Chapter 198 Good News and Bad News

The original filming cost was about 120 million US dollars and the global box office reached million US dollars!

Horror movies are the best subject matter for all those films that try to achieve great results with little effort.

But this kind of film director undoubtedly lingers at the bottom of the director ladder and cannot gain true mainstream recognition.

Chen An prefers to be an investor rather than shooting his own films.

"No problem, Director Chen An, I'm willing to accept it." In the end, James Wan agreed without even thinking.

"As for the actors' pay, you can arrange it yourself. Anyway, the total amount is only two million US dollars. I want to see a qualified finished film." Chen An didn't have much and gave it all to him.

Nor is there any fear of the other party messing around.

If Chen An were a young man with ambition and talent, he would do everything he could to grasp it and achieve it successfully.

The opportunity is right in front of them. No one working in the film industry wants to give up the chance to step into Hollywood.

"Saw", the most important IP of Lionsgate in the previous life, and its soul figure James Wan were grabbed by Chen An.

Or the other party brought it to your door themselves.

With each other around, other movies also had the opportunity to be filmed.

But let’s first talk about the successful opening of the Saw series.

"Go back and wait for notification. Don't leave Hollywood for the time being. I will notify you as soon as possible to sign the contract and start the project." Chen An said directly.

There was no problem meeting the other party, so we decided.

James Wan, who had originally spent all his savings, came here to see if he could buy the filming rights of the script from the famous director Chen An.

Who would have known that in the blink of an eye, he would become a film director, and Chen An would invest in the project and let him shoot it.

"If I go back and tell Lei about this, will he believe me? He'll probably think I'm joking, right?"

After leaving the house, James Wan felt his mood was up and down. Even now he couldn't suppress the absurdity in his heart.

Today's experience was even more absurd than any movie I've ever seen.

I couldn't help but think of Chen An's nonchalant look during the conversation and wondered, is this the big boss?

He originally didn't smoke, but suddenly he wanted to buy a pack of cigarettes to calm himself.

And this is just a small episode in Chen An’s current affairs. The most important thing is the matter of the movie "Batman Begins".

Thanks to Warner's unethical operation, a lot of shooting props have been prepared.

Except for the Batmobile, which has not yet been completed and the Batman armor which needs to be designed to fit the protagonist, most of the other parts have been completed, so the film production can start directly.

Of course, after it is announced as completed and the actors have been selected.

After the agreement was reached, Warner directly announced the news to the public that it would restart the Batman project!

And this moment rushed into major media outlets across the United States!

This is the American version of Sun Wukong, Bruce Wayne!

Their fans were also mixed with joy and sorrow in an instant.

Good news, Batman is going to be rebooted. It's been five years since that shit in 1997 and we finally see news about him again.

Bad news, the director is Chinese!
Even if the other party is Chen, who has recently achieved success and is very popular in Hollywood, it cannot stop their high emotions!

"Oh, thanks! Fake Warner! They are Batman's biggest enemies!"

"Although I've long known that their brains are full of moldy cakes, this time I saw something even worse than this!"

"I think Director Chen is pretty good. After all, his films have all performed very well, and he won an Oscar for Best Picture. He is definitely an excellent director!"

"Shut up! Can a Chinese like him make a good Batman movie?"

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As soon as the news came out, it dominated recent discussions, distracting a little from the currently hotly promoted "Spider-Man"!
Batman is not just a superhero, he is almost the representative of all superhero characters like Superman! However, it is not because Superman is the first superhero born, Batman can be said to be the most important character.

Warner Bros. was almost overwhelmed by the criticism for giving this role to Chen An.

But the good news is that it’s not Chen An who is being scolded. This group of fans has no impact on Chen An as a director, and they are not the main target.

As for the bad news, Warner: It’s all coming at me!

The overwhelming abuse was directed at Warner.

The emotions that had been pent up for a long time were finally released because Warner's stupid operations of the two major IPs, Superman and Batman, failed consecutively.

It's a rare occasion that two groups of fans, who usually dislike each other, get together.

The group rose up and attacked.

Some even went worse and went straight to Warner to throw things and smash the windows.

Seeing this situation, Chen An said to Jerry, "I'd better not shoot it."

It's not that dangerous to shoot a movie. The terrifying power of these outlaws in the United States is no less than that of the Japanese male gunners.

There are people who would shoot their idols just to leave their names with them.

"Don't worry, Chen. Their targeting has nothing to do with you. They are just simply scolding the company." Jerry, a careful Warner employee, had already noticed it.

This group of fans gathered together mainly to attack Warner.

The two groups of fans watched helplessly as Warner's outrageous actions ruined the two IPs.

At this time, people were madly bringing up old grievances and cursing Warner. Chen An was just a trigger, and the main reason was that Warner's various previous operations had ruined the two IPs.

Not many people paid attention to Chen An himself.

The fact is just as he expected, Warner is now stuck here.

You said that they were indeed scolding themselves fiercely, but they were talking about their previous actions, not about Chen An's lack of ability. At most, they said a few words about his identity.

So should we shoot it or not? We have already signed the contract with Chen An, so we have to pay him even if we don’t shoot it.

And even though he was scolded to death, he just released a piece of news and it became a hot topic.

Don’t worry about whether you are being scolded or not, just tell me whether you are attracting attention or not?

How to attract audiences to the cinema is the responsibility of your publicity and promotion department. We only need to ensure that the audience likes the movie and that it has a high reputation. Other issues are the responsibility of your publicity and promotion department.

In the end, Warner chose Chen An to direct the film and even called Chen An to hold a press conference.

Present were several heads of production departments, as well as director Chen An and producer Jerry.

A long table was covered with a red carpet, and a row of people sat on it, with reporters from major newspapers sitting below.

"Chen, the fact that you are about to direct the filming of Batman has caused a heated discussion. Why did Warner still choose you to be the director?"

A reporter from the New York Daily News, a female reporter in a suit holding up a sign with her newspaper identity on her chest, picked up the microphone and began to ask questions.

It's relatively mild, and it's more of a discussion than an insult.

Chen An glanced at the other person and pointed his head at the microphone on the table:

"Maybe it's because Warner believes in me. In order to repay their trust, I asked my producer and friend Jerry to help me find a lot of Batman comics, so that the script I finally created would satisfy Warner."

Since Warner finally supported him to direct this movie, Chen An naturally could not sing a different tune.

I specifically mentioned that I read a lot of the original comics when writing the script.

It is to show that he is different from Lester, the second director of the Superman series of movies.

I'm not the kind of person who would just go in and do something without even reading the comics. I've made a lot of preparations.

Jerry beside him nodded and explained, "What Chen said is right. Before last year's Oscars, Chen started reading the original comics. I selected the classics from them, and it took him several months to compile them."

(End of this chapter)