According to Duke's plan, "The Avengers" will start filming in September or October, and the filming time is tentatively scheduled for two and a half months, after the $60 million allocated by Marvel Studios in advance, the preparation of the entire crew has been carried out in an orderly manner. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The film is very ambitious, but the shooting is not like this, and nearly 90 percent of the film's scenes will be shot on a Warner-produced studio, which means that Duke will use a large area of green screen shooting.

Except for a few scenes that required location, Duke would basically finish filming the film in Los Angeles.

However, he will divide the crew into two parts in the future, Anna? Prinz will lead a team to Germany, New York, Cleveland, and other locations to shoot enough footage for the post-compositing shots.

Today, the Avengers have been established for half a century, and the Marvel Comics company that has grown with it has a history of more than 70 years.

This half century has given comic book writers enough time to tinker with and improve the complex worldview of the Marvel Universe, and it has also given generations of creators the opportunity to dig deeper into the characters.

Among them are grassroots heroes who are born in commoners, artificial intelligence that crystallizes science and technology, the most threatening alien life, and the gods who are born with divine powers.

Magic, technology, and superpowers have reached a perfect balance in friction and cooperation; The harmonious coexistence of humans, gods, and aliens is becoming more and more reasonable, and the Hollywood-style production process and current special effects technology also meet the needs of the series of films.

After the warm-up of the previous films, this series has already formed a topic and gathered fans, and the sensory stimulation brought by the superhero assembly is bound to grow exponentially.

In fact, in Duke's eyes, this film can realize the dream of many audiences of different ages - to see several of his beloved heroes huddled in a single shot to fight monsters.

But it's not easy to get these superheroes to team up to fight monsters. Regardless of the difficulties faced by Duke in preparations, some external distractions will always jump out.

In Hollywood, after any film is a hit. There will always be all kinds of people who want a piece of the pie, such as James? Cameron's Avatar. The number of times people have come forward to accuse plagiarism is comparable to the number of times the film has been mentioned at the box office.

Some people are driven by profits, others are driven by competitors, and this is a complex and chaotic and highly competitive circle, and it is not surprising that any business circle will use the means to appear.

Duke had some trouble preparing for The Avengers.

In mid-May, the nation's famous cartoonist Jack? Kobe's descendants and their lawyers held a press conference, announcing that they would file a lawsuit in Los Angeles court against Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios, demanding that they be terminated Jack? Copyright of the comic book characters created by Bryant. Pause the preparation and filming of "The Avengers" and share the profits from the previous movie.

This news was quickly reported by the media and became the focus of public opinion for a while, and many media even published news similar to "The Avengers" will be postponed indefinitely.

Jack? Kobe Bryant is one of the veterans of Marvel and Stan? Lee's important assistant, who has participated in the creation of superhero characters such as "Fantastic Four", "Hulk", "Captain America", "Iron Man", "Thor", etc., is one of the creators of the Avengers.

However, what does he do with Stan? Lee is still alive and different, as he passed away as early as 1994.

Undoubtedly, Stan? Lee is widely regarded as the father of Marvel's superheroes. According to his agreement with Marvel, he also enjoys a five-percent share of all profits brought by all superheroes involved in the creation.

But in fact, the long-deceased Jack? Kobe Bryant's influence on Marvel is far greater than Stan's? Plum.

Jack? Kobe's descendants took the Marvel Company to court. Asking for Jack back? The copyright of a series of comic works created by Bryant between 1958 and 1963 will undoubtedly cause a lot of trouble for the whole Marvel grand plan.

Of course, Duke will not stop preparing and filming, and after the other party called a press conference, he also called a meeting.

Regardless of Jack? Whether Kobe's descendants have been provoked by some people, it is unlikely that he will win this lawsuit, because he is facing more than just a Marvel Comics.

What if Jack? A total of 45 lawsuits filed by Kobe's descendants to terminate the copyright were finally realized, including the rights and proceeds of many characters such as Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, etc., which will be redistributed.

This involves not only Marvel and Warner Bros., but also Sony Columbia, Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount.

There are no surprises. With a slight suggestion from Duke, the companies stood together. A large team of lawyers was formed, not just to respond to lawsuits. Still to Jack? Bryant's descendants filed a countersuit.

Marvel filed an allegation, claiming that Jack? Kobe Bryant's works were all created for the company's duties, so all copyrights belong to Marvel.

Under U.S. copyright law, if Marvel tasks a writer or artist to create a comic book story with a new character, or to draw a comic book based on a description of the character, and pays the writer or artist for completing the task, the publishing company owns the copyright, not the writer or artist.

Marvel Studios swore in a media release, "Jack? All of Kobe's comics to Marvel fall into this category. ”

This is bound to turn into an incomparably long lawsuit, and in the face of such a powerful alliance of interests, in fact, everyone knows, Jack? The chances of Kobe's descendants winning are almost nil.

"We're just doing this to give us more trouble."

In the studio at Warner Studios, Tina? Faye and Scarlett, who just walked in? "It adds to the pressure on us, because if we lose the case, the whole project has to be stopped, and that kind of psychological implication affects the work of the actors and others." ”

Scarlett turned to look at Duke, "Honey, are you going to be affected?" ”

Duke, who was temporarily resting, put down the coffee cup in his hand and shook his head, "If this kind of thing had been affected, I wouldn't have come this far." ”

How much fierce competition has he faced along the way, and how many overt or covert means have those competitors used?

Where would Hollywood easily watch the rise of one force so unhindered.

Not only himself, but Duke is also reassured enough about his entire team, who, like him, have experienced countless baptisms of wind and rain, and are not the kind of fools who come to Hollywood and think that this is a holy land.

"Scarlett, when you were rehearsing with the other actors......"

Compared with the members of his own team, Duke is still a little worried about the actors, "You can also talk to them about it, the crew will not stop no matter what." ”

Those actors are neither newcomers nor stupid, with a little hint, they can naturally see Jack? Kobe's descendants had no chance of winning at all.

Don't say that it was indeed Marvel that authorized Jack? Kobe Bryant's creation, even if it is not, it is impossible for the other party to win the lawsuit in the face of such a powerful consortium of interests.

The laws of this country are indeed sound, but only a fool would think that the laws of America are fair and just.

"Hmm......" Scarlett nodded, "I know what to do." ”

Tina? Fei had been looking through the information, and then suddenly said, "Duke, there is something you should pay attention to, David?" Ellison's "Fast and Furious 5" with Universal Pictures is scheduled to open the following weekend. ”

"What does he want to do?" Scarlett stood up and walked over to Tina? Fe looked at the information together, "Did he naively think that "Fast and Furious 5" could win "The Avengers"?" ”

"Can't be careless." Duke has never been arrogant, "The Fast and Furious franchise has amassed a large number of fans, and as long as there are no problems with the film and publicity, it is definitely a fierce rival. ”

"Wow......"

As if seeing something strange, Scarlett shouted, and then said, "There's an acquaintance of yours in this crew." ”

Without waiting for Duke to say anything, she continued, "They brought Mel back from Australia? Gibson, as the villain of this film. ”

"He's back." Duke flicked his coffee cup lightly, "Tina, make people stare at Mel?" Gibson and this crew. ”

Tina? Fei nodded.

Scarlett? Johnson thought of something more, "Will this lawsuit we face be related to David?" Ellison is related to his crew? ”

Duke simply gave an ambiguous answer, "Possibly." ”

As he said in the past, it doesn't really matter who does it, what matters is who is in the best interest of it? As long as you can see the beneficiary, you can also see where your enemies are.

See Tina? Faye started to make the call, and Scarlett left and came to Duke's side, holding the back of his chair and saying, "Shouldn't we do something?" You can't just be beaten passively, right? ”

"Scarlett, you care about too much." Duke tapped on her hand and reminded, "The most important thing you should do now is how to get your role right." ”

"Okay, okay, I got it." Scarlett walked towards the seat across from Duke, muttering as she went, "Black Widow always does what she is told, and she's in a gray area. Although she fights for justice, she has a dark background. But she is still determined to fight for justice, because on the one hand she has to do it, and on the other hand she has a sense of responsibility in her heart, she always speaks with her fists, which is her way of distinguishing right from wrong. (To be continued.) )

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