Chapter 462

"One shot to the end?"

After the banquet, Duke shook his head when hearing Tina Fey's words, "Don't worry about him."

Then, Duke turned his head and said to the butler Emma, ​​"If there are such people in the future, just let Brue and them get out."

"Let's go back and rest."

Dukla took Ivanka out of the banquet hall and walked towards the living room. After a night of socializing, both of them were inevitably tired.

After pouring two glasses of water, Ivanka sat next to Duke, leaning on him, and asked curiously, "What is a mirror?"

"One shot to the end, that is, the lens is not cut." Duke briefly explained a few words, "A real one shot movie, shooting is completely impossible, as long as there is a mistake, all have to be restarted. The shooting is very difficult. And Hollywood usually talks about one-shot in the end, generally referring to movies made up of super long shots."

There are really few movies that do not change lenses or edit, and none of them can be well-known.

One shot is indeed a technique praised by professionals, but Duke has no interest at all, not to mention the difficulty of it, and the lack of editing alone is destined to be a slow-paced ∝∠, a ​​literary film.

He never thought about investing or shooting a literary film.

After the banquet, since the post-production of "The Return of the King" has been completed and the release is still far away, Duke can briefly end his busy work and accompany Ivanka on vacation. He plans to start a trip around the world from Hawaii and from east to west. , Go around in the world-famous big cities, and return to North America until Christmas.

Of course, there is no need to go to two countries like New Zealand and Australia that have been there for a long time.

Duke and Ivanka leave North America. The launch of the follow-up products of "The Two Towers" has not been slow. In November, the original soundtrack of the film was officially launched, and the concert of the Lord of the Rings also kicked off again. The two are more popular than "The Fellowship of the Ring". All have improved.

The situation is very obvious, with the release of "The Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" and "The Two Towers". And one has been wonderful, the audience's expectations for "The Return of the King" have been raised to a very high level.

"This is a good thing, David."

As the new awards season approaches, film critics from all over the world have begun to focus on Los Angeles. Roger Albert's object is the chief film critic of "The New Yorker" David Denby, "The higher the expectation, the higher the film can't reach. When looking forward to it, the disappointment will be greater."

David Denby held up the coffee cup. He took a sip and said as a reminder, "Don't forget, he is Duke Rosenberg. Although I don't like him very much, I also admit that his vulgar film fits the appetite of vulgar audiences."

"Why are the first two parts of the Lord of the Rings such a success?" Roger Albert asked, and then gave the answer, "The most important point. It is undoubtedly the realistic special effects and grand scenes."

Seeing David Denby nodding, Roger Albert said again. "The "Two Towers" almost achieved the ultimate in special effects and big scenes. If Duke Rosenberg can't surpass himself in "The Return of the King", or even just maintain the level of "The Two Towers", it will definitely arouse the audience. Dissatisfaction, then our chance will come!"

David Denby pondered for a few seconds. Said, "Don't forget, Roger, our influence in the summer vacation is already very small."

"It's true." Roger Albert laughed. "But. There must be a lot of people in Hollywood who want to see him and Warner unlucky. Other companies really want to see Duke Rosenberg take away the third consecutive year. Crown, even make "The Return of the King" the next "Titanic"?"

"As long as there is a problem with the film, the attacks of other companies will inevitably come, and this is almost inevitable!"

Roger Albert seemed to have regained the glory of the 1980s, and said vigorously, "And we mainly attacked him during the awards season. As long as the group of professional film critics still exists, he will not be allowed to get the best director! "

As Roger Albert said, every major Hollywood company knows that a super box office bomb is now in the making. It will only be detonated in the summer file next year. From the analysis of the two bombs that have already appeared, next year The power of a bomb is bound to be amazing, and reasonable people will try to avoid that bomb.

"Has Warner's screening schedule come out?"

In the office of Universal Pictures, Ron Meyer was a little angry, and said to the person in charge of the distribution department opposite, "I don't care what you use, I can get the exact release time of "The Return of the King" as soon as possible!"

"Our people are already working hard." The supervisor was also quite helpless. "Warner Bros. is going to discuss with Duke Rosenberg on the release time, but Duke and his girlfriend are traveling around the world. The fastest I won't be able to return to North America until the end of December."

"Travel around the world?" Ron Meyer seemed to be mad. "Call Nancy Josephson. No matter what method you use, you must find out when Duke wants the film to be released within a week!"

The supervisor walked out of the office reluctantly. Ron Meyer took the water glass and drank a sip of water before he felt the anger in his heart gradually subsided.

No wonder he is so anxious. In the summer file next year, Universal Pictures will release three high-investment films of "Van Helsing", "Fake God" and "Fast and Furious 2". In order to reduce their own influence, these three films are bound to be released. The releases were scattered to the three months of May, June and July. Unsure of the release time of "The Return of the King", Universal was unable to determine specific release dates for the three films.

However, according to the habits of previous years, "The Return of the King" must be in May, and his plan is to throw "Fast and Furious 2" into May. After all, this is a niche movie with relatively small investment. As long as there is one or two weekends with "The Return of the King", it will not be particularly affected.

Although the 2002 Thanksgiving Christmas file has not yet opened, many companies are already preparing for the 2003 summer file. Walt Disney is one of them. Cook Dick, the company's chief executive officer in charge of film affairs, also faces With a similar problem to Ron Meyer.

Disney will also have major productions for next year's summer files, and they are all super masterpieces with a production cost of more than 100 million US dollars.

In the past two years, the fantasy epic film brought by "The Lord of the Rings" has quietly risen, and major companies have followed this type. For example, Universal Pictures produced "Van Helsing", and Walt Disney's follow-up work is " Pirates of the Caribbean".

Cook Dick is not very optimistic about "Pirates of the Caribbean", but Disney has invested a lot of money. Even if it is not optimistic, it can't let it hit "The Return of the King" head-on, a follow-up work to hit its follow-up objects. One can imagine.

The other film is slightly better. There is a huge difference between the audiences of Pixar's "Finding Nemo" and "The Return of the King". The impact will be less, and in accordance with the North American screening and viewing habits, the summer file animation Movies are generally released in mid-to-late May and mid-to-early June. "Looking for Nemo" must be placed in these two time periods. The choice depends on whether "The Return of the King" is released in early May or at the end of May.

The phone rang suddenly, and Cook Dick interrupted his thinking and picked up the phone.

"Cook!"

Steve Jobs' voice rang in the earpiece, "I'm telling you, "Finding Nemo" will be completed on time! At the same time, remind you that the farther away you are from Duke Rosenberg's work, the better! I don't want the work of Pixar Studio to collide with that lunatic in the summer file!"

"Steve, I think so too." Cook Dick said helplessly, "The problem is that we don't know the specific release time of "The Return of the King"."

"I remind you one thing, Duke is a Marvel shareholder."

Hearing Steve Jobs' words, Cook Dick's eyes lit up. After hanging up, he dialed a number and learned that Twentieth Century Fox had adjusted the schedule of "X-Men 2" to early June. When it was released, I immediately understood.

"The Return of the King" should be released in early May, just like "The Two Towers".

Cook Dick couldn't help but sighed, thinking of the recent undercurrents in Hollywood, and shook his head again.

A film has not been released yet, and only the schedule can make the whole Hollywood turbulent. Besides Duke Rosenberg, who else can do it?

He was very convinced that although countless people were looking forward to Duke Rosenberg's bad luck, no one dared to let their own movies head-on with "The Return of the King".

After Duke received a call from Nancy Josephson in Dubai, he briefly communicated with Doug Walter. "The Return of the King" was officially confirmed to be released in the summer file next year, and then announced on the instant sharing for the first time. The news.

"How can I thank you?"

In the presidential suite of the Burj Al Arab Hotel, Ivanka lay on a soft thick blanket and looked at the laptop screen. In less than half an hour, Duke's information had more than 50,000 page views, and she couldn't help turning her head to him. Raised eyebrows.

Duke lay on his back, like Ivanka, without any clothes on his body. He turned his eyes toward the ceiling to Ivanka's white buttocks, then moved up little by little, and finally landed on the pair. On her full red lips.

As if noticing Duke's eyes, Ivanka suddenly stretched out her pink tongue and slowly licked her lips...

"Do you seduce me..." Duke murmured, moved to her side, and said to the red lips, "Can you do it again, dear?"

Ivanka leaned in and pecked him on his lips. The raindrops of sweet kisses moved down his chin, neck, and chest, and finally the long blond hair covered Duke's entire belly. (To be continued...)