Hollywood Road

"But Murphy Stanton is working with Marvel Comics."

Diego Harris still has big doubts about this, Marvel Comics and DC Comics have always been competitors.

Bruce Rosenblum laughed, "I have learned that his relationship with Marvel Comics is not good, and he rejected Stan Lee's request for a cameo in "Deadpool."

"If "Deadpool" hits the global box office," Diego Harris knew what he was going to do, "I support working with Murphy Stanton."

"I think so too." Bruce Rosenblum added, "Let's watch the market changes in Deadpool first, and it's not too late to make a decision."

The subsequent development of the movie market this weekend, just like the past Friday, there is no suspense at all. Whether it is attendance and audience numbers, or word-of-mouth and filming rate, "Deadpool" has completely exploded "Catwoman". Main street.

In the office of the Burbank Warner Building, Bruce Berman has a stern face, and the back of his hand holding the phone has veins and blood vessels bursting at any time.

"Notify our production department," his voice was almost cold, "crossed Halle Berry from the list of first-line collaborations. All A-level heroines of Warner Bros. will not be allowed to use Halle Berry in the future."

He added, "There is also the director Pitof, and Warner Bros. will not be allowed to cooperate with him in the future.

The failure of "Catwoman" is irreversible. Someone must be responsible for it. Actors and directors are the best candidates.

Bruce Berman never thought that the failure of this film had something to do with his promoter, and that failure was of course the responsibility of others.

Almost at the same time, within the six major Hollywood companies, there was almost a consensus that they could no longer risk using Halle Berry as the heroine of the A-level production.

"Hollywood is so realistic."

Murphy got the news. It was already Monday morning. He looked at Gal Gadot, who was packing his backpack and preparing to go back to school today, and said, "Even the Oscar queen can hardly withstand such a painful blow. ."

"But this is not the case with other Oscars?" Gal Gadot was a little confused.

"Because they are not black." Murphy said, "They have more opportunities."

Gal Gadot walked to the water dispenser and took a glass of water for himself. "Halley Berry really can't play the heroine of a super big production anymore?"

Murphy shook his head, "It's very difficult. Except for the solidified image of Storm Girl, let alone the heroine, it will be difficult for her to appear in the A-level production in the future.

Halle Berry’s pay is here. It’s impossible to reduce it casually. Now that "Catwoman" is messed up, no one will ask her to be the heroine of the A-level production. It is not the role of the heroine, and there are not many. The crew is willing to spend such a high salary.

Turning his head and looking at the wall clock on the wall, Gal Gadot reminded him, "It's almost time, you should go."

Murphy nodded, walked over and kissed Gal Gadot on the cheek, picked up the suitcase that had been placed in the hallway, opened the door, Gael Gadot followed, and kept sending him. Go into the garage.

Helping Murphy put his luggage, Gal Gadot pulled him and reminded him, "Remember to call me every day. Also, eat on time every day, don’t use work as an excuse; be careful of those crazy fans; don’t Too aggressive, don't be too tough when you should be soft..."

"Don't worry." Murphy hugged her and kissed her deeply before getting into the car. "Goodbye, dear."

"Goodbye."

Watching Murphy drive away to start this overseas promotional journey to Los Angeles Airport, Gal Gadot stood at the garage door and stayed for a while, until the black Cadillac completely disappeared, and then closed the garage door and returned to the main building.

There was no class in the morning, and she was not in a hurry to leave. She sat on the sofa, picked up the newspaper on the coffee table, turned to the entertainment section, and looked again.

It was full of good news about Murphy and "Deadpool," she never bored.

"Deadpool easily won the North American box office chart consecutively, and "Catwoman" was turned into cannon fodder because of its poor opening!"

Although he told Murphy not to be too aggressive, Gal Gadot saw this title, but he felt an inexplicable joy in his heart. Those who blocked his boyfriend's way would be swept away like rubbish!

"Due to the weak firepower of the newly opened "Catwoman", the champion of this week's list is still dominated by the old films. The R-rated superhero action film "Deadpool" directed by Murphy Stanton won another 45 million in the next weekend. US dollars, relatively easily won the weekend championship again, the film's cumulative revenue for two weeks reached 186.3 million US dollars, temporarily boarding the first place in this year's box office chart!"

"Under the impact of "Deadpool", "Catwoman" produced and released by Warner Bros. performed extremely poorly at the first weekend. It only received a severely lower than expected US$14.8 million in three days. The North American box office is bound to fail to exceed US$50 million, leaving a distance of 100 million. The US dollar production cost line is far away, and we can only rely on overseas box office performance to try to recover the cost."

"In addition, the same superhero movie is different from "Deadpool" with both box office and word-of-mouth explosions. While "Catwoman" failed at the box office, the word-of-mouth was also terrible. The movie's cinema audience scored Cinema. At 22%, the audience’s reputation is extremely poor. The film’s media ratings have all fallen, and only 10% of the 78 media included on the Rotten Tomatoes website gave the film good reviews, with an average score of 3.1 points..."

Even a layman, Gal Gadot can see that "Catwoman" will no longer pose any threat to "Deadpool", this is not a film of the same grade at all.

Although Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. went to London to prepare for the upcoming European premiere of "Deadpool", the promotion and marketing of 20th Century Fox in North America continued. The topic of the film was hot enough that they were still in Create topics in order to attract more passersby audience.

"Deadpool's cumulative box office in North America is close to 200 million U.S. dollars, and the cute heroes dominate the North American April film market!"

"Deadpool has become a big box office winner in the North American market this year!"

Similar news and topics are constantly being thrown out by 20th Century Fox through the huge media platforms of its subsidiaries and group companies.

Carla Faith, who stayed in North America, was also interviewed, and continued to throw out slams, saying that "Deadpool" became a big box office winner. It was completely out of 20th Century Fox's expectations. Their original box office estimate for this movie was only 6000- 65 million US dollars, but everything Murphy Stanton has done has made a qualitative change in the film!

However, the film’s R grade, high-density **** and various fancy jokes also brought some trouble. When Murphy arrived in the UK, he received the latest news from 20th Century Fox. This film Missing the Chinese market that Hollywood is vigorously developing.

This is no accident. It is strange that "Deadpool" can pass the scissor review. Even if 20th Century Fox stepped up its public relations, this film would not have any hope to appear on the Chinese screen. The yellow storm elements all over the plot make How do you start with big scissors? You can't really cut a 90-minute movie into ten minutes, right?

Of course, this is only Murphy's boring thoughts. He never expected that "Deadpool" could enter the market on the other side of the Pacific through the cinema channel, and so far, all the films he shot could not be placed there. In theaters.

Each country has its own situation. There is something like Big Scissors, and Murphy doesn't feel much. Movies and cultural censorship are common all over the world, and they are not exclusive to the other side of the Pacific.

These are not in Murphy's consideration for the time being. Since he came to Europe to promote the film, it is inevitable to accept an interview.

On the second day after arriving in London, Murphy accepted an exclusive interview with The Times.

The guys on Fleet Street are not very easy to deal with, their first question is very sharp.

"Director Stanton, someone commented before," the young British journalist was unceremonious. "Deadpool's success is not due to the movie itself, but some infatuation such as pornography, foul language, and pornography. Elements."

"To say that "Deadpool" makes money by dirtying is an insult to this movie." Murphy knows what British reporters are, and it is not like the relatively subtle face of the media in the United States. "Deadpool is a A completely different type of heroic story, these stories will only happen to Deadpool, different from Superman, Spiderman, Wolverine and so on."

He organized the language a little bit, "These people are born to be brighter, and Deadpool are born to die. To put it bluntly, not every superhero is suitable for lowering his underwear and stepping on his morals."

The reporter said again, "Can you tell me more specifically?"

"Let’s just talk about Wolverine, who is also in the X-Men world. He has a violent personality and was transformed into a killing machine. But Wolverine has and only rebellion. In movies and comics, most of the time, Wolverine’s expression is only... "

Murphy folded his hands and made a classic Wolverine anger gesture, "Blasting, bursting, bursting of various shows, also destroying the world, Wolverine is left after the fight, handsome and cool. And Deadpool, will Kill yourself and leave the world a **** before you die."

"This kind of humor of tearing yourself apart and then sprinkling salt on the wound is the key to Deadpool's popularity." Murphy shrugged, "You know, for today's movie protagonists, self-preservation is the most economical. The means of accumulating fans."

The reporter didn't seem to expect Murphy to come up with such a theory, and he was a little dazed.

This is not over yet. Murphy needs more information about "Deadpool" in the media on Fleet Street the next day, and said, "Most mainstream Hollywood commercial movies can be classified into the ranks of hero movies. A hero who can save the world or other heroes, but there are too many movies of this kind in Hollywood, and the audience is tired of heroic routines. The appearance of "Deadpool" opened up a new world for the audience. As a director, I can bear it. Responsibly, "Deadpool" has no real action from the first minute, spoof to the last minute, and this is exactly what the audience loves most now."

Whether this love can expand from North America to Europe depends on the performance of "Deadpool" after its overseas release.