"The Matrix was premiered in Los Angeles, and the audience responded strongly, and the film critics gave positive comments."

"After the premiere, the well-known film critic Peter Rogill told the Los Angeles Times reporter that "The Matrix" is the best film he has watched in recent years. The philosophical thinking between virtuality and reality is a complete sublimation of the original novel's idea. Innovative shooting techniques such as bullet time and 360-degree lens rotation special effects are even more eye-catching."

“The directorial skills of the Wachowski brothers, the new Hollywood couple, are amazing, and Eric Williams once again proves his extraordinary vision in filmmaking.”

After the strong premiere, Fireflies basically put aside their concerns about the box office prospects of the "Matrix" film and began to launch small-scale previews in major ticket cities such as Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. With the last wave of stronger publicity offensives, the reputation and popularity of the film quickly exploded.

From the premiere on May 27 to the official release of the movie on May 31, in just three days, the pre-shot box office of "The Matrix" on 26 screens in major North American cities reached 680,000 US dollars. The midnight box office of "The Matrix" on 3,100 screens on May 30 surpassed "Jurassic Park" three years ago, reaching 4.65 million US dollars.

After these two data were released, all the media that had originally missed "The Matrix" shut up, and senior executives of several film companies also secretly thanked that they did not place their summer main films on the schedule against "The Matrix".

Even Global, after "Titanic" reposted "Mummy 2" a week after "Brave the Deadly Island", was secretly worried that "Brave the Deadly Island" would have the same quality as "The Matrix". Although "Mummy 2" has the audience base of the previous work and has a very good reputation in the preview, the two strong films collided with each other, and both sides would inevitably suffer losses.

In the original time and space, from the beginning of production to the release of the film, Warner maintained a very unpopular and cold attitude, and even placed the release date of the film in a relatively deserted Easter period. However, even so, the first part of "The Matrix" still achieved a North American box office of $170 million at a medium cost of $63 million, and completely defeated another "The Storm Men" starring Will Smith, spending $170 million, winning the box office championship of Time Warner's release that year. Subsequently, with the cumulative super reputation of the first part, although the quality of the second part dropped seriously, the box office of the first week still reached $150 million.

While maintaining the original creative team and core plot of the new version of "The Matrix", both the production level, publicity and schedule selection are far superior to that year. The film may be subject to R-rated viewing restrictions and cannot achieve the box office miracle of "Jurassic Park" back then, but the results far exceed the original version, which is almost certain.

Therefore, after the premiere, Eric flew to the Bahamas with confidence and started the production of "Casino Royale of 007".

Like Canada, Australia and other countries, the Bahamas belong to the Commonwealth countries. These countries basically regard the Queen of England as the head of state, so most of them have no presidents. The Bahamas retain a very old governor system.

As the best tourist resort in the Caribbean region, the Bahamas have more than 3,000 islands, but fewer than 30 have been developed.

Although many plot elements of the old version are retained, in general, the new version of "Casino Royale" is a completely different story than that of that year. In the new script, there are still not many plots in the Panama Islands, but Eric retains the plot of terrorists attempting to attack the airport. This plot is not planned to be filmed in Miami, mainland America, but is determined to be performed at Nassau International Airport, the capital of the Bahamas. With some other changes, the crew's shooting cycle in the Bahamas is as long as one and a half months.

In order to cooperate with the crew's shooting, the Bahamas specially marked an island called Providence for the crew to take a look. The shooting on other islands such as Nassau, Paradise Island also received full support from the Bahamas Palace.

Eric arrived in the Bahamas on May 28, and film producer Barbara Brocre, starring Pierce Brosnan and a group of supporting roles have gathered on Paradise Island where the crew is stationed.

The entire crew had hundreds of people, and they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on nothing every day. After Eric arrived in the Bahamas, he quickly started working without having time to repair it.

After all, he has not directed a film for more than two years. Although he produced "Victoria's Secret Annual Show" during this period, it has nothing to do with the film. In the few days before filming on June 2, Eric was basically re-entering the director's state. Fortunately, he had done two lifetimes and had instincts related to the director. It was impossible to forget it in two years. In addition, with the strong support of the production team behind him, the corresponding sense of unfamiliarity quickly disappeared in a rapid running-in process.

On June 2, the Bahamas Paradise Island Beach was officially launched.

Based on the principle of easy first and difficult, the first thing that started filming in the film was Bond meeting the No. 3 Bon Girl on the beach.

This shot has no specific lines, so it is relatively simple to shoot.

According to the order of primary and secondary, the No. 1 Bon Girl in 007 is naturally Cate Blanchett. In order to give Kate some intellectual temperament of a working girl, Eric currently arranges her to experience life in the Firefly UK branch. The No. 2 Bon Girl is the sister of Kate's character, played by Christina Aguilera. Another identity of this character is also the reserve angel of Detective Charlie.

Therefore, the woman in the Bahamas is No. 3 Bon Girl. Eric did not interfere in the selection of this role. It is a coincidence that the final candidates of the casting group were determined. Terry Heicher, according to the original timeline, Terry Heicher is also the Bon Girl in 007 of the 18th Part 007. Eric also saw this woman on the casting list of "The City of Hope". It is not difficult to guess that Terry Heicher should be an artist under ICM, otherwise she would not appear in the list of two major key productions in the Firefly system.

Of course, Eric now has no time to take care of these entangled game entanglements. Hollywood is a complicated game.

Standing behind the familiar monitor, Eric looked at the shooting tracks around him, the actors who had been buried, and looked at his crew members. A familiar feeling surged in his heart and felt a little excited.

The assistant director waved at Eric, saying that he was ready. Eric finally raised the microphone in his hand and said to everyone: "OK, Act 1 of Casino Royale, Action!"

In the long-range shot of the follower, Caterina, the third female lead played by Terry Heicher, ran on the beach on a white horse, followed by a group of excited children.

As the camera slowly moved, Katerina rode away, and the camera freezes on the bright little faces of several children, Eric gestures again: "Card, Good, prepare for the next game."

After all, it was the first shot after Eric took over the guide again. Eric's voice fell, and everyone around him temporarily stopped the guy in his hand and gently clapped.

Terry Heicher, who was supported by the staff, jumped off the horse even more, squeezed beside Eric and pretended to look at the monitor, and said without saying a word: "Eric, don't you need to take a few more shots for backup?"

It was originally intended to get a good start, not to mention that this simple lens has accumulated more than one minute of materials from four cameras in different camera positions. The post-production editing only takes about 15 seconds, so of course there is no need to reshoot it.

"This shot is not needed," Eric smiled and shook his head, looking at the hot-shaped woman in a bikini in front of him, and said, "There will definitely be opportunities for NG. I hope you don't lose your patience at that time."

"Of course not, how dare I lose patience in front of you Eric," the woman touched Eric with a very charming look, got up and walked away.

Several staff members around pretended not to see the director and actress' "interaction" and were busy, and Eric just shrugged slightly. Similar to the character setting in the movie, Terry Heicher was already married in reality. Eric is not a human being. His wife is usually not provoked by such a woman.

Taking advantage of the preparations between Pierce Brosnan, Eric and his old partner Nickel Frank, who was in charge of photography, took several sets of empty shots on the beach and the sea to spare, and then began the next scene, which was when James Bond surfaced and saw Katerina for the first time.

To be honest, Daniel Craig's figure can only be described as "strong" in the original version, and there is not much beauty of a male body, but Pierce Brosnan is different. When he wears a suit, he just takes off his suit. He specially trained his body to Bond, eight-pack abs, mermaid line, and long legs, which are enough to make a group of young women and girls scream at first sight.

In the camera, James Bond surfaced and slowly walked towards the shore. Caterina jumped off the horse. The two looked at each other, and Pierce Brosnan showed an admiring smile. Caterina seemed a little reserved, glanced slightly at Bond, and walked away with a flattery.

This is the second official shot. Eric doesn't want to shout, either. However, looking at the performance of the monitor Napierce Brosnan, Eric still raised the microphone: "Car, No-Good, Pierce, Terry, can you come here?"

The two soon gathered over, and Pierce Brosnan also wiped the water stains with a large towel sent by a female assistant in the crew just now.

Eric held the script and gestured slightly and explained: "That's right, Pierce, your eyes were too aimless just now, as if you were looking for something. This is wrong, I need your eyes to be more casual. And Terry, you are not just curious, but also a feeling of being attracted, now..." Eric said, signaling Pierce Brosnan, with a serious expression: "Can't such a wonderful male body attract you?"

Pierce Brosnan's expression was a little awkward, and Terry Heicher nodded subconsciously and said, "Okay, Eric, I probably know what to do."

"So, let's do it again," Eric said, signaling the two to start burying their seats again.

In the original version, James Bond did deliberately come to the door in order to track down the clues left by the bomber, but the two of them met in this version of the script completely by chance.

Caterina's husband Alex is a gray transaction middleman outside the Ghost Party. Bond, who was sent by Mrs. M to the Bahamas for vacation and trimming, met Alex's wife Caterina on the beach. The two soon met unexpectedly at the Paradise Island Casino. Because Alex's cold and rude attitude towards Caterina, Bond has always been kind to her to punish each other, so in order to punish each other, Bond won Alex's car at the card table. This Aston Martin also became the key prop for Bond to accidentally get involved in the Ghost Party vortex.

Speaking of which, the most obvious feature of this 007 is that from the script stage, Eric plans to let 007 start the stage of telling stories seriously.

In the past, most of the 007s took the route of playing gimmicks and selling scenes. They were filmed everywhere around the world, and various aircraft and cannons bombarded. As for the plot, although large-scale films are inevitably weak in the plot, the 007 series rarely tells stories well. If it was before the 1990s, because of the general backwardness of film shooting technology, these gimmicks could attract a large number of viewers to buy it. However, as the special effects of film and television are gradually developing, even if the sky collapses and the earth breaks, the audience will gradually become accustomed to it. The 007 series continues to follow its original route and can only gradually decline.

In the original time and space, although James Bond, portrayed by Pierce Brosnan, has received a lot of praise, the storylines are full of holes and loopholes in the films he participated in. Not to mention the continuity of the plot of several films, even in a single film, there are many unrelated plots. Therefore, Pierce Brosnan has participated in four Bond films in a row, and the box office is generally not too high.

Until Daniel Craig took over 007, the series began to clumsyly tell a slightly more reliable story, perhaps with a bit of luck. Starting from the first "Casino Royale", the total box office of Daniel Craig was almost twice that of Pierce Brosnan's version, and Daniel Craig became the highest paid Bond actor in history.

The filming of the first day went very smoothly. Because it happened to be the weekend, the crew chose to finish work early and held a small boot party in the resort located on Paradise Island in the evening.
Chapter completed!