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At this time, in addition to the continuous accumulation of filming experience and personal connections, Lehmann had more capital as a reference for the future development trend.

The setbacks that Warner Bros. encountered in 2006 were commonplace to many people. Who hasn't lost yet?

You may adjust your strategy later, and it will easily slow down.

But suddenly there was such a person who knew that Warner would fall in the pit and fell ugly, so he planned to take advantage of this matter, and that was absolutely unstoppable.

And Lyman wanted to be the one who saw Warner make a fool of himself and threatened to take photos, regardless of who provided him with the opportunity to fall into the pit.

In other words, to be able to fall into a pit, first of all there are two points. One is that there is a pit in front, which is the way Warner is going to take, and the other is that he is distracted and did not notice such a pit.

Is it the way to go? Naturally, Superman is the son of DC and must be adapted. The distracted attention may be the fascinating prospect revealed by the project itself.

And why is it said that the film director Brian Singer is unlucky and has little responsibility? This has to finish the process of project preparation.

At the beginning, at 03, it was Tim Burton who was invited to take over as the project director and completed the first version of the official script with Kevin Smith. Later, due to various reasons, additional creative intervention and schedule collisions, Tim Burton Withdrawal, Michael Bay became the project director, and then his idea of ​​adaptation was not recognized. Warner was worried about Michael Bay’s creative state and whether he could shoot Superman well-use your imagination, it may be an explosion Too many, Warner doesn't like what explosive elements appear in Superman to grab the audience's attention.

Ever since, Michael Bay was also out, and the second version of the script was cancelled;

Then it came to Joseph McGinty Nicher, who was the director of the "Charlie Girl" series, and then still did not reach a consensus with Warner, and withdrew halfway.

Then it was taken over by Brian Reiner, and for the first time there were signs of shooting.

But Brian Reiner’s casting was too procrastinated. He denied all the popular niches and celebrities in Hollywood. He couldn’t find a suitable Clark Kent actor because of his harshness or a waste of time. , Warner spent a lot of money and publicity expenses in the middle, but the project did not know when the shooting could start, and it could not be consumed anymore. This one was also out of the game.

In the middle of a series of substitutions, even Nicholas Cage was trained for the role of Superman, but failed to win, and turned to other works without a schedule-Cage really almost became Superman, because at that time he was very much in the industry. Popular male stars, especially in this time and space.

And the project has not yet started shooting, just because Warner is preparing to throw in more than 50 million, this is already one-third of the resource investment of a blockbuster, but Warner still refuses to give up the plan to implement Superman and continue to look for suitable directors and actors. .

In the end, he ruthlessly dug up the pillar of Fox’s director's desk, Brian Singh. At that time, he led two "X-Men", which were both big sellers. He was preparing for the third one, but was a huge project by Warner Attracting offers.

After Brian Singer took over the project, because he admired Jude Law, he customized a role for him, but was rejected by Warner. This role was directly erased by Brian, and then the Warner executives proposed James Card. Wieser’s plan to play Superman was also rejected by Brian for being too famous for his image in The Passion of the Christ...

A series of shelving and controversy made the investment expenditure of this film all the way up to 350 million, but in fact, the part that was actually used for shooting could not cost so much money, and was wasted repeatedly in the middle.

You know, the box office start of "Superman Returns" is even better than Nolan's "Mystery of Shadows", and it has also won the recognition of most comics fans, but why one loses and one succeeds?

Because "The Mystery of Xia Ying" only cost 150 million, and "Superman Returns" cost 350 million, if "Superman Returns" cost less, it would be a success.

Whether it can be profitable is obviously an important criterion.

This is not just some data, but the audience's most intuitive evaluation of the "product". A work that has won word of mouth but lost the market is really acceptable to the studio?

Maybe, but not very comfortable.

Looking at it this way, Brian Singer is also quite unlucky. Warner liked to interfere during the filming, which made him unhappy and took over a project that was almost difficult to give birth. As a result, he lost because of the high cost and unsatisfactory box office. Up.Who is going to make sense...

Even the always harsh newspaper evaluations did not ridicule Brian Singer's directorial ability, and perhaps we can learn the industry's judgment on this matter-this is entirely Warner's own work.Of course, the director's abilities are fine, but he is not good at being a human being. Later generations were involved in the sexual assault of underage boys and were boycotted by many parties. Even his alma mater, Southern University of America, removed him...

What's more bloody is that Brian Reiner, who was kicked off by Warner midway, accepted the Fox "X-Men 3" project, and it turned out to be a big success. Now he is still chasing after "Superman Returns" in the box office market to snatch audiences— —If Warner doesn't dig Brian Singer, how can Brian Rainer have such a chance.

Sometimes, it's right that novels always like slaps, because reality likes slaps more than novels.

I just don’t know if Warner’s face hurts or not, how painful...

Lehman focused on his own project promotion and was responsible for the editing of "Untouchable", while at the same time irresponsible thinking, in order to better kill Warner and perfect the plan.

In other words, after the end of the second week, how much is the box office of "Superman Returns"?

Oh, the cumulative total of North America has just passed 130 million, and the world is 210 million. Overseas than domestically, there is basically no possibility of another explosion. It is estimated that it will not even reach 400 million.

According to the box office division rules, even Warner is strong, and it will lose at least 150 million. Unfortunately, Superman's influence is still high. In the end, it relied on selling DVDs and peripherals to make up for this big hole, and only lost 20 to 30 million. It was still a loss in the middle. Too much...

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While Lyman was doing some small calculations with ease, Barry Meyer was getting a headache with anger.

How could he find a lot of reasons to explain his incompetence?

The fact that Joson Campbell contacted Christopher Nolan fell through, and the person concerned clearly expressed that he would use the attitude of Firefly to represent his attitude and would not agree to take over "Batman 2".

Of course, Nolan doesn't want to shoot Batman, it means don't shoot Batman around Firefly.

Now, the two are a community of interests. Lehman has a good understanding of him, not to mention that Nolan and Firefly are very happy to cooperate. His own brother has also become the head of the Firefly screenwriter department, not to mention that Lehman also understands him and is willing to delegate power to him. A lot of freedom.

Where can I find a partner who does not interfere with such money and effort?

Therefore, Nolan rejected Warner-on digging the corner, it really depends on Warner, but this time it missed and failed to reach a consensus with the project director in advance, and turned around to put pressure on Firefly.

Although Barry Meyer is only using this as a second move, recruiting Anoran first, and contact with the fireflies will have the upper hand in the negotiation.

Unfortunately, people still didn't agree.

Moreover, Nolan is busy in the later stages of "Fatal Magic" and has no time to play any routines, and his mind is not on this at all.

Then there is too much pressure on "Superman Returns". During this time, Barry Meyer worries about it every day.

Both overseas and domestic have failed. The best expectation given by the market department is 400 million globally.

But what is the use of 400 million in the world?

Can satisfy the board and quiet the shareholders?

They only know that the projects that have spent huge sums of money to shoot have lost money, and they have to lose money. As for why the shooting will lose money, they naturally need someone to give a reasonable explanation.

But how to explain?

Brian Singer was dug up by Warner, and the script was approved by Warner, and even the casting of the cast was chosen one by one.

Moreover, it’s no wonder that the actors are quite stupid at the box office. Although studios always use similar reasons to write advocacy to reduce responsibility, everyone actually knows that actors are only the least influential part of the entire project.

Distribution, production, specific shooting direction... Which one is not more important than the actors?

Is it true that something is wrong with the creative concept?Barry Meyer thought.