Made in Hollywood

"Famous director Duke Rosenberg's new sci-fi action film has finally confirmed the actor, and he is Leonardo DiCaprio. This will be their second collaboration."

"This film is written and directed by Duke himself. The news about the plot is still in a state of high secrecy like his previous work "Fury Road". At present, Warner only says that the film is a 'contemporary background. Science Fiction', about 'the inner structure of the mind' and 'dreams'."

Since July, when "Inception" was officially launched, under the control of Warner Bros., the media has been hyping news about Duke's new film. Even if the hot summer is not over yet, it has occupied quite a lot of entertainment media's front pages. The headlines easily attracted the attention of quite a few people.

And all kinds of related news are still breaking out.

"Duke Rosenberg's new work has officially confirmed its title. "Inception"—the literal translation of the English name is Lai Ji—shows that this is a theme related to dreams! It is said that this will be a masterpiece of stream of consciousness! "

Dreams are one of the most mysterious existences in human beings, but in the past, movies related to dreams were always very obscure. Just when the public was hesitant about Duke’s choice, Leonardo DiCaprio was duly cast by Warner Bros. Pushed it out, accepted an interview, and answered this question.

"To be honest, I don't understand Duke's script very well. It takes a very smart person to understand it."

Leonardo told the reporter of "Entertainment Weekly", "I think "Inception" will make a lot of people scratch their heads, believe me-because I am one of them. I don't know where. Speaking of it, I don’t know what I should say. Duke’s dream interpretation movie must be very good, because it is very exciting and has a lot of action scenes. He is surreal, and everything is under his control. He wrote the movie, you want If you ask him, he will be able to explain it to you very well."

Very exciting! Lots of action scenes!

This was the focus of subsequent media renderings, and many movie fans were completely relieved after seeing it.

While Duke was preparing for the film, all kinds of relevant information were disclosed by the media one after another.

""Inception" is estimated to cost $180 million to produce. It will be released next summer!"

"Joseph Gordon-Levitt becomes Duke's second main actor after Leonardo DiCaprio!"

"Charlize Theron claimed in an interview that she would continue to star in Duke Rosenberg's new film..."

"Scarlett Johansson and James Franco auditioned to be Leonardo DiCaprio's assistants in Duke Rosenberg's new film!"

Since the establishment of this project, Warner Bros. has been sparing no effort to promote it. They know very well that with this type of film. There will only be two results: a big hit or a big sale, but they have enough confidence in Duke, convinced that as long as it works properly, this must be a billion-dollar masterpiece.

And from the very beginning of the entire promotion, Warner Bros. has formulated a clear publicity strategy. Leonardo mentioned this when he received the publicity, as did those who followed him.

After the crew announced that Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy had passed their auditions, the two actors spoke to The Hollywood Reporter.

Michael Kane, who played the role of "Alfred the Butler" in the Batman series, admitted that he had very few roles in the film. He is also slightly better than a guest actor, and the crew is even on high alert for him. Don't let him see the full script.

"They don't allow me to read the script, I can only read the page I acted in, and Duke is too mysterious." When talking about the role he played, Kane simply summed it up. "Leonardo DiCaprio plans to do a science experiment and everyone is assisting him, that's what I understand."

Cillian Murphy, who played the role of "Scarecrow", has more roles, but he kept silent about the role he played, and only said in general, "This is the third movie I have worked with Duke. He gave me After reading the entire script, the story is very, very complicated and magical, and requires a lot of intelligence to understand, I can't wait, um, I hope it will come out next year."

When asked to introduce some more details of the film, Cillian Murphy firmly declined, on the grounds that "this film is so unique."

"It's a complete innovation. It doesn't belong to any one genre. There are all kinds of different elements in the film, and all of them come from Duke's imagination. I have never seen anything like it in my life." s things."

When the time entered the end of July, the crew held the first press conference since the project was established, announcing the cast. The cast was so strong that the media and movie fans were shocked.

Leonardo DiCaprio plays the leading role Cobb, who is the soul of the team; the new generation star Joseph Gordon Levitt plays his assistant; James Franco plays one of his partners; The giant Mark Ruffalo served as his other assistant; Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron played his beloved wife; "Black Widow" Scarlett Johansson played a female college student named Adrian. It's Leonardo's partner; Japanese actor Ken Watanabe plays the villain Saito...

Even if such a lineup is placed in the star-studded Hollywood, it is enough to brighten the eyes of the blind, and the degree of sensation it can cause can be imagined.

And this is why Duke set a budget of 180 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the previous one, almost all the extra budget was used for the actors' remuneration.

During the entire press conference, the media reporters almost went crazy, because even in the star-studded Los Angeles, except for the awards ceremony, it is rare to have so many stars appearing on the same occasion, especially when they will also star in the same movie .

It is no exaggeration to say that "Inception" has assembled a fantastic and luxurious lineup.

Of course, apart from the stars, the media is most concerned about the film itself. At the end of the press conference, almost all questions were directed at Duke, the director.

For the sake of publicity, Duke also appropriately mentioned some relevant information about the film, but just like in the past, many of them were carefully prepared lies by public relations personnel.

"Filming "Inception" will be the biggest challenge I have experienced. We want to tell a large-scale story and shoot a real brain-burning blockbuster. I will add more different things to this film."

When a reporter asked about the creative source of the film, Duke did not hesitate to start talking nonsense according to the publicity plan formulated by Warner, "I hope to have enough time to complete this film, because what I want to express in it These are all questions that I have been pondering over and over since I was 20 years old. I finished the first draft of the script seven or eight years ago, but the progress of the story is much further than I imagined. It touches on real dreams and half-dreams. relationship between states."

Speaking of dreams, Duke said a few more words, "The dreams produced by the human brain can accommodate all real-life scenes. In my research, I haven't encountered the limit of this kind of behavior. It's like you are walking on a beach. You can look around and grab a handful of fine sand on the beach. I tried to verify this truth by manipulating "lucid dreams". My script is based on these common and relatively simple truths. As for The only thing that seems weird in the movie is the technology that allows people to hack into other people's brains and share the same dream with another person at the same time."

Another reporter asked Duke about his views on working with Leonardo DiCaprio.

"Leo and I are friends, very good friends. I know he is suitable for this extraordinary role in this amazing story. When I created this character, I also borrowed Leo's image and characteristics. Leo's joining is not only Just by being a big movie star, he was able to break down the sci-fi divide and bring more people into the story."

It’s a breeze for Duke to say something suitable for publicity, “Leo always has a lot of ideas, he will think about the problem from the perspective of the character, and at the same time, he can also take into account the role and role that the character can play in this story. The development of the whole story. Talking to him is usually very interesting, and it will greatly promote the development of the whole shooting. I feel that the emotional world of this character drives the story far more than when it was first started."

Having said so much, Duke will not expose some real ideas to the media. For example, in his plan, "Inception" will be an action science fiction film.

That's right, this movie is an action sci-fi movie first and everything else second.

As for the reason, the film's production cost of 180 million US dollars determines that the final film can only be a popular movie, not a niche genre.

In addition, the film has only been released for one year from preparation to release. Duke does not have so much time and energy to build real scenes. The film will use CG technology on a large scale. All of the scenes will be shot in a green screen situation in the studio of Warner Studios.

After all, Duke is different from the former director.

The former director extremely rejected CGI and believed that computer technology was worthless, but he was as inconsistent as what Duke said in his propaganda. Each of his films would use a large number of CGI production screens or rely on computer technology to process them. The so-called real scene.

Just like Duke, in this circle, in order to promote or establish their own style, what many people say and do are actually two different things.

Whether it's live-action shooting or CGI computer technology, a smart director will never limit himself to one thing. Duke is not a genius, but he is not a fool either. "Inception" will use a similar "Transformers" The shooting method is partly live-action shooting with a large number of CG composite shots. (to be continued ~^~)

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