Hollywood Road

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This is a middle-aged man with gold glasses. He looks like he is in his early forties. The Mediterranean hairstyle and the square face similar to Seth Rogen make him look natural and honest, but that In the bright light blue eyes, what was projected was shrewd.

Although the two parties have only met once, Murphy remembers clearly that this person is an executive of Warner Bros., who seems to be a person in charge of the TV program production department, and should be Bruce Rosenblum.

When Murphy saw Bruce Rosenblum, Bruce Rosenblum also saw him.

And unlike Murphy's plain and calm, Bruce Rosenblum immediately smiled and walked towards Murphy.

"Hi, Director Stanton." Bruce Rosenblum took the initiative to say hello, "I didn't expect to see you here."

"Hello, Mr. Rosenblum." Murphy responded equally politely.

"Let me call me Bruce." Bruce Rosenblum smiled and said, completely different from Warner Bros.'s original attitude. "Can I call you Murphy?"

Murphy nodded, "Of course."

Bruce Rosenblum looked at Murphy and Paul Wilson, who followed behind him, and suddenly suggested, "Is there time? Find a place to chat?"

Murphy was a little confused about Bruce Rosenblum's proposal, but now there is no urgent matter, so he complies.

Not far from the Fox Studios, which is in Sydney's central business district, Bruce Rosenblum and Murphy found a quiet coffee shop.

"You are here," Bruce Rosenblum looked at Murphy and asked, "Is it to investigate the shooting location for "Deadpool"?"

This is Fox Studios. Think about it and know why the director Murphy appeared here.

"Deadpool will be filmed in Australia," Murphy smiled. "It's not a secret."

Instead, he asked curiously, "I didn't expect to meet you at Fox Studios."

""Superman Returns" is the most important project of Warner Bros.," Bruce Rosenblum said immediately. "I'm here to produce a promotional special."

Murphy understood right away, "Is "Superman Returns" filmed at Fox Studios?"

"Yes." Bruce Rosenblum nodded and sighed, "Now the Warner Movie World on the Gold Coast is more like a tourist area, not suitable for filming needs."

Australia is an important overseas filming base for Hollywood. Not only the 20th Century Fox has a studio here, Warner Bros. originally built it, and it was even earlier, but Warner World, built on the Gold Coast, is like this tourist destination. Similarly, it has become an amusement park for tourists.

The two chatted casually about the topic of Fox Studios and Warner Film World. Bruce Rosenblum suddenly asked, "Murphy, last time at Warner Bros., you didn't seem to be optimistic about "Superman Returns"?"

The project "Superman Returns" has been planned for many years, and it has experienced many twists and turns, such as changing screenwriters, changing directors, and investing. There is a lot of information circulating on the market.

"Not optimistic?" Murphy shook his head, "I don't know the specific content of "Superman Returns", and the judgment based on the news circulating in the circle is not correct."

Bruce Rosenblum stepped forward and sat a little bit. "What if I say that most of the news circulating in the circle is accurate?"

"Including Superman's shape and setting?" Murphy asked.

"Yes." Bruce Rosenblum nodded.

Murphy stared at Bruce Rosenblum for a while, and gradually had his own measurement in his heart. After considering it for a while, he said, "I don't think it is good to talk about it. I just think that it is the 21st century now. Superman also wears underwear outside. This kind of aesthetic is terrible. The audience's aesthetic is changing, but Superman's appearance has not changed."

"Also, Superman is too perfect." He repeated the old saying, "If the new Superman continues to resemble Christopher Reeve, as it has been said, it turns out..."

Murphy shook his head.

After listening to Murphy's words, Bruce Rosenblum's heart moved and he quickly asked, "If you were a director, what would you do?"

"I've already said it." Murphy opened his hand, "Similar to the Batman I said, pulling Superman off the altar and exploring the human side more."

Bruce Rosenblum frowned. "But Superman is different from Batman. Bruce Wayne is not born to be Batman, but Superman is born to be Superman."

"Yes, Superman is born Superman." Murphy nodded in agreement, then shook his head and said, "Don't forget, he is Clark Kent, Superman didn't land on the earth, he immediately became Superman, he became Superman has a process."

"A..." Bruce Rosenblum couldn't help asking, "What kind of process?"

Murphy pondered for a while, "Superman: Man of Steel" is not a real success, but Zach Schneider did endow Superman with more humanity, and the process of finding and surpassing oneself is also not available in previous Superman movies. , Even in addition to a series, it is also lacking in other superhero movies.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for the "Batman" trilogy, especially "The Dark Knight" before, the reputation and success of "Superman: Man of Steel" would be even higher, but with those trilogy, "Superman" "The Body of Steel" is also just an unsuccessful imitation of Zach Schneider.

Today's situation has changed because of him. If there is no particularly big accident, the new "Batman" trilogy will most likely not appear.

These three "Batman" movies have achieved new heights in the reputation and connotation of superhero movies, and also allowed DC superheroes to rise again, but from a large strategic level, "Batman: Hour of War" and "Dark Knight" And "The Dark Knight Rises" has severely restricted the development of the DC superhero movie universe.

Batman reached an unprecedented height as a superhero, but to a certain extent dragged down the entire DC series.

Murphy knows very well that if you want to become a super director, you will never be able to do it in this era by relying on small independent films and literary films. Today's Hollywood and even the global film industry is no longer what it used to be. Without the support of super giant productions resounding all over the world, how could it be possible to stand at the top of the director's industry?

Maybe you can change the DC movie universe?

This idea inevitably appeared in Murphy's mind. Since he came into this world, he certainly wanted to make something different.

Of course, this is not easy, especially since Warner Bros. and DC Comics don't buy his little director's account at all.

Then wait, maybe "Catwoman" and "Superman Returns" will change this situation.

Murphy did not answer Bruce Rosenblum's question, shrugged, "I didn't think about it either."

Bruce Rosenblum glanced at Murphy and felt that he had some opinions on Superman, but he just didn't want to say it.

The two made a few more polite words. Murphy left Sydney's central business district under the pretext that he still had work to be busy.

The time is not right now. With the development of computer special effects, superhero movies give people a new visual experience, but after the flood in the future, it will inevitably make many viewers visual and aesthetic fatigue. Most of these movies have Paying more attention to the visual and ignoring the plot, resulting in a monotonous story

Therefore, if you want to make a different superhero movie, you must make a breakthrough in the story.

Once Warner Bros., the previous "Superman" and "Batman" movies, were remakes over and over again. Marvel extended a hero series to a hero series, and finally teamed up to clean up monsters. Warner Bros. was sober.

Up to now, Superman and Batman have always been unit dramas, and other DC heroes are even without a trace.

The day after the meeting with Bruce Rosenblum, Murphy deliberately went to the photo zone of "Superman Returns" to take a look. There was a setting, and there was not much to see.

He also thought that before "Catwoman" and "Superman Returns", there will be no more connections with Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

But what about "Batman"? Without the core character, the possibility of this series disappearing is extremely high.

Murphy didn’t have much time to think about it, and then he and his team members began to investigate suitable locations throughout Sydney. Under the leadership of Paul Wilson, they almost ran all over Sydney’s suitable locations for shooting, after a whole week. Based on comprehensive considerations, seven important location shooting locations were finally determined.

"Helen, the style of the film is mainly realistic."

Before leaving, Murphy deliberately called Helena Espola, the art director who stayed here to design and arrange the shooting scene, and asked a few words, “Don’t use the background style of the previous film. The dark colors are the main ones."

He has worked with Murphy on three films. Helena Espola can understand his ideas and intentions very well, and said, "Don't worry, I will communicate with you by video call every day."

In these days in Sydney, in addition to keeping in touch with Gal Gadot, Murphy also used video and phone calls to understand the situation of the crew remaining in the preparations of Los Angeles. It is impossible for a director to leave the preliminary preparations of the film.

After completing the preparatory work in Sydney, and merging with Carla Faith, who completed the tax rebate procedure, Murphy and his party embarked on the flight back to Los Angeles.

Different from Murphy's complicated work, because of sufficient preparation, Carla Fess quickly completed his work, and then he went around in Sydney.

After getting on the first class of the plane and seeing Carla Faith again, Murphy asked curiously, "The Australian government is so easy to deal with? Your work is done fast enough."

"A local intermediary company in Hollywood provided us with services,"

Putting down the magazine in his hand, Carla Faith shrugged, "They are long-term partners of 20th Century Fox and have close ties with government departments."

Murphy nodded. Such intermediary companies seem to exist in most countries.

"How much is the tax concession?" he asked casually.

Carla Firth said an incredible number, "$8.4 million."