So, fans began to speculate about what role Roy would play. Although some guessed he might play a villain, this idea was quickly dismissed by more people.
It was already extravagant enough to have an Oscar winner play a supporting role, let alone play a supporting role as a villain. Wasn't that disrespecting the Oscar winner?
Most people had a similar idea, that he would probably play a role similar to the Elven Prince in "The Lord of the Rings," serving as a visual attraction. On one hand, it satisfied his desire to join in the fun in Laila's films, and on the other hand, it used his looks to please everyone. Such roles were always welcomed.
Regarding this speculation, Laaila just smiled and did not give a definite reply. She thought that perhaps keeping the answer until the movie was released would be a good gimmick, allowing the audience to have more topics to discuss.
Undoubtedly, the revelation in the newspaper was secretly released by several companies themselves, just to see how accepting the public would be of the name. However, they tragically discovered that people's attention was not on the movie title at all, but rather on Laila taking on this movie.
As for the name, hardly anyone mentioned it.
Some of them pretended to be fans and posted on various forums to inquire, wanting to know what the public thought of the movie's name. The results they obtained were basically "Isn't 'The Dark Knight' cool?" "Does it matter if Batman is added or not?" "As long as it's a movie directed by Laila, I will watch it no matter what it's called!"
There were people who attacked Laila without reason, believing that she would make a bad movie. Everyone just ignored such remarks. Nowadays, who didn't have a few haters? The more famous one was, the more haters there would be. In her case, it was already considered good. If it weren't for Faaris constantly hiring internet trolls to attack her, she would have even fewer haters.
Apart from those who were strongly jealous, how many people wouldn't like a director like her who could make good movies and was incredibly young?
With the results in hand, representatives from several companies relaxed. Since fans and enthusiasts had no objections, why bother worrying about the movie's name? Moreover, the name "The Dark Knight" did sound quite cool.
After this little test, they got a perfect result, achieving what they wanted in all aspects. The production side no longer worried that the name without the words "Batman" would be rejected by fans, and Laila also retained the name she had loved from her previous life to now. Most importantly, after this wave of discussions, does anyone still remember the Golden Globe Awards?
This was exactly what Laila hoped for. She deliberately had Nolan say that to stir up the entertainment industry. Otherwise, what she wanted for the movie's name could have been revealed by just showing the contract, there was no need to ask for others' opinions.
This was how the entertainment industry worked, with new news always covering up the old. Perhaps what was exploding in the news a few days ago would be forgotten by everyone in a few days. Nothing could be remembered by everyone forever. Even Laila's movie promotion was carried out continuously, teasing the audience with something they were interested in every now and then.
In her opinion, besides making their reputation louder, there was no benefit to her from clashing with the Golden Globe Awards. So, she simply played a little trick, diverting the topic from the Golden Globe Awards to her next movie by revealing her own news. As for how the people from the Golden Globe Awards would feel when they found out no one cared about them anymore, it had nothing to do with her. She was just a small director, wasn't she?
The frenzy caused by Laila taking on the Batman sequel was even greater than she had imagined, with people very interested in her taking on this movie. Even after she explained, many strange speculations emerged. Like she wanted to impress the company with the success of the movie, absorb more DC stocks, and then create a brand new worldview, such as having the superheroes from both comic companies fight each other.
Surprisingly, this topic was quite exciting, and many people believed it.
These people didn't know, but they had guessed one thing right, that Laila was indeed creating a world, but it had nothing to do with DC. Instead, it was a universe where Marvel superheroes coexisted, which would later be known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan.
Speaking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, perhaps not many people knew about it, but if you mentioned "The Avengers," I believe many people would know, right?
That's right, the Marvel Cinematic Universe planned to have all the superheroes exist in one world, where they would form teams and sometimes fight each other. When "The Avengers" was released, I don't know how many people were excited to see so many beloved superheroes appearing on the same big screen.
Now, Laila had already begun this plan. She would separately tell the stories of several superheroes, and then gather them together to save the world, just like "The Avengers." This plan was also the pinnacle of superhero movies, and compared to them, DC's Justice League seemed to be less impressive.
At least in the future, besides the Batman trilogy and "Superman: Man of Steel," Laila had not made any other movies that were memorable to her. Coincidentally, one was directed by Nolan, and the other was written by him. From this, it could also be seen that she really liked Nolan's directing style.
Discussions about the movie continued until the Oscar nominations were announced, bringing up new topics to replace the old ones. If there were still some voices mocking Laila for being embarrassed about not winning a Golden Globe Award, these voices completely disappeared after the Oscar nominations were announced.
This was because "The Lord of the Rings" received a total of thirteen nominations at this year's Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Song.
"The Lord of the Rings" became the most prominent and most anticipated film of the year.
Now, fans were happy. Why else would it be called the Oscars? When it came to judging movies, it was different from some "miscellaneous awards." What was the meaning of having a discerning eye? What was professionalism? This was it!
You could see it as soon as the nominations were announced, right? It wasn't that their Laila's standards weren't high enough, or that the film wasn't good, it was purely because a certain "miscellaneous award" itself lacked standards, which was why they couldn't see the gem right in front of them.
Who this "miscellaneous award" referred to, everyone knew in their hearts.