Chapter 350： DC's Accreditation

The next day, Lyman got up early, cleaned himself up, put on a suit, and went out full of energy.

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The sky is raining lightly. According to the weather forecast, it will rain in Los Angeles these days.

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The weather here is like this, if it doesn't go down, it will continue to go down.

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He tightened his tie and drove out of the garage.

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All the way to Nolan's house.

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It's just after seven in the morning, and it's still very early to the agreed nine o'clock.

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However, the traffic situation in a big city like Los Angeles, especially during the rush hour to and from get off work, is also not optimistic.

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So it's better to leave early. After all, this time, he still pays more attention to the meeting.

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Being punctual can also give people a good impression, and people who are not familiar with this kind of impression rely on some small things to measure it.

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The car turned from the main road to the commercial street on the right, and after three minutes of driving, it arrived at the community where Nolan bought a house.

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He informed him last night, so Nolan was ready early.

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Get in the car and drive in the direction of Burbank.

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On the road, I chatted for a while while waiting for the traffic light, and arrived at the Warner Bros. building at about 8:30.

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Down below, tell the girl at the front desk.

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Barry Mayer's assistant also rushed down from the upstairs and took them to the reception room.

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It's time to sign the contract.

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Warner Bros. has a clear division of labor.

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Its studios, television companies, animation production, film business, home video, and dc entertainment and cw television stations are all subsidiaries of Warner, and they are all independent of each other.

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Therefore, if you want to cooperate in the development of the Batman project, there is one person who cannot escape, and that is Walter Bird, the president of the DC department.

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This guy is mainly in charge of dc's comics business, and the adaptation of comics naturally needs his nod in order to cooperate better.

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If he doesn't agree, Barry Mayer, as the executive officer of the parent company, can be tougher and continue the development of the project, but that responsibility will be great. If it really fails, Barry Mayer can't stand it.

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Outside the corridor of the reception room, the assistant was also leading Walter Bird inside.

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As he walked, he introduced: "Mr. Lehman came with another person. I heard that the director of this project is Christopher Nolan."

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Walter Bird nodded. He also knew something about the project that President Barry Mayer had been planning some time ago. After all, it was impossible to bypass him.

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In essence, he also agreed to develop Batman, because the popularity of film and television can largely drive the sales of comics, and even the peripheral operations of character portraits, which are extremely beneficial to the DC department he is in charge.

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Stopping, he suddenly asked, "What movie did director Nolan make before? How about the box office?"

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Most of the time, the producers, directors and screenwriters are the key figures in determining the quality of a movie, followed by the actors.

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No actor is irreplaceable.

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As for production, Lehmann's reputation is still very high. Even if Walter Bird does not participate in the development of projects other than DC at all, he has heard of this always successful French director, but he has some subconscious approval, but director?

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Christopher Nolan? Who is he.

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The assistant pondered for a while, but he had already investigated, "This director is British, and has filmed "Memento", which was quite good at the box office. Later, he also cooperated with our company on a "Chase in the White Night", which was also successful. Several The reputation of the work is not bad.”

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Walter Bird understands something.

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It seems that he is another talented guy who made his debut and has been successful all the time.

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In other words, a very powerful and stable director.

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While thinking about it, he continued to listen to his assistant: "Also, President Barry Mayer planned to let Lehmann direct this project, but he did not accept it. Instead, he recommended Nolan, who seemed to appreciate him very much."

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"Well, let's meet first." As he was speaking, he arrived at the door of the reception room.

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The assistant knocked on the door, and the two walked in.

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"Mr. Ryman, hello. Director Nolan, hello."

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After a few people shook hands and said a few polite words, they quickly turned to the topic.

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"I heard that you want to work with Warners to develop a Batman adaptation project? What are you going to do?" Walter Bird asked pretending to be puzzled.

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"This is our plan and adapted script."

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Lehman said, Christopher Nolan opened the briefcase and handed the first version of the script to Walter Bird along with the plan.

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Walter Bird took the information and quickly flipped through it.

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Lehmann sat on the sofa and looked at the powerful person in the DC department with great interest.

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He is about 45 years old, not tall and slightly fat.

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After a long time, Walter Bird put down the information, looked at Lehmann first, and asked again, "Why did you change it this way?"

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"The old way doesn't work anymore. The best way is to overthrow everything and reshape it."

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Tim Burton's gothic style was the earliest Batman movie. After being accepted by Joe Schumacher, two bizarre costume shows directly brought "Batman" into a dead end. It must not fail twice. Continue to follow the thinking of the predecessors. It's so out of date.

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Walter Bird nodded slowly, also feeling reasonable.

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He knows how Batman completely collapsed from the market to word of mouth, and naturally he doesn't want a new series to start, and repeats the old way.

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"What do you think? This is just the beginning, what are you going to do next?" Walter Bird looked at Lyman and Nolan, "I can agree to cooperate, but I can see the hope of success."

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Of course, the DC department wants to revitalize Batman. This is the ace figure of the comics, and its value is limitless.

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Ryman pointed to the script and said: "Based on the background of "The Dark Knight Returns" filmed and produced in a realistic style. This is only the first part. According to the assumption, if it goes well, this will be a A trilogy, a complete history of Gotham's fall."

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The Dark Knight Returns is one of Batman's most highly rated comics, and Walter Bird knows it.

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He was thinking, is this kind of role modeling appropriate?

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Lyman saw Walter Bird's hesitation and knew that if he wanted to achieve his goals, he had to keep fighting, so he added: "I think this kind of adaptation is the most likely to succeed, an ambitious and determined Bruce- Wayne is far more resonant with audiences than Batman on top."

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"But what audiences want to see is a superhero who can save the world, not Bruce Wayne hiding under a mask, let alone his upbringing." Walter Bird retorted.

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"But did it succeed? Joe Schumacher made an omnipotent superhero. Did he succeed? Does the audience recognize it? Today's computer effects can't create such a tall character."

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