readx;?“ Iron Man signed with "Avengers", and the superheroes finally got together! ”

For the time being, Duke is in a resting phase, but Marvel Studios' promotion work has not relaxed. After Downey's actor contract, he released relevant news to the public as soon as possible, telling all Marvel fans and even fans in North America that "The Avengers" is coming. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Marvel Comics CEO Avi? Arad also gave an exclusive interview to The New York Times, "The Avengers will bring together for the first time all the classic superhero characters of Marvel Comics, including Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Thor and Hulk, to name a few, and they will unite to fight a formidable foe they have never faced before." ”

Who exactly will this powerful enemy character be? has become the focus of many people's attention, and Marvel has deliberately released rumors before, saying that the "Hulk" is likely to become the common enemy of all heroes, but judging from this speech, Hulk is classified as one of the heroes, which means that he may not become a "villain" character.

In this day and age, any film that wants to attract a large enough audience needs to be promoted.

Although there is no doubt that the director of the film must be Duke, Marvel Studios and Duke have never disclosed this information to the public, so the selection of the director, like the actors, has also become the focus of Marvel's publicity and hype.

"There is new news about the Marvel Studios blockbuster "The Avengers", "Firefly" director Jos? Whedon is in talks with Marvel and is expected to take over directing the film. ”

In March, news about the Avengers was thrown to the public one after another.

"Allegedly, the two sides have begun formal contacts, Jos? Whedon is likely to be the director. However, the director's only film "Firefly" did not do well at the box office and reception, which may be an obstacle to the signing of the two parties. ”

Exposed Jos? Not long after Whedon was an interested candidate for Marvel Studios, news circulated in the media and on the Internet, saying that Jon, the director of "Iron Man 2"? It is also possible that Favreau will take over as the director of "The Avengers".

Under the deployment of Marvel Studios, Jon? Favreau quickly stood up to refute the rumors, ""Iron Man", "Hulk", "Thor", and "Captain America" all paved the way for "The Avengers". Each director will arrange some foreshadowing or easter eggs in it. "The Avengers" will be very difficult to film, because "Iron Man" is a high-tech equipped superhero, and "Thor" is a superhero with supernatural powers, mixing and matching these two things that are not related. It would have taken a lot of thought without compromising the style that we had already established, and I don't think I have the ability to do that. ”

Although "Thor" will not be released until the summer, the previous four films have made Marvel Studios' superhero movies eye-catching enough, not only Marvel Studios and Marvel Comics are using various ways to hype, but many people in Hollywood have also taken the initiative to move themselves closer to the direction of "The Avengers". This is a way to get more attention.

Louis, the director of Clash of the Gods? Leterrier revealed himself over the weekend while promoting the new film that he was one of the director candidates for the Marvel Comics movie "The Avengers".

Louis? Leterrier told reporters, "I'm on their shortlist, and I'm at the top of their list, I'm pretty sure of that. I don't know who the other directors are, but I have a good relationship with Marvel Studios, and I can be blunt about them and other candidates, and I'm the best fit. I love working with Marvel, I love them, they're great. ”

This has also attracted a lot of attention. It's just that this director is obviously taking advantage of the hype, and then again, even if Duke has a problem with his head, he will not find a director who can make ancient Greek mythology movies into road movies to take charge of "The Avengers".

In addition to the director, many actors also came to join in the fun, and many people are also using this opportunity to hype themselves.

Like what Eva? Longoria and other actors who didn't enter the stream jumped out and vowed that they would appear in the cast selection of "The Avengers".

As time went on, the hype grew hotter and hotter, appearing frequently in the eye-catching pages of movies and entertainment media.

Robert Jr., who was the first to sign a formal contract with Marvel Studios? Downey is also fulfilling his promotional obligations, when asked by reporters about the film's director. "They need someone who is familiar with all the different character franchises and can bring them together, Marvel Studios CEO Kevin? Feige is one such person who knows the whole picture, and he knows every book well. He has also participated in the production of every film, especially "Thor" and "Captain America", he is deeply involved, he will definitely choose a director who is most suitable for "The Avengers", as for who this person will be, I don't know. I only know and love 'Iron Man'. ”

As the month of April approached, news about The Avengers flooded the media.

"Mark the Hulk? Ruffalo reached an agreement with Marvel Studios on the salary and schedule, and officially signed with "The Avengers". ”

"Scarlett? When Johnson walked out of ICM headquarters, he made it clear that he had signed the actor contract for "The Avengers" and would continue to play Black Widow Natasha? Normanoff agent. ”

"Captain America, Chris? Evans has signed a contract extension with Marvel Studios and will serve as the brain and commander of "The Avengers"! ”

Negotiations between Marvel Studios and the actors have ended one after another, and the main actors have basically signed contracts, and the news about "The Avengers" has even overshadowed the upcoming films in a new summer season in North America.

In late April, a website exposed two concept images of "The Avengers", which show the S.H.I.E.L.D. space carrier, and in the corner, there is an unusually clear creator's signature - Duke? Rosenberg!

"The special correspondent of this site waited for a whole week in the beach villa area of Malibu and found these two concept drawings from the garbage transported from the Duke Manor. Rosenberg's signature is enough to say a lot, and this Hollywood's premier commercial director may be the real person to direct "The Avengers"! ”

The news spread like a viral replica on the Internet and among fans, with almost everyone believing Duke to be the most suitable director for "The Avengers."

Duke and Marvel Studios didn't respond immediately, waiting for their well-planned publicity campaign to be fully fermented.

In fact, throughout April, Duke and Marvel Studios were in constant communication, and the film could enter the formal preparation stage at any time.

Before the Oscars, Marvel Comics stuffed a script into Duke's hands, but unlike in the past, this script only has a framework and outline, and the motivations and behaviors of each character in the film must be filled in by Duke little by little, and he can also change the outline of the script of Marvel as long as necessary.

In more than three months, Duke basically finished the script, and after the six main actors were signed, he brought them together several times to understand their ideas for their respective roles. After reading it, Johnson said that the script was a bit confusing because many clues were entangled.

Duke looking for Anna? Prinz asked her to lead someone to subdivide the script and produce a character script for six characters.

This script is based on Stan? Lee and Jack? Kobe Bryant's Marvel comic of the same name, the first Avengers comic was published in September 1963, and the lineup at that time included Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man and Wasp, and after being rescued from the Antarctic ice, Captain America joined in Issue 4.

As producer Kevin ? As Feige said, "The Avengers" is more like a disaster movie, the whole theme is very simple, that is, the earth has suffered an unprecedented devastating blow, S.H.I.E.L.D. was caught off guard by the sudden evil forces, and a single superhero could not cope, so they came forward to convene the "Avengers", which is composed of many superheroes, to fight side by side and work together to defend the earth.

The story of the Avengers saving the earth can be said to be very cliché, but it is the genre that the public likes, and Duke will not do anything superfluous in this regard.

From a plot point of view, it is understandable that this setting is made, but in fact, the real reason is due to commercial considerations.

Let many superheroes under Marvel Comics assemble, which not only increases the number of uses of first-line heroes, but also makes more second-line heroes popular by the way, as long as the quality and publicity of the film are guaranteed, it is difficult not to earn enough eyeballs and money.

In order to attract new and old fans into the theater, the six heroes in "The Avengers" this time were all played by the original actors, because of Duke, "Hulk" did not use Edward, who is famous and difficult in the circle, during filming? Norton, directly by Mark? Ruffalo starred, and the other party also signed a big name on the actor contract of "The Avengers".

The upfront investment of this film is 200 million US dollars, as the largest shareholder of Marvel Comics, Duke, the director, will inevitably be cautious, and has always maintained the standard of slow work and meticulous work in terms of script filling, which naturally does not have much efficiency, even if he is still making appropriate adjustments to the script, I just hope that when the film is officially approved, the script can be basically finalized.

Of course, there will be many aspects involved in such a group scene, and timely adjustments will definitely need to be made during filming, and Duke is not the kind of rigid person, and the script will change after the project starts.

On May 1, Marvel Studios and Duke announced at the same time that Duke? Rosenberg will become the director of "The Avengers".

At the same time, the press conference for the launch of the film was also officially held at a hotel near the headquarters of Marvel Studios in Burbank. (To be continued.) )

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