"The new book that comes to mind, called American Gods, is, simply put, a story of a gods' smash broke. ”

Neil Gaiman explains his plans to Charlotte.

Charlotte nodded—

"American Gods"!

Charlotte, who comes from the 21st century, has naturally seen Neil Gaiman's most famous works in the future.

This is a brainstorm that uses a complete system to integrate countless myths together.

To be honest, Charlotte likes this work a lot, but-

"Since you've already conceived it, it's good to write it yourself, why do you want to find me?"

Charlotte didn't understand that.

"Because you can inspire me!"

Neil Gaiman had a grateful look on his face,

"It was our discussion that gave me this idea, and it seems bad to write it yourself. And—"

Mr. Writer patted Charlotte on the shoulder,

"I admire your research on ghosts and spirits. Working with you will definitely improve the accuracy of my evidence. ”

"Really?"

Charlotte nodded, acknowledging the other party's reason,

"But, you know I'm a director, most of the time—"

"I know you don't have much free time. ”

Neil Gaiman knew what Charlotte was trying to say, and he got straight to the point,

"But I'm not going to start this book anytime soon – it's going to be a long one, and right now, I'm spending more of my energy on the Sandman comic. ”

"Then what do you mean by cooperation?"

"I'd like to ask you to help me prepare!"

Neil Gaiman explains,

"Before I start writing, I'm going to spend three to four years gathering material and preparing a story, so we can do it very slowly, and even if you're busy, you should have enough time, right?"

"According to you, it should be enough!but—"

Charlotte gave Neil Gaiman a strange look,

"Neil, you've been fine lately, haven't you?"

When they met last year, Charlotte discovered that Neil Gaiman had a nightmare-like aura on his body.

But Charlotte didn't take it seriously.

After all, Neil Gaiman was the author of the Sandman.

"Sandman" is a story about dreams, and the story in it is extremely grand and popular.

Such a comic will naturally bring a lot of influence to his author.

And influence is not just in the conventional sense -

It's been more than two years since Charlotte traveled into this world, and he's long since discovered that his famous works can condense magic and attract ghosts.

In this regard, the film is even more important. And comics, it's not impossible.

In Charlotte's view, Neil Gaiman is just a part of the magic of the Sandman because of his works.

And the Sandman, which is Sandman in English, originally refers to the Sandman in Western myths and legends, or the sleeping fairy and the sleeping elf.

Legend has it that he would sprinkle sand in the eyes of children at night until they fell asleep and brought them to sleep.

In this respect, his powers are similar to those of Nightmares.

Originally, Charlotte had always felt that way.

However, seeing Neil Gaiman this time, Charlotte found that there was something wrong with the other party's situation-

How to describe it?

Charlotte can't really tell.

However, he felt that Neil Gaiman's body seemed to have a feeling of life burning.

This made Charlotte feel that something was not quite right.

Neil Gaiman didn't realize the meaning of Charlotte's words, in fact, he really felt very good now,

"Maybe I've been sleeping less lately!"

Mr. Writer thought that Charlotte was worried about this problem, and he explained with some excitement,

"I've been in a creative state for a while, so I've been staying up late to catch up on the manuscript. ”

"I see!"

Charlotte nodded.

As a fellow creator, he naturally understands how precious that state of inspiration is -

In a way, Neil Gaiman may indeed be burning life.

But what popular work is there that the author didn't write by burning his life?

Thinking of this, Charlotte, who was relieved, finally accepted Neil Gaiman's invitation to cooperate.

However, he didn't expect that the cooperation between the two on "American Gods" had not yet begun, and Neil Gaiman brought him another mixed news -

"DC asked me to direct 'The Batman'!?"

Because Neil Gaiman's work "Sandman" was published by Vertigo Comics, a subsidiary of DC Comics. So it's not surprising that he brought news about DC for Charlotte.

Charlotte's strange thing is that the offer came from DC, not Warner Bros.

You know, DC Comics is now being acquired by Warners.

And Warner is now releasing Charlotte's "The Sixth Sense," and Barry Mendel, the head there, has a good relationship with Charlotte.

- If you want Charlotte to direct "Batman", why not just ask Barry Mendel to do it?

Or is this a vain attempt by DC to bypass Warner Bros.!?

Considering the fierce infighting within Warner, Charlotte felt that the water seemed a little deep.

He didn't know what to say about this invitation.

Moreover, for a big-name director like Charlotte, directing a superhero movie is not a particularly good choice -

Generally speaking, manga movies, or superhero movies, are large guys with large investment amounts in commercial films.

To make good use of these funds, it takes a lot of skills.

But that doesn't mean their director is important.

On the contrary, in Hollywood, where the producer-centric system is practiced, the more this is the case, the less room the director has to play, and the more limited he is by the producer.

Let's take the Marvel Universe, which flourished in later generations, this series of superhero movies can be said to be the iron-clad Stan Lee, the director of flowing water.

Led by Marvel Entertainment President Kevin Feige and Marvel's Creative Committee, the style orientation of all Marvel movies is very clear.

The director is just a tuba on-site shooting director.

And the audience, they would rather look for the figure of the "father of Spider-Man" Stan Lee in every movie, and they don't bother to care who the director of the movie is.

In this case, directing Marvel's superhero movies is not a fun job for many big directors.

In comparison, DC Comics, which is affiliated with Warner Bros., is better.

They interfere less with film directors.

At least, when it comes to "Batman", there are still a lot of big-name directors who are willing to direct-

There's Tim Burton in the distance, and Christopher Nolan in the future.

So, when she heard the name of Lord Bruce Wayne, Charlotte was still a little interested.

However, after some thought, he shook his head.

"Now this version of "Batman" is actually hard to return. If I had to direct, I would choose to reboot the series completely. But—"

Charlotte blinked, but didn't speak.