Legendary Hollywood Producer

Although a senior member of the Warner Batman project has been initially settled, the cooperation is still under difficult negotiation.

Large companies are not good at this, and procrastinate.

Roman looked impetuously at Edward Davis, who was an executive in the production department of Warner Pictures.

Perhaps it was because David Byrd had said the news in this regard, and the appointment through Manhai Entertainment went smoothly.

In this meeting room on the top floor of the Warner Bros. headquarters in Burbank, Roman met several senior figures responsible for the resumption of the Batman project.

But that's only the case. Although Roman's proposal is tempting, they still need time to think about the feasibility of the project.

"Mr. Roman, let's do that. When we initiate a proposal with the board of directors and make a decision, we will discuss the cooperation of this project plan. Now, the specific situation requires your company to wait patiently." Edward Davis is polite and polite Said.

Facing this kind of avoidance, Roman had nothing to do. He just nodded slightly and said: "Okay, let's keep in touch, and you can call us at any time if there is anything."

The production process of film and television projects of major Hollywood companies is always complicated. From the preliminary market research to the green light of the board of directors, the preparation work of the crew will start after the approval is obtained. The problems of high-quality projects like Batman's restart cannot be determined by a few senior executives.

Roman must wait patiently. Whether Warner Bros. is willing to accept him in the game, there are still considerations.

However, he himself is still very sure about this matter. Warner Bros. cannot forever shut off super-popular characters like Batman, and as long as they have ideas for adaptation, Manhai Entertainment is willing to bear most of the production budget. No matter how you think about it, the possibility of final agreement is very high.

In the previous life, this series of movies was also jointly produced by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Now it has been replaced by Manhai Entertainment, which has more liquid funds, and there is no reason for it to be unsuccessful.

After Roman left, Edward Davis is also preparing to approve the admission qualification of Manhai Entertainment to the review body of the board of directors.

Regarding this matter, his heart is still more inclined to join the Roman company.

Making a movie is inherently risky, and how to share the risk is exactly what a competent manager needs to do.

What's more, the stock investors behind Warner don't like to see loss-making accounts on the company's financial report, which is something Warner and other high-level executives are trying to avoid.

The department executives who stepped down because of this have appeared many times in the history of Warner's founding.

As for the filming concept of Roman that David Bird said is very suitable for the restart of the Batman film project, it is not his focus. He is an executive with real power in the production department. He is not a director, let alone a producer. He doesn't need to care about how a movie will be shot, he only looks at the final result.

If the movie is good, if it has profit space and market potential, then promote it vigorously; if the movie is not good, it will lose money, so try to avoid Warner Pictures’ loss from it, and try every means to return the investment.

This is the executive that Warner needs, and Edward Davis knows this very well.

Since the defeat eight years ago, the Batman series adaptation project has been closed, and Warner has since lost a golden weapon.

The other giant of dc comics-Superman, also cruelly ended and refrigerated in the series "Superman 4".

At this point, the Warner-dc comics department, which holds a large number of popular characters, is no longer brilliant, and it happens that the rival Marvel comics has changed its decline. After the release of movies such as "X-Men" and "Spider-Man", it has completely become the super market on the market. The mainstream of the hero movie genre.

This is undoubtedly a result that Warner executives and the dc comics department are unwilling to see, so the restart of Batman's adaptation project is their way to deal with the pressure of the Marvel comics dominance.

As for Manhai Entertainment and Roman himself who want to enter, Warner has also conducted a detailed investigation.

After David Bird came back the day before yesterday and talked about Roman looking for him, the marketing department staff went to figure out what his purpose was.

Is it purely optimistic about the Batman movie project or is it necessary to do so for other reasons? The motivation for this decision is the information that Warner hopes to know in advance.

Fortunately, the marketing staff did not disappoint Warner executives. In their investigation, it was found that Manhai Entertainment currently has the right to adapt a number of Marvel comics superhero characters. Although they are not well-known second- and third-tier characters, they are enough to let people know their intentions.

In Edward Davis's vision, perhaps Roman chose the Batman project to further expand the already emerging superhero movie market.

In this case, the copyright of the small characters he holds can be more worthy of adaptation.

Do you follow suit to make superhero movies? This kind of thing is quite understandable to Edward Davis, who was born at the top of Warner.

After all, what can really be familiar to the audience will always be first-line super-popular heroes such as Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, and Fantastic Four. The market foundation they have is not comparable to those of the miscellaneous goods in Roman hands.

Therefore, the market is hyped up, and the beneficiaries will definitely have a place in Manhai Entertainment.

Looking at it this way, it would not seem so strange for his early investment.

Anyone who does something related to interests will have the motivation to figure out Roman's desire to take the initiative to enter the market, and it also makes Warner's senior management more at ease. At least his goal is the same as that of Warner, he wants to see Batman succeed.

There is no room for loss in this project, and the existence of any expansion risk is not allowed.

And Manhai Entertainment has been successful in the past few years. Although Warner has not cooperated with it, a series of performances made by Paramount Pictures, which is also a top-notch, are also in the eyes of Warner.

I know that Paramount Pictures does not simply regard Manhai Entertainment as its affiliated production company, but a true equal partner.

This is also an important plus point for Warner to consider the feasibility of cooperation, and the other is Roman himself.

Edward Davis knows very well that at present all film project promoters of Manhai Entertainment are all made by this young man without exception.

The opponent's excellent results are also an important reference for entering the Batman movie project.

A producer who has not failed, inexplicably makes people feel confident in him, just like Jerry Bruckheimer is now, constantly succeeding.