Hollywood Road

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The weather in New York is very early this year. At the beginning of the new week, the blazing sun is shining from the sky, roasting big apples, and creating a billowing heat wave among the districts of Manhattan.

In the Marvel Comics headquarters, the air-conditioning was opened earlier than in previous years, and it feels refreshing, as if in another world.

But these refreshing feelings did not dispel the worries of Avi Allard, Kevin Fitch and Stan Lee. They sat in a lounge, their eyes fixed on the TV screen in front of them, as if The things that I don't want to see happen are still widely publicized.

"The news that this station has just received is produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Murphy Stanton's Warner DC superhero "Man of Steel" since it was released last Thursday. "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek 3", which were released in the previous two weeks, ranked first in the North American box office charts."

After hearing the words of "Spider-Man 3", Avi Allard and Kevin Fitch, although their faces are not very good-looking, can always maintain a normal heart. After all, this is a film produced and released by Sony Columbia, strictly Speaking of the relationship with Marvel Comics is not very deep.

Compared to these two people, Stan Lee's face is too ugly. Although he is very old, the wrinkled old face has become extremely dark.

This is an indescribable feeling. No one wants to see DC unlucky more than he does. Stan Lee has never told others, but his own psychology is quite clear.

He is known as the father of Marvel superheroes, but he knows how many characters have borrowed from DC superheroes' settings?

In recent years, Stan-Lee’s children have conquered the city on the big screen, playing DC superhero movies all over the place, the kind of once criticized student, the sense of accomplishment of defeating the teacher in the field where the teacher is best, let him Quite intoxicated.

Since the decline of DC superhero movies and the rise of Marvel superheroes on the big screen, fewer and fewer people or the media have mentioned the original things.

As long as the Marvel superhero continues to succeed on the screen, and DC superhero movies continue to fail, these criticisms will eventually become the dust of history. In the future, the Avengers and his father, the father of Marvel superheroes, will surely be remembered by the world. Regardless of how many of them evolved from DC superheroes?

The situation is also developing in the direction Stan Lee most hopes to see, until the release of "Man of Steel".

Even though Stan Lee was reluctant, he was still staring at the TV screen.

"As the cornerstone and the most critical part of Warner's entire "Justice League" plan, "Man of Steel" was completed by Warner Bros. and DC Comics in collaboration with the famous young director Murphy Stanton. The production cost is as high as 200 million US dollars. Under the pressure of the continuous failure of their own superhero movies, the successive success of the "Spider-Man" series and the official establishment of Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Warner Bros. can be said to be under great pressure. "Man of Steel" will be a movie for Warner in the next few years. The plan has a crucial strategic position, and it can almost be said that it can only succeed but not fail."

"The film began to be shown in 4,250 theaters in North America on Friday. Murphy Stanton, who was regarded as a savior by Warner Bros., really lived up to expectations. That same day, he led the "Man of Steel" to hit $46.2 million, and then even more with the help of outstanding audiences. And media word-of-mouth, drawn a beautiful curve of box office rise on Saturday, a single day of 51.45 million US dollars, plus the Sunday’s harvest of 43.55 million US dollars, the first weekend of three days slashed 143.2 million US dollars, easily crushing the third release. Weekly’s "Spider-Man 3" cost $29.21 million and "Shrek 3" was released for two weeks at $47.66 million, dominating the North American box office chart!"

"With the box office coming out on the first weekend, "Man of Steel" is now the highest open work by director Murphy Stanton and other leading actors. It is worth mentioning that, according to the statistics of professional institutions on Wall Street, 144,420 About 31% of the US$10,000 North American first weekend box office came from Murphy Stanton supporters!"

"From the perspective of the audience composition of "Man of Steel", female audiences accounted for 41%, and audiences over 25 years old accounted for 64%. This basically indicates that the stamina is healthy and stable. In addition, the audience rating from the theater Looking at CinemaScore's'A+', the film has undoubtedly reached the standard required for a high-quality commercial production. With a good audience reputation and a good start, it is expected that the final North American box office of the film will easily reach more than 300 million US dollars."

Stan Lee's face became even more ugly when he heard the number ringing on the TV. The $300 million box office of "Man of Steel" will inevitably reawaken the interest of movie fans and fans in DC superheroes...

"Let's look at the media evaluation of "Man of Steel" again. The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 83%, which is almost unanimously praised by film critics, with an average score of 7.9 points; and 87 media outlets on MetaCritic, which represent authoritative media. The overall score is 77 points, and the professional reputation can be described as bursting."

Stan Lee closed his eyes suddenly. Never before has any Marvel superhero movie achieved such a high reputation.

He didn't want to watch it any more, but the sound of the TV still reached his ears.

"The New York Times commented that, unlike the large-scale escapism of the "Spider-Man" series and the "X-Men" series, Murphy Stanton's "Man of Steel" is about a person we think we know. Artist-level referrals for screen heroes"

"The famous "Film.com" evaluation of "Man of Steel" powerfully redefines the term'epic' that has been used badly in the summer files of recent years."

"Empire magazine believes that "Man of Steel" may not focus on depth, warmth and sense of humor, but it is already a spectacular science fiction blockbuster-grand, sad, with an opera style, unforgettable, Murphy- Stanton told the origin story of Superman that fits our time and started a popular super series."

"USA Today highly praises the storytelling of the film for sometimes advancing, sometimes dark, heavy and thought-provoking. In addition to bringing the burly and handsome appearance that Superman needs, the director Murphy Stanton also has its superpowers. The human side of matching!"

The show finally stopped. Avi Allard, who was holding the remote control, turned off the TV and seemed to be talking to Kevin Fitch about "Man of Steel", but Stan Lee didn’t listen at all, just Thoughts suddenly jumped into my own mind.

Even if it is not a professional in Hollywood, Stan Lee also knows that at this point, "Man of Steel" can be said to have won a double harvest of box office and word of mouth.

He counted forwards and looked back, and found that no movie of a superhero of surprise could be like "Man of Steel".

"Why is "Man of Steel" such a success?" Stan Lee asked himself in his heart.

A few years ago, "Superman Returns" caused Warner Bros. and DC Comics to vomit blood directly. How many years has the DC superhero movie been unsuccessful? Stan Lee can hardly remember when the last successful DC Comics Hero movie was released.

"Why do DC superhero movies that have sunk to the cliff suddenly gaining a new life?"

This is the issue that Stan Lee is most concerned about. He is definitely one of the people in the world who does not want to see the success of DC superhero movies.

But things have happened, not because he pretended not to see it, it didn't exist.

So, just like when DC Comics had an absolute advantage and Marvel Comics fell into a trough, Stan Lee again began to think carefully, but compared to that year, the answers to these two questions are not complicated, or even simpler.

In fact, there is only one answer to the two questions!

Stan Lee's mouth opened, and the name did not come out, but it turned back and forth between his lips and tongue—Murphy Stanton!

Yes it is! It's Murphy Stanton! This young Hollywood director, with his own power, perfectly integrated Superman into his own dark style, leading the DC superhero movie to complete a turning point!

"A commercial blockbuster with such a strong personal style, forget it..." Kevin Fitch's words reached Stan Lee's ears at this time, "Once it succeeds, it will inevitably be a big success."

Avi Allard also agreed with his point of view, "Murphy Stanton used "Man of Steel" to lead Hollywood to another successful model of commercial films. The summer commercial masterpiece is not just popcorn, it is dark, deep and heavy. ......The same can be achieved."

"What Murphy Stanton brings to "Man of Steel" is not the box office, but the style and reputation." Compared with Avi Allard, Kevin Fitch, the CEO of Marvel Pictures Know more about the film industry, "DC superhero movies can get rid of the previous confusion and are produced according to the model created by Murphy Stanton. The entire "Justice League" series can also be constructed on the basis of a unified style."

Speaking of this, Kevin Fitch suddenly regretted it. Maybe he shouldn't have rejected Murphy Stanton's cooperation hand, otherwise there would be no success for "Man of Steel".

There is also word of mouth. According to his understanding, because of the poor reputation of "Spider-Man 3", Sony Columbia Pictures has completely cancelled the subsequent sequel, so as not to exhaust the potential and popularity of this series.

On the other hand, "Man of Steel", Murphy Stanton’s overwhelming reputation will inevitably lay a good audience base and generate a considerable number of supporters. When other movies in the DC series are released, the basic audience group will be guaranteed. Phoebe Stanton continues to work with Warner Bros., and every film will have a certain quality assurance. Going forward step by step, when it reaches the "Justice League", I am afraid that incredible energy will burst out, right?

"Kevin, Avi..."

Stan Lee, who had been silent, suddenly interrupted Kevin Faith's thinking, "I have some new ideas for the "Iron Man" that is in the pipeline."