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"Long time no see, Orlando."

Matthew opened his arms and hugged Orlando Bloom with a light hug, "You are still so handsome."

Orlando Bloom looked very happy when he saw Matthew and said, "I owe you another favor, I really don't know how to thank you."

"What do you want to thank me for doing?" Matthew said carelessly, "You still have to be polite to me?"

"Really, I really want to thank you." Orlando Bloom said seriously. "I signed with the crew of "Dynasty" last month. The phone call you made to director Ridley Scott must have helped me."

Matthew never called Ridley Scott. Seeing Orlando Bloom say this, it was hard to deny it. He waved his hand and said, "It's just a small matter, don't take it to heart."

Orlando Bloom said again, "Matthew, if you have something to do in the future, just speak up."

Matthew patted his arm lightly, "I won't be polite to you."

After Rachel Weisz finished greetings with Stephen Somos, he invited Matthew to the screening room. Matthew stopped staying and walked towards the door with her. When he passed by, he happened to pass by the heroine Kate Beckinsale, but Matthew was not familiar with her and did not stop to say hello.

He and Rachel Weizi left the VIP lounge and entered the screening room with the people who came out one after another. The seats of the two were not next to each other. However, Matthew found Edward Norton, changed seats with him, and sat next to Rachel Weizi.

"Don't you know Kate Beckinsale?" asked Matthew.

"I know it." Rachel Weizi said directly, "I don't want to pay attention to her."

Matthew was not stupid. When he heard Rachel Weiss' words, he turned his head around and roughly understood that only the British Rose in Hollywood are famous, and most of them are not very wide in the range of British Rose. Thinking about it, he knew that there must be fierce competition between them.

The crew's main creators entered the screening room, "Van Helsing" will begin to be screened soon, and Matthew and Rachel Weiss no longer talk.

As the screen lights up, Universal Pictures' opening credits appeared, and this super blockbuster with public production costs of $160 million has also opened the veil of mystery.

It was an era of gradually humanizing darkness and evil, and ghosts were extremely arrogant and thorough. In this chilling but extremely attractive world, the hero of justice, Van Helsing, will fight against Universal Pictures’ household demons: vampires, werewolfs and Frankenstein.

On the screen, under the cold sky, black clouds rolled, and a gust of wind blew, a lightning bolt cut through the night sky, and the life-seeking monsters attacked the ancient town of "Transylvania". The story took place at the end of the 19th century. Many terrible monsters appeared in the mysterious Romanian ancient town of Transylvania. They were rampant in the city, and people were constantly killed under the claws of the demons.

Among these monsters is the vampire Dracula, the noble elder of the vampire family, who has been entrenched in the ancient town of Transylvania for many years and has sucked countless human blood.

Under the evil of Dracula's Vampire Family, Frankenstein was also summoned. He was a monster created by scientist Frankenstein. He had human muscles and metals all over his body, and he was very terrifying when he killed people.

The people who waving the wind and blood in the ancient city of Transylvania were also the werewolf with a strong temper and the three vampire brides of the vampire Dracula.

In order to wipe out the evil forces in Transylvania, the Catholic Church invited the monster hunter Dr. Van Helsing to deal with vampires, Frankenstein and werewolf for them. Van Helsing immediately wore his deadly weapon and rushed to the ancient city of Transylvania with his assistant Carl.

On the way, Van Helsing rescued another vampire hunter, Anna Villelis, and became his lover and helper.

What Van Helsing did not expect was that the people in Transylvania seemed to believe him very much.

In their opinion, Van Helsing is also a violent monster. He is definitely not a hero who longs to save them. The enemy is far more raging and terrifying than he imagined. He himself almost dirty under the monster's sharp teeth several times...

Of course, from Matthew's view, this video can be viewed from the perspective of Count Dracula.

This is a story about the poor vampire Dracula. She was murdered by Van Helsing while alive. After she died, she became a vampire and was chased. She finally hid in the cold castle and planned to have children, but she ended up having infertility. She finally found a treatment method and gave birth to a bunch of children, but Van Helsing killed them, and none of her children survived.

The poor vampire Dracula had no pursuit anymore, and hiding in the castle to create a descendant would not end up being good.

After the film was screened, Matthew recalled carefully. The main plot was roughly the same as in memory. As for details, who can still remember the details of such a movie after so many years?

There was a warm applause in the theater, and he stood up and applauded with everyone.

To be honest, this film does not look as bad as expected. Matthew knew that he lacked the ability to judge the quality of a movie, and predicting future market responses is even more impossible. He can only start from his own senses.

The special effects of "Van Helsing" are not to be said. They are definitely the top presence in this era. Hollywood assembly line transfer and development are also done well, but the pace seems to be a bit slow, far less compact than the two "Mummys" that Sean Daniel controls the post-production editing, which makes the film appear a bit slow and too long.

Matthew also thought of another problem. Stephen Somos did not have the right to edit the post-production, but was more of a filming commander. The huge box office success of the two "Mummys" allowed him to not only serve as the screenwriter and director in the project "Van Helsing", but also serve as the first producer.

In other words, Stephen Somos has almost all the power of this film, including the right to edit the post.

In Hollywood, most of the time, it is not necessarily a good thing for directors to have the final editing rights. Although there are examples of the film failing because of the producer's post-production editing, it is inevitable that Hollywood has always implemented the producer-centered system over the years.

It’s okay to say that independent art films are similar to commercial entertainment films with huge investments. Whether the investor or the publisher, they will certainly not let the director shoot and edit imaginatively. Most directors are active and even jumpy people, with rich association and creativity. These commercial films produced in assembly lines are often fatal.

Another more important point is that most producers tend to care more about the film market than directors, and naturally they understand the market better than them.

Matthew and Sean Daniel collaborated on three films. "Dawn of the Living Dead" is still being screened in less than a hundred theaters. Naturally, the first-line producer has a deeper understanding of this first-line producer. Based on the final films of "Mummy" and "Dawn of the Living Dead", if "Van Helsing" is still edited by him, the duration of this film should not exceed 110 minutes.

This can make the video much more compact and the pace will increase faster.

I just don’t know if movie fans will buy such a slow pace and various monsters in one pot.

He has no ability to predict such a thing, and everything will not be decided until tomorrow.

However, from this film, it can also be seen that Universal Pictures is ambitious and wants to recreate its own monster stars who have created glory.

Investing $160 million to allow the three classic monsters, Vampire, Frankenstein and werewolf, to appear on the same screen, Universal Pictures obviously wants these long-standing monsters to waste the box office.

The male protagonist Van Helsing did not introduce his life experience and the reasons for his amnesia in the first part. According to Matthew's speculation, it should be left as a gimmick for the second part.

Actually, if you think back, there are many foreshadowings in this film, and Universal Pictures and Stephen Somos obviously need to prepare for a sequel.

Whether the sequel to "Van Helsing" will be realized depends on the market's reaction.

As long as the box office is high enough, even if the reputation is bad, the sequel will not be cut.

But Matthew still felt that it was a bit unreliable. On the one hand, it was his memories, and on the other hand, he remembered some similar floppy movies.

"Van Helsing" is not the first action-adventure movie to mix well-known literary characters. Last year, "The Strange Soldiers from the Sky" released at the same time as "Pirates of the Caribbean", is largely similar to "Van Helsing".

However, Sean Connery, who lost in "Sky", both directly withdrew from the film industry.

Applause gradually fell in the theater. Matthew followed the other guests and walked towards the front row. There were two acquaintances of Stephen Somos and Orlando Bloom in the crew. Even out of the most basic politeness, he would send them congratulations before leaving.

"Stephen, a great movie!"

Matthew came to Stephen Somos, shook his hand, and said, "The style of this video is so impressive!"

Stephen Somos seemed in a good mood and said, "Thank you!" He smiled and looked at Matthew, "If you have the chance, we can work on another project."

Matthew gestured to make a phone call, "You can call me anytime."

After talking to Stephen Somos, Matthew found Orlando Bloom, "A very superb performance! Orlando, you regret not robbing this role."

"It's too late to regret now!" Orlando Bloom seemed to have a smile on his face, "It's been two years, and it's finally released!"

Matthew nodded, "Yes, it's been two years! "Van Helsing" is finally released."

Just from the preparations for filming and post-production, it can be seen that Stephen Somos and Universal Pictures have done a lot of work.
Chapter completed!