If it were an ordinary person to mention this matter, Edward Davis would refuse directly, but looking at Ronan's young face, he was thinking carefully about the feasibility.

Relativity Entertainment has always cooperated with Warner Bros. Almost all of its crews of Shahai Entertainment have stationed in Warner Studios. Although Shahai Entertainment has not produced many films in recent years, and there are not even a single movie released by the top major productions, the success rate is very high.

Edward Davis knew very well that the initiator of Shahai Entertainment's film project was all a young man named Ronan Anderson without exception.

The other party's achievements have attracted the attention of Warner Bros. Senior executives. It is said that someone on the board of directors has proposed to try to acquire Relativity Entertainment.

It’s just that the other party’s equity deconstruction is too simple, and the most critical film library is almost zero, and the board of directors does not pay much attention to it for the time being.

But Ronan Anderson is a person that cannot be ignored.

A producer with such a high success rate, specifically found Warner and wanted to restart Batman.

Maybe it's really a good opportunity to save the Batman movie.

Since the box office hit of "Spider-Man", Edward Davis has also made a lot of moves in comic-adapted movies, such as digging out the corners of "X-Men", contacting Brian Singer several times, and wanting him to direct "Return of Superman"; such as personally finalizing that the new Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry will be the heroine of "Catwoman", etc.

For other producers, Batman might be a bad choice, but Ronan Anderson might really make a difference.

After all, Ronan Anderson's film achievements in the past three years have been too brilliant.

The current market situation is actually very obvious, and the era of the rise of superhero movies has arrived.

David Bird asked at this time: "Mr. Anderson, can you tell me about your content planning for this new movie?"

Ronan gave up the position to Christopher Nolan in time: "The content planning is mainly completed by Chris, so let's talk about it."

Christopher Nolan knew that the other party had copyright and had to actively fight for it. Without being polite, he said directly: "Although the story I conceived was based on "The Return of the Dark Knight", it actually started from its origin, mainly about Bruce Wayne's journey to eradicate the evil forces of Gotham City, seeking solutions all over the world and becoming Batman. It will be the first film about the Dark Warrior to see the city from outside Gotham City. The audience will see the world's view of Gotham City, and I will dissolve it into this city as great as London, New York and Paris."

David Bird asked again: "You just said that you should use dark realism as the style of the film. How do you plan to shape Gotham?"

The Batman movie in the front is very comic and exaggerated.

Speaking of film production that he is best at, Christopher Nolan is confident and has a sense of unswerving confidence: "A exaggerated version of modern New York, a breathless metropolis, can make people fall into it and make people feel boundless. I want the audience to feel that Gotham is a familiar and dangerous place."

He thought about it and emphasized, "I define Gotham City as an enhanced dark version of New York."

Edward Davis and David Bird listened very seriously. They wanted to revive the Batman movie, but were relatively cautious.

It is not easy to save the Batman movie. The bad experience that Joe Schumacher brought to "Batman and Robin" is still in the hearts of many viewers. These will inevitably affect their confidence in this series, so that they choose to wait and see or even give up when the new Batman movie is released.

To create the glory of a series of movies requires a lot of people to pay too much, but to ruin a successful series, it is enough to make a bad movie.

Christopher Nolan's words continue: "In essence, the new Batman movie still falls into the category of science fiction movies. But it is obviously different from the traditional Batman. I want to give him more realistic styles, scripts, characters, props and action fights, which must match this style."

"In my video, Bruce Wayne is no longer a god, he is just a man." Christopher Nolan emphasized again, "He has desires, sadness, feelings, and will be lost. After being lost, he needs to find himself again."

If he could not shoot the ideal dark realistic style, he would rather give up the Batman movie and go with Ronan to find other themes.

After all, the world is so big that the West cannot find a suitable theme and creativity, so you can still go to the East to find it.

After Christopher Nolan finished speaking, Ronan said again: "Batman movies need redemption, and Bruce Wayne himself needs redemption!"

David Bird nodded: "Batman really needs a freshman."

Ronan smiled and said, "Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are the well-deserved Big Three giants of comic superheroes. You can't let Spider-Man dominate the world, right?"

Christopher Nolan can bring new life to Batman movies, but the dark realistic style will bring the entire DC superhero adaptation into a path that doesn't know whether it's good or bad.

Of course, Warner Bros. and DC Comics in the past finally rejected the dark realistic style that they had always insisted on.

These two people were interested, but many real problems and difficulties could not be ignored.

Edward Davis said directly: "The "Catwoman, "Superman Return", "Troy" and "Harry Potter" films that were underway during the same period have consumed a large amount of liquidity from Warner Bros. We don't have more funds to invest in another blockbuster."

Ronan is not afraid of Warner Bros., but he is only worried that Warner Bros. doesn't even talk.

"I have a suggestion." Ronan said at the right time: "Warner Bros. and DC Comics are authorized to be filmed and produced by Shahai Entertainment. Of course, the first producer is Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Shahai Entertainment participates in production investment and corresponding revenue sharing, but does not involve the final copyright ownership of the movie."

There is nothing we can do about this. Batman's copyright is in the hands of the other party, and the other party will not sell the copyright to other companies no matter what.

Edward Davis asked: "What is the production budget?"

Ronan said directly: "About US$150 million. Shahai Entertainment can afford US$100 million of investment, and at the same time, only the revenue share in the first three years of the film."

This is also one of the mainstream production methods of Hollywood co-production. Most of the copyright belongs to one party, and the other investor enjoys a share of 2 to 3 years after the release, or after the screening, the copyright owner directly pays a sum of money based on the box office results and buys out the offline share from the investor.

Facing peers in the industry and not small in size, Edward Davis is also more particular, and some things must be said before: "The distribution and copyright of the video must belong to Warner Bros.."

Ronan nodded: "I have no problem with this."

The operation rules in the circle are understood by industry insiders that many things are used to deal with foreign investors.

But Ronan also has corresponding requirements: "I have to be the first producer of the film."

"I'll write this down," said Edward Davis.

The project has not been determined yet, and this can only be regarded as a future requirement.

Hollywood is a typical producer-centered production system. Ronan serves as the first producer, which not only guarantees his own interests, but also gives Christopher Nolan enough room to display.

After all, Christopher Nolan is now a small director.

If you really meet a producer who looks down on the dark realistic style, the chances of accidents in this project will increase exponentially.

This is the first formal talk. After talking about some more specific matters, it is gradually coming to an end.

Because of "The Return of the Dark Knight", David Bird was very interested in Christopher Nolan's idea, and Ronan, the producer's success rate, brought some confidence.

Even Edward Davis was moved.

"Restarting the Batman movie is a big deal, and it's not something that the two of us can decide." Edward Davis told Ronan and the two: "We will make a proposal to the board of directors and submit your information and project plans to the audit committee. You still need to wait patiently."

Ronan nodded slightly: "Let's keep in touch, and you can call me or Chris at any time if you have anything."

The approval process for the production of first-line projects of large Hollywood companies is quite complicated and must be obtained from the green light of the audit committee. For such large projects, a person cannot make a decision.

Ronan and Christopher Nolan must wait patiently for a while, and they will meet Warner Bros. and DC Comics multiple times in the middle.

It is not even a year or even a year.

As for the project "Return of Superman" that Warner Bros. is promoting, it has actually been planned five or six years ago. The script has been greatly changed four or five times, and even the director has changed two. It is still in the early planning stage. The preparation funds thrown in in the early stage alone have 30 to 40 million US dollars.

The future production cost of this video will inevitably be astronomical.

After leaving the Warner Building, Christopher Nolan asked Ronan directly: "What is the chance?"

Ronan said: "There is still a lot of hope, and Warner Bros. cannot give up Batman."

Christopher Nolan breathed a light sigh and said, "Actually, even if there is no hope, we always have to try it. If we don't try it, how can we know whether it is successful or failure?"

"Don't worry, Chris." Ronan said with a smile: "With me as an investor, most of the production budget, the possibility of Warner Bros. being the green light in the end is more than 80%.

Both Legendary Pictures and Christopher Nolan were able to convince Warner Bros.
Chapter completed!