hollywood melon man

Chapter 709: My Own Biopic
"These reporters are really interesting. They actually asked my dad what he thought about The Dark Knight surpassing The Godfather. Humph!"

It just so happened that "The Dark Knight" was being promoted in Atlanta, and Sofia was filming there, so she came to support the event and get together with little Gilbert.

"Really? What did Uncle Coppola say?" Little Gilbert asked with interest.

Sophia pouted and said, "Dad ignored them. He felt bored."

"Hahaha, that's true when I think about it." Little Gilbert laughed, "I'll go fishing with him when I have time. Even though it wasn't my instruction, it's still related to me."

"No need," Sophia waved her hand, "Dad won't care about these things, but I would like to ask you for a favor."

"What do you mean? Are you short of investment? Or do you want me to convince an actor to star in your movie?"

"That's not the case," Sofia said with a smile, "I was just saying that you should let me direct your future biopics. I'll rely on this to win an Oscar."

Little Gilbert held his forehead with his hand: "Oh my God, Sophia, I'm not old enough to retire yet."

Sophia chuckled and said, “That’s true, but I think your current experience is legendary enough to be made into a documentary.

I want to take pictures of all your girlfriends, especially Scarlett, the petty one."

"What are you talking about?" Jennifer Connelly just came in from outside.

Gilbert Jr. explained with a smile: "Sophia is going to make a biopic of me."

"Really?" Jennifer Connelly's eyes lit up, and she quickly pulled Sophia's arm and said, "Then I want to participate. I want to play Sally."

Little Gilbert asked curiously: "Shouldn't you play yourself? Why play Sally?"

Jennifer Connelly said, "It's boring to play myself. I want to play Sally."

"Okay, okay," Sophia winked. "You all should appear on camera then. I won't let you off."

This is just a joke between friends. Of course, if a biopic of Gilbert Jr. is really going to be made in the future, Gilbert Jr. thinks that Sofia should be the one to produce it.

The two have a friendship of over a decade, and Sofia knows herself well enough to probably make a good biopic.

Nolan seems to be interested in biopics, and he particularly wants to make a biopic about Napoleon. But unfortunately, the Ponzi scheme of the Napoleon movie was released not long ago.

Hollywood hates to hear the name of this little French man right now, so Nolan won’t get a chance.

Little Gilbert also felt that filming Napoleon was not a good choice. These three words were like a curse, and bad luck would come to him if he was involved in them.

He suggested to Nolan that he should pay attention to Oppenheimer and recommended him to read the biography of Oppenheimer.

However, Nolan is currently busy with "District 9" and has no time to make any biopics for the time being.

After winning the North American weekly box office championship with $1 million and the global weekly box office championship with $8211 million, the box office of "The Dark Knight" began to decline on weekdays.

From Monday to Thursday, the film only earned 3947 million US dollars in North American theaters, which is a pretty good result.

The premise of the first-week box office explosion is that the publicity work was done well, and a large number of fans went to the cinema. However, the heavy viewing experience of "The Dark Knight" is destined to fail to attract fans to watch it repeatedly.

So Gilbert Jr. had anticipated such a sharp decline in weekday box office.

During the last stop in New York, Gilbert Jr. also visited the headquarters of Marvel Comics. Marvel has now shifted its focus to film production, and comics have become an accessory to serve the movies.

After seeing the success of The Dark Knight, Stan Lee couldn't help but suggest that Marvel Studios move closer to the style of The Dark Knight. He said: "I think that in the future, dark-style movies with heavy themes will be popular in Hollywood. In order to adapt to the needs of the future film market, Marvel movies need to make changes."

Marvel executives did not blindly follow the lead, but consulted experts.

In terms of movies, who dares to say that he is as professional as Little Gilbert? So all the executives turned their attention to Little Gilbert.

Gilbert Jr. first expressed his affirmation of Stan Lee's idea: "The success of The Dark Knight is related to its production style, that's for sure.

But we should pay attention to one thing, that is, when fans watch "The Dark Knight", they usually feel tired. This is caused by the pressure of the movie itself and is inevitable.

I think summer audiences would still prefer to see a refreshing popcorn movie rather than endure mental torture.

If the theaters were filled with movies similar to The Dark Knight, I dare say that The Dark Knight would never have achieved such unprecedented success.

I think Marvel should still maintain its relaxed approach. Iron Man has already proved that Marvel's approach is correct, so there is no need to worry."

Later, Gilbert Jr. also promised that he would direct "Avengers 1" to escort the most important work of the Marvel Universe.

Many Hollywood companies now attribute the success of The Dark Knight to its style, which completely ignores the essence of filmmaking.

The real reason why "The Dark Knight" is so popular is multifaceted. The style is only one aspect. There is also the excellent viewing experience brought by the excellent production, the excellent performance of the actors, and the wonderful story.

The film is also not lacking in small bits of humor, with Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman acting as the film's atmosphere adjusters and designing a large number of amusing lines and dialogues.

Those who blindly think that "The Dark Knight" is completely heavy, depressing and dark are either casual viewers or they did not understand it.

The following weekend, The Dark Knight still had no rivals and continued to top the North American and global box office. The North American box office reached $2 million, becoming the fastest movie to break $8011 million.

The global box office also accumulated very quickly, reaching 5 million US dollars, becoming the fastest box office in the world to break 3236 million US dollars.

Many media even boldly predicted that "The Dark Knight" would break the box office of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and even surpass the box office record of "Titanic".

But Gilbert Jr. said it was impossible: "Because The Dark Knight is not a movie that people can watch over and over again. In fact, after you watch it once, even if you think the movie is good, you won't want to go to the cinema to watch it.

This is different from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Titanic, which were both huge hits because fans watched them over and over again.”

When "Titanic" set the box office record, those girls made an indispensable contribution. It was they who went into the cinema again and again and shed tears.

I even brought my besties, boyfriends, husbands, lovers, ex-husbands, and friends from sports meets to watch the movie, which is how it accumulated such high box office.

More importantly, compared to "The Dark Knight", "Titanic" has a wider audience and a larger market.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King earned $3 billion at the box office thanks to its extremely high quality and the power of the series, which made fans of the books and movies of The Lord of the Rings watch it repeatedly.

Although it still did not surpass "Titanic", it is still the second highest single-film box office in the world.

But in terms of commercial influence, ten "Titanic" movies combined are not as good as one "Lord of the Rings" series.

So someone asked: "Which movie can break the record of "Titanic"?"

Gilbert Jr. replied, "Yes, next year."

(End of this chapter)