Chapter 556 [The best choice, replace Zach]
Liang Kun made several calls, mainly to say sorry to Zhang Guorong and would not attend the premiere of "Manslaughter".
Zhang Guorong was not angry and wished Liang Kun a smooth work in the United States. He had never filmed a movie in Hollywood and admired Liang Kun’s current achievements.
My parents and sister were used to Liang Kun going abroad often, so she had no objection, but just told him to pay attention to safety outside. He booked a first-class air ticket and chose to set off from Yanjing in the evening and flew to New York.
He really has no important job in China, neither in the entertainment industry nor in the sports industry. He doesn't have to ask for leave from the shooting team or the track and field team. Whether he trains him freely or not. Everyone knows that he has a sure Olympic qualification and is talented.
Domestic media didn't have time to interview Liang Kun, and it was a pity that he knew he had gone to the United States. Many reporters wanted him to talk about his thoughts about winning the Golden Globe nomination, thinking that it could create big news.
Liang Kun does not plan to accept an interview. It is boring to say too much about whether the Golden Globe Award can be won. When the award is over, he can say a few thoughts when he returns to China.
There will definitely be a reporter asking him to predict whether he can win the award, and nothing he says is appropriate.
If he predicts that he will win the award, he will be slapped in the face if he runs with him.
It was not appropriate for him to be happy. When the Oscar judges saw that he was so satisfied with the Golden Ball nomination, they might not have given him an Oscar nomination.
If he acts like he is nominated for the Golden Ball, and the award is of little significance, he will offend people.
No male actor in China has ever received such nominations. He acts as if he is calm and gentle. Everyone will think he is "too pretended". The audience will not think he is cool. In the eyes of most people, the Golden Globe nomination is a great honor.
Therefore, Liang Kun felt that the best way to deal with it is to say nothing, go abroad and other results. Compared to the nomination of the Golden Globe Award, he is more concerned about whether he can win the Oscar nomination. He doesn't need to win the award, and he will be satisfied if he is nominated.
A reporter went to Yingyi Entertainment Company for an interview and asked about Liang Kun's situation. Constantine revealed that he went to the United States to work, about the movie "The Dark Knight".
With just publishing this little information about Liang Kun, the reporters have news to write. Netizens also had topics to discuss that day.
"There is no news about the re-shoot of "The Dark Knight". It is said that actors will not have any job for the time being. I guess Brother Kun is ready to win the Golden Globe Awards, but can he compete for those big names in Hollywood? The competition for Best Actor and Best Picture is very fierce, all of which are famous names. I think he won the screenwriter award at most."
"Brother Kun must have gone to play with Nolan, and their relationship is very good. Before the filming started, Nolan insisted on choosing him to play the clown, and he disagreed with the crowd. I guess they were discussing how to edit the movie? Nolan's review of the editing of "The Lost Lover" was very high."
"Maybe he is going to the United States to discuss the next movie. Brother Kun said there is no plan to shoot for the time being, but he didn't say he won't act. Not only is he a director? He is also a good actor with explosive acting skills? It's not surprising that someone in the United States asks him to make a new movie. As long as he is a Chinese character, he should be able to act? The evaluation he received in Hollywood is much better than Chow Yun-fat."
"Maybe Brother Kun is going to negotiate a contract with Warner. As long as the character of Joker is not dead, Brother Kun may be able to appear in superhero movies frequently in the future."
Netizens’ predictions are possible? The parallel world clown changes actors after changing? Because Heath Ledger is dead. Liang Kun will definitely not die, and his acting skills will definitely be widely recognized after the movie is released.
After receiving a call from Nolan, Liang Kun decided to cooperate with Warner and strive to become Warner's "two heroes" together with Nolan? The pillar of DC movies.
There are two main reasons why he chose DC? After analyzing the current situation in Hollywood, he believes that this is the best choice at present.
First of all, he couldn't catch up with the Marvel movies. The director of "Iron Man" had already decided that he was the driver of Iron Man, Hapi. The first movie has been filmed and will be released in North America on May 2, 2008. Unless Liang Kun didn't graduate from university and went to Hollywood to develop and rise one or two years ahead of schedule? Otherwise, he would be unable to operate Marvel's affairs at all and would not be able to get involved.
The director of "Iron Man 2" is still Hapi? As long as the box office of the first episode is high enough, the film company will have no reason to replace him.
It’s not impossible for Liang Kun to participate in Marvel now? But he has no future. He can’t recommend himself as the director of "Captain America" and "Thor"? These two popcorn movies with average box office, laying the foundation for "Avengers". After watching the movie, who will remember who the directors of these two movies are?
Even if Liang Kun first joins Disney, is responsible for shooting Marvel movies, and is the director of "Avengers", he is not very outstanding. The director has to be successful in the later stages, and it is a question whether Marvel still needs Liang Kun in ten years.
Marvel has always been shooting popcorn commercial movies, with a fixed style. The only impressive director is the Russell brothers. The action scenes they filmed are very classic.
The Russell brothers joined Marvel for a long time. It did not conform to Liang Kun's development ideas, so he couldn't wait for that long.
He wanted to get the opportunity to shoot a big-produced movie as soon as possible. The shortcut was to work with Warner to replace Zach Schneider in filming "Body of Steel". He knew that he had to shoot "Body of Steel" to give the DC movie universe a good start.
After arriving in New York, Liang Kun moved into a luxurious apartment arranged by Warner.
Warners knew that Nolan asked Liang Kun to assist in editing movies, which was a test for him. A good director is comprehensive and you can't just finish the film.
The next day, Liang Kun, Nolan and Charles Rowan had lunch together and talked about the possibility of cooperation.
Luo Wen first introduced Warner's situation to Liang Kun. "There are two plans being discussed, one is to shoot the Green Lantern movie and the other is to restart the Superman movie. You are the focus of the investigation now, but it is a big disadvantage for you to have not directed an action movie. Some people think it is an adventure to find you to shoot a superhero movie."
"Before this movie starts filming, I can probably make an action movie to prove myself. You all know that I learn things very quickly. Science fiction movies are not a problem. As long as the investment is high enough, I will definitely shoot big scenes." Liang Kun said confidently.
"I believe in you." Luo Wen smiled.
Nolan also believes that Liang Kun’s arrangements in action scenes are much better than his ideas. After the two discussed, he made many changes. Batman looks much stronger than in "The Mystery of the Shadow". In the future, he will find an action guide. Otherwise, if Liang Kun is not there, he will not be confident that he will make a good action scene, which will be different from the second part.
Liang Kun asked knowingly: "Who is my main competitor in making superhero blockbusters for Warner?"
"Zach Schneider, he is filming "Watchman" for Warner. If his movie succeeds at the box office, he will likely become Warner's official director." Rowan smiled.
In parallel world, "The Watcher" started filming in September this year, finished filming in February 2008, and was not released until 2009. On the surface, Zach is the number one candidate for Warner blockbusters, but in fact it is not.
Liang Kun is not anxious or impatient. He has read the orange mission posted by Luo Wen, and he has memories of his past life, knowing that Zach will mess up.
Warner wanted to find Liang Kun to film, but Luo Wen said that he was just a substitute in order to reduce the price.
Warner doesn't want Liang Kun to direct a super-English movie for the first time, and the pay is ridiculously high. From the mission, Liang Kun can see that there have been changes within Warner. What is not the one who makes the decision on "Superman Returns". There was news before that it was possible to make a sequel, but then there was no movement.
Rowan clearly mentioned that the unlucky guy Brandon Ross would not be the protagonist again.
Liang Kun smiled and said, "I understand comics and have also watched Schneider's movies. I am now ready to work with Warner because you will definitely not choose a director who has failed the box office to fire the first shot of the DC movie universe. That would be a real adventure."
Nolan asked curiously: "Aren't you optimistic about Schneider? His "Spartan 300 Warriors" had a very high box office. He has made two movies for Warner, and his qualifications are better than you."
"He has no more experience than me, and "Dawn of the Living Dead" has only made three feature films. And his style of shooting superhero movies may not be suitable. The ending of "Watchman" is too dark, and I don't think it's suitable for adapting movies, and the box office cannot be high."
Luo Wen smiled and said, "Okay, you are so confident. I thought you would be a little disappointed when you hear that you have competitors."
Nolan shook his head and asked with a smile: "Don't you be optimistic about the dark style? I'm shooting dark wind."
"You are different. You are filming the Batman series of movies, and Batman should be dark, which is very consistent with the character's settings. Zach is filming a big blue guy like Dr. Manhattan, who often walks outside in underwear, and the settings are insulting."
"..." Nolan smiled, god was so indifferent.
After hearing what Liang Kun said, Nolan also felt that "Watchmen" would fail. He had learned about that comic, and there were indeed problems with the character setting.
Liang Kun continued: "In the comics, Dr. Manhattan has the ability of a god, but the ending is that the villain won. The audience will feel uncomfortable after watching it. It is difficult to please the audience. The popularity of the comics back then was related to the background of the times, and the settings of the comics are no longer so attractive now. Moreover, it is difficult to grasp the length of the movie by making that story into a live-action version. If you want to tell the story clearly, it may take three hours to complete it."
"Watchmaker" is highly praised in both the comics and mainstream media and is regarded as a classic work in comics. But it was a comic released before the collapse of the Soviet Union. The setting that the Cold War was about to upgrade to nuclear war seemed very touching. When I watched this movie in 2009, the villain's motivation seemed to be to be full and sacrifice millions of people was completely because he was worried about it.
Nolan and Luo Wen looked at each other and felt that Liang Kun was extremely capable.
Warner talked about this topic during the meeting, but Liang Kun did not attend the meeting. He was not optimistic about "Watchmen", and his reasons were almost the same as everyone's worries at the meeting.
Chapter completed!