Chapter 1： A $500 Million Failure

In fact, in Townsend-Rothman's consideration, there is an unspoken reason, and he and Wayne had a deep conversation on the farm, and he had clearly noticed something else.

You know, the relationship between DC Comics and Marvel Comics has never been as hostile as comic fans imagined, at least not in the eyes of ordinary people.

Now the leader of DC Comics' film and television is Wayne, and 20th Century Fox holds the copyright of a large number of Marvel superheroes. Although it is still a bit early to consider these, who knows that in another ten or eight years, Will there be a Justice League vs. Avengers spectacle on the big screen?

As the current situation develops, Townsend-Rothman is sure that Wayne must have ambitions for the "X-Men" series, as well as the "Fantastic Four" series. When 20th Century Fox is really in the super The heroes have been successful, and it is not impossible for them to interact with DC.

More importantly, he had already obtained a piece of news that was still ignored through his own channels, and this information confirmed many of his speculations.

"Terry, no one knows how much copyright Wayne has in his hands." Townsend Rothman suddenly whispered: "But he holds Iron Man and Black Widow in his hands, which he bought from Marvel through his agent. of."

Terry frowned. He didn't quite understand what the old boss meant when he brought up this topic. The other party bought the copyright from Marvel Comics and had almost no contact with him.

So he asked tentatively, "These two are only second- and third-tier characters. What can he buy them for?"

As we all know, the advantage of shooting superhero movies is that the protagonist of the movie has huge popularity. Countless ordinary movie fans have grown up watching these superhero comics since childhood, and their feelings play a huge role in it.

And since Tim Burton and Wayne successfully put DC characters on the big screen, Hollywood studios have also discovered business opportunities here, but everyone's goal is the same, that is, those super or first-line characters Copyright is a world-renowned superhero that everyone is familiar with.

Only such superheroes can maximize their popularity. Those second- and third-tier characters are not even a little bit less famous and appealing.

This is also the reason why Wayne can quietly buy the film and television copyright of these two characters, because now the major production companies do not care about similar copyrights at all. When the success rate of first-line heroes in film and television is not so high, naturally no one will care about the small transparency of the second and third lines.

Townsend-Rothman sighed, decided not to explain this topic, and waved his hand to end the conversation ahead of schedule. In his heart, he suddenly felt that he might be the person who understood Wayne the most.

After Terry left the office with doubts, he walked out from behind the desk and went to the window to look in the direction of Warner Bros.

At this time, he felt that he was extremely jealous of Jeff Robinoff. Before Wayne appeared, the Big Six had been standing on the same starting line. Although there were occasional or some company's performance fluctuations, no company was always on the same page. The situation that suppressed the other five appeared.

But since the 1990s, Warner Bros. has firmly established itself as the No. 1 Hollywood production company in terms of box office and revenue performance. The turning point is Wayne's joining.

Not only did his highly personal style of work sell well in the theater market, but he also took the lead in turning his attention to the filming of comic characters, making superheroes, a niche movie genre, in his hands as profitable as animation. Type of feature film.

Now the embarrassing situation has emerged, such a new type with an infinitely broad market, only the Warner Bros. family really masters. It has been preliminarily proved through "The Hulk" that the superhero movie genre, in the hands of directors other than Wayne, is still a niche choice with high investment and high risk.

What disgusts Townsend-Rothman the most is that this genius, who might lead another revolution in Hollywood, was handed over from 20th Century Fox to his rivals.

However, the good news is not without it. Twentieth Century Fox is likely to be the second company to board the superhero train besides Warner Bros.

The superhero copyright in their hands can be said to be the most complete and systematic except for Warner Bros., which owns the complete DC comics.

Of course, all this requires a successful start, and the person who holds the key to a successful start is undoubtedly Wayne Greenberg.

Townsend Rothman has struggled in this circle for most of his life and has met almost all kinds of people, so just from the conversation with the young man, he observed the other party's coveting of his own copyright.

Series such as the "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" are huge treasures, which is understandable, but it also depends on who is in the hands, and both sides know it well. Twentieth Century Fox wants to use Wayne to start its own super revenue series, and Wayne is also driven by greed and wants to take a share of the huge profit.

The other party's vision is undoubtedly long-term. Now that the Marvel comics have been dismantled, naturally, no matter how brilliant DC is, there is no other company that can imitate it. The thing that Townsend-Rothman appreciates the most is that Wayne's action to acquire the rights to Iron Man and Black Widow.

To put it simply, he is breaking the road to the rise of the amazing superheroes, and the deeper benefits are even more. The superheroes of 20th Century Fox are all from Marvel comics. If their film and television production is a great success , the copyrights of these two characters in the other party's hands, there will be more actions that can be operated at that time.

As long as the copyright of these two heroes is in his hands, Wayne can always be in a state of progress and retreat. If these two second-tier heroes are given to other directors, there may be almost no waves, but if they are put into his hands, who can guarantee that he will not become a hit when they make them? ""X-Men" can be adapted one by one through successful characters, one by one on the big screen, and finally create a big crisis for the world, so that the heroes who have already appeared can unite on the big screen to save the world. , Wayne, I have to say, you are a genius!"

With Townsend-Rothman talking to himself, he seems to have seen the giant DC in the future, rising step by step, and as the parent company of DC Comics, Warner Bros. will also have a market of more than 10 billion.

Now the route that DC is taking is very clear. Anyone can imitate it. In fact, there are only companies that can simply imitate. In Hollywood, only 20th Century Fox is left. But they dare not act rashly when they are not sure. .

As for the surprise of the same size as DC Comics, they have been struggling to survive by selling their sons all these years, and even the last two heroes with great popularity were dug out by Wayne early.

The current situation is very obvious. Townsend-Rothman predicts that within ten years at least, Wayne will be the only leader in the type of superheroes that can make countless profits, even if they are now in their hands "X-Men" etc. Planning is actually copying each other's homework while guessing.

As soon as he thought of this, he understood why the other party was going to compete for the golden statue this year, because the eyes of the young director may have seen five or eight years later, there is such a huge plan in Execution, there is certainly no time to chase Oscars.

Wayne's greed and the act of buying the copyrights of the two heroes, in Townsend-Rothman's view, is an opportunity for Twentieth Century Fox to intervene in this market in advance. The profit Warner Bros. made on Batman: Hour of War was too much to be envied, and he secretly made up his mind not to let anyone spoil the ticket.

"Wayne Greenberg, is he running out of talent? Or is it a chance miss?

For this year's summer season, the movie that fans are most looking forward to is undoubtedly Wayne Greenberg's new work The Departed. But this gangster film, which has three big cast members, stepped into the theater market last weekend, like a squib.

The opening weekend box office of $38.41 million is Wayne Greenberg's worst first weekend box office except for his graduation film "Happy Death Day". The whole film uses excessive swearing, violence and blood. Such elements are definitely the main factors that movie fans have to consider when buying movie tickets.

Compared with Wayne Greenberg's previous works, this "The Departed" is star-studded, with the addition of "Batman" Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, and old actor Jack Nicholson. Nor did it successfully save the film's weekend box office.

According to the latest forecast report released by a number of third-party forecasting companies, the "The Departed" will never exceed US$150 million at the North American box office, and the global box office will not exceed US$400 million due to the impact of the North American cinema market. Dollars, this could be a Waterloo for Wayne Greenberg, or the starting point for his directing career to slip..."

The life of "pop", this "Hollywood Daily Entertainment", was photographed on the table by Naomi Watts, and the little guy in the stroller beside him was also frightened by the sudden violence of his mother" wow" cried out.

"Hey, don't care about those media reports." An absolutely surprising woman, sitting next to Naomi Watts, was also flipping through the newspaper in her hand. "Look, little Fendi is frightened by the way you look now."

"Shit, a group of s**t, f**k!" The Australian actress spit out a big **** without hesitation, looked angrily at the tall and fair-skinned woman beside her, and asked, "Nicole , Now the North American box office is close to 40 million US dollars in the first week, and the total box office is expected to be 150 million US dollars. Is it already a failure? My God?!"

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