On the weekend after Thanksgiving, Ronan was not so relieved that Tom Cruise came to visit with Jessica Felton.

"Hi Ronan. Tom Cruise hugged Ronan and then nodded to Jessica Felton, "Jesse, welcome over." ”

Jessica Filton smiled back and said, "I've wanted to come and visit you for a long time, and I only have a chance today." ”

Tom Cruise beckoned, "Sit as you like." ”

Ronan sat on the couch with Jessica Filton and asked with concern, "Are you feeling better?"

"Much better. Tom Cruise said.

Footsteps suddenly sounded, someone came down from the upper floor, and before anyone arrived, the voice arrived: "Tom, are there any guests?"

A brunette in a white baggy T-shirt and jeans came down from the upper floor, and when she saw Ronan, she quickly said, "Hello, Ronan." ”

It's a Latina girl, Ronan has been seen a lot by Tom Cruise in the first two years, and nods with a smile: "Hello, Penny." ”

The person who came down was Tom Cruise's ex-girlfriend, Spanish movie star Penelope Cruz.

Penelope Cruz exchanged a few more pleasantries with Jessica Felton, and then the two women went elsewhere.

Ronan asked curiously, "Are you getting back together?"

"I can't say for the time being. Tom Cruise clearly didn't think it through: "On Thanksgiving night, I went to a nightclub for a drink, met Penny, and came back together. ”

Ronan is used to seeing Hollywood's divisions and mergers, and these are all too common.

Tom Cruise added, "I'm with her...... How to say, there have been relationships for a few years, and she is not blonde and white-skinned. ”

Ronan said: "There are some things that don't take it too seriously, she likes to say it, just let her go." ”

Tom Cruise sighed and said, "I'm not as open-minded as you, maybe one day, I'll really be unbearable." ”

Ronan said the fact: "That would be more to her liking." ”

Even if he can't bear it, what can Tom Cruise do? After all, this is a society with laws, and Nicole Kidman is not a nobody, Tom Cruise will sue Nicole Kidman at most in addition to fighting a war of words.

It is conceivable that the entertainment media and paparazzi in the United States must be more excited than the chicken blood, and will chase these two people and related news wildly.

Tom Cruise is not stupid, and after a little thought, he understood what Ronan meant, and said, "I can't do anything about her, but Keith Urban's may not be." ”

Ronan shook his head slightly, didn't talk about this topic anymore, and instead asked, "Did you reach a final agreement with Brad Bird?"

"The contract has been signed. Tom Cruise briefly introduced: "Originally, preparations for "Mission Impossible 4" would begin after the New Year, but this writers' strike has some impact, and it may have to be delayed until after the strike. My production company has also reached a new agreement with Paramount Pictures for an investment and a share of the investment, and the Dubai side will invest in the project, and the crew will be shooting in Dubai for a long time. ”

"Arabs are rich," Ronan said. ”

Tom Cruise laughed: "By the way, I went to the UAE some time ago, and I heard a lot of legends about you back then. ”

Ronan smiled: "My cooperation with the Abu Dhabi consortium is voluntary, win-win. ”

Speaking about the Abu Dhabi consortium, Tom Cruise said: "This is also our old neighbor, their Manchester City team has been recruiting for the past two years, and they are planning to compete for football supremacy in the Premier League and even Europe from Manchester United. ”

"It's good to have competitors. Ronan told the truth: "Don't forget, in the past two years, there have been many people in the Manchester United team who have been purged because they have won too many honors and lack of fighting spirit. ”

Tom Cruise complained: "How long has it been since you've been to Manchester United and paid attention to the specifics of Manchester United?"

"I read the financial reports every quarter, and I have them reviewed by multiple professionals. Manchester United are on the right track and don't need me to get involved anymore. ”

At present, Manchester United has achieved the great cause of winning the Champions League three times in a row.

In the past two years, there have been a lot of things happening in the Manchester United team, and many players who lack motivation have left the team either actively or passively.

In addition, there are veterans like Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville retiring.

However, the strength of Manchester United has risen instead of falling, and the team's signature letter Ronaldo's mental attributes and fighting spirit have always needed to be doubted, and Messi and Iniesta have also been firmly seated in the team.

It's a pity that King Dong, who lacks self-control, didn't bring it up after all, and has been living a career of constant loan in Manchester United.

As a manager, Alex Ferguson is already planning to retire after 2010, and Klopp, who is the head coach at Hertha Berlin, has clearly developed his ability after several years of experience, and is the first choice to replace him in the future.

This team doesn't need much energy from Ronan.

However, there are many buyers who want to buy Manchester United, such as the Qatari consortium, which has offered 2 billion pounds.

However, Ronan is not short of funds for the time being, and there are no plans to sell Manchester United in the short term.

Of course, if the Arabs were willing to pay more than £300.4 billion, Ronan and Tom Cruise and Will Smith would not have been sold.

Ronan saw that Tom Cruise was in a normal mood and did not stay at his house for a long time, and soon said goodbye and left with Jessica Felton, and Penelope Cruz, like a hostess, kept sending Ronan and the two to the gate warmly.

Getting into the car, Ronan asked, "Go home or not?"

Jessica Filton glanced at Penelope Cruz as she walked back and said, "Go back." She couldn't help but the natural gossip of women: "Tom used to be boyfriend and girlfriend with Penelope Cruz?"

"yes. Ronan also glanced over there: "I remember it seems to have broken up in '04." ”

Jessica Felton said: "Actually, it's not a good idea for Tom to find a regular girlfriend and let her go into a verbal fight with Nicole Kidman. ”

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "This kind of thing, no matter how noisy it is, Nicole Kidman is the winner." ”

Jessica Felton is already a person in Hollywood circles, and it is not difficult to figure out the truth, so she can only shake her head and say: "Former couple, why bother with such a scene." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about these troubles. Ronan changed the subject: "We each won one game of billiards yesterday, and we haven't decided the winner yet, so go back and continue." ”

Jessica Felton raised an eyebrow: "Okay." ”

Ronan said solemnly: "There is a rule that must be explained, the big ball touching the small ball is a foul!"

During the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend, despite the release of a number of new films, "Thor" was not hit too hard, and the box office trend remained stable.

After spending its third weekend in North America, Thor grossed $163.25 million in North America and $333.58 million worldwide.

"Thor", like the already discontinued "Hulk Hulk", will eventually recoup all its investment by relying only on global box office sharing.

The next ten or twenty years may be the best era for superhero movies.

Within Hollywood, song and dance films, westerns, epic films, and action movies have each led the way for more than ten years, and it is finally the turn of comic superhero movies.

This is also inseparable from the development of the social environment.

In today's Hollywood, there is an inescapable fact that original science fiction movies have declined sharply, accompanied by the rise of superhero movies.

Sci-fi has been Hollywood's box office darling since 1977, and the genre has produced countless classic commercial blockbusters. Now, this position is gradually giving way to superhero movies, which are adapted from comics that once swept the United States, and are a mix of action, adventure, fantasy, and sci-fi, and slowly become a global commercial movie.

The people of the city need a new kind of hero, more gorgeous, exaggerated, magical, richer and more secretive than before, this kind of hero must transcend the shackles of the mechanical and electronic age, become a new myth, carry new dreams, Superman, Batman, and later superheroes meet all this.

What's more, this superhero can be produced in large quantities and in a steady stream of assembly lines, with various types of styles to choose from.

Especially in the United States, where the economy continues to slump after 911, the public needs new and more flesh-and-blood screen heroes to bring them a sense of security, bring about the return of the American spirit, and bring shining modern technology and fashion worship objects.

With the success of Marvel movies one after another, the trouble that hit movies almost never miss has also fallen on Marvel Entertainment - copyright issues.

Stan Lee is widely regarded as the father of Marvel superheroes, but there was one person whose contribution was no longer below him, and Jack Bryant might have been mixed with such a name in the Marvel series if he hadn't died in 1994.

Jack Bryant is one of the veterans of Marvel and an important assistant to Smith Lee, who has participated in the creation of superhero characters such as "Fantastic Four", "Hulk", "Captain America", "Iron Man", "Thor", etc., and is one of the creators of the Avengers.

At the end of November, Jack Bryant's descendants and their lawyers held a press conference, announcing that they would file a lawsuit in Los Angeles court against Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios, demanding that the copyright of their Jack Bryant comic book characters be terminated, that the preparation and filming of "The Avengers" be suspended, and that the profits from the previous film be shared.

A total of forty-five lawsuits filed by Jack Bryant's descendants to terminate the copyright were finally realized, and the copyrights and revenues of many characters, including Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, etc., will be redistributed.

A movie is a super hit, and all incomes, including the box office, can only be described as hot, and many people who have nothing to do with it want to come together and take a bite.

In the case of Marvel superhero movies, this is not surprising at all.

Huge benefits can attract too many people to come together.

As a company with a lot of experience, Relativity Entertainment certainly won't stop its plans because of this.