Chapter 379

The early morning sunlight from the window, lit up some of the dark conference room, Bruce Rosenblum's face is much better than before for a long time, Murphy Stanton can sit down, face to face with them to exchange some of the most basic film style and concept issues, indicating that he has been inclined to cooperate with Warner Brothers and DC Comics.

However, there are inevitable differences between the two sides in the concept, which need to be solved step by step.

Like all film companies, Warner Bros. and DC Comics really want to introduce Murphy to save DC superhero movies, but they will not completely lose their opinions and stand and become the vassal of a director.

Especially in DC Comics, the great success of "dead man" makes them think that this is the production template of superhero movies.

This is also an important reason why they keep inviting Murphy.

"Murphy, I totally agree with your proposal to take the restart of Superman as the forerunner."

Next to Bruce Rosenblum, DC comic's CEO Diego Harris put his hands on the conference table. "Superman in the past was too rigid. I think we can apply some of your ideas in" dead waiter "to the new version of Superman, increase the silent elements of the film, and make the film more fun, more interesting and more interesting."

"Do you mean to add more jokes to the film?" Murphy looked at him and asked.

"Yes, that's it." Diego Harris nodded busily, "humor can make movies more interesting."

"I think the opposite!"

If we can't reach an agreement on the most basic concepts, there is no need for cooperation at all, so Murphy said very directly, "I think to minimize the jokes and humor in the film, DC superhero film should establish its own style and label, instead of becoming an ordinary summer youth popcorn."

He strengthened his tone, "build a serious wind of darkness!"

Diego Harris frowned. "Without enough humor and jokes..."

Murphy interrupted him directly. "I'm not a fan of comics, but I've seen some Batman comics, Superman comics and Justice League comics. Do you know what's in these comics that I don't care about?"

Before Diego Harris and the man opposite Warner Brothers could answer, he gave the answer, "humor! Of course, there are some subtle witticisms and occasional light moments everywhere, but these characters and plots are not created by humor! "

In fact, most superheroes don't make their fortune by humor. In addition to deadman and Spiderman, even Spiderman just tells jokes between fights.

"It's necessary for me to explain this new Superman Movie!"

Speaking of this, Murphy stood up, "this is not Spiderman, it's not a dead man, it's Superman! The ability of a god level existence is more terrible than that of a nuclear bomb. His battle must be earth shaking and super destructive. What kind of consequences will such a battle bring? How many people will be injured by mistake? Can the characters in the film face such scenes and casualties with a smile? "

Murphy added, "who would want to see this new version of Superman with a lot of casualties and expect it? You'd better play it for me?"

Bruce Rosenblum took the lead in shaking his head. Like Superman's fighting style, it was doomed that it could not be relaxed and happy.

He can see this, his eyes only stare at the successful Diego Harris and others in "dead man" and "Spider Man", but they are still hesitating and thinking.

"How could anyone expect that from a superhero movie?" Murphy reminded, "do you remember what happened the last time someone tried to make a funny Batman movie? We saw Batman and robin

In fact, this is not only for the sake of reaching an agreement with Warner Brothers and DC Comics, but also for his own consideration. The serious popcorn and juvenile oriented superhero movies are not good for his future.

Murphy needs deep, serious and very personal style of the film to add points for himself, at least not to reduce points.

If we put it off five years later, this style may have a big problem. But now that superhero movies are not really popular, especially when none of Marvel's own series of movies has come out, the situation is completely different.

Now Marvel has not been acquired by Walt Disney, lack of super media group's support, far from being compared with the heyday.

Besides, Murphy has never thought of making a pure fan movie, let alone being as unfriendly to the passers-by as DC superhero movies used to be. In his hands, comic books are just the basis of adaptation and will never be the key.

He is not a comic fan himself, and it is impossible to make a film from the perspective of a comic fan.

Fan movies do have a lot of selling points, and many of them can also break out impressive box office and market repercussions. But just like Sam Rami's drastic adaptation of Spider Man series, an adapted movie really wants to sell well, and it can't be limited to fans.Especially in North America, many fans may pay for a film, but can fans really be so powerful that they can completely ignore passers-by?

In fact, the movie "Warcraft" that Murphy once experienced is the best example. How many fans in North America are willing to pay for this movie after it is abandoned by passers-by?

On the one hand, Murphy has reached a consensus with Warner Bros. and DC Comics for a long time. Now the top management of these two companies are not stupid. They know that copying comics and reproducing some classic scenes in so-called comics will not bring explosive help to the film.

The biggest difference between them and Murphy is that the future DC superhero series, especially Murphy's proposal to restart the version of Superman as the beginning, should be more fun.

Whether it's the dark style that Murphy is good at or for the future, Murphy is quite sticking to his position.

"Is Christopher Reeve's Superman Movie fun? Of course, Lex Luther is a stupid cartoon villain with a bunch of stupid cartoon thugs, which is obviously the weakest link in those movies. " Murphy was standing all the time. "These easy passages are embarrassing to death. Even if I love Christopher Reeve's Superman series, I want to be honest."

Frankly speaking, Murphy's current situation is not so bad. The most important thing is that the reward offered by Warner Brothers is really exciting.

Murphy wants to buy a new property, but the high-end properties in North America are not cheap at all. Moreover, some time ago, a real estate agent introduced by bill Rossi recommended a super luxury house in Beverly Hills, which covers an area of more than two hectares. He was quite moved after seeing it.

Of course, such a luxury house is expensive

That's one of the reasons why Murphy was moved by Warner Bros.'s offer.

"Super British movies don't necessarily need humor." Murphy simply cited two examples: "look at the movies X-Men and blade, which have really created a new situation for today's superhero movies. They are two very serious, cold and dark movies."

He said seriously, "a lot of movies are just for fun, but ignore the theme. They are only eager to achieve certain targets, and they don't care about the story and characterization at all. They try to make movies so "fun" that they ignore the fact that people can enjoy the fun of movies, even if there is no humor in them. "

Everyone knows that there are too many films that sell well. In fact, there is no so-called fun and humor.

Audiences go to see crime movies, horror movies, thrillers, spiritual movies or other movies. These movies have entertainment value. They are all "interesting".

But this kind of "funny" doesn't mean that a joke every two seconds makes your villain lose energy, or that you can smooth out a major crisis with an extremely funny doll like violence scene and a sharp phrase.

After being baptized by countless young movies, more and more fans are reaching an agreement on this. Humor is diluting the tension and seriousness of some movies, because many producers are now willing to use humor rather than reasonable plot means.

Murphy also likes to watch various forms of humor in the film, but also knows that "humor" is not a simple witty joke or farcical fight.

Humor can be an implicit satire, or visual juxtaposition, such as a small villain against a huge, deterrent muscle hero, some things are not the kind of fun that makes you laugh.

And frankly speaking, apart from going to see comedies, how many audiences go to the cinema with the purpose of seeing the so-called "humor"?

"So I plan to get rid of the childish elements as much as possible." Murphy then explained, "if it's just a superman movie, it doesn't matter, but don't forget, marvel pictures is creating a marvel hero universe..."

Speaking of the confirmed news, Bruce Rosenblum and Diego Harris have sad faces. DC has been left behind by surprise. The only thing to be thankful for is that they are not far behind, but they also have to catch up.

"What we want to create is also a universe with superheroes." Murphy's words did not stop. Since he has the intention to do it, he is sure to achieve a successful result. "If we want to make the audience recognize such a universe, we must make them feel that it is serious, realistic and completely believable."

Bruce Rosenblum said, "Murphy has a point."

Murphy nodded to him and asked Diego Harris, "if a superman like superpower appeared among us, beside you, how would you react? Is it lucky to tease yourself in a humorous tone? " (to be continued). )

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