Compared with Iron Man, the Guardians of the Galaxy can really be regarded as obscure, and in the huge Marvel Comics system, it can only be regarded as a relatively marginal character.

However, if the worldview of the Marvel Cinematic Universe wants to expand to the galaxy and even the entire universe, and to further introduce purple sweet potato essence, a movie with a cosmic background is needed.

And the fact that the audience is an earthling determines that the first protagonist of this film must be an earthling.

The space dog is not suitable, although it is also out of the earth, but people bring it into the dog, except for some special people, it is estimated that most people will be very awkward.

Like Sword Fighting, Sentinels and Nova Legions, they were also on Marvel Entertainment's consideration list, and in the end, Ronan chose "Guardians of the Galaxy" with a wave of his hand.

Thanos is too capable and has no embarrassing dance to lower his IQ, how can he fight?

Well, in fact, there is another important reason, if the movie is good, if you sell peripheral toys, it is very interesting to simply noodles and restore morality and the like.

Meng is just one word, and he travels all over the world.

In addition, after Ronan and Kevin Feige consulted, in addition to characters such as Thanos and the Celestial Group, it was decided to add a key character in the next stage to the easter eggs of "Guardians of the Galaxy".

That's the big square face...... No, it's Captain Marvel.

With Ronan here, of course, it is impossible for Marvel to choose a square-faced aunt-type actor.

It's like a superhero movie, acting or something, but it's not important at all.

The most typical, in the former "Wonder Woman", is Gal Gadot's acting skills good? Why did the movie sell so well? In fact, the main reason is well known to everyone.

That is to rely on the female (face) power (value) to stand alone (long) and stand (legs) to fight the world.

Like the movie "Captain Marvel", it may be released in a few years, and it must be in line with the general trend of social development, and it is absolutely necessary to erect a strong and independent female character image.

Having said that, there is no necessary connection between the strong and independent and the square-faced aunt who runs outside.

used to be "Captain Marvel", if there was no Marvel **, it is estimated that the probability of hitting the street is far greater than success.

So, Ronan had long thought about choosing a potential first actor for Captain Marvel - Charlize Theron, nicknamed South African Diamond.

Since you want to bring an unusually strong female superhero, it is natural to use an actress with a strong aura.

Shahai Entertainment will then contact Charlize Theron and invite her to play Captain Marvel, which will be announced to the public as the future leader of Marvel superheroes on the big screen.

Like Warner Bros. inviting Charlize Theron to play Wonder Woman's operation, Relativity Entertainment won't do.

However, Gal Gadot also signed a long-term contract with Relativity Entertainment, and it is impossible to play Wonder Woman in the next ten years at least.

This is a good thing for Warner Bros., so let's find an actor who fits the body characteristics of the comic book character......

Ronan gets the news that due to the tragic failure of "Green Lantern", Warner Bros. and DC Comics have changed their plans and gone the same way.

Seeing that there was no hope of catching up with the Marvel's Avengers series according to the model of relativistic entertainment, Warner Bros. and DC Comics decided to do the opposite, and the new Justice League cinematic universe began with Man of Steel, followed by Batman v Superman, and introduced the founding members of the Justice League.

"Green Lantern" failed too badly, perhaps to show that Green Lantern has nothing to do with the Justice League, and in the new Justice League, Cyborg replaced Green Lantern and became the founding veteran.

Love is a light, and green eventually replaces black.

The most critical point is that both "Man of Steel" and the later "Batman v Superman" are all directed by Zack Snyder, supplemented by a bunch of senior Warner Bros. executives as producers or executive producers.

In this regard, Warner Bros. is also well aware that the Justice League Cinematic Universe cannot afford another big failure.

Therefore, there must be more people to control the movie.

Another thing, Warner Bros. has recently fallen out with Twentieth Century Fox again, and the reason for this is "Watchmen".

Twentieth Century Fox was a little tight on funds because of the successive film failures, and Warner Bros. gave full play to the true meaning of "procrastination" in the implementation of the box office sharing agreement reached by the two parties for "Watchmen", and various reasons for arrears emerged one after another.

That's right, this summer, Twentieth Century Fox suffered a second painful failure, and the disaster blockbuster "Super Storm" with huge investment and high hopes hit the streets.

The top-tier commercial film, which has a total investment of more than $250 million, was released in late July, grossing only $17.34 million in its opening weekend in North America.

According to various predictions, the film's final North American box office will be between $30 million and $40 million, and it is difficult for the global box office to exceed $100 million.

The film's failure set off a ripple effect, and as the brokerage crisis worsened, banks and financial institutions working with Twentieth Century Fox began to collect debts from Twentieth Century Fox, and some of them decided to file a loan draw.

Twentieth Century Fox was a bit of a mess for a while, and there were some problems with liquidity.

However, as a well-established company with the backing of News Corp., Twentieth Century Fox is not really in trouble because of these troubles.

But it is undeniable that after Twentieth Century Fox received the fourth Dragon Ball, its strength was weakened to a certain extent in the coming period.

As for the other two dragon balls, there is also relevant news in Ronan's hands at present.

"Dragon Ball" and "Terminator 4" are both first-line big-budget projects of Twentieth Century Fox, and the former has completed all production and is in the process of choosing a suitable release schedule.

The latter has already started post-production, and during the filming, Christian Bale broke out and scolded the director of photography, which attracted quite a lot of attention.

The production cost of this sci-fi blockbuster is as high as 200 million US dollars!

And unlike the previous films, the "Terminator" series is a well-known IP, the first trilogy was all successful, as a consistent guaranteed sequel film in the industry, Twentieth Century Fox in order to avoid other companies and investment institutions to share the profits of the film, all the investment comes from Fox itself.

"Twentieth Century Fox hasn't been doing well in recent years. ”

In the Relativity Building, Robert Iger sat on a single sofa and said to Ronan: "Big-budget films, which are vital to big production companies, fail one after another, not only because of the huge investment that cannot be recovered, but also because of the huge debts. ”

Ronan nodded slightly and asked, "What about the streaming platform that Twentieth Century Fox founded?"

Robert Iger said with a smile: "The performance is very poor, the streaming platform needs a huge investment, there was originally Lehman Brothers who provided part of the loan, but since last year, Twentieth Century Fox has not been able to get a loan and can only make internal investments, it has taken up a considerable flow of money from Twentieth Century Fox without generating a corresponding return." ”

For these situations, Ronan is not surprised because of the long-term view of the Netflix network.

Don't look at the market value of Netflix network is rising step by step, last year's operating income was close to 10 billion US dollars, if you simply calculate the streaming media business, it actually incurred huge losses.

The streaming media platform was built from scratch, and the most important point is to burn money!

At present, Netflix streaming media occupies the vast majority of the market share, and there are no billions or tens of billions of dollars to burn, and latecomers have no hope of development at all.

Moreover, whether it was or is now, Netflix can become a star enterprise, and burning money is also the key.

Ronan tapped on the armrest of the sofa and said, "The coming year will be very important for us. ”

Robert Iger said: "As things stand, the situation is in our favor. ”

Ronan instead asked, "How's it going on at Lucasfilm?"

"George Lucas is not a problem, he is willing to sell Lucasfilm to us. Robert Iger said: "On the other shareholder side, we have also reached agreement with a number of people and if it goes well, the deal could be finalized in the coming months." ”

Ronan also knows that it is not difficult for Relativity Entertainment to acquire Lucasfilm if George Lucas is willing, and it may be easier to remove the financial problem than to buy Artisan Entertainment back then.

It can be said that George Lucas's personal wishes directly determine the future of Lucasfilm.

Ronan said: "The most valuable thing in Lucasfilm is 'Star Wars,' but it's a pity that too much of the 'Star Wars' franchise has fallen into the hands of Twentieth Century Fox. ”

Robert Iger understood what this meant, and did not say anything more, as long as the plan went smoothly, all the copyrights and rights of "Star Wars" in the future could be concentrated in the hands of Relativity Entertainment.

Ronan asked again, "What's going on on Wall Street right now?"

"It's bad, it's bad. Robert Iger's words were quick and succinct: "The whole of Wall Street is in very big trouble, even Goldman Sachs, and this brokerage crisis is spreading from the United States to the world, and Lehman Brothers, the partner of Twentieth Century Fox, is about to run out." ”

He thought for a moment and said: "The news from the black coal, Lehman Brothers' people have been lobbying the Washington authorities and other large investment banks on Wall Street, but the Treasury Department refuses to support, and Wall Street, like them, they want Lehman Brothers to be finished." ”

Ronan nodded and asked, "What's the situation on the Black Carbon?"

"The odds should be great. Robert Iger is extremely optimistic: "As far as the current trend is concerned, black charcoal is likely to become the owner of the white house next year. ”

If the black carbon side can be elected, if nothing else, at least Washington will become an obstacle to the relativistic entertainment plan, and the possibility will be many times smaller.

In order to succeed, the support of the authorities is also very important.

Ending the meeting with Robert Iger, Connie comes in to remind Ronan that the time is almost changed.

Subsequently, Ronan left the Relativity Building by car and came to the Pacific Investment Foundation, which was not far away, and met Lin Jian, who had come to Los Angeles again.