After talking to Katzenberg about "Titanic", Eric drove back to Sharp Corner Manor. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the twilight wore on, Eric walked into the villa and walked through the hall to the glass wall, where he saw Nicole sitting lazily on the couch, reading a comic book with gusto.

That's right, it's comics.

There are thousands of comics piled up around the sofa where Eric often rests by the curtain wall, and at the same time as returning to the United States and producing the later stage of "Casino Royale", Eric also began to prepare for the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan in advance, although the plan to launch the first Marvel superhero movie "Spider-Man" will not wait until about 2000, but from next year, the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe plan must be laid out. As a result, one after another, it was either a box office fiasco or an unlucky experience of word-of-mouth hitting the streets.

The main setting of the Marvel Cinematic Universe project is still in charge of Marvel, but if Eric wants to participate in the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan, he must also have a full understanding of Marvel's comic book characters.

The thousands of comics in front of him were all moved from the Marvel Works Archive in New York, and when Eric called these comics, Stan Lee repeatedly told Eric more than once that he would return them after reading them, because after decades of accumulation, many of these comics have become very expensive collector's editions, and many Americans have a hobby of comic book collections, and Nicolas Cage, who is a super comic book fan, even spent millions of dollars on comic book collections. Therefore, the pile of comics in front of me, which even looks a little old, is enough to make any veteran comic book fan have the idea of robbing the house.

Noticing Eric's appearance, Nicole looked up, smiled at him, removed the headphones hidden in her hair, and said, "Eric, you're back." ”

Eric nodded, took off his coat, and walked over, Nicole lowered her legs and stepped aside, and the two of them sat down on a single sofa.

Putting on one of the headphones that Nicole had just taken off, Eric asked, "What about Jensen?" ”

It's Thanksgiving Day soon, and the girl is busy with the promotion of "Mission Impossible 2" these days, and this Thanksgiving Eric will spend it with Nicole and Famick. After Thanksgiving, after the release of "Mission Impossible 2", Eric will take Nizi to New York to spend Christmas with women and children.

Nicole recently liked the MP3 player that Firefly Electronics had just developed that could be put in her pocket, and she put on the other headphone, enjoying the music coming out of the headphones, and said, "She's going to the supermarket, by the way, Eric, before you came back, Ms. Haynes had a few documents from New York." ”

Eric reached out and put his arm around Nicole's thin waist, leaned back in his chair, and said, "Let's put it first, I don't want to see any more company documents today." ”

After listening to a series of bad news about "Titanic" in the afternoon, Eric is not in the mood to deal with any corporate affairs at all.

Nicole is also aware of the tremendous pressure that "Titanic" has caused to the fireflies in the recent past, and she has just noticed the tiredness between Eric's eyebrows, so she will not mention this matter again. Picked up the thin comic book on his lap, leaned over and leaned in front of Eric, and said, "Eric, I found something very interesting, it turns out that Peter Parker's parents are both CIA agents, and they also saved Wolverine." ”

Eric knew that Nicole was deliberately stirring up a light topic, and said with a smile: "If you read all the thousands of Marvel Comics around you, you will find that almost all the characters in the Marvel Comics system can be connected. Allowing their popular characters to have plot crossovers is a gimmick for many comic companies to increase the sales of their works. ”

"Sounds a lot like MGM's Agent Cinematic Universe," Nicole said, tilting her head, "Or is that the inspiration for the Agent Cinematic Universe was you got from the comic book company?" ”

Eric nodded in acknowledgement, "yes." ”

Nicole didn't expect her random guess to be correct, a little excited, raised the comic in her hand, and said, "Then which superhero do you plan to shoot first?" ”

"Spider-Man has been confirmed, but in addition, I will work with MGM and Fox, and start some other projects at the same time, and in the future, I plan to bring all the popular characters in the entire Marvel Universe to the big screen."

As Marvel's most popular superhero, Spider-Man will definitely stay with Firefly, however, Eric has not yet thought about which superhero roles MGM and Fox will be responsible for. The distribution of Marvel superheroes in the original time and space is certainly not to be copied as it is, which requires very detailed planning.

Compared with DC, which has developed a number of successful live-action super movies, Marvel's popularity base in movies is almost none, so one thing Eric has determined is that the successful superhero characters in the original time and space will be put on the big screen first, such as Spider-Man, Iron Man and X-Men, which can quickly open up the situation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and after these characters have cultivated enough market and popularity, the introduction of new superheroes will also have a higher probability of box office success.

Nicole didn't know Eric's detailed plan, but she couldn't help but sigh, although it's just a pastime these days, Nicole has already developed some understanding of Marvel's comic book characters, if the plan Eric just said can be fully implemented, then this plan can definitely be described as grand.

"Then, if all of them are put on the big screen, there may be dozens of them."

"Of course," Eric looked at Nicole's thin lips that were slightly open in surprise, reached over and touched them gently, and said with a smile, "You've also been reading the manga for a few days, do you have any characters you're interested in?" ”

Nicole opened her small mouth to bite, watched him subconsciously retract her fingers, and said with a smile: "I'm not interested for the time being, speaking of which, Marvel doesn't seem to have a popular female superhero like DC's Wonder Woman." ”

"Popularity is built up slowly, and if one of Marvel's female superheroes could have a successful TV series like Wonder Woman, it would definitely be very popular right now."

Eric explained, and stopped mentioning the topic, even if Nicole was interested in a female character, it was not so easy to really want to join. Nicole's current salary has reached the highest of more than $15 million for an actress, which is completely inconsistent with Eric's planned Marvel production plan with second- and third-tier Hollywood stars.

However, suddenly remembering something, Eric quickly added: "By the way, speaking of which, I have another character here that I want you to cheer on." ”

Nicole showed a puzzled expression, keenly grasped a key word in Eric's tone, and said with a smile: "Cheers? ”

"Yes, this is a trilogy series, and it may develop into a six-part series in the future, there is a character in it, there are not many scenes, but it is very important, among all the actresses I know, I think only you are the most suitable. However, in terms of salary, it will probably only give you $3 million, because this is a group drama, and although your role is important, it is not the protagonist. ”

Nicole blinked her light blue eyes, raised the corners of her mouth, and said with a smile: "The trilogy is paid $3 million, and I think if I agree, Pat will probably go crazy." However, since you say that I am the only suitable person in your mind, then I will promise you. Huh, what kind of character is it? ”

With Nicole's current worth, $3 million to take over the next trilogy, as her agent, Pice Kingsley is indeed likely to go crazy when she hears the news, not because her agent's commission has been greatly reduced, but because this performance contract will cause unpredictable risks to Nicole's super first-line actress position.

Eric reached out and cupped Nicole's chin and looked at the flawless face in front of him, Nicole is twenty-nine years old this year, at the most prime of a woman's time, slender eyelashes, round face, petite nose, thin lips, everything is so perfect.

Eric couldn't help but kiss Nicole on the lips before saying, "Your character is an elf, Queen Galadriel, you know?" ”

"It's The Lord of the Rings," Nicole snapped.

Eric nodded, in the original "Lord of the Rings" series, Queen Galadriel is played by Cate Blanchett, if you talk about acting skills alone, Cate Blanchett is indeed stronger than Nicole, but in terms of beauty, Cate Blanchett is far inferior to Nicole.

In Eric's opinion, as the embodiment of nobility, elegance and flawlessness, how can an elf not be beautiful?

"MGM will be announcing the project plan for the Lord of the Rings series next fall, and the trilogy will be produced back-to-back, and it will probably take a little over a year to shoot in New Zealand, but your scene should only take two or three weeks, and it won't take too long."

From this summer to next year's summer file, MGM will launch three heavyweight films of the MGM Agent Cinematic Universe in several popular schedules, as long as the box office performance of these three films is stable, MGM has enough confidence to announce that the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, a super project involving $300 million in funds, is supported by the performance of the Agent Cinematic Universe plan, and MGM's other shareholders are unlikely to raise too strong objections.

Nicole had actually heard some news about the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but she didn't care about that, but stared at Eric and asked curiously, "If I play Queen Galadriel, who will play Princess Arwen?" ”

Eric didn't hide it, pinched Nicole's chin, and said, "Diane Kruger, what do you think?" ”

"You're a spoiler of those pretty babies," Nicole teased subconsciously.

In the past two years, the Victoria's Secret Angels have frequently appeared in Hollywood films, which has become a topic of conversation for many people, and everyone knows who is secretly promoting this matter, therefore, various scandals and speculations about Eric and the Victoria's Secret Angel Legion have spread countless versions, and the more exaggerated rumors even Eric has 'wiped out' the Victoria's Secret Angel Legion.

The women around him have teased themselves about this more than once, and Eric doesn't mind, saying: "I just want to make this film more perfect, since it's an elf, it should be beautiful first." Moreover, the earliest elven legends happen to be creatures of Germanic mythology, and Diane is German, which is 100% in line with this setting. ”

"I'm too lazy to listen to your explanation," Nicole glanced at him, reached out and retrieved the headset from Eric's ear and put it on her ear, and was about to say something, when Famick Jensen walked down the hall with two full convenience bags and high heels.

Looking at Eric and Nicole, who were snuggled up on a sofa, Famick Jensen said with some snacks: "I ran to buy food, but you two guys are making out here." ”

"Hehe, come on, let's make out too," Eric watched as Famick Jensen put the bag down and reached out to pull her to his side.

Famick Jensen sat down on the arm of the sofa on the other side of Eric, opened Eric's hand, and said, "Okay, what were you two talking about?" ”

Eric said casually: "What about you, what are your plans after the New Year?" ”

The seventh season of The X-Files is already airing on Fox and will be the last installment of the classic sci-fi series, although Fox has repeatedly offered very good terms, and the two protagonists of Brad Pitt and Famick Jensen are reluctant to renew their contracts. Brad Pitt wants to take the opportunity to enter the film industry, but Famick is a little tired of it, in order to save his budget, the last few seasons of "The X-Files" have been filmed in Canada, and Famick does not want to continue to travel for months every year.

Sci-fi TV series are usually filmed in one go, and although the episodes are still airing, Famick has done all the work and is in a state of rest at this time.

"I don't have any plans for the time being, I'm going to take a year off and do some charity and stuff, and after the New Year, I plan to go to Africa with a charity team to visit refugees."

Eric immediately showed a worried look on his face, and grabbed Famick's little hand: "Baby, please, you must not adopt a black child like some Hollywood actresses, if you want, we can have one together, or next year?" ”

Famick's face was slightly red, he thought that Eric was going to persuade her not to go to Africa or something, and he was a little moved, and when he heard this, he snapped someone's strange hand: "You unsympathetic bastard, I decided to ignore you for the rest of the day, Nicole, can you help me bring these things into the kitchen?" ”

"Of course, it's time to prepare dinner," Nicole gave Eric a gloating look, got up and Famick picked up a bag and headed for the kitchen.

Eric looked at the tall backs of the two women whispering and walking away, smiled, turned sideways and flipped through the pair of comics next to him for a while, found a comic, and read it with relish.

The cover of the comic is impressively printed with several eye-catching words.

"Phoenix Awakening".

Jean Grey, the most powerful and complex female superhero character in the X-Men, can definitely dig a lot more depth than DC Wonder Woman. (To be continued.) )