Ace Hollywood

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"The Hulk" made Universal Pictures a terrible loss. With an investment of 140 million, the final global box office was only over 200 million. ¤ The same is true for An Li. It's not that he did a bad job. In fact, from the point of view of filmmaking, he did a great job. But superhero movies shouldn't be this good.

Of course, it's not quite right to say that. There is one way of shooting for one subject, and An Li obviously has not mastered the shooting method that belongs to superhero movies.

Visual stimulation, sensory stimulation!

Don't make deep sense!

Do not render feelings!

As a master of art films, An Li has expressed too many inner problems. Perhaps a simple description of the Hulk's encounter and state of mind will help to accept this "monster" image more three-dimensionally. Young people, definitely don't want to see a literary film dressed as a superhero.

This is the ultimate reason for failure, and the reason why An Li has not suffered too many negative influences except for going all the way. His own directing skills have been recognized, but Universal's decision with him is out of date.

His evaluation, represented by Roger Albert, is actually quite good.

Roger called "The Hulk" the "most thoughtful" of all the comics, visually "very elegant", and Ann Lee portrayed a "character who competes with himself and the world, not just a superhero" , or a green monster, depicting people's good wishes and nightmarish situations."

For the director, this cannot be said to be a failure.

That's pretty much what Daniel and An Li talked about. Daniel said that he was very interested in comics and movies, and he wanted to hear An Li's thoughts, which would make his question ironic. He must first express his feelings for "Green A fair review of The Giant Hulk.

"I don't think you and Hulk have a problem. The problem is that you met."

Ann Lee laughed, and he didn't seem particularly concerned about the box-office fiasco.

"I see what you mean, yes. If I were to do it again, I might not be able to make the Hulk more popular. One person does have his limitations, not all subjects can be mastered, maybe I won't. It's perfect for this kind of special effects blockbuster."

"No, Ann Lee, this is a misunderstanding." Daniel thought of "The Boys' Pie", "Not all special effects serve visual stimulation, whether it is the beautiful stimulation of "The Lord of the Rings" or the violent stimulation of superheroes, Neither can fully represent the meaning of special effects. Special effects can also serve philosophical thinking, absolutely yes, and its significance to the film industry is definitely not only reflected on the screen.”

An Li was silent for a while, "Maybe."

...

Daniel left early the next morning to get to the nearest airport and fly back to Los Angeles.

There are reporters waiting at Los Angeles International Airport, and Triver has always been dutiful.

"Daniel, are you visiting Brokeback Mountain? Why? Are you trying to express something?"

"Ann Lee is a director I admire very much, and this time we had a good chat. I think "Brokeback Mountain" is a very meaningful story, let's not limit it to a **** story, it It could well be described as a love story in the broadest sense. I saw some of the clips and they were beautiful and moving, to be honest. I kind of regret not being part of it, but Heath and Jack did a really good job, I'm sure People will love this movie if they can take off their tinted glasses."

"Can you reveal what you and An Li talked about?"

"A lot. Learn a lot about film from him, he's a real master." Daniel paused and seemed to suddenly remember. "By the way, we also talked about his previous works, such as "The Hulk". I asked him some understanding of this image, and he was very generous and told me, thank him very much."

A reporter quickly got this point, "Is dd Pictures going to make a Hulk movie again? Are you planning to make a superhero movie? Did you get authorization from Marvel?"

"DD Pictures' plans will be announced in due course. I have nothing to say right now. Thank you all, thank you!"

Miller and security pushed the "used up" reporters firmly and escorted Daniel into the car.

...

"I can guarantee that his words must not be aimless, how about it, Cusa, you know right?"

Andy is basically equivalent to a full-time mother now, and Shanying is becoming more and more independent-this is a stage that an analysis company must go through, especially when the dd film industry is becoming more and more important, can not objectively evaluate dd-related works, just It is difficult to gain wider reach. Perhaps other major studios have long expected this, so even though Shanying and dd Pictures seem to have an unclear relationship, they have achieved closer and closer cooperation.

Cusa is extremely busy, his job is far beyond the scope of an agent, and of course, the salary is also the same.

"Variety" previously conducted an investigation and interview with the behind-the-scenes workers. Although Cusa himself declined the interview, the report still estimates that he should be the most profitable agent in Hollywood at present, and his annual income is likely to exceed 20 million. , mainly from the share of Daniel's salary and additional transaction processing.

"Yes, I know, but I won't tell you."

Andy, who became a mother, is much more active than before. Although her cousin looked serious and seemed non-negotiable, this did not prevent her from continuing to investigate the root cause.

"I know Ferguson has been in contact with Marvel Studios, so he got the rights to the Hulk? Why the Hulk? The Hulk that failed. Marvel still has a lot of heroes to make, don't they? And, Isn't the Hulk's adaptation right with Universal? Is there any agreement between Marvel and Universal?"

"Andy, aren't you too leisurely? Fried should arrange something for you. Isn't it good for you to give the child to your mother?"

"There's nothing wrong with her, she loves Punch, and if it wasn't for the boy's unwillingness, she would want to sleep in the same bed with him at night."

"You're so relaxed, just like my mother."

"If my son can grow up to be like you, I have nothing to worry about."

"……thanks."

In the end, Cusa did not explain Daniel's purpose to Andy.

This visit to "Brokeback Mountain" is indeed as I said before, in order to make up for the obstacles to this film due to my own reasons, but it also has another purpose.

Marvel Studios was established a few days ago, with Marvel Vice President Kevin Feige serving as the studio's CEO, responsible for advancing Marvel's film plans.

So far, Kevin's determined action plan is to start shooting his own superhero movie, but find a large studio as a cooperative distribution company, and no longer adopt the cooperative method of transferring heroes in the 1980s and 1990s.

Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Viacom, has an upper hand in the competition.

However, all of this has not been finalized yet. Paramount and Marvel have serious differences in investment and income. Marvel certainly hopes to take the lead, otherwise why would they need to make their own movies. But Paramount is very clear that Marvel lacks the ability to promote a work with a budget of over 100 million. At the same time, a large amount of distribution expenditure is also a problem. Paramount's profit in the past two years is not satisfactory, and it lacks convincing works. .

Both sides have significant motives. Marvel hopes to get more from the derivative interests of Marvel heroes, while Paramount hopes that Marvel's superhero movies can significantly boost the company's revenue like Spider-Man and Batman. performance. But in the same way, both sides of the cooperation also have their own weaknesses. Marvel lacks film production experience and lacks risk resistance. Paramount's Brad Gray urgently needed to prove to his parent company his ability to make money for Paramount.

Perhaps, it is this situation that allows Paramount to finally gain the most recognition and trust from Marvel.

Compared with more powerful companies, it is not surprising that Marvel is more optimistic about Paramount now.

After the dust settled on the MGM-DD Pictures deal, Marvel's intentions have become more vacillating. Kevin Feige himself experienced the power of "Daniel's prophecy". The failure of "The Punisher" made him unable to lift his head in the company for a time. If it wasn't for the self-made movie, which was an inevitable way out for Marvel, would Kevin be able to do it? The CEO of Marvel Studios is unknown.

Compared with Paramount, MGM is obviously weaker.

Of course, they were talking with DD Pictures, but to Kevin's surprise, DD Pictures' conditions were no better than Paramount's - which meant that Kevin's wishful thinking could not be affected.

He is trying to threaten dd Pictures through Paramount~www.wuxiamtl.com~ If dd's interest is as strong as they say, they will definitely not allow Marvel to sell a film that may involve tens of billions of box office. The film distribution contract goes to Paramount.

But the performance of DD Pictures is confusing. On the one hand, they are still trying to get Marvel to transfer the hero adaptation rights to them. Because of Marvel's firm attitude, DD is not particularly persistent on this point. Instead, all the energy is spent negotiating co-production and distribution with Marvel, and it is not a package contract involving multiple movies, just for a certain hero.

Importantly, this hero is still changing.

In the beginning, Ferguson said that what he wanted most was Captain America, then he began to adjust to Iron Man, and now they have their eyes on the Hulk.

A top-level hero, a sub-hero, a hero that has been adapted and failed - dd's confidence seems to be vividly reflected in such changes one after another. When they asked for the Hulk, Kevin wanted to go straight to Daniel and ask him what he was thinking.

He did it! (To be continued..)

ps: Chapter 1, the last day