Chapter 315： night devil

Ridley Scott dropped out of Black Hawk Down, but he was a good guy and apparently didn't want to offend Jerry Bruckheimer by recommending another British director - Simon West.

Simon West made an action blockbuster "Tomb Raider" last year. Speaking of which, he, like Michael Bay, is a "little brother" promoted by Jerry Bruckheimer from the bottom.

Back then, Jerry Bruckheimer's "Prison in the Air" promoted Simon West as director, which made him famous.

However, Simon West is not as public as Michael Bay, and even Dunn dares to challenge.

Because of the good relationship with the British film circle, Dunn took cold measures and would not deliberately target him.

But well... Those actors who ignored Dunn and Jerry Bruckheimer's public contradictions, committed crimes against the wind, and insisted on participating in "Black Hawk Down" must be on his blacklist.

For example, several actors who have been confirmed to join, Josh Hartnett, Orlando Bloom, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore...

Australian actor Eric Bana was also offered a film contract, but he wisely declined.

This left a very good impression on Dunn.

Eric Bana... could give him the "Hulk" role!

With the experience of foresight, it is impossible for "Hulk" to be made into a movie alone, but as an important supporting role in "The Avengers", this role is enough to give Eric Bana a firm foothold in Hollywood.

As for "Spider-Man 2"... With Nina Jacobson as the producer and Ridley Scott as the director, Dunn has no need to put his energy here.

When the news of the "Spider-Man 2" project came out, it immediately attracted the enthusiastic attention of advertisers.

The current situation is very different from when Dunn was filming "Spider-Man".

Major companies are almost holding checks, begging to come to the door.

"Titanic" has no advertising placement, and the "Star Wars" series is even less likely to incorporate modern advertising. At the same level, the "Spider-Man" series with unparalleled influence has undoubtedly become the love of major companies.

$1.5 million in FedEx sponsorship, $5 million in Coca-Cola, $15 million in Ford, $4 million in Motorola mobile phones, $6 million in HP computers, $1 million in Ray-Ban glasses, $4.5 million in Nike sneakers…

Even Marvel Studios has received a sponsorship check of up to $50 million without taking the initiative!

And these are just the initial negotiations. With the development of the project and the confirmation of the script, there will be more special advertisement placements involved. It is very likely that close-up advertising shots will be added at that time. The price of Marvel Pictures is very simple. $10 million in one second!

In short, the preparations for the "Spider-Man 2" project are very smooth! The estimated cost of the film is 150 million US dollars, but the sponsorship fee can reach 80 million US dollars, which solves half of the investment pressure.

Dunn is now the focus of attention is Warner Bros.

In the 1990s, a large number of superhero movies appeared, which suffered consecutive fiasco, resulting in the complete death of comics.

However, entering the new century, the emergence of "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" has saved this market!

Marvel has received many cooperation requests from film and television companies to jointly develop its superheroes. With Dunn in charge, these conditions were of course rejected.

However, Warner's owns DC Comics, which is as famous as Marvel Comics, which is an uncontrollable force.

Especially DC Comics has two dominant comic heroes - Batman and Superman!

Because Dunn is a shareholder of Legendary Pictures, and Legendary Pictures and Warner are in the process of investing and cooperating, so he has a little understanding of Warner's film projects.

Warner Bros. has announced plans to restart the "Batman" series!

This may be a highly anticipated visual feast for movie fans, but it is by no means good news for Dunn and Marvel Studios.

Of course, Dunn had already planned ahead a few years ago.

He handed over the distribution rights of the movie "Wedding Cracker" to Tom Rothman instead of his old partner Bill McNick, and smoothly exchanged the copyrights of 5 superheroes, including Dunn's focus Object - Daredevil!

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"Using Daredevil against Batman?" Christopher Nolan heard Dunn's words, his eyes widened, he swallowed, and his face was confused, "Batman is the most popular comic hero in the United States, even the spider Heroes can't compare, but Daredevil...even among Marvel's heroes, he's only second-rate."

Tang En looked at him with a half-smile, "What? No confidence?"

Christopher Nolan shook his head, "I just think... this will cause a mistake in the company's strategy, after all, that's Batman!"

This is a seminar about the Daredevil project, and Dunn attaches great importance to it.

The gathering included Bill McNick, president of Dunn Pictures, Alan Vann, CEO of Marvel Entertainment, Stan Lee, chief creative officer, Joe Quesada, editor-in-chief, Brian Bendis, deputy editor-in-chief, and Marvel Entertainment. Film president Nina Jacobson, as well as a group of elites including Andrew O'Hare, Deacon Whistler, Grant Hill, Kevin Feige, and the Nolan Brothers.

It is to be able to combine the energies of several aspects, brainstorm ideas, and truly push the role of "Daredevil" to the stage of the top superhero!

Dunn shook his head with a smile, looked at Jonathan Nolan, and asked, "You have also studied a series of comics of Daredevil for more than half a year, what do you think?"

Jonathan Nolan was named by Dunn as the first adaptation screenwriter of the Daredevil project. While bearing this pride, he was also more responsible. He said solemnly: "With all due respect, boss... Devilman and Batman are so similar! In other words, Daredevil is a replica of Batman! If these two comic book heroes are confronted in the box office market, I'm afraid..."

Andrew O'Hare is Dunn's absolute confidant. He has been with him for 4 years. As a market analyst, he has enough power to speak. He shook his head and said sternly: "No! But if the two "Batman" films from the 1990s are released today, they will also fail at the box office! In the final analysis, the film still depends on the content and quality."

Bill McNick said: "Even so, Daredevil will hardly have the strength to compete with Batman. If two films with the same theme are released at the same time, people all over the world will definitely choose Batman!"

"Yes, Daredevil and Batman's hero settings are exactly the same." Marvel's editor-in-chief Joe Quesada made a qualitative summary, "They are all masked vigilantes who only operate in the dark night. ; They all love their city deeply and are willing to give everything for it; none of them have super powers against the sky, and the only way to fight bad guys is fists... Of course, and the most important point, they all have 'no murder' Rules!"

Stan Li raised his eyebrows and suddenly thought of something. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Tang En, who was full of confidence, and said tentatively, "Actually, it's not entirely true."

"Oh?"

Several old guys from Marvel Entertainment are all refreshed.

Stan Lee smiled slightly, "Have you forgotten? Who created the character Daredevil?"

"It's you." Alan Vann smiled slightly. "Oh, yes, and Bill, Bill Everett! You combined to create this hero."

Stan Lee shook his head and said, "No, Bill and I just created a model, and the cartoonist who really made Daredevil become flesh and blood and become a superhero is someone else!"

Joe Quesada's face changed slightly, and he blurted out, "It's Frank Miller!"

Stan Lee sighed, his face a little complicated, "That's right, it's him, Frank Miller!"

Grant Hill didn't know much about Marvel, but he was really familiar with the name, "Frank Miller? Isn't that the author of "Sin City" and "300 Spartans"? This is the 1990s The hottest comic series ever."

"Yes, it's him!" Stan Lee felt helpless, shook his head and sighed, "At that time...about 1979 Frank was still a newcomer in the comics industry and came to Marvel as an intern, hehe, I was there. Take him. At that time, the character of 'Daredevil' was dying. I discussed with several cartoonists and thought about giving up. As a result, Frank stood up and asked him to give him a chance and let him take charge of 'Daredevil' Xia' this series."

Kevin Feige is now the assistant to the president of Marvel Studios. He is very young and self-motivated. He has collected all Marvel comics and fanfic series that can be found on the market and studied them carefully.

Inside the Marvel Studios, he is known as "Marvel Knows Everything".

However, he didn't know anything about such an inside story, his eyes widened and his face full of curiosity, he asked eagerly: "And then? Daredevil was very popular for a while, was it because of Frank Miller? "

Stan Lee nodded, "Indeed. The Daredevil series was handed over to Frank, and he also showed his extraordinary talent for comics, turning things around with his brilliant brushwork!"

Alan Vann, who was also in charge of Marvel at that time, also sighed with emotion: "Frank was under tremendous pressure at the time to redefine the tone of Daredevil and became the serious and dark tone he was good at. Because he liked Oriental martial arts have added realistic martial arts and fighting scenes to Daredevil. Through a series of changes, Daredevil has risen to prominence, and in the 1980s, he has become Marvel's side by side with Captain America and Spider-Man. Three heroes!"

Dunn has heard a little about these background facts, otherwise he would not be so sure about Daredevil.

However, I was surprised to hear that Daredevil back then had the influence to rival Spider-Man.

Marvel fan Kevin Feige can't wait, listening to these old guys is exhausting!

"And then? How come Daredevil is lonely again?"

(Sanqi Chinese)