Made in Hollywood

"I heard the company wanted to remake the Superman movie?"

Although it rarely interferes with the operation of Warner Bros., Duke is well-informed enough, "Do you still want to take out Catwoman and make a movie alone?"

"Superman is still in the discussion stage." Doug Walter has always been convinced of Duke's vision in movies. "Catwoman has already started to lay out a paper plan, and the production department intends to invite Harry Berry to play the heroine."

"The black version of Catwoman?" Duke shook his head slightly and said directly, "Catwoman is originally a second-tier character of DC, if a black person plays the role, even the fans of the comics will lose, and Harry Berry It's not suitable in itself, her own appeal is limited, and she has never provoked the box office of any movie alone, as for the Oscar queen..."

Without saying the rest, Doug Walter understood, and he couldn't help asking, "What about another actor?"

"No, no, no, Doug." Duke shook his finger at him. "You didn't get me."

Doug Walter looked at Duke, and since the other party said he planned to wait for him to sit down as the CEO to discuss it, it was definitely a big deal.

"My personal suggestion." Duke said directly without going around in circles, "Not only "Catwoman", but also the new "Superman", these plans are best suspended."

"Pause?" Doug Walter frowned, sitting on the CEO will show corresponding performance, his original plan was to remove the cooperation with Duke, to reproduce the glory of DC superhero movies, "Duke, You said that the era of superhero movies is about to begin, so why pause?"

He does rely on the cooperation with Duke, but there is no valid and convincing reason, but he will not stop the planning that is already in the planning stage.

"From the current trend, in the next few years, the market share of superhero movies will continue to increase." Duke said seriously, "So, we should not rush to shoot production, but to develop an overall plan."

Duke didn't ask Doug Walter to wait any longer, and simply said, "You haven't thought about it. Have DC's comic book heroes assembled in a cosmic space and formed a team to fight side by side like the comics?"

"You mean..." Doug Walter immediately understood what Duke meant, "Justice League of Legends?"

"That's right." Duke nodded, "Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Diana Prinz, they are more influential than most of Marvel's superheroes. I think many fans want to see justice. The Big Three are in the same movie."

Doug Walter looked pensive.

Duke added, "We're not going to make a sequel, but to overthrow the entire series and make a complete plan, with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and other films. Connect the heroes of the Justice League in series. Get up, and finally achieve teamwork."

"We do need a plan."

To sit on the position of Warner Bros. CEO, Doug? Walter's ability is beyond doubt, although not sure whether the team will be successful. But it's better than hurriedly launching "Catwoman" and "Superman".

"It's more than that." Duke stared at Doug Walter. "Ever since I became a stake in Marvel. I've always had an idea."

"Ideas?" Doug Walter looked back at Duke.

"Doug, just the two of us."

Hearing Duke's words, Doug Walter nodded heavily.

In fact, it doesn't matter what happens next. Duke just wanted Warner Bros. to take it seriously, "I don't think we should be looking at Marvel as a competitor."

Having said this, Duke raised his hand to interrupt Doug Walter's words, "This has nothing to do with me being a shareholder of Marvel. Doug, Marvel Studios has just been established, even four years later, they Made the first film and didn't have the ability to distribute..."

Is it possible for a studio to release films on a large scale across the United States and around the world in just a few years?

Doug Walter already understood what Duke meant.

"I own 32% of Marvel's shares, and I'm still increasing my holdings, and the shares in my hands have corresponding voting rights." Duke's voice is not loud and his speech is not fast, but his words are Quite powerful, "With my push, it is not difficult for Warner Bros. to win the distribution rights of Marvel Studios..."

Hearing this, Doug Walter couldn't help laughing. The reason why Marvel Studios is so confident is that Duke is the director standing behind him. If Duke's heart goes to Warner, Marvel will enter Warner's system...

"Doug, have you considered it?" Duke said simply. "If Marvel's superhero movie succeeds, forming the Avengers; our movie succeeds, forming the Justice League. Then, the two alliances..."

Having said this, Duke stopped, "Why don't we swallow Marvel at the right time?"

What Duke is talking about is the most idealized situation, but Doug Walter subconsciously believes that the two superhero series will be successful, because the person who pushes them is Duke? Rosenberg!

If he is really successful, he will become the most brilliant CEO of Warner Bros., and he can get more options and dividends. It is not impossible for him to be the CEO of the group company.

However, Doug Walter immediately thought of the biggest problem.

"Duke, DC's superhero movies have been dead for too long."

The topic turned around and returned to the distance.

After a moment's consideration, Duke said, "Doug, if my opinion is accepted, I hope the company can make a complete plan. As for DC's superhero movies..."

Duke smiled, "Batman keeps it for me, don't give it to anyone."

"Don't worry!" Doug Walter heard the words that made him happiest tonight. "Duke, Bruce Wayne is yours!"

He then asked, "When are you going to start the Batman Project."

"Soon." Duke thought about his schedule and said, "After the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I need to rest, I plan to make a low-budget action movie, and then turn my energy to Batman, I plan to make a brand new trilogy, and I will sort out the outline of the action movie and the trilogy when I finish the later stages of "The Return of the King"..."

Doug Walter was refreshed, "I will take full responsibility for the promotion of Warner!"

These are major events related to the future development of Warner Bros. Even Duke and Doug Walter can only reach an intention, and it is impossible to make a decision. In a company with such a complex shareholding, it involves huge projects and future events of the company. It is not something that one person or two people can decide with a few words.

After discussing a few more details, Duke turned the conversation to the other side, "How's your contact with Steve Jobs?"

"He kept asking Pixar to talk to us, but he wasn't in a hurry." Doug Walter smiled helplessly, "Jobs is an old fox, his first choice is still Walt Disney, he just wants to use Warner to put pressure on Disney , but Michael Eisner had a sharp conflict with him and never made any concessions. It is said that at a joint meeting between Disney and Pixar, the two directly quarreled."

Duke frowned. "What are our chances?"

"It's hard to say now." Doug Walter tapped his fingers on the sofa, "Pixar Studio still has two animation feature contracts that have not been fulfilled. With Pixar's production style, it is estimated that it will not be completed until 2004 at the earliest. this contract."

A delicious cake like Pixar Studio, everyone wants to swallow it, Doug Walter added, "The group company's opinion is very clear, try to eat Pixar Studio as much as possible, even if you can't swallow it, it's better to eat it. establish cooperation."

In today's Hollywood, various film companies are launching animation production projects. Warner Bros. is a weak point. As long as it swallows Pixar Studios, the weak point will become a strong point.

Of course, you can imagine how difficult it is to get Pixar from someone like Steve Jobs when Walt Disney is dominant.

When he finally left the parlour, Doug Walter asked again, "Are you going to direct Marvel's Iron Man?"

Duke shook his head, "It's not in my plan for the time being. Marvel Studios lacks experience and requires long-term preparation."

Walking out of the reception room and returning to the banquet hall, Duke saw Ivanka hurriedly looking for him. She asked with concern, "Where did you go? I went out to socialize, but I lost you."

"Talked about something with Doug." Dukera took her hand and walked towards Tina Fey. "It's about future work."

"God..." Ivanka frowned and complained slightly, "The Lord of the Rings trilogy has not been completed, are you planning future work again?"

"Honey." Duke took her hand. "This is what I love."

Walking to Tina Fey, Duke stretched out his arms to another woman who was chatting with Tina Fey, "Sophia, long time no see."

"Yeah, long time no see, Duke."

Sofia Coppola came over and hugged Duke gently, then turned to look at Ivanka, "Hello, Miss Trump."

"Hello, Sophia." Ivanka knew that this was one of Duke's few friends, showing an affectionate smile, "Just call me Evie."

The two women greeted each other in a friendly manner.

"How's your new movie going?" Duke asked.

"I'm going to take the crew to Tokyo starting next month." Sofia Coppola blinked deliberately, "Guess who the heroine is?"

"Scarlett?"

Last time Duke heard Scarlett Johansson mentioned that she accompanied Sophia to Tokyo to inspect the location.

"She really won't keep her mouth secret." Sofia Coppola muttered, and added, "Scarlett's acting has improved a lot."

"Yeah." Duke nodded, "You have been trained as a literary girl by you."

Sophia smiled and stood up, lowered her voice and said, "My film is for Oscar, maybe your "The Return of the King" will compete with me." (To be continued ~^~)