Legendary Hollywood Director

If it were an ordinary person to mention this kind of thing, Walter Bird would definitely refuse.

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The history of Bruce Wayne's growth?

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who cares.

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The best-selling Batman comics will always be the part that punishes evil and promotes good.

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What about "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Deadly Joke", the word of mouth is good or not, do you see its high sales?

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Moreover, the style of "The Dark Knight Returns" is very unpleasant, and many fans have sent letters to complain.

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If you want to restore it, will you lose a large audience in terms of look and feel?

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After all, it is a manga adaptation work. Most of the people who can go to the cinema to support it are comic fans.

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Thinking of this, I got into a predicament again.

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If the degree of reduction is high, passersby will be lost; if the degree of reduction is low, I am afraid that the true love fans will explode on the spot, and the DC department will not be sprayed by then.

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There was no precedent for such a thing before.

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Anyway, those people don't care whether the movie was made by the DC department, and who would understand the twists and turns of a big company like Warner.

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Walter Bird hesitated, looking at the slightly younger faces of Lyman and Nolan, and couldn't help thinking about the feasibility.

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He knew very well that both of them had never failed without exception.

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The sturdy record can arouse reverie.

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If the adaptation is really successful, there is no doubt that the biggest profit is his dc department.

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As the saying goes, risks and opportunities coexist.

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In addition, Barry Mayer is also optimistic about them

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Maybe it can really make a difference and bring Batman back to the big screen.

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Since the release of "Spider-Man" at the box office, Warner Bros. has made a lot of moves in comics, such as digging the corner of "X-Men", directors, screenwriters, etc., digging "Spider-Man" director Sam - Remy, unfortunately it didn't work out; another example is to invite Halle Berry, the new Oscar-winning actress, to use her popularity as the heroine of "Catwoman" and so on.

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Their ambitions are great.

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Anyone with a discerning eye can also analyze the market situation in recent years that the era of the rise of comic book masterpieces has come.

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Of course Warner didn't want to miss it.

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Walter Bird asked at this time: "Can you talk about the shooting ideas of this movie?"

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Lehman turned his head and said, "Let Director Nolan talk about it in detail. He mainly completed the content planning."

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Christopher Nolan also knows that the other party is the owner of the copyright, and must actively seek his approval.

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He sorted out his thoughts and introduced: "Although the template of this story is based on "The Return of the Dark Knight", there are many changes to the plot. In fact, it is not so much the history of Bruce Wayne's growth, it is better to say It's Gotham's degenerate history, and audiences will see the city from the inside out through Batman's eyes."

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"What about the style? Continue the style of the comics?"

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"Yes, in essence, this version of Batman doesn't have that much ability. What I want to give is more of a style close to reality. The script, characters, props and fighting scenes are all realistic, and because the bat Xia always haunts in the dark, and the style of painting is not too different from the comics, all of which are cold and dark colors."

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"Listen to Barry Mayer, you are responsible for the production costs and promise not to involve any copyright ownership of the film? So, how much can you budget?" Walter Bird continued to ask.

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"The minimum is 100 million, and the upper limit is 200 million. It mainly depends on the expenditure of the actors." Lehman laughed: "We can not participate in the copyright, but for the offline family entertainment part of the film, Firefly Pictures must guarantee the revenue share for the first three years. "

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This is also one of the mainstream production methods of Hollywood co-production. If the copyright is owned by one party, then the other party can only enjoy the offline share for 2 to 3 years, or after the screening, the copyright owner will pay a separate sum of money directly based on market performance. , buy off the offline share from the producer.

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Of course, Lehmann knew of the fiery performance of "Batman" in the DVD and video tape markets, so he was naturally reluctant to talk about the latter's method of buying out shares, but directly fought for the former.

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In the face of his peers in the industry, or a film company that has cooperated with Warner, Walter Bird is also more particular, and some words must be said in the front, "I still need to discuss this aspect, and I can't make any guarantees at the moment, but the release of the film And all copyrights must belong to Warner. This is a prerequisite for our cooperation."

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Walter Bird, like Barry Mayer, was bitten by the distribution and copyright.

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After all, if you can master these two, you can directly guarantee Warner's right to speak in the entire project and most of the benefits.

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In any case, let’s talk about being invincible first.

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Lehmann nodded, "We have no problem with this, but we also have a request, that is, I should be the first producer of the project."

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Warners pursues a typical producer-centered system. If they can achieve this, they will not only better safeguard their own interests, but also allow director Nolan to have enough room to play.

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After all, Nolan is still only a second-tier director. If he really meets a strong producer, he can't be tough if he wants to.

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This is only the first official contact. After talking about some more specific shooting plans, it is gradually approaching the end.

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"The restart of this project is a big deal, and it's not something I can decide alone." Walter Bird didn't want to take responsibility, he said to the Lehmans: "I will make a proposal to the board and put your The project proposal is submitted to the review committee, and it will take some time to be specific.”

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Big companies are so troublesome and have to be accountable to multiple board members.

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However, Lehman also understood, nodded lightly and said, "Call us anytime if there is any progress."

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Warner's project review system~www.readwn.com~ is quite troublesome.

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Without the approval of Walter Bird, the head of the DC department, it would not be unusual for the first half of the year or even a year or two to be delayed if Barry Mayer gave the green light.

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After leaving the Warner Building, Christopher Nolan felt a little lack of confidence, "Lyman, do you think Warner will agree to cooperate?"

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"Hope is great. Warner Bros. will never give up a gold mine like Batman. They will always develop it."

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"But the one just now, doesn't seem to be very satisfied?"

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"Haha, even if he is satisfied, will he show it to us again?" Lyman laughed: "Someone is responsible for most of the production budget, and Barry Mayer's approval, I think Warner Bros. will eventually give the green light more than likely. Ninety percent."

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An investment bank like Legendary Pictures can cooperate with Warner. It can be seen that their own willingness to develop is too great. Even if Lehman is not involved, Warner will find a way to develop the project.

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