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Chapter 378 Super high share reward

The next morning, Murphy and Gal Gadot returned to Los Angeles on a helicopter on the Rising Sun. The plane landed directly in a private golf club with a tarmac. Then, Murphy met Warner Bros. Ceo Bruce Rosenblum again in a reception room.

Unlike the last time we met, Murphy's agent Bill Rosses was the only one who accompanied Bruce Rosenblum.

"Hello, Murphy. Hello, Miss Gadot."

Seeing the two walking into the reception room, Bruce Rosenblum took the initiative to come forward to shake hands, and Murphy and Gal Gadot also responded politely.

However, Gal Gadot knew exactly what he should do, and after saying hello, he acted as an invisible person.

"Murphy, do you remember our agreement last year?"

After sitting down, Bruce Rosenblum went straight to the topic without going around, "Warner Brothers and I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Last year?" Murphy's face showed doubts first, then shook his head, "I remember we didn't reach any agreement at that time, right?"

Bruce Rosenblum didn't answer his words at all, but said, "When Bruce Berman rejected you, I read your plan, and I always thought that only you can save the DC superhero movie."

He said earnestly, "Bruce Berman has been driven out of Warner Bros. We can continue to work together."

Murphy was just listening, but did not give any response. The plan to adapt the DC superhero movie was generated in correspondence with the situation he was facing at the beginning. Through the efforts of recent years, he no longer needs that plan now. After being rejected by Bruce Berman, he has been thinking and has other ideas.

Although these ideas are not yet mature, there has been a prototype in Murphy's mind. If we continue to work with Warner Bros. and DC Comics according to the original plan, the prototype may have to stay in the stage of imagination.

Bruce Rosenblum knew that it was not easy to impress Murphy and have a certain reputation and influence in Hollywood to impress directors like Murphy. The six major companies in Hollywood are very strong, but they also have to be divided into specific situations. In recent years, Warner Bros. has simply not been able to make any movies that can be used after the "Harry Potter" series. The huge losses and shocks caused by "Return of Superman" are still profoundly affecting the company's internal affairs. DC Comics movies seem to be in an endless cold winter and can never find the pace of spring.

More importantly, Marvel Comics, the number one competitor of DC Comics, officially established its own film company this year after the unprecedented success of the "Spider-Man" series of comic adaptations, and successfully raised huge amounts of funds to prepare for filming a superhero movie that truly belongs to Marvel Comics.

Also, he vaguely learned that Marvel Pictures' CEO Kevin Fiss has made complete plans for Marvel Superhero movies. It is said that as long as the first "Iron Man" can be successful, the subsequent film plans will be laid out until ten years later.

These news is undoubtedly a little worse for Warner Bros. Especially before 2000, when talking about superhero movies, people only knew that there were "Superman" and "Batman". Who would watch the Amazing superhero movie? Now, the situation has completely reversed.

When he took over CECO, he made a promise to the group company that he would definitely revive the DC superhero movie.

The reason why he dared to do this is because of Murphy's continuous success and the plan he had read carefully.

If anyone can change the depression situation of the DC superhero movie in the shortest time, it must be Murphy Stanton!

Bruce Rosenblum believes in this.

So he said, "Murphy, I am very sincere in cooperating with the Warner Brothers."

Having said that, Murphy could not continue to remain silent. He thought for a while and said, "Bruce, if it were three years ago, I would definitely work with your company, but now..."

"It's not too late now." Bruce Rosenblum continued with a smile, "We have no obstacles to cooperation. You should have heard that Marvel Comics has formulated a series of plans for itself, and DC must also have corresponding competitive strategies."

Of course Murphy knew that Robert Downey Jr. would basically be sure to play Tony Stark, and there were some news that he knew more about it than Bruce Rosenblum.

Bruce Rosenblum is really sincere, "Warner Brothers can give you the final editing rights, all actors' choices, and the script is mainly based on your framework. We can also provide you with the pay of first-line directors..."

After staying in Hollywood for so long, Murphy can certainly see whether the other party is sincere. Bruce Rosenblum is indeed sincere, and only a few first-line super directors in Hollywood can enjoy the conditions.

"Bruce, I believe you know it too." Murphy sighed lightly, "Marvel has planned a big series for its superhero. If DC wants to get its own glory and continue to suppress Marvel, it is impossible to do it alone in the "Batman" series."

Bruce Rosenblum is full of sincerity, and Murphy rarely gives a more realistic sentence, "And if the Batman trilogy I proposed will not only not help other DC superhero movies, but may also become a burden to them."

"So..." Bruce Rosenblum laughed, "Warner Bros. is willing to pay a lot of money, please make a long-term plan for the DC superhero movie."

This is his real purpose.

Murphy hesitated for a while, "Can I let me think about it for a while?"

Bruce Rosenblum said without hesitation, "Of course, I'll wait for your good news."

Murphy, Gal Gadot and Bill Rossis quickly left the golf club. He really needed to consider Bruce Rosenblum's proposal. He originally planned to take a break and wait for the end of the year before starting work.

Now, Bruce Rosenblum has shown great sincerity.

Later, Warner Bros. led by Bruce Rosenblum and senior executives of DC Comics came into contact with Murphy several times. The conditions offered, especially the reward, are hard not to be moved. Especially as the director's share, Warner Bros. promised that if the global box office of the DC superhero movie directed by Murphy can exceed the production cost by 3 times, he will be given 20% of the global box office and DVD sales as a dividend reward.

In order to revive the DC superhero movie, Warner Bros. did try.

This situation is not very strange. Peter Jackson took away 20% of the global box office from "King Kong", but it can only be described as rare for a second-tier director like Murphy.

Murphy is just a physical body with a firm mind. It is absolutely false to say that he is not moved.

By the way, if the box office of the film reaches 700 to 800 million US dollars, how much dividend can he get? This is not a profit share, but a real global total box office share!

How many people can remain unmoved when facing such conditions?

Of course, Warner Bros. is not a sucker. Behind these conditions is that Murphy needs to plan a clear DC superhero movie series for them, and Murphy will not ignore the restrictions on global box office exceeding 3 times the production cost.

Being able to achieve such conditions basically means that the film will be a great success.

Now that the superhero movie series plan was surprisingly revealed, Warner Bros. also wants to come up with corresponding strategies to fight it.

The voices inside Warner Bros. are not completely unified. Bill Roses has heard news that some people believe that the Justice League led by the three giants of justice has a huge influence in comics. It is just to make movies at the pace of comics. Why spend such a high price and ask a young director like Murphy to point fingers.

But not everyone has such a simple mind. If this can be done easily, there will be no devastating defeats in "Batman and Robin", "Catwoman" and "Return of Superman".

More people understand that it is precisely because of these crushing defeats in Superman and Batman movies that it is difficult to revive the DC superhero movies. What Warner Bros. and DC Comics need is not similar cold words, but a shot of a heart-warming agent from the outside world.

The Warner Bros. management, led by Bruce Rosenblum, has been actively contacting Murphy and Bill Rossis, trying every means to impress him. Some people even went to work for Gal Gadot, hoping that she could blow Murphy over the pillow.

Unfortunately, Gal Gadot has never interfered in Murphy's work, and this time is no exception.

Although he was quite moved by the conditions offered by Warner Bros. and Bruce Rosenblum, Murphy was cautious enough. If he wanted to formulate a complete DC movie universe plan, the previous "Batman" trilogy plan would definitely not be used, and there must be a new plan.

Moreover, one of his future goals is the best director of the Oscar. There are certain concerns in shooting completely commercialized films, completely popcorn-like, simple plot and tendency toward young age are definitely not the most suitable choice.

If Warner Bros. invites him to prove through the film that even popcorn superhero movies can be shot and produced differently, bringing the strong black personal style that has long been labeled Murphy Stanton, and a theme that is enough to make people think.

To eliminate the Batman trilogy, it is not easy to do these in superhero movies, and it can even be said to be a difficult problem.

Warner Bros. is still conveying his sincerity through various channels, and Murphy is gradually gaining thoughts.

After taking three days, Murphy locked herself in the study, carefully recalled the former DC superhero movie, and decided to have a face-to-face exchange with Warner Bros. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!
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