The Relativity Building, Ronan's office.

Kevin Feige said with a serious face: "The lawyer of Jack Bryant's descendants has contacted us privately and expressed the possibility of reconciliation......"

Ronan couldn't help but smile: "How much does it cost?"

"Six million dollars in compensation. Kevin Feige said directly: "There will also be future Marvel Entertainment's comic book adaptations related to Jack Bryant, and each one will receive a two-percent North American box office share." ”

This case looks a bit like a lawsuit between Tolkien's son and New Line Pictures over the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, but it is fundamentally different.

In the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, New Line Pictures concealed income, and Tolkien's descendants did not receive the dividends stipulated in the contract.

Ronan asked, "Is there a problem with the contract between Marvel Entertainment and Jack Bryant?"

He remembered that after the Stan Lee incident a few years ago, he had people review all the contracts left by Marvel Comics involving copyright and revenue.

Kevin Feige immediately replied: "After this incident, the company's legal counsel team re-examined all the contracts signed by Marvel with Jack Bryant that year, and there are no contract problems with our film adaptation, they just see the money." ”

He elaborated: "Jack Bryant's works were all created for the company's duties, so all copyrights belong to Marvel. Under copyright law, if Marvel gives a writer or artist the task of creating a comic book story with a new character, or drawing a comic book based on the description of the character, and pays the writer or artist for completing the task, the publishing company owns the copyright, not the writer or artist. ”

Ronan nodded slightly: "Since there is no copyright problem, don't give in." ”

This endless stream of copyright lawsuits, let alone Ronan, is a headache for all Hollywood companies.

Kevin Feige said: "The chances of them winning are extremely low. ”

"Let the legal counsel take care of it. Ronan made a decision: "Pay attention to guiding the direction of public opinion." ”

Kevin Feige said, "Okay. ”

Ronan rubbed his forehead, the Marvel superhero movie is a big hit, and it must be accompanied by all kinds of troubles.

There is also "Avatar", which will be released next year, and I remember that there are quite a few people who have jumped out to sue James Cameron and the production company Super.

This kind of thing can't be completely avoided, because no one knows who will jump out after the movie is released and is a big hit.

As for whether James Cameron borrowed from other people's works on "Avatar", it doesn't really matter, as long as there is no tangible evidence, this is James Cameron's original work.

If nothing else, is there a relationship between the former "The Hunger Games" and "Inception" and the works of the island nation?

This is really the opinion of the benevolent and the wise of the wise.

But in Hollywood, they don't have anything to do with each other.

As a film company, how can you get mixed up in this circle if you don't have a cheeky face and don't look at problems selectively?

Ronan turned the conversation to Marvel Entertainment's film projects and asked, "Didn't the writers' strike hit a few film projects?"

"Not much impact. Kevin Feige said quickly: ""Iron Man 2 and "Captain America" have both ended filming, the former is almost finished in post-production, and the latter has also moved to the post-production stage, and the writers' strike will not be affected. ”

He thought for a while and said: "The Avengers has entered the filming stage, the script has been finalized a long time ago, and the script is relatively simple, and it is not difficult to revise, Joss Whedon can do it during the filming process. ”

Ronan reminded: "You have to control the dynamics of the crew. ”

The theme of the film is very simple, that is, the earth has suffered an unprecedented devastating blow, S.H.I.E.L.D. was caught off guard by the sudden evil forces, and a single superhero could not cope, so they came forward to gather the "Avengers", composed of many superheroes, to fight side by side and work together to defend the earth.

The story of the Avengers saving the earth can be said to be very cliché, but it is the genre that the public likes.

"The Avengers" is very different from traditional Hollywood sci-fi movies, this film doesn't even need a story that sci-fi movies rely on so much, and the whole film has almost no story to speak of, just a group of superfreaks from indie to teamwork and then crazy monster farming.

In other words, the film is far more important than telling a story.

Where is the script and setting of "The Avengers" good, is the story good? Are the characters plump and connotative? The answer must be no, and its most successful place is that for the first time, many superheroes with different personalities, superpowers, and different worlds are harmoniously put into one universe.

This kind of movie also has an advantage, that is, the audience is very familiar with the characters in it, because they have seen those previous movies, so there is no need to explain or interpret these characters in this movie, and the film can directly cut into the plot and tell the story.

Whether it is the character of the characters or the position of the superheroes, it has long been a well-known fact.

The second phase of Marvel's Avengers project has also entered the official preparation stage, and the second phase will start with "Iron Man 3" directed by Jon Favreau.

Then there are Thor 2, Captain America 2 and Black Widow standalone films, with Black Widow going on to further the battle with Hydra and finally leading to Avengers 2.

There is also a "Galactic Dance Team" that has little to do with "Avengers 2".

As for the sequel film to "The Incredible Hulk", Marvel Entertainment and Kevin Feige are also planning.

Frankly speaking, as the number one fighter in the Avengers, the Hulk's abilities are too powerful, and the movie will not use the worldview of the comics, the Hulk is not suitable to continue to develop on Earth.

The new Hulk movie plans to send Hulk into the universe.

"Galaxy Dance Team" is an important step in the Marvel series of movies to expand the worldview to the universe.

In addition, Marvel's series is also in development, Kevin Feige is planning "S.H.I.E.L.D.", and Joss Whedon will serve as the director of the first season after completing "The Avengers".

These film and television projects are the guarantee of Relativity Entertainment's revenue.

In December, Relativity Entertainment still has two movies to be released.

As the awards season kicked off, "Slumdog Millionaire", the only film from Relativity Entertainment to really win awards this year, began to be screened in Los Angeles and New York at the beginning of the month.

David Fincher's "Sunshine Girls" is obviously not a Hollywood dish, and Embassy Pictures will apply for an Oscar for the film, but will not spend resources on it to rush for the award.

As a result, "Slumdog Millionaire" became Relativity Entertainment's only Oscar live-action contestant this year.

This film participated in the Cannes Film Festival in May, perhaps because of the subject matter, or maybe the film is very commercial, and it won nothing in the competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

But that doesn't affect Embassy Pictures' North American awards season for its operations.

There is a very obvious phenomenon in the American film circle and even in the Western film circle: the more non-Western films, especially those from countries and regions with large ideological differences, respond to ignorance, backwardness, poverty, social chaos, and class antagonism, the more they can be praised in the Western film circles and various international film awards.

There are even quite a few foundations that provide funding and other assistance to directors who specialize in this genre.

This phenomenon has not gone away.

Hollywood is no exception.

"Slumdog Millionaire" has received excellent media and professional reputation since its screening.

"Time Magazine" even praised it: This is a movie that teaches people to be admired, a dazzling, lively, a little gray but romantic movie, which immediately makes people feel happy.

"USA Today" is also a fierce blow: a 100-point movie, unforgettable, rare to see in a century.

"Slumdog Millionaire" is really good, entertaining, and has a typical Hollywood-style romantic saga, which can bring the audience a pleasant and satisfying movie journey.

But it's still a bit far from a 100% movie.

However, the media and critics in the United States love this kind of film.

Compared with the traditional award-winning literary films, "Slumdog Millionaire" is much more commercially entertaining, and the reality show "Millionaire" has a wide audience in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the film has performed quite well, with a total of ten theaters in New York and Los Angeles, with an average box office of $30,000 in the first weekend.

In terms of word-of-mouth, the film's overall media score is as high as 82 points, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 97%.

As for whether you can win a heavyweight award at this year's Oscars, in addition to operation, it also depends on luck.

DreamWorks has won three consecutive Oscars and has not had a heavyweight for several years.

After two consecutive weeks of screenings, the word-of-mouth of "Slumdog Millionaire" has not declined in the slightest, but has been well received, and various film critics association awards have also won a lot.

Relativity Entertainment has a lot of experience in impacting the Oscars, and in the past decade, except for DreamWorks, it has been the biggest winner at the Oscars, and even the Weinstein brothers can't compare.

This film is mainly for awards, and the other film released by Relativity Entertainment this month is a purely commercial film, and it is a sequel movie.

On the third weekend of December, "Hurricane Rescue 3" opened in North America with 3,985 theaters.

This is Relativity Entertainment's last film of the 2007 year, and Liam Neeson, who saves the sky and the air, plays Agent Bryant for the last time.

Because the first two films laid a good foundation, Liam Neeson was barely able to shoot action scenes, and "Hurricane Rescue 3" achieved good results, grossing $55.61 million in its opening weekend.

The North American box office exceeded the production cost of $45 million in the first week.

"Hurricane Rescue 3" was a box office hit in the first week, which also gave Relativity Entertainment a near-perfect ending to the 2007 film project.

Liam Neeson has ended his journey to save his daughter, and a new rescue will be launched in the air.