Just in December, Shahai Entertainment invested $4 million in the project "Lost Tokyo", led by Sofia Coppola, the entire crew headed to the island country to film.

At the same time, there is also good news coming. After nearly two months of negotiations, Shahai Entertainment and Warner Bros. reached an agreement that the two sides will cooperate to shoot the new "Batman" movie.

For major regulations such as investment and dividend ratio, accounting window time, and the candidates for directors and producers, the two sides agreed the fastest, and the conditions for negotiation with Ronan and Allen Horn are basically no different.

Most of the long negotiation time has been spent on many details and supplementary terms.

For example, in addition to online screenings as the main revenue channels of movies, offline TV copyrights and DVD rentals, Shahai Entertainment can participate in other surrounding dividend projects.

For example, Ronan's $5 million base salary as producer plus a 1.5% North American box office share.

For example, Warner Bros. uses Batman adaptation copyright as part of the investment, value geometry, etc.

A top-level project like this with a budget of up to 10 million US dollars has hundreds of negotiation terms.

Only when the previous agreement is agreed upon and reflected in a formal contract can unnecessary disputes be minimized in the later stage.

Shahai Entertainment and Warner Bros. have a certain degree of trust in each other, but will not relax the supervision and rights of the project.

Warner Bros. found Charles Rowan, a veteran producer of the company, to serve as the project's production manager.

On December 3, Ronan officially signed a contract with Warner Bros. on behalf of Shahai Entertainment, and then the two sides jointly convened a grand press conference.

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After the routine press conference, Allen Horn and Ronan, the two top leaders on the scene, got together to chat for a few words.

"We signed a trilogy contract at one time." Allen Horn was still a little worried: "In the production cost, Shahai Entertainment's investment accounts for the majority. Ronan, is there no problem with funding preparation?"

Ronan said calmly: "There will be no problem, the funds will be in place as planned."

Allen Horn nodded and said, "As long as the funds are in place, other issues are not actually a problem." He reminded: "This is not the first time you have been a producer of top productions. I hope we can work together sincerely."

Ronan said: "It will definitely."

Whether it is Shahai Entertainment or Warner Bros., no one on both sides wants to see the failure of the "Batman" project.

After talking about the film project, Ronan sent an invitation: "Allen, I will have a movie party and a cocktail party in a few days. I wonder if you have time."

Allen Horn thought for a while and said, "I will definitely be there as long as time allows."

Ronan waved to the back, Connie immediately came over and delivered an invitation to him. Ronan handed it to Allen Horn, saying: "Saturday afternoon, Beverly Hills Club."

This is a film-making event held by Embassy Film for "Heroes". Even if the goal is to win an Oscar nomination for the best foreign language film, a lot of publicity and promotion of public relations is a must.

After leaving the Warner Building, Ronan met with Christopher Nolan, invited him to Bentley, and returned to Sand Sea Entertainment together.

"The Batman movie will be officially launched this year." Ronan said directly: "Chris, you can make a detailed preparation and shooting plan as soon as possible."

Christopher Nolan said: "No problem." He felt a strong sense of trust in Ronan: "I will complete the shooting plan and finalize the script before the New Year."

Ronan said: "Notify me as soon as possible."

Christopher Nolan still put some words in front of it: "I want to say something about shooting in advance."

Ronan glanced at him: "Though said."

"In terms of shooting, I want to use film shooting throughout the whole process without any digital shooting technology," said Christopher Nolan. "The texture that film can bring to the picture is incomparable to digital cameras."

Ronan dragged his chin and thought for a moment, saying, "You will make a decision on the specific shooting."

Christopher Nolan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "All stunt shots are taken as live as possible."

Ronan has no objection: "No problem, the current CG wants to be well-made, which costs more than real-life shooting."

After another two or three years, the situation will be reversed, and the cost of modeling and real-life shooting may exceed that of using CG production.

But at present, the entire industry still adheres to the concept of never delaying the later stage as long as it can be solved during shooting.

With the rapid development of technology, the industry is also undergoing corresponding changes.

Christopher Nolan was the most representative film control and real-life control in Hollywood, so Ronan certainly would not make things difficult for him in this regard.

But Shahai Entertainment's film project is ready to transform to digital technology.

Of course, the transformation of production companies and distribution companies is far from enough. If the theater does not update its equipment, expensive film copies will last for a long time.

A large amount of expenses in film distribution today is film copying costs. From production to storage to transportation to insurance, if you count all the links, the cost of a single copy is as high as US$1,500.

If digital copies can be popularized, the real issuance fee can be reduced by a large part.

But the bigger the industry, the harder it is to turn around. Several major commercial theater chain companies in North America need to spend a lot of money to update the projection equipment.

Not to mention anything else, the accompanying digital screens are all expensive alloy screens.

Ronan is neither film control nor digital control. The first thing he considers is definitely cost. With the development of industry and technology, digital technology is undoubtedly the future of the film industry.

Just as audio movies replace silent movies and color movies replace black and white movies, digital technology replaces film technology is also a general trend, and it is not something that a few directors can change with persistence.

The replacement of old and new is a theme that will never change in this world.

Christopher Nolan asked at this time: "Ronan, what do you think about the actors?"

Ronan said directly: "Please ask for some well-known actors as much as possible, they can bring more attention to the film."

Christopher Nolan said: "I think so too."

"I have decided on a few candidates for the time being, and then I will send them an audition invitation." Ronan thought for a while and said, "For Bruce Wayne, I plan to invite Christian Bale to the audition. He just finished filming "Pirates of the Caribbean" by Sand Sea Entertainment, and has been practicing physically and motionally, and he is also a very dedicated actor."

Christopher Nolan knew Bale and said, "He is a good actor, but after he finished filming a commercial film, will he take on another commercial film? Ronan, why not do this. I will first contact Christian Bale. We are both British and we are old friends."

"Yes." Ronan nodded and said, "If he agrees, I will have someone send an audition invitation."

He also said: "For other actors, I will ask Connie to send you a report. They are basically well-known actors, and their acting skills and abilities are not a problem."

Liam Neeson has already promised to attend the Ninja Master audition.

Michael Kane, who starred in Alfred, and veteran black movie star Morgan Freeman, are all on this invitation audition list.

For the heroine, there is no one to choose. The former Katie Helms and Ronan are not going to use it.

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The role of Rachel Daws is indeed a vase, but it also requires certain acting skills in the second part. Katie Helms is not within Ronan's consideration at all, and her acting skills are really average.

As for Maggie Gillenhill, it is also not considered.

How many people would think that Maggie Gillenhill is a qualified vase?

Ronan said to Christopher Nolan again: "If you want to complete the character script as soon as possible, we must get the main cast candidates in the next two months, and the crew must train them to look very clever fighting experts."

Christopher Nolan nodded and said, "I understand."

Ronan didn't talk about the actors anymore. These characters are not necessarily the ones. No one in Hollywood is essential, especially superhero movies, where characters will always make actors successful.

Christopher Nolan said: "I have two places in the exterior location. I am going to put Gotham's exterior location in Chicago and the Himalayan snow-capped mountains scene in Iceland."

Ronan said: "I will ask the location inspection manager to visit these two places."

Christopher Nolan nodded: "After the preliminary investigation, I also need to go there in person."

According to his plan, the story at the beginning of the film takes place in the Himalayas, but he went crazy to go out to the Himalayas. The harsh air and environmental conditions are not suitable for large-scale shooting at all.

The Vatnayukur Glacier in Iceland is the largest glacier in Europe, accounting for one-tenth of the national territory of Iceland. The undulating and rocky terrain is very suitable for the scene in the film that uses the harsh environment of the Himalayas as the background of the story.

As for Chicago, the close-up city shots of the film will be taken from Chicago, and all the panoramic landscapes of Gotham City will be realized by combining models and real scenes.

Back at Shahai Entertainment, he called George Clint and Andrew, who would serve as deputy producer on the crew, and Ronan discussed more specific preparations with Christopher Nolan.
Chapter completed!