Made in Hollywood

"Rosenberg, did you have plans for a sequel when you were working on Batman: Hour of War?"

The scale of the press conference is quite large, and Warner Bros. specially rented the front hall of a five-star hotel for this purpose. Although hundreds of reporters were present, it was quite quiet at the moment, as if they were afraid of missing any of Duke's words. Then, only the questioning voices of standing reporters echoed around, "There is news that you submitted the outline settings of the trilogy to Warner at one time."

"The story of Batman will never end, as you should all know."

With one hand on the microphone, Duke adjusted the volume a little and said, "When you've seen the first film, it's clear that the story has to go on, and I agreed to shoot it because I just happened to have a great story idea, and I know how to continue the legend."

The reporter continued to ask, "The reputation and quality of the sequel have always been worrying, how do you control this "Dark Knight"?"

"The estimated production cost of The Dark Knight is $150 million, and the most likely problem with a sequel is that you have a bigger budget to create a bigger scene. , but essentially, you're still just repeating your old self over and over..."

Having said this, Duke smiled, no longer revealing any substantive content, and vaguely said, "Because I have recognized the problem in this regard, I have been avoiding making similar mistakes."

Reporters are not so easy to give up, and a reporter from The New York Times who was named and asked the next question asked, "Director Rosenberg, this Batman has high expectations from many Batman fans, and they hope to see a new Batman. It's a more outstanding work than "War Hour", and I hope to hear more about it. You won't let them down, will you?"

Duke thought about it for a few seconds, and seemed really moved by the reporter's words, saying, "After my team was all in place, I realized that making a sequel is also a very great project, because we have to re-examine all the The characters. Both the former and the new ones, I look forward to impressing the audience as soon as they appear on the big screen.”

Now that he opened his mouth, Duke said a few more words, "The number of supporting roles in "The Dark Knight" can be classified into a huge range, but compared with the original comics, you will find that this number is only It's just the tip of the iceberg."

The eyes of all reporters were on him. Duke continued, "We'll change some of the characters in the comics, even their gender. That's one of our ways to improve, because we read all the comics, so we can only extract the elements we need from them. And then Depending on how the story goes, see how to change the characters so they can serve our own story."

The remarks sparked the following discussion, and Duke turned to look at Jamie Foxx of Warner Bros. The other party quietly gave him a thumbs up, obviously satisfied with the words that could arouse conversation.

Subsequently. The reporter turned the question to the actor Christian Bale.

A reporter from "World News Weekly" asked, "Mr. Bell, you have never been interested in sequel movies, why do you continue to take on Batman?"

Why? Of course for the high pay and the three contracts signed.

in budget. Christian Bale's salary alone is as high as 15 million US dollars, which is three times that of his role in "War Hour".

Of course, these words cannot be said to reporters.

"'Repeat' the same thing is really not the behavior of a person like me. The reason why I am willing to use the same face to appear on the big screen this time is all because of Duke."

Christian Bale turned to Duke and said, "This is the second time we've worked together, and I know him very well, so I know he's like me, if not thinking of some fresh and different story elements. , there will be no sequels."

He made a few gestures, "I like the idea that Duke has instilled in me, because I'm not simply repeating something I've done before, my character will have a very obvious development and evolution, not to mention , there are also a group of very talented stars participating, plus the harmonious cooperation atmosphere, I have no reason to refuse, right?"

Some reporters caught interesting content from Bell's words, stood up and asked, "Batman will have very obvious development and evolution? Can you disclose it in detail?"

"Sorry, I haven't got the script yet..." Christian Bale pushed Duke without hesitation. "About the change in Bruce Wayne's setting, you'd better ask the director."

The eyes of hundreds of reporters immediately shifted from Bell to Duke.

The reporter asked Duke, "In 'Battle Hour,' Batman has survived an unforgettable past to become the city's superhero, will he still be surrounded by darkness?"

"Actually, he has already surpassed the person he wants to be. He has walked out of the painful past and the memories that tortured him, so..."

Duke shrugged and said with a smile, "We'll have to find something new to continue tormenting him... Simply put, Batman never got rid of the past, and can't get rid of it."

"He's not going to be Tony Stark's character, is he?"

As soon as the reporter who asked the question finished speaking, he noticed that everyone around him was looking at him like a fool, and immediately realized that he had asked a silly question.

However, Duke replied, "Batman doesn't have time to be unhappy there, and he can't self-indulge and vent his anger at will. He has to stabilize his emotions at all times."

Clearing his throat, Duke added, "We've been trying to get him to face and overcome a variety of obstacles, including anger and hesitation, since 'War Hour'... So in 'The Dark Knight', we'll make more changes."

Turning his head to look at Bale, he continued, "This character, played by Christian Bale, will come out of the shadow of his parents being killed, but even so, he's still a very dark character, with Tony St. There's a world of difference between Tucker's sunny superheroes."

The question-and-answer session of the entire press conference basically revolved around Duke, and everyone was very concerned. After "Batman: Hour of War" created a dark superhero movie style, his "Dark Knight" Where will Batman go?

At the end of the press conference, the reporter's questions began to develop in a boundless trend. Duke also picked out the newsworthy and publicity topics and answered them.

A reporter asked, "Duke, in your opinion, what's the difference between Superman Clark Kent and Batman Bruce Wayne?"

"Superman and Batman are arguably the most popular superheroes in America, so maybe we can look at it from a different angle."

After thinking for a few seconds, Duke adjusted the direction of the microphone and said, "I remember someone said that Superman is the way America sees itself, and Batman is the way other countries see America..."

Looking at the reporter below, Duke leaned back in his chair, "I have to say, this is a very interesting point, because 'Superman' gives the most intuitive feeling and is undoubtedly the perfect embodiment of an ideal." 'Batman' should have more human characteristics. He doesn't have so many idealized rules and regulations, so he will appear more humane when dealing with things, and there are also some political elements mixed in it - just me The main reason for liking this character."

In comics and movies, as long as 'Batman' appears, it can make his surroundings become messy and disorderly, making it difficult to immediately distinguish right from wrong with a clear moral concept. A major theme of "The Dark Knight" , to a certain extent, it is based on realism, and it is clear that no one can be free from the law, even in the identity of the 'Vigilante'.

The press conference was over, and today's work came to an end temporarily. Duke didn't stop there, got on Scarlett's red sports car, and returned directly to Malibu.

After dinner, the two went to the garden for a walk, and while sitting in the living room watching TV, Scarlett opened the finalized "Dark Knight" script, and after reading it for a while, suddenly asked, "What exactly is the clown? Who are you supposed to be? Why is he chasing Batman and Harvey Dante?"

"The Joker continues to stimulate Harvey Dent and Batman, the two incarnations of justice." Duke pointed to the script, "It even wants Harvey Dent to kill himself and Batman to kill himself. Because such a Come on, they'll be just like him, and it's the Joker's logic that really masters this Gotham."

After being silent for a few seconds, Duke said in a low voice, "Actually everyone thinks that his logic is correct and that the world is running according to the logic he believes in. If the world is not like this, we will I thought that this was just a superficial phenomenon, the real deep logic must be the set of logic mastered by oneself, and to prove this, it is only necessary to 'nudge others' and these people will fall into their own logic."

Scarlett pondered, and then led the topic to other aspects, "If a beautiful woman believes that men are not good things, men are only interested in her body and will not love her at all. Then, she will use her Her body seduces men, and she'll find that all she has to do is nudge men like this and they'll turn into lechers."

Duke laughed and said in her words, "If a rich man believes that everyone is greedy and that money can make the dead drive. Then he will use his money to nudge countless people, These people will fall into his grasp.

"What about the clown?" Scarlett asked again. (To be continued ~^~)

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