Chapter 404: Do whatever you want

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"Isn't there something wrong with the style of the amazing superhero movie we've already planned?"

Looking at Kevin Feige and Avi Aradd, Stan Lee said unusually seriously, "Isn't the style and theme too childish?" ”

Hearing what he said, and thinking about the success of "Man of Steel", Kevin Firth and Avi Arad also had a thoughtful look on their faces. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The "X-Men" series and the "Spider-Man" series are indeed quite successful in general, but they also know that these successes actually have little to do with Marvel Comics itself, and the two series are produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox and Sony Columbia, all of which are members of the six major Hollywood companies, and undoubtedly have extremely rich experience in film operations, far from being comparable to newcomers like Marvel Pictures.

Stan Lee sighed and added, "Murphy Stanton has proven that commercial films with noir and serious themes not only have an audience, but also a fairly wide audience, and the superhero characters we are amazed with have the same depth and thickness in themselves, why can't they go this route?" ”

He shook his head and said, "Do you have to turn our heroes into a bunch of clowns who play talk shows?" Why can't superheroes be made more meaningful and taller like Murphy Stanton? ”

Avi Arad frowned slightly, "Is this kind of imitation really good?" Follow the trend......"

"What's so bad about that?" Stan Lee doesn't care, "Marvel and DC are imitating each other in the first place, starting with comics decades ago, and now movie imitations are nothing. ”

He emphasized, ""X-Men 3" and "Spider-Man 3", as the finale of the trilogy, have serious problems in terms of word-of-mouth, which will greatly affect the follow-up works of these two series, and it has been proven that similar models cannot go long! On the other hand, Murphy Stanton, since entering Hollywood, all the works he has participated in have been in a typical dark style, and have been successful, or are they huge successes, which fully proves the market potential of dark films, why can't we use this proven success model? ”

"You have a point." Avi-Arad nodded slightly.

Although "Man of Steel" has received extremely poor reviews from some audiences, the number of these people is too small, and the reputation of this new Superman work is simply overwhelming, and the two "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" with the best reputation of Marvel Hero movies are far from comparable.

This super high reputation will bring huge benefits to the future of the entire series, even if it is not an exaggeration to say that Murphy Stanton has laid a solid foundation for the follow-up series of the entire DC.

"I don't think that's right!" Kevin Feige disagrees with Stan Lee's statement, "It's not very likely that we'll succeed in doing this. ”

Stan Lee looked at him, "Why?" ”

Kevin Feige gave the answer directly, "Because we don't have Murphy Stanton!" ”

He looked at Stan Lee, "We rejected Murphy Stanton before, if we want to cooperate with him, we must pay a lot of sincerity, would you like to invite him personally?" ”

Stan Lee is silent.

"Murphy Stanton only signed a directing contract with Warner Bros. for Man of Steel." Avi Arad reminded.

But Stan Lee is still silent, he is good at imitating and borrowing something, and he puts down this old face to invite a hairy boy, saying that it is impossible to say anything.

Indeed, Murphy's contract with Warner Bros. is only for the film "Man of Steel", which technically has expired.

However, there is no problem with the head of Marvel Comics, especially Kevin Feige is always sober, and Murphy Stanton's style may not be suitable for Marvel Pictures' superhero movies.

"Are we going to continue working with Murphy Stanton next?"

In an office at the Warner Tower in Burbank, Diego Harris put down his coffee cup, looked across the desk at Bruce Rosenbloom, and said, "In his usual style, we should start working on a new work soon, if we don't start negotiations with him in advance......

"No!" Bruce Rosenblum held up his fingers and shook it, "Warner Bros. won't be working with Murphy Stanton on this series again." ”

This answer was obviously somewhat surprising, and Diego Harris was puzzled, "Why?" ”

"Diego, our marketing department has re-updated the market estimate for Man of Steel."

Hearing this, Diego Harris looked at the other side curiously, and Bruce Rosenblum continued, "Based on the film's word-of-mouth and the first-week box office in North America, the final North American box office of "Man of Steel" cannot be less than $350 million, and there is a great chance that the global box office will exceed $800 million. ”

Diego Harris somewhat understands what Bruce Rosenblum meant, Warner Bros. and DC Comics have indeed enjoyed great success, but it has also come at a considerable cost.

Sure enough, Bruce Rosenblum said directly, "We have to pay 20% of Murphy Stanton's global box office as dividends, as well as DVD sales, which will also be as high as tens of millions of dollars, and Warner Bros. will most likely pay more than $200 million for Murphy Stanton in the next period of time." ”

That's a lot of money!

Diego Harris still has some doubts, "Without his words, the later series will ......"

"As things stand, Man of Steel can provide a solid foundation for the entire series." Bruce Rosenblum said confidently, "And it also brings a unique style and theme to DC superhero movies, as long as we follow this model, the subsequent films will not be a problem." ”

He laughed, "We can find the right people from some of the lesser-known directors with similar styles, so that we don't overpay." ”

"What about Murphy Stanton?" Diego Harris asked again.

"He's a very smart guy and he should have realized that when he first negotiated with us." Bruce Rosenblum was also dry, "That's why he offered such a horrible salary, and he took the series not for anything else, but for money." ”

In fact, Bruce Rosenblum saw very clearly that Murphy took over the direction of "Man of Steel" for a high salary.

There is nothing bad to say, the director does have a higher artistic pursuit, but the director is also a human being, and he must also eat, wear, live and travel, and pursue a better quality of life, and in today's society, if you can enjoy these, even no one can deny that money is the most basic condition.

Frankly, Murphy himself doesn't think the Warner Brothers will continue to work with him.

However, he didn't have time to think about it now, and there were more important things to do.

The blazing sun shone through the palm trees, and the cobblestone path was creaking, and a tall figure in long combat boots slowly walked into the sparse palm forest, holding a sword in her right hand, a shield on her left arm, her long black curls draped over the retro-style Greek armor, and the legs under the blue dress were of astonishing length......

Her bright eyes roamed around vigilantly, as if Wonder Woman was on guard for a surprise attack from an enemy.

"This guy ......" the female god of war's face was a little red, and her expression was a little anxious, "Where did you go?" I'll be sure to ...... when I find him later."

Speaking of this, she thought of the battle that was bound to happen, and she was even more itchy, and at the same time a little more anxious, and after preparing for such a long time, she finally brewed today's atmosphere......

She couldn't help but secretly swear that in the next hand-to-hand combat, she would definitely use all her resources to completely squeeze that guy dry!

"Who?"

The palm grove was not big, and the goddess of war saw that behind the largest of them, a maroon cloak was revealed, and said loudly, "Come out, surrender, Clark, you can't run away!" ”

A gust of wind blew, and the cloak peeking out from behind the thick trunk became even more apparent.

Gal Gadot pursed his lips and muttered to himself, "This idiot, I thought I was hiding it well." ”

She pulled out the Vulcan sword from behind her back, took it in her hand and strode over, planning to catch that guy from Murphy, first whip his ass with the long sword, and then tie him to the tree with the lasso of the truth, so that she can do whatever she wants......

Thinking of this, Gal Gadot's eyes narrowed with a smile, and the water droplets inside seemed to be pouring out at any time.

When she was about to reach the edge of the tree, she suddenly increased her speed, because she had undergone systematic training before, although she was not as fast as a real female warrior, Gal Gado's speed was also very fast, almost between two breaths, she rushed to the edge of the tree, and then turned the tree, raised the sword of Vulcan, and prepared to put it on the neck of the person behind the tree.

"Uh......" The sword in Gal Gadot's hand stopped in mid-air.

There was no Superman behind the tree, only a maroon cloak of Superman wrapped around the tree.

At this moment, an arm silently emerged from behind, and Gal Gadot had just seen the dark blue uniform above, and the arm had gently strangled her slender white gooseneck.

"Be careful," an incomparably familiar voice sounded from behind, "Princess Diana Prinz." ”

"When did Superman learn to sneak attack!" I don't know if there is a heart or an intention, Gal Gadot's words are full of indignation, "It's so despicable and shameless!" ”

"Give me your sword......" came a threatening voice behind him.

Gal Gadot obediently handed the Vulcan Sword to the other party's hand, and then felt a hand rub against his waist, and looked down to see that the mantra lasso hanging on the armor was taken away by the person behind him.

The sword was pressed against his back, and the voice of the command sounded, "Go!" ”

Feeling the Vulcan sword poke lightly on the armor behind him, Gal Gadot cooperated and walked towards the front left, until he reached a very smooth pillar twenty feet away, and the voice behind him sounded again, "Stop!" Lie on it! (To be continued.) )