Bloom, which cost $130 million to make - is a veritable soft persimmon.

Many people once blamed Ridley for the film's box office failure? Scott doesn't have editing rights, which is really part of the reason, and Ridley? Scott's director's cut version is also more than one level higher than the release version, and if it had been released a few years earlier as a director's cut, it might have been a big success.

But in this time period, even if it is Lao Lei's director's cut version, more than 80% of the time is likely to hit the street.

Movies are deeply affected by the social environment, and Hollywood has followed the trend in the epic film genre seriously in recent years, with various large investments and small productions emerging in an endless stream, and the market demand for epic films has obviously begun to weaken, which is an extra-cinematic element that the director cannot control at all.

Just like the superhero movies that Duke once flourished in the last few years, everyone knows that the audience will always get tired of it one day.

A week later, news came from Warner Bros. that they accepted Duke's suggestion that "Batman: Time to Go to War" would be officially released in North America on May 6, the beginning of next summer's vacation, and the film released on the same day would be "Kingdom of Heaven."

Whether the film will change its schedule is not in Duke's consideration at all, and with the arrival of mid-November, he reviewed all the preparations and went to Iceland ahead of schedule with Hannah? After Serena got in touch, she was ready to start filming.

The film's opening shot will be set on Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland, and when Warner held a press conference to announce the release date of "Batman: Time to War", he led the crew to leave North America on a special charter flight and fly directly to Iceland.

Before his departure, "Hurricane Rescue," which was released in June, was completely removed from North America, and after a long five-month screening, the film finally grossed $235.78 million in North America, which is a huge success relative to the scale of investment in the film.

The overseas screening of "Hurricane Rescue" has not yet ended, and the global box office has reached $482.76 million, and it is not difficult for the final global box office to exceed $500 million.

While this is Duke's most mediocre box office performance in recent years, "Hurricane Rescue" has no problem breaking into the top 10 of the year at the North American and global box office.

And "Hurricane Rescue" until it was released in North America, the audience's reputation was excellent, with an IMDB score of 8.3 points, and the subsequent disc sales will inevitably not be bad.

The crew arrived in Iceland, and after just two days of rest, Duke kicked off the filming, and chose Liam for the first scene? Nissen and Christian? Bell's fight on a frozen lake. (To be continued.) )