Chapter 418

When contacting the Hollywood Eye, Duke will definitely not let his own people come forward. There are countless people in the world who do things for money, and besides Anthony Pelicano, he also passed the relationship with the Los Angeles County Police Department Sheriff Carter, secretly. Hired a former fbi agent Edward Newgate, with a two-pronged approach, intends to check Christopher Rockencourt's old bottom, whether it is like he worried.

Of course, Duke did this not only for the other party to find his head in a magnificent manner, but after some thinking, he saw the possible benefits from it.

To put it simply, he is not an order defender in Hollywood. How can things be so troublesome for no good?

This kind of thing is not something that can be found by investigation. It takes a lot of time. After Duke instructed Nancy Josephson to continue the bargaining with Christopher Rockencourt, his energy returned to the later stage of "The Two Towers". Production.

"The Two Towers" requires far more special effects shots than "The Fellowship of the Ring". After the computer special effects team of Weta Studio completed the special effects rendering of the tree, it was divided into three main working groups, a few of whom were Continuing the special effects that belong to the "Return of the King" such as the Battle of Minas Tirith, some people deal with the scattered special effects shots of "The Two Towers", and the other ∫◇, separate people to concentrate on the production of the Battle of the Helm Valley and Ai The special effects scene of the Battle of Singh.

Duke worked with Mike Dawson on the first cut of the film. Although the length of the film he shot was far shorter than that of Peter Jackson, the trilogy used more than 2 million feet of film, making the first cut. A sample version of about 5 hours is also quite a tedious job.

He is adhering to the same editing concept as in "The Fellowship of the Ring". Unless necessary, he doesn't want any scenery shots that are shown purely for display. There are also the front-line content of Sam and Frodo, and some adjustments will be made to avoid excessive procrastination.

In the end, the film will inevitably exceed two and a half hours or even close to three hours. For such a long period of time, how to prevent the audience from feeling the slow pace is a question that Duke has been considering since "The Fellowship of the Ring".

at the same time. The tour of the North American theater line of "The Fellowship of the Ring" is still going on, but after the film's four consecutive championships in the North American market, the hottest stage is obviously over. The trend of cooling is unavoidable, and the competition in this summer file is extremely fierce. A film that Duke was once familiar with continues to be released.

In the following weekend, the third movie "Jurassic Park", the most successful monster movie in North American film history, hits strongly. Although the audience's reputation has been rotten to a certain extent, it relies on the influence of the first two movies. With a first week of $50.77 million, this film squeezed "The Fellowship of the Ring" from the box office champion.

"The Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" only accounted for $14.21 million in three days this weekend, plus $13.56 million in the previous four working days, successfully pushing the North American box office past the $350 million mark, reaching 35837. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.

The film's overseas box office has also exceeded the $400 million mark, and the global box office is moving towards $800 million. It is inevitable to surpass Duke's highest box office "Independence Day".

Correspondingly, there is the super high reputation of the film. The praise rate of cinema audiences has been maintained at about 90%, although the imdb score has declined. It is also as high as 9.3 points.

This previous series was the most successful magical work in the history of world cinema. The later "The Hobbit" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" series are far from comparable in terms of status and reputation. The box office of the next few films of "Pirates of the Caribbean" Although it has reached the height of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, no one is stupid enough to compare a sea popcorn series with the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

The two sides are not at all on the same level.

The once "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The biggest problem is the length of time and the somewhat slow pace. From some plots of the film, it can also be seen that Peter Jackson, a **** book fan, is hesitant to choose.

But Duke will not hesitate, what film critics' professional reputation and consideration for Oscars are all clouds in his eyes.

of course. The film will definitely have an impact on Oscar. After Sophia Coppola reminded him that his suspicion further increased, instead of stopping contact with Christopher Rockencourt, he asked Nancy Josephson to hang him. Plan for the future Oscar.

The Oscars are still far away. What "The Fellowship of the Ring" has to do is to get the most revenue from the market as much as possible.

The night sky in July was exceptionally bright, with bright moonlight scattered in the outskirts of Chicago. Roger Albert was sitting in the hallway entwined by Tenman, looking at the opposite agent.

The agent took out a document from the briefcase and tried to pass it, but Roger Albert shook his head to stop it.

"Just tell me." His face is not very good.

Even if you don't look at the statistics about "The Fellowship of the Ring," Roger Albert knows that it must be a number that makes him faceless.

Looking at Roger Albert's dark old face, the agent couldn't help but hesitate, but was still ready to tell the series of numbers. After all, the statistics of "The Fellowship of the Ring" were sent over by him. Luo Jay Albert should be mentally prepared enough to get used to it even if he gets slapped too much.

"Just yesterday, the North American box office of "The Fellowship of the Ring" officially passed the US$400 million threshold, reaching US$401.01 million..."

Roger Albert took a deep breath, seeming to suppress something, and then interrupted the agent's words, "What about the global box office?"

"978.52 million U.S. dollars!" the agent said directly, "has become Duke Rosenberg's best box office record since he started in film."

"Peripheral!" Roger Albert's question seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth.

"From the figures released by Warner Bros., global sales of peripheral products are about 380 million U.S. dollars, and film image licensing revenue is about 200 million U.S. dollars."

Suddenly, the agent heard the sound of rapid breathing from the other side, and quickly raised his head to look. Roger Albert took a few deep breaths and then picked up the cold coffee and poured half a cup into his stomach. , The gloomy color covering his face gradually dissipated.

"Roger..."

He just wanted to persuade a few words, but was interrupted by Roger Albert raising his hand, "I'm fine, I won't fall down until I see Duke Rosenberg's bad luck!"

The agent closed his mouth, Roger Albert was lost in thought, and there was silence down the corridor.

"I have the exact news, Roger."

As Roger Albert's agent, he naturally knows where film critics are most influential today. "Warner Bros. has already begun preparations for the Oscar for "The Fellowship of the Ring".

If it's just popcorn like "Independence Day", it's impossible to make a difference at the Oscars. The problem is that "The Fellowship of the Ring" is not a summer popcorn, and the original audience has a wide audience. Many Hollywood movies in the past And Hollywood directors are deeply influenced by it.

Roger Albert understood what the agent meant. He shook his head slowly, "This is just the beginning of the trilogy. No matter how much Warner Bros. does, he can only get a few insignificant awards, Duke. Rosenberg is nominated at most, it is impossible to get the best director, Golden Man."

Hearing what he said, the agent couldn't help but nodded. This is a very simple truth. The trilogy is filmed and produced together. Unless the college gets water in its head, it will throw a heavyweight award in the first part.

"So..." Roger Albert's stern voice seemed to come from hell, "We don't need to do more in "The Fellowship of the Ring Expedition" and "The Two Towers", we will save all our power to "The Return of the King"! "

He snorted, "As long as I'm alive, he won't want to get the best director!"

Up to now, Roger Albert can see that it is impossible for Duke Rosenberg to break away from major productions and turn to literary films. Want to get the best director with a commercial masterpiece? This is indeed possible, but if he joins most of the film critics to attack, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce his chances of winning.

Asking the butler to send the agent away, Roger Albert called David Denby, who was influential in the New York Film Critics Association, and Todd McCarthy, a senior figure in the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Although there are more or less competitive relations between them, they have common interests in matters related to the film critic industry.

A sniper operation was planned when "The Return of the King" was still in the production stage.

In late July, when the North American box office of "The Fellowship of the Ring" reached 426.11 million U.S. dollars, the global box office officially broke through the one billion U.S. dollar mark. Warner Bros., apart from preparing a huge celebration party, once again launched the media. Hot hype, even if the film has gone global, there are still profits to be harvested, and it also prepares for next year's awards season in advance.

"The Global Box Office of "The Fellowship of The Global Box Office of "The Fellowship of the Fellowship" exceeded one billion U.S. dollars, and Duke Rosenberg officially entered the one billion club and became one of the only directors in the world..."

"A film that changed the history of the world's cinema, a director who changed the world, Duke Rosenberg made the name of the Lord of the Rings reverberate all over the world, and even spread to the far and closed east."

"Billion dollars is not the end. "The Fellowship of the Ring" is climbing to a higher height..."

"There is a cultural craze created by movies called The Lord of the Rings!"

Similar news reports are endless in the media. Whether it is on the Internet or on TV, whether in newspapers or magazines, you can see voices applauding Duke and the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings" everywhere.

With the help of this hot momentum, Duke asked Warner Bros. to release the first set of concept posters for "The Two Towers", which aroused strong response and expectations from movie fans.

However, he himself turned his attention to Christopher Lee Rockencourt.

After more than a month of investigation and verification, the former agents from fbi and Hollywood Eye both got something that could not be obtained through normal channels. (To be continued...)