Chapter 526: Superman vs. Batman and Luo Mo's High Salary

The news that Luo Mo said that he would not make "The Hangover 3" made a group of people feel regretful, and at the same time, it also relieved some others, because they did think that the film "The Hangover 2" was not very good, and it was a bit beyond their acceptance.

Luo Mo's side is still repeating his life as a graduate student, working hard to learn something every day, making his knowledge and ability in movies stronger and stronger, and more and more capable of making good movies.

Time flies relatively quickly in USC, and the time in October is gradually advancing.

Luo Mo was recently discussing a new movie with Warner, that is, "Superman v Batman", Warner, and finally chose to hand over this film to Luo Mo, and the salary is also quite generous, the film will officially start filming after Luo Mo completes his studies at USC, and will be released in the summer of 2015.

Some news about this film has been revealed, "Superman v Batman" is not just a combination of superheroes, the most important significance is that DC Comics needs to use this film to build a convincing enough view of the world for their "Justice League" superhero films.

Their "Guardians of the Galaxy" movies are doing just that......

After Luo Mo received this job, he still attached great importance to it, he played the leading role of Batman in the movie, he wanted to choose Christian Bale, after several films, the Batman in Luo Mo's heart was him...... However, Warners are more inclined to use Ben Affleck to play the role.

Because Christian Bale's current salary is very high, and he himself is very picky about the script, and because he has worked with Nolan for a long time, he may not necessarily buy Luo Mo's version of "Batman", these are all things that Warner needs to consider. After initial contact, Bale does not have the problem of not buying Luo Mo's account, after all, Luo Mo is now famous all over the world, and has the title of Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film Director, and his films also have a strong influence, Christian Bale has no problem with Luo Mo.

Because of some other salaries and other things, Bell and Warner are a little discordant, which makes Bale's starring in "Superman v Batman" a certain problem. Ben Affleck is an actor in "Soul Catcher", he became famous relatively early, he also played "Daredevil" in superhero films, and in 2013, he received high praise for his performance in "Escape from Tehran", which also won two awards.

However, letting him play Batman is not what Luo Mo wants, nor is it what most of the audience wants.

Because everyone thinks that he does not have the temperament of Batman, the most important thing is that after Nolan's "Batman Prequel" trilogy, he has successfully reshaped the image of Batman, and Bale has reshaped the existence of Batman, a superhero, and now he has to change his course and there is a lot of resistance.

Bale's image of Batman has actually been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many people find it difficult to accept that other people will play Batman, which is a very key point in the matter. And Luo Mo also tends to use Bell, so he has been in contact with Bell recently, hoping to get his consent.

It's just that if Bell stars in "Superman v Batman", Bale's salary, plus Henry Cavill, whose salary soared because of "Superman Man of Steel", plus Luo Mo himself...... That "Superman v Batman" is just because of these three people, and the salary has to rise to a position that is difficult for Warner and Qianmo to accept.

After negotiations between Warner and Qianmo Entertainment, it was finally decided to give the real investment in "Superman v Batman" in 2. It is about 500 million US dollars, and it claims to invest 300 million US dollars. 2。 The investment of $500 million is much higher than that of "Superman: Man of Steel", but the salary of the three of them is a big comparison, not to mention, there are actors like Amy Adams whose salary should not be underestimated?

Therefore, Luo Mo is also thinking about a lot of things now, and he needs to consider the final ownership of the Batman actors in "Superman v Batman" from an overall perspective.

Although Luo Mo was studying, he also slowly began to prepare for a series of things for the film "Superman vs. Batman". The screenwriter of "Superman v Batman" is Luo Mo and Gao Ye, who has already worked with Luo Mo once in "Superman Man of Steel", and the two have enough tacit understanding when they work together again.

In "Superman Man of Steel", Luo Mo confirmed his position in the crew through a series of means, and the thunder strike made people frightened. It's just that the box office performance of his "Superman Man of Steel" has far exceeded everyone's expectations, so the things that Luo Mo did at the beginning have become a kind of victory step later, and Gao Ye will only cooperate with Luo Mo honestly now, and there will be no other crooked eyes.

"Superman vs. Batman" began script writing, which does not mean that Luo Mo relaxed the creation of the script of "Yue Fei", in fact, the script of "Yue Fei" is still a major event in front of him, but the improvement of the script of "Yue Fei" is a thing that needs to be consumed for a long time, and it is impossible to be tied to the script of "Yue Fei" every moment and every second. Moreover, Luo Mo himself is also very interested in superhero films, and he will not refuse to have such an opportunity.

However, "Superman v Batman" does not have any film materials in Luo Mo's hard drive to provide him with reference, and this film can only rely on his own means to shoot it with others little by little, which must be a difficult process, but it is also an opportunity to test what he has learned recently, as well as the experience that Luo Mo has learned from various practices for a long time.

As a result, Luo Mo's life is very full and busy, he wants to improve the script of "Superman vs. Batman", and at the same time continue his studies at USC, and try to find more information to enrich the plot of "Yue Fei" and various things in it. In addition, he also has some parties in the United States that he can't push, and there are also many variety shows and interviews that he should go to......

In addition, Luo Mo has to work hard to communicate with Christian Bale, communicate with Warner's upper echelons, tell them what he thinks, and he also has to occasionally find time to visit his digital field......

In terms of personal life, Luo Mo needs to spare some time to accompany Taylor, and he also has two hours of martial arts training every day...... Therefore, after combining these things, Luo Mo went from morning to night, although it was not possible to say that his feet did not touch the ground, but it was not too much.

But this kind of busyness is also very effective, after so long of hard work, Luo Mo has made a breakthrough in negotiation and communication, Christian Bale finally decided to participate in "Superman v Batman", at the same time, some negotiations of other "Superman v Batman" have basically made breakthroughs, so far, "Superman vs. Batman" and Qianmo Entertainment Company have reached a preliminary agreement.

The preliminary agreement has the following contents:

First of all, the director of "Superman v Batman" will use Luo Mo, and will continue to use the team of "Superman vs. Man of Steel", that is to say, the Chinese team that Luo Mo brought over to shoot "Superman vs. Batman" will also participate in the filming of "Superman vs. Batman". On the one hand, it is a concession from Warner, and on the other hand, it is also their trust in Luo Mo, because "Superman Man of Steel" has made them see the win-win effect brought by trusting Luo Mo, and they now choose to continue to believe in Luo Mo and let him arrange the big and small affairs of "Superman v Batman" without hindering him.

Luo Mo's salary for directing "Superman v Batman" is 32 million US dollars plus 5% profit sharing, which is a lot higher than when "Superman Man of Steel" was a lot higher, but only such a huge salary is in line with his current value as the youngest Oscar director for Best Foreign Language Film......

Because of him, the box office of "Superman Man of Steel" has increased by more than 200 million US dollars, and the results are still in front of Warner's eyes, and they are of course willing to give Luo Mo a salary increase now, so that he can stay and shoot "Superman v Batman".

Secondly, Qianmo Entertainment and Warner finally decided to give "Superman vs. Batman" 2. The investment budget of about 600 million US dollars will be borne by Qianmo Entertainment Company1. The investment cost of $300 million will be paid in installments as needed. Externally, the investment in "Superman v Batman" is known as 3. $300 million, on this issue, both companies are of the same voice.

Thirdly, most of the post-production special effects of "Superman v Batman" will be handed over to the digital field of Qianmo Entertainment. The digital field is now receiving a lot of film orders, and is also trying to cultivate some Chinese special effects studios and gradually bring them out. The big projects they are working on now are mainly "Ender's Game", "The Hobbit 2", "The Hobbit 3", and then there will be the production project of "Transformers 4".

However, among these films, they are responsible for the main production projects of "Ender's Game" and "Transformers 4", and the others are all working with other special effects studios, and they do not dominate. Now that there is demand for Superman v Batman, the digital field will not have to worry about orders for the next two years......

After the acquisition of the digital field, after a series of adjustments and efforts to improve, the digital field has gotten rid of the nightmare of bankruptcy and gradually started to make profits again.

This is also an extended benefit of the cooperation between the two.

…… After so many one-by-one negotiations and a rough consensus, the project of "Superman v Batman" has slowly begun to be put on the agenda, according to the preliminary decision, the film will start filming in April 2014, tentatively scheduled for July 17, 2015 officially released worldwide!

Warner's wheels about the film are starting to roll and roll forward.

Luo Mo's preparation for this film is also getting deeper and deeper.