The new film shooting plan was immediately established. Since Alice's proposal was stated long before she went to Hong Kong, she had already brought the ready-made scripts before she arrived at the company in Lawrence's car. And what she brought was also a whole list of actors recruited by "suggestions" and director screening, main shooting locations, budgets for various projects, and countless things that require later work to be gradually formed.

"Tim Burton, this is indeed a very outstanding director candidate." Lawrence sighed: "I know him. He is a native of Burbank. He is just thirty years old this year. He can be said to have been influenced by Hollywood. But although he has directed three or two movies, can he control such an important subject as Batman?"

The one to be filmed was actually "Batman", which really surprised Lawrence. Everyone knows how wonderful the DC comics are. The image of Batman has definitely penetrated into the hearts of the entire American contemporary people in the fifty years since its birth. There is no doubt that with this theme alone, the movie will definitely not lose money, and if you are a little better, you can make a lot of money.

But because of this, shouldn’t we hire a better director?

Alice immediately gave the answer: "The subject matter comes from DC comics, and the script was written by me personally. The fictional Gotham City can also be moved directly to the UK to shoot, and by the way, let me play the special effects team leader. He is the director... Hehe, Uncle Roger, do you think there is still something to worry too much?"

It's reasonable. Lawrence really knows Tim Bolton. After all, he has been a venture capitalist in the literary and artistic circle for more than ten years. He can even be said to be impressed by this boy who was just showing his strength "then".

Tim Burton had no friends since childhood and had bad academic performance. He was not good at doing his job, but liked to draw and watch movies. After receiving a scholarship sponsored by Disney Company to young animation workers, he began to formally study and engage in animation work since then.

As early as 1981, he directed the first cartoon short film "Vincent", and then participated in the filming of the short film "Little Frankenstein" as the second director, a 29-minute live-action short film adapted from the legend of Frankenstein. Three years later, in 1985, he finally had the opportunity to direct his first feature-length drama "The Adventure of the Ridiculous Little Bastard", which was produced by Warner and Lawrence could even come up with a mouthful.

Thinking of this, Lawrence immediately discovered that it was really an appropriate choice for Alice to ask this young man to film "Batman". The cartoon, Frankenstein film, and the drama film that he went to was also an exaggerated and rich film like "The Adventure of the Absurd Little Bastard". If you sort it out, wouldn't it be natural to continue with "Batman"?

"He is now having a movie coming soon," said Lawrence, thinking of the industry situation again. "The Beetle Juice released by AVH, released on March 29, tells a young couple who just died in an accident and turned into a ghost. He hired an exorcist from the underworld to try to scare away the new residents in the house..."

"That doesn't matter," Alice waved her hand and said, "Since "The Adventures of the Absurd Little Bastard, Borton has been a director with box office guarantees. And I promise you, Uncle Roger, I've done some research. No one is writing Batman-themed scripts. Is Borton racking his brains for his next movie? It's definitely the right time to invite him at this time."

The director confirmed that half of the matter could be settled, because more matters obviously need to be discussed after the director arrives. The most critical part of this is the screening of the actors.

"Since it's Batman, the villain..." Looking through the script Alice took out from her bag, Lawrence laughed: "It's really appropriate to let Jack Nicholson play the role of Joker. Not to mention the early years of "Flying Over the Crazy Asylum", the mentally ill father he played in "The Shining" was equivalent to playing the same role. A guy like the Joker..."

Of course, Lawrence has read the DC comics. Batman has such a famous theme, so there is no reason not to know the clown. A typical mental illness, a lunatic, a "acquired" albino and an unquestionable super genius, unfortunately, all of them have been used in the field of crime.

But he is a charming villain. In Wizard magazine, Joker is one of the most representative and popular villains recognized by the media, ranking first among the 100, and he is also ranked second among the 100 comic villains of Igno. In the ranking of "The Greatest Comic Characters in History" by Empire magazine, Joker is ranked eighth and has the highest ranking secondary/villain character. It can be said that he has promoted the "anti-hero" culture.

"Since you want Jack Nicholson to star in..." Lawrence stared at the script and pondered Alice's thoughts: "Do you want to shoot the entire Batman as a series?"

"If the box office is guaranteed, why not do it?" Alice said that something that will inevitably come true, and she smiled and said, "We DreamWorks should have a series of famous works. Since it is called DreamWorks, isn't the theme of Batman just right?"

"But the copyright fees will be very expensive," Lawrence reminded: "DC Comics is a Warner industry. It was fine before it was acquired in 1969. After that, its comics were adapted from Time Warner. We would definitely have to spend a lot of money to let that company let go of such top-notch themes."

This is indeed a troublesome issue, but since Alice was able to buy the entire set of copyrights of the entire movie from Fox to film "Alien II", she naturally would not be blocked by the copyright of "Batman". She didn't even have to think about it, and waved her hand calmly and relaxedly: "Then buy it!"

"It's not buying the copyright of Batman, but buying the entire DC comic!"

Just kidding, is she a shortage of money now?

Just kidding, is the total value of DC comics so high that it is scary!?

But this bold statement suddenly made Lawrence almost choke in his saliva: "Acquiring DC Comics? From Warner's hands?"

"Don't worry, Uncle Roger, I'll pay for this money," Of course, I know what the most important problem is. Alice said calmly: "Even if the comics industry in the United States is monopolized by DC and Marvel, it is just a comics company after all. It's a great price of 500 million yuan. Can't I afford it yet!?"

Just kidding, Alice is the one who "comes over". I still don't know what impact these comic companies have on the film and television industry? I believe that the purchase price is nothing at all.

Because with the advent of the 21st century, relying on the rapid development of computer technology, it has finally become possible to truly express superheroes in movies, and the time for comic adaptation has finally matured. Marvel Comics can be said to be the pioneers in this field. Those superheroes who have been released for decades have all rushed out like prostate patients who have been urged to urinate for decades!

But for a long time, Marvel Comics has only sold copyrights. The global box office series of movies with a total of up to one billion billion can only bring the company more than 100 million revenue. This super imbalance has forced it to move towards the road of self-made superhero blockbusters and ambitiously launched the Marvel Cinema Universe Project.

So, long before the start of this project, that is, before it was acquired by Disney, Marvel's theme had already been filmed with a large number of superhero movies. Not to mention the old versions of "Captain America" ​​and "Hulk", "The Blade" in 1998 is a typical fine product, and the subsequent X-Men and Batman trilogy, and even the Fantastic Four and Ghost Rider are all amazing things. Hollywood's cultural invasion of the world after the 21st century has made Marvel's superheroes make great contributions.

But it is also these amazing movies that continue to increase the value of Marvel, so that when Disney wants to acquire it, it has to pay up to four billion...

Of course, this is also related to the comprehensive price in 2008. But no matter what, it is only 1988 now, and if Alice wants to buy a whole Marvel Comics company, it will not cost much.

To be honest, the entire "Spider-Man" trilogy plus the "X-Men" trilogy only brought the company a 100 million copyright fee, which is the result of the total accumulated 2007. As for the current annual profit of this comic company, Alice's purchase price of 500 million was even a bit too much!

Oh, of course, this is Marvel, but obviously, the DC Comics is just that price.

And of course, of course, there is still a difference between a complete acquisition and a holding. This can be done slowly~

"Oh my god, my god, it's really my god..." Lawrence was even more 100 million in his heart. Unexpectedly, he just wanted to talk to Alice about the new movie, so why did he get into the huge investment of acquiring DC Comics?

A purchase price of 500 million...

Lawrence asked himself, in the past three or two years since DreamWorks was established, is there such a total global box office of its movies?

Oh, if we include the big heads of "Ghost Record" and "Alien II", it seems that it is just right?

Lawrence of course remembers how popular this science fiction movie with Alice intervened in multiple ways, so since she has to turn her target towards Batman and even a whole DC comic...

"I'll contact them right away," he said decisively, "I haven't returned to New York for some days, Alice, are you going with me?"

Alice grunted and didn't agree, just reading the script of "Dragon Brothers and Rats", but Lawrence already knew what she was thinking.
Chapter completed!