Chapter 548: The Hulk
Mark was a little displeased and reprimanded: "What good news?" For him at this stage, the box office success and the stock price rise are not good news.
Louise said, "Warner Bros. has decided to appoint Tom as vice president, and he invited you back to the publicity. She was happy because she knew Tom's place in Mark's heart, and Mark had been pushing Tom to the next level and had done a lot of things for it, including not participating in the promotion of The Dark Knight, and now that Warner finally nodded, Mark was happy.
Mark said, "What's the hurry? β
Sir Shao nodded and said: "Mark is very general, amazing, the vice president of Warner is also your person, I am watching here in Xiangjiang, can you rest assured to go back to Beimi?"
Mark bought a villa for his uncle in Xiangjiang, so that they can retire here with peace of mind, and there are many villas in Repulse Bay with beautiful scenery, and Li Chao and Sir Shao have their own villas here, which is convenient for them to supervise the business of Xiangjiang nearby.
Mark also lived here during his stay in Xiangjiang, and little Martin, who was happy in the garden, was very happy to see his parents come back early, and he was very happy to rely on his father and refused to come down, this kid was almost two years old, and now he had a little fat man weighing more than forty pounds, and he was meaty.
Mark has been in Xiangjiang for so long, on the one hand, to acquire TVB, on the other hand, to prepare for the establishment of the film and television academy, and now that Tom's matter has been satisfactorily resolved, he will be ready to return to the United States.
Since the moment he left the mainland and had a passport, he was still Chinese, but he was no longer a Chinese, the other side of the ocean was his home, he took root here, his family multiplied here, and the mainland of the mainland was his homeland, a spiritual home.
Mark's career and assets are mainly concentrated in Beimi, his wife and children, and his lover are all here, so he makes this his home.
Mark, the chairman of MM, in terms of specific implementation, performance is average, but in terms of strategic investment and conception is very powerful, MM every major action and victory has him as the driving force behind the scenes, Iger described him, born to do big things, strategic vision is unmatched, and even the government in the face of the deepening real estate crisis felt powerless, invited all kinds of think tanks, to discuss the rescue of the city, they also invited Mark, but Mark declined, he claimed to know nothing about things other than movies.
Investing in Pingguo was a coincidental compromise made just to please Joe's Pixar.
Investing in Brother Gu was also a compromise, he was young and ignorant at that time, and he was interested in trendy things, and the same was true for Amazon.
Investing in Twitter, this is also a coincidence, it has a conflict with its own Facebook, and it has long intended to get rid of it, but it can't find a pick-up man.
As for investing in Marvel, it's really vision, in terms of film and television, I'm really good, I can see the future, whoever goes against me is a dead end, and there is no good end.
This is what Mark said in an interview with reporters: "I am amazing. β
But no matter how powerful he is, it is also in Beimi, this relatively open and free market is suitable for him, like Huaxia, a highly cooperative game between politics and business, is not suitable for him, he does not want to deal with officials, let alone bend to the elites, MM and the official dealing, all by Iger and others.
Like James Cameron, Mark said: "Too much interaction with politicians can affect creative inspiration. β
There is nothing more wonderful than the family eating happily and watching little Martin clumsily learn to use chopsticks, which makes everyone chuckle.
They returned to the United States the next day.
Mark is not without troubles at this stage, and now they are arguing with Universal over "Hulk 2", and on February 16 last year, Marvel Studios teamed up with Universal to bring the "Hulk" comic book hero character to the big screen again. The director of the film, called The Incredible Hulk, is no longer Ang Lee, but French action film director Louis Leterrier, who directed films such as the "Very Traffickers" series, "Danny the Wolfhound", and others.
The copyright of this film is in the hands of Universal, invested by them, and produced by Marvel, but the dominance is in the hands of Universal, Marvel is optimistic about Mark Ruffalo, but Universal is strongly advocating starring Edward Norton.
In mid-August 2007, due to the temporary withdrawal of the screenwriter of "The Amazing Hulk", Edward Norton, who played the "Hulk" in the film, will serve as a dual identity, and he is good at acting and also good at rewriting the script, temporarily serving as the screenwriter of the film.
During the filming, there were constant conflicts between the producer, director, and starring, and the three parties quarreled constantly, and they were all exhausted, and Edward Norton had a dispute with the production company Marvel over the final editing of the new comic book adaptation of "The Amazing Hulk", and finally Edward Norton, who was supported by Universal, won and cut it according to the will of this talented master.
However, the producer, Kevin, swore that he would rather eat grass than work with this man again.
On June 8 this year, "The Incredible Hulk" premiered at Universal Studios California, and it is said to have received rave reviews.
"The Incredible Hulk" was released on June 13 in North Rice, and achieved a first-weekend box office result of $54.54 million in three days of release, and the box office figure in the first weekend was far inferior to the first version of "Hulk", but "The Incredible Hulk" beat "Kung Fu Panda" in one fell swoop and jumped to the top of the North North box office.
Although "The Incredible Hulk" had a good start at the box office, it lacked stamina and was eventually criticized as a failure of commercial action films, while after the release of "The Incredible Hulk", the beer has been good.
But a good beer can't hide that this is a huge failure, compared to the first 140 million investment of 50 million in "New Moon", and "The Incredible Hulk" is an investment of 150 million, and the box office of 50 million in the first week, according to this ratio, whether it can exceed 100 million is a question, this is definitely a loss, and the return is hopeless.
It's not the same series, there is no comparison, but Marvel's current worst "Captain America" also has a premiere of 69 million, and this "The Incredible Hulk" is a miserable hit.
Hulk Hulk is a Marvel Comics superhero who first appeared in the first issue of The Incredible Hulk (May 1962) by Stan Lee and Jack Brown. Kobe Bryant co-created, it has always been Marvel's most popular series, but in terms of box office, it has been unsatisfactory, its copyright was acquired by Universal as early as 96 years, there was a failure of the Ang Lee version, and now this version is also a failure, the Ang Lee version still has a 60 million-level start, and this version is 50 million, and Universal insists that the beer is good and has an egg, this is a huge film with an investment of 150 million, they hope that its beer is as bad as "New Moon", the box office is as high, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to surpass "New Moon" at the box office In the first week, it was a real loss.
Hulk is a large amount of radiation, the body is mutated, and then whenever he is emotional and his heart beats faster, he will become a green monster called Hulk, because he is often uncontrolled after transformation, so in order not to hurt the people around him, Banner travels around the world to find a way to control anger, even so, Banner's Hulk identity often causes devastating damage, so it is often the target of police and relevant units, in the past forty years, Hulk has fought with almost every hero and villain in Marvel Comics, so some people think that he is not a superhero, a monster, so many viewers do not like it, which is the main reason for his bad box officeγ
Whether it is the humanism that Ang Lee injected into him, or the current popcorn, it is impossible to escape the fate of hitting the streets.
Of course, Universal sprayed Marvel, which caused him to fall into the pit and was miserably lost, while Marvel accused Universal of conniving at Norton, a drama bully, and changed the drama N times on the set, directly angering the screenwriter, which frequently changed the script, leaving the director and crew at a loss, and finally getting involved in the final editing rights, destroying the atmosphere that the director painstakingly created.
In Hollywood, directors have always been not allowed to have the right to the final cut, but Universal actually handed it over to Norton, who is not an honest person, and with this final cut right, he still doesn't toss to his heart's content.
Hollywood directors have the right to edit, but most of the director's edited versions do not meet the standard duration of a movie, and in order to make the plot of the movie more compact, the producer will generally choose more selling pieces to attract the audience, which is completely out of the measure of interests, but in the later sales of DVDs, the director's cut version will be added, so that more curious audiences can be satisfied, which is also for profit, because such DVDs can allow more viewers to buy.
In general, due to time constraints and maximizing revenue, directors often can't take their edited versions to theaters, such as the "Lord of the Rings" series, each of which is more than 3 hours, so even this kind of blockbuster will be edited into standard duration, although the released version is also more than 2 hours, but the initial cut version is nearly 4 hours.
Marvel is dead, putting the charges on Universal and Edward Norton.
Edward Norton is the uncrowned king! His acting skills are enough to kill many so-called Hollywood actors, and his performance in the first-level fear back then can completely win a little golden man even if it is the best supporting actor, his performance in the first-level fear, X-file These films have already left a very deep impression in the hearts of many fans, and his acting is superb, and his uncompromising performance has also become a classic he cast! His status in the hearts of many fans is still very high! is indeed a very good actor and a great actor worthy of respect, but the temper of talented people is also very big and hot.
He is a real genius, talented, non-professional but excellent acting skills, a little narrower than a real superstar, he has a very maverick personality, or his sentence: I don't buy commercial movies.
is talented, and his acting skills are very pertinent. It's really admirable that the screen debut can play the villain in "Level 1 Fear" like that, and it can be said that there is no other explanation except talent. And the interpretation in "Fight Club" is also worthy of being a classic. In general, he can be called a first-list star in Hollywood.
Compared with Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Norton's acting skills are stronger than theirs (not that their acting skills are bad, but Norton is really strong in acting), and the popularity is still a cut behind. In addition, there is a consensus that Norton's acting skills are good, but no one says that he is better at acting than Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman, and it is obvious that Norton has not yet reached that level.
Norton, as a first-line star in Hollywood in the past ten years, has stronger acting skills than most actors of his time, but he pursues excellence and is demanding, making so many movies and television, there is no one who does not adapt, no lines that he does not change, and there is no one who does not tear up with the director.
And Universal is not easy to mess with, they lost 150 million! They have long held their breath, and they have to be scolded, they are also angry, and they are also accusing Marvel of not making a good movie, making them jump into the pit, as for the final payment, there is no more.
Everyone has a contract, and if you don't pay, you will go to court, so that the two sides will turn from allies to enemies, and the court will meet.
In short, the movie hit the street, and everyone scrambled to shake the pot, and the arrogant Edward Norton also said: Regarding the direction of the Hulk in the future movie, he thinks it is very unreasonable, and some of Marvel's ideas are very opaque", Norton said angrily, "I can't say that (they) are slow, but I don't know what they want anyway." β
Norton has stated that it is possible that he will not play "Hulk" again. Finally, for "The Avengers," which is scheduled to be released in 2011, Norton said: "Marvel wants to focus their comic book heroes into one movie, who knows where they're going?" "The Avengers" tells the story of Captain Rice, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and other superheroes who form the "Avengers" team.
"The Avengers" is Marvel's most important game of chess, and even Mark does not dare to give it to Norton and let him toss it.
During the filming of The Incredible Hulk, he changed the script more than a dozen times, and if he did not agree, he threatened to refuse to participate in the publicity, and finally brought Universal to its knees.
Mark He has the means to clean up this guy, Xiao Lizi is a donkey, and he insists on letting Mark drink water in the trough, but he considers that if the movie is a big hit, Universal will be the lifeblood of "Hulk", and there is no possibility of taking it back, like Twentieth Century Fox's "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four", I would rather play bad than give back Marvel, anyway, now I can shirk the responsibility, and Marvel can afford it, and Universal can't afford it, so let this guy toss.
Now it's finally a big loss, its value in the eyes of Universal is not as good as before, even chicken ribs, tasteless food, it's a pity to abandon it, it's annoying enough to lose money, and then compare it with Marvel and Norton, which is even more annoying, Marvel even sued Universal in court on the grounds of salary arrears, which makes Universal want to cry, you are already so rich, why embarrass us countrymen?
In the end, Universal and Marvel reached an agreement, Marvel gave up the lawsuit, no longer pursued the remaining arrears, and the copyright of the Hulk's follow-up film and television adaptation returned to Marvel.
In this way, the first echelon of the Avengers is formed, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, and Black Widow are assembled, and the Avengers can be dispatched.
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