Under David's strange eyes, it was difficult for Daniel not to feel guilty, but if he hadn't let go quite simply, presumably David would not have improved so much, and Daniel introduced him to big producers like Voight, Peter, and even Jerry, which others couldn't even think about.

Thinking about it like this, Daniel walked with dignity again. Luckily, David couldn't read what was going on in his heart, otherwise he might have scooped up a chair and given him a hard shot.

The reason why Daniel left DD Pictures in a hurry and returned home was because of two visitors to the house.

The identity is very peculiar.

However, he dared to guarantee that these two must have decided to visit him after getting the number of the first-day box office of "Spy Shadow".

Kevin Figo, Brenner Smith.

The former is an executive producer at Marvel Comics, while the latter is the executive co-operating officer of Lionsgate, an independent studio.

Although DD Pictures' equivalent cannot be compared with Marvel and Lionsgate, DD, which has just invested 35 million in "Pirates of the Caribbean", is not so unconfident, because it is understandable that two senior managers came to visit. However, without the slightest contact or notification in advance, he suddenly came to the door, which is somewhat impolite.

But Daniel doesn't count on that.

Fox recently pitched a superhero blockbuster, Daredevil starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and Colin Farrell. Halfway through the filming process, Daniel was approached by Fox and Marvel, and it was Kevin Figo, who is sitting here today, who is a complete comic book fan who admires the heroes of the Marvel world, so he is very active in the process of getting involved in the cinematic process. However, whether it is "Super Daredevil or "Spider-Man", which was transferred earlier, Marvel actually did not make much profit, because they only transferred the adaptation rights of comic book characters, compared to giants such as Columbia and Fox, Marvel, which is in the comic book industry and DC, actually had no confidence to ask for more benefits, out of satisfaction with its thousands of comic book characters, Marvel did not care so much when selling characters.

But apparently Kevin is very dissatisfied with this, so this time he chose to cooperate with Lionsgate, which is not particularly powerful, and launched "The Punisher", which is Marvel's attempt to get more returns from the lucrative film industry, rather than handing over his wealth to companies like the Hollywood Seven. Especially this time, "Spider-Man" was a great success, breaking 100 million in the first week, and the North American box office has risen to 380 million so far, which has deeply stimulated the hearts of everyone in Marvel from top to bottom.

Of course, they don't think that much of this qiē depends on the wisdom of Columbia and the film team, but more importantly, they feel that if it were run by themselves, they would have achieved this kind of success. But Marvel is a fairly conservative company, and it's reluctant to get involved outside of the comic book business, and this inertia isn't something that can be completely changed with a single stimulus.

Therefore, even if Kevin tries his best, Marvel's rights in "The Punisher" are quite small, and Lionsgate is the help. But, at best, it was a small step.

But what does this qiē have to do with Daniel?

The stakes are very big!

Because coincidentally, whether it is Columbia's Spider-Man, that is, the character of Tobey Maguire, or the "Daredevil Man" that Fox is now filming, they have all made an offer to Daniel. Daniel, of course, knew that Spider-Man had achieved unprecedented success, but he turned it down anyway. The real reason is that it is not the era of the Marvel Universe, even Toby did not become a top Hollywood star because of this explosion, not to mention, the hero who was betrayed to Columbia could not enter the Avengers, even if he talked about his return later, it was difficult to be consistent with the original role, which was also a big regret for Daniel. What's more, he can't play Spider-Man for more than ten years. As for Ben Affleck's "Daredevil Man", Daniel was not impressed, but he even rejected "Spider-Man", so it was naturally impossible to take "Daredevil Man".

Daniel has been ridiculed a lot after rejecting two superhero blockbusters in a row, especially when there was an unprecedented super explosion before "Spider-Man" appeared in May this year, and Tobey Maguire is now in his prime and often blackfaces Daniel Sandler in many interviews. Or is it because there were "Legally Blonde" and "The Fellowship of the Ring", and then there were Cannes actors, and "Spy Shadow" also sold very well, so that they would not be left behind, after all, the box office of comic movies is not as "valuable" as mainstream movies - after all, you are standing on the shoulders of nationally renowned comic book characters.

It's not without reason that major companies are so optimistic about Daniel. Comic book adaptations are definitely an inferior choice for actors who advocate art films, because they can only compete for awards like the Saturn Awards and the Teen Choice Awards, which everyone plays with, and the Golden Globe and Oscars will never look up to comic movies, of course, it does not mean that everyone is rushing to the Oscars, but starring in this type of movie that is absolutely blocked by the Oscars is harmful to their screen image. Therefore, it is still difficult for a comic film to find some convincing actors.

Daniel, who is of the right age and has a strong interest in comics, is certainly one of the best choices.

But that's not the most important reason.

Comics have a huge number of fans, and these people are one of the biggest target groups for comic book films. And obviously, these people also know that they are good meat, so they often recommend their favorite heroes, on Marvel's official website, there are such topics all year round, who will play Spider-Man, who will play Super Daredevil , who will play Captain America and so on.

Daniel, on the other hand, is the eternal number one in this kind of election.

Since he started to make a name for himself in Hollywood.

Comic fans voted him as the most suitable actor to play the hero of the comics, and anyone who pays a little attention knows this. This situation is also normal, Daniel is young, amazingly acting, handsome, proud, popular, and on his blogger homepage and later MB personal account, it is shown that he is also a person inside the second dimension.

On the gay charts, Daniel also often tops the list. Although the two are very different, there are some similarities.

So, it's only normal that Kevin and Lionsgate's Brenner will come to the door.

After all, Daniel is the one who even refuses to "Spider-Man", and there are even rumors outside that Daniel will not star in any comic book superheroes. If you don't show more sincerity, there's basically no chance of getting Daniel's approval, and he's not short of movie scripts now, compared to a year ago.

When Daniel got home, Cusa had already arrived and was chatting with Brenner, while Kevin was admiring the large pile of comic figurines in his window—he was genuinely interested in the qiē, not in planning something.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

"Hello, Kevin." He shook Kevin Figo's hand as he walked over first, and then Brenner, who smiled gently, said, "Nice to meet you, Brener." ”

"If Andy isn't at home today, I'm afraid you'll have to eat behind closed doors."

After sitting down, Daniel made a joke, and the two uninvited guests were somewhat embarrassed.

After a few pleasantries, Brenner got to the point, everyone is very busy now, and there is really no time to play tricks.

"Daniel, Kevin and I came over this time to invite you to Lionsgate's new superhero movie, The Punisher."

"Frank Cassel?"

Before that, Daniel actually didn't know what Lionsgate was going to make, and he didn't notice this movie in his previous life, so he must have hit the street very well.

The Punisher Frank Cassel is an unorthodox Marvel hero, much like China's Water Margin. His wife and daughter were victimized, and after no formal legal means could be found, he decided to punish the perpetrators in his own way, and Frank, who has the force of a "Tier 10 Agent", fights in bloody combat rather than superpowers - unlike most Marvel heroes.

In fact, Daniel admires this role very much, the brutal style of killing one person in ten steps and not leaving a line for thousands of miles is very cool, he doesn't know why the Lionsgate movie ended up badly, is it that Frank is too bloody, so that he is resisted by the parents?

However, that didn't change his decision - he still won't be cast.

Although Brenner very sincerely offered his own conditions, if Daniel starred, they would raise the budget to 50 million and pay 15 million + five points of omnichannel share as Daniel's salary.

"So, your original budget was thirty-five million?"

For a superhero movie, this investment is indeed a bit stretched.

"Do you want to make a movie like Fast and Furious?"

"Rush" was a success, but it actually received quite a lot of criticism, mainly focusing on roughness and stinginess, and the whole movie has not been high because the layout is too limited. But it was the first time Universal had made this kind of movie, and it was difficult to ask them to invest a lot of money. The investment in "Furious 2", the last time I talked to Meyer, Meyer told him that it should be about 80 million, which is 20 million higher than the first part of "Spy Shadow", and more than twice as much as the first part of "Furious".

""Batman has invested 140 million, and "Daredevil has also invested 80 million", and you plan to invest only 35 million in "The Punisher"?"

Daniel thinks he probably knows why the movie has a good hero, but it has been reduced to silence.

Although Daniel refused, as a fan of comics, Kevin was still happy to talk to him about the movie.

"No, unlike other superheroes, Frank doesn't have special abilities, so there's no need to do a lot of special effects, so you can save a lot of money." Kevin explained.

Regarding comic adaptation and special effects, Stan Lee, who is now in a lawsuit with Marvel, is quite convincing, and the former chairman of Marvel is now fighting a lawsuit over Marvel's failure to hand over some of the proceeds from the "Spider-Man" movie to him according to the contract. Stan Lee, as the main creator of the Marvel world, has made it very clear that comic book movies should be more mature in special effects technology before they can fully advance this work.

Daniel couldn't agree more.

He was incredulous about Brenner and Kevin's perspective.

"No, no, no, Brenner, Kevin, by no means so, there's no superhero movie that doesn't require special effects. If you're just making a bloody fighting movie, what does that have to do with superheroes? What is Superhero? He must be higher than life, beyond the reach of ordinary people, if Flack is just one of the bloodier wrestlers in WWE, then why do they go out of their way to the cinema to watch it? Not to mention the original comic fans, they saw that the righteous hero they loved is now a fighting man, do you think this will be recognized?

It's true that Flac doesn't have special skills, but that doesn't mean he can't do special effects, and even if it's difficult, he should hire a professional to add attractive special effects to him, rather than not doing it. ”

Kevin and Brenner obviously had some thoughts on Daniel's words, but it wasn't something that could be changed all at once.

And Daniel has no intention of concealing his intentions, if he doesn't say it today, maybe this big paragraph may be misunderstood by Kevin.

"Brener, before that, it was all from the opinion of a comic fan. Next, I'm talking about Daniel's opinion, if you decide to change the way you make "The Punisher" and don't have enough money, DD Pictures can get in. ”

Obviously, this mention surprised both of them.

Stared at by two pairs of eyes.

Daniel looked calm, "I hope you don't get me wrong, I'm not alarmist just to join the project, I think you can do an independent investigation into what Spider-Man fans love about him, and what kind of Frank Cassel fans want to see in the Punisher." ”

Frank and direct communication can actually avoid many misunderstandings, although Kevin and Brenner may not believe it, but at least on the surface deny that they suspect Daniel's intentions.

After seeing off the two of them and leaving.

Kusa, who hadn't spoken much, looked at Daniel, "Are you going to invest in comic movies now?" ”

He had discussed comic movies with Kusa, quite early, but his conclusion was that it was at least until 2005 that the time for comic movies was not until at least 2005, and now Daniel's intervention seems to have changed his original mind, which is still relatively rare in Daniel, in Kusa's view, Daniel really has a magical forward-looking and determined attitude, whether it is to take over "Pretty Woman", or to fight for Legolas.

"Are you spurred on by the success of Spider-Man?"

Daniel shook his head, his original estimate was based on memory, starting from the promised "Batman", to a series of heroes in the Marvel Universe, opening the era of superheroes, this process has not changed, although after 911, in the process of finding a way out of the film career influenced by Yan zhòng, the superhero film "Spider-Man" made its first shot, but it is still in the pathfinding stage.

"Any estimate is for the whole object, the era of superhero comic movies is still a few years later, but it doesn't prevent us from trying to make this kind of film first, Marvel and Lionsgate have their own advantages, DD can learn from them before the era comes, there is no harm, not to mention, Weta Digital should open up a new direction, otherwise it will be more difficult to adapt."

Kusa nodded, "This movie if they agree to DD Pictures joining-"

"Next year, and at least in the second half of the year, filming will not start until the second half of the year, and the fear of failure within Marvel is quite strict, and independent studios like Lionsgate are also very cautious."

“OK。”

There is no need to do anything about this matter now, at least wait until Marvel and Lionsgate agree to join, otherwise watch them die. Presumably, Marvel will treat Daniel differently then, until their attempt to show a little toe has completely failed.

"How about Fake Gods? Don't you think it's a good deal for the world? ”

Kusa laughed when she heard this, "Donna told me today that the world is moving so fast that she feels at a loss. ”

After Daniel was crowned emperor in Cannes, Universal, which was originally slowly leaning towards Daniel under Meyer's operation, added a heavy weight to it, and basically decided to invite Daniel to replace Jim Carrey in this interesting film - isn't it more interesting for someone like Daniel to play a loser? But after the box office of "Spy Shadow" broke out on the first day today, it means that it is not a problem to break 50 million in a single week, and the box office on Saturday and Sunday should not be lower than the first day, which is 55 million, and "Spider-Man", which has been released for a month and a half next week, will release part of the screen. So after the next whole week, the box office of "Spy" will reach 100 million. Of course, this is all predicted according to a normal trajectory, and if it suddenly dives, then there is no way to say. But with the current reputation of the movie, that's unlikely, unless there is another terrorist attack that blows up the Chinese theater or the Kodak theater or something.

Daniel's solo film has this kind of table, and it is no longer possible to get Daniel's contract at the original price.

So today Kusa directly raised Daniel's offer, and Donna, who approached him, would have such complaints.

"I told him that for the next part of "Spy", we will definitely report 20 million, and as for "Fake Gods", the original offer of 12 million will either add five points to the North American box office, or mention 15 million. They're discussing. ”

"Fifteen million is obviously a much better deal."

"No, they may propose 10 million + 5 points, or even 8 points, to ease the investment pressure, and there are quite a few recent projects around the world."

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