American Fame and Fortune Chapter 859

Chapter 859: Kill in three steps, lie down in ten steps

Equipment Theater, Hollywood, Los Angeles.

On the poster that occupies the entire wall of the theater, Martin holds a gun with one hand and stares coldly at the world.

Under the poster, it has become a sea of black and red.

The black ones are fans of the "John Wick" series. Nowadays, the concept of suit thugs is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. These people came to the premiere and all wore black suits and white shirts.

Red are members of the CocCola Cult, a pan-faith organization with tens of millions of members across the United States. Whenever a new film by CocCola Cult leader Martin is released, they are the largest support group.

Even if only one-fifth of the people watch the movie, it can bring in nearly 100 million US dollars in North American box office.

Martin's success is like winning major Oscar awards, not just success in movies.

　　The male members of the cast and crew who walked on the red carpet all wore black dresses without exception.

Martin even stepped onto the red carpet in a cool Jonathan style.

Chad smiled and said: "The first one was a huge success, which gave us a great surprise."

"It wasn't there yet." Chad pulled Mene over again: "At that time, we didn't really realize that the biggest driving force came from the audience. Winston, played by Mene, was very popular, and the audience's love for this series of films , our love for the character of Winston made it possible for us to continue filming.”

After taking a group photo, everyone entered the theater together.

Clara stayed with Martin all the time, and asked as he walked: "Will you come to my house tonight?"

Martin pushed Chad forward: "Our director had plans for this very early on."

No one is surprised, or even surprised. The crew, creators and media reporters present are all very aware of the ecological environment of Hollywood.

“Eternal CocCola Cult, Eternal CocCola God of War!”

　　The host asked: “At that time, you decided to make a film with Winston as the protagonist?”

"Yes, Martin and I have known each other for ten years. We were friends ten years ago. In addition, I am also Martin's first fan." Mene's words made people feel sincere: "Because of Martin, I joined this series. I dream of being able to challenge my physical limits in a new way like Martin did, and I want to recreate what Martin did.”

　　Previously, Blake Lively was being interviewed. In addition to talking about the movie "John Wick 3", he also talked about the new film with Martin, praising that the new film will be a thriller that scares everyone.

Martin, Mene and Chad came over, and the host immediately switched to this side.

The three of them were interviewed, came to the sponsor's background board, and took photos with other creative members of the crew.

Clara automatically came over and took Martin's left arm.

His words were also prepared in advance. The success of "John Wick 3" is inevitable. The most important task now is to increase the attention of the follow-up "New York Continental Hotel": "After the first part was filmed, Martin and I , Mene, Marcus and Chen Hu got together to discuss, to what extent can the world view of the film be expanded? Can we explore other character stories besides the male protagonist Jonathan? "

The host continued to ask: "Are you ready for the new film?"

After drinking the Coke, they came to the entrance of the theater. Martin met Mene and waited for a while. Director Chad came from behind and the three of them entered the media area together.

Blake Lively cursed Bichi secretly and stayed close to Martin's right side.

"Yes, I have been doing various preparations over the years." Mene told the truth: "It is a huge challenge to play this role well. Not only do I have to do a lot of action training, but I also can't transform the drama from The separation during the action is also the most difficult and rigorous preparation for all my roles. I hope I can reach half the level of Martin."

“After hearing about this movie, are you planning to expand the universe of “John Wick”?” The questions asked by the host were all communicated before: “When did these ideas first appear?”

His words are full of Martin: "I have cooperated with Martin for so many years. In every action film, more than 95% of the actions are done by Martin himself. Today, when computer CG technology is ubiquitous, actors only need to do It seems that the computer can do everything for him, but Martin still insists on doing those actions himself. Martin allows people to look at action movies in a whole new way.”

The host asked Mene again: "I understand that you are Martin's most loyal fan?"

Martin thought for a while: "When you get to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, you still have the same room as last time."

Seeing Clara nod, he asked again: "Has the filming of "Avengers 2" been completed?"

"The filming is over." Clara said simply: "Dr. Zhao's role is not that many, but he will be an important role in the new season of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", and both Marvel Studios and Disney let me continue. Play this role."

Martin said: "I've said hello to Disney Pictures. You should work hard and don't get involved in the messy things on the set."

Marvel and Disney are now having a series of conflicts with Joss Whedon, the director of the Avengers series. The two sides are involved in huge interest disputes, and the conflicts may intensify at any time.

Clara's agent is Natasha. She also heard Natasha's advice and quickly responded: “I understand.”

Blake Lively, who was originally talking to his agent at the back, quickly caught up with him, took Martin's arm and said, "Let's have a few words alone."

Clara knew her position very well and tried her best not to cause trouble to Martin. She took the initiative to let go of her hand: "I'll ask the director if I still have a role in the next play."

Blake, after all, had been dating Martin for a while and asked, "Honey, can my character be a standalone movie?"

She plays an extremely powerful female killer in this film and is also the person in charge of the Casablanca Continental Hotel. She will fight alongside Martin in the film.

Martin has considered the role of Blake. Blake is different from Halle Berry in her previous life. Although the latter is an Oscar-winning actress, at this time, except for Storm, there is no longer any role that can be played. The actual status in the industry is barely second-rate.

Her appeal is average, and several precedents have proven that she cannot sustain a movie.

If the Manhunt universe wants to expand, it is natural that Halle Berry's role will not be considered.

But Blake's situation is different. Now 27 years old, she is in the golden age of Hollywood actresses, and she also has the largest number of online fans among Hollywood actresses.

Her movies have a certain audience base. If they work well, it is not impossible to make a profit.

Blake's biggest problem is that his acting skills are quite average, but action movies don't need good acting skills, but Blake's good figure.

Young Scarlett Johansson's effect on Black Widow should be obvious to all.

Martin thought for a moment and said directly: "As long as your character in "John Wick 3" has a good response, I will consider using her to shoot a new movie alone."

Blake said: "I knew you were the best to me."

Martin was thinking as he walked, and then said: "In fact, in Hollywood nowadays, there are more and more movies with women as the absolute protagonists, and there are many action movies among them. My dear, your acting talent is mediocre, and it is difficult to achieve anything by taking the literary route. Maybe action movies The position of an actress is more suitable for you.”

Blake didn't hide it at all in front of Martin: "Awards and so on are not important. I just want to be a star, I just want to shine brightly, I just want to make a lot of money and enjoy the best life."

This side is very real, Martin said: "You will be more famous in the future."

Blake smiled happily and said: "If you break up with Elizabeth one day, can you choose me to be your real girlfriend? Don't worry, I won't care how many women you have outside, even if you want to take them with me I can play, too." Martin just replied: "It's fine now."

Blake couldn't help but sigh. He was also one of the witnesses of the Burbank Middle School incident. Why did he give up in a daze? It's true that when I was young, I didn't know the importance of money and fame. I just wanted to pursue fresh and exciting love. But when I suddenly realized that the best one had been taken away by others.

Audiences at the premiere entered one after another, guests and media reporters took their seats in the front row, and the crew and creative staff entered the screening hall at the end.

Amidst warm applause, Martin and his team arrived in the first row.

At today's premiere, Disney had several heavyweights.

Not only did Disney Pictures co-chairman Alan Horn walk the red carpet, but Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger was also present in person.

The latter shook hands with Martin tightly and said: "I read Allen's cooperation report on "Beauty and the Beast", and many of your proposals are very good."

Martin said with a smile: “Actually, we can collaborate on more live-action Disney fairy tale movies.”

Possibly because of his relationship, Alan Horn was more influenced. After the failure of the live-action fairy tale movie "Into the Woods", Disney Pictures did not touch this genre again until "Beauty and the Beast".

"Into the Forest" invested hundreds of millions in a live-action fairy tale movie that brought together many big-name stars, but it was a complete failure commercially.

Robert Egg nodded slightly, but did not respond. Instead, his eyes turned to Alan Horn.

Alan Horn then continued: "There will be an important crew meeting for "Beauty and the Beast" in the next few days. Martin, the producer and second largest investor, will also attend. We will talk in detail then."

Martin said: "Okay."

Disney Pictures' large-scale investment projects will also use external financing. Compared with ordinary investors, Davis Studios is more popular with Disney.

The biggest advantage of Robert Egger is that he allows professional people to do professional things and will not interfere casually.

Whether it is Disney Pictures or Marvel Pictures, as long as it does not touch Walt Disney's warning line, the parent company will not interfere with normal operations.

The movie screening is about to begin and everyone is taking their seats.

Black approached Martin again and asked in a low voice about his cooperation with Disney Pictures.

Martin responded casually and reminded: "Watch the movie seriously."

As the lights on the ceiling went out, the premiere screening of "John Wick 3" began.

This is a top-notch action visual feast.

Martin's outstanding skills ensure that the film is realistic and cool enough from fighting to gun battles to horse battles.

Compared with other action movies that like to use dazzling fast editing, the "John Wick" series prefers to use smooth long-range shots to give the audience a comfortable and smooth viewing experience.

Large long shots not only reflect the director's choreography skills, but also place higher demands on actors in fighting.

In the past, Hollywood action movies were very fond of using hand-held photography and ultrshort shots and quick editing to create a pseudo-presence. This shooting technique is not bad, but it is a measure forced to cover up the actor's action skills. .

In Martin, this situation does not exist, so the "John Wick" series frequently uses long lenses for shooting.

In the third film, there was even a nine-minute long one-shot action shot.

The effect far exceeds those seemingly sharp quick cuts of short shots, making the audience hooked.

These are certainly not the first in Hollywood. Strictly speaking, Chad studied Hong Kong action films.

Among Hong Kong action movie actors in the 1980s and 1990s, there were a large number of people with martial arts or juggling skills, unlike Hollywood, which relied heavily on editing.

The quality of the actors themselves determines the shooting mode of action scenes.

In addition to close combat, the gunfight scenes in the "John Wick" series are also very particular, which also relies on Martin's own gun skills.

So, in the film, Martin kills God when God blocks God, and kills Buddha when Buddha blocks Buddha.

Three steps to kill, ten steps to lie down, punches to the flesh, guns and spears to draw blood.

As for the plot, the basic logic makes sense. As long as the fights get better and better, the audience will like it.

Fans who chose this film, no one expected to see high-level things such as the meaning of life or philosophical speculation in this kind of film.

Even once these are added to the film, its reputation may collapse.

There is only one word for the feeling that "John Wick 3" brings to the audience - cool!

To deal with the enemy, you must kill them in one go!

　　Throw the flying knives with both hands and turn the killers into hedgehogs!

The sight of a dagger pricking the eye sends chills down the spine.

Reproduce the pencil killing stunt and kill three people in a row with a pencil.

Horse hoof killing is not only efficient, but also so cool that you have no friends.

Such a refreshing film, for old and American audiences, is like taking drugs and being transported to the paradise world.

When the film ended and the subtitles flashed on the screen, the audience was so excited that they couldn't contain themselves. The applause was like waves under a super hurricane, both violent and lasting!

This film may not be too memorable, but the process of watching it and the period just after watching it will make people excited. How can it be said that it is refreshing.

The crew and crew stood up amidst wild applause. Martin hugged Chad first and said, "Did you see it? They love your movie!"

Chad was very happy and excited, but his head was not dizzy and he said: "No, they love you!"

As the crew director and producer, after letting go of Martin, he hugged the other creative staff one by one and thanked everyone loudly.

Martin greeted everyone to the stage for the curtain call.

The cast and crew took three curtain calls in a row, and the applause finally subsided.

The North American screening tour of "John Wick 3" has just begun.

(End of this chapter)

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