Made in Hollywood

"I heard that the company wants to recreate the "Superman" movie?"

Although he rarely interferes with the operation of Warner Bros., Duke's information is well-informed, "I want to take out Catwoman and shoot the movie alone?"

"Superman is still in the discussion stage." Doug Walter has always been convinced of Duke's vision for movies. "Catwoman has already begun to make a paper plan. The production department intends to invite Harry Berry to play the leading role."

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

Regardless of the rest, Doug Walter also understood, he couldn't help asking, "What about another actor?"

"No, no, no, Doug." Duke shook his finger at him. "You didn't understand what I meant."

Doug Walter looked at Duke. Since the other party said he planned to wait for him to sit on the CEO, 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, and when he sat on the CEO, he had to show off the corresponding performance. His original plan was to reproduce the glory of DC superhero movies in addition to the cooperation with Duke. "Duke, You said that the era of superhero movies is about to begin, why should it be suspended?"

He does rely on the cooperation with Duke very much, but there is no valid and persuasive 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 and produce, but make an overall plan."

Duke didn't let Doug Walter wait anymore, and simply said, "You never thought about it. Let DC's comics heroes gather in a cosmic space and form a team like comics to fight together?"

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

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

Doug Walter looked thoughtful.

Duke added, “Let’s not make a sequel. Instead, we will overthrow the entire series and develop a complete plan to connect the heroes of the Justice League with a movie like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Get up and finally achieve team combat."

"We really need a plan."

Being able to sit in the position of Warner Bros. CEO, Doug Walter's ability is undoubted. Although he is not sure whether the team will be successful, it is more reliable than hurriedly starting "Catwoman" and "Superman".

"It's not just that." Duke stared into Doug Walter's eyes. "Since I became a shareholder in Marvel, I have always had an idea."

"Idea?" Doug Walter looked back at Duke.

"Doug. Only for the two of us."

Hearing Duke's words, Doug Walter nodded heavily.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if the next words are spread out. Duke just wants Warner Bros. to take it seriously, "I think we should not treat Marvel as a competitor."

Speaking of which. Duke raised his hand and interrupted what Doug Walter wanted to say, "This has nothing to do with me being a Marvel shareholder. Doug, Marvel Pictures has just established, even after four years, they produced the first A movie. There is no distribution capacity..."

Is it possible that a film company can distribute films on a large scale throughout the United States and even the world after a few years of establishment?

Doug Walter already understood what Duke meant.

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

Hearing this, Doug Walter couldn't help laughing. The reason why Marvel Pictures was so confident was that it relied on the director Duke standing behind. If Duke's heart is Warner, Marvel will enter the Warner system...

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

Speaking of this, Duke paused, "Why don't we swallow Marvel at the right time?"

What Duke is talking about is the most ideal situation, but Doug Walter subconsciously believes that the two superhero series will succeed, because the person driving them is Duke Rosenberg!

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

However, Doug Walter immediately thought of the biggest problem.

"Duke, DC superhero movies have been in decline for too long."

The topic turned around, then returned to the distance.

After thinking about it a little bit, Duke said, "Doug, if my opinion can be adopted, 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 most happy sentence tonight, "Duke, Bruce Wayne belongs to you!"

He then asked, "When do you plan to start Project Batman."

"It's coming 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-cost action movie and then turn my energy to Batman. I plan to make a new trilogy, and when I finish the latter part of "The Return of the King", I will sort out the outline of the action film and the trilogy...

Doug Walter's spirits refreshed, "Warner will be solely responsible for the promotion!"

These are major events related to the future development of Warner Bros. Even Duke and Doug Walter can only reach their intentions and cannot make decisions. In a company with such complex shares, huge projects and future events of the company are involved. It is not decided by one person or two people in a few words.

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

"He has been letting Pixar Studios talk to us, but he is not 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 pressure Disney. , But Michael Eisner had a sharp contradiction with him and always refused to make concessions. It is said that at a joint meeting between Disney and Pixar, the two directly quarreled."

Duke frowned. "How big is our chance?"

"It's hard to tell now." Doug Walter tapped his fingers on the sofa. "Pixar Studios still has two animated feature film contracts not fulfilled. With Pixar's production style, it is estimated that it will not be completed until 2004 This contract."

Everyone wants to swallow such a delicious cake as Pixar Studios. Doug Walter added, "The group company’s opinion is very clear. Do everything possible to eat Pixar Studios. establish cooperation."

In Hollywood today, various film companies are launching animation production projects. Warner Bros. is a weakness in this regard. As long as Pixar Studio is swallowed, the weakness will turn into a strength.

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

When finally leaving the reception room, Doug Walter asked again, "Are you going to direct Marvel's "Iron Man"?"

Duke shook his head, "It is not in my plan for the time being, Marvel Pictures lacks experience and needs long-term preparation."

Walking out of the reception room and back to the banquet hall, Duke saw Ivanka hurriedly looking for her. She asked concerned, "Where did I go? I went out to socialize and ended up losing you."

"Talk to Doug a little bit." Dukla took her hand and walked to Tina Fei, "For the future work."

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

"Honey." Duke took her hand. "This is a career I love."

Walking up to Tina Fei, Duke stretched out his arms to the other woman who was chatting with Tina Fei, "Sophia, it's been a long time."

"Yeah, long time no see, Duke."

Sophia 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, and smiled affectionately, "Just call me Evie."

The two women greeted them very kindly.

"How's your preparation for your new movie?" Duke asked.

"I will take the crew to Tokyo from next month." Sophia Coppola blinked deliberately, "Guess who the heroine is?"

"Scarlet?"

Last time Duke heard from Scarlett Johansson, she accompanied Sofia to Tokyo to inspect the location.

"She really won't keep her mouth secret." Sophia Coppola murmured, and then said, "Scarlett's acting has improved a lot."

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

Sophia smiled and stood up and said in a low voice, "My film is aimed at Oscars. Maybe your "The Return of the King" will compete with me." (To be continued...)