Chapter 863 The end of the magic age
With the arrival of June and July, Australia entered winter. The crew was not affected by seasonal changes. They took turns shooting between Nicole's Golden Farm and the studios of Warner Movie World. In the middle, they also went to Newcastle, South Wales. After a brief shot, they went to the island closer to the south to shoot some winter scenes about Lordaeron.
The production cost of $150 million is obviously not enough. Walt Disney has added another $15 million in investment, and Charlize Theron's CT Nature Treasure also invested 15 million in the film, thus increasing the total production cost of the film to $180 million!
The pressure on Natalie is further increased, and if the film fails commercially, it will be a complete tragedy.
As the starring actor, Ryan's life is not easy. After Charlize's investment was in place, she also came to Australia. Anyone would feel a headache if she had any other people.
Compared to Natalie, Nicole treats Charlize quite friendly. No matter what, this is Sandy's godmother. Although the two of them have extremely serious knots, they are not as good as not talking to each other.
"Is this the heroine chosen by Director Portman?" Charlize's tone was faintly disdainful.
There is no scene with Ryan today. He wanted some masters from the crew to watch it. Charlize, who had nothing to do, also came to the studio.
"This is not a female mage at all."
According to Charlize's original idea, the character of Jaina originally belonged to her, but now he has to give up because of some annoyance. Naturally, he has a prejudice against Gale Gado. "She is wild and lacks in essence. No matter how you look at it, it is Diana Prinz, not Jaina Proudmore."
In fact, Ryan understands that what Charlize said is not without reason. After all, the image of Gale Gado Wonder Woman is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
"Dear..." Ryan turned off the player and rubbed his forehead helplessly, "This is just a vase character, and Gale has also made great efforts."
"Okay, okay."
With his hands raised, Charlize stood up and turned behind Ryan, carefully placed his hand on his forehead, and gently rubbed it, "Don't worry. I know you are very busy and tired, and will not add to your troubles. Since Miss Kidman can turn a blind eye, I can do it."
Turning his head, Ryan glanced at Charlize seriously, and a gentle smile appeared on the face of the South African Diamond, just like the past ten years.
Thinking of the troubles during this period, Ryan closed his eyes slightly and maintained his current state. He was already very satisfied. Too much extravagant desires will only break the fragile balance that has finally formed now.
The filming in Queensland has come to an end for the time being. The crew switched to Sydney and started shooting the final scenes of the first part in the studio of Fox Studios. This was definitely the darkest moment in film history. Alsace Minaihill, who had no choice, had no choice but to raise a butcher knife to the people he swore to protect. He put down his faith in the holy light and walked into the dark abyss with no way out.
The crew could not have built a Stantamø specifically for this, and the shooting is still carried out in a blue screen. The huge city will be synthesized using CGI technology.
Since arriving in Sydney, actors including Ryan have become the norm for waving weapons to fight the air every day. Occasionally, props are all disgusting and scary skeletons. The prop group has even made several realistic hatred models. Even as Natalie's request, blocking her belly that she couldn't bear to look at, it is still very scary.
Ryan's shooting times have plummeted. Now only two of the three stunt stands are left. The other person was injured when he was filming a battle scene on the farm.
These three stunt stand-in are commonly used candidates by Ryan, and the crew will not treat them unfairly. All compensations should be paid. Although Ryan and Disney are both unscrupulous capitalists, they will not lose their reputation to the point of deducting the remuneration of cast and crew.
While filming, the promotion of the film was also carried out in an orderly manner with Disney's full efforts.
At the just-concluded San Diego Comics Festival Comic Exhibition, Disney Pictures released a 30-second "artistic trailer" of the "World of Warcraft" movie, which includes real scenes cut by Natalie and computer special effects made by Industrial Light and Magic.
These scenes show the battle between humans and orcs at the beginning of the film, which is full of epic. Although such a beginning is not creative, it is the best way to attract the audience's attention.
Besides, this is just the beginning of the film's promotion.
Next, the last movie in the "Harry Potter" series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", officially landed in North American theaters in the summer. This highly anticipated masterpiece is not just an ordinary movie, but it is mixed with a new promotional clip of the movie version of "World of Warcraft".
With the huge popularity of "Harry Potter", the news that "World of Warcraft" is being filmed and about to be released soon became well-known to the world.
The Harry Potter series has temporarily come to an end. From the beginning of the two thousand years to the present, this series has accumulated huge influence and a wide range of fans, and all the accumulation has completely exploded in the last film.
Because of the filming of a new movie, Ryan did not attend the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", but he also paid enough attention to the film.
The finale mainly revolves around the ultimate battle between Harry and Voldemort. The action scenes are added in the film. There is a wonderful fight scene almost every ten minutes in the entire film. In addition, the Iron Triangle Gringott escape, the Hogwarts battle, the ultimate showdown and other big scenes are even more dazzling. It is not an exaggeration to be called the "magic war epic".
In particular, Voldemort led the Death Eaters, giant spiders, and giant monsters to launch a fierce attack on the school. Professor McGonagall and others vowed to defend the school to the death, and used the spell of "Stone Puerto" for the first time to summon the stone warriors who had been guarding the castle for hundreds of years. The scene was magnificent and shocking.
To be honest, the ending of "Harry Potter" is historic, and its ending makes many movie fans sigh because it represents an important chapter in pop culture.
According to Taylor and Gale Gado, who watched the video in Sydney, when "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" ended, many fans shed tears and a series that had accompanied them for a full decade came to an end.
Although the end of this magical journey makes people feel disappointed, it is far beyond expectations. The exquisite design of teenagers' adventure, extraordinary visual enjoyment, and the sense of plot substitution, as time settles, is destined to resonate with most viewers.
An era came to an end, and the media commemorated the end of this magical era with a high level of praise.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are fully proof that Ryan’s decision to split the last Harry Potter book into two parts is correct, and to be fair, it is an exciting, eventful final chapter that can capture and greatly please all fans of the series from scratch.”
——The Los Angeles Times
"David Yeats successfully transformed the final battle Ryan focused on into a tragic and grand picture, and the students fought against the Death Eaters who rushed to the school like a tide. This is a landmark film that resonated with everyone - everyone has a dark corner in their hearts, but the important thing is to be able to overcome it."
——The Daily Telegraph
Just like the media's reaction, the audience is also extremely high about "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is undoubtedly a super high-level work, from beginning to end."
"The ending is excellent, fully transforming Ryan's text into a wonderful picture, suitable for the ending of the entire series."
Of course, on the other hand, the film was also criticized by the audience for being crazy, that is, the image of the actors.
Except for Emma Watson, almost all the protagonists in the film are crooked. Netizens from Britain and the United States complain that Ryan, who decided to finalize the actor's candidate, had no vision, and the child stars he liked turned into crooked melons and jujubes...
However, none of these could affect the commercial performance of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". Emma Watson alone brought back the image problem of the actor.
The film earned $45.5 million in midnight show in North America, breaking the $30 million midnight box office record just set by Twilight 3: Eclipse; the opening day of the painting was $97.1 million broke the opening day record of "Avengers" $88.95 million; the opening day of the painting was $189.52 million, achieving the first week box office result second only to "Avengers".
As the finale of the series, Disney will definitely push "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" to the path of simultaneous release around the world. Relying on the huge popularity accumulated by the series, it has also ushered in a super box office explosion overseas.
In the same three days of the first week, the film won US$378.99 million in regions outside North America, and the global box office combined in the first week reached US$568.51 million!
Not only that, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" also set a new box office record for premiere day in France, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Denmark, Belgium, Finland and other countries!
The world film market in July was completely dominated by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". The popularity of this series also made several promotional clips mixed with them well known, and it has made full publicity for the release of the live-action movie "World of Warcraft" next year.
Since the live-action movie "World of Warcraft" will basically be completed in Australia from filming to post-production, Ryan spent a lot of time in Sydney or Brisbane, except for occasionally flying back to Los Angeles to handle affairs, and this situation continued until the summer in Australia.
When he really finished his filming and dubbing work in the film and returned to North America, the new awards season had already begun, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was also released from all over the world. (To be continued, please search for Piaotian, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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