Heads Up Hollywood

New York.

On a tall building.

The camera zoomed up.

I saw a black cloak fluttering in the bitter wind, matched with the black night, showing the chill of darkness.

The camera pans slowly, to the side, then to the front.

Only then did I realize that behind the black cloak was a guy in a red shirt.

Standing on a 100-meter-high building, his whole image is extremely dazzling.

The black cloak is like bones, supporting the body, and the red battle suit is like flesh and blood, forging the soul.

A 15-second close-up of the characters caused a burst of exclamation from the auditorium.

cool!

Super invincible cool!

This look is cooler than Batman, Spiderman, and Neo in "The Matrix"!

Shirley Lansing praised: "I like this shot, majestic and poetic. The point is, this look is amazing, the black is low, the red is dazzling, and the costumer is excellent."

Tang En smiled and shook his head, "The costume designer originally didn't arrange a black cloak. After all, Daredevil didn't have a cloak in the original comics. I insisted on adding it. This will make the whole character of Daredevil more three-dimensional and more attractive." shock."

Not only that, Daredevil in the comics has many suits.

In the movie, it will also be adjusted appropriately.

The first "Daredevil: Beginning of War" will choose the classic red suit.

In the second part of "Daredevil: The Dark King", the film will further explore the dark space, and Daredevil's suit will also be upgraded from red to black.

In the third "Daredevil: Rise of the Dark King", Daredevil's suit will be further upgraded and turned into a black flying suit, further strengthening his personal abilities.

As for the Shadowland battle suits and brand-new completely different suits that still exist in the comics, there is no need to appear in the movie.

At least for now, it's not within Marvel Studios' plans.

The movie goes on.

Nolan used a parallel montage here to quickly explain that Matt Murdoch was a New York lawyer during the day, using the law to bring justice; after night fell, he put on a red tights and a black cape, Incarnation of "Daredevil", catch all the criminals and hand them over to the police.

On the other hand, the ultimate villain "Jin Bin" couldn't sit still, and he sent the powerful killer "Bullseye" to kill Daredevil.

Bullseye and Daredevil started confrontation again and again!

At the same time, the screen of the movie changed, revealing the life experience of the heroine Erica. Her father was an important member of the criminal group, and he crazily instilled evil theories in her.

Fortunately, Daredevil is always by his side to point out——

Erica: "My dad is a big shot!"

Daredevil: "It's not who you are that defines you, it's what you do."

Erica: "But I've had enough of failure and ridicule again and again, and I'm going to make them pay."

Daredevil: "Why do people fall? To learn to stand up on their own."

Erica: "I've already asked. Bullseye is a super killer. He kills like hell. He will kill you by any means!"

Daredevil: "I'd rather die a hero than live to see myself become a villain. There's no such thing as easy in the grown-up world, Erica."

...

Erica is between her father and Daredevil, her mind circling to the point of madness.

Finally, during the confrontation between Daredevil and Bullseye, Erica couldn't bear the temptation of evil, and the set of rhetoric of justice was too restrained and too restrictive of her thoughts and freedom.

Her voice resounded throughout the night: "Daredevil, have you ever danced with the devil under the moonlight?"

Daredevil was silent.

Bullseye snarled. "The best way to survive is lawlessness!"

Erica finally sided with Bullseye to help him against her lover Daredevil.

She doesn't want to kill Daredevil, but she wants to help Bullseye get rid of everyone in the subway.

The movie has come to an end.

Under the double attack, Daredevil struggled to hold on, and finally seized an opportunity, using Bullseye's killing intent, to find an opportunity to make him fall from a tall building and become paralyzed.

Daredevil also easily caught Erica who gave up resistance.

Erica looked at him incredulously, "Are you going to catch me? In fact, I never thought of hurting you."

"But you hurt more innocent people." Daredevil said lightly.

Erica's voice was struggling, and she screamed, "But I'm your girlfriend!"

Daredevil's voice was thick and vigorous: "Love does not equal justice."

Erica laughed maniacally, tears rolling down her cheeks, allowing him to handcuff her.

It seems that it has gone crazy.

Her expression fell into madness.

The actor Penelope Cruz, who plays Erica, also showed her acting skills vividly at this moment.

The movie is coming to an end.

Only the last scene remained.

Kim was disappointed that Bullseye was no threat to Daredevil.

But he was surprised to find that there seems to be an intricate emotional entanglement between Erica and Daredevil, which can be better used to let her replace Bullseye and become his number one thug.

Jin and through the relationship, bribed the police, and soon rescued Erica.

Not only that, Jin Bin also set up a bureau because of this, and sent his men to kill Erica's father.

In the process of killing her father, she successfully lured Daredevil over.

Daredevil wanted to rescue him, but failed.

This scene was seen by Erica in the distance.

She didn't know the shady scene, only saw that Daredevil was the murderer who killed her father...

From love to hate!

This is revenge for killing my father!

In the last scene of the movie - Erica's eyes were red, and she gritted her teeth and squeezed out a word: "Ye, Mo, Xia!"

Subtitles appear.

The movie is over.

Because it is the premiere, everyone present here is very polite.

The movie is over, and everyone is sitting quietly. Some people are staring at every name that appears on the subtitles, some are thinking about the plot that they didn't understand in the movie, and some are secretly thinking about Daredevil and Ellie. Complicated love entanglements between the cards.

If it is yourself?

How would you choose?

Between love and justice, is there a choice?

Shirley Lansing sighed a long time, and said with emotion: "This is a good movie, full and rigorous, with ups and downs in the plot and full of emotions. From the point of view of film critics, the movie has been a success."

Tang En couldn't help laughing, "What about the box office?"

Shirley Lansing paused for a moment and shook her head, "I don't know."

Tang En said: "It's impossible for this movie to be a hit at the box office like "Spiderman", but it won't be a problem to recover the cost through the box office market."

"Can the box office market recover the cost?" Shirley Lansing opened her eyes wide.

The budget cost of "Daredevil: Beginning of War" is 120 million U.S. dollars. Excluding various advertising fees and foreign tax rebates and other benefits, the actual investment is 90 million U.S. dollars.

The publicity cost is 80 million U.S. dollars, and the total investment... is as high as 170 million U.S. dollars!

What does it mean if the box office market pays for itself?

The box office of the movie must exceed at least 350 million US dollars!

You know, today's Hollywood movies, box office revenue only accounts for about 20% of total revenue.

In other words... If the box office market can recoup 150 million US dollars, the total revenue of this film's various channels will reach 900 million US dollars!

Even if the cost of the movie is removed, the expenses of various channels can earn at least 300-500 million US dollars!

Of course, from the perspective of the film company's accounting, lower taxes and dividends for actors and labor unions, it is impossible to have so much.

Debt interest will be added in; employee salaries will be added; channel expenses, anyway, the issuing company Universal International is also its own company, and things that are left and right will also be added to further reduce profit margins.

Hollywood has a sophisticated inner workings.

Tang En twitched his lips, smiled slightly, and lowered his voice, "The first "Spider-Man" was released in 2000. Through the operation of various channels in the past three years, do you know how much profit has been made from this movie alone? I I mean net profit."

Shirley Lansing was silent.

Tang En stretched out his right hand and flipped it twice, "1.5 billion dollars!"

"Net profit? $1.5 billion?"

Shirley Lansing's eyes widened in disbelief.

The net profit of 1.5 billion US dollars is simply higher than the sum of Paramount's profits in the past three years!

Even behind this, "Spider-Man 2" must have driven a large degree of peripheral sales, but this is shocking enough.

Tang En smiled conceitedly, and said calmly: "This is the reason why I promote blockbuster movies. Although the investment risk of this level of movies is high, the returns are very lucrative. As long as one is successful, it can satisfy a big studio. A year's worth of expenses."

Shirley Lansing murmured, "But under New Universal... there will be three... or even four movies like this every year?"

She has just joined the job and has not checked the accounts of the various film companies under her control.

Hearing what Tang En said, her whole body seemed to float.

Compared with Paramount, it's a world of difference!

Tang En smiled and said, "Four? That was the former Tang En Pictures. Now it is the New Universal Group. This year's key blockbusters include "Daredevil", "Finding Nemo", "National Treasure", "Ant-Man", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "The Celestial God."

"These movies will reach the level of "Daredevil: Beginning of War"?" Shirley Lansing almost lost her voice.

""Daredevil"?" Tang En disapproved and shook his head, "My hope for the series of "Daredevil" is the second and third. The first one is just a background explanation. It is not the same as "Daredevil" Compared with "Xiaxia", the income-generating ability of several other movies is only a lot more!"

Shirley Lansing was too shocked to speak.

A "Daredevil: Beginning of War", after the operation of various channels in the next three years, can conservatively bring in US$900 million in revenue for New Universal.

Even if these six films are at the level of "Daredevil: Beginning of War", they will still generate US$5.4 billion in revenue in three years!

No wonder the Ministry of Film and Television Entertainment dared to set this year's revenue forecast at such an exaggerated amount of 9.5 billion US dollars.

Sure enough, I am full of confidence!

Tang En went on to say: "This is just a part. Apart from these blockbuster films, there are also some medium-sized films, such as "Gone Girl", "Fast and Furious 2", "The Adventures of Bone Treasure", "The Age of Pentium", "American Pie 3: An American Wedding," "The Cat in the Hat," and more."

Shirley Lansing was at a loss for words, "Gone Girl" is such a high-grossing movie, but it can only be ranked as a medium-sized movie, what a shame!

It's no wonder that New Universal will quickly gain the voice of Hollywood's heavyweights. This is completely a reflection of its strength.

And this is just the beginning.

The New Universal Group has only been established for more than half a year.

The movie's subtitles are over.

Along with the crew members of "Daredevil", Tang En stood up, and from the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Shirley Lansing, who was worried about gain and loss.

He couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth.

From the looks of it, she really attached herself.

The strength of New Universal, his ability, is enough to truly subdue the number one strong woman in Hollywood.

Some things are inconvenient for men like Bill McNick and Ron Meyer to handle. Nina Jacobson and Kathleen Kennedy were too small.

One more Shirley Lansing would be more convenient.