Chapter 396: It's definitely not today
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After resting for nearly two weeks, Dr. Coles agreed to Ryan going to the set, and repeatedly told him that it was best not to shoot action scenes in the near future, and Ryan was not a fool, so he naturally and solemnly agreed.
It's just that before the car drove to the crew, he received a call questioning.
"Ryan, Nami came to visit the class a few days ago, and I heard her say that you were injured while filming?" Nicole's voice on the phone, although more concerned, was obviously dissatisfied, "What the hell is going on?" I asked Nami and she couldn't tell. ”
"It's all right, my dear."
Luckily, Naomi before the shoot that day? Watts left, otherwise the matter would have reached Nicole's ears a long time ago, "The soft tissue of the left foot is a little contusion, you know, filming action scenes, it is inevitable, and now it is completely fine." ”
"Ryan, you should tell me." Nicole's voice was a little low, "Don't worry me, okay?" ”
"I'm sorry, Nicole." That's all Ryan can say.
"Okay, I'll visit the class sometime." Nicole probably thought it was really just a trivial injury, so she skipped the matter, "Did you receive the document I asked you to fax?" ”
Ryan looked at George, and Mr. Bodyguard nodded slightly, and then he said, "Of course." ”
"Well, that's it for now. I miss you, darling. ”
"I miss you too, Nicole."
Hanging up the phone, George had already handed over the document that Nicole had mentioned, "I received it three hours ago." ”
Nodding, Ryan looked through it carefully, and the contents of the documents were all related to the movie.
The North American box office of "The Matrix" has now reached $200 million, and although there are fewer than 1,000 theaters left, there is still some potential to be tapped in the North American market, and at the same time, it is being released in overseas markets one after another. There has been a wave of hackers around the world, and by September, overseas markets had contributed more than $200 million to the box office, making it inevitable that the movie would be a big hit.
With the success of this film, the Wachowski brothers rose to the ranks of Hollywood's first-line directors, and they asked the producers to invest more in post-production costs for the second and third films, and the Weinstein brothers verbally agreed to their request, and the exact amount was to be negotiated with Ryan.
It's easy to do. After the first big hit, Jenkins Films restarted negotiations with advertisers, and the increased sponsorship advertising dollars were invested in the production of the film.
Underneath the documents on "The Matrix" is the box office report for "The Mummy", which has been in North America for two weeks now, and has earned more than $55 million and nearly $31 million respectively, and it is possible to recoup a total of $95 million at the North American box office alone.
And Stephen? Sommos, the director who switched from Disney to Jenkins Films. has achieved the most brilliant performance since the film, and now he is lobbying the top management of Jenkins Films to start the production of the second part as soon as possible.
"Heard about Michael? Eisner removed the head of Disney's editorial team because he had rejected Sommers' director. George, who was sitting next to Ryan, spoke. And the so-called heard, the source must be Garcia.
"Inform Julis, let Stephen? Sommers came up with the script as soon as possible. "When it comes to billions of dollars in investment, Ryan should be cautious. I don't see where the script can be easily relaxed.
Over the years, George has been acting as Ryan's assistant in addition to being a personal bodyguard. One by one, his decisions are recorded.
The last is an invitation, which is actually not an invitation, after all, "Death is Coming" is Jenkins Pictures and Tom? Hanks co-invested in the movie, Big Tom for his son's future, it can be said that he took a lot of trouble to personally invite Ryan to attend the premiere of this movie.
Ryan calculated the time, and if the next shoot went well, it should be in time.
Like Orlando? When Bloom returned from injury, the idle members of the crew held a small welcome ceremony for Ryan, especially Peter? The elder Jackson had brought in from the Maori tribe danced to bless him before he entered the huge makeshift studio.
"Hi Ryan......"
"You're welcome back."
"Our King has returned."
Orlando? Bloom, Elijah? Wood and the others greeted him one after another, waiting for Ryan to walk to Charlize? When Theron was in front of him, South African diamonds did not hesitate to give him a big hug.
"Wow~"
These guys, who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, let out a strange scream.
"You're sure there's no problem." Charlize? Theron simply ignored the men and looked at Ryan asking with concern.
"There's no problem with filming a literary drama." Ryan had a calm expression, as if in this way, he told those gossipy guys that he was normal with the woman opposite.
"But you're going to ride a horse!"
It was the largest soundstage, with huge blue screens hanging from the front and back, left and right, and hundreds of New Zealand soldiers and extras were wearing make-up, as could be seen from the clothes they were wearing, which were the knights of Lohan and the soldiers of Gondor.
"Rest assured, it's just a minor issue for me." Ryan slapped Charlize's hand, "I'm going to put on makeup." ”
With the assistance of the stylist, chain mail, combat boots, beard, leather coat and black cloak, as well as the indispensable Nasir holy sword, appeared on Ryan's body one after another, he stood in front of the huge mirror, which can be said to be the most neat dress in Aragorn after entering the crew, and the holy white tree on his chest shows his identity and status at the moment - King Eliza, the commander of the most rearly allied forces of the human race!
Coming to the set set that was set up in the studio, Ryan looked up at it, it was still a flat blue screen, this kind of shooting has been experienced too many times, and it seems that Black Gate is going to add it in post-production.
"Brigo, my old friend, long time no see."
Ryan stroked the red horse's head, the horse snorted slightly, and he looked at his comrades next to him, they were ready.
"Need a test shoot, Ryan?" Peter behind the camera? Jackson asked.
"No, Peter, I think I'm in just the right place." Ryan confidently turned over and got on the horse, and Ian came from his side? McLean's voice, "If you can't make it all once, you'll all have lunch for all of us." ”
"What if something goes wrong with them?" Ryan pointed to the soldiers and extras who disguised themselves as soldiers, their numbers were obviously insufficient, and the rest had to be added by CG in later production.
Orlando? Bloom snatched the words, "That's still yours." ”
"Well, hopefully nothing goes wrong."
Actually, Ryan wasn't worried about that, these people had been rehearsing for a long time for this scene in front of the Black Gate.
"Scene 762, Act 23, start now!" The assistant director finally shouted to start.
Hundreds of soldiers were waiting for the battle, as if they had seen the most terrifying thing in the world, one by one they showed fearful expressions, and many of them even began to retreat unconsciously, as if they expected the outcome of this war, and thought of what they would face next - death.
Is death scary? Even if they were warriors who had survived the defense of Minastiris, they would still be afraid.
"Hold your ground! Hold one's ground! ”
Ryan struck his horse and swung his sword, shouting at his phalanx, boosting the morale that was most needed at this time, and he galloped back and forth in front of the formation.
At this moment he seemed to have become the real King of Eliza.
"Warriors of Gondor and Lohan! My brothers! He raised his sword and shouted, "I see in your eyes the same fear as I do!" ”
"Maybe one day, humanity will lose its courage, and we will all be defeated by our relatives, but it is not today!"
"Maybe one day, evil will triumph over good, and the Anthropocene realm will be destroyed, but not today!"
"Today we are going to fight to the death! In order to protect everything you hold dear in this world, fight to the end, human beings from the West! ”
Ryan gently pulled the reins of Brigo, and the red horse made a stand, his sword held high, and the sound of a sword drawing came from behind him.
With Peter? Jackson shouted to stop, and the audience erupted in warm applause, although this was a pre-set line, Ryan used his voice, expressions, and few movements to show the momentum of a fight to the death.
"Very good presentation!"
Wait for him to slowly dismount, Ilya? Wood was the first to come over, and the babyface was very funny, "Your majesty, please accept the allegiance of a hobbit." ”
Easily put Nasir's holy sword on Ilya? On Wood's shoulder, Ryan put on a serious posture and said, "I officially canonize you as a knight, and from this day you can live in a stable with Brigo, Frodo?" Mr. Baggins. ”
"That's the best of the best." Elias? Wood muttered.
The people around him laughed, and similar jokes often happened during the filming.
"The only pity is that this shot passed once."
Orlando? Bloom's words just fell, Peter? Jackson's voice rang out, "Orlando, do you want us to waste a whole day on this camera?" ”
"No, no, Peter, I didn't mean that." Orlando? Bloom hastened to explain, "It's a pity that our free lunch is gone. ”
This bunch of guys! Ryan couldn't help but shake his head and looked at the fat director, "Peter, do you have a shooting assignment at night?" ”
"Nope."
Wait for Peter? After Jackson shook his head, Ryan said loudly, "Okay, no more lunch, I'll pay for the campfire party in the evening!" ”
"Wow, Ryan is so generous." Someone shouted.
"George!"
Ryan gestured to Mr. Bodyguard in the distance, and George nodded knowingly, took out his mobile phone and began to dial. (To be continued......)