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This is a middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses. He looks in his early forties. His Mediterranean hairstyle and square face similar to Seth Logan make him look natural and honest, but his bright light blue eyes projected with shrewdness.

Although both sides have only met once, Murphy remembers it very clearly that this person is an executive of Warner Bros., and seems to be a person in charge of the TV program production department. He should be named Bruce Rosenblum.

While Murphy saw Bruce Rosenblum, Bruce Rosenblum also saw him.

And unlike Murphy's dullness and calmness, Bruce Rosenblum immediately smiled and walked towards Murphy.

"Hi, Director Stanton." Bruce Rosenblum said hello, "I didn't expect to see you here."

"Hello, Mr. Rosenblum." Murphy responded equally politely.

"Can I call me Bruce." It was completely different from the Warner Bros. Bruce Rosenblum smiled and said, "Can I call you Murphy?"

Murphy nodded, "Of course."

Bruce Rosenblum looked at Murphy and Paul Wilson who was following behind, and suddenly suggested, "Do you have time? Find a place to chat?"

Murphy was a little confused about Bruce Rosenblum's proposal, but there was nothing urgent to do now, so he responded.

Not far from Fox Studios, it is Sydney's central business district. Bruce Rosenblum and Murphy specially found a quiet coffee shop.

"You come here," Bruce Rosenblum asked, looking at Murphy, "is it for Deadpool to inspect the shooting venue?"

This is Fox Studios, and I can think about it and know why director Murphy appeared here.

“Deadpool will be filmed in Australia,” Murphy smiled, “It’s no secret.”

Instead, he asked curiously, "I didn't expect to meet you at Fox Studios."

"The Return of Superman is Warner Bros.'s most important project right now," Bruce Rosenblum said immediately. "I'm here to produce a promotional special."

Murphy immediately understood, "Superman Returns is also filmed in Fox Studios?"

"Yes." Bruce Rosenblum nodded and sighed, "Now the Warner Film World on the Gold Coast is more like a tourist area, not suitable for shooting."

Australia is an important overseas shooting base in Hollywood. Not only does Twentieth Century Fox have a set here, but Warner Bros. originally built it, and it was earlier. It was built on the Warner World on the Gold Coast, just like this tourist holy place, it has become an amusement park for tourists.

The two casually talked about the topics of Fox Studios and Warner Movie World. Bruce Rosenblum suddenly asked, "Murphy, last time at Warner Brothers, do you seem to be optimistic about "Return of Superman"?"

The project "Superman Return" has been planned for many years, and has experienced many twists and turns such as changing screenwriters, changing directors and investments. There is a lot of information circulating on the market.

"Don't you think?" Murphy shook his head, "I don't know the specific content of "Return of Superman". The judgment made just by relying on the news circulating in the circle is not correct."

But Bruce Rosenblum stepped forward and sat a little, "What if I say that most of the news circulating in the circle is accurate?"

"Including Superman's styling and settings?" Murphy asked.

"Yes." Bruce Rosenblum nodded.

Murphy stared at Bruce Rosenblum for a while, and gradually had his own measurement in his heart. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's not a good idea if you don't like it. I just think that now it's the 21st century, and Superman still needs to wear underwear on the outside. This aesthetic is terrible. The audience's aesthetic is changing, but Superman's style has not changed."

"Also, Superman is too perfect." He reiterated the old words, "If the new Superman continues to be similar to Christopher Reeve's style, as it is circulated, the result is..."

Murphy shook his head.

After hearing Murphy’s words, Bruce Rosenblum’s heart moved and asked quickly, “What would you do if you were a director?”

"I've said it." Murphy spread his hands, "similar to what I said about Batman, pulling Superman off the altar and exploring more of the human side of others."

Bruce Rosenblum frowned, "But Superman is different from Batman. Bruce Wayne is either born Batman, but Superman is born Superman."

"Yes, Superman is born Superman." Murphy nodded in agreement, then shook his head and said, "Don't forget, he is still Clark Kent. Superman did not land on the earth, but immediately became Superman. There is a process for him to become Superman."

"One..." Bruce Rosenblum couldn't help asking, "What kind of process is it?"

Murphy pondered for a while, "Superman: Man of Steel" was not really successful, but Zach Schneider did give Superman more humanity, and the process of finding himself and surpassing himself was something that Superman movies did not have, and even in addition to one series, other superhero movies lacked.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for the Batman trilogy, especially the Dark Knight, "Superman: Man of Steel" would have gained a higher reputation and success, but with that trilogy, "Superman: Man of Steel" was just a work that Zach Schneider was not particularly successful in imitation.

The situation has changed because of him. Without particularly big surprises, the new "Batman" trilogy is very likely not to appear.

These three "Batman" movies have created a new height in reputation and connotation of superhero movies, and have also brought the DC superhero to rise again. However, from a broad strategic perspective, "Batman: The Moment of War", "Dark Knight" and "Dark Knight Rises" have seriously limited the development of the DC superhero movie universe.

Batman reached an unprecedented height for a superhero, but to some extent dragged down the entire DC series.

Murphy knew very well that if you wanted to become a super director, you would never be able to do it in this era by relying on small-scale independent films and art films. Today's Hollywood and even the global film industry is no longer what it used to be. Without the support of super-mass productions that resound throughout the world, how could it be at the top of the director industry?

Maybe you can change the cinematic universe of DC?

This idea inevitably appeared in Murphy's mind. Since he came to this world, he certainly wanted to make something different.

Of course, this is not easy, especially since Warner Bros. and DC Comics don't buy his little director's account at all.

Then wait, maybe Catwoman and Return of Superman will change that.

Murphy did not answer Bruce Rosenblum's question, shrugged, "I haven't considered it either."

Bruce Rosenblum glanced at Murphy and felt that he seemed to have some opinions about Superman, but he just didn't want to say it.

The two of them made a few more polite words, and Murphy left Sydney's central business district with the excuse of having to work.

The time is not right now. Superhero movies have given people a new visual experience with the development of computer special effects, but after the spread of the future, it will inevitably cause visual and aesthetic fatigue for many viewers. Most of these films attach too much importance to vision and ignore the plot, which makes the story too monotonous.

Therefore, if you want to make different superhero movies, you must make some breakthroughs in the story.

The former Warner Bros., the early movies of "Superman" and "Batman", were remakes over and over again. Marvel pushed out one hero series and one hero series, and finally formed a team to kill monsters. Warner Bros. was then awake.

Until now, Superman and Batman have always been unit dramas, and other DC heroes have disappeared.

The day after meeting with Bruce Rosenblum, Murphy went to the photography area of ​​"Return of Superman" to take a look. There was a scene there and there was not much to see.

He also thought that before "Catwoman" and "Return of Superman", there will be no more connections with Warner Bros. and DC Comics.

However, what should I do with "Batman"? Without the core characters, the possibility of this series disappearing is extremely high.

Murphy didn't have much time to think about it, and then he and his team members began to inspect suitable locations in Sydney. Under the guidance of Paul Wilson, they almost ran all the suitable locations for shooting in Sydney. After a whole week of comprehensive consideration, they finally determined the seven important locations for shooting.

"Helen, the style of the film is mainly realistic."

Before leaving, Murphy specially called Helena Espora, the art director who stayed here to design and arrange the shooting scenes, and instructed him a few words, "Don't use the background style of the previous film, and pay attention to the dark colors that are more cold."

Having worked with Murphy in three films, Helena Espora was able to understand his ideas and intentions very well, and said, "Don't worry, I'll have a video call with you every day."

During these days in Sydney, Murphy, in addition to keeping in touch with Gal Gadot, also learned about the situation of the crew who remained in preparation for Los Angeles through video and phone calls. It is impossible for a director to leave the pre-preparation of the film.

After completing the preliminary preparations in Sydney, Cara Fais, who had completed the tax refund process, Murphy and his group boarded the plane back to Los Angeles.

Unlike Murphy's complicated work, Kara Fisch quickly completed his work due to his sufficient preparations, and later he was wandering around in Sydney.

After getting into the first class of the plane and seeing Cara Fais again, Murphy asked curiously, "The Australian government is so easy to deal with? Your work is done quickly enough."

“A local agency in Hollywood has provided us with services,”

Putting down the magazine in his hand, Cara Fais shrugged, "They are long-term partners of Twentieth Century Fox and have close ties to government departments."

Murphy nodded, intermediaries like this seem to exist in most countries.

"How much is the tax incentive?" he asked casually.
Chapter completed!