America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 347 345. Superman and the Joker

"Breaking news! Eric Cooper completes the acquisition of Warner, and Hollywood enters the Sixth Era."

"The largest acquisition in Hollywood history has been settled, and Warner Bros. has a new owner."

"Hollywood has begun a major reshuffle. Who is the most powerful person in Hollywood now? How long will Disney have to enjoy the glory?"

"MGM is expanding wildly, and the acquisition of Warner Bros. symbolizes that Eric Cooper has officially taken the throne of the Hollywood emperor."

"The old Hollywood system centered on Disney has collapsed, and a new pattern centered on MGM is about to be established."

"With MGM, Warner, Fine Arts, Facebook, YouTube, Lionheart, Marvel, DC, DoubleStar Entertainment, and Hasbro, Eric Cooper's ambition is further expanding. Which company will be his next target?"

As the acquisition was officially completed, this blockbuster news also spread all over the world at the same time.

Compared with the recent acquisition of Lucasfilm, this is obviously more shocking.

After all, just putting two numbers on the table can tell which one is better, $3 billion or $51 billion. Which one has a stronger impact?

The media and Hollywood practitioners are discussing the impact of this incident and what consequences it will have on themselves and the film industry.

The audience is not interested in discussing these things at all. They only know that it is finally over, and this damn acquisition is finally over.

Since the program started, all Warner's movies have been withdrawn.

These include masterpieces such as "Batman Begins" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". Now they can finally be released to meet fans. We can't wait.

And now that Eric Cooper has taken over Warner, he will definitely develop DC as vigorously as he developed Marvel.

That kind of small fight is really boring. Warner will always only make a fuss about Batman and Superman. It seems that there is no one else except these two characters.

They made a "Catwoman". Halle Berry is really hot, but the movie has become a complete pile of shit.

Please, the two big brothers are really fierce, but the younger brothers and sisters are not invincible.

Wonder Woman, Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, Nightwing, Constantine, etc. can all be ranked in the second line, and their comic sales are no worse than Captain America.

The next level includes Batgirl Barbara, Aquaman, Wally West, Shazam, etc., whose comic sales are slightly worse than Captain America, but much better than Iron Man and Daredevil who have not produced any film or television works.

There are a lot of high-quality characters waiting to be developed, and the stupid Warner only knows to stare at Superman and Batman.

Now it's good, Eric Cooper is in power, and the good times of DC are finally coming.

Maybe in the future, there will be a joint drama of Marvel vs. DC. Anyway, the two companies have published several joint comics, so there are materials.

Beverly Hills, Cooper's house.

The last time I acquired Lucasfilm, I didn't celebrate, and I waited until today to hold a grand party.

Eric is very happy today and invited a lot of people.

In addition to close friends, even the heads of various film and television companies received invitations this time, as well as well-known directors, film critics, singers, etc.

That is to say, the villa at home is big enough, otherwise it can't afford so many people.

The doorbell rang, and Henry Cavill walked in wearing a neat suit. He was obviously dressed very seriously.

His beard was clean-shaven, his hair was meticulously combed, and he sprayed a light perfume on his body.

It didn't look like he was attending a party, but rather attending a publicity meeting or a press conference.

The little nanny Lisa couldn't help but brighten up when she saw him, and then whispered: "You are too reserved, big star."

Henry Cavill frowned, and when he walked in, he saw that almost everyone else was wearing casual home clothes, and he immediately felt itchy all over, especially out of place.

"I thought this was a very formal and serious party."

"It seems that you think too much, brother, but it doesn't matter. With your looks, you will be welcomed even if you dress up as a beggar."

After a bitter smile, he could only take off his coat and hand it to Lisa: "Please keep it for me for a while, so that I can feel more relaxed."

"No, unless you give me a kiss."

Hearing this, Henry Cavill widened his eyes, thinking that the maids in the boss's house are so fierce?

"Haha. Just kidding, I watched "Twilight" recently."

Not far away, Paris Hilton's radar suddenly rang wildly, and the spider sense told her that there was a handsome guy.

Turning around, she saw Henry Cavill appear, looking around, as if looking for a place to fit in.

"Look at him handsome and anxious, like a confused puppy, so cute, I really want to peel him clean and swallow him."

"Are you interested in him? Isn't your target Eric Cooper?" Sister Nicky Hilton said jokingly.

Paris looked at Eric who was chatting with Bob Mayer, Spielberg and others.

"Forget it, that guy is too high-class, I can't get close to him."

"Yeah, he is not the same species as our peers, and the entire Hilton family is not as rich as him."

"Humph! This damn guy, go play with the old man all his life."

Nicky Hilton laughed and said, "Be careful, these words you curse will reach Eric's ears, be careful that he will retaliate against you."

Paris rolled his eyes: "That's better, if you want to pass it on, pass on my next words together."

"What?"

"If you want revenge, come and fuck me hard, don't miss a word."

After saying that, she twisted her hips, picked up two glasses of wine, and walked towards Henry Cavill with a smile.

When the other party saw this well-known promiscuous flower, his heart suddenly surged.

He didn't want to get too close to Paris Hilton. In fact, he didn't even want to attend this party.

Instead of wasting time, it's better to play games at home. He just saved up a new computer with high configuration.

"Nice to meet you, Henry, Paris Hilton."

"Well, I know, your name can often be seen in newspapers."

"Negative news, right? I tell you that most of them are fake. The media always likes to look at me with tinted glasses."

"Have a drink, don't you know anyone here?"

Henry Cavill shook his head slightly: "My director doesn't seem to be here, and Lively hasn't been found. In fact, I'm a newcomer."

Paris Hilton's eyes curved into crescents, thinking that newcomers are good, and newcomers are easy to fool.

After this party, I must get you into my bed.

"It's okay, I can introduce you to my sister and best friend first, they are super nice."

After saying that, he got started and pulled Henry Cavill to his small team.

At this moment, Mark Morgan, the producer of Twilight, suddenly waved his hand: "Henry, come here Henry!"

Superman instantly found a reason: "Sorry Paris, I have to go over and see, that's my boss."

There was no way, Paris Hilton could only let go, looked across, and found Eric sitting in the middle, and couldn't help thinking that this guy must be sabotaging.

"Damn it, he doesn't want to sleep with me, and he doesn't let me sleep with others!"

Mischa Barton laughed: "I think you have hypochondria, they obviously want to talk about business, wait, who is behind you?"

Paris turned around and immediately found Chris Evans appeared.

Thinking of Captain America's pectoral muscles in the movie, her body couldn't help but get hot, she licked the corner of her mouth and walked towards the other party.

"Henry, come here, you're going to get lucky."

Henry Cavill came to a group of big men in a daze. Although he didn't know many of them, he was definitely not an ordinary person to be around Eric Cooper.

"Sit down." Eric pointed to the seat next to him.

"Henry, first of all, congratulations on your good work. Your performance in Twilight did not disappoint me."

"Eric chose you to play the leading role, you didn't know it yet." Mark Morgan added.

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Cooper."

"I also like your appearance and temperament. Twilight will be made into a series. You can continue to play it, but I need to give you a difficult task."

Henry Cavill's heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself, maybe I have to accompany Paris Hilton and other socialites.

"What. What mission?"

"Have you seen Superman?"

"Yes, I have seen the comics and animations, and the old movies, and Smallville."

"This is better, it can save a lot of time to understand the role. You know I acquired Warner and now plan to develop the DC movie universe."

"I plan to let you play the new Superman!"

Hearing this, Henry Cavill was stunned on the spot.

Then he was ecstatic. It was indeed a pie in the sky. That was Superman, the most popular character in American comics.

Although Spider-Man's movie was very successful, it did not make the popularity of the little bug surpass Superman, even though Superman had not had a movie for many years.

Before Nolan's Batman trilogy was completed, Batman's popularity was not as good as Superman.

"Henry, what do you think? Say something." Mark Morgan pushed him.

"Yes, yes, I was just shocked by this sudden good news."

"Sorry, I just never thought that I could play Superman. This is like a dream. I will do my best, Mr. Cooper."

Eric smiled: "Don't be so excited. I just said there is a difficult task."

"If you want to play Superman, you need to build muscle and exercise. You must become a big guy."

"But in "Twilight", you are a vampire and you must maintain a relatively slim figure, so you will need to control your weight and muscles in a short time, which requires a lot of sweat and perseverance."

Said Eric shouted loudly: "Chris, come here Chris."

Chris Evans, who was trapped in Paris Hilton's girlfriends group, responded quickly and walked out of the pink circle quickly.

This made Paris Hilton angry again: "Damn it! Eric, this bastard, he must be targeting me on purpose, I am so angry!"

"Haha. You won't be really angry. I bet as long as Eric hooks his finger, you will definitely kneel down by his bed immediately." Nicky Hilton said jokingly.

"What's up?"

"Let me introduce you to a friend, Henry Cavill."

The two greeted each other.

"Chris has to balance the filming of Transformers and Captain America, and he is also gaining weight and muscle while losing weight and muscle. He can teach you some experience."

"What are your plans?" Tao asked.

Super nodded: "Mr. Cooper asked me to play the new Superman."

"Wow! Such a good role, won't you give me an audition opportunity?"

"He is more suitable than you, Chris."

"Okay, then come over here, young man, we can be fitness partners in the future."

The two left and soon joined the team of Jason Momoa, John Wolverine and Robert Downey Jr.

Eric touched his hungry stomach and walked to the grill, only to see Nolan brushing oil attentively.

"I didn't expect that a big director like you could do this."

Nolan raised his head and smiled shyly: "In fact, I am not only good at cooking, but also good at farming. I have planted corn, wheat, beans and peanuts."

"Really? I didn't expect you to be a versatile person."

"Haha. To experience life, give me two pieces."

Eric nodded slightly: "No wonder you like real shots. If you can use real ones, don't use fake ones."

"It smells good. Let us eat first."

Judy appeared behind him with Avril and Daddario.

"Of course, ladies first." Nolan skillfully put the barbecue on the plate.

Looking at the three beauties, Eric tried to ask, "You three seem to have a good relationship."

Avril snorted coldly, "It's better than a heartless person."

Daddario said nothing, but looked at Eric with his big dog eyes.

Thinking that he hadn't visited them for more than half a month, Eric couldn't help feeling guilty.

"Okay, let's not delay the busy people's business. Come with me and introduce some new friends to you."

Judy blinked at Eric and pulled the two women away.

According to their plan, everything seemed to be going well.

But Nolan was confused. He was a genius director, and the director was very sensitive to all kinds of details.

These three women and one man gave him a very abnormal feeling!

"Ahem. Nolan, I plan to release "The Dark Knight" in half a month, you should prepare in advance."

"Yes, no problem."

"Besides, since Warner belongs to me, you should give up the idea of ​​leaving and continue to shoot the sequel."

"I promised not to interfere with your creation and guarantee sufficient budget, and this sentence is still valid."

Hearing this, Nolan instantly became energetic.

Of course he wanted to shoot a sequel very much, and the foreshadowing was already laid.

At the end of "The Dark Knight", Joker's identity card appeared, and the villain of the second part had been finalized.

Nolan even conceived the basic framework, but Warner's serious interference made him worry about his creative freedom.

"The actual production cost of Batman Begins is about $115 million. I'll approve $165 million for the sequel. How about that?"

"But the movie hasn't been released yet. Are you sure it will make money?"

"Whether it makes money or loses money, I'll give you an extra $50 million. You just need to work hard on your creation."

"Since you said that, it seems I have no reason to refuse."

"Let's use Bale for Batman. I have an actor to recommend for the Joker. Of course, it's up to you to decide whether to use him or not."

"Who?"

"Heath Ledger!"