"As for the set, we mainly prepared the design part of the filming stage for the film. After talking about the special effects costumes, Kevin Feige immediately turned the conversation to another aspect.

The big screen also switched to a series of hand-drawn scene set-up drawings at the right time, along with Kevin Feige's explanation and presentation, although the script has not yet been seen.

But the high-level Fire Lion Pictures executives in the conference room, seeing Spider-Man's Peter Parker's residence, his school, the crowded wrestling arena, and Times Square where Spider-Man and the Green Goblin faced off for the first time, all made everyone's blood boil.

And these design drawings are also made by Sid during the filming of "Harry Potter" in the UK, using the rest time in the evening and weekend, through satellite video conference calls, and Kevin Feige and the two of them adjusted and determined one by one.

While it increased Sid's work in London to some extent, it also boosted the pace of Spider-Man, "In addition, I recruited a new team with Jesse Okaku as art director, and then we brought in a special effects team from Macguff with Boris Deekstra as VFX design supervisor. ”

"We also hired John Fraser as the stunt supervisor and Jeff Haberstead as the stunt coordinator. They will work together to design and install all the sets and stunt installations for all the scenes that need to be shot in the studio. ”

"And storyboard artists. Sid reminded.

"Oh yes, storyboarder Doug Leffler. Kevin Feige patted his head and said.

Sid picked up and said, "We don't use storyboarding like we did in Harry Potter, because Spider-Man involves a lot of special effects and stunt shots, so we need to draw storyboards for those parts and then make them into low-resolution CGI storyboards. ”

"yes, that's it. Kevin Feige scratched his head and nodded in agreement.

"What about the schedule?" asked Henry, the production manager.

"Two months of preparation, three months of official shooting, and ...... post-production," Sid shrugged, "as long as it takes." ”

Sid's words made everyone laugh, and then Sid looked at Henry: "So, Henry, our first job now is to audition for actors. The four protagonists, Spider-Man, Mary Jane, Green Goblin Norman, and Little Green Goblin Harry are the top priorities, and then of course Uncle Ben and Aunt May. ”

"Okay, I got it. Henry nodded in reply.

"Also, we had special requirements for auditions for Spider-Man. Sid tapped lightly on the table and said, "Actors under the age of 30 are between 1.70 and 1.75 in height. In addition, the starring role of Spider-Man must sign a contract for 3 films at one time, as for the salary. ”

Sid thought for a moment and then shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll interview myself then." ”

"OK, good boss. Henry nodded.

After determining the preliminary matters, Sid handed out a synopsis of the script, a project proposal written by Kevin Feige, and a plan for the budget and schedule.

This "Spider-Man" planning meeting lasted until the afternoon, and when it was finally over, Sid couldn't help but stand up and said with a faint smile: "Then let's be here today, guys, it's time to let the world know that "Spider-Man" is coming back!"

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The next day, Fire Lion Pictures issued an announcement to the North American Screen Actors Guild to recruit auditions for the new film "Spider-Man". As soon as the announcement came out, Hollywood shook.

On the one hand, Sid actually dared to start with a comic book movie with great fanfare just a few years after "Batman and Robin", which was definitely unexpected by many people.

Although "X-Men" made a small profit last year, New Line Pictures soon followed suit. But as far as Hollywood as a whole is concerned, sci-fi and fantasy-based fantasy movies are currently the mainstream — "The Matrix," "The Lord of the Rings," Sid's own "Harry Potter," and Warner's unreleased "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Golden Compass."

However, Sid's vicious eyes, whether it is "Youth Musical" or "Hannah Montana", have made many people "have lingering palpitations", so they are optimistic about Sid's trend of comic book movies, and they still show close concern, especially Warner Bros., which owns DC Comics.

On the other hand, when Sid's first A-level production "Harry Potter" was not released, he launched his second A-level production in full swing, which really made many film company executives look sideways.

Although everyone knows that the entire Fire Lion Group is very profitable, whether it is the film department, the record department, or the more "crazy" TV department. But when I saw Sid's "heartbroken" rhythm of playing blockbuster bursts, many people couldn't help but secretly snort.

However, for the actors, they can't think of so much and are not interested in knowing so much. Because for them, the role of the protagonist of "Spider-Man" is definitely a golden opportunity like pie in the sky.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at Jessica Alba and Chris Pine, who were unknown before, just because they starred in "Youth Musical" with tens of millions of investments, they became the undisputed No.1 among young actors born in the 80s.

Both popularity and value have skyrocketed, although the two of them can only get 5 million and 8 million salaries in "Youth Musical" and 3 because of the packaging and contracting, but their soaring popularity has made them earn a lot of money just for advertising endorsements.

As for before, Natalie Portman, who was called the "Queen of Star Wars" by fans because of her appearance in "Star Wars Prequel", and Hayden Christensen, who played Skywalker, are far inferior to these two young singers and dancers.

And the salaries offered by other companies for starring in films have also soared to the top of $8 million and $10 million. Stepping into the club of 10 million with one foot is like a legend for hundreds of thousands of ordinary actors in Hollywood.

So even though Sid opened a harsh packaging signing agreement at the beginning and strict height and age requirements, it still couldn't stop the actors' hot enthusiasm, and countless materials poured into the "Spider-Man" crew like a tide.

Before submitting Sid, the professional casting director team must first screen the roles according to the basic requirements given by Sid. The most important of these is undoubtedly the big and small green goblin father and son, as well as the four protagonists of Spider-Man and Mary Jane.