The Best Entertainment Era

If it were an ordinary person to mention this matter, Edward Davis would directly refuse, but looking at Ronan's young face, he was thinking carefully about the feasibility.

Relativity Entertainment and Warner Bros. have been cooperating for a long time. Almost all the production crews of its subsidiary Shahai Entertainment have a resident in Warner Studios. None, but the success rate is frighteningly high.

Edward Davis knew very well that the initiators of Sandhai Entertainment's film projects were, without exception, this young man named Ronan Anderson.

The performance of the other party has already attracted the attention of Warner Bros. executives. It is said that someone on the board of directors has proposed to try to acquire Relativity Entertainment.

It's just that the deconstruction of the other party's equity is too simple, the most critical film library is almost zero, and the board of directors has not paid much attention to it for the time being.

But Ronan Anderson cannot but be taken seriously.

A producer with such a high success rate found Warner specifically to reboot Batman.

Maybe it really is a good opportunity to revive the Batman movie.

Since Spider-Man was released at the box office, Edward Davis has done a lot of actions in comic movies, such as poaching the corners of X-Men and contacting Bryan Singer several times. He went to direct Superman Returns; for example, he personally finalized the heroine of Catwoman by the new Oscar winner Halle Berry and so on.

Batman might have been a poor choice for other producers, but Ronan Anderson might really have made a difference.

After all, Ronan Anderson's film performance in the past three years is really brilliant.

The current market situation is actually very obvious, the era of the rise of superhero movies has arrived.

David Bird asked at this time: Mr. Anderson, can you specifically talk about your content plan for this new movie?

Ronan gave up the position to Christopher Nolan in a timely manner: The content planning is mainly done by Chris, let him do it.

Christopher Nolan knew that the other party held the copyright and had to take the initiative to fight for it. He was not polite, and said directly: Although the story I conceived is based on The Dark Knight Returns, it actually starts from the origin, mainly about Bruce- In order to eradicate the evil forces in Gotham City, Wayne traveled all over the world to find ways to become Batman. It will be the first film about the dark warrior to see the city from outside Gotham City.

Audiences will see how the world sees Gotham, and I'll incorporate that into a city as great as London, New York, and Paris.

David Bird asked again: Just now you said that you want to use dark realism as the style of the film, how do you plan to shape Gotham?

In the previous Batman movies, the background was very comic and exaggerated.

When it comes to the film production he is best at, Christopher Nolan is full of confidence, and even more self-confident: An exaggerated version of modern New York, a metropolis that makes people breathless, it can make people sink into it, let people The awareness is boundless. I want the audience to feel that Gotham is a place that is both familiar and dangerous.

He thought for a while, and then emphasized, My definition of Gotham City is an enhanced dark version of New York.

Edward Davis and David Bird listened very carefully. They hoped to revitalize the Batman movie, but they were relatively cautious.

It is not easy to save the Batman movie. The bad experience brought by Joe Schumacher to Batman and Robin is still in the hearts of many viewers. These will inevitably affect their confidence in this series, thus When the new Batman movie comes out, choose to wait and see or even give up.

It takes a lot of people to pay too much to create a series of movies, but it only needs to make one bad movie to ruin a successful series.

Christopher Nolan's words continued: In essence, the new Batman movie still belongs to the category of science fiction movies. But it is obviously different from the traditional Batman. I want to give him a more realistic style. , Character design, props and action fighting, all must match this style.”

In my film, Bruce Wayne is no longer a god, he is just a man. Christopher Nolan emphasized again, He has desires, sorrows, feelings, and is lost, and he needs to be reborn after being lost. Get yourself back.

If he can't shoot the ideal dark and realistic style, he would rather give up the Batman movie and find other themes with Ronan.

After all, the world is so big, if the West can't find suitable themes and ideas, they can go to the East to find them.

After Christopher Nolan finished speaking, Ronan said again: Batman movies need redemption, and Bruce Wayne himself needs redemption!

David Byrd nodded: Batman really needs a new life.

Ronan smiled and said, Superman, Batman, and Spiderman are the well-deserved Big Three of comic superheroes. We can't let the Spiderman family dominate, right?

Christopher Nolan can bring new life to the Batman movie, but the dark realistic style will bring the entire DC superhero adaptation into a road that doesn't know good or bad.

Of course, the former Warner Bros. and DC Comics eventually rejected the dark and realistic style that they had always insisted on.

These two have intentions, but many practical problems and difficulties cannot be ignored.

Edward Davis said directly: The Catwoman, Superman Returns, Troy and Harry Potter movies in the same period have consumed a large amount of Warner Bros. liquidity, and we have no more The funds are reinvested in a huge production.

Ronan is not afraid that Warner Bros. will have difficulties, but he is only worried that Warner Bros. will not even talk about it.

I have a suggestion. Ronan said in a timely manner: Warner Bros. and DC Comics authorized Shahai Entertainment to shoot and produce. The first producer is of course Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Shahai Entertainment participated in the production investment and the corresponding revenue. share, but does not involve the final copyright ownership of the film.

This is also impossible. The copyright of Batman is in the hands of the other party, and the other party will not sell the copyright to other companies anyway.

Edward Davis asked, What's the production budget?

Ronan said directly: About 150 million US dollars. Sand Sea Entertainment can afford 100 million US dollars of investment, and at the same time, it only needs to share the revenue of the first three years of the film.

This is also one of the mainstream production methods of Hollywood co-productions. Most of the copyrights are owned by one party, and then another investor enjoys a share within 2 to 3 years after the screening, or the copyright party directly pays a sum of money based on the box office results after the screening. Investors buy out their offline shares.

Facing his peers in the industry, and not a small company, Edward Davis is also more particular, and must say some things first: The distribution and copyright of the film must be owned by Warner Bros.

Ronan nodded: I have no problem with this.

Everyone in the industry understands the operating rules in the circle, and many things are used to deal with foreign investors.

But Ronan also has corresponding requirements: I must be the first producer of the film.

I'll make a note of that, Edward Davis said.

The project has not been determined yet, this can only be considered as a future requirement.

Hollywood is a typical producer-centered system. Ronan as the first producer can not only guarantee his own interests, but also give Christopher Nolan enough room to display.

After all, the current Christopher Nolan can only be regarded as a small director.

Had to meet a producer who didn't like the dark realism style, the chances of accidents on this project would be multiplied.

This was the first formal meeting, and after talking about more specific matters, it gradually came to an end.

Because of The Return of the Dark Knight, David Bird was very interested in Christopher Nolan's idea, and the success rate of Ronan, a producer, brought a certain degree of confidence.

Even Edward Davis was moved.

The restart of the Batman movie is a big event, and it cannot be decided by the two of us. Edward Davis said to Ronan and the two: We will initiate a proposal to the board of directors and submit your materials and project proposals. Submit it to the review committee, and you need to wait patiently for details.

Ronan nodded slightly: We keep in touch, you can call me or Chris anytime if you need anything.

The approval process for the first-line project production of a major Hollywood company is quite complicated, and the green light of the review committee must be obtained. For such a large project, one person cannot make a decision at all.

Ronan and Christopher Nolan will have to be patient for a while, with multiple meetings with Warner Bros. and DC Comics in between.

It is not uncommon to even delay the first half of the year or even a year.

The Return of Superman project that Warner Bros. is promoting actually started planning five or six years ago. The script has been changed four or five times, and even the director has changed two times. The preparatory funds thrown in in the early stage amounted to 30 to 40 million US dollars.

The future production cost of this film must be astronomical.

After leaving the Warner Building, Christopher Nolan asked Ronan directly: What are the chances?

Ronan said: There is still great hope. It is impossible for Warner Bros. to give up Batman.

Christopher Nolan breathed a sigh of relief and said, Actually, even if there is no hope, we still have to try. If we don't try, how will we know whether we succeeded or failed?

Don't worry, Chris. Ronan said with a smile: With me as an investor responsible for most of the production budget, the possibility of Warner Bros. finally giving the green light is more than 80%.

Both Legendary Pictures and Christopher Nolan were able to convince Warner Bros.

There is no shadow of Legendary Pictures now, and it has been replaced by Shahai Entertainment, which is more powerful and can invest more funds. It seems that the possibility of success is greater.