After finally waiting for that woman to disappear, thinking that she wouldn't have to let her become her shadow anymore, she unexpectedly found that she had never been free from that person's influence. It's just that it changed to her father.
Dawud, Faiza, Faaris...
Laila suddenly wanted to call a certain prince who had long been forgotten by her, and then scold him vigorously in the most refreshing language possible. If it weren't for his relationship, how could she have been entangled by that crazy woman?
Thinking of this, she picked up her phone and dialed a number. But she didn't dial Al Nadeem's number, but Nolan's.
"Christopher, do you have time? I want to talk to you about the script for the new movie."
"Great, I also have something I want to discuss with you!"
Upon hearing Nolan's voice, Laila suddenly felt moved—indeed, it was only in movies that she could forget all her troubles!
After the call, Nolan quickly came to her office, as he was coordinating some work on the new movie "The Prestige" in the company at this time. Hanging up the phone, he only needed a few minutes to walk up from downstairs.
"How's the filming going? Are you adapting to the company's environment?" Before discussing the script, Laila first asked him a couple of questions.
He joined the company when she signed the second Batman movie, becoming another big director to join Dragon Soul Company after Michael Bay. This new movie was invested and produced by Dragon Soul, and would also be responsible for the distribution work in the future. Therefore, from the beginning, Laila was very interested in this new version of the movie that she had intervened in.
Compared to Nolan's other stunning movies, the original "The Prestige" could only be said to be slightly better than average, far from the level of his other movies. It was estimated that he had made it just to fulfill a dream.
In this new version of the movie, Laila added some tricks from the future "Now You See Me" when discussing with him, believing that if used well, it would greatly improve the quality of the movie.
"It's going well, the people here are very talented," Nolan said with a smile, indicating that his work was progressing smoothly.
Laila felt relieved hearing this. "That's good. I hope our first collaboration movie will have a good start."
Nolan smiled and nodded, "It will! By the way, about Batman, do we need a new name?"
"Is there no name yet?" Laila was taken aback. In her memory, that name had always existed, to the point that she hadn't noticed that the script had always used "Batman 2" as a placeholder. "Yes, we need a name, a cool one!"
"What should we call it?" Nolan tilted his head, and several names instantly popped into his mind. "The first one was 'Batman Begins,' so how about 'Batman: Phantom of the Night'? 'Batman: The Ultimate Battle'? Or..."
"'The Dark Knight'!" Watching him go further and further off track, Laila couldn't help but shout out the profound name from her memory. In the trilogy, the second part couldn't be called anything else, right?
"Batman: The Dark Knight'? That sounds good."
Laila shook her head. "No, no, without Batman, just 'The Dark Knight!'"
Nolan was stunned. "But all Batman movies have to have the name Batman."
"Isn't it no longer a Batman movie without Batman?" Laila suppressed the excitement that arose in her heart because the classic was born in her hands: "It's 'The Dark Knight,' I think this name is cool!"
"It is cool, but..." Nolan wanted to say something else, but seeing her expression, he felt that whatever he said, she probably wouldn't listen. Fortunately, he wasn't a narrow-minded old fossil, so he nodded indifferently, "Well, let's leave out Batman."
"Exactly, Christopher." Laila patted his shoulder with a smile. "Don't you think it's worth celebrating that the first movie we collaborated on doesn't have Batman in its name?"
Nolan smiled bitterly, "I just think that if this name is sent to Warner Bros., it might make their hearts jump out of their chests."
Since Batman appeared on the big screen, every Batman movie had these words. Now, she removed these crucial, totemic three words. Could the company accept it? Would the audience accept it?
Laila smiled brightly, "It's okay, don't forget that the naming rights for the movie are also in my hands. I can call it whatever I want." The condition of full authority was not requested for nothing.
"Hehe." Nolan couldn't help but mourn for the management of several companies. Encountering such a unique director, and unfortunately losing the greatest right, he hoped they could accept her "suggestion" calmly.
In fact, when several companies learned that Laila had removed the two words Batman from the movie title, they almost turned the roof upside down.
The opposition argued, "Batman is our tradition. It has been this way for so many years. If we suddenly change the name, will the audience still consider it a part of the Batman series?"
The supporters argued, "Director Moran is the most successful commercial film director in Hollywood. If she thinks it's better without, then there must be a reason!"
Both sides had seemingly valid points.
As they were arguing, the lawyers of the company finally stood up and gave the final verdict: "The contract clearly stipulates that all rights in the production of the film, including the naming of the film, have been given to Director Moran. If she wants to remove Batman, then unless you are willing to pay a huge breach of contract fee to terminate the contract, you can only watch her change the name to whatever she wants."
The news of Laila naming the movie was brought by Nolan, and he also witnessed the whole argument. In his opinion, what some people said made sense. Laila was currently the most successful commercial film director in Hollywood. If she thought it was better without it, then it wasn't a big deal to remove it. After all, wasn't making movies to make money? If it could help the box office, it didn't matter if the three words Batman were removed, or even if a bunch of messy prefixes were added.
The lawyers' words were undoubtedly a heavy blow, causing the opponents to sit back in their seats, panting heavily to calm the chaos caused by the argument just now.
"This won't do! Batman is our tradition. It has always been this way for so many years. Suddenly changing the name, will the audience still consider it a part of the Batman series? Don't forget, we are making superhero movies. If you don't even put the name up, how will the audience know what you're talking about?"
Seeing that they were about to start arguing again, Nolan coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention back to him. Actually, he didn't like being the center of attention, but this matter stemmed from him taking the initiative to pull Laila "down," so he felt it necessary to say something for her.