Chapter 611: The Man Behind Marvel
Fox Tower, many people found that the Marvel copyright director named Arthur Malcolm had reappeared after a period of hiatus, and his attitude became more tough.
"Jim Prologis and the rest of the Twentieth Century Fox executives can hide from me. ”
Unlike the previous time he came to Fox Tower, Arthur Malcolm felt that his originally empty back already had a mountain to lean on, and his voice became extremely confident and tough: "Please tell them that in the comics that will start serializing next month, the Fantastic Four will be transformed." In addition, the X-Men comic may also be discontinued at any time. ”
The assistant in charge of reception looked helpless, he had no right to participate in this kind of matter, so he could only delay: "Mr. Malcombe, please be patient, Mr. Pros and the executives in charge of the film business have gone overseas on a business trip, and when they return to Los Angeles, I will convey your request as soon as possible." ”
Arthur Malcolm, of course, didn't believe this nonsense, and said, "I hope Twentieth Century Fox can reply sooner, or we'll have to see you in court." ”
After saying it coldly, Arthur Malcolm said goodbye and left, the related copyright dispute has just begun, and it is useless to be anxious.
It's not something that can be solved in a hurry.
The assistant sent Arthur Malcolm away and immediately called Jim Prolog, Marvel Comics has just been classified under the umbrella of Relativity Entertainment and will soon be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, Twentieth Century Fox is still waiting and seeing, and there is no clear response for the time being.
The reception of Arthur Malcolm is still in charge of him, and he can only continue to drag it out for the time being.
This matter will be ten times more troublesome than before.
The assistant is very sure of this, it used to be just a leaky Marvel Comics, and now Marvel Comics has been acquired by Relativity Entertainment, Arthur Malcolm has come to the door again, and his attitude is even tougher than before, and there is only Marvel Comics behind it?
Relativity entertainment is not easy to deal with, and the assistant vaguely knows that Jim Prologis has some ideas about relativity entertainment, but it seems that he has no action for the time being, because James Murdoch has other plans.
Now that Relativity Entertainment has obtained an absolute controlling stake in Marvel, will it be able to watch the "Fantastic Four" movie lose its profits at all? If Relativity Entertainment pushes the Fantastic Four to really become villains in the comics and circulate within a certain range, the movies of 20th Century Fox will inevitably be affected.
The crew of "Fantastic Four", the film has started filming, and producer Michael Barnathan stood on the periphery of the studio, staring at Jessica Alba in a tight uniform, with burning eyes and not knowing what he was thinking.
Kevin Feige is one of the film's co-producers, but he is not employed by Twentieth Century Fox and represents the interests of Marvel.
Therefore, he basically has no say in the crew.
Seeing Michael Barnathan, Kevin Feige shook his head, didn't say anything, and walked towards his office.
Hopefully, that Latina actress named Jessica Alba will be lucky enough to escape the clutches of Michael Barnathan.
Kevin Feige returned to the office and studied all kinds of relevant materials of the crew, in fact, since he was hired by Marvel Comics as an assistant producer in several movies one after another, he rarely participated directly in the production of the film, more to ensure that the film does not deviate from the comic book setting, and to fight for more rights and interests for Marvel.
It's a pity that in this "Fantastic Four" movie, Marvel does not have the right to share the revenue of the film, he is more of an ornament.
Kevin Feige didn't sit idly by and treat himself as an ornament, but carefully studied the various materials and plans of the film as he did in the previous comic book adaptations.
Marvel Comics has always wanted to shoot its own superhero movie, but couldn't find a suitable protagonist, Kevin Feige originally wanted to wait until after accumulating a period of time to personally go to the door to persuade Marvel management to let Marvel raise funds to shoot a real Marvel superhero movie.
But the plan is not as fast as the change, Marvel was actually acquired by Relativity Entertainment, reorganized into Marvel Entertainment, and is about to start filming and producing Marvel's superhero movies.
Kevin Feige studied the shooting plan for a while, raised his head and rubbed his eyes, relaxed for a while, and picked up a comic book next to him, the cover of which was a man in a steel suit - Tony Stark!
This is Iron Man, the male protagonist of the first superhero movie that Marvel Entertainment plans to launch.
Kevin Feige flipped through the comics and picked up the notebook next to him, which was densely packed with his recent research on Iron Man, many of which were about the idea of a movie.
In addition, there is the information he carefully collected about Ronan = Anderson.
Because Kevin Feige has already received a call from Marvel Entertainment, Ronan Anderson wants to meet with him!
Kevin Feige knows comics as well as Hollywood, considers himself an expert on comic book adaptations, and knows one thing very well, the real power of superhero movies produced by Marvel Entertainment will only be in the hands of Ronan Anderson.
As soon as the end of work arrived, Kevin Feige left the studio and was ready to rush to Burbank, having made an appointment with the people at Relativity Entertainment to meet with Ronan Anderson in Burbank tonight.
Coming to the parking lot, starting the car and preparing to leave, Kevin Feige saw a Mercedes Benz in front of him, Jessica Alba and Michael Barnathan got into the car one after another.
He sighed to himself, pretended not to see, and turned out of the parking lot.
The position of producer is not only powerful, but also has a lot of invisible benefits.
By the way, I heard that Ronan Anderson has a close relationship with Scarlett Johansson and Anne Hathaway, two young actresses who have recently become popular in Hollywood......
Kevin Feige walked and thought about some of the information he had gathered about Ronan, among Hollywood producers, Ronan Anderson is definitely a very self-made type, a successful Hollywood producer like him, which is not a lot of lace news, and has all kinds of messy rumors with multiple actors, on the other hand, Ronan Anderson has only had gossip scandals with a few people.
In addition, Ronan Anderson has excellent credibility and is said to walk the talk, which is well-known in Hollywood.
Such a person is simply the best partner to work with.
Burbank, Ronan got on the Rolls-Royce Phantom, took the information handed over by Connie, and read it again.
This is the relevant information about Kevin Feige specially collected by Relativity Entertainment Market Research Department.
Some things are completely different from what Ronan had in mind.
Originally, Ronan thought that Kevin Feige served as an associate producer of "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four", and was employed by Twentieth Century Fox, and only learned from Avi Arad after acquiring Marvel that Kevin Feige was hired by the producer of Marvel Comics and participated in Hollywood's Marvel adaptation of the movie, in order to ensure the interests of Marvel Comics.
Kevin Feige has not previously worked as a producer on any films, but has been involved in the filming and production of many Marvel Comics film adaptations such as "X-Men", "Spider-Man", "X-Men 2", "Spider-Man 2", "Hulk", "Daredevil" and "Fantastic Four", and has been studying film production.
These are all plus points in Ronan's eyes, and coupled with the memories of the past, Ronan's first choice is Kevin Feige.
In a business club on the border between Burbank and North Hollywood, Ronan met Kevin Feige, just like he remembered, Kevin Feige, who was only in his early thirties, wore a baseball cap, and his face under the brim was full of some cross-haired flesh similar to that of Uwe Bauer.
The man was burly and strong, like a boxer more than a movie practitioner.
"Hello, Mr. Anderson. Kevin Feige shook Ronan's hand politely: "It's an honor to meet you. ”
Logan smiled and said, "You're welcome, we met once, at the premiere of Spider-Man." ”
Kevin Feige didn't notice Ronan at the time and said, "I ignored it." ”
Ronan motioned for Kevin Feige to sit and said, "You are now employed by Marvel, you should have heard that my Relativity Entertainment has acquired Marvel, and Marvel Comics is about to reorganize Marvel Entertainment to promote the Marvel superhero movie project." ”
Kevin Feige said: "I watched the press conference and it was said that the first film was 'Iron Man'?"
Ronan nodded slightly: "This is one of the two most famous superheroes in Relativity Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment who still hold the copyright, the other is Captain America, it is too far away from now, the risk is greater, and it is not as suitable for this era as Tony Stark." ”
"Marvel sold all the famous characters. Kevin Feige sighed and said, "Fortunately, there are also Iron Man and Captain America." ”
Ronan also knows that, to a certain extent, today's Relativity Entertainment, the former Marvel Comics, is also the tallest one in the Marvel Comics, which can make Iron Man take the position.
But it was precisely Iron Man who completely changed the fate of Marvel Comics and brought Marvel's subsequent super glory.
Whether it was luck or something else, Ronan couldn't tell.
Either way, Iron Man is the most suitable superhero to kick off Project Avengers.
Ronan asked directly, "I heard Avi introduce you, and he said that you have been studying the production of manga movies?"
Kevin Feige scratched his head and said, "When I was younger, I liked to keep a diary, I would write down all the movies I watched, what I watched, when I watched it, how many times I watched it, and I would also write about their sound system, I was kind of a nerd at the time." ”
"Later, I went to Hollywood, and by chance, I became a producer hired by Marvel and started to participate in the production of comic book films, and I love manga movies, especially superhero movies. I want to see how the characters I love grow and change. Sometimes I'm also frustrated, and whenever there's a movie that frustrates me, I sit down and think, how I'm going to adapt the story. I can't write a script, but I can conceive it in my head. In a way, it's pretty much the same thing I'm doing now......"