Chapter 385

In the first part of "The Lord of the Rings", the scene of the nine ring spirits chasing Arwen was quite thrilling, which can be said to be one of the highlights of the film, but after crossing the river of spirits, Arwen borrowed the power of the people to greet The scene where the water flow washes away the Jie Ling is a bit false from the film.

According to the setting in the original book, the ring spirits are indeed afraid of fire and water. It is precisely this way that Aragorn can use fire to disperse several ring spirits when fighting alone, while Arwen stands on the side of the river of spirits and summons When the incoming water rushed towards the Jie Ling in the river, they were obviously closer to the other bank, but instead of running to the other bank, they ran along the river course, and they were all washed away...

The Nine Ring Spirits were known as the nine outstanding kings of mankind during their lifetime, even if they were not re-enhanced by Sauron with magical powers as in "The Return of the Kings", they would not be able to be mentally disabled to this point.

Therefore, when Duke saw that the prepared location turned into a small river ditch in the dry season, he did not hesitate to give up and ran for nearly a hundred miles, using another river that was no more than four feet deep but wide enough to shoot.

The upstream of the river was directly placed on a blue screen by the crew to add the water stream produced by cgi in the later stage. The stuntman who plays the nine ring spirits, as well as Alexandra Ambrosio and her stunt double are all ready.

The horse chase on the plains, when Brosiu came to the crew for the first time in An ≌, the filming was completed, and now only the scenes related to the River of Spirits need to be filmed.

In fact, it is not difficult. Ambrosio's stunt rider rides across the river and faces the nine ring spirits across the river. It only takes Duke twice to pass, and then it's Alexandra Ambros' turn. Hugh personally played.

Although she doesn't know how to run wild on horseback, she has no problem standing by the river. Frodo on the horse also uses silicone dolls, which is difficult to control.

Duke told John Schwarzman to pay attention to the water splashing from his horse's hoof when Ring Spirit rushed over. Walked to the side of Alexandra Ambrosio standing in front of the white horse.

"How's it doing, Colleen?" Duke asked.

"Didn't you have heard it last night?" She blinked innocent eyes. "Standard?"

In the past few nights, the two have basically been together. Duke has always been the kind of person who doesn't mind talking, and warned before leaving. "Pay attention to the British accent!"

Arwen was here to greet the water, in Quenya, and Duke planned to record it on the spot, so he went over and explained it again.

Back behind the director's camera, Duke asked the assistant director about the preparation of each department, and then nodded to the scene.

"The 942nd scene, the eleventh scene, now begins!"

Alessandra Ambrosio, wearing a moss-colored tight-fitting samurai suit, rides on a white horse, holding Frodo's silicone doll in one hand. He drew a scimitar with one hand, and faintly faced the nine ring spirits on the side of Lijiu River.

"If you want, come and grab it!" Alexandra Ambrosio's pretty face was covered with murderous intent.

The nine ring spirits drew their swords at the same time and rushed into the river of strong wine. They were not fast because of fear of water.

Seeing Jie Ling into the water, the boom quickly dropped. The microphone used for recording stopped above Alexandra Ambrosio's head.

Alexandra Ambrosio said in a sip of English Quenya, "The water of the misty mountain listens to my orders. The rushing rushes away the ring spirits, and the water of the misty mountain listens to my orders..."

The camera lens controlled by John Schwarzman is lowered to capture the changes on the water surface.

The nine ring spirits had just arrived in the middle of the river. They seemed to realize that the danger was coming. They turned to look at the blue screen upstream, and then turned their horses' heads and started to escape...

"Cut!" Duke shouted vigorously. "This one is over!"

In New Zealand at the end of July, the temperature almost reached the lowest season of the year. Although the North Island did not freeze, it was not much warmer. After the shooting ended. Whether it was an actor or a horse, a nursing staff quickly walked over to help wipe off the water droplets on the body, and put on a blanket and felt cloth to keep warm.

Then, protests from representatives of the animal protection organization rang out on the periphery of the set, and Dukeli ignored it. He just looked at the footage shot today. Anyway, security guards followed those people, and they couldn't make trouble.

Otherwise, do you really want to cancel the circus as they said, and shoot directly by people, or postpone it to October when the weather gets warmer?

The filming of the film is about to end, and Duke has no time to pester them endlessly.

The assistant director was asked to collect the film that was shot today. Duke walked to the horse trainer and took a look at the condition of the horse. The time for shooting in the water was extremely limited, and the horse actor obviously had no problem.

Back to the river again, Duke stood on a larger rock and looked at this wide but not deep river of spirits. The props and set crews were disassembling the blue curtain, and the wind was blowing from the river. Feel the chills.

"This is the outlet."

Tina Fei's reminder voice sounded behind, and Duke turned his head, took the glove and hat she handed over, and said indifferently, "This environment can make my mind more sober."

Tina Fei pulled up the collar of the woolen coat to block her ears, "You will catch a cold. It is always difficult for you to get sick."

"The shooting is almost over."

As if he didn't hear Tina Fei's reminder, Duke slowly said, "I have to consider whether the shooting plan is missing, otherwise it will be very troublesome to wait for the crew to disband and re-convene shooting."

Tina Fei stepped forward and stood on the rock side by side with Duke.

Duke was a little puzzled at first, but when he felt that the wind was slightly smaller, he couldn't help but shook his head at her. Tina Fei stood at his upper wind and used her body to shield some of the cold wind. .

"Let's go, let's go back." Duke took the lead down the rock and walked towards the parking place.

The sun gradually turned overhead. Although it was close to noon, the sun was weak at the end of July. Duke returned to the car and waited for about half an hour. The crew was almost ready. After he gave the order to start, the long convoy Start slowly and drove in the direction of Wellington.

As always, during her leisure time during the trip, Tina Fei will summarize some updates on North American affairs related to them to Duke.

"First of all, the good news." Tina Fei pressed the baffle to isolate the front and rear seats of the car. "Nancy has concluded negotiations with Hasbro and reached a final agreement, only to be formally signed when you return to North America. "

The news is only sooner or later. When Tina Fei returned to New Zealand, the two parties reached a preliminary agreement.

Then, Tina Fei talked about the most critical terms of the agreement, undoubtedly the price of the adaptation rights, and the profit sharing between the two parties after the film is profitable.

Transformers has also launched a big animated movie, but it was horrible. The movie copyright itself is not worth the money. Hasbro ended up with only 6 million US dollars. However, in terms of major toys, Hasbro will take away the movie-related peripheral toys. 70% of profit.

As for the film's future box office, DVD, TV and other film and television revenues, Hasbro also has a 10% profit share!

The Transformers series, like the Special Forces, are Hasbro's ace toy series. Unless their management team is cursed by the mentally handicapped, how can they not speak out?

As a manufacturer of toys and all copyrights in their hands, Hasbro is also eligible for this share!

Although the conditions are a bit harsh, Duke doesn't have too many objections. In business operations, where is there any gain that will be automatically sent without paying?

Moreover, Transformers is not an obscure product.

The formal contract between the two parties will be signed at Hasbro headquarters in Rhode Island after Duke completes the shooting of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

"And David's notice." Tina Fei opened today's work diary and said while reading it, "Marvel Comics hopes that you will participate in the board of directors before the new year. It seems to be related to the adaptation of a superhero movie."

"The success of "X-Men"..." Duke tapped the armrest of the seat lightly, "Let them see the movie value of the comic heroes under their banner."

Although Marvel Comics sent an invitation, Duke did not go to the premiere of "X-Men" due to busy shooting. This series, as it used to be, broke nearly $55 million at the box office in the first weekend, just ten days In time, the North American box office broke the $100 million mark!

Even if there is a factor in the operation of Fox in the 20th century, the influence of superheroes cannot be ignored. If the Marvel comics executives cannot see the value of their children, they should really jump off the Empire State Building.

Marvel Comics itself has not involved in film production. The first thing they thought of was that the company has a major shareholder who is an expert in film and one of the best directors in Hollywood. They rushed to call Duke to the past to discuss future plans. .

When Tina Fei wrote back to Marvel Comics, Duke remembered another movie that was also related to him, and couldn't help asking, "How is the box office of "Mission Impossible 2"?"

What he knows is information from a long time ago. Since the release of "King Kong" and "Gladiator" in May, the single-day box office numbers of "Mission Impossible 2" and the number of North American theaters have been shrinking.

"The day before yesterday, "Mission Impossible 2" spent the thirteenth weekend in North America." Tina Fei looked back at the work log and said quickly, "At 219 theaters, I got $144,562. At present, the North American box office has accumulated a total of 228.98 million US dollars, temporarily ranking first in the North American annual box office this year."

Without waiting for Duke to ask, she went on to say, "The film has been shown in 79 overseas countries and regions since the end of May. As of the day before yesterday, the overseas box office has reached 235.66 million US dollars."

"Not bad, the box office is enough for us to recover our investment."

After a long journey, the crew returned to Wellington. After Duke waited for two days, the people led by Anna Prinz also returned from the South Island smoothly. When 2000 entered August, the crew ushered in the last scene. . (To be continued...)