Chapter 254

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This is a middle-aged man with gold glasses. He looks like he is in his early 40s. His Mediterranean hairstyle and square face like Seth Logan make him look natural and honest, but his bright light blue eyes project brilliance. Although the two sides have only met once, Murphy clearly remembers that this person is a senior executive of Warner Bros. it seems that he is a person in charge of the TV program production department. His name should be Bruce Rosenblum.

When Murphy sees Bruce Rosenblum, Bruce Rosenblum also sees him.

And unlike Murphy's insipidity and calmness, Bruce Rosenblum immediately smiles and walks over to Murphy.

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

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

"Call me Bruce." Unlike Warner Brothers, Bruce Rosenblum said with a smile, "can I call you Murphy?"

Murphy nodded. "Sure."

Bruce Rosenblum looked at Murphy and Paul Wilson, who was following him, and suddenly suggested, "do you have time? Find a place to talk? "

For Bruce Rosenblum's proposal, Murphy is a little confused, but now there is no urgent matter, should come down.

Not far from Fox Studios is Sydney's central business district. Bruce Rosenblum and Murphy went out of their way to find a quiet coffee shop.

"You come here," Bruce Rosenblum asked, looking at Murphy, "to investigate the set for the dead man?"

This is Fox Studios. I want to know why Murphy is here.

"The dead man will be filmed in Australia," Murphy said with a smile. "It's no secret."

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

"Superman returns is the most important project at Warner Bros right now," Bruce Rosenblum said immediately. "I'm here to make a promotional feature."

"Murphy will be back in the studio soon, too?"

"Yes." Bruce Rosenblum nodded, sighed and said, "now the Warner movie world on the gold coast is more like a tourist area, not suitable for shooting."

Australia is an important overseas shooting base for Hollywood. Not only does 20th Century Fox have a film set here, but Warner Brothers also built it earlier. Warner world, just built on the gold coast, has become an amusement park for tourists just like this tourist attraction.

After chatting about Fox Studios and Warner movie world, Bruce Rosenblum suddenly asked, "Murphy, last time at Warner Brothers, you didn't like Superman back?"

Superman returns is a project that has been planned for many years. It has experienced many twists and turns, such as changing screenwriter, director and investment. There is a lot of information circulating in the market.

"Not good?" Murphy shook his head. "I don't know the specific content of Superman's return. I can't make a correct judgment just by relying on the news circulating in the circle."

Bruce Rosenblum sat up a little bit. "What if I say most of the information circulating in the circle is accurate?"

"Including the modeling and setting of Superman?" Murphy asked.

"Yes." Bruce Rosenblum nodded.

Murphy stares at Bruce Rosenblum for a while, and gradually has his own measure in his heart. After considering for a while, he says, "I'm not optimistic. I just think that now it's the 21st century, and Superman has to wear underwear outside. This kind of aesthetic is terrible. The aesthetic judgment of the audience is changing, but the shape of Superman hasn't changed."

"And Superman is too perfect." He repeated the old saying, "if new Superman continues to resemble Christopher Reeve's style, as it has been said, it turns out that..."

Murphy shook his head.

After hearing Murphy's words, Bruce Rosenblum moved in his heart and asked, "what would you do if you were a director?"

"I've already said that." Murphy opened his hand. "It's similar to Batman that I said, pulling Superman down from the altar and exploring the sexual side of others."

Bruce Rosenblum frowned, "but Superman is different from Batman. Bruce Wayne was not born Batman, but Superman was born Superman."

"Yes, Superman is born Superman." Murphy nodded with approval, then shook his head and said, "don't forget, he's still Clark Kent. Superman doesn't land on the earth, but becomes Superman immediately. There's a process for him to become Superman."

"One..." Bruce Rosenblum asked, "what kind of process is it?"Murphy pondered that "Superman: the body of steel" is not really a success, but Zach Schneider does give Superman more humanity, and the process of searching for and surpassing himself is also something that Superman movies in the past did not have, even in addition to a series, other superhero movies lacked.

It's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for the Batman trilogy, especially the dark knight, Superman: the body of steel would have gained a higher reputation and success, but with that trilogy, Superman: the body of steel is just a Zach Schneider imitation, which is not particularly successful.

Today's situation has changed because of him. If there is no big accident, the new Batman trilogy will probably not appear.

These three "Batman" films have achieved a new height in the word-of-mouth and connotation of superhero films, and also made DC superhero rise again. However, from a large strategic level, "Batman: the moment of war", "Dark Knight" and "Dark Knight rise" have severely limited the development of DC superhero film universe.

Batman has reached an unprecedented height as a superhero, but to a certain extent, it has dragged down the whole DC series.

Murphy is very clear that if he wants to become a super director, he will never be able to do it in this era only by making small independent films and art films. Today's Hollywood and even the global film industry is not what it used to be. Without the support of the global super production, how can he stand at the top of the director industry?

Maybe you can change DC's movie universe?

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

Of course, it's not easy, especially Warner Brothers and DC Comics don't buy him as a little director at all.

Maybe cat girl and Superman will change that.

Murphy didn't answer Bruce Rosenblum's question, shrugged, "I didn't think about it either."

Bruce Rosenblum took a look at Murphy and felt as if he had some ideas about Superman, just didn't want to say it.

After a few polite remarks, Murphy left Sydney's central business district on the pretext that she had work to do.

Now is not the right time. With the development of computer special effects, superhero movies give people a new visual experience. But in the future, it will inevitably lead to visual and aesthetic fatigue for many audiences. The vast majority of such movies pay too much attention to the visual and ignore the drama, which leads to too monotonous stories.

So, if you want to make a different superhero movie, you have to make a breakthrough in the story.

The former Warner Brothers, the early Superman and Batman movies, remade over and over again. Marvel extrapolated from one hero series to another, and finally formed a team to brush the monsters. Warner Brothers was sober.

Up to now, Superman and Batman have always been unit dramas, and no other DC heroes have been found.

The day after the meeting with Bruce Rosenblum, Murphy went to the photography section of Superman's return. There was a set and there was not much to see.

He also thought that before "cat girl" and "superman returns", there would be no more connection with Warner Brothers and DC Comics.

But what about Batman? Without the core characters, the series is likely to disappear.

Murphy didn't have much time to think about it, and then he and his team members began to explore suitable locations in Sydney. Under the guidance of Paul Wilson, they almost ran all the suitable locations in Sydney. After a whole week's comprehensive consideration, they finally determined seven important locations for location 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 set up the shooting scene, and said, "never use the background style of the last film, and pay attention to the cold dark color system."

Having worked with Murphy on three films, Helena espora was able to grasp his ideas and intentions and said, "don't worry, I'll talk to you by video phone every day."

During these days in Sydney, Murphy not only keeps in touch with Gail gado, but also learns about the situation of the crew in Los Angeles through video and telephone. It is impossible for a director to leave the early preparation of the film.

After finishing the preparatory work in Sydney and meeting with Carla Firth who has completed the tax refund procedure, Murphy and his party set foot on the plane back to Los Angeles.

Unlike Murphy's complicated work, because she was well prepared, Carla Firth finished her work quickly, and then she was wandering around Sydney.

After getting on the first class flight and seeing Carla Firth again, Murphy asked curiously, "is the Australian government so easy to deal with? Your work is done fast enough. "

"A local agency in Hollywood has provided services for us."

putting down her magazine, Carla Firth shrugged. "They are long-term partners of 20th Century Fox and have close ties with government departments."Murphy nodded. It seems that such intermediary companies exist in most countries.

"How much is the tax credit?" He asked casually.

Carla Firth, on the other hand, came up with an incredible figure: "8.4 million dollars.". )