Legendary Hollywood Producer

Edward Davis raised his head and looked at the representatives of the Warner Board of Directors surrounded by a circle. He stood in front of the seats at the front of the conference table, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone has read the relevant information, do you have any ideas? Say?"

A representative of the equity holder asked with a somewhat skeptical tone: "Why did you choose Manhai Entertainment to join? Isn't this the film production of Warner Pictures?"

After hearing this, Edward Davis had a headache. Every time he talked with these people who were not well-informed in the industry, it was a torture for him, but it happened that he had this **** board decision to complete a project like Batman.

"I know what you mean, but this is a decision unanimously approved by the top management of our Warner Pictures production department. The introduction of Manhai Entertainment is more stable for this project, and everything is for the benefit of the company."

Edward Davis refused to give the representative a chance to continue to express his views, and directly said: "Are there any doubts?"

Obviously, for the decision-making meeting of the board of directors, Edward Davis has also found a suitable way to deal with these outside investors in his long-term dealings, that is, not to express opinions on matters outside the project.

"But will this restart succeed in the box office market? The Batman movie can't stand up to failure." Someone reminded.

At this time, David Bird said, "Is it because of the risk that we no longer make Batman series of movies? We agree that Manhai Entertainment will join in order to reduce the risk of the project. In terms of time, Hollywood can't find a second excellent producer like Roman, and his joining is also a guarantee for the film project."

Edward Davis also interrupted at the right time: "Columbia and 20th Century Fox have already achieved the success of superhero movies. Don’t forget, everyone, before that, DC was the absolute king of this type of movie. Are we? Do you want to give up these market gains that belong to Warner?"

"Of course not." Faced with the interests in their pockets, the representatives of the board of directors reached an amazing agreement.

"But do we really want to adopt his shooting concept? Superhero-like Batman has become an ordinary person? This seems to be completely different from the mainstream superhero movie characters on the market. What the audience wants to see is an ability to turn the tide. The hero, not the weakened version of Batman..." The board's equity holder representative, after all, some people will care about the creation of the movie.

"This image setting is not without precedent, it is reflected in the comic "The Dark Knight Returns". In fact, I am still optimistic about what Roman said. A Batman who has stepped down from the altar is what the audience needs. . And like the setting of saving the world, that is what Marvel’s characters are willing to do, not DC, not Batman, not to mention that the audience is watching the superhero's bravery now, we make a little change, also It can better create a superhero that belongs to the dc style to distinguish it."

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"Romain-Dolf, I know this man, judging from his past achievements, he is undoubtedly an excellent producer, but the few movies he served in seem to be incompatible with the superhero type, so I trust him, Is it really possible?" Another equity representative said with some concern.

He is still a bit less optimistic about Batman's restart project.

Edward Davis answered, "Then who else do you think is suitable? Ian Bryce, Kevin Fitch?"

The two people he said, one is the producer of the beginning of "Spiderman" and the other is the producer of the "X-Men" series, but there is no doubt that they cannot join the dc "Batman" camp. Come in. The long-standing grudges accumulated by dc comics and Marvel comics are enough to cause headaches.

The representatives of the board of directors are also relatively speechless. There seems to be no suitable solution to this problem. Regarding superhero movies, those highly qualified producers are obviously wrong. No one has ever served. Where can I talk about the experience.

"Roman also has the copyright of the superhero role, and he definitely hopes that Batman can succeed. It seems that his company has also launched a superhero TV series, and the results are good." Edward Davis continued.

David Bird knows this topic better. He added: "That TV series is called "The Punisher". It was broadcast on HBO and it has already been confirmed for the season. The results are definitely not bad, otherwise HBO will not be so fast. Action."

The first season of "The Punisher", which is updated every Monday, has a total of 13 episodes. When the content of the TV series is halfway, HBO TV can't wait to negotiate a second season broadcast contract with Roman.

The buyout funds have also risen from 40 million U.S. dollars to 70 million U.S. dollars, and HBO is also willing to assist Manhai Entertainment in the production of the season extension. This is also the consensus of the two parties, leaving the packaging operation of CAA aside.

"What about copyright? How is the cooperation method?" The questions of equity representatives continue.

"Manhai Entertainment is willing to be responsible for most of the production budget, and does not involve copyright rights." Edward Davis detailed the conditions that Roman said before to the representatives present.

These people on the board of directors basically have no objection to this. This is a very common method of cooperative filming in the industry, and investment and copyright will be completely separated.

This is also a measure to protect copyright. Generally speaking, if the two companies want to co-produce films, these issues will be communicated in advance to avoid uneven distribution of accounts after the release, which may trigger litigation. Just like after the release of "Lord of the Rings 1", New Line Films and Miramax Films confronted each other because of the division of copyright.

The Harvey-Weinstein brothers have also been complaining to the media, saying that New Line Pictures is unwilling to abide by the spirit of the contract, and they refuse to pay due remuneration...

This incident once made movie fans very worried about the next filming of "The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers", but later the two sides settled in court, but they don’t know what price New Line Pictures paid for this. .

"Then now we are about to push the "Batman" project into the final review stage, and we must also prioritize the completion of the review of this project."

No one else has any opinions. In fact, as long as the copyright and distribution are still in the hands of Warner, this project will not exceed their control, and there will be no particular concerns.

The final distribution of benefits will definitely have to be negotiated in detail, but at the moment, the film project must be completed first.