Chapter 196 - The Madness of Twilight

With a "pop", Sony Pictures' president Joel threw the script onto his desk, and Lin Mingyang and Sam Raimi, who were sitting on the opposite side of the desk, exchanged a look. Sam Raimi smiled bitterly, while Lin Mingyang shrugged his shoulders to express helplessness, both seemed to have expected this result.

Joel crossed his arms and questioned, "You guys think that the audience bought tickets to enter the theater just to see Spider-Man's personal life...can such a plot really satisfy everyone?"

"But I thought the storyline was great." Sam Raimi argued reasonably, "If you guys just needed a movie that pleases the audience visually, a sequel to The New Spider-Man wouldn't even be necessary. I know you guys need to make money off of constant sequels, but to just take what was in the last episode and show it in a different form, I think that's the most irresponsible thing you can do for your audience."

Joel patiently explained, "I'm not doubting the caliber of Felix's script, in fact I feel that this script surpasses the average commercial movie in both content and thematic expression. In order to make this movie, we took out 250 million dollars in production costs, but the entire movie has less than one-third of the action sequences of the last one. With this script, how are we going to explain it to the shareholders?"

Lin Mingyang hadn't said anything when the two were arguing just now, but this time he spoke, "Mr. Joel, have you seen Titanic?"

Joel froze, "What are you trying to tell me with this?"

"Titanic is a big budget movie, I don't think anyone would doubt that. The entirety of Titanic is only the final sinking of the ship that counts as what you would consider a big scene, but none of that has stopped people from holding the movie up as a benchmark for commercial Hollywood movies at the end of the last century. The movie's success at the box office has yet to be surpassed, doesn't that tell you something?"

"This issue has actually been discussed between Felix and me." Seeing that Joel still didn't understand a bit, Sam Raimi added to explain, "The New Spider-Man is filled with a lot of special effects shots, so the audience had a great time watching it. But this method can't be used continuously, otherwise the audience will be aesthetically fatigued. It's not that we don't use special effects this time, but it's that we have to think differently when it comes to using them. The last episode of the movie dealt with special effects in terms of quantity, while in the sequel we will focus more on the quality of the special effects shots."

It was a more convincing argument of sorts, and Joel nodded as he listened, which was a good sign.

"We will spend the main effort in showing that final battle between good and evil, the last half hour of the movie, the audience will see an unprecedented use of special effects, Spider-Man is in a fierce battle with the Lizard Demon in the city, I will present a lot of shots that will make the audience unexpected. That's my vision for the movie!"

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The strong confidence shown by Lin Ming Yang and Sam Raimi eventually convinced Joel, and the two leading ladies from the previous episode, Jessica Alba and Jessica Biel, both agreed to continue their roles, and the movie will still be shot with the original cast.

If there were no major entertainment news, the news of the sequel to "The New Spider-Man" would have occupied the most prominent position on the front page of every major entertainment newspaper, but Sony Pictures was a bit unlucky, because they announced the news just in time to catch the first wave of publicity prior to the release of "Twilight," and almost all of the entertainment news was drowned out in the fervent anticipation of many fans of the film! .

On February 24th, the first part of the popular youth movie series "Twilight" held its grand premiere at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA. The film's star Lin Ming Yang, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and other creators gathered together to celebrate the event with "Twilight fans".

Hundreds of young fans set up tents outside the theater as early as the 21st in order to get a glimpse of the stars and watch the long-awaited movie, waiting for the premiere to start to meet their idols up close, which was a spectacular scene. Some fans had already started lining up for tickets as early as last Thursday afternoon, hoping to see their idols walk down the red carpet up close. The day before the event, all 800 tickets were sold out, but the line was still lengthening until noon.

The film "Twilight" will detonate in more than 4,000 theaters in North America this Friday. With five days of advance sales, ticket sales have already set a new record for Hollywood in the last 10 years, and it's already on its way to the top spot for the weekend.

In the UK, many fans and "Twilight fans" couldn't contain their happiness, and in London's Visa Bar, Disney officials held a colorful celebration party, with more than 1,000 people participating in the event.

Held in conjunction with the Los Angeles premiere, the quaint European-style Visa Bar was decorated in a dreamy setting, with large posters of the Twilight heroes and heroines at the front door in the twilight of the night. The unique huge color-changing light box attracted many pedestrians to stop and take pictures, the hero Edward's eyes change color from time to time, seemingly to the arrival of the "Twilight fans" with the eyes to convey the emotional exchange.

The huge posters of Bella and Edward from Twilight were everywhere in the bar, creating a mysterious twilight atmosphere. After the wonderful bartending performance, the fans were treated to a special drink called "Twilight", a blood-red cocktail, in which they felt the surprise and pleasure brought by the "bloodlust".

After a special performance of painted vampires, most of the people in the bar were attracted by the huge electronic screen in the center of the dance floor, where the premiere of Twilight had officially begun in Los Angeles.

The event being held at the Visa Bar in London, England, has black as its theme color, and is meant to add a mysterious, starkly romantic vibe to the party. Instead of the red carpet usually seen at premieres, a black carpet was laid out for the stars at the Los Angeles event, as if to echo the vampire movie's noirish style.

Actress Kristen Stewart made a stunning appearance in a snow-white feathery gown, which emphasized her youthful and rebellious personality, while the backless and close-fitting silhouette added a lot to her sex appeal. The slender legs under the short white dress without a trace of excess fat, with white high heels, so that this innocent girl in the movie showed a different kind of charm.

In contrast, Lin Mingyang's dress today was more on the mature side, with a well-tailored, exquisite black dress that showed off his straight figure. The tone of Lin Mingyang's entire attire was very close to the color of the carpet, but that didn't affect him becoming the focus of people's attention, he was like a genie coming out of the darkness of the night, and the gazes of the people around him could not help but be attracted to him.

In order to highlight the relationship between the two in the movie, the organizers specially asked the two of them to appear holding hands. In the end, the effect the organizers wanted did achieve, as Lin Ming Yang and Christian first set off a small climax as soon as they appeared on the stage, with fans around them holding their cameras high and excitedly shouting out the two's names.

Christine was facing such a lively scene for the first time, so her heart would inevitably be a little nervous, while Lin Ming Yang had already become a little numb to this kind of crazy scene, although every time he turned around and waved his hand in greeting, he would cause many fans to scream, but he didn't have too much of a stop in his footsteps in the process.

But halfway through, Lin Ming Yang still stopped, and in the crowd of screaming fans on both sides, a strangely shaped placard caught his attention, which read, "We're coming from New Jersey, and have been camping out here for three days just to see you guys!" A boarding pass was carried next to it as evidence.

Holding the sign was a girl with a vampire teeth prop. Christine noticed that Lin Ming Yang had stopped and first gave him a somewhat puzzled look, then following Lin Ming Yang's gaze, she also saw the girl.

Both of them walked over that way, and the fans on the side of the parapet became more and more excited, and in full view of everyone, Lin Ming Yang took the initiative to ask for a photo with the girl holding the sign.

In the envious eyes of the people around them, Lin Ming Yang and Kristin sandwiched the girl in the middle with a left and a right, letting the photographer on the opposite side help take the picture, and in the words of the media commentator who reported on the matter, it was estimated that the girl would be so excited that she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

At the entrance of the venue, in order to cooperate with the reporter's photo shoot, Lin Ming Yang and Kristin wrapped their arms around each other's waistline, their bodies leaning intimately together. After the two of them posed in this Pose, the flashbulbs of the reporters on the opposite side of the room hadn't stopped. From their excited eyes, Lin Ming Yang could already guess what kind of content would appear in tomorrow's newspaper, about his and Christian's "scandal", probably will be again by the boring media to criticize a lot.

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The stage of the premiere was set up as a semi-open Roman Colosseum, the host stood in the center, all the creators sat on the stone platforms on both sides, the entire stage layout seems to cater to Tim Burton's preferences, presenting a kind of ruins like gothic style.

The sitting method on the stage is also very delicate, around the arrangement of the stone platform with a total of five levels, the bottom and the top of the first level are not sitting people, the actors are sitting in the middle of the three levels of the stone platform, sitting in a low position, close to the host of the identity of the film are more important creators, so that it is convenient for them to the center of the stage and the host of the interaction; and those who are sitting on the heights of the film is not a role, the host asked questions If you want to ask a question, just pass the microphone up to them.

When the curtain was drawn, the stage was pitch black, the audience could only see the outline of some of the sets, and the only light shone in the center of the stage, and at the beginning of the show, the host walked slowly from the darkness to where the lamp shone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the premiere of Twilight!"

A loud applause rang out from the stage, and the host continued, "I don't think there's any need to go into too much detail about this movie, and I know that a lot of people started lining up a week ago in order to buy tickets to this premiere. But even then, a lot of people were still turned away. This movie has been the hottest topic of interest since it started."

"I understand everyone's desperation to see this movie at this moment, but there's someone on stage who's even more anxious than you are, Felix, am I right?" As soon as the host's words left his mouth, another beam of light came on, shining squarely on the stone platform that Lin Ming Yang had made.

The lights were handled so well that the audience on the stage could only see that there was someone else sitting next to Lin Ming Yang, but it was just an outline, unable to see the face clearly, or even tell if the other person was a man or a woman.

A gasp rang out from the stage, and Lin Ming Yang smiled and greeted the audience below.

"I've heard that you're the only one out of all the actors in the cast who hasn't seen the final cut of this complete movie?" The host asked, holding his hands.

Lin Ming Yang took the microphone, "That's indeed true, I left the crew after the filming of the performance of the character about me was completed."

"Were you busy?"

"Studying while filming, so don't look at me like I'm taking it easy, but I'm actually busy all the time!"

"As the author of the original novel of the movie, aren't you worried about Tim Burton making this movie into a movie that you can't accept?" Director Tim Burton wasn't there, so the hosts turned the tables on him right off the bat.

"The producers consulted me before confirming Mr. Burton as the director of the film, and Mr. Burton exchanged views with me seriously before the film started shooting, and I have always thought that he is the most suitable person for this film."

The host then asked, "But many fans are worried that a movie director with a strong personal style like Tim Burton will make a movie that is very different from the original, don't you have any worries about that?"

"Each of my novels is like my own child to me, and it definitely doesn't sit well with me to see it messed up by someone else's revisions. But I'm also a movie screenwriter, and many of my works have been adapted from novels, so I'm also well aware of the pain of movie adaptations."

"If the original novel is meticulously respected, then the adaptation loses its meaning, and what everyone sees in the movie theater is just a mechanical repetition of the novel's content. When this happens, as an author I may be pleased, but as a filmmaker, I think it's an irresponsible approach to the audience, and every movie should have its own ideas!"

"Mr. Tim Burton is undoubtedly such a director who is able to give the film a thought, and I am well aware of people's feelings towards the original novel, but I also hope that people will look at the film with a more tolerant attitude as I do."