Four Hundred and Fifty - DC Superheroes Will Not Appear Alone on the Big Screen!

"In about twenty minutes, the media meeting will officially begin."

In the office on the eighth floor of the Warner Bros. Building, after the door was knocked twice, John Gray walked in and said to several people sitting in the lounge area: "My god! The large conference room on the seventh floor has been occupied by those media reporters. Occupied, there are still people coming at the entrance of the building!"

His voice was full of excitement. Every time Warner Bros. announces a major production, there will be no lack of media attention. However, like today, it is still too rare for all large and small media to spontaneously join in the fun.

John Gray has just met with the staff, and not only some familiar and authoritative media are here, but even some gossip tabloids want to get in and get first-hand information about Batman Part 2.

"Hmm, Charles, get ready for the spotlight."

After John Gray sat down, Jeff Robinoff put down the big cigar in his hand and looked at the middle-aged white man next to him. "I hope too much attention will not bring too much work pressure to you."

"No, I will do all the work."

Charles Rowan is a senior producer at Warner Bros. He knows better than anyone what this cooperation with Wayne means. There has been a saying in the industry that even a dog tethered to Wayne will follow in his footsteps and achieve success, which shows how much people respect Wayne in film projects.

But for Charles Rowan, choosing to cooperate with Wayne and become the producer of his leading project also means a lot of risk.

Basically, all work will be observed under a magnifying glass by the media. If the film is still a huge success in the end, then everything will be easy to say. If the film's final results are not ideal, the person responsible for the failure of the project must first be , will be the producer of the project.

Even if this producer has almost no decision-making power on this project, he will definitely be regarded as the scapegoat by Warner Bros. Otherwise, would anyone dare to condemn the great Wayne Greenberg?

Covertly taking another look at the young man sitting opposite, savoring the cigar with his eyes closed, Charles Rowan was still a little worried. After all, according to all the rumors, this young industry boss is definitely a greedy, lustful, moody, dark lunatic who even likes to abuse female celebrities!

They had never had contact with each other before. If cooperation with the other party could not speed up his success, he would not want to cooperate with a big director who was rumored to be very difficult to get in touch with.

In fact, the reason that moved him was entirely the persuasion of Bruce Rosenblum: "Charles, based on my decades of experience in this circle, choice is more important than hard work! And who you go with is more important than where you want to go. The end point is more important! Believe me, although you will lose the control of the project when you cooperate with Wayne, you will gain much more than you think you will lose!"

Originally, Charles Rowan was the most talented of the Warner Bros. producers. He was able to let go of all his arrogance solely because of his achievements. The truth is simple. People with real abilities, no matter what industry they are in, will be more likely to gain blind trust.

"Wayne, this morning..."

Jeff Robinoff raised his wrist, glanced at the time, and said to Wayne, who was leaning on the sofa with his eyes closed and enjoying a cigar: "Early this morning, the company warned CBS to take good care of Roger. -With Ebert's mouth, you can rest assured that he will never cause any obstacles to "The Departed" when the awards season arrives."

The young man opposite nodded, obviously not wanting to express any opinion on this matter.

From now until May or June next year, which is the most important time for "The Dark Knight," Warner Bros. will not allow and does not want to see anything happen that may affect Wayne's work.

The marketing department of Warner Bros. has already made estimates on how much revenue this series can bring. The total revenue involved is really too great. It can be said that who dares to affect the work of the young man opposite at this point in time? , Warner Bros. and Time Warner will not hesitate to pounce on each other and tear each other into pieces.

"For our cooperation! For success."

Wayne opened his eyes with a smile, picked up the coffee on the coffee table, gestured to the slightly unfamiliar Charles Rowan, and also gestured to the Warner Bros. CEO, as if he was holding a glass of champagne, taking the lead. He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

The other two old men looked at each other, smiled at the same time, picked up their coffee cups, and drank it in one gulp.

Both men understood that what seemed like Wayne was speaking to Charles Rowan was actually also speaking to Jeff Robinoff. Regardless of whether Warner Bros. had said hello to him before warning CBS, he also I am willing to accept this small favor.

Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, Wayne stood up and began to tidy up his suit, preparing to go downstairs to attend the project launch conference. Although it was impossible to reveal too much about the film to reporters due to the confidentiality of the plot, this is the first time for "The Dark Knight" Appearing in the media for the first time, he certainly hopes that the popularity will be as high as possible.

As for the warnings given by Jeff Robinov and others to the Chicago guy, of course he would feel it was justified. Maybe Wayne is not clear about the overly advanced business philosophy, but he still understands one thing very well, that is, everyone can make money. No matter whether he is full-fledged or not, he will not be popular anywhere as a solitary person.

This was also one of the reasons why he was willing to give up intervening in DC. He only took a small step back, which seemed to be a loss, but it could be exchanged for the benefits he needed more.

"After testing the market with "Joker" and "Batman Begins," Warner Bros. can clearly tell you that "The Dark Knight" will become a new era of DC superheroes, and it will have a decisive significance and connect the past and the future. "Fifteen minutes later, Wayne, Charles Rowan and Bruce Rosenblum sat behind the long table in front of the huge conference room. In front of them were reporters from various media crowded together, and then With the flash lights flashing, the distribution director of Warner Bros. spoke into the microphone and said:

"I know that movie fans across North America and even the world are looking forward to meeting them with Batman. Warner Bros. can promise fans here that this movie will never disappoint them. Due to confidentiality regulations, I can’t reveal any more information about the film now, but I can tell you that the investment in this film is no less than US$160 million!”

Production cost of US$160 million!

This is a superhero movie with a production cost of US$160 million!

As soon as Bruce Rosenblum finished speaking, there was a storm of "buzzing" discussion in the temporary press hall. The reporters at the scene were very surprised. The production cost was really terrible.

"Friends, this is just the beginning of the DC comic series!"

When the discussion at the scene gradually subsided, Bruce Rosenbrunu once again faced the microphone and dropped a bombshell. "Warner Bros. guarantees that it will shoot and produce more comic-book superhero movies in the next few years, and the investment in each one will not be lower than this "Batman: The Dark Knight"!"

As he said at the beginning, Warner Bros. has seen too much from "Joker" and "Batman: Call of Duty" in the early stage. Which two movies have tested and summarized the market? In the future, DC Comics Changing the series will inevitably speed up the shooting speed and investment amount.

Perhaps in the eyes of the media at the scene and other companies in the industry, this is like a big gamble. The production cost is nearly 200 million US dollars. Once something unexpected happens to the project, Warner Bros.'s liquidity will be stretched immediately.

Anyone who is engaged in the film industry knows that the money invested in films is recovered very slowly. It has always been calculated in years. Even at the fastest rate, it will take at least more than a year. See the money back.

Slightly larger production companies are very comfortable with the financing method of borrowing chickens to lay eggs, mainly to share risks and avoid financial crises that affect the company's operations.

But this series is different. No matter how stupid Warner Bros. is, they will not use financing methods to film Wayne's superheroes. In order to avoid this extremely profitable series from causing trouble after the film is released, they will inevitably use their own company's funds. Liquidity.

But even if it is a media group, how many billions of liquidity does it have? In fact, if Wayne really messes up this time, it will definitely not be said to cause serious damage to Warner Bros., but it will definitely affect many other projects within the company.

"Hello, Director Greenberg."

After Bruce Rosenblum gave a brief introduction, before the on-site staff could preside over the roll call, a white female reporter crowded in the front immediately turned her attention to Wayne, who was sitting in the middle. "I'm Jessica from the Los Angeles Times.

As I just said, "The Dark Knight" is an important work that connects the past and the future, and is very important to the DC comic book movie series. Excuse me, does this mean that after the Batman trilogy, other DC superhero movies do not exist alone? "

According to the traditional concept of Hollywood, if a movie is a hit, it must continue to make sequels to continue to make money. Because of the huge fans and popularity accumulated by the first successful movie, even if the second and third movies are not satisfactory, they will not lack box office.

When it comes to similar sequels, the most commonly used method is trilogy. Now the situation has changed. From Bruce Rosenblum's explanation just now, all the reporters on the scene smelled something unusual.

"Cough, cough."

Wayne coughed twice into the phone, and the place immediately became silent, with everyone waiting for his exact answer. "That's right, DC Comics-adapted superheroes, if nothing else, will never appear on the big screen in independent films...!"