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"Hulk" caused Universal Pictures to lose terribly, with an investment of 140 million, and the final global box office was only in the early 200 million. ¤, it's the same for An Li, it's not that he didn't do a bad job, in fact, from the point of view of making movies, he did a great job. But superhero movies shouldn't be this good.

Of course, it's not appropriate to say that. A subject has a different shooting method. An Li obviously didn't master the shooting method that belongs to superhero movies.

Visual stimulation, sensory stimulation!

Don't make deep sense!

Don't exaggerate your feelings!

As a master of art films, An Lee has expressed too many inner problems. Perhaps a simple description of Hulk's experience and state of mind will help to accept this "monster" image in a more three-dimensional way, but buying tickets to enter the cinema Young people, definitely don't want to see a literary film dressed in a superhero's coat.

This is the ultimate reason for failure, and it is also the reason why An Li didn't suffer too much negative influence except that he went a dead end. His own directing skills have still been recognized, but the joint decision made by Universal and him is out of date.

The evaluation of him, represented by Roger Ebert, is actually quite good.

Roger called "The Incredible Hulk" the "most thoughtful" of all the comic-book movies, visually "very elegant", and An Lee portrayed a character who "struggles with himself and the world, not just a superhero." , or a green monster, depicting people's good wishes and nightmare situations."

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

That’s pretty much what Daniel and An Lee talked about. Daniel said that he was very interested in comics and hoped to hear An Lee’s thoughts, which made his question ironic. He had to express his love for "Green" very sincerely. A pertinent review of The Giant Hulk.

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

An Li laughed. He didn't seem particularly concerned about the box office fiasco.

"I see what you mean, yes. If I were asked to do it again, I might still not be able to make the Hulk more popular. A person does have his limitations, not all subjects can be mastered, maybe I will not It is very suitable for this kind of special effects blockbuster."

"No, Ann Lee, this is a misunderstanding." Daniel thought of "Youth of Pi", "Not all special effects serve visual stimulation, whether it is the stimulation of beauty like "Lord of the Rings" or the stimulation of violence like superheroes, None of them can fully represent the meaning of special effects. Special effects can also serve philosophical thinking, it is absolutely possible, and its significance to the film industry is definitely not only reflected in the screen.

"

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

...

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

There were already reporters waiting at LAX, and Triver has always been dutiful.

"Daniel, have you visited Brokeback Mountain? Why? Do you want to express something?"

"Ann Lee is a director I admire very much. We had a good chat this time. I think "Brokeback Mountain" is a very meaningful story. Let's not limit it to a gay story. It can be described as a love story in a broad sense. I saw some clips, it was beautifully shot, very moving, to be honest. I regret not being able to participate, but Heath and Jack are doing a very good job, I believe People are going to love this movie, if they can take off the colored glasses."

"Can you tell me what you and An Li talked about?"

"A lot. Learn a lot about film understanding from him, he is 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 generously told me. Thank you very much."

A reporter quickly got this point, "Is DD Films going to make a Hulk movie again? Are you planning to make a superhero movie? Have you been authorized by Marvel?"

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

Miller and the security staff firmly pushed the "used up" reporters away and sent Daniel to the car.

...

"I can guarantee that his words must not be aimless. How about it, Kusa, you know that, right?"

Andy is now basically a full-time mother, and Shanying is becoming more and more independent-this is a stage that an analysis company must go through, especially when DD Films is becoming more and more important, and it is impossible to objectively evaluate works related to DD. It is difficult to gain wider influence. Perhaps other major studios have already expected this, so even though the relationship between Shanying Company and DD Films seems to be somewhat unclear, they still achieved closer and closer cooperation.

Kusa is extremely busy, and his work is far beyond the scope of an agent, of course, the same is true in terms of salary.

"Variety Show" conducted a survey and interview with the behind-the-scenes workers before. Although Kusa himself declined the interview, the report still estimated that he should be the most profitable agent in Hollywood, with an annual income of more than 20 million. , mainly from Daniel's remuneration and additional transaction remuneration.

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

Andy, who became a mother, is much more active than before. Although her cousin looks serious and seems non-negotiable, this does not prevent her from continuing to get to the bottom of it.

"I know Ferguson has been in contact with Marvel Studios, so he got the rights to adapt Hulk? Why Hulk? The Hulk that failed. There are many heroes in Marvel that are worth filming, right? And, Isn’t Universal the right to adapt Hulk? Is there any agreement between Marvel and Universal?”

"Andy, are you too relaxed? Fried should arrange something for you. Isn't it good that you leave the child to your mother?"

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

"You are 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, Kusa did not explain Daniel's purpose to Andy.

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

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

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

Paramount Pictures, owned by Viacom, has already taken the lead in the competition.

However, all of this has not yet been finalized. Paramount and Marvel have serious differences in investment and income. Of course, Marvel hopes to take the lead, otherwise why should they make their own movies. But Paramount understands 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 profits in the past two years are not satisfactory, and there is a lack of convincing works. .

Both parties have obvious motivations. Marvel hopes to get more benefits from the derivative interests of Marvel heroes, and Paramount hopes that Marvel's superhero movies can greatly increase the company's revenue like Spiderman and Batman. achievement. But in the same way, both parties to the cooperation also have their own weaknesses. Marvel lacks film production experience and lacks risk resistance. Paramount's Brad Gray urgently needs to prove his ability to make profits for Paramount to the parent company.

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 now more optimistic about Paramount.

After the dust settled on the deal between MGM and DD Pictures, Marvel's intentions became more wobbly. Kevin Figo personally experienced the power of "Daniel-style prophecy". The failure of "The Punisher" made him unable to hold his head up in the company. If it weren't for the self-made movie that is an inevitable way out for Marvel, would Kevin be able to It is still unknown whether he will be successfully appointed as the CEO of Marvel Studios.

Compared with Paramount, MGM is obviously a little weaker.

Of course, they were negotiating with DD Films, but to Kevin's surprise, DD Films' conditions were no better than Paramount's—this meant that Kevin's wishful thinking would not work.

He tried to threaten DD Films through Paramount. If DD's interest is indeed as strong as they said, they will definitely not allow Marvel to hand over a film distribution contract that may involve tens of billions of box office to Paramount. Ramon.

But the performance of DD Films 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, he spent all his energy negotiating with Marvel for joint production and distribution, and it was not a package contract involving multiple movies, but only for a certain hero.

Importantly, this hero is still changing.

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

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

He did it! (to be continued..)

ps: The first chapter, the last day