With the large-scale release of the film, the spinning top of the ending has inevitably become the focus of discussion among the majority of fans, and there are many discussions on the Internet about whether Cobb will return to reality.

Martin and Nolan focused on this part during the shooting.

The latter had already been prepared, and with a little guidance from the crew's propaganda department, the topic was detonated.

"The protagonist is definitely back in reality, because his father-in-law only appears in reality."

"There is no return to reality, and his children have never looked back."

"Upstairs is wrong, the protagonist returns to reality, and if you look closely, you can see that the protagonist played by Martin is wearing a wedding ring in a dream, and there is no wedding ring in the reality shot."

"The third floor is really carefully observed, I'll go and see it again!"

"Look at +1 again!"

"I'm going to see it again, too!"

As a result, many fans choose to buy tickets a second time to verify new ideas.

Gradually, more ideas emerged, some of which were unexpected by Martin and Nolan.

"The so-called dream theft and implantation are not valid, I estimate that the real content of the film is that the protagonist in the first class has a dream, and the protagonist in the dream is him and the passengers in the same cabin, so when they get off the plane, they look at each other."

Not to mention, such a view is still supported by some people.

Regardless of the point of view, Martin and the crew's publicity team fanned the flames behind the scenes, encouraging the discussion to become more intense.

For the sake of commercial interests, an open-ended ending is created, and the audience constantly expresses various opinions for the ending, and in order to support the views and disagree with them, they buy tickets again and enter the theater, staring wide-eyed and watching carefully from beginning to end.

The medium of film, just like the reading comprehension done by students, when placed in front of everyone's eyes, far exceeds the original intention of the creator.

Even the creator himself can't tell if he comes over, and he will be sentenced to zero points.

Often the more you watch, the more the audience interprets the various plot parts of the film, and as the discussion deepens, this craze can't stop at all.

The discussion also spread to the media in North America, and the more controversial the topic, the more popular it was with the media, and the ending of "Inception" became a hot topic of public opinion.

On the crew's promotional notice, a bunch of reporters blocked Nolan and asked for details of the ending.

Nolan looked innocent and said, "I don't know either. ”

The reporter was dissatisfied, and one of them asked loudly: "You are the director, how can you not know?" ”

"Because I didn't design the ending!" Nolan, who has participated in face gang gatherings many times, has thoroughly learned to be shameless, and in order not to be besieged, he has pushed it all away.

He said: "The ending was provided by Martin, and I thought it was good, so I used it, so you have to ask Martin for details." ”

Martin on the other side was very laid-back, exchanging his experience with Alan Page from a different perspective, and the reporters surrounding Nolan suddenly rushed to this side.

Alan Peggy asked curiously, "Who did you last night?" Entertainment reporters are like crazy. “

Martin was also weird: "I slept alone at home last night. ”

Alan Page stepped back: "Stand in front, I'll move the rescuers." ”

After saying that, he ran away very unjustly.

Undaunted, Martin straightened his shirt and let the reporters surround him.

Several security personnel around, including Bruce, withstood the pressure.

Rushing to the front was a female reporter, disheveled and disheveled, but it did not prevent him from asking: "Martin, has Cobb returned to reality?" ”

Martin didn't want to get into this kind of trouble, and said, "You have to ask the director about this." ”

Another reporter said: "Director Nolan said that the idea for the ending of the film came from you, and he just shot it according to your opinion. ”

Martin couldn't help but be stunned, and then realized that he was one step slower, and he was actually sold by Nolan.

This British director is less righteous than Alan Page!

Now the trouble is on Martin, but for the sake of the box office of the film, it is impossible for him to really answer, besides, who knows what Nolan thinks about the ending.

Martin paused slightly and said, "There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and my original intention is that fans can see the open-ended ending and can imagine the ending according to their want......"

He threw the pot back again: "I just provided an idea, how the film is, it belongs to the director and producer as a whole, I am only the leading actor, and I don't have this power." ”

The female reporter refused to let go of Martin, and said loudly: "But you are not an ordinary actor, you are a member of the 20 million club, and you also work as a producer in the crew, you must know the ending!" ”

Martin dodged the essentials: "I wasn't a member of the 20 million club when I made this film. ”

In a word, don't say it to death.

The craze for interpretation triggered by "Inception" has also made the box office continue to rise, and theaters have always maintained a high attendance rate.

Three days after the opening weekend, the film fetched $75.68 million in nearly 4,000 theaters in North America, and sat on the top of the box office list without suspense.

"The Last Son of the Wind," which was released that weekend, grossed only $36.67 million in its first week.

If Knight Shyamalan's new film wants to recoup its roots, it can only rely on long offline channels.

Warner Bros.'s theatrical goal is to recover costs through the box office as much as possible and rely on offline to make profits.

"For now, our estimates are a bit conservative."

At a small meeting of Warner Bros. executives on Monday, Daniel said, "As long as we maintain a healthy box office trend, we can make a profit at the box office." ”

Kevin Tsujihara was watching the specific data report of "Inception" and said: "Nolan is a good director, very stuffy. ”

Jon Berg said: "The film was a success, and he asked for more power in The Dark Knight Rises. ”

Kevin Tsujihara thought a little and said, "You can give it to him, but in the end the editing rights still go to Warner Bros." ”

Hamada never spoke, because the film in question had nothing to do with him.

Daniel then said: "The theater company did a sample survey, and more than a third of the audience at the first weekend belonged to members of the Cult of Coke. ”

He sits in the position of a Warner executive, receives the salary, bonuses and dividends offered by Warner Bros., and is naturally responsible for Warner's performance, reminding: "Martin Davis has a strong market appeal. ”

Jon Berg continued: "The dominant player in this film is Nolan. ”

Kevin Tsujihara didn't speak for the time being.

Daniel added: "It doesn't hurt us to continue working with Martin. ”

"You're absolutely right, I want to continue working with Martin Davis as well." Kevin Tsujihara once again emphasized: "But the way of cooperation must be dominated by Warner Bros., he will either accept Warner Bros. terms or be bought by us!" ”

Daniel sighed to himself and said no more.

Let's move on to the film project.

Jon Berg said that Warner Pictures will adapt a fairy tale fantasy film of the same name based on "Jack and Beanman" and "Giant Killer Jack", which has been greenlit by the Warner Bros. Review Committee, with a production budget of up to $160 million.

The director was identified as Brian Singh, who directed the X-Men series, Superman Returns, and Wolverine.

In addition, Gillian Flynn has written that the rights to "Dark Land", which cost a lot of money to buy the rights, have written that the project has also received the green light, because it intends to invite heavyweight actors and directors to join, and the production budget can reach up to 80 million US dollars.

Warner Bros. also communicated with Random House to wait for the release of "Gone Girl" starring Martin.

Daniel made a last-ditch effort to keep Martin's film, but it still ended in failure.

…………

Warner Studios, the "Pharaohs and the Gods" studio has been officially launched.

Inside the director's office, Ridley Scott is reading the newspaper, the latest Hollywood Reporter.

On the front page, Martin and Nolan stand side by side, looking out into the distance together.

"The cooperation between the strong and the strong has created a science fiction classic - "Inception", the best director, the best actors, and the best story, so that we have this best dream."

Ridley raised his head, looked at the agent opposite, and asked, "Ali, if Robin Hood had chosen Martin at that time, would the outcome have been different?" ”

"How can you think like that?" Ali Emmanuel, naturally defending the company's number one star client, said again: "Martin didn't have a schedule at the time. ”

Ridley nodded slightly: "I know, I know." ”

Ali said: "Robin Hood is a thing of the past when everyone misses. In front of the director's client, he will also say that he is biased towards the director: "The success or failure of a film is affected by many factors, and the director's control of the film is much more important than the actors' performances. ”

These words, on another occasion, he is definitely a different way of saying.

Ridley said, "But choice and vision are key, Martin chose Nolan's project, not Robin Hood, and then he succeeded, and Robin Hood failed miserably." ”

Ali couldn't deny this: "It's true that choice and opportunity are often more important than ability, and Martin always chooses the right project at the right time. ”

Ridley asked, "What were Martin's criteria for selecting the project?" ”

"I don't know." Ali recalled carefully, and there seemed to be nothing special, and said: "Maybe he has his own standards, but others don't know very well." ”

Ridley asked again, "On the night of the premiere, you told me that Martin wanted to work with me?" ”

Ali said: "You don't have a schedule right now, Martin is talking about waiting until you're done with this project. ”

"I'm almost ready to do the work here, and I have time now." Ridley thought for a moment and said, "I want to meet him as soon as possible and talk to him, especially about his new project." ”

Ali couldn't refuse, took out his mobile phone and dialed Martin's number, and told him about the specific situation, and Martin answered.

The two sides agreed to meet tomorrow at the WMA.

(End of chapter)