Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 69 Batman is here

Rob Reiner knows that Superman and Superman stories have lost their freshness in the eyes of the audience, and it will be difficult to persuade Warner to give up the Superman movie project.

After all, Warner has already poured tens of millions into it. If it doesn't continue to advance, the money will be wasted.

What's more, Warner is so anxious to bring Superman to the big screen because of the stimulation from competitors.

This competitor is of course not Marvel, which is still half-dead at the moment, but Sony, which holds the copyright to Spider-Man.

"Spider-Man 1" invested and filmed by Sony will be released next year. This will be the first screen appearance of Spider-Man, one of the three giants of American comics.

People in the industry are very optimistic about the prospects of this movie, and some film critics even predict that this movie will achieve the same success as "Superman 1".

At this time, Warner was very embarrassed.

Over the past 20 years, DC's performance in film and television has been inferior to Marvel's.

Of course, it would be impossible not to give up, because Marvel was on the verge of bankruptcy at that time, and could only rely on selling the copyrights of its superheroes to survive.

No one could have imagined that in a few years, Marvel would make a comeback and completely reverse the positions of itself and DC.

However, whether it is DC, which was once glorious, or Marvel, which is taking off in the future, they actually confirm that sentence.

It all depends on the peers!

In the future, without the support of the DCEU, the MCU would not be as successful as it is.

And this time, the success of "Spider-Man" is "Superman Returns", which Warner has been preparing for a long time. This version of Superman was crushed to pieces by the little spider in both plot and special effects.

The "Spider-Man" trilogy in the previous life continued to maintain a record until the time when Jamie and John traveled through time.

The average box office per movie in this series is the highest of any single superhero movie.

The total box office of the "Spider-Man" trilogy reached US$24.96 billion, with an average box office of US$8.32 million per movie.

Even if "Iron Man", "Captain America", and "Thor" were later blessed by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they were no match for Spider-Man.

And Warner actually wanted to rely on cheap costumes like cos costumes, thinking that Superman could compete with Spider-Man as long as he continued to wear his red underwear.

Just wishful thinking!
In front of Rob Reiner, Jamie said very rudely that he was not optimistic about Warner's strategy of using Superman to fight Sony's Spider-Man.

But what really surprised Rob Reiner was the other meaning behind this statement.

Superman can't beat Spider-Man, so who can?

The answer is obvious.

Among the three giants of American comics, the only one left who has not yet participated in the war is Batman.

Almost as soon as he thought of this answer, Rob Reiner realized that what Warner had in hand really interested Jamie was Batman.

This is what Jamie should be talking about about the script worth well over $100 million.

Because of this, Rob Reiner felt particularly shocked.

After all, more than 10 years have passed since the last failure of the Superman reboot, and "Batman and Robin," a movie that almost caused Warner Bros. to vomit blood, has only been released four years ago.

Who gave Jamie the courage to propose to Warner Bros. reboot of Batman at this time?
At this time, Rob Reiner was even a little lucky. Jamie had just stopped him in time from calling Warner executives.

If it was after that phone call that Jamie told Warner that he actually wanted to write a Batman script for Warner, Rob Reiner wouldn't know how he would explain it to Warner's executives later.

In fact, even Rob Reiner himself felt like he was being teased at this moment, which made his tone become very rude when he spoke next.

"With all due respect, the reason why you don't like Superman movies is that the audience has no sense of freshness. Doesn't this conclusion also hold true for Batman?"

Jamie shook his head.

Nonsense, of course it’s different.

Superman is DC's biological son and a god on earth.Batman is DC's biological father, and he is as good as a god in a mortal body.

The truth that your dad will always be your dad holds true for Batman and Superman.

Superman was a god from the beginning, while Batman was transformed from man to god.

Divinity is unitary, but humanity is complex.

This alone determines that there are too many stories to explore in Batman.

Not to mention, Batman is the only superhero who can take on the responsibility of starting the DC movie universe, and his importance is even more important than Iron Man's role in the Marvel movie universe.

Without Iron Man, Marvel could also use other superheroes to start the MCU, but at most the process would be more bumpy.

But without Batman, it would be difficult to succeed by relying on other superheroes to launch the DCEU.

After all, Warner had personally tested those wrong options in his previous life.

Green Lantern can't do it, and neither can Superman.

Even The Flash's final move, which had high hopes, failed.

However, in the previous life, Warner succeeded as Batman and failed as Batman.

There was clearly an opportunity to open the superhero movie universe before its old rival Marvel, but it was delayed because Nolan's version of Batman was too successful.

As a qualified copywriter, of course he will not let go of Nolan's Batman trilogy, but the "meeting gift" Jamie prepared for Warner this time is a different script.

In Jamie's own words, it is a story about the origin of Batman.

Rob Reiner opened the script with a skeptical attitude, and the five bold letters JOKER on the title page came into view.

Rob Reiner suddenly raised his head and looked at Jamie with confusion.

"The protagonist of this script is the clown?"

Jamie nodded.

Rob Reiner put down the script and said seriously:

"What about Batman? What does he have to do with this script?"

Jamie shrugged and replied casually:

"Batman's parents were killed in the show, does this count?"

Rob Reiner had a shocked look on his face like "You're kidding me."

He admitted that the Joker may be one of the most popular and charismatic villains in the history of American comics, if not one.

But with a villain as the protagonist of the movie, Rob Reiner couldn't help but wonder if the young man in front of him was crazy.

"Okay, I admit that unfolding Batman's story from the villain's perspective is indeed an unprecedented and bold initiative, but it also represents an exponentially increased risk. Not all film companies like such risks, especially A company as big as Warner.”

Jamie couldn't agree more with Rob Reiner.

He raised his hand and looked at his watch and said:
"It's less than an hour before the party starts. Does Mr. Reiner plan to leave now, or does he plan to stay a little longer, taste the fine wine and pastries that my girlfriend and I have carefully prepared for everyone, and read the script in hand?"

Looking at the cool RM002 tourbillon watch in Jamie's hand, Rob Reiner suddenly changed his mind.

Since Jamie was so confident in the script, he just finished reading it before leaving.

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(End of this chapter)