Chapter 565: Bad Premonition

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Hearing Gal Gadot say this, Murphy looked down and could vaguely see names like Bella and Edward, and immediately understood what she was looking at, and couldn't help but shake her head and said, "Honey, unless you play the heroine yourself." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Gal Gadot gave him a pair of white eyeballs.

Such a film, adapted from it, is completely forbidden by the seventeenth, it doesn't matter how the two play in private, as long as they are happy with each other, it is another thing to get it on the screen for others to enjoy.

Murphy came up with a bad idea, "It's better to get a camera like this, and next time we make a large-scale movie, the two of us will star in it......"

Gal Gadot was also interested, "Yes, we'll use it to help the fun in the future." ”

After discussing this topic for a while, Gal Gadot asked, "You bought the rights to this fan fiction and really want to adapt it into a movie?" Not afraid of infringing on Stephanie Mayer's copyright? ”

The novel has received a lot of attention on the Internet, but the names of the male and female protagonists are Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen respectively, and it is completely a fan fiction of "Twilight".

"Stop looking, go to sleep." Murphy took Gal Gadot's phone, turned it off, put it aside, and explained, "I've asked Erica Leonard to change the character's name." ”

Today, Erica Leonard has not even used the pen name of El-James, and the sadomasochistic novels written by Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen have only been released on the Internet in a small part and have not yet caused a sensation, and Murphy's Stanton Studio did not spend much effort to get Erica Leonard to sign a copyright agreement, and Stanton Studios will fully handle all matters from the publication to the film adaptation.

Previously, Murphy had also met with Erica Leonard and suggested that she better change the name to "Fifty Shades of XXX".

As soon as Erica Leonard makes the changes, Stanton Studios will work with Amazon to launch the first digital book series of the novel.

Wait until you have a certain readership, and then adapt the movie.

Because they slept late at night, Murphy and Gal Gadot did not wake up early as usual, nor did they take care of work, and rarely hid at home and slept in.

Compared to the young Murphy and Gal Gadot, Stan Lee is older and less conscious, and tends to wake up early as long as there is something he can't let go of.

As soon as the sun climbed into the sky, a Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped in front of the Marvel Studios door, Stan Lee pushed the door and got out of the car, and Kevin Feige, who happened to meet him, went over to say hello and walked with him towards the large conference room of Marvel Studios.

Although there is still some time before work, the senior management of Marvel Comics has long been waiting in the conference room, and Marvel Comics CEO Avi Arad sat at the head of the conference table without saying a word, just waiting quietly for the arrival of the protagonist of this meeting, like everyone else.

That guy had a reason to keep them waiting, because he had done brilliant things for Marvel Comics, and he had almost propped up Marvel Studios by himself, and he had brought glory again.

There was a soft knock on the conference room door, and a secretary walked in with Stan Lee and Kevin Feige, and everyone's eyes instantly focused on Kevin Feige alone, as if he was looking at a Marvel hero.

Kevin Feige nodded his head as he walked towards his seat.

As soon as he walked to the conference table, Avi Arad stood up and waited here, he took the initiative to reach out and shake Kevin Feige heavily, and when he sat down, he announced that the brief meeting began.

This is a business meeting with a very clear goal and purpose, without any verbosity, the meeting goes straight to the point.

"The exact statistics of the advance box office of "Thor" have come out."

The person who spoke was Avi Arad himself, everyone's ears were pricked up, all of them were Marvel Comics executives, the company's performance was closely related to their future and destiny, and no one wanted to see "Thor" a big success.

"The advance box office is $6.56 million!"

As Avi Arad said this, a smile appeared on the faces of many people.

Indeed, compared to the more than $10 million midnight box office record created by "Iron Man 2", the figure of $6.56 million is not too impressive, but here are real industry insiders, and they know very well that this figure is of great significance for a non-sequel movie.

The only thing that makes them suspicious is the competitor.

However, the figures spoken by Avi Arad made these people smile even brighter.

"Murphy Stanton's 'City of Chaos' grossed only $3.58 million in advance!"

There was laughter in the room, and Stan Lee was the first to clapp, the applause was a little abrupt and monotonous, but a moment later, the rest of the people also applauded, and the applause converged into an ocean!

They are convinced that as long as the box office performance in the first weekend can continue to be in advance, "Thor" will undoubtedly be a success, and Marvel's superhero movie will be a big success again!

"This summer is a pivotal moment for Marvel Studios, for Marvel Comics."

When the applause stopped for a while, Avi Aradd's eyes swept over the Marvel Comics executives one by one, and said very seriously, "Next year we will bring "The Avengers" to the market, this year's foreshadowing is very important, the focus of this summer is "Thor", mobilize all corresponding resources, and fully support this film!" ”

The specific tasks were assigned one by one, and the meeting quickly came to an end, and everyone at Marvel was full of energy and seemed extremely confident.

"Wait until next time I meet Murphy Stanton......"

Stan Lee said to a few young people next to him, "I'll educate him with facts about how powerful Marvel's superheroes are!" ”

There was a knock on the door, and one of Kevin Feith's assistants came in with the papers, walked directly to Kevin Feith, handed the documents to Kevin Feith first, and muttered something in his ear.

Since he was sitting very close to Kevin Feige, Stan Lee could see that Kevin Feige opened the file and looked at it, and his face seemed to change.

"What's wrong, Kevin?" He asked with concern.

Kevin Feige didn't have a good impression of Stan Lee, so instead of paying attention to him, he stood up and said, "I just got a statistic. ”

Hearing him say this, the chaotic conference room immediately fell silent, and Avi Arad also cast an attentive gaze.

Kevin Feige has no smile on his face, "Cinemascore has just released a statistic and forecast. ”

It has not been a year or two since Marvel Comics directly started the film business, and Cinemascore's accurate statistics and predictions of the North American film market are somewhat known to the executives of Marvel Comics here.

Stan Lee looked at Kevin Feige's face and suddenly had a bad premonition.

Sure enough, Kevin Feige said slowly, "Cinemascore's latest "Thor" theater audience score is B, and only about 66% of the audience in advance is satisfied with our film!" ”

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"It can't be!"

"Isn't this scientific?"

"How so?"

A voice of surprise rang out in the conference room, in stark contrast to the excitement just now.

"What about Murphy Stanton?" Stan Lee anxiously asked, "What about his City of Chaos?" ”

"The situation is not in our favor!" Kevin Feige said seriously, "The theater audience score of "City of Chaos" is the highest A+, and nearly 91% of the audience in advance think this film is very exciting! ”

Stan Lee's previous smile stiffened.

Kevin Feige added, "Based on the previous pre-sale and last night's midnight box office statistics, as well as live audience ratings, Cinemascore has made box office predictions for 'Thor' and 'Chaos City.' ”

Everyone pricked up their ears, after all, they all knew that Cinemascore's prediction accuracy was quite high.

"They think 'Thor' will get about $24 million on the first day and 'Chaos City' will get about $22 million."

Hearing these two numbers, Stan Lee's heart relaxed a lot, pulled out a smile, and continued, "Then we are still box office champions!" ”

Interrupted by Stan Lee, Kevin Feige frowned and continued, "But Cinemascore believes that "Thor" is not strong enough and will be hit by "Chaos City", and the North American box office in the first weekend will be suppressed under $50 million, and "Chaos City" will win the box office this weekend with about $60 million!" ”

The grin that came out froze on Stan Lee's face, and he coughed under his breath to avoid embarrassment, saying, "Cinemascore's predictions may not be accurate, and they don't miss a beat." ”

"That's it!"

"Didn't they also have a low prediction for "Iron Man"?"

There were a lot of echoes in the office that echoed Stan Lee's voice, after all, "Thor" had nearly twice as much advance box office as "City of Chaos", and it was clear in front of them, more realistic than those ethereal predictions.

"Everyone! Everyone! Kevin Feige patted the table lightly, and the chatter in the conference room gradually faded away, and then he said, "I say these statistics, not to say that our "Thor" is bad, but to remind everyone that you must not take it lightly, because we are facing a very strong competitor, and there is nothing to underestimate Murphy Stanton and his films!" ”

"Have you all forgotten how strong the word-of-mouth effect of Murphy Stanton's film is?" The word-of-mouth spread spontaneously by the audience will make his films more and more famous! ”

"So, we can't underestimate the enemy!" Kevin Feige continued, "We have to use all the resources we can to continue to use them for the promotion of this film, especially under the banner of the Avengers!" ”

This suggestion was agreed by the majority, and the meeting began to discuss how to make Thor interact with the Avengers more to increase the topicality of the film. (To be continued.) )