Hollywood Road

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"Do you think "The Return of Man" will fail?"

Bruce Berman's tone was a bit unfriendly. This is a project he promoted with his own hands. The investment is not insignificant, and he has encountered a series of difficulties. Now he is finally on the right track, but he is commented face-to-face that he must fail. The mood must not be much better go. ( \u003e])〉?〉

"Did I say that?" Murphy shook his head. "I don't know anything about the project "Return of Man". Even if I wanted to comment, would you believe me?"

These words instantly eased the atmosphere in the conference room, and Murphy said again, "I'm talking about Christopher Reeve's "Human 4"."

"Well..." Bruce Berman nodded, no longer caring about this topic, and turned to "Batman", "I understand, your idea is to shape us and DC Comics for decades. Batman shattered his tall image and made him fall to the bottom?"

"It can be said," Murphy has no need to deny it. If the concepts cannot be coordinated, there will only be more problems later. "Besides the disguise of Batman, Bruce Wayne is first a person, a flesh and blood with the defects of ordinary people." body."

Bruce Berman doesn't want to listen anymore. This is completely contrary to Warner Bros.'s positioning of Batman, and it is also completely different from the first four films. It must be accompanied by high risks. Whether it is Warner Bros. or The "Batman" series simply can't afford it.

There has never been a superhero movie like Murphy Stanton said, and there has never been a superhero movie in this style. Unless he is crazy, he will adopt the extremely ridiculous approach of the other party.

He looked at Diego Harris, just as the other party looked over, and the two shook their heads in unison.

What else did Murphy want to say? After all, if he can win the "Batman" series, his future will definitely be smoother.

But Bruce Berman no longer gave the opportunity, and said directly, "Director Stanton, we already have a general understanding of your concept, let's stop here today, after the discussion between Warner Bros. and DC Comics, I will give you an answer. "

When the other party talked to this point, Murphy couldn't say anything more. He nodded and packed his briefcase, and was about to say goodbye to Bill Rossis and leave.

Unexpectedly, Bruce Berman asked the staff member to collect the previously distributed materials and push them directly to Murphy, "Take these away together."

This has been very clearly and firmly telling Murphy that Warner Bros. and DC Comics have no intention of cooperating with him at all.

The two sides could not reach an agreement on the most basic production concept, and there was no way to talk about other things.

"Okay, Mr. Berman." Putting away the documents and stuffing them into the briefcase, Murphy stood up and held out his hand to Bruce Berman, "Goodbye."

"Goodbye." Bruce Berman shook his hand, his squinted eyes suddenly opened again, and added, "I wish your career will be smoother in the future."

Murphy was once rejected by him, and immediately tasted something different from this sentence.

"Thank you." He smiled calmly, and added, "I wish the "Return of Man" you promote will be a big hit."

After speaking, Murphy shook his head at Billy Rossis, and the two walked out of the reception room.

He has already seen that the two sides are not just in disagreement. Bruce Berman obviously doesn't like him very much. It is basically impossible to cooperate with Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

After Murphy and Bill Rosses left, the meeting room was quiet for a while, and then a person sitting at the edge of the long table said, "Are you really not thinking about it? I just looked at the plan The book still looks good."

"Is there a need to think about it?" Bruce Berman looked over there and said, "Not to mention that his setting of Bruce Wayne is simply unacceptable, the problem is just his own director style!"

He seems to be saying to everyone, "Have you seen the four films he directed? With a strong personal style! Do superhero movies need a personal style? This kind of big investment and big production costs are impossible. Less than $100 million, this is not the 1990s, in this era of rampant special effects, too strong personal style will only narrow the audience.”

"Bruce makes a lot of sense," DC Comics CEO Diego Harris fully agrees, "This is the "Batman" series, not "Sin City". Such a movie must be a popular movie, not a niche movie." netbsp; "Murphy Stanton is indeed a very characteristic director," Bruce Berman further said, "but the style is too niche, he will only bring disaster to "Batman". How many more years do we have to seal the series before the audience forgets the failure? Ten years or twenty years? "

Others nodded one after another, the words of Bruce Berman and Diego Harris were not unreasonable.

"Also, don't forget our capital chain." Bruce Berman easily found a lot of very reasonable reasons, easily covering up his prejudice against a person, ""Catwoman", "The Return of the Man", " "Troy" has consumed a large amount of our working capital, and we don't have any more funds to invest in another blockbuster."

After hearing this, the previous person nodded and said, "Now is really not the best time to restart the "Batman" series."

However, his gaze hidden under the brown glasses kept flickering. He obviously didn't agree with Bruce Berman's words, but he was not able to fight against the high weight of the opponent's position.

"Our focus is still "Return of Man"!" Bruce Berman said confidently, "As long as this series can be revived, our superhero movie is enough to overwhelm surprises. Don't forget, this is the most influential film in the United States and even the world. A superhero second to none!"

Murphy-Stanton's disapproval of this project led by him is simply a joke. Does a cu1t film director know how to shoot and produce mainstream commercial films? Warner Bros. couldn't help but invested more than 200 million U.S. dollars in production costs, and he also specially hired Bryan Singer, who is good at making superhero movies...

Even if the "Batman" series is restarted in the future, it is necessary to find a director like Bryan Singer who has experience in successful hero movies, not a niche netbsp like Murphy Stanton; Here." Bruce Berman stood up first, "If CAA and Brian Lauder call to inquire, tell them that Murphy Stanton and Warner Bros. have different ideas, and the style is not suitable for the "Batman" series."

He also left the conference room.

Outside the Warner Building, Murphy and Bill Rosses got into the same car.

"I didn't expect things to go so badly," Bill Rosses started the car and slowly drove into the avenue, "Warner Bros. didn't leave us any room for follow-up contact."

Murphy threw the briefcase on the back seat and fastened his seat belt. "Actually, in the conference room, when I saw Bruce Berman, I had a bad feeling."

Hearing this, Bill Rosses also remembered, and asked, "You met Bruce Berman before, and I feel that he is targeting you."

"When I was just released from prison, I applied for a job on the crew of "The Matrix," Murphy said without hiding anything, "Bruce Berman seems to have a lot of power, so he rejected me."

He roughly told Bill Rosses what he remembered.

"So that's how it is." After listening to Murphy's description, Bill Rossis nodded, "It's not surprising that you have made achievements now. If this matter is publicized, some people will look down on him People's eyes, for a CEO who controls major decision-making power of a film company, sometimes people's eyes are still very important."

"Of course," he said with a smile again, "Bruce Berman might just dislike you. However, I think it's because you accidentally mentioned people, which may have aroused his disgust."

Everyone in the industry knows that Bruce Berman is ambitious and wants to reproduce the glory of DC Comics movies, especially choosing the breakthrough point on the world's number one superhero.

Murphy felt very innocent, "I really didn't mean to insinuate "The Return of Man."

He is not stupid, how could he inexplicably allude to this masterpiece in preparation, but he is actually talking about "Human 4" that caused the interruption of the Ren series.

"Warner Bros. and DC Comics rejected it more firmly than Marvel Comics," Bill Rossis said, driving on the road to Beverly Hills. "Do you have a backup plan?"

"Of course!" Murphy didn't even think about it, "Let's go back to Marvel Comics."

"Go back to Marvel comics?" Bill Rossis shook his head, "They won't talk to us, and they won't transfer those famous superheroes."

"I know, so let's not talk to Marvel Comics." After loosening the seat belt, Murphy looked forward and said, "Bill, you seem to have forgotten that Marvel Comics has sold the copyrights of many superheroes. , and now want to repurchase but can’t get it back, the copyright of our new target is in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox.”

This is just a backup plan. If possible, Murphy would prefer "Batman". The problem is that copyright is not something he can decide.

"Let's go to the Fox Building." Murphy said, "Go to Kara Feith."

When the car arrived in Century City, he first hung up a call to Kara Feith, and then went directly to Kara Feith's office.

"Rejected?" Kara Feith asked the secretary to bring coffee to the two, "It seems that your plan is about to change again."

Murphy was leaning on the sofa, and on the coffee table in front of him were some materials that Kara Firth was looking at just now, which seemed to be related to the Crusades and the like.

"Do you mind?" Murphy asked, pointing.

"Whatever," Kara Firth came over and sat opposite him, "This is a masterpiece prepared by 20th Century Fox." (To be continued.)