As night fell, the front lights of the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills were brightly lit, and a long red carpet was laid directly on the driveway. A large number of media reporters gathered on both sides of the carpet. They held their cameras high and kept pressing the shutter to capture everyone walking through the red carpet.

This is a celebration party held by 20th Century Fox for "Dark City". Murphy's film has achieved great success by any standard, especially in business. Not to mention the increasing box office numbers in North America and overseas, peripheral products and copyright transfers alone have earned hundreds of millions of huge revenues.

"Mr. Murdoch, can you say a few words?"

In the temporary interview area at the entrance of the Hilton Grand Hotel, several reporters stopped James Murdoch, CEO of 20th Century Fox. "The Dark City has achieved great success. Will 20th Century Fox continue to work with him?"

James Murdoch stood in front of the reporter and talked happily, "Murphy is a great director. I think today's Hollywood has a super talent in directorship, and 20th Century Fox is Murphy's most solid partner. We are a strategic partnership. 20th Century Fox will create more glory with Murphy!"

After saying this, he nodded to the reporter and walked into the hotel.

Not long after James Murdoch entered the hotel, Murphy also walked onto the red carpet with Gal Gadot and soon arrived at the interview area in front of the hotel. Since "Dark City" was still on the screening, he did not refuse the reporter's interview, but instead said a few more words.

"Director Stanton, what do you think "Dark City" can make a big hit?"

Faced with the reporter's question, Murphy thought for a moment and replied, "Audiences are always looking for fresh stimulation. I think they are tired of those Hollywood commercial films that are very homogeneous."

The trend in this regard is actually very obvious. Today's Hollywood commercial films are no longer just brainless and can be sold out easily. Gone are the era.

A reporter immediately asked, "Will serious films represented by "Dark City" become mainstream in the future?"

"Serious?" Murphy was stunned, then shook his head, ""Dark City" is not serious at all!"

The reporters never expected Murphy to say that.

Murphy obviously did it on purpose, creating hype topics for these guys. Before the reporter asked, he said again, "I did use dark style and realistic techniques in "Dark City", but these must adhere to a principle that they must bring exciting, lively, and interesting big-screen entertainment!"

He shrugged, "Even if it is dark, the city of Darkness is a highly entertaining commercial masterpiece!"

Without waiting for the reporter to say more, Murphy walked into the hotel with Gal Gadot and, under the guidance of the staff, entered the banquet hall where the celebration party was held.

The crew of "Dark City" has basically arrived, and most of the executives of 20th Century Fox have also arrived. There are media reporters under 20th Century Fox in the party at the party to take photos. One of the important purposes is to promote the needs of this party now, rather than after the film is removed from North America.

This kind of movie celebration party, especially when media reporters take photos on the spot, is basically a fixed process. Murphy and James Murdoch cut the cake together, everyone raises a glass to celebrate, and then media reporters are invited out.

Murphy doesn't remember how many people came to congratulate him. He is the absolute protagonist of the party tonight. He finally got out of the crowd with the help of Gal Gadot. He had just chatted with James Franco and Margot Robbie, and Jon Landau came to him again.

Unlike those before, as Hollywood's gold medal producer, Jon Landau came here and discussed with Murphy a few words about the possible changes in the future of large-scale commercial films.

Coincidentally, Jon Landau also believes that "Dark City" will open up a market for serious themes.

"I think the future Hollywood commercial movies..."

The fat gold-medal producer said to Murphy very seriously, "The style of commercial videos in the future can be more serious and realistic."

"Well, I think it's possible, too."

This is not about facing the media, Murphy will not talk nonsense. "The audience is always pursuing the freshest stimulation. This style is something that most ordinary commercial popcorn films do not have."

Jon Landau pointed his thick chin, "Simple stacking effects, unless they reach the level of James Cameron, they will definitely go to a dead end."

"But Jon," Murphy warned solemnly, "there is one thing that must be paid attention to."

"Which point?" Jon Landau was obviously asking for advice.

He knew that Murphy was an expert in this field, and compared to Murphy, he was much worse in this field.

"For this type of video, the theme can be very heavy, but you must never get rid of those interesting things!"

Speaking of this, Murphy organized the language and said, "The darkened style can be used appropriately, but it must not completely eliminate those 'interesting' content. There are many interesting scenes and lines in "Dark City".

Jon Landau recalled that, as Murphy said, "The City of Darkness" was heavy, but it was not serious, but very interesting. Anyone who thought the film was very serious either had never seen it or hated the performances of James Franco and Margot Robbie.

After chatting for a few more words, Jon Landao said goodbye and left. Looking at his back, Murphy knew very well that with the box office of "Dark City", there will inevitably be a large number of followers in Hollywood, but if these followers think that the film is winning with darkness and heaviness, they will probably vomit blood in the future.

Murphy knew very well that the following trends in Hollywood was very common, even more serious than the previous Hong Kong movies.

For example, Hollywood once saw the success of "Avatar", but only focused on its 3D effect, so it decided to release as many 3D works as possible in the theater. Several major companies saw the success of "Inception", but did not think so. It turned out that the audience liked to watch high-quality original science fiction movies. What they thought was, let us remake movies such as "Veoron" and "Comprehensive Memories"...

In fact, this kind of follow-up has begun. Murphy just heard from Cara Fes that Sony Columbia Pictures, which obtained the copyright of "Zorro's Mask" from DreamWorks, just announced the official launch of the sequel this Monday after several years of difficult childbirth due to various problems. It also claimed that the new version of "Zorro" will not be a traditional robber film, but will be closer to "Dark City" style, and will show the character's personality with a brand new backstory, realistic style and emotion as the core.

But simple darkness and realistic may not necessarily bring success to a film.

Not to mention "Dark City", the former "Dark Knight" was able to become a box office blockbuster not because they were serious, dark and gloomy, but because most of its content was high-quality, meticulously thoughtful, ingeniously conceived entertainment works, as well as exciting thrillers, real humor, and fascinating characters.

This film does touch on dark themes and also has characters who are burdened by their own mental disorders, but the overall picture is still full of vitality and humor.

Some people think that the reason why "The Dark Knight" has achieved such a great success is because it is "sloppy, serious and realistic", which is an oversimplified view.

Just like the former "The Sixth Sense" earned nearly $300 million in North America, it was not because of the shocking reversal; "Avatar" made $2.7 billion worldwide, not because it was just a 3D movie.

There are many reasons for the success or failure of a movie, and it is dangerous to always blame it for a certain factor. In addition, an important point is that popular movies, especially super popular movies, are so popular because they are all full-scale entertainment works with certain qualities.

In fact, from the comments on the Internet, we can also see that "Dark City" is first of all an interesting and exciting movie in the eyes of movie fans.

"The Dark Knight is a rare masterpiece..."

“The biggest surprise this summer and so far…”

“It is undoubtedly the best video of 2013…”

"When was the last time you saw an impeccable, thought-provoking blockbuster that was bold and nervous, and always entertaining and interesting?"

The audience's reputation is often the most direct reaction of the market.

Margot Robbie and Gal Gadot walked over together at this time. The former saw Murphy Ruodos and reached out to sway in front of him, "Hey, what are you thinking?"

Murphy returns to God, "a problem with the movie."

"Work awesome!" Margot Robbie just deliberately ran it, and James Frank and Cara Fais also came over, "Hi, Murphy."

Murphy and these two were very familiar with each other. They knew at a glance that they had something to talk about and asked, "What's wrong?"

"A good news and a bad news." James Franco smiled raspyly, "Which one do you want to listen to first?"

"Okay." Murphy looked at him and Cara Fais, "I like the good news."

James Franco did not speak, but looked at Cara Fes, who spoke, "The 20th Century Fox has made progress in public relations across the Pacific, and "Dark City" may be released there."

Murphy frowned slightly, "The bad news is they have other conditions?"
Chapter completed!