Made in Hollywood

Back in the day, the marriage between Wendi Deng and Rupert Murdoch was never favored by others. Many people thought it must be a short-lived marriage, but those who knew Wendi Deng a little could easily find that the growth process of this woman was A learner's guide on how to climb physically with a man.

There are many speculations about why Rupert Murdoch married Wendi Deng, most of which are for the Chinese market.

It's a pity that Murdoch didn't know much about the Chinese media market at that time, and the Chinese media market would not treat him differently just because he had a Chinese wife.

On the other hand, Wendi Deng, this woman is very ambitious. Marrying Rupert Murdoch is far more than simply wanting to become the wife of a billionaire. It’s just that Murdoch has enough defenses against her. , Even the two children only have trust funds without any equity.

In fact, it is not difficult for anyone who has dealt with the couple to see that it was a matter of time before they parted ways.

But no one thought that things would take such a dramatic change. Wendi Deng not only gave Rupert Murdoch a cuckold, but also a former British prime minister.

The Wendi Deng Letter published by Vanity Fair was frantically forwarded by the media and the Internet.

Wendi Deng wrote several 'sick love letters' in her diary in broken English, Oh, damn, oh, damn... why do I miss Tony so much, he is so charming and well-dressed. He has a very good Body, very long legs and a great butt. Not only that, but he's tall and lanky and has great skin. I love his blue eyes and how he looks on stage...”

In addition, Vanity Fair also published several photos.

Blair and Wendi Deng are pictured feeding each other during dinner at Murdoch's California farm. The farm servants revealed that they saw Blair enter Wendi Deng's room and close the door. He spent the night in her bedroom at least three times.

This news was quickly reprinted by major websites, newspapers, radio stations and TV stations, and spread all over the world in less than half a day. The whole world is in an uproar...

Then some newspapers pointed out that the love between Wendi Deng and Murdoch was nothing more than a show, and the attack was nothing more than a public relations act of News Corporation, and the whole world was deceived by them.

If there were people who doubted whether this was slander before, but after the exposure of News Corporation's various acts full of lies, the public no longer believed in News Corporation's media.

Although the three parties involved vehemently denied it, the 'derailment door' fermented for several days. Tony Blair was forced to resign from all positions in the Labor Party, and the New York newspapers also broke the latest news. The furious Murdoch has notified his lawyer to deal with Wendi Deng's divorce as soon as possible.

Surrounded by strong external enemies, the backyard is already on fire. This is the situation of Rupert Murdoch.

Some things don't even need Duke to start. Time Warner, Viacom, Comcast and other media companies have been keeping a close eye on News Corporation. Their goal is not complicated. They will use this incident to split News Corporation. Eliminate a strong competitor.

Before leaving North America, Duke has been following the progress of this matter. Rupert Murdoch can be said to be facing the most difficult situation in the past two decades. Even if News Corporation does not split up, the next few years will not be as prosperous as the past.

While eyeing News Corp., Duke also struck a deal.

Most of Lucasfilm's premium assets such as Industrial Light \u0026 Magic and Skywalker sound effects. However, there are also tasteless departments such as Lucas Animation and Lucas Games. Under the promotion of Duke, Lucas Films has also carried out industrial optimization on the basis of maintaining stability. Lucas Animation and Lucas Games The game was sold to Summit Entertainment by Kathleen Kennedy for a package price of $95 million.

Afterwards, Tina Fey was left in North America to handle various affairs, and Duke led the crew to fly to England, where they were going to shoot the shots about Wayne Manor.

The most important scene here is a party, and at this party, Selena Kyle broke into Wayne Manor and brought the retired Bruce Wayne back into the dispute.

The filming location was in Nottingham, or Erin Lauder's cousin's old villa. Unlike the last filming, Duke paid the full rent and renovation costs this time to make the scene more suitable for filming.

This is a rather old manor, but Duke has never been interested in things like history and monuments. The shooting time in the UK is limited. In addition to a party scene, there is also a masquerade in London.

Charles Rowan and Anna Prinz, who came earlier, were basically ready, and even found enough extras. Duke took Christian Bale, Gal Gadot, Michael Caine and others to catch up. After arriving, we immediately started shooting.

This is mainly Selena Kyle and Bruce Wayne's rivalry.

There is no doubt that Gal Gadot, who is tall and leggy and a model, is more suitable for Catwoman in terms of body shape. Her biggest problem is acting skills, but Duke's requirements for acting are not high. This is just a commercial film. And it won't be as heavy as The Dark Knight.

In just two days, Duke finished filming all the scenes with Wayne Manor. When he was about to lead the crew to leave Nottingham for London, James Franco, who played John Blake, found Duke.

In the reception room of the hotel suite, Duke let James Franco sit down casually and asked directly, Come here so late, what's the matter?

Remember that comedy project I told you about?

Knowing enough about Duke's style of doing things, James Franco said directly, Seth Rogen and I have already found someone to write the script and made some rough plans...

Having said that, James Franco handed the document bag to Duke.

Taking the file bag, Duke glanced through it quickly. As James Franco said, this is a typical comedy, but the content is a little sensitive.

Like traditional North American comedies, the story is quintessentially shitty and shitty, with the male lead, an American talk show host, and his producers running their very successful celebrity gossip TV show Tonight, when they discover North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Sam Pang, was a fan of their show, so they decided to interview him and try to become an officially authorized reporter.

As they were preparing to go to North Korea, they were recruited by a CIA operative, which changed the plans for the trip to Pyongyang—the two were going to assassinate the great dictator.

According to previous thinking, this is definitely a subject that cannot be touched, but Duke looks at it from the perspective of a producer, and it is not difficult to find that this is a plan that is likely to succeed.

For the North American market, this story setting itself is extremely funny, because Jin Sanpang is more like a joke in an Internet carnival than a real political figure to the American public, although this is unlikely Becoming one of the era's most prominent political satires, it's certainly a slick, uninhibited and hilarious film adaptation.

It's true that this film, even if it was made, would be a second-rate or even a third-rate film at best, but it's sure to be a hit.

Sufficient topicality determines that this film will not lack audiences.

Of course, in Duke's view, the success of this film depends on marketing.

After thinking for a few seconds, Duke returned the file bag to James Franco and said, When you get back to North America, you can go to Warner Bros. and I'll call Doug Walter.

The projects he recommends must pass the review of the Warner Bros. Audit Committee.

Three days later, the crew began filming at the Hilton Hotel in London. Unlike the previous pre-shooting in the Los Angeles studio, ordinary digital cameras were used here.

Duke will use IMAX cameras for action scenes and exterior scenes other than large scenes, and ordinary cameras will be used for smaller scenes.

However, Duke also used IMAX cameras for the panoramic shots of the masquerade ball.

It is also a challenge for lighting engineers to shoot IMAX interior scenes like this kind of big scene. The taller pictures taken by IMAX are difficult to hide the lamps. The reason why Duke chose the Hilton Hotel in London is because of this The ceiling of the banquet hall is designed with square grooves, which can hide the lighting fixtures.

The lighting team installed 8 750-watt ellipsoid lights on the ceiling overlooking the dance floor. They were cut with fan boards, and the side-by-side beams were shaped to match the shape of the ceiling inlaid lights, creating daily lights through the reflection of the lights on the ceiling. Effect.

When filming Christian Bale and Gal Gadot dancing together, Duke was quite dissatisfied with the close-up of their eyes, so he asked the lighting team to replace the long-mouth diffuser LED to provide eye light, and at the same time use 5K tungsten Filament lamps are used to outline soft light and dark edge lighting effects, so as to make the actors' eyes brighter and more vivid.

Standing in the banquet hall, Duke reminded the lighting team loudly, If the camera passes Bell's right shoulder, you stand on his left shoulder to set the light.

During the shooting, Duke required multiple 360-degree rotation shots between Christian Bale and Gal Gadot, and also had the lighting crew controllable through the camera dolly placed above and behind the actors. Chinese lantern-style spherical lights to create a continuous soft edge light effect.

After stopping in London for less than a week, the crew rushed to India by chartered plane. Duke only filmed here for two days, and then led the crew back to North America to shoot exterior scenes in New York, Chicago and Pittsburgh. (to be continued ~^~)

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