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In mid-May, Warner Bros. and DC Comics held a grand press conference at the Warner Building in Burbank to officially announce plans for future DC superhero movies.

The two companies will use the Justice League in the comics as a model to adapt and create a Justice League superhero universe.

The media reporters present were not surprised. After all, Marvel Entertainment's Avengers cosmic plan is already obvious enough. As a direct competitor, DC Comics cannot remain indifferent.

Strictly speaking, DC Comics has fallen behind.

At the end of the press conference, Warner Bros. and DC Comics also announced that the first part of the plan will be Green Lantern. The two companies will invest a production budget of 200 million US dollars to expand the background and worldview of the Justice League to the entire universe.

This news is undoubtedly amazing and quite eye-catching. After all, the Justice League of the comics is more influential than the Avengers.

At the same time, DC Comics also announced that the new Justice League comics will be launched soon, and will fully cooperate with the movie universe plan to create a main comic universe.

This comic project was named New 52 by DC.

With the announcement of these plans, Warner Bros. and DC Comics swept away the failure of Superman Returns and attracted the attention of countless people.

It's as if a new and successful cinematic universe is right around the corner.

Relevant news spread quickly, and Relativity Entertainment was unavoidably worried.

The popularity of the Justice League is here, and it is normal to worry.

Let's not talk about overseas market development. North America is still Hollywood's largest source of income and profit.

In the small conference room of Relativity Entertainment, George Clint quickly said: We have not interrupted targeted market research over the years, and it is not difficult to draw a conclusion that the overall number of North American film consumers has not increased. There is a limit to their overall spending power within a segment, and if they spend too much on one part of a certain type of movie, it will definitely affect the consumption level on another part.”

Ronan sat at the head of the conference table and never spoke.

Kevin Feige took up the conversation at this time, and he said very directly: The Justice League movie universe project of Warner Bros. and DC Comics will directly compete with our Avengers project!

After hearing this, Ronan suddenly thought of something. When the schedule of Batman v Superman was first announced, Warner Bros. specially chose to release it on the same weekend as Captain America: Civil War. The purpose is very obvious.

But later, Warner Bros. changed the schedule of Batman v Superman.

If the motivation is inferred from the results, it is very likely that after Warner Bros. held an internal test screening for Batman v Superman, confidence became a little lacking.

Robert Iger said: Competition is inevitable, we must first be ourselves.

Ronan answered at this time: We are already one step ahead, so we don't need to pay too much attention to our competitors. George, Kevin, your work and energy are all on film production and plan execution, dealing with competition matters, and Bao and I Bo is responsible.

George Clint nodded slightly: Okay, I understand.

Ronan added: I have a lot of contacts with Warner Bros., and I know a lot about Kevin Tsuhara. He is not good at film business.

But I like to intervene directly, which may cause some troubles to the project itself.

Robert Iger said: I have carefully watched Warner Bros.'s best-selling movies in recent years. The performance of the movie is actually supported by the Harry Potter series, and Batman that we cooperated with, and other big movies. Very few successful films have been made, and even projects like the two Matrix sequels, Troy, Catwoman and Superman Returns have fallen far short of expectations.

Ronan didn't say much. What he did before is not appropriate to say. The best way is to wait for fermentation.

In the past two years, he has actually done a lot with Warner Bros.

Participating in the Batman series dilutes Warner Bros.'s revenue; attracting Christopher Nolan will make Warner Bros. lose a lot of help in the future; inviting Wen Ziren to join the relativity entertainment system, Warner Bros. will inevitably lose a large number of small and big horror movies in the future ; Push Zach Schneider in front of Warner Bros. to prevent Warner Bros. from not paying attention to the director and so on.

Ronan vaguely remembered that Warner Bros.'s first choice to helm the DC superhero series and the Justice League was not Zack Snyder, but George Miller.

It's the director who made the Mad Max series.

But the birth of Zach Schneider changed everything.

Today, under the promotion of Ronan, Zach Schneider has completely entered the vision of Warner Bros., and it is impossible for George Miller to appear again.

The influence of these is not obvious now, it will be highlighted later.

In fact, if Warner Bros. and DC Comics can stabilize and choose the right director and producer, Justice League may not have a bright future.

But Ronan wouldn't let them settle down.

Shortly after the press conferences of Warner Bros. and DC Comics, under the direction of Ronan, Marvel Entertainment and Embassy Pictures also jointly held a press conference, announcing the Hulk, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 2 and Hulk. Plans and schedules related to Thor and Captain America.

And in an unexpected way, announced that The Avengers will be officially released in 2009!

After this press conference, according to the information Ronan received, the top management of Warner Bros. and DC Comics jumped up and down and decided to speed up the Justice League movie universe plan.

After all, they didn't even plan the first part, but their competitors had the entire first stage ready.

This also makes the senior executives of DC Comics, who have maintained an advantage over Marvel for many years in film adaptation, inevitably have some psychological imbalances.

Warner Bros. and DC Comics were inevitably caught up in the rhythm of Relativity Entertainment.

Of course, Ronan is also very clear that what Warner Bros. and DC Comics hold in their hands is a king bomb, even if it is played in the worst way, it will still have considerable influence.

No one can deny this.

The North American summer season is in full swing. While Iron Man is selling well at the North American box office, its overseas popularity is gradually increasing. When the North American box office is approaching 300 million US dollars, the global box office has exceeded 400 million US dollars in one fell swoop.

Not to mention that the screening is far from over, this number alone is enough for Marvel Pictures to start the next plan.

As we all know, the box office only accounts for a part of the income of Hollywood movies, and in superhero movies, the box office accounts for a smaller proportion of the income. With the popularity and attention that came, Iron Man comics sold millions of copies, with sales reaching nearly 18 million US dollars.

As for dolls, dolls, stationery and other traditional peripheral products, the sales volume is also astonishing. According to the statistics, the sales of various peripheral products in North America have also exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars, and you can basically see wearing steel products all over the United States. Fans of The Mask and comic book fans.

On the new weekend, Miami Vice promoted by Universal Pictures landed in North American theaters.

Ronan didn't pay attention anymore, and left Los Angeles for Cannes, France, to the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, to attend the premiere of The Departed at the film festival.

The premiere lineup of this film is extremely luxurious, led by director Martin Scorsese, and the three major stars in the film Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Jack Nicholson are all present.

Among the supporting roles, there are some well-known actors such as Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Jessica Chastain.

Although Ronan also played a small supporting role, he never regarded himself as an actor. He didn't stop on the red carpet at all, and walked directly into the theater through the media area.

Tom Cruise, who was the first to step onto the red carpet to stir up the atmosphere, was already in the theater.

It's been a long time since I came to Cannes. Tom Cruise said, It should be said that I haven't participated in a European film festival for a long time.

Ronan said casually: This shows that you don't need a film festival to increase your fame.

Tom Cruise smiled and said: No, I don't want to recall some things. I participated in the three major European film festivals last time, and I haven't divorced yet.

Ronan remembered: Eyes Wide Shut.

Tom Cruise nodded slightly: 1999, the opening film of the Venice Film Festival.

Ronan had some vague impressions. He remembered seeing related news. In order to match the atmosphere of the movie Eyes Wide Shut, Nicole Kidman lifted up her skirt generously on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival and told the media And fans showed sexy panties.

Compared with her scale in the film, this is of course nothing.

Tom Cruise suddenly asked: Do we have any hope of winning the Palme d'Or?

Ronan shook his head: The possibility of winning is very low.

This has nothing to do with the film, it is purely his conclusion based on the jury. The chairman of the jury of the three major film festivals has too much power in award selection.

Ronan also learned recently that the film festival organizing committee had only finalized the chairman of the jury a month and a half ago, the Sunglasses King from Hong Kong City.

With Sunglass King's style, for the art film festival, The Departed, which is very commercialized, may not meet his aesthetics.

Of course, the jury is not without candidates who support Relativity Entertainment. For example, Miss Lizao and Director Braised Egg are all members of this year's jury.

But the power gap between ordinary judges and the chairman of the jury is too great.

Jessica Chastain came over to say hello at this time, saw Ronan chatting with Tom Cruise, and left soon.

When Martin Scorsese came in, Ronan chatted with him a few more words, and then walked into the theater.

Somewhat unexpectedly, before entering the theater, Ronan met a very familiar person.

Hi, Ronan. The tall woman with blond hair greeted him, Long time no see.

Ronan put away the fleeting surprise and said, I didn't expect to see you here, Carmen.