Heads Up Hollywood

There is no doubt that "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" is a milestone in the history of comics, a pinnacle that cannot be surpassed!

The New Haven Chronicle commented: "The Dark Knight Returns is unquestionably a work of genius, a serious work by a painter who takes comics seriously."

"Rolling Stone" magazine commented: "A turning point in the history of Batman, a classic that changed the American comics."

Best-selling author Stephen King: "Perhaps the finest work of comic art ever published..."

Crime Writer Mitch Spillane: "An ambitious, gripping crime novel...Batman, man!"

This set of comics not only brought "Batman" back to the top and became the most beloved comic superhero in the United States, it even rewrote most of the pattern of DC comics.

For example, Batman completed the change of obsession from hero to anti-hero, completely blackened, counted as exhaustive, and beat Superman... This provided a lot of material for the later "DC Universe".

Especially the "Dark Knight" trilogy adapted by Nolan based on this, just like this set of comics, it is directly apotheosis.

Now, Twain has changed the pattern of the comic book market. Marvel Entertainment is a subsidiary of Twain Pictures, and Spider-Man has also become the pioneering work of the "Avengers" series.

He doesn't mind making greater changes on this basis, allowing Marvel Pictures...to completely monopolize the superhero market!

"In the comics circle, Batman stole the glory that originally belonged to Daredevil and became a household name 'Master'. This is an unchangeable past." Tang En paused and snorted softly, "But in the movie circle, you must Let Daredevil regain his original glory, we must control the future!"

This passage is very contagious, and the old guys in Marvel Entertainment feel deeply.

Back then, Marvel was on the verge of bankruptcy, allowing DC to successfully poach the cartoonist Frank Miller, which was a heartache for all Marvel old people.

Tang En's words now undoubtedly showed his attitude. He wanted to fight back for the past Marvel!

Of course, what is more important is the development of Marvel Pictures, as well as Marvel's pattern in the superhero movie market.

Bill McNick said cautiously: "You must be careful, the situation is completely different. The copyright of "The Dark Knight" belongs to DC Comics..."

Tang En waved his hand and said with a smile: "Bill, you misunderstood. Daredevil is Daredevil, and Batman is Batman. Of course, we can't learn from the story of "The Dark Knight". We have to adapt our own story. Of course, thinking is consistent, and thought is a human freedom, right?"

Bill McNick couldn't help but shook his head and laughed.

Christopher Nolan was silent for a long time, then suddenly said, "In addition to thoughts, there is also style!"

Tang En's eyes lit up, and he praised: "That's right, style!"

Nina Jacobson has also discussed this issue with Twain many times, and she explained in a gentle way: "We all know that the "Spider-Man" series is just the beginning, and we want to create a complete "Avengers" series. Alliance'! This large series of movies must be unified in style, witty, humorous, simple and straightforward in the plot, entertaining the audience, and it is a pure popcorn movie."

"Spiderman is like this, and so will Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man in the future. This will be a dozen...even dozens of movies. But if you stick to it like this, it will inevitably have the shortcomings of being boring and monotonous. , bringing aesthetic fatigue to the audience. Therefore, in the production process of the "Avengers" series, we have to mix a variety of different types of comic movies to reconcile the tastes of the audience."

"The schedule of "Spider-Man 2" will be in the summer of 2002, and we are also discussing the new movie project "Ant-Man", which is expected to be released in 2003. In order to avoid the disadvantages of word-of-mouth brought about by movies of the same style, we need to Between the two, a Marvel movie with a completely different style is mixed in, and it is "Daredevil"!"

The founders of the "Avengers" are Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and the Wasp.

In the previous life, Marvel Pictures did not join Ant-Man and Wasp in the early stage, but chose the more influential and well-known Captain America and Black Widow in order to open up the market faster.

Now it is completely different. The "Avengers" series is led by the hot and sensational "Spider-Man", and there is no need to worry about influence.

To be responsible for comic fans, it is better to be closer to the original comics.

Grant Hill hesitated and said: "In any case, the styles of Daredevil and Batman...should be similar. It is impossible for Warner to return to the gothic style of the 1990s. In Marvel's superhero movies, it tends to be sunny. Warner is likely to eschew the sharp, witty, and funny route and choose a dark, serious, and deep style."

Andrew O'Hare shook his head and said: "Not necessarily! Dark-style movies have never been the mainstream of the commercial market. Warner's restart of the "Batman" series must be a big production with a lot of money, and they may not dare to take such a big risk. "

Nina Jacobson said with a smile: "Warner dare not take risks, but we dare! Besides, even if they are willing to take risks, we still have the advantage of time."

"Advantage of time?"

Kevin Fitch explained with a smile: "Our "Daredevil" is already in preparation. Even if it takes a long time to rewrite the script, especially the series of scripts, the film will start shooting within this year. In 2003 In the May schedule of 2003, it can be released smoothly. But Warner is different. After all, "Batman" was dead in the 1990s, and Warner must make full market considerations. If it is released in the summer of 2003, they will be in production. , it must be difficult to achieve excellence.”

Tang En waved his hand and said: "Those are all external factors, it doesn't matter, he is too strong, Qingfeng... Uh, I mean, as long as our movie quality is good enough, we don't need to fear any opponent at all! Just now Nina said to 'Revenge' The definition of the tone of the "League of Players" series is not comprehensive, let me add one more sentence."

"The Avengers' definition of saving the world is pragmatism and realism. The commonality of heroes is that apart from special abilities, they are just ordinary people. They not only want to save people, but also use science to make the world worse. After the rescue, you have to go home and live the life of an ordinary person.”

"Such a hero is natural and simple, modern and close to the people. From a traditionally 'worshipped' hero status, he has successfully transformed into a 'loved' cute and charming decent character."

Seeing everyone nodding in approval, Twain continued: "But the definition of the 'Daredevil' series, we need to differentiate. His definition of saving the world is pure in an absolute sense, it can be said to be true heroism , Of course, this is not the same as the comics, it needs a reasonable adaptation."

"Daredevil has feelings. Even if you don't understand me, dislike me, or even kill me, I will save me, silently, secretly, without reason and without hesitation. Therefore, Daredevil needs to have the Greek epic The tragic temperament. Daredevil is noble, but he is not a good person in the simple sense that can be seen everywhere around him, he is a good person in the pure sense.”

Andrew O'Hare quickly understood and made an interpretation: "The 'Avengers' series is in the style of family carnival, that is, the prevailing secular values. It is a confrontation between justice and evil. And the 'Daredevil' series goes deeper. The level of value discussion depicts the true heroic temperament with an epic sense."

"That's the idea!"

Twain's idea is very clear, since Nolan's "Dark Knight" series reached its peak in his previous life, it has become the biggest weapon for DC comics fans to laugh at Marvel fans.

So now it's very simple, Tang En directly transforms the "Dark Knight" trilogy, replaces "Batman" with "Daredevil", and makes a model conversion from the inside out to create an alternative "Daredevil" series.

And compared to Warner, Twain has a more natural advantage.

Nolan's "The Dark Knight" trilogy made Warner a lot of money, and also promoted Batman to the height of "god" in one fell swoop.

But after the trilogy, trouble came.

How did the mythical Batman come back to the world?

The Batman in "Batman vs. Superman" and "Justice League" that followed was stupid, clumsy, incompetent, and simple. Even a true fan of DC couldn't help scolding.

Although the "Dark Knight" trilogy has brought great success, it has caused irreparable damage to the establishment of the "DC Universe".

This is a major drawback that Warner cannot avoid.

But it's not a problem at Twain's place.

"Daredevil" trilogy sealed? It doesn't matter, let Daredevil continue to stand high and become an epic hero in everyone's mind.

There is no need to step down from the altar, gag with other messy heroes, and use your own image to attract movie fans to buy tickets.

A superhero promoted to "Godhead" has a far greater effect on Marvel than that little ticket revenue.

This is the image endorsement of the entire hero group of Marvel!

If there is no deep, dark, and philosophical script of the same type, Tang En will never be able to put "Daredevil" on the screen again.

Just put it on the shelf and enjoy the glory.

Anyway, the Avengers don't need Daredevil to join at all, and the Defenders... Forget it, if this alliance doesn't have Daredevil, it won't even be available on the small screen, and there is no need for development at all.

The TV series version of "Daredevil" developed by Netflix has a good reputation and is well shot. It is similar to Nolan's version of "The Dark Knight" trilogy. Unfortunately, the layout is still too small to show the kind of "negative" The tragic sense of honor that the righteousness of the world belongs to me".

Just like other Marvel movie series, good and evil are at war, black and white are distinct, and a small amount of gray areas are not discussed deeply enough, and religion is often used to simply resolve them.

You know, the gray area is where complex human nature is full of magic!

Tang En will not miss it.