Chapter 355 "The Mystery of the Spell" and "The Uncharted Sea"
The promotion of "The Return of the King" has reached the end of April, and the production of "The Mystery of the Spell" is about to be completed.
Little Gilbert came to the set again and visited the cast of "The Adventures of Cheng Long: The Mystery of the Spell".
Although the filming encountered many difficulties, the crew overcame them.
Nolan shot the scene very carefully, and it took nearly four months to shoot.
Including preparations, this project has been going on for more than half a year and is now about to enter the post-production stage.
"The promotion of "The Return of the King" is very lively. My wife and my daughter both want to go to the cinema to watch this movie."
Nolan took little Gilbert around the set and said this to little Gilbert.
"Okay," little Gilbert said with a smile, "There will be a premiere of the film, so you can come and attend it together."
"Okay," Nolan didn't refuse.
This was the planned plan.
Nolan will bring the creators of "Spell" to the premiere of "The Return of the King", and the two movies will be linked up.
Little Gilbert said hello to Dwayne Johnson, and continued to talk to Nolan: ""Insomnia" performed well, and the investors are very satisfied with you.
This has also secured a lot of resources for "The Mystery of the Spell", and considerable publicity resources will be invested in the film.
Now I want to ask about the post-production progress. Will it be able to catch up with this year's summer release? "
Nolan recalled the work progress and nodded: "Don't worry, May will be too late, but the schedule at the end of July and early August is still fine."
Little Gilbert thought about the release dates of this year's movies: ""The Return of the King" will be in early May, and George's "Star Wars: The Prequels" will be at the end of May.
Sony's "Spider-Man" in late June.
"The Matrix: Revolutions" is available at the beginning of July and the end of July. "
"Aren't other films considered?" Nolan asked.
"These are the only competitive films. The remaining films, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, are on the Halloween schedule and do not conflict with each other," said Little Gilbert.
Although "Mystery of the Spell" has a strong investment, it is, after all, a mainstream commercial film starring Chinese movie stars, so it must try to avoid collision with competitors.
Since "Insomnia" was released in March, the cumulative box office in North America has reached 74.55 million U.S. dollars. Including overseas box office, the film's box office has reached 139 million.
For a new director, this is a pretty good result.
Nolan currently only has two feature films, "Memento" and "Insomnia".
If Gilbert Jr. hadn't urged him to become the director of "The Spell", I'm afraid Nolan would still be a long way from directing an A-level commercial film.
After chatting with Nolan, little Gilbert chatted with Cheng Long again.
"How did you feel about filming "The Spell" this time?" Little Gilbert asked.
Cheng Long raised his eyebrows and looked very excited:
"This is actually similar to the theme of my "Eagle Project", but the scenes in this film are more grand and there are many incredible and magical scenes."
"What about working with director Nolan?"
"It's great. He's just such a talented director. He and I have so many ideas, and we realize those crazy ideas together."
Cheng Long's eyebrows were beaming.
Indeed, Nolan is a live-action director.
This is not to say that he does not use special effects, but in many scenes, real-life shooting will have better effects and sometimes save money.
For such a real-life shooting, it must be ensured that the lead actor in the film can also accept it.
Especially in "The Mystery of the Talisman", Cheng Long had to fly over the walls.
If the actor himself is not good, how to actually shoot is a big problem.
But fortunately, in the field of real-life action movies, if Cheng Long dares to claim second place, no one dares to claim first place.
Stallone and Schwarzenegger are both convinced by this.
Even Tom Cruise, who is preparing for "Mission: Impossible 3", told Gilbert Jr. that he drew on Cheng Long's live-action style to a certain extent in his action movies. At the end of April, "Mystery of the Spell" was officially announced to be finished. Nolan didn't even attend the wrapping party and immediately went into heavy post-production.
When he was first filming "Mystery of the Spell", little Gilbert hand-drawn a lot of sketches for Nolan, many of which were famous scenes from the game "Uncharted" series.
Of course, the game "Uncharted" hasn't come out yet these days.
As for another adventure game, "Tomb Raider," the early works were not up to movie-level performance.
When little Gilbert originally drew these sketches for Nolan, he asked Nolan to use them rationally.
When Nolan saw these fantastic scene designs, he even joked with Gilbert: "Why don't you be the scene designer of the crew? Your scene design is great."
Little Gilbert was speechless: "The crew has such a high budget to hire me?"
"This is your project. If you suffer a little injustice, your salary will be reduced." Nolan joked.
Although it was a joke, Nolan reasonably used these scene designs in "Mystery of the Spell".
Little Gilbert has seen a few clips and performed quite well.
According to Nolan's idea, these scenes will not be released all at once.
If there is a sequel, these ideas should be added in the subsequent sequel production.
After the filming, Bingbing Li and Shu Chang did not go back, but stayed in North America temporarily, waiting to attend the premiere of "The Return of the King".
This experience is very special for Bingbingli and Shuchang.
It was my first time to participate in the filming of a major Hollywood production, and the experience was completely different from the filming of domestic film and television dramas.
Bingbing Li was okay, Shu Chang's young mind was greatly shocked.
However, she still didn't understand what all this meant.
She is the leading female lead, and if the film is successful, it will definitely become a series.
The success of the series, even if it is only half as successful as the "Lord of the Rings" series, is enough to become a legendary Chinese actress.
After the filming of "Mystery of the Spell" ended, Gilbert Jr. asked Nolan to edit a trailer to whet the appetite of movie fans.
"The Mystery of the Spell" is not the same as the "Lord of the Rings" movies, although it borrows a lot from treasure hunt movies.
But the story is original and has no basis in the original work.
Therefore, the film cannot be successful without a lot of promotion.
If the film achieves a certain level of success, related IP development work can begin.
For example, based on "Uncharted", "The Adventures of Cheng Long" was made into a game.
There are also animations, TV series, etc. There are many ways to make money.
However, business promotion is not all smooth sailing. Little Gilbert wants to promote Cheng Long, Shu Chang, and Bing Bingli. Those opponents will not make it so easy for little Gilbert.
Putting aside the movie "Mystery of the Spell" for now, the most important thing now is still the movie "The Return of the King".
What is different from before is that there was no preview screening of "The Return of the King" this time, so theaters, senior movie fans, and film critics did not have the opportunity to see the movie for the first time.
But on the day of the premiere, there will be 2,200 advance screenings, which will be held simultaneously with the premiere.
"The Return of the King" will also open in 4,350 theaters, breaking the North American record, which is quite shocking.
Disney and Warner Pictures are all busy, and this summer is destined to be very lively.
But before the premiere, there was bad news: Orlando Bloom was in a car accident.
To be precise, he was hit on purpose.
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(End of this chapter)