[US Entertainment] Hollywood reverses life

In DC Comics, Joey saw DC executives and several Warner executives.

DC is the two major superhero comic companies that stand shoulder to shoulder with Marvel. DC also owns many familiar superheroes, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, etc.

The "Batman Prequel" trilogy filmed by Christopher Nolan can be regarded as a recent peak of DC comics in the film industry.

The film copyrights of many of DC's heroes are basically sold to Warner, just like the film copyrights of many of Marvel's heroes are basically sold to Disney.

Martin, the president of DC, and several senior executives of Warner are sitting opposite Joey at the moment. They said to Joey: "Director Grant, I think you should know that Marvel has opened up their film market in the past few years. blueprint for the superhero universe."

Joey held his chin and looked at each other with a smile, "I know, you are not far behind. After 00, the Superman series and the Batman series were launched. Now Nolan's Batman trilogy is estimated to be the box office of the series of movies soon. The top few on the list are probably not much worse than "Twilight Saga."

Martin said slowly: "However, you should know that our ambition is far more than that. Marvel's "Captain America" ​​and "Thor" will be released next year, and they will open a new superhero market by then, and And then right after that they're going to come out with Avengers with all the heroes."

Joey smiled, "I know this, Marvel has been overwhelmingly publicized. After the success of "Iron Man", Marvel has now completely risen."

Martin said helplessly: "However, our very profitable series "Batman Prequel" trilogy is about to come to an end, and Nolan obviously has no interest in making other superhero movies."

Joey remembers that at this juncture in his previous life, that is, after the overwhelming success of Marvel's "Iron Man", Marvel immediately decided to launch a single movie of other superheroes such as "Captain America" ​​and "Thor" as a foreshadowing, and then Eventually launching their superhero collection "The Avengers."

DC is obviously not willing to lag behind. After the success of "Batman Prequel", they also decided to launch a single movie of their heroes like Marvel, build DC's superhero universe, and finally launch their signature "Justice League" .

To put it simply, DC can't just watch the Marvel family make money in the capital market. As one of the two giants, they need to use the Justice League to fight the Avengers, and use the Justice League's Superman, Batman, Fantastic The heroine waits to fight against the American team, Thor, Iron Man, etc. of the Avengers.

As far as Joey knows, at this juncture, immediately after the end of "Batman Prequel", the next one they plan is to restart the single movie of the "Superman" series, intending to fight "Iron Man", or DC's confidently intends to beat the "Iron Man" series with a reboot of the new "Superman" series.

And Christopher Nolan will definitely not continue to direct superhero movies, although his "Batman Prequel" trilogy was a big success and set box office records.

So, at this moment, the only thing Joey can think of is that DC has no successors, and plans to find her to shoot the first "Superman: Man of Steel" in the restarted Superman series?

Martin's words pulled Joey back from his contemplation again, "We plan to restart the "Superman" series of movies. You know, unlike Marvel's bright style, the overall style of our DC superheroes is dark and deep. So we chose Christopher Nolan to shoot the "Batman Prequel" trilogy. His dark and connotative style made this series a great success. Therefore, for the "Superman" series, we also need to find someone who is good at digging stories. A director with deep connotation, we DC don’t want to go the way of Marvel, as long as Ultraman fights monsters, it’s fine, we want more connotations.”

The implication is that Joey is a person who is good at digging out the meaning of the story?

But this is true, each of Joey's movies has profound connotations in it, whether it is "Juno", "Slumdog Millionaire" or "Lola" or "West Coast", every A film with her own thoughts, she tries to dig out something deeper for the audience.

Joey couldn't help but said in his heart: Indeed, connotation, darkness, so in the previous life they found Zack Snyder, a famous Hollywood "partial" director who is good at portraying the dark and connotation of stories, and directly made "Superman: Man of Steel " and "Batman v Superman: Justice League" were distorted... the box office reputation of the belt collapsed...

Joey basically made it clear that DC came to her to film the rebooted "Superman" series...

Martin cleared his throat, "I know you have played the role of Pepper in "Iron Man", but we still invite you. I wonder if you are interested in participating in our new project."

Joey murmured, "Superman?"

"No, the opening chapter of the Justice League, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."

"..."

Joey was dumbfounded. In his previous life, at this juncture, DC had indeed started planning a reboot of the "Superman" series, but they did not start preparing for "Batman vs. Superman" until after "Superman: Man of Steel" was filmed and released. : Dawn of Justice, why in this life, they started preparing for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" three years earlier than in the previous life?

Joey asked back in surprise: "Isn't it "Superman: Man of Steel?"

Martin replied sincerely, "We are also preparing for "Superman: Man of Steel", and it has been decided to be directed by Zack Snyder. Originally, we planned to release "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" in "Superman: Man of Steel". It started later, but now we have changed our minds and we have decided to launch both projects together."

Joey frowned, with a look of incomprehension, "What made you change your mind? I think if there is no single hero movie that paves the way for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"...the public may accept it It won't be high."

Martin talked freely, "Your thinking is misled by Marvel. Our Superman and Batman don't need to pave the way at all. We DC doesn't need to make a single movie for each hero like Marvel does. Audiences pave the way for impressions and popularity, and then launch "Avengers", our Superman and Batman, the most important thing is nationality and popularity."

Indeed, before movies such as "Iron Man", "American Team" and "Thor" came out, if you asked him on the streets of the United States, most people would ask back with doubts, "What is Iron Man? Who is Thor? Who? What are the Guardians of the Galaxy?"

But if you ask him, Superman or Batman, from the age of 80 to the age of 8, everyone knows, and everyone can talk to you about Superman and Batman.

And the only hero with nationality in Marvel is Spider-Man.

Later, Martin added again: "So in order to compete with Marvel, DC and Warner together made a major decision, that is, "Superman: Man of Steel" and "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" will be launched at the same time. , the former is against Marvel's later single superhero movies, while "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and the subsequent Justice League series of films are against the "Avengers" series."

Joey was still a little puzzled, "What is the reason for "Superman" and "Bat Wars" to be performed at the same time?"

"The rationale is that if we start filming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice after Man of Steel as originally planned, we'll be too far behind The Avengers and we can't just leave Marvel alone. Carve up the market. Secondly, Marvel is using many single hero movies to pave the way first and finally start "The Avengers", and we plan to go in the opposite direction. After "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", we will gradually shoot individual heroes. Movies, because we are different from DC, our Superman and Batman are national-level superheroes, they are fully capable of carrying "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", and do not need any popularity."

Joey couldn't help sighing, DC and Warner finally figured it out... In the previous life, the Justice League series started 5 or 6 years later than the Avengers, which led to Marvel's monopoly in the market. In 5 years, DC lost more than 6 million during this period... It is estimated that it is more than [-] billion.

In this life, DC and Warner are enlightened.

"So, when are you going to release Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?" she asked.

"Following "The Avengers", this is a confrontation game, and we DC will not lose to Marvel. Marvel will be on "Thor" and "Captain America" ​​next year, and "The Avengers" the year after, They are rapidly expanding their universe, and we cannot be left behind."

Joey thought in his heart: But, the underpants you lost in the previous life are all gone...

At this moment, a Warner executive also said: "Originally, we planned to let Zack Snyder finish filming "Superman: Man of Steel" and then continue filming "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", but now that we plan to Simultaneously, then naturally we need to find a new director. I don't know, Director Grant, do you have this intention?"

Joey thought for a moment, and then said: "I can't answer you right away, I need to think about it."

"No problem, we can give you time to think about it."

Afterwards, Joey left the DC headquarters, which was really a headache.

Because of the previous life, whether it was "Superman: Man of Steel" against "Captain America", "Iron Man", or "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" against "Avengers", or even "Suicide Squad" against "Suicide Squad" Guardians of the Galaxy, DC hasn't even won a game...

After the release of "Superman: Man of Steel", the box office was mediocre, and the word-of-mouth polarization was serious. After all, Zack Snyder is a partial director. Some people love it to death, and some people hate it to death, but DC did not wake up in time. Let him continue to direct "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", and then "Batman vs. Superman" hit the market directly. The box office was not satisfactory, and the word of mouth also hit home. How much the masses hate this movie...

Then "Suicide Squad" left movie fans speechless to the extreme... DC always beat all the good cards in his previous life.

However, Joey doesn't think Zach Schneider can be blamed for this, he has done a good job.

because.

In Joey's eyes, this "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" was originally a movie that any director would want to smash!

First, this is a leading film that needs to start the Justice League series. In just over two hours, the director needs to clarify too many things.

It is necessary to clarify Superman's past and inner struggles, to explain Batman's experience and his logic of action, to explain the background and logic of why they fought, and to explain why Wonder Woman appeared and formed the Iron Triangle with them. Need to explain the origin of Wonder Woman, need to explain clearly the logic and motivation of the villain Luthor, need to lead out several other characters of the Justice League, Aquaman, Flash, etc...

You also need to join the battle that superheroes must have!Superman vs. Batman, Superman vs. Villain, Batman vs. Villain, Superman vs. Batman vs. Villain, Superman vs. Batman vs. Wonder Woman vs. Villain...

For any 2-hour movie, if you cram so many things into it, the rhythm is about to collapse!The point is that DC is very anxious, he is eager to start the DC comic universe, eager to stuff all these things into it...

So there are several propositions that need to be discussed separately, plus the necessary hero battles, plus paving the way for the characters behind.With such a complex structure, if ordinary audiences want to understand it, the difficulty of the script will naturally increase. Once the difficulty of the script increases, the director's skill needs to be tested.

Zack Snyder, a well-known director who is famous for making interior films and stuffing a lot of information in a short period of time, can't do it. Can she, Joey, do it?

If she accepts this project, then she may be able to add another label to her rebirth. In addition to "reversing life", there is probably another label that will be "saving bad movies".

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