Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 71: A superhero movie with Olympic potential?

While Jamie was considering Sif's proposal, Rob Reiner was on the phone to convince Warner executives.

"David, I know this sounds crazy, but that was really what I had in mind after reading that script!"

"Do you dare to imagine that a script about a superhero villain actually gave me the same kind of spiritual shock that I felt when I was watching the three European Awards and the Oscar for Best Picture!"

"I'm sure that if this movie can be made according to the script author's ideas, it will definitely have a place at the Oscars. It may even become the first superhero movie to win an award in history."

"Do you know what this means? It means that we are making a new attempt just like when Warner brought Superman to the big screen. If it fails, it will only affect a villain, but if it succeeds, it will make history! "

David could have thought of the previous words as Rob Reiner's "crazy words" before actually seeing the script, but it was Rob Reiner's last words that really moved him.

Warner executives certainly want to reboot Batman, but they are afraid of repeating four years of box-office flops.

Now a risk-minimizing plan is before them.

Make a villain movie with the Joker as the protagonist to connect with Batman's story.

If the movie is successful, it could lead to a reboot of Batman.

If it fails, the only loss will be the Joker as a villain. At most, Batman can avoid the Joker as a villain when he restarts.

"Well, you can bring that script back, and if it's as good as you say, I'll bring it to the board for discussion."

Rob Reiner, who hung up the phone, immediately returned to the party, ready to tell Jamie the news.

However, what he saw was Jamie having a heated discussion with Sif.

Rob Reiner's first reaction was that Vestar Pictures had already reached an agreement with Jamie first, but on second thought he rejected this possibility.

There is no doubt how excellent the script of "Joker" is.

But even if Jamie has registered the script with the Hollywood Editors Association, as long as it is not authorized by Warner, the script will always be left in the association's archives to gather dust.

So there is no way Jamie will give up this cooperation.

Rob Reiner, who regained his confident smile, stepped forward and politely interrupted Jamie and Sif's conversation.

He said with excitement that he had good news to tell Jamie.

Sif secretly thought it was a pity, but pretended to be very open-minded on the surface. She was the first to congratulate Jamie and reminded Jamie not to forget the agreement they had just reached.

"I'm looking forward to your script for Deadpool."

After leaving a meaningful smile, Sif and her boyfriend Nat turned and left together.

Rob Reiner on the side was stunned.

Jamie's agreement to write a script for Deadpool means that he has told Sif all of Warner's conditions.

Fortunately, Rob Reiner's worst fears didn't happen.

As long as Warner is willing to accept the "Joker" script written by Jamie, the copyright of "Weakness" will still be sold to Castle Rock Pictures in accordance with the terms negotiated by the two parties.

On the contrary, Rob Reiner is not too worried about Jamie's approach of stepping on both DC and Marvel.

After all, Jamie himself has said that "Joker" can be seen as an alternative perspective on Batman's origin story.

No matter how popular Deadpool is, he can't surpass Batman in terms of popularity.

Even if the script Jamie wrote for Deadpool is a big success after being filmed, Jamie will definitely give priority to continuing to cooperate with Warner in the next step.

Unless Warners screws up Joker.In Rob Reiner's opinion, the probability of this happening is almost zero, but Jamie doesn't think so.

There are too many examples of Warner having a good hand but a bad one in the past.

In order to prevent Warner from interfering randomly, Jamie told Rob Reiner that once Warner decides to adopt the script, both parties must clearly agree in the terms of the contract that the film must strictly follow the script and Warner shall not require modification of the script for any reason. .

Without having read the script for "Joker", Rob Reiner would have thought Jamie was having a whim when he heard such a request.

How can a best-selling novel writer have the confidence to challenge a Hollywood giant like Warner Bros.?

But now Rob Reiner feels that Jamie's request is very reasonable.

If Warner executives still want to intervene in a superhero movie that has the potential to win the Olympics, they can only say that the guys sitting on the board of directors are a bunch of stupid pigs.

The two parties happily reached an agreement, and Rob Reiner promised to bring Jamie's original words to Warner executives and try his best to persuade Warner executives to agree to Jamie's conditions.

After sending Rob Reiner away, Jamie told the Tausi family and Dan who were still at the party that Warner was interested in buying the rights to "Weakness" and making it into a movie.

Looking at the excited Taosi family, although Dan had a smile on his face, he couldn't be happy in his heart.

As the actual author of "Weakness", the film adaptation has nothing to do with him.

Although Dan had already anticipated this result when he signed the "Gunner" agreement.

But when things really happened, Dan still couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

This reminded Dan of the publisher's suggestion last time.

Maybe actually try writing a story based on Jamie?
Just when Dan was distracted, Serena saw the Taosi family here excitedly celebrating and walked over curiously.

After learning that "Weakness" was about to be made into a movie, Serena happily hugged her boyfriend's neck and gave him a congratulatory kiss.

At this moment, her cell phone suddenly rang.

After taking a look at the caller's name displayed on the screen, Serena's expression changed.

She said goodbye to her boyfriend and walked aside to answer the phone.

"Hi, Poppy."

A girl's excited scream came from the other end of the phone.

"Surprise! You must not have expected that I would call you at this time."

Serena held her phone nervously and said in a low voice:
"I'm at a party, can I call you back?"

The other party refused without hesitation:

"I've escaped from that suffocating 'prison' and now I'm in New York, downstairs in the Hampshire House in Central Park, so you're not even going to invite me upstairs to a party?"

Serena was shocked after hearing this.

"you sure?"

"Of course, I've even prepared a dress. Even though this is New York, do you know how difficult it is to find a suitable and good-looking dress at the last minute?"

Serena put her hand on her forehead and looked speechless.

"Okay, Poppy Moore, stop acting! I don't believe you would be willing to wear a makeshift dress to a party. You had planned all this!"

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