Which movie should the Marvel superhero series begin with? I believe that anyone who knew a little about the Avengers series in the previous life will give the same answer, after all, Tony Stark left a deep impression on people.

Especially the last declaration - I am Iron Man!

In a bunch of hidden superheroes, Iron Man almost exploded.

This also makes Tony Stark the core of the Avengers along with Captain America.

As the first movie of the pioneer, it is very important, Ronan does not have the copyright of Spider-Man in his hands, Iron Man is still the best choice for the first protagonist, and only when the first movie is successful, can it reserve enough time and confidence for the follow-up to continue to build the superhero universe.

Looking at the Marvel superhero copyright that Ronan got his hands on, the story of Captain America is too far away, Captain Marvel is a woman, Thor is too niche, and others like Black Widow, Hawkeye and others are difficult to carry such a large series.

In fact, there is only Iron Man as an option.

When it comes to Iron Man, we have to say Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr. may not be the only actor candidate for Tony Stark, but he is the best choice.

Handsome, coquettish, humorous and gloomy, the typical playboy and prodigal son turned back, and with a low enough salary in the initial stage, Ronan could hardly think of a better fit than him.

Robert Downey Jr.'s acting career was almost ruined by himself, and no one even wanted to use him.

Ronan has paid attention to the news, Robert Downey Jr. was just released from prison in 2000, and he is still taking drugs after being released from prison, and he doesn't know if he will go to prison again.

If it weren't for Robert Downey Sr.'s connections, Mel Gibson would have taken care of him, and I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to get a role in Hollywood.

In terms of time, Robert Downey Jr. has not yet met his producer's wife, and in those reports about Robert Downey Jr. in his previous life, Susan Levine played an extremely key role in the return of Robert Downey Jr.'s prodigal son.

If nothing else, as far as Robert Downey Jr. is concerned, even if he doesn't want a penny, Ronan doesn't dare to use him now.

If you suddenly take drugs during filming, or if there is an incident such as drug possession, the producer and the investor will not be able to cry.

Ronan asked her assistant Connie to gather some information about Robert Downey Jr., planning to wait until Robert Downey Jr. was at his most down, and try to sign a multi-film contract with Robert Downey Jr.

In his previous life, Robert Downey Jr.'s salary alone was equal to the sum of the salaries of all actors of the other members of the Avengers.

The reason for this is that in addition to Tony Stark, the most popular rich and handsome, Robert Downey Jr. only signed a contract with "Iron Man 1" at the earliest.

This gave Robert Downey Jr. the absolute initiative in the subsequent negotiations.

On the other hand, looking at the other actors except Scarlett Johansson, looking at their fame that seems to spread all over the world, and then looking at their salaries, many people will be surprised, why is the salary so low?

Marvel's Avengers and its related series of movies seem to be huge investments, but in terms of cost reduction, Marvel has also done it to the extreme.

Even in terms of treating long-term actors, it can be called a pick.

Of course, Ronan has to play this glorious tradition, and the selection of actors will also be dominated by newcomers or down-to-earth stars, even if they become famous through the Marvel series, they will be the same as those stars in their previous lives, as long as they leave the Marvel series, their coffee position and appeal will drop by one or even several levels.

In the final analysis, in addition to Iron Man and Black Widow, it is the characters that are really popular, and the popularity of the actors is far less than the characters.

From Robert Downey Jr., Ronan thought of Scarlett Johansson again, and now Scarlett Johansson, who takes the route of art films, can be called the goddess of literature and art, and the first step into the commercial film industry is a big heel, and the "Escape from Clone Island" is very miserable.

Therefore, Black Widow doesn't need to be in a hurry, and she will also get an appointment with the actor when the time comes.

Ronan took time to come to the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment, reviewed the first drafts of several scripts, and specifically found Lindsay Beal, who returned to Los Angeles from the crew of Vancouver's "Summer of Jeans".

"How's the hiring going?" asked Ronan.

Lindsay Beale rummaged through the file box on the desk, found a file bag, and when she took the file bag, a book also fell out, she didn't take care of the book, opened the file bag and took out two documents and handed them to Ronan, and said: "I held an interview and a written test respectively, and these are the last two candidates, and I plan to choose one of the two." ”

Ronan took a brief look, these are two female authors in their thirties, whose names have never been heard of, but those who are willing to come to be gunmen will definitely not be famous.

This is the selection of new gunners for the sequels to Twilight, The Hunger Games, and Fifty Shades of Gray, and Ronan previously gave Lindsay Beal the initial selection of gunners.

Lindsay Beale has written all three books by hand and knows all three series better than Ronan, the one who came up with the idea and advice.

Ronan browsed through it, returned the information to Lindsay Beal, and said directly: "Lindsay, you know better than me what kind of author you need for the sequel, you make a decision." ”

Lindsay Beale already had a lot of confidence, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, I'll let you know after I choose a good person." ”

With the salary that Ronan gave her at the beginning, it was too easy to attract the gunslinger, in a place like Hollywood, where screenwriters are not as good as dogs.

Coming to this position, Lindsay Beale fully realized how naïve she was at the beginning, a helpless rookie screenwriter, it was too difficult to get out quickly.

In the past three years of staying in Shahai Entertainment, she has seen too many screenwriters who have been in Hollywood for seven or eight years or even more than ten years, and she can still only be a gunman screenwriter who does not even have the right to authorship.

Even if they are lucky enough to get into the level of signed screenwriters, most of them don't even have the right to creative freedom, and they write scripts in accordance with the conditions and themes prescribed by the producer or film company, just like her adaptation of the script of "Summer of Cowboys".

Ronan advised, "Be careful to have the legal department sign a copyright agreement with the recruited personnel. ”

Lindsay Beale nodded: "I know. Then, she asked with concern, "How are the sales of those three books?"

"It's okay. Ronan said simply: "The Twilight Zone is currently selling almost 500,000 copies, The Hunger Games should be able to reach 300,000 copies in the first half of this year, and "Fifty Shades of Gray" has just been published, and the sales volume is only tens of thousands of copies. ”

Lindsay Beale pinched her delicate face and said, "It's worse than I thought." ”

Ronan said lightly: "Without high investment and large-scale publicity, where will there be high sales?"

Lindsay Beale shrugged her shoulders slightly and asked, "When is the film adapted?"

"Wait two or three years. Ronan thought for a moment and said, "Don't be in a hurry now. ”

Lindsay-Beale tentatively asked, "Can I be a screenwriter?" and she gestured, "After all, I know a lot about that." ”

Of course, Ronan will not refuse, and said: "As long as "Summer of Jeans" is successful, I will hand over these three books to you to adapt in the future." ”

"Good. "Lindsey Beale seems confident.

Ronan was just about to leave when his gaze casually swept over Lindsay Beal's desk and saw the book that had fallen out of the file box earlier, and immediately picked it up.

Lindsey Beale explains: "It's this youth, I use it to find inspiration......

Ronan raised his hand to interrupt Lindsay Beal's words, first looked at the title of "The Queen Bee and the Heelass" on the cover, and then opened it to look at it.

The heroine's name is Katie Herron, and her background is clearly explained at the beginning of the book, Katie grew up with her zoologist parents in Africa, where the harsh natural environment developed Katie's strong and courageous character.

Ronan roughly read the beginning, and understood the content of the book, which basically describes the social groups of high school girls and the impact on these girls......

"When will this book be released?" Ronan was a little strange, he looked at the bestseller list in every issue, and did not see the name of "The Queen Bee and the Heel Bug".

Lindsay Beale was obviously aware of the situation, and said: "It just went on sale this month, and I often go to bookstores to look for this type of book because I want to write about youth, and then I found this book, and I thought it was interesting, so I bought it back." ”

Ronan nodded slightly, "The Queen Bee and the Heel Bug" has just been released, and it is estimated that it will enter the bestseller list early.

"Did you see that?" Ronan asked.

Lindsay-Beale replied, "Read through it once." ”

Ronan asked again: "From the perspective of the screenwriter, do you think there is any value in adaptation?"

Lindsay-Beale thought about it for a moment and said, "The writing is actually pretty good, but it exaggerates the little bit of fighting among high school girls......"

Ronan returned the book to Lindsay Beale and said, "You've finished the script for Summer of Jeans, and once you've completed the recruitment, make a plan for adapting the book." ”

Lindsay Beale immediately understood that Ronan was preparing to adapt this one.

Ronan didn't say much, went into the office and called Robert Lee, asking him to contact the publisher and the author to see if the copyright of the book was still there, and if so, to get the film and television adaptation rights as soon as possible.

This should be the original work of "Mean Girl" in the previous life.

Later, Ronan made another phone call with Christopher Nolan, who was already working on plans for the adaptation of the Batman series.

It will probably be completed in July, when Warner Bros. and DC Comics need to be convinced.

Leaving Shahai Entertainment and not returning to the theory of relativity, Ronan receives a phone call from Avril Lavigne.

"Ronan, my new song launch is about to take place, can you come and attend?"