Hollywood Road

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The weather in New York is very hot this year. The new week has just begun, and the blazing sun is falling from the sky, baking the Big Apple, and creating a scorching heat wave among the various districts of Manhattan.

In the Marvel comics headquarters, the air conditioner is opened earlier than in previous years, and it feels refreshing, as if in another world.

But these refreshing feelings did not dispel the boredom 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 last thing you want to see happens, and it is widely publicized.

"This station just got the news that the Warner/DC superhero masterpiece "Man of Steel", produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Murphy Stanton, has been soaring at the box office since it was released last Thursday. "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek 3," which were released two weeks ago, ranked first in the box office charts in North America."

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

Compared to these two, Stan Lee's complexion was much uglier. Although he was very old, the old wrinkled face had become extremely dark.

This is an indescribable feeling. No one wants to see DC get unlucky more than him. Stan Lee has never told anyone about it, but he is quite clear about it.

He is known as the father of amazing superheroes, but I know how many characters in it borrow from the settings of DC superheroes?

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 students who have been criticized, the sense of accomplishment of defeating the teacher in the field that the teacher is best at, 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 media have mentioned those things at the beginning.

As long as Marvel superheroes continue to succeed on the screen and DC superhero movies continue to fail, these criticisms will eventually become dust in history. Who cares how much of it is based on dc superheroes?

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

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

"As the foundational work and the most critical part of Warner's entire "Justice League" project, "Man of Steel" was jointly completed by Warner Bros. and DC Comics in collaboration with the famous young director Murphy Stanton, and the production cost was as high as 200 million US dollars. , under the pressure of the continuous failure of its own superhero movies, the successive success of the "Spider-Man" series and the formal establishment of Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Warner Bros. are under great pressure. The plan has a crucial strategic position, and it can almost be said that it can only succeed and never fail."

"The film will be screened in 4,250 theaters in North America on Friday. Murphy Stanton, who is regarded as a savior by Warner Bros., really lived up to expectations. And media word of mouth, drew a beautiful curve of rising box office on Saturday, with a single-day revenue of 51.45 million U.S. dollars, plus the 43.55 million U.S. dollars harvested on Sunday, and a three-day slashing of 143.2 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend, easily crushing the three releases. Zhou's "Spider-Man 3" earned US$29.21 million and "Shrek 3", which was released for two weeks, earned US$47.66 million, dominating the North American box office!"

"With the box office released in the first weekend, "Man of Steel" is now the highest opening work of director Murphy Stanton and the leading actors. It is also worth mentioning that according to the statistics of Wall Street professional organizations,

About 31% of the $144.2 million North American opening weekend box office came from Murphy Stanton supporters! "

"Judging from the audience composition of "Man of Steel", female audiences accounted for 41%, and audiences over 25 years old accounted for 64%, which basically indicates that the stamina is healthy and stable. In addition, from the audience rating Re's 'a+', the film has undoubtedly reached the level that a high-quality commercial production should have, with 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 U.S. dollars."

Hearing this number on the TV, Stan Lee's face became even more ugly. The 300 million US dollars box office of "Man of Steel" will definitely reawaken the interest of movie fans and comic fans in DC superheroes...

"Let's look at the media evaluation of "Man of Steel", the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 83%. The comprehensive score is 77 points, and the professional reputation can be described as overwhelming."

Stan Lee suddenly closed his eyes, and no Marvel superhero movie has ever achieved such a high reputation.

He didn't want to continue watching, but the sound of the TV still reached his ears without any leakage.

"The New York Times review argues that, unlike the massive escapism of the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises, Murphy Stanton's Man of Steel is a tribute to a man we think we know. Artist-level referrals from Screen Heroes"

"The famous "" commented that "Man of Steel" has effectively redefined the term "epic" that has been used badly in summer files in recent years."

"Empire magazine thinks Man of Steel may fall short on depth, warmth and humor, but it's a spectacular sci-fi blockbuster—big, sentimental, operatic, and haunting, Murphy— Stanton tells a Superman origin story that's relevant to our time and kicks off a beloved superseries."

"USA Today highly praised the film's storytelling, which is sometimes triumphant, sometimes dark and thought-provoking. In addition to bringing the burly and handsome appearance that Superman needs, director Murphy Stanton has the same superpowers. Matching human side!"

The show finally stopped, and Avi Arad, who was holding the remote control, turned off the TV and seemed to be talking to Kevin Feige about "Man of Steel", but Stan Lee didn't listen at all. Think about thoughts that pop into your head.

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

He counted forward and backward, and realized that no Marvel superhero movie has ever been as close as Man of Steel.

"Why is Man of Steel so successful?" Stan Lee asked himself in his mind.

The "Return of Superman" in the past few years made Warner Bros. and DC comics vomit blood directly. How many years have DC superhero movies not been successful? So far away that Stan Lee can hardly remember the year when the last successful DC Comics hero movie was released.

"Why do dc superhero movies that have sunk to the brink suddenly find new life?"

This is the biggest concern of Stan Lee, who is definitely one of the last people in the world who don't want to see a DC superhero movie succeed.

But things had already happened, it wasn't because he pretended not to see them that they didn't exist.

Therefore, just like when DC Comics had an absolute advantage and Marvel Comics fell into a trough, Stan Lee began to think carefully again, but compared to the past, the answers to these two questions are not complicated, even relatively simple.

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

Stan Lee opened his mouth, but the name didn't come out, but turned back and forth between his lips and tongue - Murphy Stanton!

yes! 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, it doesn't matter if it doesn't succeed..." Kevin Fitch's words reached Stan Lee's ears at this time, "Once it succeeds, it will definitely be a big success."

Avi Allard also agrees 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, but dark, deep and heavy. ... can also be successful."

"The most terrifying thing that Murphy Stanton brought to Man of Steel was not the box office, but the style and word-of-mouth." Compared to Avi Arad, Kevin Fitch, CEO of Marvel Pictures I have a better understanding of the film industry, "DC superhero movies can get rid of the previous confusion and be produced according to the model created by Murphy Stanton. The entire "Justice League" series can also be built on the basis of a unified style."

Speaking of this, Kevin Feige suddenly regretted it very much. Maybe his side should not have rejected the cooperation hand extended by Murphy Stanton, otherwise there would be no success in "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 canceled the subsequent sequels, so as not to exhaust the potential and popularity of this series.

On the other hand, "Man of Steel", the overwhelming reputation brought by Murphy Stanton will inevitably lay a good audience base and generate quite a lot of supporters. When other films in the DC series are released, the basic audience group will be guaranteed. Faye Stanton continues to cooperate with Warner Bros. Each film will have a certain quality assurance, step by step, when it reaches "Justice League", I am afraid it will explode with incredible energy?

"Kevin, Avi..."

Stan Lee, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted Kevin Firth's thinking, "I have some new ideas about "Iron Man" which is in preparation." (To be continued.)