Chaos Pictures has teamed up with Warner Bros. to create the DC Universe. That's what Lance really wants! Lance knew that Warner Bros. would completely dominate Hollywood's box office market for the next five years, and if Chaos Pictures could get on this big ship, the company would have a peak of full speed development!

In fact, such a collaboration is not new to Warner Bros. In the second half of 2005, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures reached an agreement to co-fund and co-produce 40 films and television productions over a seven-year period. The starting point of this agreement was "Batman Prequel: Mystery of the Shadows", which was the driving force behind the success of the work, and since then, the golden duo have created a series of classics, including The Hangover, 300, Inception, Trojan in the City, Godzilla, and many more.

It is worth noting that a series of DC Comics adaptations led by "Superman Returns" were jointly created by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. After the end of the cooperation, the signature of Legendary Pictures has become the leader of Hollywood's second-tier film companies.

Now, Chaos Pictures is trying to take Legendary's place. The difference is that Lance hopes to take a step closer and seize this opportunity to build the DC Universe ahead of Marvel and truly bring the heyday of Chaos Pictures. What he covets is not only the height of Legendary Pictures.

Lance knew that this was an ant to shake the tree, not that the scale of Chaos Pictures was too small - Legendary Pictures was also unknown when it reached a cooperation with Warner Bros. in the previous life, in fact, Legendary Pictures was not officially established until 2004, "Batman Prequel: The Mystery of Heroes" is their first work, from this point of view, Chaos Pictures is far more qualified than Legendary Pictures; What Lance means is that his connections and qualifications are huge shortcomings.

Legendary Pictures' founder, Thomas-Tull, came from law school and had nothing to do with film, but he graduated from Hamilton College, one of the top private liberal arts colleges in the United States, where he made a huge network of contacts, gained a lot of business experience and strategy by founding and running small businesses, and then went on to enter the private estate management industry, where he made friends with some of the top people in the entertainment industry.

It all became a bargaining chip for Thomas, who raised six billion dollars from private equity firms to form Legendary Pictures, the first company in Hollywood to rival the big movie studios backed by private Wall Street shareholders and hedge fund investors, but that was just the beginning; Subsequently, Thomas used his personal connections to recruit and build a strong crew and behind-the-scenes team, and successfully reached a cooperation with Warner Bros. with the favor he had accumulated over the years.

On the surface, Legendary has nothing, they haven't even made a single production, but what they have is Wall Street money, Hollywood connections, and Ivy League-like prestige, which is the real bargaining chip in the industry. In contrast, Chaos Pictures has more than Lance.

For Warner Bros., Chaos Pictures is like an ugly duckling that comes and goes, and the cooperation between the two sides will face countless challenges and difficulties. Thomas was already at the top of the game from the beginning, but Lance was always the piece on the board, and that was the most difficult part - the barrier that was difficult to overcome.

Barry was silent for about half a second, but the thoughts in his mind had already turned a thousand times, and he chuckled, "I haven't seen you for a while, but your change is amazing." Barry is hinting that the last time the two men met, Lance knew almost nothing about comics, but today he came up with a proposal for a game-changing comic adaptation, and the change is truly earth-shattering.

Lance has done his best, but Barry is still immobile, and that's the difference between a chess player and a pawn. For such a situation, Lance was already mentally prepared, he had no intention of taking Barry today - this is unrealistic, he now let Barry waver, plant a seed in Barry's mind, and water it to sprout, and today can be considered a success.

So, Lan Tan curled his chin in dismay, "Time always works miracles, doesn't it?" This is an admission of Barry's speculation.

The smile paused slightly at the corner of Barry's mouth for half a second, and then he paused, as if he had made a decision, "So, do you have a full proposal?" ”

Even at Disney, where Michael Eisner is a big deal, it's not so easy to decide on a billion-dollar project, not that Lance can settle things down by standing here and talking nonsense. He had to put together concrete project proposals and, if necessary, even present them in front of the board of directors – a company-level collaboration, as Ian said. After the presentation, the Board of Directors will evaluate, review, and deliberate before deciding whether the project will be approved.

The same is true for Warner Bros.

Now, Barry has put forward the proposal, which means that Lance has taken a solid first step and made the first breakthrough in such a difficult situation. The smile on Lance's lips leaked a brilliant and dazzling light, "Of course! ”

The short conversation was only a quarter of an hour, but it consumed a lot of Lance's energy, and after the matter came to an end, there was a slight tingling in his temple, and every confrontation with a top boss like Barry was not easy, and this used to be Lance's biggest shortcoming, but now he is forcing himself to be strong and control his fate step by step. However, things are obviously not that simple, and perhaps such negotiations will be more appropriate to leave to Ian or Theo in the future.

Pouring the last sip of red wine in the glass into his mouth, Lance forced himself to cheer up again, this is really not an easy task, the chaotic thoughts in his mind have no time to settle, but he knows that today's nomination luncheon, the task is far from over, "Comic book adaptation is never an easy task, this task challenges the bottom line of nerves from all aspects, and I now finally know why no one dares to accept this task easily." ”

Barry had already planned to say a few more polite words, and then turned to leave, after all, the main task of the day has been completed, and there are still many things to discuss slowly, but the nomination luncheon is obviously not the right place. Hearing Lance's words, he was stunned, was this talking about Superman's reboot project, or ...... "Oh! Barry sighed, "Are you talking about 'Sin City' or 'Boy Scouts vs. Zombies'?" ”

A teaser made both Barry and Lance chuckle, "Both." Lance's eyes flashed slyly, and he continued to sing the drama.

Barry also said nonsense in a serious manner, "If it's another work, I don't know much about it, but the words of 'Sin City' ......" Barry raised his hands and made a gesture of surrender, "I must say, your courage is admirable. After getting rid of the tense topic just now, the atmosphere between the two of them immediately relaxed.

"Guts and quality are two different things." Lance smiled and expressed his modesty, "The work is finished, but I don't know what the quality is, and in the end it is up to the audience to judge, isn't it?" ”

Barry tasted a hint of deep meaning from Lance's words, and his eyes flashed slightly, "Is the movie release time confirmed?" I will definitely buy a ticket and go to the cinema to watch it myself. The last time the two of them talked, Barry mentioned that he had a very special affection for Sin City, and had always wanted to bring this set of comics to the big screen, but unfortunately it didn't happen.

"Oh, not yet, it's still in post-production." Lance shook his head, his eyes fell on Barry, and said seriously, "Actually, I've been looking for a suitable publishing company lately, I wonder if Warner Bros. is interested?" "This is one of Lance's most important tasks today, he doesn't even have room to breathe, he has to continue to plan, and there is no room for error," If I'm not mistaken, you'd love to see Sin City on the big screen, wouldn't you? ”

"Of course, this is one of my greatest wishes." Barry waved his hands slightly exaggeratedly, "If Warner Bros. can release 'Sin City,' it's definitely my honor." God, you can't imagine how long I've been waiting for this day. Barry winked at Lance and smiled, "I don't know when I'll see dailies, I can't wait." ”

"Next week, next week I'll send samples to Warner Bros." Lance said politely.

Barry nodded, smiling, "Then I'll see." Scanning the crowd out of the eye, he gestured apologetically to Lance, "I need to go over and say hello to a few old guys, and continue talking another day." After saying that, Barry took the initiative to leave.

Sin City is produced independently by Chaos Pictures, but Chaos Pictures currently has no distribution department, so Lance is back in the situation of "City of God" and needs to find a suitable distribution company for the work. Warner Bros. is clearly a good choice.

However, Barry's words just now are beautiful, but they are just scenes, without any substantive commitments, and the result is still to make a decision after seeing the sample of "Sin City".

Lance is not worried about the quality of "Sin City", but about the unique style of the film, which is not acceptable to any studio. Warner Bros. is arguably the most open and daring of the top major studios, if none of them can accept it...... Lance couldn't really think of anyone to work with.

But if you think about it, it's okay that Sin City throws rocks to give Warner Bros. an insight into Lance's ability to adapt comic books, which is bound to play a role in promoting the DC Universe's co-op projects, and whether it will be positive or negative will have to wait to be revealed. (To be continued.) )