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Chapter 700: Shocking Appearance
"I'm Lisa, reporting from the Kodak Theater in Chicago.

Just now, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine, two leading actors of The Dark Knight, walked behind me on the red carpet.

Oh, and Nicolas Cage shows up, too, having starred in National Treasure 2 and I Am Legend last summer, both of which did pretty well.

This time he joins The Dark Knight, playing the two-faced Harvey Dent, and I am looking forward to his performance..."

After Nicolas Cage appeared, Heath Ledger and his girlfriend Michelle Williams walked on the red carpet.

Reporter Lisa also did not forget to report on Heath Ledger's experience: "It is said that after playing the Joker, Heath Ledger was unable to come out for a while and had to receive treatment from a psychiatrist.

But he seems to be recovering well and in good spirits, so he should have recovered."

Heath Ledger and his girlfriend Michelle Williams walked to the end of the red carpet, and under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of fans in the audience and countless viewers in front of the TV, he took out the ring he had prepared long ago and proposed to Michelle Williams.

This was planned long ago and was part of the publicity plan. Of course, it was also true that Heath Ledger proposed to Michelle Williams.

By the time "The Dark Knight" was released, Heath Ledger could be said to have truly come back to life.

As for what will happen in the future, no one can tell. But Gilbert Jr. feels that it is a happy thing that at least one of his more admired actors stays.

Heath Ledger is a pure actor. In the highly commercialized Hollywood, such pure actors are rare nowadays.

After receiving blessings from the audience, Heath Ledger put the ring on Michelle Williams' finger and proposed successfully.

The audience at the scene also applauded and cheered, witnessing the proposal process.

Michelle Williams also played a role in "The Dark Knight". Although her role was not large, she was also a member of the crew.

Gilbert Jr. and Jennifer Connelly were the second to last members of the main cast to appear in the film, and fans were extremely excited to see their adored and respected director walk onto the red carpet.

On the red carpet, Gilbert Jr. also shared with fans his feelings about returning to the summer season after a year.

"As everyone knows, I produced a TV series last year. Have you all seen it?"

“I’ve seen it…”

The answers were quite consistent, with some fans even saying they had watched the movie two or three times.

Gilbert was very satisfied: "Very good, very energetic. This time I return to the summer season to bring you The Dark Knight.

When Rene asked me how we could make a superhero movie that the audience would like, my answer was to make this movie a classic. "

Gilbert Jr.'s words are quite crazy. No one expects a superhero movie to become a classic. But the classic depends on the context. If it is a classic in a superhero movie, it is not a big problem.

But if it is a classic in film history, this argument is a bit problematic. To reach the level of a classic, it must have a score of at least 8.5, which may not be enough.

So far, there are many superhero movies with a score of over 8.5 on IMDB, but only one has reached 1989 or above, which is the 8.6 Tim Burton version of "Batman", with a score of .

The second place is still "Batman", but this time it is "Batman Begins" directed by Gilbert Jr., with a score of 8.3. The others are the first "Superman" movie, Sony Columbia's "Spider-Man 1", and th Century Fox's "X-Men: First Class".

The remaining superhero films all scored less than eight points. At best, they were just qualified commercial films and could never become classics.

Because superhero movies are essentially based on a story template, it is not easy to make a breakthrough. Over the years, the visual effects have improved a lot, but the audience has seen enough of this story template.

Unless changes can be made, there are two directions. One is Marvel's movie universe plan, which is to make it a serialized drama. The other is to make a bold innovation in the theme and story core like "The Dark Knight".

Gilbert Jr. is confident that the performance of "The Dark Knight" will not be worse than its predecessor, although Heath Ledger's appearance did not add any value to the film.

But this is a fully enhanced version of "The Dark Knight", with grand scenes and magnificent momentum, the action scenes are smoother and more exciting, and the camera scheduling is also very superb.

Gilbert Jr. believes that the audience will definitely like this version of "The Dark Knight".

After Gilbert Jr. and Jennifer Connelly appeared, it was the movie's leading man, Christian Bale, who played Batman Bruce Wayne, who appeared.

Before his appearance, 24 models of similar size to him rushed onto the red carpet in Batman costumes. At the same time, the stuntman who doubled him in the movie drove the Batmobile onto the red carpet, attracting the attention of all the audience.

At this moment, Christian Bale descended from the sky, took off his bat helmet, smiled and greeted the audience.

This unique way of appearance undoubtedly completely ignited the atmosphere on the scene. Fans looked at Bruce Wayne's name and cheered for the appearance of Batman, one of the most popular superheroes in the United States.

To be honest, Christian Bale's Batman is different from the original comic book image. But after the foreshadowing of the previous film "Begins", his version of Batman has been recognized by movie fans.

However, Christian Bale felt that this was not enough, he wanted people to think of his version of Batman when they mentioned it. Gilbert Jr. also said that his version of Batman would be deeply rooted in people's hearts.

After the main guests appeared, it was time for the supporting guests. James Cameron, who is busy with the post-production of "Avatar", came to support the event and also revealed the release date of the new film.

"In fact, I still need to discuss this with Gilbert Jr., who is also the producer of Avatar, but it is scheduled to be released in 2009."

There is no need to say much about the relationship between James Cameron and Gilbert Jr. There has been a rumor circulating on the Internet that the director of "Titanic" was almost replaced by Gilbert Jr.

If it weren't for little Gilbert's support, the truck driver would have jumped off the building.

There is also a rumor that the original male lead of Titanic was Gilbert Jr., but Gilbert Jr. was not available, so his good brother Leo was recommended.

Leo naturally also came to show his support. There is a saying that describes the friendship between Leo and Gilbert: If Leo hadn't blocked the knife for Gilbert, Gilbert would have been stamped by Madonna.

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman came with their grown-up Suri Cruise to show their support. Nicole Kidman has recently been preparing to return to "The Hobbit", while Tom Cruise is little Gilbert's old friend.

George Lucas also came. Regarding the acquisition of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic, there was basically no suspense after Gilbert Jr. said he would take over the "Star Wars" series.

However, Gilbert Jr.'s condition for taking over "Star Wars" is to re-plan and retell the entire "Star Wars". In addition to retaining the classic elements in it, the entire story system will be overturned and re-written.

George Lucas also agreed with this and invited Gilbert Jr. to take over "Star Wars" because he saw his ability to bring changes to the film.

(End of this chapter)