Chapter 553： "Deadly Magic"

The time came to September, and "Batman: Mystery of the Shadow" was basically drawn all over the world.

And on September 3rd, Warner Bros. couldn't wait to hold a press conference to report the achievements to the media and public to enhance the company's prestige and hold a crew celebration cocktail party.

In fact, Warner Bros. has long wanted to do this, and if they don't disclose their achievements, how will the audience know?

Moreover, it is possible to announce to many fans with this momentum that there will definitely be a follow-up to the production of the "Batman" project, although we look forward to it.

The "credit" in this regard is due to Lehmann's unremitting efforts.

Otherwise, it is a very debatable question whether the "Batman" trilogy is still the classic series after winning over Nolan and squeezing out Legendary Pictures.

Fortunately, "Mystery of the Shadow" is still off to a good start. Although the box office is not a big hit compared to the cost, it is only 376 million in the world, but after all, it has not lost as much as the previous work, whether it is theaters, investors, or even Warner. In terms of aspects, everyone can get a share of the pie, and this is the long-term way.

Presumably, after the end of the trilogy, Warners will be very "grateful" to themselves when they see the mess left behind?

Lehman thought beautifully.

After all, Bruce Wayne, who was in the pace of dc's manoeuvre in later generations, is not a lie.

It is the trilogy that is self-contained, and the filming is good, and the fans are very recognized. After other directors took over the Batman project, it was really difficult to surpass, but fell into a swamp.

Of course, dc is just a division of Warner Group. Firefly Pictures can't get the copyright of dc's superheroes anyway. If you can grab one, it's just one. It's no fun to worry about Warner.

At this moment, several executives from Warner are standing on Lehman's left, and Nolan is on his right. They are still dealing with friends in the media.

When the people below heard it, they all understood the topic of this trip -- "Mystery of the Shadow" is a masterpiece after all, and it is also the beginning of the Batman reboot. Now Warner has said that there will be a second film in the coming year. Here There is so much more to say, and most of the audience will be interested in it.

Interest means traffic, which means remuneration or bonus.

For a time, the flash did not stop, and so did the mouth.

"Is the director of the second part still Christopher Nolan?"

"Which specific Batman comic chapter will be adapted?"

"Is the role confirmed? Will Warners replace Christian Bale?"

"..."

The scene was noisy, and several directors of Warner were used to this, and chose a few questions to answer on their own, but they were all very ambiguous words.

Why try to keep the original team as much as possible - but it is not clear that the personnel will remain unchanged. After all, the follow-up salary negotiation of the crew is also a very difficult thing. The factory has a good attitude.

Fortunately, Lehman is very smart to formulate a long-term contract for the sequel, so as to ensure that the salaries of the leading actors such as Bell do not skyrocket too high. There are only benefits.

Of course, this pair of actors and the agency behind them must not be so happy.

The reporters in the audience were perfunctory for a while, and they couldn't find anything too controversial. They were a little disappointed, but there was no cliché about the old fritters like Warner, and there was no way to talk about digging traps.

Then, as soon as the press conference was over, what was waiting for the crew was a reception.

Among them, the most joyful is Nolan.

I think his last work was a remake, and the investment was not much, but this one has an investment of over 100 million yuan, the top project in Hollywood, and it was successful, just because of the salary, the box office incentives of the film, and the special treatment given by Lehman personally. Adding up together, the benefits should be around 12 million US dollars. It can be said that all the works he has shot before are added up, and they are not so profitable.

Of course, this part of the money has only been given to 9 million, and it is estimated that the rest will not be paid in half a year. After all, Warner hasn't really delivered the proceeds with Firefly yet. To be able to have so much, it was Lehman who gave some of it in advance from Firefly Pictures.

Therefore, Nolan is very grateful to Lyman for his recognition and support.

And when he had a new shooting idea, he also chose to chat with Lyman for the first time - not the "Batman" series, which was approved by Warner.

Nolan said that this project was the inspiration of his brother Jonathan, who wanted to make a script with the Victorian magician as the background.

Moreover, he has also seen it a little bit, and thinks it will be very good to shoot, and he is very interested.

This news really made Leiman stunned for a while. If his expressions were not properly managed, he would have laughed out loud on the spot.

why?

Even without reading the script, Lyman knew that this project should be "Deadly Magic", the same box office hit.

In his previous life, after Nolan finished filming "Mystery of Xia Yingying", and because Warner's filming plan for the trilogy was not urgent, he set up a magic movie.

Ryman even knew that the film was adapted from the name of Pirist, because Jonathan was the editorial manager of Firefly Pictures, and when he was inspired to start the script after seeing this book hours later, he naturally wouldn't. The company is not notified.

Of course, his work on adapting the script has not yet been completed, and he does not know whether the company will invest in it. After all, the editing department has not independently planned a film project.

"Well, I see. So, when will the film start?"

"Not so fast." Nolan waved his hands again and again.

He was just revealing something, how could he know that Lehman agreed so quickly - without investigating the prospect of the project?

But on second thought, he felt that Lehman's trusting attitude made him very comfortable, and he was happy that working with Firefly Pictures was his most correct choice.

"The script hasn't been written yet Nolan touched the champagne glasses with Lehmann, took a sip, and then explained: "Lehmann, I'll go back to the UK next to deal with some trivial matters. After finishing, I may continue to ponder the script, improve the story, and prepare the crew and select actors..."

Nolan said item by item, the implication was that he didn't know how long he would be able to start filming, and he didn't think about it at all, and he didn't have any plans.

"Okay, Nolan." Lehman said seriously: "As long as you want to shoot, Firefly Pictures will support you, whether it is the investment amount or the people behind the scenes, it can be arranged."

"thanks."

"No, it's me who thank you. I'm very optimistic about your future."

The wine glasses touched each other, and the two laughed together.

The party continued until midnight, when Lyman, who was slightly drunk, was able to escape and go to his hotel room to rest.

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