Chapter 863 Can’t refuse

During the conversation just now, Kevin felt it. When he asked Lance whether he wanted to direct “Iron Man” or “Invincible Hulk”, Lance avoided the topic. In fact, this result is not unexpected. Even he himself can’t help but start to imagine in his mind what the “Invincible Hulk” shot by Lance will look like.

“It seems that you have to find us a director for ‘Iron Man’. After all, you are the producer now, aren’t you?” Kevin shook his head helplessly, but Lance just shrugged slightly , with a look of accepting the task calmly, Kevin turned around and was about to leave, but after thinking about it, he stopped again and said with interest, “The previous version of the Hulk was shot by Li, and now this version is coming soon. You’re directing, and you guys are the biggest contenders at this year’s Oscars. I’m booking here now, and I’m definitely going to buy tickets myself to see ‘The Incredible Hulk’.”

Watching the back of Kevin’s departure, Lance couldn’t help raising his eyebrows slightly. He never thought of this aspect. This is indeed an interesting coincidence, isn’t it?

Sitting in the driver’s seat, Kevin recollected what happened just now. He tapped the steering wheel lightly with his right hand, his head spinning rapidly, and then dialed Lang-Mayer After waiting for a while, the call was connected, “Hey, Lang, it’s me, Kevin. I heard that you plan to hand over the Hulk project to Lance. You haven’t told me this news. Your secrecy work is really in place.”

“It was just an accident.” Lang chuckled lightly. In front of Kevin, he didn’t need to hide it. Marvel Studios will know the details of the restart of the Hulk project sooner or later. “In fact, we haven’t really made a decision yet. You should know that Lance has been busy with the release of the new movie recently.”

Lang’s answer made Kevin a little surprised. Hasn’t Lance and Universal Pictures reached a cooperation agreement yet? Or is Lang playing sloppy? My thoughts turned quickly, “So, you mean, you’ve already heard that Lance nodded and agreed to be the director of ‘Iron Man’? Or do you have other better plans?”

Lang chuckled twice to hide his surprise. The news of “Iron Man” and Lance’s contact is no longer news, especially the news that Tom Cruise intends to play and serve as the producer, which made many people Quite looking forward to it. But on the whole, everyone is still in the wait-and-see stage. First, everyone still has doubts about the comic book adaptation movie. Second, “Fury Road” is about to be released, and people still hope to wait for the box office of this work before making a judgment.

“Lance has already decided that Tom will play Iron Man?” Lang was not so easily fooled, and immediately launched a counterattack, “It seems that I have slowed down a step, how much time has passed, your speed is really fast enough , does this mean that Marvel Studios will start to make big moves this year?” But in a word, Lang shifted the focus to Marvel Studios.

But this was enough for Kevin, and he didn’t continue to entangle with Lang. The two played Tai Chi before hanging up the phone.

Kevin originally just wanted to test out how much Lang knew about the Marvel Universe, and what role Universal Pictures played in the Marvel Universe. Strictly speaking, Universal Pictures and Marvel Pictures are competitors. After all, Universal Pictures owns the adaptation copyright of the Hulk. It would be great if Marvel Pictures could take back the rights to adapt the Hulk. But if they can’t, it also means that they have to cooperate with Universal Pictures for the Marvel Universe.

Now it seems that Chaos Films obviously has its own calculations, and did not disclose the Marvel Universe to Universal Pictures. This also means that Marvel Pictures and Chaos Pictures are on the same front. They will join forces to fight against Universal Pictures, trying to gain the upper hand in the division of interests of the Hulk character.

Thinking of this, Kevin became more and more sure of Chaos Films’ sincerity, and of course, its ambition.

On the other hand, Lang’s thoughts are quite different. He is not sure how the negotiations between Lance and Kevin are going, but he can be sure that Lance is indeed the best choice for comic book adaptation movies, which also means , Marvel Studios and Universal Pictures will become official competitors.

Kevin’s phone call today is not so much a demonstration as a test, but also a clarion call for a head-on competition. While Universal Pictures was considering whether to choose “Wanted Warrant” or “Invincible Hulk”, Marvel Pictures had already approached Lance with its head high. He has to make a quick decision.

In fact, Lang has lingering fears about the “Invincible Hulk”. He chose Lee/Ann to shoot “Hulk” because he believed that his director ability could give the Hulk more vitality. Facts have proved that Lee/Ann is indeed an excellent director, but he still failed to save the Hulk. So, can Lance do it?

Therefore, from a selfish point of view, Lang still prefers the “wanted warrant”. However, according to the past few conversations, Lance has infinite enthusiasm for “Invincible Hulk”, but lacks interest in “Wanted Warrant”. So, how should he make a choice?

After thinking for a while, Lang pressed the internal line of the landline, “Help me connect to Gail’s call.” The phone rang for a while, and a capable but not gentle female voice came from the other end, “Gail- Gale-Anne-Hurd, please.”

“Hey, Gail, it’s me, Lang, is it convenient now?” Lang skipped the polite part and jumped directly to the main topic. The “convenience” here, the subtext refers to having a private conversation.

“Lang, give me a minute.” Gail whispered to the person next to him, probably keeping the office quiet.

Gail-Anne Hurd, this name is not familiar to laymen, but it is definitely not unfamiliar to people in the industry. A simple summary is: James Cameron’s queen producer… and ex-wife. That’s enough. Gail teamed up with James to create many classic masterpieces such as the “Terminator” series, “Abyss”, and “Alien 2”. Even without James, Gail is also an outstanding producer. She has always been in charge of the Hulk project , including the “Hulk Hulk” three years ago.

It is worth mentioning that Gail was a core member of the producer team for “The Walking Dead”, which later attracted countless fans.

“Lang, tell me.” Gail’s voice came from the receiver again, the surrounding noises had disappeared, and the office became quiet, “After reading the script of ‘The Incredible Hulk’, what do you think?” Lang said. The purpose was clearly stated in the words, and Gail was not surprised. A few days ago, Lance handed over the first draft of the “Invincible Hulk” script to Universal Pictures, but the script is not complete, only less than 80 pages. Lance said that he is still working hard. The first draft of the script is for A “little gift” for Universal Pictures to officially consider cooperation matters-this is Lance’s exact words.

“Excellent. Lang, you should believe in Lancelot’s ability.” Gail answered cleanly, but did not hide his praise, but Lang was not satisfied, “How outstanding is it?” Gail pondered, with an ending Picking up slightly, it seems that he is not sure what Lang means by this sentence. Lang further explained, “Is it worth spending a million dollars to buy a script, is it worth taking another risk, or is it worth signing immediately?”

Gail carefully considered his words, “Lang, do you still remember the anecdote when James filmed ‘Alien 2’? The anecdote that almost ruined his career?”

“Alien 2” was under tremendous pressure before the filming started, because the previous film Ridley Scott was in front of him, and it was not an easy task to successfully replicate it. After careful consideration, Twentieth Century Fox decided to hand over the script to James Cameron to write. At that time, James was just a fledgling, but after completing the script of “Terminator”, he became a well-known science fiction film screenwriter in Hollywood. When Twentieth Century Fox found James, he was still writing the script for “First Blood 2”, but James confidently believed that he could complete two scripts at the same time, so he took over two jobs in one breath.

James finished writing “First Blood 2” first, but because the producer kept asking for revisions, a lot of time was delayed, and then “Terminator” was about to start shooting, but James only wrote the script of “Alien 2” for more than 60 minutes. Page, there is still a long way to go before completion, so he can only bite the bullet and make a phone call to explain the situation. Producer Walter-Hill (Walter-Hill) was furious, and said directly, “Don’t even think about being in Hollywood”, and ordered After issuing the ban order, he hung up the phone.

Later, the executive producer David-Giler (David-Giler) read the script and thought it was very good, so he persuaded Walter and told James that they were willing to wait for James to finish filming “Terminator” before coming back to continue to complete ” Alien 2″ script.

Gail mentioned this incident at this time, and UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Lang’s memory was awakened immediately, because the whole Hollywood knew what happened later-“Alien 2” became a classic in film history, and even won seven awards. Oscar nomination, “So outstanding?” After Lang understood, he was inevitably still a little surprised. It was almost a decision he couldn’t refuse.

Gail didn’t intend to explain too much, just said with a chuckle, “He’s not James, but he’s Lancelot.”

Such a simple sentence left no room for Lang to refute, he let out a sigh of relief, “Okay, I see.”

“I made an appointment with Avi-Arad (Avi-Arad) and Stan Lee to meet, and I will seek their professional advice at that time.” Gail added.

After hanging up the phone, Lang recalled Kevin’s phone call today and Lance’s previous initiative. He knew that waiting for Gale to meet Avi, Stan and other professionals was a way, but after missing the opportunity But it may not be possible to look for good opportunities again. time does not wait.

Without hesitation, Lang picked up the phone and dialed the number. After three rings, the call was connected, and a slightly lazy voice came from the other end, “Good afternoon, this is Lance.” (unfinished To be continued.) Enable new URL