Just as Matthew was paying attention to the preparations of his two crews and the latest situation of the Hollywood screenwriter strike, a news suddenly broke out, and in just a few days it spread throughout the United States that Heath Ledger, the former Oscar nominee for Best Actor, passed away!

According to reports, Heath Ledger's body was discovered by the butler and the masseur who went to serve. They knocked on the door and found that no one answered the door. Then the butler and the masseur opened the bedroom door and saw Heath Ledger lying naked on the bed, losing consciousness, and shook him without any response...

A few days later, the police released the autopsy results and determined that Heath Ledger was taking six drugs, including sleeping pills and prescription drugs, to death.

Originally, such news was reported by some media, but the direction of the wind was soon wrong. First, the media under Warner began to promote Heath Ledger as a clown who was unable to extricate himself, resulting in depression and suicide. Then more Internet media followed up, and then expanded to almost all media.

The media is willing to report this way, and the public also likes to watch such reports. So the Joker became Heath Ledger's screen under the careful planning of Warner Bros. No one except those in the Hollywood industry paid attention to Heath Ledger's filming just finished filming a video called, which will not be released until 2009.

The shock brought by death is powerful, especially a well-known star dedicated to the performing arts, which instantly attracted the attention of the whole of the United States and even the world.

It is not difficult to see from the series that although Warner Bros.'s management has various shortcomings, it is indeed very strong in publicity and promotion.

The Joker is destined to be one of the most classic characters in film history.

After seeing these reports, Matthew also sighed for a few minutes. Perhaps he accepted the invitation from Christopher Nolan and Charles Rowan to play the role of the Joker. Heath Ledger would have different destinies?

But all this stayed at the top. He didn't know Heath Ledger, had never had any dealings, and could not take the health risks of losing dozens of pounds in a short period of time...

He was regarded as one of the candidates for the Joker by the crew, probably the only place where he had an intersection with Heath Ledger.

Of course, in terms of acting skills alone, Heath Ledger may be much better than him.

I remember that I had downloaded and watched the high-definition pirated version I had downloaded and watched from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and I was really shocked by this movie. At that time, I was in a bad situation and had to ask for money many times but couldn't get it. The existence of the clown even made him believe that chaos was the answer to everything.

Fortunately, he was still in the early stage of daring to think but not do it.

The public opinion on Heath Ledger's acting skills will never rule out the impact of his death. A person who plays such an exaggerated and crazy role and devotes his acting skills to the turbulent spirit. After he dies in half a year, people will continue to explore his performance. The little connection between the characters he created and his death will eventually be unable to separate from each other.

In fact, in the highest-level acting skills in the circle, few people can make objective judgments, just like asking him to identify whether Al Pacino's performance is better or Robert De Niro's acting is better?

How do you distinguish this?

It is undeniable that the death of Heath Ledger did bring unreplicable attributes to the performance of the character Clown, which makes people even more nostalgic. But objectively speaking, this version of the Clown is indeed worth remembering and is indeed a model of villain performance.

Anyway, he has watched so many superhero movies, but he hasn't seen any of them with more outstanding villains than the Joker.

Perhaps because of his missed relationship with the character Joker, Matthew specifically paid attention to some news about Heath Ledger.

His death has far exceeded his own influence. As long as it is released in July, it will inevitably become a textbook-like promotional case in Hollywood, and may be referenced by other crews or companies in the future.

It is hard for Matthew not to think about Paul Walker and he also plans to find an opportunity to remind Paul Walker specifically that it is better to stay away from racing outside the movie.

How did Paul Walker crash at that time? Matthew thought about the entertainment gossip he had watched for a long time, but he only remembered that it seemed to be related to the Porsche 911, so I don’t know if it’s specific.

Perhaps we can do some work on the actor contract. The crew is negotiating with Paul Walker's agent, intending to sign multiple movie contracts with him at one time, adding several clauses to the negotiations. For the sake of future filming, Paul Walker, as one of the leading actors, is not allowed to engage in dangerous driving.

Probably good at using it.

Matthew would remind Paul Walker within his ability, but he would never tell Paul Walker how he will be like a fool. Not to mention other possible chain reactions, at least he would be treated as an idiot and a psychopath.

Just as the sensation was over, Matthew also received some good news. The screenwriter strike that lasted for many days was finally over. The screenwriters of the two crews could also come back to work with the team again.

In any case, the crew does not have a full-time screenwriter, which is sometimes quite inconvenient.

In early February, in a simultaneous vote held by the East and West Screenwriters Union, members unanimously agreed to stop the protracted tug-of-war of strikes with an overwhelming 3,775 votes.

The screenwriter union and the producers' alliance signed a three-year temporary contract, which stipulates that screenwriters' annual playback from new media will increase from three percent to three-five percent each year, and from now on, previous works can also be drawn from the Internet.

The screenwriter's commission is to enjoy a unified subsidy of US$1,200 in the first two years, and then the corresponding proportion of shares will be drawn from the issuer's total profit every year.

This is a mutually compromised agreement, and the screenwriter union finally strives for is still a certain gap from the original goal.

With the signing of the agreement, the Oscars that may have miscarriage have returned to normal, but Matthew does not intend to attend, and there are more important things to consider.

Paramount Pictures and Stephen Somos have recruited screenwriters to rewrite the script. They seem sincere and have begun to try to get in touch with Helen Hermann to discuss his pay.

In terms of pay, Matthew's requirement is $20 million plus the later share, and the specific share ratio can be discussed slowly.

In addition to Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. people also came here.

"Hello, Charles."

In the new office of Burbank Thirteen Film Studio, Matthew welcomed the famous producer Charles Rowan, a Warner Bros. "Long time no see."

Charles Rowan greeted Matthew with a smile, saying, "The last time we met was at the premiere." He exclaimed, "The box office was excellent, Warner Bros. is considering making a sequel."

Matthew couldn't help laughing, "You didn't come to me because of the sequel, are you? If I remember correctly, you are more responsible for the production of superhero movies at Warner Bros."

If Warner Bros. really planned to release a sequel, he wouldn't find it strange. In the context of Hollywood sequels and movies, Warner Bros. would definitely not let go of such a big-selling film.

Since its release in mid-December last year, it has been screened in North American theaters for twelve weeks. The North American box office has accumulated a total of US$335.41 million, and the global box office has just exceeded US$700 million. It is undoubtedly one of the most successful commercial films in Hollywood in 2007.

Although the male lead Robert Neville died in the theater release, there is no way to shoot a sequel. With the ability of Warner Bros., it is not difficult to get a prequel.

But unlike what he thought, Charles Rowan shook his head directly, "I have nothing to do with it, and I will not be responsible for this business. I'm here to ask you to invite you to play the leading role in the new director of Director Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan."

Without waiting for Matthew to speak, he said, "Director Nolan is busy with post-production in Chicago and specially commissioned me to come and hand over his script to you."

"Oh?" Matthew became interested, "Director Christopher Nolan wants to invite me to star in his new film?"

"Yes, Director Nolan is very sincere." Charles Rowan opened the briefcase he carried with him, took out one of the scripts that seemed to be less than a hundred pages thick, pushed it to Matthew, and said, "Director Nolan was always looking for the right actor, and then he watched several of your main films one after another to make sure you are the actor he was looking for."

Matthew picked up the script, smiled, and said, "I also hope to work with a director with a prominent style like Christopher Nolan."

Charles Rowan saw Matthew read the script and briefly said, "This script is just the first draft. Christopher only wrote it in a general way, and it is still very rough."

Matthew could see this, and the scenes and scene descriptions of the script were a bit messy.

"In Christopher's idea, this would be a very special stealing film." Charles Rowan briefly introduced the genre and theme of the future film. "A team of commercial spies led by the protagonist invades the unprepared person through dreams and steals his ideas to make a profit."

After hearing this and the script being read, Matthew felt a sense of familiarity.

But he didn't say much, and he didn't make any clear statement until he finished reading the script.

Charles Rowan didn't say much, and was about to say goodbye. Before leaving, he said, "I'll stay here for the script. If you are interested, we can discuss it in detail later."
Chapter completed!