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When Rachel McAdams joined the cast, Gilbert announced that all the actors had been selected and announced the roles they would play.

The crew then entered into early preparations, maintained silence on the news, and no longer revealed any new information to the outside world.

The media and netizens were confused. Wasn't Heath Ledger supposed to return? Who was the villain? Catwoman played by Anne Hathaway? Or Miranda Tate played by Rachel McAdams?

It doesn’t look like it, or maybe there are actors who haven’t been announced yet.

There are many different opinions, and some people speculate that there was a conflict between Gilbert Jr. and Warner executives. Gilbert Jr. wanted the Joker to return, but Warner wanted a new villain.

Needless to say, this was another act of mystery by Gilbert Jr. After communicating with Dwayne Johnson, he deleted him from the published list of actors.

The purpose is to increase the sense of mystery, allowing the audience to guess the villain and have the fun of participating in the film.

Gilbert Jr. said to Dwayne Johnson: "Look, the audience originally guessed that the villain was this person, but the one who came out in our movie is someone else. Isn't it cool?"

Dwayne Johnson thought his muscles were not as cool as his own, but he still agreed: "OK, let's do it."

So after communicating with the actors, Gilbert Jr. concealed the news that Dwayne Johnson was also involved in the film to maintain the mystery.

Dwayne Johnson has gained a certain degree of popularity after participating in "Edgewalker" and "Fast & Furious" series.

If the oppressive Dwayne Johnson appears on the big screen, it will surely bring great surprises or shocks to everyone.

In fact, no matter what, the villain Bane played by Dwayne Johnson cannot surpass the Joker. The Joker's setting and the actor's performance add too many points.

Unless Gilbert Jr. lets Dwayne Johnson die after filming, but it's unrealistic to let an actor die for a movie, and Gilbert Jr. is not that crazy.

In this film, The Dark Knight Rises tells the story eight years after the battle with the Joker. Batman has gone from being a beloved hero to the murderer of Harvey Dent, a discarded existence.

During these eight years, Gotham achieved a brief period of order and peace thanks to the lies woven by Batman and Sheriff Gordon and the new laws implemented.

But since it is a lie, it will be exposed one day, so Bane appeared. With his unmatched and terrifying force, he directly exposed the lie and returned Gotham to a state of chaos and disorder.

Bruce Wayne, who plays Batman, has completely lost himself during these eight years. He doesn't know what face to show to others and hides in Wayne Manor, barely surviving.

The appearance of Bane means that Gotham needs Batman again, so he comes out again.

But this time the enemy is not the Joker, but Bane, who is stronger than him. How Bruce Wayne, who returns eight years later, can defeat Bane has become the focus of this game.

After the main actors who had action scenes joined the crew, they immediately received training from action director Luca Farias.

Although many difficult action scenes were performed by stunt doubles, Gilbert Jr. hoped that the actors still had some action basics.

As for the shooting method, Gilbert Jr. insisted on using real shots, miniature models and a small amount of special effects.

Anne Hathaway complained that Gilbert was a real-life shooting fanatic, and Gilbert said: "The texture of real-life shooting cannot be replaced by special effects nowadays.

More importantly, it costs a lot of money to make special effects, and it looks difficult to shoot them, but it saves money.”

This is true. For a special effects blockbuster like "The Avengers", Gilbert Jr. specially shot a large number of shots and used special effects to achieve good results.

If it were all made with special effects, the picture would look a bit distorted.

Even in 2025, the production of special effects shots will still not be enough to replace real shots. If a lot of money is not spent on special effects, experienced audiences can see these low-quality special effects shots at a glance. To put it bluntly, special effects are just a waste of money, and the amount of money spent can achieve the desired effect.

When filming "The Avengers", Gilbert Jr. used a digital camera to shoot so that it could be better integrated with special effects lenses.

But in "The Dark Knight Rises", Gilbert Jr. returned to film again, and used an IMAX 70mm film camera to shoot.

Generally, cameras are divided into two formats: 35mm and 70mm. Most movies use the 35mm format, which is also the suitable format for mainstream theater screens.

But with the rapid expansion of IMAX screens, the big screen can accommodate more content, and this is when the 70mm format can come into play.

But the problem is that the 70mm format is expensive. Even if Gilbert Jr. uses it, he can only use this format to shoot some specific scenes to save costs.

After all, he and Warner have broken up. If he spends too much, Warner will inevitably intervene.

In order to save the troubles encountered when filming, and solve the problems of not knowing how to shoot and how to arrange the scenes, Gilbert Jr. came up with a solution, which was not his original idea, but could be used, that is, pre-shooting.

Gilbert Jr., together with visual effects supervisor Pete Beru, found a dozen motion capture actors and conducted pre-shooting in the motion capture studio.

At this time in the game production industry, it has become very popular to use motion capture to create characters and plots for games.

For example, this year Kevin Spacey participated in the motion capture shooting of "Call of Duty 11: Advanced Warfare", and he admitted that it was very enjoyable and novel.

The game "The Last of Us", developed by Fry Knight Game Studio under Banana Company and adapted from Gilbert Jr.'s film "The Last of Us", also uses motion capture throughout the process.

It is worth mentioning that the actor who played Joel in the game version was Tom Cruise, but Saoirse Ronan had grown up a lot, so another child actor was found.

The game is currently under development and is expected to be released in 2013.

Because of Tom Cruise's participation and the fact that it is adapted from the Little Gilbert movie, this game is also highly anticipated.

Of course, there are more than just this one. The Lord of the Rings series, the Uncharted replacement The Mystery of the Talisman series, and the Harry Potter series all have plans to be developed into games.

But because of the breakup with Warner, these projects were put on hold.

But later, Gilbert Jr. made an agreement with Warner to take back the copyright and projects and develop these games together with Disney.

The process of adapting the game into a movie and then adapting the movie into a game is still magical.

Pre-shooting is equivalent to a visual script, and the director's own shot-by-shot script is more convenient. With pre-shooting, the speed of scene arrangement and prop production is greatly accelerated.

But the first thing to do was to compose the music.

Hans Zimmer once again collaborates with Gilbert Jr. The two have worked together many times and have a tacit understanding with each other.

Because the film contains themes of sacrifice and dedication, Hans Zimmer chose orchestral music, electronic music, and some vocal singing that are more in line with the epic temperament of the film.

For the villain Bane, he chose to combine percussion with shouting sounds, and for Catwoman, he chose to use a dark piano melody and some mixed electronic sounds.

In the scene where Batman is climbing up from the Deep Shaft prison, he added a chanting element.

Before the filming started, most of the music had already been created. (End of this chapter)