Chapter 117: Theater Selection
Taking the marker amid countless screams, Duke signed his name on several posters and turned back to the red carpet. With two consecutive box-office hits, he was no longer an unknown director, nor would he pass unrecognized in front of moviegoers. At the very least, in the eyes of action fans, he was already an outstanding filmmaker.
Besides, looking across all of Hollywood, there were only a handful of directors capable of helming productions with budgets exceeding a hundred million dollars.
Duke didn't interact too much, however. Following the cues of Warner's PR staff, he merely signed a few autographs as a matter of routine. Directors were not stars. Especially in this era, if their work wasn't excellent, these people wouldn't pay for tickets the way fans supported their idols.
Entering the interview area, Nancy Josephson stepped smoothly up behind him, ready to prompt him during the upcoming interviews.
Behind every public figure was the support of an entire team. In an era of increasingly rapid information, a single inappropriate remark could easily be magnified to extremely troublesome proportions by anyone with an ulterior motive.
Pulling his gaze back from Nancy, Duke said nothing. While he wasn't incredibly experienced at dealing with the media, he knew what to say and what to keep to himself. He wouldn't blurt out anything brainless; if he ran into a tricky question he couldn't answer, he would simply keep his mouth shut.
The reporter from Fox Television, which was broadcasting the premiere live, immediately came forward to greet him. The same media outlet that had frantically smeared him at this time last year now displayed the friendliest of attitudes.
The interview felt like a routine procedure. Prompted by the reporter's questions, Duke praised Warner Brothers, Twentieth Century Fox, and everyone in the crew from the producers to the actors, before hyping up his own movie.
"Director Rosenberg, this is a story about resisting a brutal alien invasion."