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Marvel went through a difficult period in the 1980s and 1990s. In order to maintain the operation of the company, it had to sell well-known heroes including Little Spider, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, X-MAN and so on. www.geiliwx.com Marvel's successors are of course not all short-sighted. Besides, superhero movies have a long history, and even Marvel's own heroes have had movie adaptations as early as the 1940s. These, of course, also show the potential of Marvel's heroes in film and television adaptation. Even so, at that time, Marvel had no other way to go. There was only one way to sell heroes. After the "Spider-Man" box office explosion, Marvel's such The heartbreak is definitely more serious.

Therefore, this wave of sales must be a lot of thunder and little rain, and Kevin Feige's defeat in "The Punisher" has not been blamed too much. The first one is of course because Marvel's damage is not too big. The main reason is the loss of Lionsgate Entertainment, and the second one is also because the film and television adaptation is basically recognized as a piece of fat that cannot be given up. Regardless of whether "The Punisher" wins or loses, Marvel's determination to go down this road is now It seems a little shaken, but it is indestructible.

After all, with such a huge piece of cake in front of him, how could Marvel hold back.

In Marvel's view, the failure of "The Punisher" is nothing more than two aspects. Daniel's special effects production is one aspect, which focuses on content, and good content must be the top priority. But good content, or good special effects, means more investment and risk, and Marvel must be careful. In addition, there is another point, that is, the strength of Lionsgate Entertainment is not enough, and the performance of Xuanfa is not good enough. Compared to Fox and Sony, Lionsgate is certainly a step behind.

Taking into account the above two points, Marvel might try to pull people into joint ventures and hand over the distribution rights to the seven major companies. Of course, now MGM is overwhelmed and crumbling, and the remaining six companies are probably the choice of Marvel.

Daniel came to the door and gave Marvel a lot of confidence.

Don't say he thought The Punisher would lose early on, even by Daniel's track record. Daniel's vision is also worth investing in.

However, the distribution force of DD Pictures is probably not as good as that of Lionsgate Entertainment. Although they are unique in online publicity, for now, it is. The ground publicity of the big production is more important. The partner that Marvel wants to choose will definitely not be DD Pictures.

So what is Daniel doing this for?

"They won't choose the current DD Films," Daniel blew the tea leaves, which were Que Tong from the east, and the little leaves gathered together. The taste is elegant, and Daniel's taste has been awakened by it, "but they will consider the future DD film industry, and our recent momentum is not created in vain."

"That's it?"

Ferguson doesn't quite believe it. Although the action is not big, it seems a little unlikely if it is just buried in the back.

"I give Marvel a lot of weight, and of course they will be a little more confident. Once they are confident, they must be tough when negotiating with other companies." Daniel smiled, "If Marvel is tough, other companies will Soft? It will definitely be harder to reach a cooperation.”

Daniel remembers that Marvel signed a ten-film distribution contract with Paramount. Before Marvel was acquired by Disney, the most popular superhero films were basically Paramount's headers, and distribution expenditures generally accounted for 4 It's fair to say that half of the revenue from these superhero movies goes into Paramount's account.

Now that Daniel has stepped in, Paramonti's demands will certainly not be lowered, but Marvel will not agree to hand over ten movies at once. The tug-of-war between the two sides is sure to be very interesting.

What's more, Marvel is not a potential collaborator of Paramount, and Daniel doesn't know who else will enter the game later. It's just that the current situation, if you delay it, let Marvel realize that it is not easy to cooperate with giants on an equal basis, and Daniel's goal is achieved.

But these words, it is not necessary to speak clearly to Ferguson.

Just a few phone calls and a show of enthusiasm. It is good to be able to achieve these goals.

Daniel came to find Ferguson today because the script they were looking for was found.

Scott Moore!

Daniel looked at the name on the script, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help curving.

"the Hangover"!

I finally got this script. It's not a problem for him to rewrite it himself. It's not a problem to write a **, but this script has been written a long time ago, and it has been voted in many places. If Daniel writes it again, he will definitely be Considered plagiarism, it is easy to separate before and after.

"Is this a series of Greek Weddings?"

It's all about a comedy about a wedding, and it's perfectly normal for Ferguson to have such speculation.

Daniel nodded. When promoting, it would be better to use this as a gimmick. Although "Greek Wedding" is not as powerful as "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", but as the North American region has broken 400 million, the global With 700 million+ movies, its position in the hearts of movie fans is still very solid.

Borrowing it to add a fire to "The Hangover" is a natural choice.

The story of "The Hangover" is similar to the "Greek Wedding" gimmick, but there is no similar aspect. This is an adventure that started from a bachelor party before marriage. After the three best men had a party with the groom-to-be, they lost the groom-to-be and woke up to find a tiger and a 6-month-old in the bathroom of the apartment. baby.

Conflict and jokes start from this wonderful combination.

"The script is really good," Ferguson spread his hands, "but it's not that bright, and Scott's request is a bit weird."

"uh-huh?"

Daniel had anticipated that the series was launched by Legendary Pictures, and Thomas Tull is now planning his own new production company, which shares the same source as Warner. In fact, Legendary Pictures was established for a short time. In a period of time, he signed a contract with Warner Films for 40 films, and basically he will cooperate with Warner in the future.

The script of "The Hangover" has been written for so many years, but Scott Moore has never found a company willing to shoot. One of course is that there are always good things that are missed in the scripts of newcomers in Hollywood. The second is that in the eyes of many people, this kind of theme may not be a big sell. Although Thomas has this vision, others may not.

Besides, Scott Moore's request must be a little weird.

According to Ferguson, Scott recently started pitching the script again, and that's when he saw it, obviously. There are a few factors driving Scott to try again.

Daniel actually has some plans in his heart. Todd Phillips released a "Diary of a Single Man" last year, starring Will Ferrell, which received a lot of praise. A similar theme, The Hangover, may be recognized. Scott's idea is not without reason.

"What does he ask for?"

"He wants to appoint a director to shoot."

"Todd Phillips?"

Ferguson stared, "How did you know that?"

"Is this the only condition?"

Looking at Ferguson nodded, whether it was Scott who changed his requirements, or that he always wanted Todd to direct, Todd Phillips is not a well-known director. In the past few works, the influence is only average. Unless Scott and Todd have known each other long ago, it doesn't make sense to explain that for several years he had wanted to give the work to Todd. Either Scott changed his original request after seeing Todd's work. After all, there are many screenwriters who are arrogant and arrogant, but after repeated blows and ignorance, they become aware of current affairs, which is also the maturation process of new Hollywood screenwriters.

Daniel wasn't going to get to the bottom of it.

The problem now is definitely not the designated director. As a director who has just filmed a similar theme, it is not a bad choice for him to direct. The studios wouldn't disagree.

"Todd won't?" DD Pictures wasn't Scott's only option.

"He was reluctant to make films that repeated the subject matter."

So now, convincing Todd is the most important option?

"Let me meet Scott and talk about it."

Hearing him say that, a smile appeared on Ferguson's face, which made Daniel a little strange.

However, the later meeting made him understand a little bit. The script of "The Hangover" was not seen by those big studios, and there were not many competitors for DD. Scott doesn't have much choice. Of course, he can stay in his hands for a few years. When Todd was willing to shoot—speaking of which, if Scott made up his mind, he was stubborn enough.

Daniel has too many things to do now, and he has no plans to delay it. The next morning, the two of them made an appointment in the meeting room of DD Pictures.

Scott is not a Hollywood rookie, he is a producer himself, and "The Hangover" is a small script he wrote himself, and it is not so taken seriously, so it is very difficult to talk about - after all. For him, of course, it is good to be able to shoot it, and it is not a big loss if it cannot be shot. It is better to keep it in hand and wait for the opportunity.

The meeting lasted for an hour and a half, and the two sides decided on the cooperation matters.

Until Scott left, Daniel was still a little unreal.

When he thought about it, Scott should be a very stubborn person, with some bizarre requirements that people can't understand, at least a few tricks can be used to get some results.

But it was decided so smoothly and quickly that Daniel couldn't accept it anyway.

On the contrary, Ferguson seemed to take it for granted.

Asked by Daniel, Ferguson also felt very strange.

"Don't you know how rare it is for you to read the script now? If Scott's previous statement was not too firm, I wouldn't let you see him in person. Fortunately, Scott is not a greedy person. , if he uses this as a gimmick to talk to other big studios after talking to you, maybe the price will be even higher. He must have hoped that you could participate in this movie, so he didn't do it ."

It was the first time Daniel felt his influence in Hollywood so intuitively.

Indeed, the daily affairs of DD Films are in the hands of David and Ferguson. He generally does not get involved very much. Except for key projects such as "Chainsaw", "The Hangover" and "The Da Vinci Code", he will personally follow up with him. outside. Over time, even the script that is put into DD Pictures may not be seen by Daniel, and this kind of cognition is not a new thing in the Hollywood editorial community.

In this way, the gold content of the script that Daniel "personally" fancy becomes more and more important.

"Greek Wedding" and "House Collapse" are both Daniel's fancy, although the latter is invested by the DD headquarters, but David also publicly said that this is the script selected by Daniel.

Scott Moore definitely didn't think that his script was picked by Daniel, so when he negotiated with Ferguson, his tone was very hard. As the executive of DD Films who has dealt the most with screenwriters and authors, no one knows better than Ferguson. Daniel's status in the eyes of these people.

Scott's easy "surrender" was normal to see in Ferguson today.

But as he said, the situation is mixed. On the bright side, of course, the script that DD Pictures can see is definitely the most complete in the independent studios. Now the turbulent MGM is not as good as DD Pictures. In this regard, DD Pictures Has been hung on the tail of the Seventh. The downside is that DD Pictures will be targeted by many people, especially small independent studios. Once Daniel likes the script, they may be willing to pay a high price to intercept it. The studios at this level of the Big Seven have their own selection mechanism, which is not very likely at present. Of course, if Daniel's "never miss" title continues, the Big Seven will join in sooner or later.

In this way, sometimes it depends on who the screenwriter and author are.

If you want to sell at a high price, if you invest in DD Pictures, you must have a layer of thought, and want Daniel to bless them.

How to distinguish this is sometimes difficult.

Fortunately, Scott Moore is obviously not such a person, or rather, the attractiveness of Daniel participating in the production himself is more important to him than selling more money.

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"Let's start a group as soon as possible."

After calling David over, Daniel did not hesitate. DD Pictures currently has no projects in production. "The Chainsaw" is only waiting for release, "The Da Vinci Code" is still in the negotiation stage, and "The Hangover" This has just been finalized, and preparations and formations will be made immediately, so that we can do our best to do this before the publicity period of "Chainsaw".

Of course, Daniel will not play the role himself. Bradley Cooper is only a supporting role now. Can he take on the role of Phil? UU read www.uukanshu. com still depends on the vision of the director and others.

"Ask Seth if he's interested, and you guys measure the budget."

Seth MacFarlane has made a name for himself in Hollywood since "Fake God", but he is more fond of animated comedies, and now the price is not low, whether it is suitable or not needs to be evaluated by professional departments. The last time he hoped to write the script for "Teddy Bear" for Seth, but then he was too busy to ignore it.

David nodded.

"Make an appointment with Todd as soon as possible, and let's talk too."

Ferguson got up and went out to make arrangements, leaving David and Daniel behind. Daniel looked at his friend's increasingly calm face and felt a little emotional.

"Originally—" (To be continued.)

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