Hollywood Road

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"Is there a problem with the style of the Marvel superhero movie we have planned?"

Looking at Kevin Fitch and Avi Allard, Stan Lee said seriously, "Aren't the styles and themes too young?"

Hearing what he said, and thinking about the success of "Man of Steel", Kevin Firth and Avi Arad also showed thinking looks on their faces.

The "X-Men" series and the Spider-Man series are indeed quite successful in general, but they also know that these successes do not actually have much to do with Marvel Comics itself. Fox and Sony Columbia, all members of the six major Hollywood companies, undoubtedly have extremely rich operating experience in film operations, which is far beyond the reach of newcomers like Marvel Pictures.

Stan Lee sighed secretly, and said, "Murphy Stanton has proved that commercial films with black and serious themes not only have an audience, but also a wide audience. Our amazing superhero characters also have depth in themselves." and thickness, why can’t we take this route?”

He shook his head and said, "Is it necessary to turn our heroes into a group of clowns playing talk shows? Why can't we make superheroes more connotative and taller like Murphy Stanton?"

Avi Arad frowned slightly, "Is this kind of imitation really good? Follow the trend..."

"What's wrong with that?" Stan Lee didn't care, "Marvel and DC have been imitating each other, starting from the comics decades ago, and now it's nothing to imitate in movies."

He emphasized, "X-Men 3 and Spider-Man 3, as the final chapters of the trilogy, have serious problems in terms of word-of-mouth, which will greatly affect the follow-up works of these two series. It has been proved that a similar model cannot last in the long run! On the other hand, Murphy Stanton, since entering Hollywood, all the works he has participated in have a typical dark style, and they have been successful, and they are still huge successes, which fully proves that The market potential of dark movies, why can't we use this proven successful model?"

"What you said makes sense." Avi Arad nodded slightly.

Although "Man of Steel" received extremely poor reviews from some audiences, the number of these people is too small. X-Men is far from comparable.

This super high reputation will bring huge benefits to the future of the entire series. It is not an exaggeration to say that Murphy Stanton has laid a solid foundation for the entire DC follow-up series.

"I don't think this is appropriate!" Kevin Fitch did not agree with Stan Lee's statement, "We may not be successful in doing so."

Stan Lee looked at him, "Why?"

Kevin Feige gave the answer directly, "Because we don't have Murphy Stanton!"

He looked at Stan Lee, "We rejected Murphy Stanton before. If we want to cooperate with him, we must show great sincerity. Are you willing to invite him in person?"

Stan Lee was silent.

"Murphy Stanton only signed a directing contract with Warner Bros. for Man of Steel," Avi Arad reminded.

But Stan Lee remained silent. He was good at imitating and borrowing. Putting down this old face to invite a brat, it was impossible to say anything.

Indeed, Murphy's contract with Warner Bros. is only for the movie "Man of Steel". Strictly speaking, the contract between the two parties has expired.

However, there is no problem with Marvel Comics, especially Kevin Fitch is always sober, and Murphy Stanton's style may not be suitable for Marvel Pictures' superhero movies.

"Are we going to continue working with Murphy Stanton?"

In an office in the Warner Building in Burbank, Diego Harris puts down his coffee cup.

Looking at Bruce Rosenbloom across the desk, he said, "According to his previous style, preparations for a new work should start soon, if we don't start negotiations with him in advance..."

"No!" Bruce Rosenbloom shook his finger, "Warner Bros. will no longer cooperate with Murphy Stanton on this series."

This answer was obviously a bit unexpected, and Diego Harris was puzzled, "Why?"

"Diego, our marketing department re-estimated the market for Man of Steel."

Hearing this, Diego Harris looked at him curiously, and Bruce Rosenblum continued, "According to the film's reputation and the first week's box office in North America, the final North American box office of "Man of Steel" cannot be low. At 350 million U.S. dollars, the global box office has a great chance of breaking through 800 million U.S. dollars."

Diego Harris understands what Bruce Rosenbloom said. Warner Bros. and DC Comics have indeed achieved great success, but they have to pay a heavy price.

Sure enough, Bruce Rosenblum said directly, "We have to pay Murphy Stanton 20% of the global box office as dividends, as well as DVD sales, which will also reach tens of millions of dollars. Warner Bros. In the next period of time, it is very likely that Murphy Stanton will have to pay a huge sum of more than 200 million U.S. dollars."

This money is indeed too much!

Diego Harris still has some doubts, "Without his words, the following series..."

"From the current situation, "Man of Steel" can lay a solid foundation for the entire series." Bruce Rosenblum said confidently, "It also brings a unique style to DC superhero movies. and theme, as long as we follow this pattern, the following films will not be a problem.”

He laughs, "We can find suitable candidates from some lesser-known directors with similar styles, so that we can avoid paying too much."

"What about Murphy Stanton?" Diego Harris asked again.

"He is a very smart person. He should have realized this when he negotiated with us at the beginning." Bruce Rosenblum was straightforward, "That's why he offered such a horrible salary. He took this The series is not for other things, but for money."

In fact, Bruce Rosenbloom saw very clearly that Murphy took over the director of "Man of Steel" for the high salary.

There is nothing wrong with this. Directors do have higher artistic pursuits, but directors are also human beings who also need food, clothing, housing and transportation, and a higher quality of life. In today's society, if you can enjoy these things, Even no one can deny that money is the most basic condition.

Frankly speaking, Murphy himself doesn't think Warner Bros. will continue to cooperate with him.

However, he doesn't have time to think about these now, and there are more important things to do.

The blazing sun was falling from among the palm trees, and there was a creaking sound on the path paved with cobblestones. A tall figure wearing long combat boots walked slowly into the sparse palm forest. She held a sword in her right hand and a sword in her left hand. With a shield on his arm, long black curly hair hanging on the retro Greek armor, the legs under the blue skirt are amazingly long...

Her bright eyes patrolled around vigilantly, as if Wonder Woman was on alert, ready to deal with the enemy's sudden attack.

"This guy..." The Goddess of War's face was a little red, and there was a little anxiety in her expression, "Where did he go? I will find him later, I will definitely..."

Speaking of this, she thought of the battle that would inevitably take place, and she felt even more itchy and anxious. After such a long time of preparation, it was hard to create today's atmosphere...

She couldn't help but secretly swear that in the hand-to-hand combat later, she would definitely use all her strength to squeeze that guy completely dry!

"Who?"

The palm grove was not very big, but the Goddess of War saw a section of maroon cloak exposed from the back of the largest tree, and said loudly, "Come out, surrender, Clark, you can't escape!"

A gust of wind blew by, making the cloak exposed behind the thick trunk more obvious.

Gal Gadot curled her lips and said to herself, "This idiot, I thought I hid it well."

She pulled out the Vulcan sword from behind, and strode over with it in her hand, thinking as she walked, that if she caught Murphy, she would first use the long sword to slap his ass, and then tie him up with a mantra lasso In the tree, so that I can do whatever I want...

Thinking of this, Gal Gadot's eyes were bent with a smile, and the water droplets inside seemed to be leaking out at any time.

When she was approaching the tree, she suddenly speeded up. Due to the systematic training she had undergone before, although she was not as fast as a real female warrior, Gal Gadot's speed was also very fast, almost between two breaths. , rushed to the side of the tree, then turned around the tree, raised the Vulcan sword, and prepared to put it on the neck of the person behind the tree.

"Uh..." Gal Gadot stopped in mid-air with the sword in his hand.

There is no Superman behind the tree, just a section of Superman's maroon cape wrapped around the tree.

At this moment, an arm appeared from behind without a sound. Gal Gadot had just seen the dark blue uniform on it, and the arm had already gently strangled her slender white gooseneck.

"Be careful," said an extremely familiar voice from behind, "Princess Diana Prinz."

"When did Superman learn to sneak attack!" I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Gal Gadot's words were full of indignation, "It's so despicable and shameless!"

"Give me your sword..." A threatening voice came from behind.

Gal Gadot obediently handed the Vulcan sword to the opponent, then felt a hand rubbing against his waist, looked down, and saw that the mantra lasso hanging on the battle armor was taken away by the person behind .

The long sword was on the back, and the voice of the order sounded, "Go!"

Feeling that the Vulcan sword was poking lightly on the battle armor behind him, Gal Gadot walked towards the front left in cooperation, until he walked to a very smooth pillar twenty feet away, and the voice behind him once again Called, "Stop! Get on top!"