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Chapter 547 I Don’t Want to Repeat Myself
Saoirse Ronan was a little nervous as it was her first press conference as she had never seen such a big event.

The little girl finally understood why her parents were so excited when they heard that she was chosen by Gilbert Jr. She knew it by looking at the camera in front of her and the media behind the camera.

Although most of the attention was not on her, this scene was enough to keep the fledgling Saoirse Ronan entertained for a while.

Of course, as the chosen leading actress, Saoirse Ronan was still taken care of by reporters.

She said excitedly: "I am very excited and happy. This is my first time starring in a movie. Thank you to director Gilbert Jr."

"Call me uncle, no, call me brother." Little Gilbert said with a smile.

"Well," Saoirse Ronan readily agreed, "Okay, I'm very grateful to Brother Gilbert Jr. I've seen his movies before, and I'm a big fan of the Lord of the Rings series.

I was somewhat surprised to be able to star in his movie this time.

I will perform well and live up to his expectations."

It would have been fine if Saoirse Ronan didn't mention "The Lord of the Rings", but as soon as she mentioned "The Lord of the Rings", reporters immediately remembered that Peter Jackson was the director of "The Hobbit".

So all kinds of questions were instantly thrown to Gilbert Jr., the most important question being why Gilbert Jr. did not serve as the director of "The Hobbit" but instead gave it to a director with not very good performance.

Gilbert Jr.'s answer to this was the same as what he gave to Warner Bros. and Disney: he believed that apart from himself, Peter Jackson was the most suitable candidate.

As for why he did not serve as the director of this work, Gilbert said: "The new "Hobbit" trilogy tells the story before "The Lord of the Rings", which is a legendary adventure of Frodo's uncle Bilbo Baggins.

We plan to tell the entire story in three parts, and I will serve as the producer and have full control over the direction of the film.”

Gilbert's subtext is to tell everyone that although Peter Jackson is the director, he is also the producer, so please rest assured.

The films he produced over the years include the "Fast and Furious" series, the "Harry Potter" series, the "Mystery of the Spell" series, and so on.

Not all of them are box office hits, but at least they are all well-received films and their quality is guaranteed.

Gilbert added: "Over the years, I've been trying new things. One of the things we always say is don't repeat yourself.

I hope I can always bring fresh feelings to fans, and this "The Last of Us" will be a brand new attempt of mine."

The topic successfully turned back to "The Last of Us" itself, and Gilbert Jr. also gave a general explanation of the specific story that the movie was going to tell.

"We all know that zombie stories are very popular and well-received. But previous zombie films have used sensory stimulation to attract audiences, which is the selling point.

I want to break out of this framework and tell a different story from a completely new perspective.

I told Tom about my idea and he was very supportive and willing to participate in the film. ”

Tom Cruise nodded and said, "Yes, I am looking forward to seeing the final version of this movie in the cinema."

After the press conference, Gilbert Jr. and his team rushed to Australia to enter the arduous preparatory stage, while Tom Cruise stayed in Los Angeles to do some training, after all, "The Last of Us" has a lot of action scenes.

Saoirse Ronan also needs to undergo some training. Not to mention performing extremely difficult moves, but at least she needs to look like a little girl who survived the apocalypse.

During the time that Gilbert Jr. was preparing for "The Last of Us", "Batman Begins" had already grossed $5 million worldwide.

By this time, the film's global box office potential has been basically exhausted, but relying on a long period of accumulation, it will not be a problem for the film to break through the global box office of $600 million.

Looking at the box office distribution, the North American box office was as high as 2 million US dollars, and the overseas box office was 8447 million US dollars, which is not a big difference. This is different from the box office structure of ordinary Hollywood movies today. Generally, the overseas box office ratio of Hollywood commercial blockbusters is much higher than that of North American box office.

The North American box office and overseas box office of "Batman Begins" are almost the same, with not much difference.

There is no need to explain the reason for this phenomenon. The Batman series of movies, like Star Wars, is essentially a more popular movie in the North American market.

During this round of overseas releases, North American media gave Batman Begins a much higher rating than overseas media.

In addition, Gilbert Jr. used a realistic approach to make the film, which meant that the film's audience was not that wide.

Overseas, Superman is much more famous than Batman. It may be because Superman is too powerful and fits the image of a superhero in people's minds.

A new Superman movie is also being planned. After Nolan made it clear that he had little interest in the Superman movie, Warner Bros. plans to look for a new director.

Nolan himself is more interested in the story of "Watchmen" and he hopes that his brother Jonathan Nolan can join in the script writing.

The Nolan brothers are currently working on the script in their garage at home, and will eventually give it to Gilbert Jr. for review to decide whether to shoot the film.

Regarding the director of the "Superman" series, Warner Bros. considered many people, but Gilbert Jr. recommended Zack Snyder to Warner.

Warner Bros. is still considering it, mainly because Zack Snyder is currently filming 300. Warner Bros. wants to see the performance of this movie before deciding whether to adopt Gilbert Jr.'s suggestion.

Another movie related to Gilbert Jr. is "The Spellbound 7," which will be released on July 15th.

This fantasy adventure film series with a strong Chinese culture has made Jackie Chan a top Hollywood star.

This year, the "Mystery of the Talisman" series also came to an end.

The reason for the ending is very simple. Cheng Long is getting older and his focus has returned to the Chinese film industry. He feels a little unmoved. In addition, the story of the film seems to be a little untold, so it is wise to end it with the third part.

After the accumulation of the first two films, the series has also accumulated a lot of fans, and the film held a grand premiere at the China National Theater.

Starring actors of the series including Cheng Long, Shu Chang, Bingbing Li, Meng Da Wu, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Owen and others were all present.

In the movie, Jackie Chan continues to contribute his famous scenes of buildings collapsing wherever he goes. This time, Jackie Chan is going to the underground palace of Qin Shi Huang.

The screenwriter of "The Myth" is going to curse, I also went to Qin Shihuang's underground palace, why did you come here too?
Although both films go to underground palaces, the production standards of the two films are completely different. This fantasy adventure blockbuster, which cost 1.8 million US dollars, has a feast for the eyes with its special effects.

Various action scenes that combine real shots with special effects, as well as some of Cheng Long's unique comedy style are all very appropriate.

As it was the final work in the series, the film earned 7322.6 million US dollars in its first week of release, winning the weekly box office championship that week.

It continued to earn $3986.8 million the following week, pushing the film's North American box office to $1 million.

In the first week of its large-scale overseas release, the film grossed 1 million US dollars in overseas markets, especially creating surprises in the East Asian market.

Before Gilbert Jr. went to Australia, "The Spellbound 3" had already grossed $1.87 million in North America and $4.26 million worldwide.

It is a foregone conclusion that the film will make a profit at the box office.

(End of this chapter)