Made in Hollywood

When contacting the Hollywood Eye, Duke will definitely not let his own people come forward. There are countless people in this world who do things for money, and in addition to Anthony Pellicano, he also has a secret relationship with Sheriff Carter of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. A former FBI agent, Edward Newgate, was hired to use a two-pronged approach to find out whether Christopher Rockencourt's old man was what he feared.

Of course, Duke did this not only because the other party found him in a grand manner, but after some thought, he saw the possible benefits from it.

To put it simply, he is not the maintainer of order in Hollywood. How can things that are not beneficial be so troublesome?

This kind of thing is not something that can be found by investigation. It takes a lot of time. After Duke asked Nancy Josephson to continue to negotiate with Christopher Rockencourt, his energy returned to the later stage of "The Two Towers". on production.

"The Two Towers" requires far more special effects than "The Fellowship of the Ring". After the computer special effects team of Weta Studio completed the special effects rendering of Treebeard, they were divided into three main working groups, and a small number of them worked. Continue the special effects of "The Return of the King" such as the Battle of Minas Tirith, some people deal with the scattered special effects shots of "The Two Towers", and the other part focus on the special effects of the Battle of Helm's Deep and the Battle of Isengard Scenes.

Duke, together with Mike Dawson, made the first cut of the film. Although the length of the film he shot was far less than that of Peter Jackson, the film used in the trilogy exceeded 2 million feet and cut the first film. The version takes about 5 hours of samples, which is also quite a tedious job.

He adheres to the same editing concept as in "The Fellowship of the Ring", and unless it is necessary, those scenery shots that are only shown for display are not required. And the first-line content of Sam and Frodo will also make some adjustments to avoid too much procrastination in the past.

The film will inevitably last more than two and a half hours or even close to three hours. How to prevent the audience from feeling the slow rhythm during such a long time is a problem that Duke has considered since "The Fellowship of the Ring".

at the same time. The North American theatrical tour of "The Fellowship of the Ring" is still going on, but after the film's four consecutive championships in the North American market, the hottest stage has clearly passed, and the cooling trend is unavoidable, and the competition for this summer season is extremely fierce. Movie after movie that Duke was familiar with kept coming out.

The following weekend saw the third installment of the most successful monster movie in North American film history, Jurassic Park. Although the audience's reputation has been bad to a certain extent, with the influence of the first two films, the film's first-week opening score of 50.77 million US dollars pushed "The Fellowship of the Ring" out of the box office champion.

The Fellowship of the Ring only took in $14.21 million over three days this weekend, plus $13.56 million over the previous four business days. It successfully pushed the North American box office past the $350 million mark to $358.37 million.

The film's overseas box office has also exceeded the 400 million US dollar mark, and the global box office is moving towards 800 million US dollars. It is inevitable to surpass Duke's highest-grossing "Independence Day".

Correspondingly. There is also a high reputation for the film, and the favorable rating of the cinema audience has been maintained at about 90%. Although the IMDB score has dropped, it is still as high as 9.3 points.

The previous series was the most successful fantasy work in the history of world cinema, and later the "The Hobbit" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Both status and word of mouth are far from comparable. Although the box office of the later films of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has reached the height of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, no one is stupid enough to take a sea popcorn series to compete with "Magic". The Ring" trilogy composition comparison.

The two sides are not on the same level at all.

The biggest problem with the previous "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was the length of time and the somewhat slow rhythm. From some plots of the film, we can also see that Peter Jackson, a die-hard book fan, was hesitant to choose.

But Duke will not hesitate, the professional reputation of film critics and consideration for the Oscars are all clouds in his eyes.

Of course, the film will definitely have an impact on Oscar. After being reminded by Sofia Coppola and his suspicions aggravated, not only did he not stop contacting Christopher Rockencourt, but instead let Nancy Josephson hang him. It is also planning for the future Oscars.

The Oscars are still far away, and what The Fellowship of the Ring has to do now is to get the most money from the market as much as possible.

The night sky in July was exceptionally bright, and the bright moonlight scattered in the suburbs of Chicago. Roger Albert sat under the corridor entwined by vines, looking at the manager opposite.

The agent took out a document from the briefcase and was about to hand it over, but was stopped by Roger Albert shaking his head.

"Just tell me." His face was not very good-looking.

Even without looking at the stats on The Fellowship of the Ring, Roger Albert knew that it must have been a disgraceful number.

Looking at Roger Albert's dark old face, the agent hesitated for a while, but he was still ready to tell the numbers. After all, the statistics of "The Fellowship of the Ring" were sent by him, Luo Jay Albert should be mentally prepared, even if he gets slapped a lot, he will get used to it.

"Just yesterday, the North American box office of The Fellowship of the Ring officially crossed the $400 million threshold, reaching $401.01 million..."

Roger Albert took a deep breath and seemed to be suppressing something, then interrupted his agent, "What about the global box office?"

"$978.52 million!" said the agent directly, "it has become Duke Rosenberg's best box office record since he was filmed."

"Around!" Roger Albert's question seemed to be squeezed from between his teeth.

"From the figures released by Warner Bros., the global sales of peripheral products are about 380 million US dollars, and the film image licensing income is about 200 million US dollars."

Suddenly, the manager heard the sound of rapid breathing on the other side, and quickly raised his head to look, only to see Roger Albert take a few deep breaths, and then took the long-cold coffee and poured half a cup of it directly into his stomach. , the gloomy color covering his face gradually dissipated.

"Roger..."

He was about to persuade a few words, but was interrupted by Roger Albert raising his hand, "I'm fine, I won't fall until I see Duke Rosenberg unlucky!"

The agent closed his mouth, Roger Albert fell into thought, and the corridor was silent.

"I have definite news, Roger."

As Roger Albert's agent, he naturally knows where the most influential film critics are today. "Warner Bros. has already started preparing to apply for an Oscar for The Fellowship of the Ring."

If it's just simple popcorn like "Independence Day", it's impossible to make a difference at the Oscars. The problem is that "The Fellowship of the Ring" is not a summer popcorn, and the original book has a wide audience. Many Hollywood movies in the past And Hollywood directors are deeply influenced by it.

Roger Albert understood what the agent meant, he shook his head slowly, "This is just the beginning of the trilogy, no matter how much work Warner Bros does, it can only win a few insignificant awards, Duke ? Rosenberg will be nominated at most, and it is impossible to win the best director statuette."

Hearing what he said, the agent couldn't help but nodded. This is a very simple reason. The trilogy was filmed and produced together. Unless the academy got water in its head, it would throw out heavyweight awards in the first episode.

"So..." Roger Albert's stern voice seemed to come from hell, "We don't need to do much about "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers", we'll save all our power for "The Return of the King"! "

He snorted coldly, "As long as I'm still alive, he won't even think about winning the best director!"

So far, Roger Albert can see clearly that Duke Rosenberg can't turn away from big productions and turn to literary films. He wants to win the best director with a commercial masterpiece? There is indeed such a possibility, but if he unites with most film critics to attack, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce his chances of winning.

Asking the butler to send the agent away, Roger Ebert called David Denby, who was influential in the New York Film Critics Association, and Todd McCarthy, a veteran in the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Although there is a more or less competitive relationship between them, they have common interests in matters related to the film critic industry.

A sniper operation was planned when "The Return of the King" was still in the production stage.

By the end of July, when the North American box office of "The Fellowship of the Ring" reached 426.11 million US dollars, the global box office officially broke the one billion dollar mark. In addition to preparing a huge celebration party, Warner Bros. once again launched the media to carry out It's hot, even if the film has subsided on a global scale, there are still profits to be harvested, and it is also preparing for next year's awards season in advance.

"The Fellowship of the Ring has surpassed one billion dollars at the global box office. Duke Rosenberg has officially entered the billion-dollar club and has become one of the only two directors in the world..."

"A film that changed the world's film history, a director who changed the world, Duke Rosenberg made The Lord of the Rings famous all over the world, and even spread to the far and remote East."

"Billions are not the end, The Fellowship of the Ring is on its way to greater heights..."

"There is a cultural craze brought on by movies called The Lord of the Rings!"

Similar news reports emerge in an endless stream in the media, whether it is the Internet or TV, whether it is newspapers or magazines, there are voices applauding Duke and the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings" everywhere.

With this fiery momentum, Duke asked Warner Bros. to release the first set of concept posters for "The Two Towers", which aroused strong reactions and expectations from fans.

However, he himself turned his attention to Christopher Lee? Rockencourt.

After more than a month of investigation and verification, former agents from the FBI and the Hollywood Eye have both obtained something that cannot be obtained through normal channels. (To be continued ~^~)