Chapter 391: Look forward to it! "The Hulk" is coming!

While Zhou Shaoming was still drunk, he hit the car thief. At this time, the police car in hot pursuit came and stopped in front of Zhou Shaoming.

Zhou Shaoming was dazzled by the car lights. When two policemen got out of the car and saw that Zhou Shaoming had pushed the car thief to the ground, the vigilant policemen relaxed their guard.

And these two policemen happened to be the same two policemen that Zhou Shaoming met last time when he was speeding and running through a red light in order to rescue a poisoned actor on the set.

The two policemen looked at each other: "Oh my God, it's you again, Director Smith Zhou?!"

Facing the dazzling car lights, Zhou Shaoming's drunkenness dissipated and he clearly realized that something was wrong. When he saw the subdued car thief under his knees, even Zhou Shaoming was startled and couldn't help but stand up quickly.

Two policemen walked up to Zhou Shaoming and asked him: "Smith Zhou, why are you speeding again this time?"

When they walked up to Zhou Shaoming and smelled a strong smell of alcohol on his body, a policeman shouted: "No, my Mr. Smith Zhou, you are driving drunk!"

Zhou Shaoming couldn't help but feel ashamed when he heard what the two policemen said.

Scarlett Johansson hurriedly came to the police and said: "This man stole my car, and that's why Zhou drove so crazily to chase him."

The two policemen nodded and finally understood. They quickly caught the car thief who had no way to escape, and then said to Zhou Shaoming: "Mr. Smith Zhou, no matter what the reason, you cannot drive drunk. I think you must follow

I'll go back to the police station and my driver's license will be revoked."

Zhou Shaoming finally came to his senses completely. Thinking about drunk driving, he shuddered all over. He cooperated with the police and said, "No problem."

Zhou Shaoming was arrested by the police and stayed in the detention center for a whole night before being released the next morning.

After leaving the police station, Zhou Shaoming took a deep breath. When he thought of what happened last night, he felt very strange. While he kept filming other people's fierce fighting scenes, it turned out that his own heart was also deeply affected, and a drama was staged in reality.

Thrilling scenes of catching a thief.

But Zhou Shaoming doesn't want to do it again, because after all, drunk driving is a very dangerous thing. It's scary to think about it.

When Zhou Shaoming left the police station, a large number of reporters had been waiting here for a long time.

Zhou Shaoming was not surprised to see these reporters, because when he was imprisoned in the detention center, Zhou Shaoming knew that when he was released, he would definitely be harassed by his reporter friends.

Zhou Shaoming was already prepared, but when Luo Ken and others came out to protect Zhou Shaoming, Zhou Shaoming's eyes lit up, and a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

Tesla—Ben? Zhou Shaoming couldn’t help shouting.

Ben dressed up in a suit and came to Zhou Shaoming: "Zhou, you seem to be having a hard time lately. Why do I always see reports saying that you have to report to the police station at every turn?"

Zhou Shaoming felt ashamed and said: "I did something wrong, of course I have to be punished."

Tesla smiled evilly and said, "Do you miss me?" Ben couldn't help but hugged Zhou Shaoming.

Zhou Shaoming saw Ben's cheerful expression and said, "It seems you have brought me good news."

Tesla Ben and Zhou Shaoming walked to the car parked on the roadside and said as they walked: "Yes, my "Hulk" has been completely completed. I'm just waiting for you to tell me to choose a time period to release it."

Ben couldn't hide his joy as he said this. This is the first movie adapted from a series of superhero comics after Supernova Entertainment acquired Marvel.

When Ben received instructions from Zhou Shaoming to film "The Incredible Hulk", he couldn't help but feel a little worried, fearing that he would disappoint Zhou Shaoming.

However, he was more happy, especially at this moment, that he could finally hand in a satisfactory answer sheet to Zhou Shaoming, but whether the answer sheet was qualified or not had to wait for the audience to give the results.

I was a little excited because I didn't know when Zhou Shaoming planned to arrange for the movie "The Incredible Hulk" to be released.

Zhou Shaoming stopped and thought for a moment, then said to Tesla: "Let it be released on August 1st."

Tesla was stunned for a moment and said, "Is it true Zhou?"

Zhou Shaoming nodded and said: "In August, there are no blockbusters released in North America. We have no strong competitors. In addition, the film "The Fuse" has also been filmed and is in post-production, so my idea is August.

On the 1st, "The Incredible Hulk" starts to be released, what do you think?",

Ben was a little excited, but at the same time he was caught off guard and said: "The time is too tight, I think I am very busy." Although Ben complained that the time Zhou Shaoming gave him was too hasty, he was very excited in his heart.

After all, he shot the movie himself, so of course he wanted to know early what the audience thought of the movie "The Incredible Hulk."

Zhou Shaoming smiled confidently and said: "I believe in you, "The Hulk" will definitely have good results."

Tesla-Ben took a deep breath: "I hope God will bless me."

As Zhou Shaoming was talking to Ben, reporters around him kept taking photos of the two of them.

Seeing the reporter who was still overly enthusiastic, Zhou Shaoming turned to his reporter friend and asked, "I don't know, what questions do you want to ask this time? I don't have much time."

Zhou Shaoming was obviously not affected by being imprisoned in the police station. He was even in a particularly happy mood and joked to the reporters around him.

A reporter stood in front of Zhou Shaoming and was stopped by Luo Ken and other bodyguards. The reporter asked Zhou Shaoming: "Excuse me, Mr. Smith Zhou, I heard last night that you staged a stunt to recover Scarlett Johansson's stolen car.

It was a thrilling scene, how did you do it at that time? Why did it suddenly break out last night and one person was able to subdue the car thief? What was the reason? Is it because you were drunk?"

Zhou Shaoming said sincerely in front of the reporter who asked the question: "I want to deeply apologize for the drunk driving incident. As a director with a public image, I want to say here that I am sorry. Of course. I accept it.

The penalty was that my driver's license was revoked and I was detained at the police station for one night."

When Zhou Shaoming said these words, the reporters in the audience were silent, because no one had ever thought that Zhou Shaoming would admit his mistake. In the impression, Zhou Shaoming has always been arrogant, but also helpless.

Zhou Shaoming added: "Of course, I think this is not enough. I think in the future, when I can have a driver's license to drive again, I will definitely warn myself. Once I drink, I will never drive again, no matter what the situation."

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Zhou Shaoming smiled and continued: "Of course, the reason why I was able to stage a scene of subduing a car thief last night was all because of the movie "The Fuse" that I just finished filming. The fighting scenes in it were deeply touching.

It shocked my heart, and made me involuntarily bring myself into the movie. I just wanted to apply some of the tricks in the movie to reality. I didn't expect that I could subdue the car thief. Now that I think about it, it feels a bit incredible.

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Zhou Shaoming couldn't help but smile calmly as he spoke. People around him couldn't help but admire Zhou Shaoming. No matter what happened, Smith Zhou could resolve the matter satisfactorily, and he didn't forget to promote his film. It really saved a lot of money.

Promotional expenses.

As soon as Zhou Shaoming's words came out, even the reporters present couldn't help but curiously asked: "Is the movie "The Fuse" really so attractive? Let you be deeply immersed in it, Director Smith Zhou. Should you not

Wouldn’t that be a bit exaggerated?”

Zhou Shaoming said seriously: "Whether the movie "The Fuse" is worth watching will be left to the audience to comment on in the future. I am standing here just speaking the truth in my heart."

An eye-catching reporter asked: "Mr. Smith Zhou. When I saw Director Tesla coming to you, I was wondering if Mr. Ben had brought good news. He shot "

When will "The Incredible Hulk" be released? What do you think of this movie?"

Zhou Shaoming curled up his lips and finally asked about the topic. Zhou Shaoming said calmly: "Although I haven't seen what kind of scenes and effects the film "The Incredible Hulk" is like, but... I believe that we filmed it under Supernova Entertainment.

The movie that comes out will definitely not be cold."

Then, Zhou Shaoming said calmly: "Like you, I am looking forward to the release of "The Incredible Hulk". I believe in Ben's ability. As for what the effect is and what the scene is like? I don't know now. Before this movie was released, I also

I don’t want to know, I want to leave some suspense for myself.”

Zhou Shaoming officially announced in front of reporters: "The Hulk" under Supernova Entertainment will be released on the 1st of next month. At that time, I will also go to the theater in person to see the film. After the film is released, you will

If you ask me about the scenes, effects, and plot of this movie, I may be able to answer you, but at this time, I am really sorry that I cannot answer you accurately."

Ben took a deep breath. This guy Zhou is always trying to whet people's appetites, but it seems that he was right to come to the police station to pick up Zhou Shaoming this time. He didn't expect that Zhou Shaoming could use his presence here to create a new chapter for "The Hulk".

》The movie was once again promoted.

After Zhou Shaoming answered a few reporters' questions, and under the protection of Luoken and others, Zhou Shaoming and Ben got into the car together and left the door of the police station, leaving only the reporters behind them.

"Smith Chou, a guy who can never be guessed? Is it the movie kingdom that has made Smith Chow's talent possible, or has Smith Chou's arrival set off a new change in the film kingdom?" - Los Angeles Times

"This time, will Hong Kong-style movies be accepted by the United States and even the world? We are eagerly waiting, hoping that Smith Chow's confidence will not become an embarrassment tomorrow. In contrast, perhaps another movie under Supernova Entertainment——

"The Incredible Hulk" makes people look forward to it even more!" - USA Today

"It's easy to see from the release time of the movie "The Incredible Hulk" that it has escaped several blockbusters this year. It seems that Supernova lacks confidence this time!" - New York Times

At this time, the outside world has mixed reviews for "The Incredible Hulk", but judging from the film's promotional video, the scenes are no less than those of "The Fuse", but it is not a style movie.

"The Incredible Hulk" is adapted from a comic book. It presents the image of an ugly hero in front of people. I don't know what kind of reaction it will bring.

"The Incredible Hulk" also focuses on special effects and scenes. It's a popcorn movie. As long as it's fun and exciting enough and can make money, it's basically considered a success.

From this point on, the films shot by Zhou Shaoming and Ben this time seem to have similarities, that is, they are all about scenes and special effects, and it is difficult to win in terms of ideological plot and connotation.

However, compared to "The Fuse", the situation of "The Incredible Hulk" is better. After all, it is a movie adapted from a comic book. Before the promotion of "The Incredible Hulk", there was already a stable audience of comic book fans waiting for it. This is undoubtedly

Good news for movies.

"I Am Legend" premiered with 80 million, with 200 to 300 million in its first week, and a box office of nearly 1 billion in the United States, breaking various records. This is already the highest-grossing movie under Supernova Entertainment.

If you want to surpass "I Am Legend", "Hulk" is a bit unrealistic. But Zhou Shaoming is still looking forward to what kind of results "Hulk" will achieve.

As for the North American film market, judging from the box office results of movies in July 2003, the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" has maintained a strong momentum throughout July. It had a box office of nearly 50 million on the day of its premiere, and the total box office reached

As much as 400 million, such box office results have indeed put a certain amount of pressure on "The Incredible Hulk".

Fortunately, at the end of the month, "Pirates of the Caribbean" no longer had the strong momentum it had at the beginning of its release, and audiences began to shift their attention.

The release of "The Incredible Hulk" at this time will definitely bring a different visual experience to the audience.

In Zhou Shaoming's estimation, if "The Incredible Hulk" had not encountered any accidents, it would have surpassed the box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Even if the box office of "The Incredible Hulk" is not ideal, according to analysis, at least there are loyal comic readers, and the box office performance will not be bad. As this model matures, "The Incredible Hulk" will be the first real movie of Supernova.

A series of superhero movies.

This meaning, in Zhou Shaoming's eyes, is more important than box office results.

There was also a blockbuster film "Terminator 3" released in July 2003, but it was inferior to "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Although "Terminator 3" grossed close to 50 million at the box office that day, it proved to be very underwhelming later on, with a total box office of just over 200 million.

Such results are obviously influenced by "Pirates of the Caribbean". Of course, the main reason is the limitation of the subject matter. Fans who love tough guy movies will definitely support it, while those who don't like it will not go.

In Zhou Shaoming's view, even after "The Incredible Hulk" is released, this type of film will not be accepted by the audience for a while, and the box office performance will not be worse than "The Final Man 3".

It certainly makes sense why Zhou Shaoming chose August to release "The Incredible Hulk". For the North American film market, there is no blockbuster in August that can compete with "The Incredible Hulk". Unless a dark horse emerges midway.

This is a basic guarantee of box office performance.

After all, although the subject matter of "The Incredible Hulk" has a group of loyal comic readers, it also brings limitations.

Therefore, the box office performance of "The Incredible Hulk" after its release will be affected by various factors. So far, no one, including Zhou Shaoming, can guess a similar number.

When it was released, Zhou Shaoming walked into the theater with anticipation. He had never watched the movie in advance. He just wanted to enjoy the movie as an audience when it was released.

The storyline told by "The Incredible Hulk" is very simple, without much suspense and complexity, which is also the commonality of superhero movie series.

Bruce Banner (played by Eric Bana), who was lonely and helpless since he was a child, grew up to become a scientist in the Berkeley military of the United States, specializing in the research of new high-energy bombs. He fell in love with Betty Ross, the daughter of General Ross.

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With his career and relationship going smoothly, Bruce seems to have gotten rid of the shadow of childhood loneliness and embarked on an enviable road to success.

However, the good times did not last long. During an experiment, in order to protect a colleague, Bruce was exposed to fatal gamma rays, and the mysterious power in Bruce's body was accidentally awakened.

From then on, whenever he was emotionally excited, Bruce would lose his self-awareness and transform into the Hulk, possessing both super destructive power and a will to resist.

But Bruce didn't know or wanted to know about his extraordinary transformation ability. To him, he was just a lonely scientist with no past and full of confusion, and he couldn't understand why he was suddenly rounded up by the military.

Facing a series of unprepared emergencies, Bruce's girlfriend Betty Ross also felt confused and helpless. She wanted to help Bruce, but was stopped by her father, who was responsible for rounding up the Hulk.

At this time, David, a mysterious figure who claimed to be Bruce's father, appeared next to General Ross. He warned Betty not to get close to his son, which made Betty even more confused.

While Betty was missing Banner, the special forces led by General Ross, instead of sympathizing with the Hulk's plight, had already cast a dragnet and sent out the most powerful soldiers, intending to capture the Hulk and learn the secrets.

In order to counter the Hulk's superpowers, General Ross also has his own secret weapon, which is the mysterious superpower monster "crushercreel".

"Absorbing Man" can transform into any object he comes into contact with, and is evenly matched with the Hulk.

What’s even more surprising is that the “Absorber” is actually Bruce’s biological father, David Banner.

From this, Bruce's mysterious life experience gradually becomes clear...

Can such a superhero movie series produced by Tesla-Ben penetrate into people's hearts and resonate with the hearts of the audience?
Chapter completed!