After a busy day's work, Christopher Nolan went to buy the comics of "The Dark Knight Returns" after work, returned home and had dinner first, said hello to his wife Emma Thomas, and went into the study to study the comics he had just arrived.

Due to Ronan's suggestion during the day, and because he himself was somewhat moved by the idea of a movie adaptation, Christopher Nolan read the comics very carefully and carefully.

This look, it's early in the morning.

Even though Emma Thomas reminded and urged him several times, Christopher Nolan still insisted on reading the entire comic.

"Why don't you go to rest?" asked Emma Thomas when she came to the study again.

Christopher Nolan shook his head slowly: "Honey, you go to sleep first, I have some problems that I have to think through." ”

Emma Thomas knew her husband's habits and quickly left the study.

After drinking a glass of water, Christopher Nolan opened the comics and picked out the key parts to read.

At this time, he fully understood why Ronan, the producer, specifically mentioned "The Return of the Dark Knight", which is really suitable for adaptation into a dark style movie.

Robin is dead.

Fifty-year-old Batman has hung up his robe.

Police Chief Gordon is retiring.

In the sin city of Gotham, violent crime on the streets has intensified.

Bruce Wayne's society is collapsing, and his long-suppressed vigilante side has finally broken the shackles he has set and emerged.

The Dark Knight has returned in the flames of rage.

He is no longer at the peak of his former state, and even his strong heart cannot withstand the continuous battles, but he still faces all kinds of pursuers without fear - he refuses to accept the result that "the old soldier does not die, but withers".

He has a new generation of Robins – a girl named Carrie Kelly, who proves herself to be just as priceless as previous generations of Robins.

However, their act of enforcing the law without permission has sparked numerous controversies, and the new Gotham City Police Chief has ordered his arrest.

Batman confronts both crazed criminals and law-abiding cops.

Christopher Nolan slowly closed his eyes, and this superhero comic gave him the feeling that this was not a comic at all, but a gripping crime!

Compressing those exaggerated superhero plots and settings back to the state of ordinary people, isn't this a very serious crime theme?

Christopher Nolan unconsciously entered the director mode, examining the comics with the eyes of adaptation, and even gradually associated with the background setting of the adapted movie.

It was a dark and painful city.

Years later, crime in Gotham City intensified, and the aging Batman had to put on his armor again and fight in isolation.

The loneliness of twilight years, the panic of crime, the indifference between people, the confrontation with the system, and the persistence of faith.

Thinking of this, Christopher Nolan suddenly shook his head, no!

These are not quite right!

Batman in his twilight years......

If you want to shoot Batman, even if you earn the license from Warner Bros. and DC Comics, it will be a reboot, a new Batman.

It should be based on the relevant setting, especially the dark and painful theme and atmosphere, and the story can be rewritten.

A brand new story that tells the origins of Batman, but is in no way the same as the previous film rights.

The film should create a nightmarish dark atmosphere, highlighting the loneliness, sadness and heaviness of the protagonist.

And this new Batman, dark, cold, and withdrawn, adheres to the last glimmer of principle in his heart.

Christopher Nolan's thinking is becoming clearer and clearer, and for a director, he is about to enter the peak of his creative career, and as long as his sensitive mind is touched, it inspires countless settings and plots associated with it.

In just half a night, and before even Warner Bros. and DC Comics have yet to test their attitudes, Christopher Nolan has already set the tone for the adaptation.

Because he found himself unable to find a better character and subject matter for the dark style than Bruce Wayne

This is a protagonist who endures humiliation in the dark but moves forward depressed.

More importantly, the audience of this character and subject matter is wide enough!

When it comes to Marvel, everyone will think of Spider-Man at the first time, and when it comes to DC, people will instantly jump out of the God and the big bat they wear outside their underwear!

It is no exaggeration to say that Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman are the most popular superheroes in all of North America and even the Western world.

Christopher Nolan has seen many media release the most popular lists of superheroes every year, and perhaps Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman have different rankings in each of them, but they have always firmly occupied the top three on the list!

His films are not made at home for himself to enjoy, nor are they for a small audience to watch.

Christopher Nolan loves commercial big productions, and even now, Michael Bay is his favorite film director.

Batman can guarantee an adequate audience base.

Christopher Nolan began the initial planning, and after all the work on "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" was completed, he made a plan and setting for Batman, and then teamed up with Ronan Anderson's Relativity Entertainment to go to Warner Bros. and DC Comics......

Ronan Anderson is a producer, and he should also make relevant preparations, maybe he can really get Warner Bros. to reboot the Batman series of movies.

Once you get the green light, you can even plan a trilogy series.

This night, Christopher Nolan had insomnia.

Arrived at Warner Studios early the next morning and immediately called Ronan, after Ronan arrived, he temporarily put aside the little work left in "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" and discussed with Ronan for a whole day.

Ronan was in a good mood when he saw that Christopher Nolan's mind had turned to Batman, promising that as long as he could get the filming authorization from Warner Bros. and DC Comics, he could be responsible for raising all the production budgets for the project, even if Warner Bros. didn't want to invest a penny.

"What if we don't get the mandate?" Christopher Nolan was a little worried.

Ronan was already mentally prepared for this, after all, he only knew that in his previous life, Christopher Nolan and Legendary Pictures persuaded Warner Bros. and DC Comics, but he didn't know anything about what happened in between.

Warner Bros. and DC Comics are not without the possibility of a complete rejection.

"Batman is not the only well-known hero who has a lot of hatred and bitterness in his night activities. Ronan looked very calm: "Chris, as long as you finalize the framework and plot, we can't find an alternate option." ”

Christopher Nolan understands what Ronan means, Batman is the first choice for shooting dark style films, but there is no need to hang on the tree of Batman, after all, the copyright is in the hands of others.

He nodded and said, "Ronan, please pay more attention to the alternate choice." ”

"No problem. Ronan responded very happily, and then said with a straight face: "Chris, we have reached a preliminary agreement on cooperation, and I have a proposal, even if we are facing a behemoth like Warner Bros., we need to be united to have a chance of success." ”

Christopher Nolan nodded lightly and said, "It's really hard to convince Warner Bros. ”

Ronan calmly said: "We need to build a stronger relationship to ensure that we are consistent with the outside world. ”

Some things must be said in business, and now Christopher Nolan has a good conversation with him, and Christopher Nolan in his previous life did not have a bad reputation for being untrustworthy, but no one can guarantee how it will be.

A written agreement can avoid a lot of unnecessary risks.

What if Warner Bros. saw the project and wanted to work with Christopher Nolan, who, lured by a big company, switched to Warner Bros.?

It's probably not impossible, and it's quite a good chance in a place like Hollywood.

Ronan wouldn't be stupid enough to bet on Christopher Nolan's character.

Christopher Nolan was a smart guy and understood what Ronan meant, and said, "No problem, you can ask someone to talk to my agent, and I will greet him in advance." ”

Ronan said, "Okay. I'll let the people from Shahai Entertainment talk about it. ”

The ideal situation is to sign a directorial contract with the fledgling Christopher Nolan for several films.

A typical commercial blockbuster director like Christopher Nolan is undoubtedly a good director in Ronan's eyes.

After agreeing on some things about the creation of a dark style film, Ronan left the office building and went to the studio area of the studio, and visited several crews one after another.

The pilot episode of "Grey's Anatomy" will be filmed soon, and it will be piloted on ABC TV in the first half of the year.

The crew of "Hurricane Rescue" was divided into two parts, with director Jeffrey Abrams leading a large group to Paris on location, and an assistant director leading a team to stay in the studio to shoot some simple indoor background scenes.

"Summer of Jeans" also started filming, and Ronan also chatted with Anne Hathaway for a while, and Anne Hathaway specially agreed with Ronan that when the filming of this drama was completed, the two would catch up with each other.

The crew of "Spy", which had been filming in Europe before, has also returned to Los Angeles, and Paul Greengrass's filming work has entered the final stage.

In addition, a number of sequel movies have also begun preparations under the operation of the production department of Shahai Entertainment.

"Human Erasure Project 3" and "Fatal Bend 2" will start filming in the second half of the year, and "Resident Evil 2: Revelations" will also enter the preparation stage this year in order to catch up with the 2003 release schedule.

At the same time, there is also good news from Uwe Ball's side, following the signing of Jason Statham, the other main actors are in place, and "Dungeon Siege" will also start this year.

"Enemy of Love" is in the pipeline and is in contact with Charlize Theron, and the South African diamond is still hesitating.

Shahai Entertainment's production projects are steadily improving every year, and they have fully reached the level of medium-sized production companies.

After Ronan inquired about the crew's work and dealt with some of the tricky issues, there was good news from Scott's side that after some lobbying, a minority shareholder of Apple was ready to transfer his shares.