America Tycoon: The Wolf of Showbiz-Chapter 966 - 886 The Commissioner Sent by DC
Chapter 966: Chapter 886: The Commissioner Sent by DC
Chapter 966 -886: The Commissioner Sent by DC
Burbank, Warner Building.
Emerging from Kevin Shiyuan’s office, the co-chairman of DC, Hamada, was full of spirits. The rhythm of his leather shoes tapping on the marble floor echoed crisply.
Following alongside, producer Charles Roven said, “God bless, everything is going smoothly. ‘Batman v Superman’ will be able to premiere in the summer slot, and the Justice League Universe is about to embrace a brand new moment.”
Since starting to plan ‘Green Lantern’ in 2010 and undergoing failure and setbacks, the DC superheroes were finally at a moment of harvest, and Hamada was delighted inside: “Zack Snyder has already started preparations for ‘Justice League’! Charles, we’re finally going to catch up to Marvel.”
Although DC sent two executives to intervene in the production, with the support of Charles Roven, Zack Snyder persisted in his style. Thus Charles Roven was full of confidence in the film: “In at most three years, we’ll be able to catch up to Marvel and relive the glory of ‘The Dark Knight’.”
“‘Man of Steel’ has shown us the dawn of the Justice League.” At that moment, Hamada felt a sense of exhilaration as he recalled the pressure from the failure of ‘Green Lantern’. “‘Batman v Superman’ will turn that dawn into the noonday sun.”
Charles Roven first nodded, then remembering something, said, “There’s one thing that might negatively impact DC’s plans, I’m not sure if you’ve noticed.”
Hamada’s mind these days was wholly focused on ‘Batman v Superman’ and the ‘Justice League’, which had already begun preparations. He asked, “What happened?”
Charles Roven reminded him, “Another DC project, the ‘Joker’, which exists independently from the Justice League Universe. Martin Davis gave an interview to ‘The New Yorker’, claiming that the screenplay was created without borrowing any comic book stories and settings…”
Hamada’s mood instantly turned gloomy: “We never should have given him and Warner Bros. the authorization.”
Now that it was too late for regrets, Charles Roven was very aware that Martin had joined forces with Nolan to pressure Warner Bros., and with Warner’s lack of confidence in ‘Man of Steel’, they eventually granted the authorization.
Legacy issues may lead to negative outcomes, Charles Roven said, “With other characters, it doesn’t matter whether their films succeed or fail, but Joker is directly linked to Batman. Martin’s team even emphasized Bruce Wayne’s audition during their casting process, suggesting that the Wayne father and son would appear in the standalone Joker film.”
“He’s leeching off the popularity of DC.” Hamada wasn’t worried about the ‘Joker’ failing, rather, he was concerned about its potential success: “Charles, if ‘Joker’ is a great success, the content and settings of the film will become embedded in the audience’s hearts, just like ‘The Dark Knight.’ Since they are not using the comic’s content and settings, it might cause confusion among the fans regarding the Justice League series, thereby affecting the film’s reputation.”
Charles Roven shared the concern: “The success of ‘The Dark Knight’ has led the whole world to believe that Batman absolutely does not kill. This notion has taken deep root, but neither are they willing nor wanting to understand that there have been several versions of a Batman that both uses guns and kills in the Justice League.”
As the producer of the Justice League series, he reminded Hamada, “We’d best communicate with Martin’s side, to not let things go too far. The content and settings of the ‘Joker’ film should not deviate too much from the main universe, especially since if things go well for us, Joker will soon join the new movie as well.”
Hamada was aware he was talking about the planned ‘Suicide Squad’, according to DC’s plans, Joker and Harley Quinn were central to the film.
But thinking about Martin’s ‘Joker’ being filmed, Hamada said, “Charles, for the ‘Suicide Squad’ project, I think we need to adjust the main storyline a bit, and it would be best to reduce Joker’s role.”
Charles Roven understood his concerns: “We’ll discuss this matter carefully at the planning meeting, but first, let’s communicate with Martin’s side.”
“I’m going to Warner Bros. shortly, to discuss with Daniel the distribution of ‘Batman v Superman’.” Hamada said simply, “I’ll talk to Daniel and make sure he keeps Martin Davis in check.”
As for going to talk to Martin himself, Hamada hadn’t even considered it—their relationship was rather strained.
Charles Roven soon left.
Hamada went to the Warner Bros. office floors and met with Daniel, the head of Warner Bros. First, they discussed the distribution issues of ‘Batman v Superman’.
Although their relationship wasn’t great, it didn’t affect normal operations.
Hamada attached great importance to the Justice League Universe, otherwise, he wouldn’t have personally come to meet with Daniel.
After talking about normal business, Hamada brought up Martin’s ‘Joker’ being filmed and appropriately expressed the potential issues and concerns, specifically mentioning, “The ‘Joker’ project has always been under Warner Bros.’ management. To avoid affecting DC’s main universe movies, I’d like you to appropriately restrain Martin Davis. It would be best to send a few producers over…”
This was standard practice for the Warner Bros. Team: in addition to the project manager, send additional company executives into the production, who held significant power.
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Daniel wasn’t keen on the Warner Bros. Team’s method, stating, “I trust Martin’s control over the project, and the likelihood of ‘Joker’s’ success is also high.”
Hamada warned, “Don’t forget, Martin is writing and directing himself, and his experience is too little.”
“No, I disagree with you. Martin is a filmmaker with a particularly clear mind and an excellent eye for choosing projects.” Daniel was confident in Martin after the success of ‘Shark Beach’: “Which of Martin’s personally involved films has ever failed? Before ‘Shark Beach’ was filmed, no one was optimistic about him. What happened then? ‘Shark Beach’ grossed over 300 million US dollars worldwide.”
