Chapter 517 Charity Activities
Although the summer season in mid-to-early May was lively, the audience always felt that it was missing a bit of flavor.
At this time, Warner Pictures announced that "Batman Begins" directed by Gilbert Jr. will premiere on May 21st, and the film's national release date will be May 20th. Number seven.
The audience suddenly realized, yes, how can it be considered a summer movie without Little Gilbert's movie?
Unlike previous years when we saw the Little Gilbert movie early, this year it was a little delayed and we had to wait until the end of May to see the Little Gilbert movie.
Generally speaking, the premiere of a movie is held two or three days before the movie is released. But nowadays, unless it is an A-level production with an investment of hundreds of millions, there are basically no premieres for movies.
Input and output are not directly proportional. Large productions have big casts and large lineups, but small and medium-sized productions do not need that.
This year, the premiere of "Batman Begins" is on May 21, which happens to be the weekend after "War of the Worlds".
The sports-themed film "The Longest Yard" released by Sony Columbia Pictures was released this week, but the film has been under the radar.
Everyone was paying attention to the premiere of Little Gilbert's movie, but they didn't notice that there was a sports movie showing in the corner.
Fortunately, the investment in this film is not high and there are no big-name stars participating. Sony Columbia Pictures also seemed to have insufficient confidence in the film and hastily released it without much promotion.
However, the box office of US$34.057 million in the first week is still enough to satisfy Sony Columbia Pictures. At least recovering the cost is not a problem.
The reason why little Gilbert moved the premiere so many days is because the originally planned May 25th was the time of the Champions League final.
As the team owner, Arsenal has entered the Champions League final, and little Gilbert has to go to Istanbul to support the team.
Yes, this year, under the leadership of Professor Arsene Wenger, the strong Arsenal fought on three fronts. In addition to losing to Chelsea led by Mourinho in the FA Cup final, they easily won the Premier League championship again.
More importantly, the team also defeated Liverpool, entered the Champions League final, and competed with AC Milan for the Champions League championship in Istanbul.
Although he doesn't care much about team affairs, little Gilbert also knows that the Champions League is the highest honor for a club, so he plans to attend in person.
Another reason is that the advertisement for "Batman Begins" entered the Champions League finals, and little Gilbert wanted to see the effect of the advertisement.
The premiere of this year's "Batman Begins" was held in Chicago. The day before the premiere, Warner Pictures learned that there was a ten-year-old seriously ill child in Chicago Central Hospital who loved Batman.
So after Warner Pictures communicated with the child's parents and the hospital in advance, Christian Bale suddenly appeared in front of the child wearing a Batman suit and gave him a surprise.
"Joshua, how are you feeling, are you better?" the child's mother asked.
Joshua ate, shook his head and said, "Mom, don't worry, I'm much better."
He turned to look at the Batman model on the window sill of the hospital ward and the nice weather outside the window, thinking how nice it would be to go for a walk.
"Joshua, I have a surprise for you today," the child's mother said.
"What is it?" Joshua was curious.
"Close your eyes, count down the seconds, and the surprise will appear."
Joshua obediently closed his eyes and began to count down. At this time, Joshua's mother exited, and Christian Bale, who had been prepared for a long time, transformed into Batman and walked into the room.
There are TV reporters filming behind him. The purpose is self-evident. This is a commercial show.
Joshua counted down tens of seconds and opened his eyes, looked at Batman standing in front of his hospital bed, and suddenly let out a wow.
"It's Batman..."
Christian Bale gave Joshua a thumbs up and said: "Joshua, you are very brave and you have done a good job. I need you to keep it like this.
Get well soon and let's go catch the bad guys together. "
I have to say that sometimes the words of a child’s favorite character or hero are ten thousand times more effective than the child’s parents.
Joshua hummed and opened his arms for a hug, and Christian Bale certainly satisfied him. Afterwards, Bell also gave Joshua the latest Batman model and Batmobile model, which made Joshua very happy.
The TV stations and news media perfectly recorded this heartwarming moment, and when the time comes the report will definitely be another heart-warming Batman story.
After the interaction with the young fans, Christian Bale and Gilbert Jr. were interviewed by the media together.
Christian Bale said: “When the crew and I had this little kid who loved Batman, I thought about coming to visit him.
Through this suit, what I want to tell Joshua is to be strong, we are always paying attention to your health. "
Gilbert Jr. said: "I once discussed with Warner Pictures how to bring Batman back to life. Later I said that Batman does not need to be reborn because he has never disappeared. I think Batman is a spirit, A spirit of kindness.
Many people may think that catching criminals and punishing evil and promoting good like Batman is something we ordinary people cannot do, but in fact this is a wrong understanding.
A good thing does not depend on how big it is, but on whether you take action. Even if you do a simple little thing well, you are also Batman. "
With that said, little Gilbert looked at Christie Bell and said: "It is impossible for Chris in reality to fight criminals like Batman.
But through such actions, he encouraged a child to bravely fight the disease. This is the spirit of Batman. "
Little Gilbert's speech received applause from the audience. These words are so in line with the values recognized by the mainstream of society. Whether it can be done or not is another matter, but when it is said, everyone says so.
Promoting good character and the so-called Batman spirit does not mean that little Gilbert will be a moral model from now on.
But saying this makes it easier to please the audience and make them have a good impression of Batman, thereby potentially entering the cinema.
In short, everything is for film promotion needs.
Later, Gilbert Jr. and Christian Bale announced that they would donate $1 million to Children's Charity Fund for the treatment of seriously ill children.
The next day, the TV station broadcast the scene of Batman visiting his young fans in the hospital, and various news media also gave positive reports, which produced good publicity benefits.
But this is just the first stop for the premiere. The premiere of "Batman Begins" was held at the Sofitel Theater in Chicago.
Before the premiere started at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, there were already a large number of fans waiting on both sides of the red carpet.
Most of these fans are fans of Little Gilbert himself, a small number are fans of the leading actors, and some are fans of the Batman IP.
Although the first Batman movie gave people a bad impression, the fact that Gilbert Jr. directed the Batman movie still gave everyone a certain degree of trust in the film.
After all, little Gilbert has never failed, and judging from the previous trailers, the quality of the film should be good.
Dante Cortez has been looking forward to the little Gilbert version of the Batman movie ever since he saw the trailer. But he didn't get tickets to the preview screening, but he got tickets to the premiere.
So he came to Chicago very early and set up a tent at the scene, just to get a good seat next to the red carpet.
He also specially brought his camera, intending to take photos and record important moments in the new Batman movie.
Early in the morning, Dante Cortez was attracted by the cool, beast-like Batmobile placed at the entrance of the Sofitel Theatre.
Stills of this car have been exposed for a long time, but when he actually saw it, Dante Cortez saw its mechanical power and tough lines, and thought that this is the car that a man should drive.
Although he couldn't get in and out with his own hands, Dante Cortez took a lot of photos of the Batmobile from various angles and planned to share them on his social account later.
After eating a burger, Dante Cortez waited at the edge of the red carpet with peace of mind, waiting for the premiere to begin.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, with the banging of the gun salute, the premiere of "Batman Begins" finally began.
First, a team of twenty-four Batman appeared on the red carpet, then stood on both sides of the red carpet, and then came the celebrity guests from all walks of life.
Dante Cortez recognized many of them himself, including former Batman George Clooney and Schwarzenegger. Logically speaking, these two people should not be here, because they are the ones who messed up Batman.
But perhaps out of the desire to see how little Gilbert resurrected Batman, the two came to take a look.
In addition, stars who are close friends with little Gilbert, George Lucas and the creators of "Star Wars Episode III" came to support him, Spielberg and Tom Hanks also came.
Tom Cruise appeared with Suri Cruise, and the father and daughter walked on the red carpet. Jerry Cruise is still too young and Nicole Kidman is taking care of him at home.
But these are not the people Dante Cortez wants to see. Finally, after the supporting guests appeared, the main creators appeared one after another.
Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman were paired together, while Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, and Liam Neeson took to the red carpet one after another.
Christian Bale and Jennifer Connelly made handsome appearances, and finally little Gilbert walked down the red carpet with the film's producer, Charles Rowan.
There were waves of cheers on the red carpet. The most important thing at Little Gilbert's movie premiere was the excitement, which was never deserted.
Perhaps because there is still nearly a week before the release date, the interaction time on the red carpet was a lot longer today. Dante Cortez fulfilled his wish and took a lot of photos.
After the interactive session on the red carpet, the fans who were not eligible for the premiere dispersed, while the rest walked into the Sofitel Grand Theater, ready to see the true face of Lushan.
(End of chapter)