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Although the two sides had only met once, Murphy remembered very well that this person was an executive of Warner Bros., and it seemed that he was a head of the TV production department, probably named Bruce Rosenblum.

At the same time that Murphy saw Bruce Rosenblum, Bruce Rosenblum also saw him.

And unlike Murphy's blandness and calmness, Bruce Rosenblum immediately put on a smile and walked over to Murphy's side.

"Hi, Director Stanton." Bruce Rosenblum took the initiative to say hello, "I didn't expect to see you here." ”

"Hello, Mr. Rosenblum." Murphy responded equally politely.

"Call me Bruce." Completely different from Warner Bros.'s original attitude, Bruce Rosenblum laughed and said, "Can I call you Murphy?" ”

Murphy nodded, "Of course." ”

Bruce Rosenblum looked at Murphy and Paul Wilson who was following behind, and suddenly proposed, "Got time?" Looking for a place to chat? ”

Murphy was a little confused by Bruce Rosenblum's proposal, but there was nothing urgent to do now, so he answered.

Not far from Fox Studios, Sydney's Central Business District, Bruce Rosenblum and Murphy went out of their way to find a quiet coffee shop.

"You're over here," Bruce Rosenblum asked, looking at Murphy, "to inspect the filming locations for Deadpool?" ”

This is Fox Studios, and if you think about it, you know why Director Murphy is here.

"'Deadpool' will be filmed in Australia," Murphy smiled, "it's not a secret. ”

Instead, he asked curiously, "I didn't expect to meet you at Fox Studios." ”

"'Superman Returns' is Warner Bros.' most important project right now," Bruce Rosenblum immediately said, "and I'm here to executive produce a promotional special. ”

Murphy immediately understood, "Superman Returns was also filmed at Fox Studios? ”

"Yes." Bruce Rosenblum nodded, sighed and said, "Warner Movie World on the Gold Coast is more of a tourist area right now, not suitable for filming. ”

Australia is an important overseas filming base for Hollywood, not only Twentieth Century Fox has a set here, Warner Bros. originally built it, and it was even earlier, but Warner World built on the Gold Coast is like this tourist mecca, and has become an amusement park for tourists.

The two casually chatted a few words about Fox Studios and Warner Movie World, and Bruce Rosenblum suddenly asked, "Murphy, last time at Warner Bros., you didn't seem to be optimistic about "Superman Returns"?" ”

The project "Superman Returns" has been planned for many years, and has experienced many twists and turns such as changing screenwriters, directors and investment, and there is a lot of information circulating in the market.

"Not optimistic?" Murphy shook his head, "I don't know the specific content of "Superman Returns", and it is not correct to make a judgment just based on the news circulating in the circle. ”

Bruce Rosenblum stepped forward and sat down slightly, "What if I say that most of the information circulating in the circle is accurate?" ”

"Including Superman's styling and setting?" Murphy asked.

"Yes." Bruce Rosenblum nodded.

Murphy stared at Bruce Rosenblum for a while, and gradually had his own measure in his heart, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "It's not optimistic, I just think that it's the 21st century now, Superman still wears underwear, this aesthetic is terrible, the audience's aesthetics are changing, but Superman's style has not changed." ”

"Also, Superman is too perfect." He recalls the old saying, "If, as has been rumored, the new Superman continues to resemble Christopher Reeve's style, the result will be ......"

Murphy shook his head.

After listening to Murphy's words, Bruce Rosenbloom's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "If you were a director, what would you do?" ”

"I've already said it." Murphy spread his hands, "Similar to what I said about Batman, pulling Superman off the altar and exploring more of his human side." ”

Bruce Rosenblum frowned, "But Superman is different from Batman, Bruce Wayne was not born to be Batman, but Superman was born to be Superman." ”

"That's right, Superman was born Superman." Murphy nodded approvingly, then shook his head and said, "Don't forget, he's still Clark Kent, Superman didn't land on Earth, he immediately became Superman, and there was a process for him to become Superman." ”

"A ......," Bruce Rosenblum couldn't help but ask, "what kind of process?" ”

Murphy mused, "Superman: Man of Steel" is not really a success, but Zack Schneider does give Superman more humanity, and the process of finding and surpassing himself is also something that previous Superman movies have not had, and even other superhero movies lack except for one series.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for the "Batman" trilogy, especially "The Dark Knight", "Superman: Man of Steel" would have received a higher reputation and success, but with that trilogy, "Superman: Man of Steel" is just a parody of Zack Snyder's not particularly successful.

Today's situation has changed because of him, and if there are no particularly big surprises, the new "Batman" trilogy will most likely not appear.

These three "Batman" movies have achieved a new height in word-of-mouth and connotation of superhero movies, and have also made DC superheroes rise again, but from a large strategic level, "Batman: Time to War", "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rise" have severely limited the development of the DC superhero movie universe.

Batman has reached unprecedented heights for a superhero, but to a certain extent, it has dragged down the entire DC series.

Murphy knows very well that if you want to become a super director, you can never do it in this era with independent films and literary films that only rely on small fights, and today's Hollywood and even the global film industry is no longer what it used to be.

Maybe you can change the cinematic universe of DC?

This idea inevitably came to Murphy's mind, and since he came to this world, of course he wanted to make something different.

Of course, it wasn't easy, especially since Warner Bros. and DC Comics didn't buy his account as a little director at all.

Then wait, maybe Catwoman and Superman Return will change that.

Murphy didn't answer Bruce Rosenbrum's question and shrugged, "I didn't think about it either. ”

Bruce Rosenblum glanced at Murphy and felt as if he had some opinion about Superman, but he just didn't want to say it.

The two exchanged a few more polite words, and Murphy left Sydney's CBD under the pretext that he still had work to do.

The timing is not right now, superhero movies with the development of computer special effects make people have a new visual experience, but in the future, after the flood, it will inevitably make many audiences have visual and aesthetic fatigue, and the vast majority of such films pay too much attention to the visual and ignore the plot, resulting in the story is too monotonous.

Therefore, if you want to make different superhero movies, you must make a breakthrough in the story.

The former Warner Bros., the early "Superman" and "Batman" movies, remade over and over again, Marvel pushed out one hero series after another, and finally teamed up to farm monsters, and Warner Bros. sobered up.

Until now, Superman and Batman have always been unit dramas, and other DC heroes are nowhere to be found.

The day after his meeting with Bruce Rosenblum, Murphy went out of his way to look at the filming area of Superman Returns, where the set was being set and he couldn't see much.

He also figured out that before "Catwoman" and "Superman Returns", there would be no more connection with Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

However, what about Batman? Without the core characters, there is a great possibility that the series will disappear.

Murphy didn't have much time to think about it, and then he and his team began to look around Sydney for suitable locations, and under the guidance of Paul Wilson, they traveled almost all the best places in Sydney to shoot, and after a whole week of comprehensive consideration, they finally settled on seven important locations for filming.

"Helen, the style of the film is mainly realistic."

Before leaving, Murphy called Helena Espora, the art director who stayed here to design and set up the filming scenes, and instructed her, "Don't use the background style of the previous film, and pay attention to the dark colors of the set." ”

Having worked with Murphy on three films, Helena Espora was able to grasp his philosophy and intentions very well, saying, "Don't worry, I'll be video calling you every day." ”

In these days in Sydney, in addition to keeping in touch with Gal Gadot, Murphy also learned about the situation of the crew remaining in Los Angeles through video and phone calls, and it is impossible for a director to leave the pre-production of the film.

After completing the preliminary preparations in Sydney and meeting up with Carla Firth, who had completed the tax refund process, Murphy and his party stepped on the plane back to Los Angeles.

Unlike Murphy's hefty work, Carla Firth quickly completed her work due to adequate preparation, and spent the rest of her time wandering around Sydney.

After getting into the first class cabin of the plane and seeing Kara Firth again, Murphy asked curiously, "The Australian government is so easy to deal with?" Your work is done fast enough. ”

"We were served by a local Hollywood agency,"

Putting down the magazine in her hand, Carla Firth shrugged, "They are long-time partners of Twentieth Century Fox and have close ties to government departments. ”

Murphy nodded, and it seemed that such intermediaries existed in most countries.

"How much is the tax incentive?" He asked casually.

Carla Firth uttered an incredible number, "$8.4 million." (To be continued.) )