Hollywood Drawing

A complete and specific DC universe plan is a long-term task, and it is impossible for Wayne to do it in a flash.

"Kevin, this requires constant adjustments!" He pointed to the Batman artwork on top. "We can only create a big framework first, and then slowly adjust the entire direction through the films that have been produced and marketed, and through market response. Therefore, Batman is my next target."

Jonathan Keller's face was full of excitement. This huge movie universe plan will definitely push DC to another level and make superheroes a mainstream.

"Tell me what you think about Batman, Wayne!"

The words of the head of DC interrupted Kevin Tetsuhara's thinking and made him focus on the person in front of him. Yes, it’s definitely not too late to make Batman and see the effect before talking about it.

"In my plan, this "Batman" will be a film that explains his origin. Bruce Wayne is by no means born Batman. He also has fear and confusion. This will be a film that shows the audience how Batman A film about how a hero grows up and finds himself again."

Yes, DC superheroes are good at everything. They lack neither storytelling nor spiritual core, but they are too powerful, and each one of them seems like a god far away from us! What Wayne has to do is pull them down and give them humanity to create distance and a sense of empathy with the fans.

He looked at the two people opposite and continued: "This will be a movie series. Only series of movies can truly enter the mainstream attention of the audience. In the first one, I will give Bruce Wayne a reasonable origin. , wait until the second part..."

"Joker?" Kevin Tetsuhara asked directly.

"That's right! The Joker will be inserted in the second part! Bruce Wayne will grow further through his entanglement with the Joker, and we can also add more foreshadowing."

The two of them nodded. This is indeed a good idea. I believe the success rate will be very high. Even thinking about it now will be exciting. However, there are other problems.

"How are you going to deal with the two "Batman" films you filmed before? Moreover, the Joker and Gotham films you filmed did not have any superpowers, so how to connect them will be a big problem."

When faced with Kevin Tetsuhara's question, Wayne said directly: "It is to overthrow. I will not adopt any settings of those two Batman films. Overthrowing and starting over is my purpose. As for the Joker and Gotham, The problem is easy to solve because I will add a realistic style to the film!”

Realistic style! Dark realism! This sentence made the two people frown together. Tim Burton gave Batman a gothic style, and the characters in the film are full of absurdity and exaggeration. In any case, both films were successful.

Although the second film received a bad reputation from the audience, and they also blamed Tim Burton, this style of Batman is at least normal and in line with people's impressions of superheroes.

But what the hell is dark realism? An extremely powerful superhero gives up his own advantages and becomes an individual similar to ordinary people?

At this moment, even Jonathan Keller's eyes were full of doubts. He temporarily put aside the temptation of the superhero universe and stared at him and said: "Is Bruce Wayne like this still a hero?"

Of course Wayne understood what they were thinking, and it did seem a bit incredible. "No, we are just adding this style atmosphere. Bruce Wayne is still Bruce Wayne. It will just be temporarily made vulnerable. He needs to let the audience see his growth, see his confusion and vulnerability, and also need to Let everyone witness how he became Batman!

Otherwise, why do you think I deliberately shaped Gotham like that? Batman will slowly grow, struggle, and protect this metropolis that the audience is familiar with. Because this Gotham is extremely close to the city where people live, this can give them a sense of immersion! "

Looking at the two people thinking. Wayne continued to tell his ideas. It would be best if they all agreed. This would reduce a lot of subsequent troubles and fully cooperate with his preparations.

""Joker" has clearly brought out the urban contradictions of Gotham. On the surface, it is materialistic, but secretly it is also full of rotten atmosphere. People have begun riots and struggles from time to time, which shows that various classes of society have begun to break up. . The various capital groups that control this city also use laws and systems to be their evil accomplices!

In such an environment, Bruce Wayne slowly grew from an ordinary person to an unsung hero who protects the city. Before becoming strong, of course he had emotions, anger, sorrow, confusion, fear, and even weakness and disorientation.

In a city that is extremely familiar to the audience, he will slowly overcome the fragility of normal people and complete this journey of growth with the audience. Feel the same! Jonathan, only by making the audience empathize can the film achieve the desired success!

"Joker" has proven this. When all movie fans feel the same, their explosive power will increase the box office infinitely. Moreover, when an audience watches Batman grow up, he can gain everyone's recognition from the bottom of his heart when he saves the world! "

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After saying all his thoughts, Wayne took a deep breath and picked up the water bottle and drank half of it in one go. Everything that needs to be explained has been made very clear. If they still don't agree and it irritates him, then give up this huge plan.

After a long silence, Kevin Tesuhara glanced at Jonathan Keller, who was also thinking with a grimace, and said: "Make the Batman project plan as soon as possible and ask your agent to send it to the company. Well, by the way, there are also your plans for this superhero universe!"

He stretched out his arm and patted the shoulder of the young man opposite, and his voice suddenly became quieter. "I will work hard to promote this plan before I leave office, but it will take time and there will be meetings and discussions within the company. When you become a shareholder in Warner Bros., everything will be much simpler. You should consider this as soon as possible. thing."

"I understand!" Wayne nodded. "Even if the Batman project successfully passes the review, the preparation period will be as long as six months to ten months, so I plan to remake Stephen King's horror novel during this period. This project requires very little investment."

"'Return of the Clown'?" Jonathan Keller asked. Compared to the big project we just talked about, this film can indeed be considered a low-budget project. "Wayne, I think you should focus on the Dark Hero Universe. With your current achievements in Hollywood, you no longer need to prove yourself through this kind of film!"

In fact, Kevin Tetsuhara also thinks so. Instead of wasting energy on such a small production, it is better to fully promote the DC universe. However, no one can guarantee whether this will be another hit?

The business talk was almost done. Wayne smiled, shook his head, and said to the two of them: "This may be my last small-budget horror film. I can watch the preparations for Batman while filming, and it's okay." Train the core team members and lay the foundation for more difficult large-scale productions in the future.”

After sending away the two executives, Wayne began to speed up the production of the project plan. Although this time it was not as rushed as in previous years, the sooner the preparations were started, the better.

Regarding Batman, he was deeply influenced by Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. However, Nolan's series not only created Batman's unsurpassed glory, but also deeply limited the linkage with the Justice Universe.

Regarding this extremely successful series and the greatness of "The Dark Knight", these are facts that no one can deny. But Wayne needs to look at it as a whole, and it is impossible to just focus on Batman as a character like Nolan.

"Star Wars" was okay, and traces of DC's comic book adaptations could still be seen, but in the latter two parts, Christopher Nolan completely abandoned the traces of superheroes, and Bruce Wayne seemed to have really become an ordinary person. Ability has been excessively weakened.

He completely turned the last two parts into realistic crime films, completely abandoning the thick and epic feel of the DC universe. All this was to get closer to reality and downplay the attributes of superheroes.

Because of this way of handling, Bruce Wayne can be thrown to the ground by the gangster's big wolfdog, and he can also throw batarangs casually before fighting. He is simply two different creatures from a superhero.

In fact, Zack Snyder did quite well later on. He worked hard to go back on what Warner Bros. had already done badly. Unfortunately, he was tied up by Warner Bros. and had to work hard to make good movies at the same time. The difficulty can be imagined.

Even if Warner Bros. gives him the greatest freedom and the greatest rights, allowing him to play to his strengths, just like in "300", where all the epic and rich oil paintings are captured, As long as there are no restrictions on the rating of videos, the situation will probably be much better.

In early October, Jimmy sent the project plan produced by Wayne to Warner Bros. for review. The review of the remake of "The Return of the Clown" was very fast. After all, this is a small production with an investment of only 25 million US dollars.

The reason why Wayne gave this investment figure after the plan was because he had deeply considered the results of his own salary.

This film will not have any star actors. The most famous one may be him as the director. The young actors used in the film will not account for too much of the investment in terms of salary.

After the film was reviewed and approved, Jimmy also contacted Warner Bros. and probably figured out their bottom line, preparing to discuss the director's remuneration with Wayne.

Judging from Jimmy's character, the director's treatment this time will definitely not be the same as during the "Joker" period. He will definitely want to take a bigger bite of the cake.