"X-Men" is a big hit in the new century, and the heroes of the new century are reborn with the help of special effects companies, sweeping away the shadows of the end of the last century, Christopher? Nolan didn't take the $460,000 script because David? With the vision of rebooting "Batman" and the support of Warner Bros., he believes that Nolan's narrative style can better analyze Batman, a hero who interweaves the light and shadow of human nature.

At that time, Nolan had already made a name for himself in Hollywood, and when Gao Ye came to the door, he was hesitating to accept the script of "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night", and what finally prompted Nolan to make up his mind was that the investors were unwilling to hand over the script rewriting rights to themselves, and on the other hand, Gao Ye's Jian yì was more constructive: to shoot movies with his own style!

This sentence was originally Nolan's understanding after the movie "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" failed in the market, but it did not prevent him from agreeing with the meaning of this sentence!

After several months of script revision, there was a scene where Nolan and Goyer visited Time Warner, and the senior management of Warner Bros. did not reply, and this script finally came to Song Chen's hands after Chenxing Culture Group acquired DC Comics.

So there is Song Chen's trip to Los Angeles!

At the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, a star-studded Hollywood hotel, Song Chen met Christopher? Nolan and David? S?Goyer.

Nolan, who is in his thirties, is handsome and handsome, with an elegant temperament that can only be found in the cultural industry for a long time, compared to David, who is five or six years older than Nolan, is already bald.

See him. Song Chen always felt that he and Jeff? Bezos looks like him, and his eyes are full of aura.

"Mr. Song Chen, Miss Fan. Good afternoon! ”

"Good afternoon, gentlemen, please be seated!" After introducing each other, the four of them sat down.

Although Song Chen has an admiration for Nolan, this admiration cannot come from the two of them's previous works, but from the works they are about to shoot. So after inviting them to the Four Seasons Hotel to meet him, Song Chen did not hesitate to show the bearings that the host should have. Unhurried, as if he had just heard Nolan's name for the first time.

Nolan and David looked at each other. I feel that the young man in front of me does not seem to be as casual and friendly as the rumors, but has the strength and majesty that a superior person should have! They suddenly felt a little stressed!

Perhaps thinking that he was a little overdone, Song Chen showed an imperceptible wry smile, and then asked, "I'm from DC Comics Director Dan?" Mr. Didio learned that you plan to reboot the Batman movie? ”

"Yes!" David said impatiently. "It took me two years to write the script, and when I approached Warner Bros., the Warner Bros. executives gave a positive answer, they wanted Nolan to direct it, and Nolan did have a master's skill in shaping the character style, so I found Nolan and convinced him to make this film!"

Song Chenzhen said: "Mr. Nolan is famous in Hollywood, and I have also heard of it!" ”

"Thank you!" Nolan said, "When for me. Mr. Song is famous all over the world! ”

Song Chen smiled slightly: "Did you bring the script?" Can I read the script? ”

"Of course!" David handed over the script he had been preparing for a long time.

This is a thick movie script, which shows that the two of them are well prepared, and Song Chen quietly flipped through the script. In particular, he paid attention to Nolan's hand-drawn storyboards, and when he saw some familiar images, he was sure that "Batman: The Mystery of the Shadows" would not be distorted by his butterfly wings, even if he didn't go through the script in detail!

Now there is only one question left: the male god Christian? Does Bell have a free slot?

Handing over the script to the curious Fan Xue, Song Chen pondered for a moment, and asked in the attentive eyes of David and Nolan, "Is there a candidate for the starring role?" ”

Nolan hesitated! As far as he knew. Song Chen has a lover who is preparing to make his debut, he won't want to arrange her to be the heroine, right? If comic fans know that Wayne's lover has become Chinese. They're going to kill themselves!

Just as Nolan was muttering in his heart, David said, "If Chenxing Pictures is willing to turn on the lights, I hope to invite Christian?" Bale starring in Bruce? Wayne, he's a big fan of comics! As for the heroine......"

David? Gao Ye obviously had the same concerns as Nolan, he hesitated and didn't know how to speak, Song Chen saw them hesitating, and couldn't help but be surprised: "What, what's wrong?" ”

Nolan muttered, "Bruce? Wayne's lover Rachel? Dawes is white, well, Catwoman is white too! ”

Song Chen wondered, "I know the background of this story!" How? Any questions? ”

Nolan hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth: "Your lover doesn't seem to have graduated yet?" ”

"Lover? Oh, Jinghe! Haha, I know what you mean! Song Chen laughed suddenly, amused by Nolan David's uneasiness, "Gentlemen, this is obviously a big-scale movie, even if I have money, I won't use it to please women!" Even if you please a woman, you can't use the way you make movies! ”

Compared with Song Chen's openness, he was a little bit of a villain's belly, Nolan and David blushed with embarrassment, and even Fan Xue, who had been reading the script next to him and didn't speak, couldn't help but shake his head.

"None of you are familiar with my character, so you should be suspicious!" Song Chen smiled and decided to get down to business, "Christian? Bell's acting skills are outstanding, I have no opinion on this candidate, the heroine and the rest of the supporting roles, can you be with Ivey of Chenxing Pictures? Mr. Arad to discuss! Now I have a question, what do you think is the investment budget for this film? ”

Nolan and David looked at each other and groaned a number: "! ”

Even if she knew that Hollywood's big-scale movies were usually in units of 100 million, Fan Xue couldn't help but take a cold breath when she heard this number: This is making a movie, it's burning money at all!

Song Chen only knows that Nolan's version of "Batman" is no worse than Sony's "Spider-Man". But he didn't know how much it would cost, but it would never be less than $100 million, so he wasn't surprised to hear that figure. Just nodded.

Seeing Song Chen nodding, Nolan was immediately excited, and he decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue: "I hope Chenxing Pictures can respect our final rewriting right to the script!" ”

Considering that the Marvel world and the DC world need a strong script team and a unified style, Song Chen did not immediately reply to Nolan, but after pondering for a while, he said slowly: "I don't know if you have received any news, I hope to be able to bring the two universes created by Marvel Comics and DC Comics to the screen!" ”

Nolan nodded: "It's a very big idea. But the stakes are also enormous! In the shadow of the continuous fiascos of the last century's heroic movies, there are people who have the courage to turn these comics into films. I think there are only a handful of people, including you! ”

"I just think the time is right!" Song Chen said with a smile, "I arranged for DC and Marvel to prepare the screenwriting team, just to unify and create two universe worlds that are parallel for a long time and eventually merge into one depending on the situation!" I have an idea that the DC world is good at depicting a solemn and cold political background. Marvel Universe is more about entertaining the masses, and I think DC Universe is a great fit for a talented director like you to tell a story to moviegoers, and if you want the final rewriting rights to the script, I think I can answer you here: Yes! But there's a question, do you want to leave after making a series of "Batman", or do you want to direct the next hero movie? ”

Nolan and David both hesitated, Nolan still said very cautiously: "I think this situation depends on the box office, if the rebooted "Batman" can be welcomed by fans, of course I am willing to direct "Batman" and the next heroes!" Of course. I want to be able to experiment with a variety of genres and not be limited to a hero movie! If I could, I would like to be able to create a Batman franchise on its own. Rather than setting it up in DC's massive worldview. ”

It seemed that it was impossible to have both fish and bear's paws, and Song Chen said with a little regret: "Okay, I respect your decision!" I am very optimistic about the talents of the two of you, and I hope that this meeting will finalize the long-term cooperation between the two parties, which is why I came to Los Angeles in person! There is also this young lady next to me, she is the new chairman of Chenxing Culture Group. Responsible for the approval of large-scale investment projects on my behalf. ”

Nolan and David were taken aback, they didn't expect that this beautiful and mature woman in front of them would become Ike? Perlmut's immediate boss. I thought she was still Song Chen's secretary?

Nolan asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Fan Xue replied: "What we mean is that we hope to invite you, your brother and Mr. David to join Chenxing Pictures, as support, your future films will be supported by us!" ”

"Join Chenxing Pictures?" Nolan was stunned.

In Hollywood, directors and many screenwriters are usually the best, and when companies hire directors to direct films, they usually sign contracts to shoot a number of films, but this is when the box office is good, and if the box office fails, this kind of contract is difficult to maintain.

I can't say that there is no such thing as directly inviting directors to join the company, but it is rare! But I have to say that Nolan, who officially became a famous Hollywood director because of "Memory Fragments", is a little happy: he doesn't know why Song Chen admires him so much, and even invites him to join Chenxing Pictures, but he is currently lacking the funds and connections of the big production Zuò! If he can get the support of the wealthy Chenxing Pictures, then he can let his talent go and not be constrained by greedy investors!

"My brother and I are willing to join Chenxing Pictures!" Why not?

And David naturally nodded like pounded garlic, without any hesitation.

Song Chen is overjoyed, although it is somewhat selfish to make Nolan the queen director of Chenxing Pictures, but on the other hand, as he said just now: he always believes that Nolan's interpretation and narration of human nature will help create a concise and thick DC world! And now, although Nolan has achieved certain results because of "Memory Fragments", he still lacks the experience of making a big production, and he has not experienced the big sale of the "Batman" trilogy, so his value is not reflected!

Now is the time for him to make a bottom: "Very good, let's talk about the treatment!" (To be continued)

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