King of Hollywood Chapter 205: Strategic goals

Although "The Hulk" was given to Fox, Adrian didn't let go, so I recommended Joss Weiden as the screenwriter and director of this movie. Weiden is now in the eyes of others, maybe there is only a producer label of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", but Adrian is very aware of his future achievements.

News Corp. and the media don’t deal with it very much. It’s a matter between the two media groups. Universal and Fox haven’t been able to collaborate on movies, so even though Adrian initially gave the Hulk to Fox with a mischievous mind After that, José Whedon was recommended to them. It is precisely because of this that Fox did not hesitate to accept his recommendation in its entirety, and the miracle director's vision is now almost a golden sign.

As for the future "Avengers", don't worry, Adrian has left behind in these aspects. Besides, even if Weiden joins, it is still a question whether "The Hulk" can be sold. Now Weiden may not be comparable to Weiden a few years later. Of course, this just made Weiden practice his hands, and if he was defeated, he could also be better managed by him.

Speaking of which, regarding the idea of ​​"The Avengers", I was amazed that they still come up with a specific outline until now. I really don't know what they are thinking. It is important to know that there are no copyright issues. But then again, it is understandable that they are so cautious. After all, everything to be considered is not to let any superhero come out, and the copyright of various characters is somewhat entangled. Surprised in the 1970s and 1980s, it was too chaotic to make money. So at the end of Fox's "Hulk" there will certainly be no such characters as Iron Man or SHIELD agents.

However, fortunately, "Captain America" ​​did not give to Disney, Adrian later learned that the entire "Avengers" main line is from Captain America. He and Howard Stark didn't know each other. The Super Soldier in the Hulk was also created because he wanted to re-develop the original serum. At the same time, God's Domain was also drawn by the Universe Cube.

And Captain America is also an important role in the entire Avengers. The ability may not be as good as others, but the leadership ability is very good. In the comics, the Avengers show is from other hands. And they will maintain the morale of the team members, in short, the role of political commissars. So if you want to make the movie version of "Avengers", the role of Captain America must not be given to others. Of course, there is Iron Man.

Iron Man doesn't need to take it out yet. His comic image settings are destined to be different from other superheroes, and it won't make much profit if he takes it out early. In a few years, when the audience is a little bit tired of the current superheroes, they will surely be able to be miraculous when they are on the stage again. The superheroes on the screen are either incognito or passively known, like Tony Starr. Ke this kind of initiative to announce who he is or the first one.

This is one of the important reasons why "Iron Man" will get great praise after it is released. You must know that it is among the amazing comics. Iron Man is much less popular than Spider-Man and X-Men.

Okay, don’t say this, "The Hulk" is expected to be released next summer, and then I know that Weiden can handle this character, so I said a few words to him, and Adrian turned elsewhere. . There are still quite a few big figures at the premiere, such as Spielberg. Although he is preparing his new movie and is building a huge airport inside the studio, this time is still available. And Adrian will also participate.

"I originally wanted to take a live-action shot at JFK Airport, but you know that the major airports after 911 are heavily guarded, so I can only stop, I have to choose to build an airport in the studio. Alex told Me, it will take at least 20 weeks.” Spielberg sighed a little helplessly. “Besides that, I have to find a way to rent a plane, preferably a Boeing 747... yes, If your private jet is temporarily useless, can you lend me two days of shooting? It won’t be too long.”

"No problem, but you have to inform me in advance." Adrian smiled. "Speaking of it, if you want to build a real airport, what will happen to the shops inside?"

"Don't worry about this, I have already negotiated with them," Spielberg said in a relaxed tone. "They are all willing to go to this'airport' to open a store, and some plan to arrange for regular staff to come over. , If not, I plan to arrange temporary actors to receive training, I can save a lot of investment."

It is worthy of being Jewish. Adrian is also planning to sell him a good one, but he did not expect him to have noticed.

Spierberg’s new film is naturally adapted from the personal experience of the “Happiness Terminal” that stayed at the Charles de Gaulle airport, Mr. Carimé Nasser, and the hero and heroine is still Tom Han Keith and Catherine Zeta Jones. Because of this, Adrian and Zeta Jones's man-made plan had to be temporarily suspended. The airport in the studio will take several months to complete the construction. Zeta Jones will never appear in front of the camera with a big stomach?

This makes Zeta Jones a little uneasy. Her character decides to make a decision without too much interference. That should be realized as soon as possible to avoid long nights. But she also wanted to work with Spielberg once. After all, the other party is one of the best Hollywood directors. Anyway, Adrian does not seem to plan to personally direct a movie for her.

So just now, after talking with a few leading actors, Adrian also took her to the side to relieve: "Don’t worry, the things I promised will not change, as long as you always want. And, this movie Although it takes a lot of time in the early stage, it will be very quick to shoot. I have read the script, basically it is concentrated indoors, so you don’t need this."

This kind of commitment has made Zeta Jones more relaxed, and she even asked, half-jokingly, "I’m not wearing a stewardess uniform for you."

"That's different." Adrian blinked. Then disregarding the eyes of others, she leaned into her ear and whispered, "After the movie comes out, maybe I can see the other side of the beautiful stewardess Amelia in front of the camera, it must be very exciting."

Zetta Jones’s face turned red, and she understood the meaning of Adrian. Although she had not seen the adult version of "Shakespeare in Love" starring Gwyneth and him, she still knew there was such a thing.

"Of course," Adrian smiled again after teasing her. "Before that, I hope Dr. Qin? Gray will first undress on the bed."

Zeta Jones’s Qin? Grey or Phoenix Girl, although a little less temperament, a little more charming. But overall it is still very good, which is also a good role-playing theme.

"Wait." Although Zeta Jones's tone was noncommittal, both knew that the matter had been settled.

Okay, let’s go back to Adrian and Spielberg. He came to talk to him not to talk about his new movie.

"I have watched "The Legend of Sinbad Seven Seas", which is very good, and my daughters also like it, but I have to say, Steven, 2D animation. At least the era of 2D animation movies has passed. "After talking about "Happiness Terminal", Adrian quickly threw the topic.

"I see it too," Spielberg sighed. "But you know, Jeffery always wanted..."

He made a few gestures and didn’t continue, but Adrian knew what he meant. When Jeffrey Kasenberg was at Disney, he was very hopeful that he would take over after Frank Wells’ accidental death. But Michael Eisner's approach to promote another person up, which makes Kasenberg very angry. Feeling betrayed, he immediately ran away and Spielberg and others founded DreamWorks.

In this way, surpassing Disney becomes Kasenberg’s biggest wish, of course, he also knows. As a new film company, DreamWorks is impossible to surpass Disney in all aspects. So he chose to do what they are most proud of, yes, that is animation.

Disney's initial rise, animation has played a lot of roles, and for a long time has dominated most of the animation market in North America, and has had a big impact on the animation industry. Several founders of Pixar Studio have Disney's work experience, Kasenberg was also responsible for the animation part. However, as Ace was incorporated into the main Disney and transformed into a qualified media group, the animation industry began to be gradually ignored. This is the case. The animation studio still launched the pinnacle of 2D animation "Lion" in 1994. "King"-Of course, Kasenberg always believed that he played an important role in it, so he could not bear Esna's contempt for him.

So, he created the animation studio of DreamWorks, and launched 2D animations such as "The Prince of Egypt" and 3D animations such as "Shrek", which have earned a lot of box office and word of mouth. In the previous life, Disney cooperated with Pixar to stabilize DreamWorks on 3D animation, but this life Adrian has already acquired Pixar in advance, so Disney is getting worse in animation, although it still produced 2D animations such as "Mulan", But unable to resist the erosion of DreamWorks in this regard.

And this is exactly the scene that Kasenberg wanted to see, so he increased his investment in DreamWorks Animation Studio and put 3D animations like "Shrek" in one place, instead of 2D. Animation production. This is undoubtedly the upside down. After the rise of Pixar, everyone realized that the 3D animation of movies has become a trend, but Kasenberg still insists on his own approach, even if there are several 2D animations-such as "Courage in the Golden City" Or "Pony King"-the box office and word of mouth are not satisfactory, in his heart, it is undoubtedly a huge victory to defeat it in Disney's traditional projects.

Therefore, this year's "Sinbad The Legend of Seven Seas" was a complete defeat. The animation movie's defeat was much worse than the live-action movie's. The production cycle of the animation movie is much longer and the investment is relatively higher. The main reason for making money depends on the surroundings. If it is not popular, then the loss is not much less than a commercial giant system, so DreamWorks animation studio is in trouble.

But, this is exactly what Adrian, who has been watching with cold eyes, wants to see.

"I have a proposal, Steven," he said. "You see, DreamWorks has failed like "Pearl Harbor" in terms of movies. But overall, the development is still very good. So in order to prevent The benefits of animated movies affect the entire company. It is better to set up a studio to form a company alone, which can reduce losses. Second, after further exploring the potential of the studio, it is definitely not difficult to turn losses into profits. After all, DreamWorks still in this regard There is a lot of accumulation, all it takes is time."

Yes, DreamWorks, which should have been struggling with film affairs, is currently working well, despite the lack of word-of-mouth and box office wins such as "American Beauty", despite the failure of "Pearl Harbor". But there is the sign of Spielberg, and the media of Adrian has also helped from time to time. DreamWorks still reaped good results in medium-investment movies. Some failures are not hurt.

The same is true of Disney. Without Pixar, without it, Disney, which chose to shrink its business, was not hit hard. Instead, it was more dynamic. Also, after the Disney acquisition in the previous life, he carried a huge financial burden. Although it played a huge role in Disney's expansion, it wasn't until nearly ten years later that Eisner stepped down, and it was not a profit.

Now without this burden, Disney is relatively relaxed. Although many traditional forces are frequently occupied by other media groups, for example, the media is chasing them in creating young idols, but Disney is still an old-fashioned enterprise, and its advantages in this regard cannot be offset by one or two days.

But this does not mean that Eisner’s position is stable, because he can’t look at animation production. Disney’s animation studio has few works at hand, even if they have begun to 3D. This made some of the Disney veterans represented by Walt Disney's nephew Roy Disney very dissatisfied, coupled with a series of accumulated contradictions, Roy once threatened Eisner to change the operation of Disney by resigning from the board of directors. Strategy.

Basically, if Roy really resigns because of this. Then Eisner, who caused the situation that there are no more members of the Disney family on the Disney board of directors, will step down sooner or later, and it seems likely that it will be faster than the previous life.

Okay, the topic is back to DreamWorks, because the movie is still good. The bad effects of "Sinbad Seven Seas" seem to be so obvious, so Adrian seized the opportunity to make his long-awaited suggestions. Want to complete his strategy, this is his best and only chance.

"Sounds good, but you have to talk to Jeffrey." Spielberg said after thinking for a long time.

"I will." Adrian smiled slightly, he knew Spielberg saw something, but what about it? This move of his own can be regarded as a conspiracy.

However, before meeting Kasenberg, you still have to prepare yourself. The guy is not an easy person to deal with, as can be seen from his revenge on Disney. But as long as he is persuaded, this matter can basically be decided. Seeing Spielberg’s reaction, there is obviously such a move. As for David Geffen, he is only responsible for record affairs, and he has never been interested in these. .

"X-Men 2" was successfully released, and there is not much change in the plot. Except for adjusting the details as in the first part to make the plot look more reasonable, the rest is still the same. A person in charge of the military wanted to kill all the mutants in the world because of his son. So he planned to attack the president and attacked the school to capture most of the mutants. At the same time, he controlled Professor X and then fled to birth. Magneto and the remaining X-Men cooperated to rescue him, and finally Qin?Gray used his ability to ensure the plane took off smoothly, but also disappeared in the torrent, and the X-Men after safety also let the president recover Orders against mutants.

As a commercial movie "X-Men 2" is qualified, the plot is compact, each person's ability is also demonstrated, and the fight is also very tasteful. Especially the Yuriko played by Ji Hui in the final battle with Wolverine, whether it is the brutal force of Wolverine or the characteristics of Yuriko's dexterous acceleration, they are fully demonstrated in front of the camera, which is quite wonderful.

As a result, Yu Ji-hui has to take the title of an actress in action, and I don’t know how the Japanese will tout it. It’s a pity that she has too few lines in the whole movie to show it. How many acting skills. But Adrian doesn't care, if you really want to see Yu Jihui's acting skills, it is enough to rely on "Memoirs of a Geisha", and he was brought to the United States by Yuki Hye~IndoMTL.com~ was not influenced by the drama-like performance of Japanese movies. However, it will definitely be pretty good.

By comparison, Scarlett’s playful naughty plays are much less. One of the most important main characters in the first part was completely and completely transformed into a supporting role in the second part. The script outline for the last part of the trilogy that was set at the beginning, in which she still doesn't have many plays, which undoubtedly makes her somewhat unsatisfied.

"I almost didn't show any ability, which is too disappointing, not like a superhero at all." Scarlett said, and she looked very **** with her red lips.

"Don't be too greedy, dear, in the first part, you are a well-deserved protagonist." Adrian comforted with a smile.

"Speaking of which, I didn't have any outstanding performances in the first part. I was scrambled and rescued from start to finish," Scarlett sighed. "I'm like Sir Hugh or Sir McLaren. It’s awesome on the screen."

It seems that she started to like the role of superhero a little, Adrian smiled and was about to say something, another soft voice rang out: "To learn to be content, Scarlett, my role also has little effect, just Self-healing ability is relatively strong, but I have never complained." (To be continued)