Chapter 607: Long-term plan
Before coming over, Ronan was ready, the last batch of valuable characters and the copyright of the comics of Marvel are in the hands of Relativity Entertainment, even if Avi Arad wants to start a new business at Marvel after seeing it, it is impossible to succeed in a short time.
Without a suitable superhero as a foundation, lack of funding and production experience, these are all serious difficulties faced by Marvel.
Even if Marvel Comics pushes certain characters, it is extremely difficult to get market recognition if there is not enough time to accumulate.
Now Marvel is even a problem with comic book sales.
Relativity Entertainment's "Avengers Project" is about to be put on the agenda, and the plan will not stop with or without Marvel Comics.
Then again, if Marvel Comics had rejected Relativity Entertainment this time, Ronan wouldn't have left New York just like that.
Before coming to Los Angeles, Ronan was prepared for a second hand, and if things didn't go well, he would contact Twentieth Century Fox to jointly suppress Marvel Comics.
In the mall, the boundaries between enemies and friends are constantly changing, and the current friends may become enemies in the next stage.
Ronan handed a bag of papers to Avi Arad and said, "This is my plan for a Marvel movie, you can take a look at it first." Personally, I don't think Marvel wants to rise again, and there is no hope of relying solely on comics. With movies as the core, creating a pan-entertainment industry is the most suitable path for Marvel. ”
Speaking of which, Ronan stopped in moderation and waited for Avi Arad to open Marvel's final universe movie plan.
The ice period of paper comics is far from over, and if the comics industry wants to get out of the trough, it is simply impossible to solve it by relying on comics alone.
The pan-entertainment of comics is the way out for comic companies, and DC Comics is far ahead of Marvel in this regard, and Superman and Batman are typical examples of the success of comic book pan-entertainment.
But comic book movies are not yet mainstream in the market.
If comic films want to truly become a part of mainstream films, they must go through a long process of investigation, analysis, integration, preparation, and compilation.
Today's Marvel problem is not something that other companies that have obtained the relevant copyrights can solve by shooting a successful superhero movie.
Marvel has been in decline for many years, and it will inevitably need to be reorganized internally.
For these, Ronan needs the support of the management headed by Avi Arad.
At least for a short period of time, Marvel Comics needs stability, and the benefits of stability far outweigh turbulence.
On the other side, Avi Arad became more and more surprised, and from time to time he raised his head to look at Ronan, despite all the expectations, he never thought that Ronan Anderson's ambition was so big!
The plan for a Marvel superhero movie is frightening, and the long-term vision is amazing, and this plan is even more than ten years later.
It involves dozens of superhero characters and more than twenty film adaptations.
Is this possible?
Avi Arad wasn't skeptical, nor was he without worry, but seeing Ronan's confident face again and thinking about his past record, another thought came to mind – why wasn't that feasible?
Marvel can build a huge Avengers and related universe in the comics, why can't the movies?
Recently, online games are very popular to fight monsters in groups, and the market acceptance is also very high.
Isn't the Avengers Project also a group monster farming?
Looking at this final universe plan, Avi Arad finally understood that Ronan Anderson and Relativity Entertainment bought the rights of those superheroes, not because they were hot-headed, but because they really had a movie plan!
"For the film industry, don't look at Marvel has worked with Sony Columbia and Twentieth Century Fox, but in fact it is a layman. "Avi-Arad is already inclined to do so, and when he sees this neat plan, he tends to be even more obvious, because there is really no choice. He said: "Ronan, you are a famous gold medal producer in Hollywood, I believe in your ability and vision, but the preparation period is not a bit long. ”
In the plan, the first Avengers movie with Iron Man as the protagonist began preparations this year and will not be released until 2006 at the earliest.
He and Marvel just can't wait.
Ronan could see that Avi-Aradd's position had shifted towards relativistic entertainment, and his tone was more relaxed and detailed: "On the contrary, if everything goes as we expected, it will take at least two years of preparation to meet the needs of the plan, otherwise it will be longer. ”
His voice was not loud, but it was loud enough: "Avi, this is not a simple movie plan, but to connect our superheroes into a world with movies!"
This is also what impresses Avi Arad the most, how exciting is it that the Avengers in the comics can successfully appear on the big screen?
Ronan elaborated: "Marvel is just a newcomer to the film industry, and even with Relativity Entertainment, it still takes time to get acquainted with this circle. Avi, there is never less catty in the film industry, and Hollywood is no simpler than any competitive business circle. ”
"Also, the most critical points!" Ronan emphasized: "The Marvel universe is extremely chaotic, the relationship between the protagonists is extremely complicated, and there are also some superhero copyrights that are not in the hands of Marvel, if you want to maximize the benefits in the future, Marvel must take back all the copyrights of all its superheroes as much as possible, which also takes time to negotiate!"
Avi-Arad's mood seemed to be a little agitated, and his bare head had rapidly degenerated behind the hairline above his head in the past few days, and his snow-white hair was trembling slightly.
"Avengers!" he whispered, "Avengers Universe!"
Ronan can understand Avi Arad's feelings, Avi Arad is a businessman and a fan of Marvel Comics, just like when he first saw the Avengers' original Big Six assembled on the screen, many people would be excited to see the Avengers team up in the movie.
"Yes, that's right!" Ronan said with all seriousness, "We put Marvel's superhero characters in the same universe, connected them with movie by movie, and then supplemented the world structure with new comics, cartoons, and series. Finally, our superheroes come together to take on the toughest challenge and form the Avengers!"
"And it's not the end either!" he continued, "If the plan does go well, we can go out of Earth and set our sights on the ultimate Marvel universe!"
Avi Arad was genuinely excited, but he didn't show much of it, instead quietly thinking, if all of Ronan's words could be realized, how much would these movies and the surrounding areas earn in the future?
Relativity Entertainment and Ronan drew a pie for Marvel Comics, but this pie is backed by the continued success of Relativity Entertainment, which has considerable credibility.
Marvel Comics cooperates with Relativity Entertainment, and the prospects are promising.
If you don't cooperate with Relativity Entertainment, let alone think about other things, how will Citibank do this? And the members of the Avengers in the comics are all in the hands of Relativity Entertainment.
"It's a plan you can't refuse. Avi Arad said slowly: "I can imagine that once successful, Marvel's influence will reach an unprecedented level." ”
Ronan smiled and said, "I can't guarantee anything else, but Marvel can suppress the old rival DC Comics for a long time." ”
Oh yes, and he also dug a hole for DC Comics called Zack Snyder.
Thinking of this, Ronan found that whether it was deliberate or subconsciously worried about the difficulties of the six major companies, in the past few years, he had actually quietly dug traps on some of the six major companies' future paths.
If you want to be at the forefront of Hollywood, you must strengthen yourself on the one hand, and weaken your opponents on the other.
Avi Arad asked the most concerned question: "Ronan, how likely is this film project to be successful?"
"The odds of success are higher than in Pirates of the Caribbean, and much higher. Ronan said honestly: "The most important thing is the first part, so I ask the first part to be well prepared." We must be cautious! Sufficient preparation time is the basic condition for success. ”
Avi-Arad added: "I love the plan. He slowly stood up: "Ronan, I will convene the board of directors as soon as you leave, I need some time, and Marvel needs time." ”
Ronan stood up and shook his hand: "I'm waiting for your good news, hoping that we will become colleagues in the future." ”
Avi-Arad made a vague stance: "Personally, I hope so. ”
Ronan left Marvel Comics alone, leaving Robert Lee and Robert Iger, with key members of the acquisition team, to continue to negotiate specific matters with Marvel.
Using the film plan and the future to play the animation power with Avi Aradd, this is Ronan's goal of coming to New York, which has basically been achieved, and more specific negotiations and operations will be completed by a whole team led by Robert Iger, who is more professional.
At the same time, Ronan also began to think in more detail about the specific operation of the "Avengers Project".
Marvel's ultimate universe movie plan is very simple to say, but it is not easy to realize, not to mention the problems of funding and talent, the ability of Marvel heroes alone, if they want to perform perfectly on the big screen, it is quite a big problem.
As we all know, Marvel heroes have a variety of abilities, and film production relies more on CG special effects, and today's special effects technology can basically meet the needs of film shooting and production.
And Marvel's screenwriters have sorted out a suitable tandem main line, which is also not an easy task, if you don't want to become a temporary patchwork like DC and Warner Bros. in the future, you must do your homework in this regard.
The content in the comics is too messy, and the main line of the movie must be clear.
Marvel heroes, who are born with various flaws and troubles of ordinary people, will completely bloom with the progress of special effects technology and become the mainstream of the commercial film market.
In just two days, there was good news from Marvel.