Hollywood Hunter

The Black Mask lost after a series of fierce battles, detonating a cargo ship intended to escape Gotham City.Batman left the battlefield at a critical moment, hanging underneath the bat fighter and watching the black mask crush the bones with the freighter in the explosion.

Back to the shore, a large number of policemen are coming from all over the city.

Catwoman subdued the death shooter and left after saying goodbye to Batman. Batman did not stop him.

The plot begins to close in the mellow music.

Gotham City returned to calm, Wayne Group took over JANUS, announced the cancellation of Angel's listing plan.

The death shooter and crocodile were taken to Arkham mental hospital.

Between the streets, Selena Kyle pulled out a "Gotham Times" from a white-collar satchel with a positive front-page article about Batman. The girl smiled, put on sunglasses, and merged into the city.

Director James Gordon was busy at the beginning of Huadeng. When he got off work, he received a note and came to the top of the police station. A huge searchlight was installed here.

Pull down the switch.

Here the soundtrack turns back to excitement.

In the light of the searchlight, a huge bat silhouette reflected in the sky clouds.

Residents on the street turned their heads up, passers-by pointed and whispered, the child screamed in surprise, the criminal gave up the deal and escaped into darkness.

The lens gradually zoomed out.

At the top of a clock tower in the middle of the city, Batman stands tall, and the black cloak hunts like a flag.

The picture freezes.

In the dark.

The sound of the music didn't stop, but became louder.

As the end captions slowly rose, applause quickly rang in the hall of the Holy Citizen.

The warmer applause continued for more than three minutes, until the big screen unexpectedly lighted up again, and everyone quickly calmed down.

In Arkham Psychiatric Hospital, a fat black woman turned over the information of the death shooter and black mask, shot the folder on the desk, and said to the middle-aged person opposite: "They are strong, but I need more. "

The voice fell, and the close-up shot of the switch swept to the document on the desktop, showing the words'Task Force X'.

Without giving too many people a chance to react, the camera flashed again, and the music and subtitles sounded again.

Many people in the hall could not help whispering.

Audiences familiar with DC comics recognized at a glance that this was the "Suicide Squad" just launched in the last two years. Fat black women are the founders of the Suicide Squad. Amanda Waller, "Task Force X" is the official document of the Suicide Squad. Codename.

Could it be that Daenerys and Warner Bros. will collaborate on "Suicide Squad" next?

Various thoughts are still floating in the hall, the subtitles are over, and the picture lights up again.

Novel double egg setting.

Many media people couldn't help thinking about this, combined with the various news that Daenerys and Warner Brothers have continuously released this year, it is clear that Simon Westero intends to play a big game.

On the big screen, this time it was a messy room.

A thin figure stood with his back to the screen, and in the corner of the room were two babbles who were tied up and full of fear and begging for mercy.

"I have been working hard to make this city a better place with justice, but the result is in vain. Now, let us hand this over to fate."

The voice said, the camera turned slowly, first half of the normal face of the thin silhouette, when he showed the two coins on the ground one coin with one side scratched, the lens finally finally aimed at this person, revealing him A horrified face completely destroyed on the other side.

Ding--

The coin was tossed into the air.

Not waiting to fall, another thing flew quickly and collided with the coin.

In the close-up, an iconic bat dart nails the coin firmly to the wall.

The picture flashed, completely dark.

In the warm applause that sounded again, a name appeared in the minds of almost everyone in the hall.

Two-Face!

Compared with the less well-known black masks and suicide squads that have only appeared in recent years, the history of double-faced people is almost as long as Batman, so it is also well-known as the supporting characters of the "Batman" series such as the clown, catwoman, and penguin.

Other viewers who are familiar with the plot of the comic also thought that Thrall Maloney, who destroyed Harvey Dante's sulfuric acid, has died in this part, and how the double-sided people in the sequel will be born.

However, they are not too entangled in this issue.

Although the movie is based on comics, it will definitely be adapted. The just-finished "Batman: Moment of War" has been heavily adapted in details.After all, if you copy the comics completely, you will lose a lot of the fun of the movie.

Various thoughts did not affect the continuation of applause in the hall.

The applause has not stopped until all the main film creators have assembled in the background and waiting for the next media interaction.

The staff set up a row of chairs on the stage, Simon was about to lead everyone to the stage, and saw Nicole came from the entrance of the hall with a certain twist, and even a strange blush on the delicate face.

Seeing Simon, Nicole froze like a mouse that had encountered a natural enemy.

Simon smiled weirdly in one direction, and Nicole, as amnesty, took a small step and pretended to move to the restroom pretending to be casual.

Leading everyone to the stage, the applause that had begun to fall in the hall was warm again, and there was some cheering.

Simon Darren sat down reluctantly in the middle position, with Adam Baldwin, Valerie Gallino, William Duff, Tommy Lee Jones and Anthony Hopkins splitting each other.

Billy Christo, who is in charge of the media interaction session, waited for everyone to sit down and pressed his hand towards the audience, gradually quieting down the hall.

"Wait a minute, I'll settle a little private matter first," Billy Christo waited around quietly, holding a microphone and frowning at the audience, and then looked at Simon, said: "Mr. Director, this movie is just amazing. Now, since you still want to shoot the sequel, can you arrange a small character for me even if it is a dragon?

Billy Christo's words fell, and there was a burst of laughter in the hall.

Everyone of course knows that this is a compliment to the disguise of the film just now.

However, Billy Christo's remarks also expressed the voices of many filmmakers in the hall.

Look at the people around Simon Westero.

Except for Valerie Galino who participated in "Rainman", who knows who this is.

If time can go back, they will not let Adam Baldwin these second and third line little characters get the chance to participate in "Batman" anyway.

Now, everyone is almost certain that with the release of the film, these little characters that were generally not well-known in Hollywood will definitely rise in popularity, and then grab the resources that should belong to them.

On the stage, Simon naturally agreed.

A few words of gag, when Billy Christo signaled that the audience was free to ask questions, slammed, and almost everyone in the hall raised his hand.

In order to avoid some unexpected problems that make the main creator caught off guard, some things are arranged in advance.

Billy Christo skillfully spotted an acquaintance of Simon, Peter Butler, a reporter and critic of the Los Angeles Times.

Peter Butler got up and took the microphone from the staff and said, "Simon, first of all congratulations on creating another classic film. I am curious, how do you conceive the wonderful details in the film that we have never seen before? Such as the bat motorcycle, this is really cool, and Batman retrieves the identity of Catwoman based on hand-painted portraits, the slow-motion action of the death shooter bullets, and most importantly, the action design that is more amazing than that of Bruce Lee Kung Fu?"

Peter Butler's problem is probably also a doubt in the hearts of many people on the scene.

The development of the film model is traceable, because it involves hundreds of millions of dollars in action investment, the producers usually do not dare to carry out too large-scale innovation.

However, Simon's new film almost completely got rid of the muscular man carrying guns swept the action film mode led by stars such as Stallone and Schwarzenegger in recent years. The action design that is full of realism and full of visual beauty seems to be sudden Bring Hollywood action movies into another generation.

Bat motorcycles, portrait retrieval, touch screen operations, video calls, etc. can be said to be full of sci-fi details in this era, and also made the audience refreshed.

Simon waited for Peter Batro to finish his speech, and raised his microphone and smiled, "Maybe, there may be a group of ghosts who are giving me advice and suggestions."

The audience on the stage were all stunned, and then laughed.

The release of the summer "Sixth Sense of Insanity" accidentally triggered the discussion that Simon is a psychic. This matter is still often mentioned by the media, and everyone certainly did not forget it.

After making a joke, Simon quickly looked at him and said, "In fact, it's mainly because the preparation time is enough. Since two years ago, I have been conceiving this movie in order to be able to perfect the Batman I imagined. On the big screen, I checked a lot of information and conceived countless ideas. So, what you see is just a part of my many thoughts. I believe that future sequels will bring more surprises to everyone."

This explanation does not satisfy many people, but it is also a common practice in the circle.

After all, Peter Butler's question seems too general.

Another female reporter with glasses quickly got the opportunity to ask questions and got up: "Mr. Westeros, I am Jane Trevor, a reporter for Variety. I was fortunate to participate in the Rolla Express in Park City two years ago. The premiere of "Run" and then "Pulp Fiction", this is my third time to participate in the premiere of your personal new film. Moreover, most of your screenwriter movies will be watched for the first time."

Simon can't remember the other party, but politely said: "Thank you for your support, Jane."

Jane Trevor did not expect the young man on stage to remember himself. He habitually helped his glasses and turned to the question and asked: "Mr. Westeros, does your movie really have a budget of only $50 million? In my opinion, compared to some action blockbusters with a budget of around US$50 million in recent years, Batman: Moment of War really exceeds it."

"Yes, only 50 million US dollars," Simon nodded. "I am a person who pays great attention to cost control. Once the budget limit is set, I try to control myself not to overspend."

Simon answered this question, but apparently did not explain Jan Trevor's doubts clearly.There are also many high-paying big-timers in the hall, which directly offend some of them.

This kind of verbal conflict is not worth it, Simon prefers to just say nothing.

However, many people in the hall actually understand the reason.

For the same film with a budget of $50 million, the expenditure structure of Batman: Moments of War and other similar-weight films is definitely different.

For example, the new film "Silver Stallone", "Angry Tiger Mad Dragon", which was released one week in advance of "Batman" last Friday, has a budget of $55 million. It is rumored that Stallone alone took $15 million. The first-line supporting actors Kurt Russell and Hollywood veteran director Andrei Konchalovsky will not be too low, and there are other supporting actors, but the main creative expenditure will account for 50% of the film budget. the above.

By comparison, in Batman: Moments of War, there is no star other than Simon at all.

As for Simon himself, he still continues the $1 base salary plus 10% of the North American box office share and 5% of the sales share of video tapes, which greatly reduces the film's original expenditure.Producer Joe Silvo’s remuneration is also not high, only 2 million US dollars, there is no share plan, this is Simon’s personal offer, he is very aware of the potential profit of this project, so he will not commit the original time and space Hua Na promised Joe Silvo's profit-sharing plan to Nielsen's mistakes.

Although they have been promoted to first-tier gold producers after "Lethal Weapons" and "Tiger Force", Hollywood producers are actually not paid well, far below the level of first-line directors and first-line stars.

A gold medal producer in Hollywood at this time, such as Jerry Brookheimer, who has made "Zero Cloud" more than Joe Silvo in previous years, has a fixed salary of only $1 million. However, the gold medal producer Often enjoy a profit sharing plan

Simon paid Joe Silvo $2 million in one lump sum, which was equivalent to prepaying the other party's profit share.

Producers usually take care of many projects at the same time, and the fixed pay and share they get from most films are often less than $2 million.

Moreover, Joe Silvo can only be regarded as the second producer of "Batman: Moment of War", only responsible for the auxiliary role of logistics, Simon is the first producer with absolute control, so the $2 million remuneration is to West For Volvo, it is already very rich.

The result is that, because Simon took a base salary of $1, the awards for starring Adam Baldwin and others were only a few hundred thousand dollars, and the highest producer, Joe Silvo, was only $2 million. "Batman: Moments of War" is in production. , Director, starring three expenditures less than 5 million US dollars.

Simon's investment in film production has exceeded 90% of the budgeted cost. Compared with it, the quality of the film is naturally much higher than that of action movies of the same level.

After Simon answered this question, Billy Christo did not give Jane Trevor a chance to ask questions, and then asked others.

The lively premiere and subsequent entertainment party continued until late at night.

The next day, Simon took Janet to Australia early in the morning.

At the same time, the reputation of "Batman: The Moment of War" exploded throughout North America.