Chapter 860 draw a blueprint

The cooperation negotiations for the “Iron Man” project went smoothly, and Lance was not surprised at all. This is different from the original “Superman Returns”. The cooperation of “Iron Man” was originally a mutual agreement between the two parties. Marvel Pictures and Chaos Pictures can be said to be the intention of Lang Youqing’s concubine. .

What’s more, the script creation of “Iron Man” is also different from the tricky “Superman Returns” project. The existence of the creative committee may be an obstacle for other companies, but for Lance, who is committed to building the Marvel Universe, it is a challenge. This is a big plus. All the details and story backgrounds in “Iron Man” are completely in line with the Marvel universe, which coincides with the requirements of the creative committee. The thinking angle and way of thinking of the creative committee are completely different from those of Warner Bros. They saw the prototype of the Marvel universe in “Iron Man”, and they will only be more excited instead of worrying about the box office of the movie.

Therefore, the negotiations between Theo and Kevin hardly encountered any obstacles, and they hit it off immediately. After the “Iron Man” script problem was solved, the next cooperation was also a matter of course. However, this is only the first step in Ian’s plan. According to the plan, after the “Iron Man” cooperation negotiations reach a certain consensus, the Marvel Universe will debut, and Chaos Pictures can play more in the “Iron Man” cooperation process The effort is small and the income is small, but the prerequisite is that they will join forces with Marvel Pictures to create the Marvel Universe.

Lance was in charge of this matter, so Lance came out to meet Kevin today.

When Lance began to describe the idea and blueprint of the entire Marvel universe, Kevin tried to intervene and express his opinions at first, but he gradually fell silent. Lance’s magnificent composition is not only surprised by the ambition of Chaos Films, but also by Lance’s confidence in comic book adaptation movies.

Marvel Pictures is not Warner Bros. In front of Chaos Pictures, Marvel Pictures has a completely different position. First, they don’t need to worry about what to do if the work fails like Warner Brothers, because Chaos Pictures is responsible for paying the bill, even if the work loses money Seriously, they can also rely on other large film companies and continue to rely on the adaptation copyright of comic characters to find a way out; secondly, they don’t need to worry about the entire shooting plan and investment blueprint like Warner Bros., because Chaos Films is responsible for planning, they only need Write the script, set the framework, and provide characters; three, they don’t need to worry about the risk of building the Marvel Universe like Warner Bros. On the contrary, for Marvel Entertainment, someone is willing to create the entire Marvel Universe. What they welcomed with both hands and feet up—even if Chaos Pictures didn’t succeed, they could change to another company and keep trying.

The only thing Marvel Pictures needs to worry about is whether Chaos Pictures will become a “bastard” like Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox.

From the very beginning, Marvel Pictures intends to stand on its own, because the six major film companies have always regarded Marvel as a subculture. Even if comic book adaptation movies can bring in box office, they only value box office. They will sacrifice the original comic book for box office. The idiosyncrasies of manga characters, deleting and modifying the background and personality of manga characters, this also leads to the very different styles of movies and manga, which is a disaster for those who really value manga lovers.

This is why Marvel Studios established a creative committee, which also means that no matter which film company they cooperate with, they do not intend to let go of the decision-making power of the core part of creativity. This kind of strong and stubborn persistence has created the success of Marvel’s works, but it has also become the root of the differences between Marvel Pictures and Marvel Entertainment-the former is a film company, and the latter is a comic company. It is an inevitable result to take divergent paths . Of course, this is something to come. For now, the existence of the creative committee has more advantages than disadvantages.

Now, Marvel Studios’ only worry has been dispelled with the “Iron Man” script, and Lance’s traits in the script – nerdy, simply put – have been approved by the creative committee, and they can’t wait. They wanted to cooperate with Chaos Films to shoot “Iron Man”. They internally believed that in Hollywood, they couldn’t find a more perfect choice than Chaos Films.

What’s more, no one will ignore the signboard of “Lancelot Strelow”. This director seems to have become one of the most unique, talented and box office representatives in Hollywood. Not to mention the approval of “Sin City”, it can already be seen that Lance respects the original comics and interprets the characteristics of the comics, all of which make Lance the coveted partner of Marvel Pictures.

In order to reach a cooperation, Marvel Pictures is even willing to cede part of the benefits—Kevin just stated that in addition to investing in copyright, Marvel Pictures is also willing to bear part of the cost, which is their sincerity.

Now, Lance actually sketched out the blueprint of the entire Marvel universe in front of Kevin, which caused a storm in Kevin’s heart. Kevin eagerly nodded and agreed. To create a Marvel universe is simply the ultimate dream for Marvel Pictures. Before that, Kevin only had a vague idea, which was not clear. It’s incredible that he heard this great idea, which can be said to be his ultimate goal as the CEO of Marvel Studios. If there is anyone in Hollywood who can realize the dream of the Marvel universe, Kevin can’t think of any other options except Chaos Films.

But even if Kevin wanted to sign the agreement directly in black and white, he couldn’t be impulsive.

Reason told him that all this was too crazy. Marvel Universe, what does this mean? This means at least five films in the first stage, and an investment of nearly one billion US dollars. Chaos Pictures is not Warner Bros. They are now at their limit to shoot a work worth 150 million US dollars. How can it be possible to shoot five films? What about the funds? To put it simply, Chaos Shadow now looks like a madman whose ambition far exceeds his ability.

But… But the person sitting in front of me is Lance, a man who has created more than 500 million US dollars in profits in just three years—including Chaos Films and other cooperative film companies, as if no one believed it at the beginning, Chaos The film industry can spend 150 million to shoot “Fury Road”; now naturally no one believes that Chaos Pictures can spend 1 billion to create the first stage of the Marvel Universe, but is it really the case?

Kevin took a deep breath. He noticed that his breathing was a little loud, which seemed a bit out of his composure. After all, he was the CEO of Marvel Studios, but he still had to take a deep breath again, because the news came too suddenly, and it was too late. Too turbulent, even Marvel Studios themselves, they have never really thought about the possibility of the Marvel Universe.

The work “Iron Man” is a desperate choice for Marvel Pictures. They have already planned to mortgage the four superheroes to Chaos Pictures in exchange for funds, and then the two parties will cooperate to complete the filming of the film. Once the film fails, the film adaptation rights of these four heroes will belong to Chaos Films-in the previous negotiations, Theo proposed their conditions, four characters in exchange for an investment cost of 80 million US dollars, of course, The exact number is still up for debate, but Marvel Studios is already thinking about it and nodding.

But now?

Therefore, Kevin felt that his gaffe was normal. After all, he was a normal person, unlike the man in front of him—he was a lunatic. “You mean, we signed a cooperation agreement for five to six films in the first phase, and jointly created the Marvel Universe?” Kevin said hesitantly, he strongly suspected that there was a problem with his understanding ability, but Lance nodded as a matter of course , gave an affirmative answer, and the understatement made Kevin’s fuss even more embarrassing, “What about the cooperation method? You provide the production funds and production team, and we provide creative support and script creation?”

Lance shrugged his shoulders lightly, but Kevin laughed absurdly, “Lance, Chaos Films has raised funds recently? Why haven’t I heard anything?” The subtext is: Is Chaos Films rich?

The corner of Lance’s mouth was drawn slightly, “Kevin, if the film company goes bankrupt before the filming starts, what should we do with this film?”

“…” Kevin was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Lance meant, and there was a touch of helplessness in his smile. If the situation mentioned by Lance occurs, it is actually very simple. The copyright held by the film company will be publicly auctioned to find a takeover. In the case of Marvel Pictures, they can actively find other film companies to take over. In other words, In fact, whether Chaos Films is rich or not has no essential impact on Marvel Pictures.

Looking at Lance’s confident and calm demeanor, Kevin took another deep breath and adjusted his mentality. He needed to get this kind of startled thought out of his mind, and really consider the cooperation between the two parties to build the Marvel Universe. possible. “I have a question, how should the script creation rights be allocated? For example, the script of ~www.readmtl.com~Iron Man’ is created by you, so is it the work of Chaos Films or ours? ?”

“Your.” Lance’s answer was very clear, “You must pay attention to that, I can’t write scripts for every movie we cooperate with, and you will be responsible for the work after that. ‘Iron Man’ is more It’s like… outsourcing, you give me the job of writing the script, and if you’re not satisfied, then you guys do the editing.” At least in the first phase of the MCU, the existence of a creative committee will be Movie quality assurance.

“But… do we have differences?” Kevin expressed his concern again. Although it is said that Marvel Pictures is in charge of creativity, as we all know, it is the boss who really holds the power of money. In other words, if Chaos Pictures is determined to modify the script during the cooperation process, the creative committee cannot stop it —

In 2015, there was an infighting between Marvel Entertainment, which initiated the Creative Committee, and Marvel Pictures, led by Kevin. In the end, Disney supported Kevin and disbanded the Creative Committee.

Knowing Kevin’s concerns, Lance didn’t answer directly. Instead, he picked up the briefcase next to him, took out a document from it, and put it on the table. There was a title on it, “The Incredible Hulk”. (To be continued.) Enable new URL