Made in Hollywood

This is the hottest season in New Mexico. Duke stayed here for a few days and did not interfere with the filming of the crew. Like most producers, he will also maintain the authority of the director on the set.

Besides, Duke, who should have intervened, intervened early in the preparations.

"Chris Hemsworth is strong..."

Standing in the shade of the town, watching Thor swinging his hammer in front of the camera lens, Scarlett told Duke, "He doesn't need any acting at all."

"Hmm..." Duke nodded, fully agreeing with Scarlett's statement, "His role doesn't really need acting."

As he said that, he left the set and looked around the town. For the filming, the crew built this complete town.

Scarlett looked at the set and continued, "I took that hammer yesterday, it was very heavy."

The crew's Thor's hammer, Mezzola, was made of bronze covered with diamonds and jewels made of resin. Although the entire warhammer was hollow, it also weighed 30 pounds.

Duke turned around and asked Scarlett, "Are you interested in picking up that hammer?"

"Pick up the war hammer?" Scarlett shook her head, "I'm not interested, it's too heavy."

"I'm talking about the movie." Duke reminded, "Your character, Natasha Normanoff."

Scarlett shrugged, and said indifferently, "It depends on what you and Marvel mean."

She vaguely remembered that in a certain version of the comics, after the fall of Thor, the Black Widow became a new generation of Thor.

The crew switched scenes at this time and started filming action scenes. Unlike Scarlett's Black Widow, Thor's fighting skills are still the kind of sparring from boxing drawn in comics.

"Hello, Director Rosenberg."

A lovable-looking actor walks over. "Thank you for recommending me for this role."

Duke nodded to Tom Hiddleston and said, "You're welcome."

Originally, the actor selected by the crew and Marvel Studios was Kim Carrey. Since "The Masquerade", Kim Carrey has always liked the character of Loki in the original comics. But it was rejected by Duke. Firstly, the former Rocky left him a deep impression, and secondly, Jim Carrey's salary was too high.

Tom Hiddleston just passed by, said hello and walked to the set.

In fact, the rivalry between Loki and Thor is very interesting, and it is also one of the highlights of the whole series. It is exactly "I abused my brother thousands of times, and my brother treats me like first love".

Except for vetoing Kim Carrey. In addition to choosing Tom Hiddleston, Duke's intervention in the crew is also reflected in the heroine Jane Foster.

The character was a nurse in the original comic book story, but Duke wanted to make her fit for a modern woman and suggested making her an astrophysicist. And is a very beautiful research scholar.

Director Kenneth Branagh wanted an actress who was both beautiful and smart, with first-class acting skills, and Natalie Portman's intellectual and sensual actress met his requirements very well.

But this was rejected by Duke, Natalie? Portman can indeed play many difficult roles. This very simple vase is not suitable.

Duke now thinks about what Natalie Portman did at the Cannes Film Festival. Not necessarily unrelated to this.

Of course, it might be that he was thinking too much. After all, the other party hadn't won the Oscar for the leading actress yet, so he might not be thinking about getting into a commercial masterpiece so soon to make money.

According to the exact information he got. Natalie Portman is preparing for "Black Swan", but if she wants to win the Oscar for Best Actress with this film, she will definitely not be as smooth as before.

Thinking of this, Duke turned to look at Scarlett, "Let's go."

He traveled all over the world, and "Fury Road" is also released worldwide. The number of countries where this film is released has expanded to 97, and it is almost reaching the limit. Many countries and regions are not ready to introduce "Fury Road" Fury Road, like the Arab world...

During the more than ten days when Duke was running around, "Fury Road" received another US$62.11 million from North America, and the North American box office reached US$223.02 million. It is not an extravagant expectation that the final box office will break through the US$250 million mark.

Overseas also received more than 50 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office has exceeded 500 million U.S. dollars.

In addition, although the peripherals of the film are far from being comparable to "Transformers", they are still selling well, especially the various models and dolls of rock fighters, which are extremely popular. The sound of the guitar.

By mid-June, DC Comics also launched the "Fury Road" series of comics, which sold nearly 3 million copies in less than a week of listing, which also strengthened Warner Bros.'s idea of ​​serializing movies.

Duke has nothing against it, and serialized movies can squeeze all the value out of them.

The importance of a series of movies to a company is self-evident. Duke knows this, and David Ellison, who has worked hard in Hollywood for several years, also knows this.

From the day Sky Film Studio was established, he has been looking for suitable project serialization, but the films he has invested in have been until today, and only one hit is "I Am Legend". Not very suitable for serialization.

Therefore, he has been asking people to find suitable projects. Not long ago, he heard the news that the producer and actor of "Fast and Furious 4" Vin Diesel was pulling investment, and people investigated After a while, he got in touch with the other party.

"Let's put it this way, I want to invest in your film."

In the reception room, David Ellison looked at Vin Diesel's plan and said to the bald man, "I'm very optimistic about this project."

Vin Diesel thought for a while, and said, "The "Fast and Furious" series has already had four films, and has cultivated a large number of fans. As long as the fourth film can maintain the standard, the box office of the film will definitely increase a lot. !"

After running around for these days, I finally met someone willing to invest. Vin Diesel couldn't wait, but the reality is still quite complicated, "David, the copyright of this series is in the hands of Universal Pictures. If we The cooperation can be established. We also need to negotiate with Universal Pictures. The current financial situation of Universal Pictures is not very good. After Ron Meyer stepped down, the internal management is also somewhat chaotic."

David Ellison understood what Vin Diesel meant, and said, "On the project I am optimistic about. I have enough patience."

He said to Vin Diesel again, "Aren't you looking for the original team? I can help you with that too."

"Yes..." Vin Diesel frowned, "I still can't find the whereabouts of Jessica Alba."

"I would hire a professional private investigator to do this."

Finding someone, or finding someone who was once quite famous, was not difficult for David Ellison.

He closed Vin Diesel's project book, "I think the villain gangster boss you set up needs to find an actor who is strong enough. Do you have an ideal candidate?"

"The project hasn't been decided yet," Vin Diesel said, spreading his hands, "I haven't considered it yet."

"I have a good candidate."

David Ellison moved a little closer, whispered a name, and Vin Diesel frowned even tighter. "Him? Is it suitable?"

"My father was a Jew..." David Ellison shrugged, "but I'm not!"

Vin Diesel was silent, but nodded slightly when he thought of words like "Fury Road" and sissy.

In some ways. All of them share a very common dislike.

Back in California from New Mexico, Duke got word that Steve Jobs was seriously ill. Although he never tried to influence or interfere in Jobs' life, and the two were not considered friends, Duke made a trip to San Francisco out of mutual interest. Make a special trip to see the leader and dictator of Apple.

No matter how the world evaluates him in the future, no one can deny that this is a true super genius!

Duke is also called a genius, but it is very clear that he may have some intelligence, but he is still far from the word genius. Compared with Steve Jobs and other amazingly talented people, he is just a cheater.

Duke never shied away from that.

A clear mind and a clear understanding of himself can be said to be an important guarantee for him to make great strides forward.

For example, he knows very well who Steve Jobs is, and he is a layman in the electronics industry. He will never be stupid enough to influence Jobs, but use all available situations to stand on the same line as possible with Jobs to obtain best interests.

People like Steve Jobs cannot be easily influenced by other people.

Therefore, after Duke met Steve Jobs, he still did not make any persuasion about the illness, even though he knew that the other party would not live long.

To be precise, Duke didn't say anything other than a simple hello, because he met someone on Steve Jobs' side who didn't like him, and he didn't like him either.

Duke didn't expect that he could see Larry Ellison here; he also didn't expect that Larry Ellison and Jobs still had a little friendship.

This is not a public place, and neither of them hide what they think.

Larry Ellison just snorted coldly at him, but Duke simply ignored him.

After the Oracle founder left, Duke also learned from Steve Jobs the reason for their friendship.

On the one hand, the two have a common enemy - Bill? Gates; on the other hand, the two were once neighbors.

According to Jobs, when he and Larry Ellison were neighbors, there was a peacock at home. This peacock was a gift from Jobs’ girlfriend. Leeson's house. And the peacock's frequent loud calls kept Ellison from sleeping well.

So Ellison approached Jobs to talk about it, and Jobs replied that he, like Ellison, hated the peacock very much.

Then Jobs successfully persuaded Ellison: When Jobs explained to his girlfriend how the neighbors didn't like the peacock, Ellison must follow Jobs to "add fuel and vinegar".

It is because of this peacock that Jobs and Larry Ellison established a little friendship. (to be continued ~^~)

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