Coquettish Rebirth

"That's right, it's from Warner Bros. Maybe you don't know much about Hung Chien. In the United States, comics are divided into two camps. One is the Marvel comics camp, or the Marvel comics camp, and the other is the detective comics camp. What about Marvel comics?" , is Iron Man, Spiderman, Hulk, Thor Thor, and X-Men, the owner of a series of animated heroes. Then, the Detective Comics camp, referred to as the DC camp, is Superman, Bat Hero, Green Lantern and so on. These two companies each own the copyrights of their own animation characters, and they are different from the Oriental comics. On our side, the main creators and stories are always changing, but the characters are always changing. The same model. At the same time, in order to please various audiences and readers, in addition to the main comic story, there will be various other side stories. For example, when Superman was still a baby, he came to the earth a dozen times later. I landed in the Soviet Union when I was a child, and it turned into a story of a parallel time and space of the Soviet Superman. There are also stories about Superman being brainwashed and turning bad..." Nolan, an American anime nerd, began to tirelessly introduce the United States to Jia Hongjian The case of anime.

"Batman and their DC Publishing Company were acquired by Warner decades ago, so their film and television adaptation rights have always been authorized to the parent company Warner, so this Batman must only be released by Warner. But Previously, Warner Bros. seemed to temporarily freeze the Batman series of movies because the box office of "Batman and Robin" in 97 was so bad. The investment of that movie was 1.25 million US dollars, which was considered an unprecedented high investment back then. It’s a record, but who knows that the box office in North America is only 700 million in the end, and it can’t make back the cost at all, and the international box office is only 3000 million. Although the final total is almost 4000 million At the box office, but in the end, it is estimated that the cost will be recovered, and the evaluation is a mess, there are too many side plots, too bland, and it is not good at all..." Nolan explained.

When Jia Hongjian heard this, he understood why it took Nolan to make a new Batman movie seven or eight years after 97 in history!It was in his impression before.Just the one he watched in the video room included one from the late 80s.Then there was one in 92. Later, I got a vcd at home and watched one in 95 and one in 97. Logically speaking, this Batman movie should only be one in three or four years!There was none for seven or eight years.It seems that it was really hidden because of the bad box office.Even Jia Hongjian himself still remembers after watching "Batman and Robin" in the summer of 97.It seems that except the governor is more handsome.I don't have much memory of the others, he doesn't even remember George Clooney playing Batman, he just remembers the governor playing Freeze!

But if you really say it.It seems that the Superman movie has not been seen for many years?In Jia Hongjian's impression, even Superman's movies, except for "Superman Returns" which entered the 21st century and "Man of Steel" which is said to be filming and will be released in 2013, were filmed in the 80s!In the 90s, it seemed that they were all American dramas?He still remembers that in the [-]s, he watched a TV drama version of "Superman" introduced and broadcast in China... At that time, he didn't understand it, but thinking about it now, it should be that the movie version of Superman was also frozen ?Because the box office is not good?

If you say this, it seems quite reasonable, because the movie box office is not good, and Warner judges that the audience has seen enough of the movie version.I may be more interested in the TV series version, but I am not interested in the movie version.In this way, it seems quite scientific to freeze movies like Superman and Batman and wait until the right time to make a movie.But is there anything he can use here?For example... Use his and Nolan's ideas, plus their own investment, in exchange for the copyright license of the three movies granted by Warner?In this way, it seemed like I was helping Warner to warm up the show and help them stir up themes, but in the end, Jia Hongjian could get the big benefits?

Of course, Jia Hongjian also knew that this was his own wishful thinking, and Warner might not be happy about it!But after all, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to try, isn't it?Besides, even if we can't reach an agreement, what can we do? Without Butcher Zhang, we have to eat pigs with hair?Historically, Nolan’s Batman first appeared in 05, and it seems to have been authorized in 03. These three years are enough for Jia Hongjian to make a lot of money. At that time, it’s hard to say that he will buy a part of Warner Will the shares work?At that time, he will also have a share of the profits!Even to put it in a bad way, let’s not follow the history, let’s postpone such a Batman movie until 08, so what? Jia Hongjian will make money in 8 years, and it will be the same as Sony’s acquisition of Columbia Samsung. Acquired Warner, can't it?At that time, there is no need to buy all the shares. If he buys 30% to 40% of the shares and becomes a major shareholder, then he will also make money for his affiliated companies!So he is not afraid at all!Even if we can't buy Warner, can we buy DC?This should require much less money than the acquisition of Warner?Then we asked Warner to share the copyright with us, this head office?

Just when Jia Hongjian was thinking about such a set of ways, Nolan on the phone didn't seem to realize what Jia Hongjian was thinking.He may still be simply indulging in a creative impulse, "Mr. Jia, if we were to make a Batman movie, how would we write the script? Just write... How about a more realistic and darker style? He alone guards justice and fairness as a dark knight in the sinful Gotham City, just like "Batman - Year One" and "Batman - The Dark Knight Returns"!" Nolan seemed to really have no idea at this time. Realizing that Jia Hongjian is the boss of a rival company that owns the copyright of "Batman", he seems to be really asking Jia Hongjian for advice now as a good teacher and helpful friend!

""The First Year"? "The Dark Knight Returns"? What are these things?" Jia Hongjian asked a little confused. He is not a fan of American comics, and even speaking of his previous interest in American comics, if not When he was a child, he watched "Spider-Man", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and other cartoons. He probably didn't know that there are comics and animations in the United States!Let alone American comics, he is not interested in Hong Kong comics!

"Oh, "The Year of Batman" was in 85 or 86. A re-described Batman story released by DC Corporation was to reset the entire background for the style of the 80s. The 30s The background of the Batman story since then has been revised, so that Batman can recover from the previous injury and then recover overnight, and then the various invincible images of all kinds of intelligence burst into a more realistic image of an ordinary person Such a first year, it means that after Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham City at the age of 25, he started to work as Batman for the first year. At that time, he did not have so many high-tech equipment, and he even had a bat suit Nothing, just put special effects makeup on my face, made a fake scar to disguise, and then went to the streets in ordinary people's clothes to maintain law and order, but who knew that I was beaten by someone, and even shot by the police... ..." Nolan began to introduce Jia Hongjian like a few treasures.

After hearing it this way, even if Jia Hongjian understands it, relatively speaking, it is equivalent to transforming Jin Yong's earliest classical martial arts society into a secular society similar to Wei Xiaobao's!As the times change, the core of the story will always change.In the 6070s and even in the 80s, it was possible to show loyalty to your friends, but in the 90s, the bad guys all over the world began to show no loyalty, and everyone began to pay more attention to their own interests, becoming rich is the kingly way , which is a change from classical romanticism to postmodern realism.

To comply with this change, then there will be the secularization of Batman, not in various high places, and start all kinds of hardships.It's even more catchy with the so-called "Dark Knight Returns" - this story is set after "Year Zero" and tells the story of Batman who is in his 50s and has to walk around in a bat costume Chivalry.Such an old man has to fight all kinds of things for Gotham City. It is said that it makes people feel sad!

These two comics seem to be short stories, one story is like a book, and there is no continuous story to tell.But Nolan seems to like this kind of more realistic story, and to be honest, Jia Hongjian is actually a little interested.Just like watching the movie "Kick-A-Bian" in later generations, how can it be so simple to be a superhero in the "real world"?Everyone has watched decades of superheroes defending the earth casually. It is too aesthetically exhausting to watch, so everyone wants to see superheroes being flattened and taken away. Just like suffering, I also encountered many hardships.

To be honest, if Jia Hongjian actually found such an idea, it should be very interesting and have a place to play. In the later Nolan's "Batman" trilogy, the Batman is not a drag. Can a broken leg save someone?This kind of hero pays a high price to save ordinary people, which is actually quite touching.However, Jia Hongjian wanted to talk to Warner about such a copyright first.According to his habit, if you don't see a rabbit, you don't cast an eagle, and the copyright issue is not settled, how can you write a script?Otherwise, if you can't shoot for a while after writing, how suffocated will you be?So, I chatted with Nolan here, and made an appointment for Jia Hongjian to ask Nolan to give him various Batman stories and details about Batman’s main enemy and other details when Jia Hongjian goes to the United States for a while. Back then, the two of them thought about the outline of the script together.As for Jia Hongjian, he felt that while being popularized, he needed to negotiate with Warner.Let's see if I can fool Warner with a cheaper one and authorize it... (to be continued...)