Just ask a Hollywood actor, if you have the opportunity to play a superhero, even a second-tier superhero, would you want it? Ninety-five percent of the answers will be consistent. As for those who are inconsistent, they are people who have become famous and are international superstars and do not need such roles to increase their popularity and value.

In the new millennium, with the efforts of Marvel Comics, Toby Maguire, Hugh Jackman and others have made superheroes a shortcut to becoming famous again. If they can play superheroes in big productions, once they are sought after, it will be equivalent to reaching the top. Therefore, although superhero characters are not omnipotent, such as "Darkward" released at the beginning of this year, it suffered a tragic defeat. Poor Ben Affleck, there are still countless actors flocking to it.

However, Sean is different from them. He is very clear about his purpose and can keep going. So even if he has ever tried a superhero role, he will not take it. So he can give up the opportunity to compete for "Spy Shadow" and "Pirates of the Caribbean". It can be said that he is very self-controlled in most things.

And now, he suddenly discovered that there was a method of best of both worlds. Although the probability was very low, it was not completely unfeasible. What's more, the directed by Christopher Nolan, who is recognized as a person who can add a little connotation to a commercial film, can completely bring the influence of superheroes to the lowest level, so his heart became active.

As Katie said, you are not very good at creating miracles, aren’t you very surprised? If that’s the case, why not try to walk a path that others have not taken?

So, at Katie's prompt, Sean thought about a possibility. After thinking for a long time, he discussed with everyone for a long time, and finally called Christopher and said that he was willing to give it a try.

"I still think you are an excellent director. The new Batman series will shine in your hands, so my hesitation comes from myself, not you." Sean also explained this. Although the other party may not take it seriously, there must be explanations that should be given, which is also a kind of respect.

In any case, Christopher was still very happy that Sean was able to join, but even more happy was Legendary Pictures. Since the negotiations began, their heads did not hide their interest in him. Moreover, when they tried with words, they just mentioned a few casual words about the actors, and were more asking about his production company.

"My investors have repetitions with theirs. They know our situation better than others. The speed of our rise is quite remarkable in Hollywood. They probably want to help us." Vladimir analyzed this.

With this possibility, Legend Pictures was newly established after all. Although it was backed by the big tree on Wall Street and still had Warner, it was not long. In this place where qualifications were concerned, they would definitely find ways to find allies. However, although they were interested in Sean and Reincarnation Pictures, they were only interested and could not let them share some profits. Vladimir once tried at Sean's suggestion to see if they could get a hand in the new Batman series, but the other party refused.

Think about it, with Wall Street as a backer, Legend is definitely not short of funds, and they need channels and connections. After all, Cyclone Film was established only three years earlier than them. Although it developed well and had made surprising results, it was still too young. It can only be said that it still has potential to tap, so they are just interested.

It doesn't matter, the road has to be taken step by step, and the meal has to be eaten bite by bite. If you don't have enough strength, learn more from others. Sean asked Vladimir to watch some legends and learn their tricks. He remembers that Christopher's movies seemed to have legends involved, especially after watching the maze-like logo they designed.

Moreover, although the other party was exploring their voice, they were also exploring their voice. According to the news obtained from Christopher and the legendary people revealed one by one, it has to be said that it is indeed enough to have the big tree on Wall Street behind. Not to mention anything else, they invested a full 5 billion yuan when they were established, and the contract signed with Warner was jointly produced and invested in many movies within a few years, and the legendary side could choose and reject the scripts provided by Warner at will.

"When will we do this too?" Sean said to Vladimir half-jokingly.

He didn't care at that time, just wanted to express his envy, jealousy and hatred, but he didn't expect Vladimir to remember it in his heart. After all, Sean's vision was proven before, so he got a big surprise two years later.

Of course, Frederick is the happiest person in this matter, because Sean finally got to know him.

"I really didn't expect it, Sean, I really didn't expect it!" He said in an exaggerated tone, "I thought it would never be possible for such a day."

"Don't say that I seem to be as arrogant as I want, Fred," said Sean dissatisfied. "I have comprehensive considerations when making these decisions."

"Oh, that's of course, I understand it very much, fully understand it." Frederick certainly wouldn't care about it in this case.

Since that's the case, Sean simply said a few more words: "Why aren't you worried now, the value of the new director or the Batman series?"

"Worry, of course I'm worried, but sometimes I have to take risks, right?" Frederick waved his hand. "Besides, you think that British director has potential, so he can definitely do it well. Who doesn't know your vision now?"

This guy...well, although Sean always warns himself how the so-called good vision comes from, sometimes he can't help but feel a little fluttering.

Sometimes, this title does bring benefits, but sometimes it can't. For example, when conducting preliminary negotiations with Warner, they are only willing to pay 5 million yuan.

"This is simply sending out the beggar!" Frederick was quite angry. He asked for 10 million.

"It's really unacceptable," Sanders agreed. "It's a troublesome thing to cut half of it at once, and they obviously don't meet our minimum requirements."

The negotiations were naturally asking for a huge price, and the money was paid back. The number of 10 million seemed very high, and Frederick wanted to achieve it, but at present, it was still a luxury, so the bottom line was still 8 million.

But Warner cut half of it directly, which means that their final bid is likely to reach 8 million, which has become a very difficult thing because Sean cannot cut the price.

Although for Sean himself, he doesn't care about the amount of his pay, anyway, his pay is no longer the majority of his income. However, from other perspectives, such as commercial value and external image, or the sharing of brokers and agents, price reduction is not allowed.

This is a commercial film, not an art film. A big-name actor can reduce the price for artistic films or opportunities to cooperate with big-name directors, but it must not reduce the price for commercial films, even if it may lead to no films that can be solved.

The reason why the pay is called value is because it is closely related to status and fame. Unless several masterpieces have suffered huge losses, they are called box office poison and have to find ways to reverse their image. Otherwise, if they are popular, they will lower their pay and act in commercial films. Even if they sell well, they will still be ridiculed.

Since entering the industry, Sean has been basically profitable except for a few literary and artistic films, and even those literary and artistic films can barely recover the cost, so there is no problem with the 8 million yuan pay. If you can't reach an agreement with Warner, you can only give up, even if Sean really wants to have a real cooperation with Christopher to further win over the other party.

Fortunately, Frederick knew what he was thinking and wanted to seize this opportunity. In addition, Christopher and Legend Pictures were slightly biased towards them, and it took several weeks to finally reach an agreement.

The pay was finally determined to be 7 million, and Warner agreed to part of the box office share, of course, it was the gross profit share, not the net profit share. But it was not much, and it was about 5% of the total box office after 350 million.

It sounds good. The gross profit sharing does not have to wait for the producer to deduct various costs before taking the money, so even if it is only 5%, it is considered good. But in fact, it will be adjusted by the publisher and the producer. Moreover, Sean's position is very low. He has to wait for other people who are eligible to pay first to get their own 5% of the remaining ones. So, with a total box office of 350 million, it is already quite good to get 1 million in the end.

Well, Sean doesn't care about this, as long as an agreement is reached, let's talk about it, Christopher's work may not be only 350 million yuan in total box office.

Unfortunately, he didn't remember that Christopher's first Batman work had a total box office of only 370 million yuan in the world. But that's the case, as long as an agreement is reached, especially Warner, out of caution, only signed a movie with him. So when the results come out before continuing, don't blame him for a higher price.

Afterwards, according to the specific arrangement, the startup time will be around May next year. Calculate the time. Although there is still a contract for "Fast and Furious", it should be fine.

But what Sean didn't expect was that just a few days after signing with Warner, George Clooney called, "The Twelve Arhats" sequel to "The Twelve Arhats" will start filming in February next year, and Linus's scenes have increased a lot.

Upon hearing this news, Sean really wanted to scold him "****". Although "The Aviator" did not unexpectedly shut down the mirror in early November, he went to the crew of "Fast and Furious" since mid-year. The movie will be filmed until at least February. It was said that it was just two months off to prepare for Batman, but Christopher asked him to gain dozens of pounds and develop enough muscles. Unexpectedly, he received an invitation from "The Twelve Arhats". Even if they can complete the filming within 3 months and play different roles in four movies, even if Sean is energetic, he may not be able to stand it?
Chapter completed!