The Golden Gate Bridge, the most famous bridge in the world and one of America's iconic buildings, is a symbol of San Francisco and arguably the most willing building for Hollywood movies alongside the White House and Manhattan.

Not far from the Golden Gate Bridge, in Golden Gate Bay, there is another famous store in San Francisco, which may not be known by few people when it comes to the original name of Pelican Island, but when it comes to Alcatraz, I am afraid that the whole world has heard of it.

"X-Men 3" chose the most important climactic scenes in these two places.

Today, Alcatraz Island has long been a recreation area in San Francisco, and tourists who visit it have become an important source of income for the island, and the movie or TV crews filmed here are another source of income.

After going to the island, Ryan chose a high platform where he could see the panoramic view of the filming location, and quietly observed the filming of the crew.

Now it's the final finale of the big fight, with fires and explosions coming from time to time, and although the momentum is strong, it's actually limited in scale, and the actors in X-Men uniforms, extras dressed as American GIs, and the mutant fraternity are in a mess, and there is not much to watch except for enough chaos.

The picture without post-processing is indeed miserable.

After seeing the filming paused, Ryan looked back at the Golden Gate Bridge, and the bridge shrouded in fog was indeed a very strange sight.

"Aren't you going down and have a look?"

Charlize's crisp voice came from behind her, and when Ryan looked back, she nodded to the few bodyguards guarding the perimeter and walked to the slightly higher platform, "Oh, the scenery is really good." ”

She also saw the orange Golden Gate Bridge hidden in the fog.

"Don't you have to shoot today?"

Ryan looked at her, Charlize was wearing straight-leg pants, a tight T-shirt, and a pair of sunglasses, which was obviously not filming.

South African diamond leaned over and took his hand, and said with a smile. "My scenes are all in the afternoon, and now I'm mainly filming Magneto vs. the X-Men."

Although the film is set at night, these scenes are often shot during the day and then the background is replaced.

Filming soon resumed, and Ryan didn't mean to get closer, just holding Charlize and observing the crew from a distance.

This will be the last of the first trilogy of "X-Men", and Ryan and Marvel have long agreed that the series will be temporarily sealed after the release of the film. Wait for the next three to five years before restarting.

Stop? Jackman, Harry? Berry, Ian? McLean, including Charlize, has long since had a different status and reputation in Hollywood, especially Hugh? Jackman's salary is directly approaching the $20 million mark, and the salaries of all the crew members almost crush the surprising budget.

Even if the negotiations were repeatedly compressed, the remuneration of the actors and directors still accounted for 60% of the crew's expenses, and pushed the production cost of "X-Men: Last Stand" to the terrifying figure of 200 million US dollars.

In this regard, replace this group of actors. Then it is a wiser choice to enable a group of youth idols to shoot the foolish things of their youth.

And Ryan and Surprise are ready to rely on the box office to not recover the cost. After all, there is still $45 million in publicity expenses here, and the film's global box office is as high as $500 million, and it can only rely on various copyrights and peripheral products to make a profit.

And then there's the director, because he has already signed a sky-high breach of contract. Brian? Singer can only go all out to complete this series in order to carry out his favorite "Superman" series.

That's right, in addition to "Wonder Woman", which is casting actors. rebooted the "Superman" series, and the director of "Superman Returns" was set to be Brian? Singh, but that won't be until he's done with X-Men: Last Stand.

"There's been so much work this year."

This is Charlize's third film in a year, she looks at the fire on the set, shakes Ryan's hand and says, "Jean? When Gray's play is over, I'm going to take a long vacation. ”

"Have you figured out where to go?" Ryan reached over and smoothed out her long hair, which had been blown away by the sea breeze, and Charlize simply pulled up the blonde hair and tied it into a ponytail, "Not yet......

Her eyes, hidden under her sunglasses, glanced at Ryan, "Why don't we go to Africa together?" ”

"Your hometown?" Ryan took off his sunglasses that were hiding his pretty face and kissed Charlize on the forehead, "As long as it's not the Middle East, anywhere." ”

"Let's choose a place in North America." Charlize suddenly thought of the terrorist threat, although there are no signs of danger so far, but some things are better to be careful, "Let me think about it again, this movie can't be finished in a short time, and you can't just stay by my side." ”

Ryan could hear the small complaint in her tone, so he put his arm around her shoulder, "If you want, we can go on vacation to Lanai together......"

"Forget it."

Before he could finish speaking, Charlize shook his head, "I don't want to get myself in trouble." ”

Even if they meet in public, they ignore each other, and it will only be more embarrassing in private, and maybe there will be conflicts, so it's better to continue like this.

Sighing, Ryan saw that the crew seemed to have entered a long rest, and walked over with Charlize in his arms.

Most of the actors are acquaintances, and when they saw Ryan, they came over to say hello, and Ryan responded one by one, in addition to limited enemies, he is also famous for his good popularity in Hollywood.

Ryan ......

When he walked to the main camera position, Brian in the director's chair? Singh quickly stood up and shook his hand, while saying sincerely, "I'm so sorry, Ryan. ”

"It's okay." Ryan shook his hand, "We can wait for you to finish the Superman series and continue to work together." ”

The other party is a smart person and knows the need to have a good relationship with Ryan, although he pushed down Marvel's plan about "Golden Wolf", but Ryan knows that "Superman" is almost unsolvable, and the other party is destined to rely on the "X-Men" series for a lifetime, and after the failure of "Superman Returns", he will naturally obediently return to Marvel.

With Brian? Singh talked a few words, and Ryan took the initiative to leave, he came here to mainly visit Charlize, and the others were in charge, and there was no need to intervene directly.

But those actors didn't think so, except for previous acquaintances, and when Ryan and Charlize were sitting in the resting place, the new X-Men came over to say hello.

Like Catherine? Isabel, the little naughty in the latter two films, has not been very smooth in recent years, starring in the latest version of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", her watch Xiàn has been unanimously criticized by audiences and critics.

"Ryan, I auditioned for Wonder Woman."

After greeting her to leave, there was a vague mention of it, and Ryan shook his head and said nothing.

And if it's James who speaks? Cameron, maybe he'll call Warner, forget it herself, it's too strange for a surprise boss to interfere with the casting of a DC superhero movie.

However, Ryan also saw someone who was quite interested, and the actor who played the phantom cat was unusually familiar.

"You know her?" Charlize handed over an ice cream and asked Ryan, who was sitting next to him, curiously, "She's from Canada, just like Kate." ”

"I think it's the first time I've seen you." Ryan unpacked the ice cream, "It just feels familiar." ”

"Men look at beautiful women very familiarly." Charlize pouted and smiled.

Shaking his head, Ryan didn't pick her up, with the current social environment, teenage pregnancy is not a very suitable subject, and he doesn't plan to make that movie.

After all, it's too sensitive.

After talking to Charlize for about a few minutes, someone came over again, Kevin? Feige wore jeans and a baseball cap, not at all like the CEO of Marvel Pictures.

After he sat down, he talked to Ryan about Marvel's future production plans.

"The script for Ghost Rider is being written." Kevin? After taking the soda handed by Charlize, Feige said thank you and continued to say to Ryan, "Nicholas? Cage has agreed to play the lead actor, and he's now filming Touchstone Pictures' "National Treasure," and we're waiting until next year. ”

"There's no need to rush." Ryan shoved the ice cream to Charlize, "'X-Men' is taking up too much of our money, and a lot of Captain America's overseas share and rights revenue have not yet arrived, and we have plenty of time to prepare." ”

"Stan is still writing the script for Hulk and Iron Man." Speaking of which, Kevin? Feige smiled and shook his head, "He likes Edward?" Norton as Bruce? Banner. ”

"Edward? Norton? Ryan frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "The Hulk is an important character in our entire series, to Edward? Norton's character, could he have played this role for a long time? ”

"I don't think he's the right person either."

"Well, I'll talk to Stan about it."

Waving his hand at John behind him, Ryan motioned for him to take note of the incident and continued, "Kevin, you choose a suitable person from the second- or third-tier actors, and sign a long-term contract. ”

For superhero movies, changing actors also means unnecessary risk, and unless it is reinvented like the "X-Men" series, it is not good for the big plan.

After spending nearly a day on Alcatraz Island, Ryan spent most of his time quietly watching the filming, and when Charlize's scene was over, he was ready to leave the island and return to San Francisco together.

Before he could get on the boat, someone hurried to the island, or someone who came to look for him, a director who recommended himself to the door! (To be continued......)