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When the time comes to September, "Batman: The Mystery of the Shadow" is basically being painted all over the world.

On the day of September 3rd, Warner Bros. couldn't wait to hold a press conference to report to the media and increase the company's prestige. At the same time, a crew celebration party was held.

In fact, Warner Pictures has long wanted to do this. How can the audience know if the results are not disclosed?

Moreover, it is possible to take this momentum to announce to many fans that the production of "Batman" will definitely have a follow-up, although looking forward to it.

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

Otherwise, to win Nolan and squeeze out Legendary Pictures, whether the "Batman" trilogy is not the classic series is a very questionable question.

Fortunately, the start of "The Mystery of Xia Ying" is still good. Although the box office is not a big hit in terms of cost, it is only 376 million in the world, but after all, it did not lose as much as the previous game, whether it is the theater, the investor, or even Warner. In all aspects, you can get a piece of the pie, this is the long-term way.

Presumably, when the trilogy is over, Warner will be grateful for the mess left behind, right?

Lehman thought beautifully.

After all, Bruce Wayne in the future generations of dc reforms, ordinary people say: success is Nolan, and failure is Nolan, it is not a lie.

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

Of course, dc is only a division of Warner Group, and it is impossible for Firefly Pictures to get the copyright of dc superheroes anyway. It is just a handy if you can grab one. It is meaningless to worry about Warner.

At this moment, Lehman has several Warner executives standing on his left and Nolan on his right, all of whom are still dealing with media friends.

When everyone heard it, they all understood the topic of this trip-"The Mystery of the Shadow" is also a masterpiece, or the beginning of Batman's restart. Now Warner said that it will shoot the second part next year. There are more things that can be said, and the audience will probably be interested in it.

Interest means traffic, which means author's remuneration or bonus.

For a while, the flashing light kept on, and so did the mouth.

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

"Which Batman comics chapter will be adapted?"

"Is the role determined? Will Warner replace Christian Bale."

"..."

The scene was noisy, and several Warner executives were accustomed to this, and chose a few questions to answer, but they were all very ambiguous.

What to keep the original team as much as possible-but did not clearly say that the personnel will remain unchanged, after all, the subsequent salary negotiation of the crew is also a very difficult thing. The more certain the attitude is now, the less favorable the negotiation will be for these producers. The factory is pretentious.

Fortunately, Lehman was very clever to formulate a sequel long-term contract to ensure that the salaries of Bell and other protagonists don’t fly too high all at once. This can be considered as a cost-saving in advance, for Firefly and Warner Pictures. Only benefits.

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

The reporters in the audience were perfunctory for a while, unable to find any controversial topics, and were slightly disappointed, but there was no cliché about Warner's old fried dough sticks, and there was no way to dig traps.

After the press conference is over, what is waiting for the crew is a cocktail party.

Among them, Nolan is the most happy.

I think his last work was still a remake, and the investment was not too much. This one was an investment of over 100 million, the top Hollywood project, and it was successful. It was just salary, the film’s box office incentives and the special treatment given by Lehman. Together, the profit should be around 12 million U.S. dollars. It can be said that all the works he has photographed before add up, and he has not made such a profit.

Of course, this part of the money is now only given 9 million, and it is estimated that the rest will not be paid in half a year.After all, Warner hasn't really settled the revenue with Firefly. If there is so much, Lehman has given part of it from Firefly Pictures in advance.

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

And when he had a new idea for shooting, he also chose to talk to Lehman for the first time-not the "Batman" series, this project was approved by Warner.

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

Moreover, he has seen it a bit, and thinks it will be very good, so he is very interested.

This news really made Lehman stunned for a while, if it weren't for the proper management of his expression, he was afraid that he would laugh on the spot.

why?

Without reading the script, Lehman knew that this project should be "Fatal Magic", the same box office masterpiece.

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

Lehman even knew that this film was adapted from the novel of the same name by Priest, because Jonathan was originally in the management of the editorial department of Firefly Pictures. After seeing this book, he was inspired to start the script of the movie. Will not notify own company.

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

"Well, I see, then, when will the movie start?"

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

He just revealed something. How could he know that Lehmann agreed so quickly-don't you need to investigate the prospects of the project?

But after another thought, he felt that Lyman's trustworthy attitude made him very comfortable, and he was happily thinking that cooperating with Firefly Pictures was his most correct choice.

"The script has not been written yet."

Nolan and Lyman touched the champagne glasses, took a sip, and explained: "Lyman, I will go back to the UK next time. After some trivial matters are dealt with, I may continue to think about the script and perfect the story. Plus the preparation of the crew and selection of actors..."

Nolan said item by item, the implication was that he didn't know how long he could start shooting, he hadn't thought about it at all, and had no plan.

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

"Thank you."

"No, I thank you, I am very optimistic about your future."

When the wine glasses collided, the two laughed together.

The party lasted until midnight, when Lyman, who was slightly drunk, was able to get out and go to rest in the hotel room.

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