In the reception room on the top floor of the building, Ronan was flipping through the script brought by Paul Greengrass.

After the premiere, Connie immediately inquired about the events in Derry, Ireland, and summarized them on Ronan's side, giving Ronan a more intuitive understanding of the incident.

This is a very serious bloody incident, and the film adapted from it must be a genre with extremely strong political implications.

Paul Greengrass was concerned that Ronan did not understand the background of the script, saying: "This script is based on the real bloodshed that took place in Northern Ireland on January 30, 1972, 'Bloody Sunday Incident'......"

He gave a general description of what happened to the incident.

Ronan put down the script, didn't care about the incident, and asked directly: "Paul, how are you going to shoot this film?"

"In order to give the film a rough visual style and a sense of live, I will continue to shoot with hand-held photography. Paul Greengrass has a clear plan: "It's going to be a film that's close to a documentary. ”

He thought about it for a moment and said, "It's like CNN's live news about the war, filmed in a way that resembles news event photography. ”

Ronan nodded slowly and said, "What about the production budget?"

Paul Greengrass said: "It's going to take about $15 million. ”

Ronan thought of the subject matter and background, and did not directly refuse, but said: "Paul, I need someone to study the prospects of the project. ”

Paul Greengrass is not too surprised, after all, he has cooperated with Shahai Entertainment to shoot three films in succession, and he still knows Ronan's work style well.

"Okay. "Paul Greengrass roughly understood Ronan's thoughts.

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "Paul, you actually have other themes that are more suitable for you to choose from. ”

With the success of the "Spy" trilogy, Paul Greengrass is no longer the previous British director, many directors make certain achievements, and often have their own ideas, after all, people are not machines that can be controlled casually.

Paul Greengrass said: "Actually, after filming "The Identity of Bourne", I had ideas and plans for this film, but I had to fulfill the other two film contracts with Shahai Entertainment first, so I had to put it off until now. ”

Everyone has their own ambitions, and Paul Greengrass' contract has expired, and Ronan can't force it and won't force it.

"Hopefully we can work together in the future. Paul Greengrass stood up and offered his farewell.

Ronan shook hands with him and said sincerely, "Good luck, Paul." ”

For these directors who have cooperated with Relativity Entertainment and have created great value for Relativity Entertainment, after they leave, Ronan will not have any negative views because of this, and the matter of commercial cooperation must be a win-win situation, but also easy to talk about.

If they don't cooperate, they will leave a good impression on each other, and the Hollywood circle is not big, and no one is sure whether they will cooperate again in the future.

As for the director who cooperates with him when he leaves at the end of the year, he will become an enemy, how naïve is that? And in a few years, I am afraid that Hollywood will be enemies everywhere.

Ronan personally sent Paul Greengrass to the first-floor lobby, which was also a tribute to the value Paul Greengrass created for relativistic entertainment.

Later, Kevin Feige came to visit and reported to Ronan on the latest developments in the Marvel's Avengers universe.

"Iron Man" is still in post-production and won't be completed until the second half of the year, but preparations for a new "Hulk" movie have already begun.

Kevin Feige's assistant approached Jacquin Phoenix, and the two sides had a more speculative conversation, and Jacques Phoenix also participated in Kevin Feige's specially prepared audition, and the audition turned out quite well.

Ronan watched the audition video brought by Kevin Feige, and the bespectacled Joaquin Phoenix had a suave scholarly demeanor, but when he was angry, he seemed to destroy the world.

"The acting is really good, and the image is also suitable. Ronan affirmed Joaquin Phoenix's audition: "Have you talked to him about the contract? I have only one request, Joaquin Phoenix must sign a long-term contract, which is a prerequisite for cooperation. ”

If you only sign one, you might as well go to Edward Norton.

The sudden change of actors is not a good thing for the series of movies, and usually, it brings negative effects.

Kevin Feige said: "It shouldn't be a big problem, we have informed Joaquin Phoenix about the situation before the audition, and he has expressed his willingness to negotiate with Marvel Entertainment about this. ”

Ronan nodded slightly and said, "There is also a heroine, the vase type, and it also has to be long." ”

The female characters in superhero movies, including Black Widow, one of the six elders of the Avengers, are very important in appearance at this stage.

As for the women's rights that will inevitably appear in the future, that will also be talked about later.

Anyway, the expression of feminism in Hollywood movies is quite superficial, and it is not too complicated.

For example, the menstrual aunt leads a group of female characters to beat up the villain men, which is called feminist ......

In contrast, Charlize Theron in Fury Road is more like a real feminist.

Then there is the director of "The Incredible Hulk", and he must no longer use the literary and artistic genre of Ang Lee, Ronan specifically checked the information of the Russo brothers, the director brothers are filming the sitcom "Development Blocked", their careers are still in their infancy, and their experience is seriously lacking.

The two have only directed short films, have just set foot in the TV drama industry, and have not been the directors of feature films for the time being, and the risk of putting the larger investment "The Incredible Hulk" in the hands of such a director is not much smaller than asking Ang Lee to make it again.

In the words of the online game, the Russo brothers have just walked out of the novice village and entered the initial leveling stage, allowing them to directly fight the skeleton-level boss, and the consequences can be imagined.

Ronan kept his eyes on the Russo brothers and turned his attention to Joss Wheddon.

This is the former director of "The Avengers", who has a very different style of main characters, and has an excellent integration into one film, which can be called one of the key factors in the success of the first phase of the series.

Compared to the Russo brothers, who have just come out of the novice village, the current Joss Whedon can be called experienced.

Joss Whedon started as a screenwriter and came from a Hollywood family, both of which were written by his grandfather and father.

In the beginning, Joss Whedon has been involved in film creation as a screenwriter, and has participated in the screenwriting of films such as "Toy Story" and "Alien 4", and has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Toy Story".

Later, Joss Whedon launched the self-written, self-directed TV series "Vampire Slayer Buffy", which really established its position in the industry.

The subsequent "Firefly" gave Joss Whedon a taste of failure, and the 14-episode sci-fi drama was poorly received, airing only 11 episodes on Fox before being forced off the air due to disastrous ratings.

But Joss Whedon quickly came out of the defeat and moved Universal Pictures with an indefatigable tongue, and Universal Pictures invested in the filming of "Out of Serenity", which was in the same world view as "Firefly".

The sci-fi movie was released in March of this year, and the results were far from satisfactory.

There have long been rumors on Universal's side that not long after the funds were invested, Universal Pictures regretted it, but a large amount of money had been smashed in, and Universal Pictures could only let the film be completed.

But the film's test screening had a poor reputation, and the chaotic style of multiple elements was like a hodgepodge of uncooked potsmorgasbord.

After the media test screening, many film media asserted that Joss Wheddon's "Out of Serenity" would be a commercial failure.

And in Universal's evaluation, the global box office of the film combined, I am afraid it is difficult to match the production cost.

Sure enough, after the release of "Rush Out of Tranquility", it took only seven weeks to be forced to go down in North American theaters due to a lack of audiences, and the final North American box office was only a little more than $20 million.

The overseas response has been even worse, and the global box office is now less than $30 million.

Universal's review board also called hell, why did they agree to invest in such an unreliable film project as Joss Whedon?

The failures of "Firefly" and "Out of Serenity" are not so much the failures of series and movies as the normal market reaction of niche culture.

Because this kind of theme is too niche, even if it attracts a group of die-hard fans, it is not a popular type after all, and the natural defects cannot be solved by the director's shooting and production alone.

The reason why the niche is small is because the audience is limited.

Once, because of the success of "The Avengers", Ronan has seen a lot of analysis about Joss Whedon.

There is a consensus in many reports that the fiasco of "Breaking Out of Serenity" actually made Joss Whedon summarize and learn a lot of lessons, and avoided some pitfalls when filming the hodgepodge movie "The Avengers" again.

In this regard, the fiasco of "Rushing Out of Serenity" actually contributed a lot to Marvel and helped Joss Whedon achieve the success of "The Avengers".

The series of failures has left Joss Wheddon's career at its lowest point since entering Hollywood.

After Ronan learned about the situation, he decided to contact Joss Whedon first, and asked Kevin Feige to contact the director and have a preliminary communication with him about the "Hulk" project.

Because the Hulk will lose control of his fury after transforming, the film is not easy to make.

And if you want to achieve a more ideal effect, this kind of superhero movie investment must not be small.

Now, this series is free of the constraints of Universal Pictures, but how to avoid the failure of Ang Lee also needs to be well planned.

Joss Whedon's reaction was very positive, he is a commercial genre and is also very interested in sci-fi and superhero themes.

Kevin Feige is still communicating with him, and the details will be discussed until the two sides have learned more about it.