Chapter 647 A lively new year
Although Warner Pictures plans to decouple from Gilbert Jr., an important film series has to be completed by Gilbert Jr., which is the "Batman" series.
Kelly Rose originally planned to hand over "Batman" to other directors, but was unanimously opposed by executives, and the opposition was even louder than the decoupling plan.
The reason is simple. Projects related to Melon Studio still need to share profits with Disney, but the "Batman" project is Warner's own.
"Batman" finally came back from the dead in the hands of Gilbert Jr., and now everyone is worried about finding another director to take over!
Due to the huge opposition, Rose had no choice but to compromise and could only continue to hand over "Batman" to Gilbert Jr.
So when Gilbert Jr. was busy with the post-production of "Edgewalker", Gad Wilson, the vice president of Warner Pictures, came to visit.
"Garde, what brought you here to me?"
After the assistant served tea, little Gilbert was as usual, with a smile on his face.
Gard Wilson smiled bitterly and said: "Little Gilbert, the recent series of actions taken by Warner are not my original intention. But I cannot resist the will of the group's board of directors. I hope you can understand."
"Of course, Gad, otherwise I wouldn't let you in." Little Gilbert expressed his understanding, and then asked: "Is there something wrong when you come to me? What do you want to say?"
"Yes. In this way, after internal discussions, we still believe that you are the most suitable director for the "Batman" series of movies, so we hope that you can continue to direct the series."
Gad Wilson said these words, At the same time, I felt myself blushing a little.
If Little Gilbert is really as important as he says, what Warner should do is to retain Little Gilbert instead of kicking Little Gilbert away.
Little Gilbert said with a sarcastic smile: "Really? I thought you were going to change the director. To be honest, I'm quite looking forward to who you can find to direct."
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Gad Wilson sneered and said: "You are kidding me. I don't think anyone can take over this series. No one else has the ability!"
Little Gilbert did not embarrass Gad Wilson: "Okay. Well, I also know that none of this is your fault, but you go back and tell Qili Rose. If it’s a director, she can’t interfere.
Otherwise, I won’t direct anyone again.”
Gade Wilson quickly promised: “Of course not, in terms of movies. , you are professional.”
“That’s good...”
After Gad Wilson left, Cameron Diaz asked little Gilbert strangely: "People are going to kick you away, why are you still directing?"
"Earn some money. !”
Looking at Cameron Diaz’s obvious disbelief, little Gilbert said seriously: “Michelle, I personally killed Bruce Wayne. Well, I think it will have a beginning and an end."
Cameron Diaz nodded slightly and expressed his approval: "Except for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which was completed in one go, I have never seen you direct a follow-up series.
It seems that this "Batman" work has the potential to become a classic."
Cameron Diaz is indeed right. After the success of "The Matrix", little Gilbert was handed over to James Gunn.
"Pirates of the Caribbean" was a global hit, so the sequel was left to Stephen Sommers.
It can be seen that little Gilbert has little interest in so-called sequel movies. He is more interested in trying and exploring different themes and making some original movies.
Although Gilbert Jr.'s original films tend to do well, ordinary people would think that sequels and adaptations are more likely to succeed.
Otherwise he is little Gilbert, and he has the ability to make original movies a hit.
Little Gilbert smiled and said: "I hope Miss Boone will be merciful. The salary negotiation will probably not be easy by then!"
"Huh!" Cameron Diaz snorted: "It's best not to To make them feel better, we can ask for 30 million tablets Do you want to be paid? "Hahaha, that makes sense. I need a salary of 30 million..."
Of course this is just a joke, no matter how awesome little Gilbert is, It's impossible for Warner to give him a salary of 30 million. But if there is no 20+20 salary, then Gilbert Jr. would rather let "Batman" fail.
At the end of January, all production of "Edge Walker" was completed.
Just like movies are divided into summer, Christmas and spring seasons, the drama market is also divided into periods. The hottest time in the drama market is also the summer time, and the autumn time is also good.
After discussion, "Edgewalker" finally decided to be broadcast in the summer season. According to the adjustments of HBO and Disney pay channels, it is expected that two episodes will be broadcast every weekend starting from the first weekend of June.
Xigua Video will be updated on the Monday after it is broadcast on the TV channel, allowing viewers to watch it through the website.
One advantage of watching on the website is that you can pause it at any time, and you can also rewind and fast forward. When the audience misses a wonderful scene, they can review it on the website.
The TV channel is different. If you want to watch it again, you have to replay it, unless it is paid on demand.
After the production was completed, little Gilbert was not idle. The announcement of "Edge Walker" also followed the normal plan, and character posters were released in early February.
Starring actors such as Andrew Garfield, Scarlett, Emma Roberts, Jason Statham, and Dwayne Johnson have also begun to build momentum for the series.
For example, if you participate in some talk shows, this series will be mentioned in the program.
Of course, the final promotion will be that Gilbert and the creators will go on a show together to do the final promotion for the series.
At the same time, a lot of information has been updated on the official website to complete the cyberpunk worldview.
Cyberpunk has original works and settings, and the board game settings are also relatively complete. But after it was made into a film and television work, more setting additions were completed by "Edge Walker".
This is also the role of this series. In addition to telling the story of David Martinez and Lucy, it is mainly to popularize some concepts in cyberpunk to the audience.
No need to understand, just have a general idea.
You won’t be confused when later works mention concepts such as prosthetics, network hackers, EMP, cyberpsychosis, and black walls.
Of course, this is not a preachy film, the story is still the most important thing. Little Gilbert believes that the story of David Martinez and Lucy will touch many viewers.
The process of Rebecca becoming a jerk will surely make the audience’s teeth itch, and Adam Hammer will become one of the most successful villains.
The promotion rhythm of drama series is very different from that of movies. The cycle is relatively long, and materials will be continuously released to maintain attention.
Gilbert Jr. did not release the trailer of this series to the Super Bowl. It is quite strange to think that a series suddenly appeared among a bunch of movie trailers.
The main reason is that it costs too much and is not worth it.
After the Super Bowl, "Edgewalker" posters have begun to be laid out in major cities across the United States. The trailer was also posted on TV channels, giving the audience a preview.
The trailer was also released early on Xigua Video, attracting many viewers’ clicks and views.
In addition, many film and television bloggers received business orders and began to make wild guesses about the content of the trailer.
The main purpose is to attract the audience to watch a nonsense story and become interested in the series.
Not only North American viewers are looking forward to it, but many overseas viewers have also left messages saying that they have very high expectations for this series.
Everyone is curious about what little Gilbert can do.
(End of this chapter)