The current "X-Men" series of films, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, has already released two films and has done well at the box office. At present, preparations are underway for the preparation of "X-Men 3".

The people in charge of the "X-Men" project are Hollywood gold medal producers Donner and his wife. Among them, her husband Richard Donner is a freelance producer. His wife, Lauren Schuller Donner, works at Twentieth Century Fox and is the direct descendant of President Jim Ganopouros, the top head of the X-Men series.

In his previous life, Kevin Feige was also an assistant producer of the "X-Men" series at one time and an assistant to Lauren Donner. Kevin Feige is a Marvel die-hard and has countless whimsical ideas, and he suggested that Lauren Donner should not insist on filming the heroes of "X-Men", but should separate each superhero and shoot their origin and growth history, and then shoot the heroes assembled, which would be more marketable.

However, such a suggestion was rejected by Lauren Donner.

Later, Kevin Feige jumped ship to Marvel Studios and became the president of Marvel Studios, first through the success of the origin of "Iron Man", and then successfully created the sensational "Avengers" series. came from behind and crushed the "X-Men" series.

Under this momentum, Lauren Donner had to pick up the advice that Kevin Fizzie gave her back then, and also began the filming of individual heroes in "X-Men". However, the show didn't last long, and before the individual hero movie of "X-Men" was officially promoted, Twentieth Century Fox was acquired by Disney at a sky-high price.

"X-Men" is officially back at Marvel!

Producer Lauren Donner also naturally became Kevin Feige's subordinate.

Don couldn't wait that long.

He communicated with Twentieth Century Fox and sought the possibility of bringing "X-Men" home. But Twentieth Century Fox's answer is "never"!

X-Men is a huge series with hundreds of superheroes, which is a big treasure. Once successfully developed, it will become a long-term meal ticket for Twentieth Century Fox.

It is simply impossible to shoot.

However, Don never gave up on his determination to bring "X-Men" home.

Twentieth Century Fox didn't let go of the rights to the film adaptation of "X-Men", that's good...... Don bought Twentieth Century Fox as a whole!

M&A is very difficult.

However, Don was confident, he had the foresight and had a lot of means to deal with Murdoch. Just wait for the new global listing and the subprime mortgage crisis to come, and the impossible can be turned into a possibility.

However, it can't be delayed for too long.

Now, with the success of "Spider-Man", "Ant-Man", "Daredevil", and "Ghost Rider", Twentieth Century Fox must have realized the market prospect of superhero origin films.

It is conceivable that after the filming of "X-Men 3" is finished and the production of the trilogy is over, Lauren Donner will definitely start the production of superhero individual movies, such as "Wolverine".

This is not good news for Marvel Studios and the brand "Marvel".

Based on Marvel Studios' judgment of the market, the best Marvel-themed movies released every year are between 2-3 and cannot exceed 4. For example, there are two "Ghost Rider" and "Spider-Man 3" this year, two "Iron Man" and "Ant-Man 2" next year, and "Thor", "Daredevil 2" and "The Avengers" the year after next.

is mostly disgusted, which is likely to cause disgust among fans, and it is a practice of drinking to quench thirst.

Marvel Studios can restrict production, but Twentieth Century Fox can't control it. Once Twentieth Century Fox really broke out and began mass production of "X-Men"-themed movies, it would be a big blow to New Universal and Marvel.

So, Donn has made up his mind to take down Twentieth Century Fox before "Wolverine" comes to life!

At this time, Donn was in the conference room of Marvel Studios, participating in the discussion of the script creation of "Ghost Rider 2".

It was a big memory, and the heads of Marvel Studios were all present, as were the two main writers in charge of the script, Deacon Whistler and Jonathan Nolan.

This is a dark Marvel theme, different from the popcorn of the "Avengers" series, this series values darkness, profundity, evocativeness, and a majestic sense of epic.

The outline idea of the script Tang En has already read it, and it is very good.

The main villain is Scati, the fearbringer, and in the confrontation with the Ghost Rider, she expresses a point of view: it is the law of nature that people eat sheep and sheep eat grass. In the same way, God eats man, which is also the rule of the universe. People can use cows, sheep, and pigs as food, so why can't God use people as food? They are all living beings in the universe, so is it true that human beings are higher than cattle and sheep?

If the existence of human beings is higher than that of cattle and sheep, does it also mean that God's existence is superior to that of human beings? This can better reflect the rationality of God's cannibalism. If it makes sense, why stop her from collecting human souls?

Johnny Blazer of Ghost Rider is human, and he is understandably protecting the interests of the human community. However, Johnny Blazer, who has descended from the devil and blessed with energy, has jumped out of the category of human beings and become a god, and he needs to look at the truth from a higher perspective to guard the balance of the universe, rather than defending the small ant-like race of humans.

Of course, according to the normal logic of the movie, these theories can only shake the heart of Ghost Rider for a short time, and after a series of events, he still picks himself up, fights the Dreadbringer Scati, and drives her out of Earth.

Now it's just a script outline, and there are no story details.

However, purely from the point of view of concept, the question to be expressed in "Ghost Rider 2" is profound enough and has unlimited space for aftertaste and thinking. The dialectical philosophical relationship expresses a theme that is even more profound and complex than that of Daredevil 2.

"That's a good idea. Don first expressed his approval of everyone's work, which is a very correct idea, much stronger than the two versions of "Ghost Rider" released by Sony Pictures in the previous life.

However, there are some problems.

"How will Ghost Rider defeat Scati? She is an all-powerful god of fear, and she is in Asgard, and all the gods of Asgard must hold back and avoid it. In terms of ability, Ghost Rider is no match for her at all. ”

"The main style of the "Avengers" series is witty and funny, and the ability of the ultimate villain is strong or weak...... In fact, it doesn't matter, as long as the leading actors are interesting enough to bring enough joy to the audience in the process of punishing evil and promoting good. But the dark Marvel series is different, this is more serious. ”

"In the process of the battle between Ghost Rider and Scati, the plot design should be rigorous and serious enough, and there should be a positive logic of the relationship between strength and weakness, rather than gags or chance. If you want to defeat the other party in a dignified manner, you will have a more shocking feeling. ”

Donn's rhetoric wasn't clever, and that's what Nina Jacobson reported to him. He came to this meeting today mainly to discuss with everyone and solve this problem.

"Ghost Rider 2" is scheduled for the summer of 2007.

It's late 2004, and it's time to finalize the script as soon as possible.

Director Zack Schneider has little say, and to solve this problem, he needs to know enough about Marvel Comics, and be familiar with Marvel Studios' overall structure for comic movies in the future.

Kevin Feige raised his hand, gestured to Donne, and then said slowly, "I thought about it all night yesterday. Without adding an element of coincidence, it would be unreasonable for Ghost Rider to defeat Scati the Dreadbringer. If you want to defeat it with dignity, you must increase the power of Ghost Rider. ”

Donn nodded, "Go on." ”

Kevin Feige said: "The ability of the Evil Ghost Rider is also constantly growing, and the early Ghost Rider only has a few skills such as Hellfire, Eye of Judgment, Chain Technique, and Evil Soul Motorcycle. In the later comics, there are more and more skills, and abilities such as immortal body and dimensional teleportation have appeared. You might as well have the ability to appear immortal in the second movie. ”

Nina Jacobson mused, "This design shouldn't be too complicated, otherwise it will be incomprehensible to some non-comic fans." However, even so, Ghost Rider will not be Scati's opponent. Scati is the goddess of fear, and she is able to break the psychological defenses and physiology of all opponents, instilling fear in the hearts of enemies, thereby reducing her abilities and desensitizing them. According to normal logic, Ghost Rider doesn't even have the ability to hurt Scati, let alone drive her away. ”

Zack Schneider tentatively said, "Why not get a weaker villain?" like Cold Bat, Man-Eating Spider Banshee, or Snake Woman......

Nina Jacobson shook her head and said: "It's not good, we're going to make a PG-13 mass film, those villains are too scary, and it's not easy to deal with the rating." And logically, the theme of the film is also more in line with Scati's point of view. ”

Zack Schneider was a little embarrassed.

He can make movies well, especially the visual effects control of the camera, which is second to none in Hollywood. However, the screenwriting ability is very immature, which is probably a common problem for directors from the MV industry.

Donn waved his hand and said with a smile, "Kevin, you've been thinking about it all night, that's all you want?"

Kevin Feige said, "In short, if you want to defeat Scati, you must enhance the ability of Ghost Rider. If the individual's ability is not enough, then ...... Add a helper to him!"

"Helper?"

Everyone was shocked and thoughtful.

This is an independent superhero movie, as the protagonist of the movie, according to normal Hollywood thinking, the protagonist will definitely break through many difficulties and defeat the opponent with his personal ability.

One more helper...... Inevitably, it seems a bit of a failure, or rather, it's not cool enough.

The plot design of "Daredevil 2" is that from beginning to end, "Daredevil" defeated his opponent through his own ability and will.

Zack Schneider's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "I agree! However, if this helper is attractive enough, eye-catching, and full of anticipation, it may not be impossible to turn passive into active. This would be an easter egg in disguise!"

"Easter eggs?"

Don blinked, thinking of something.

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