On June 1st, Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. held a huge press conference in Burbank, officially announcing that the superhero movie "Iron Man" that truly belongs to Marvel has entered the preparatory stage. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info∑，

It has been rumored that Duke's next film will be "Iron Man", and when he sat in the Warner News Hall, he undoubtedly officially confirmed this.

Hundreds of reporters sat in the press room, Marvel Studios' EO Kevin? Feige himself served as the host, and next to him sat Duke and Warner Bros. Eo Doug? Walter, Stan, the father of Marvel superheroes? Lee and Marvel Comics EO Avi? Allad and other heavyweights.

The presence of these people also fully shows that both the producer and the distributor have high hopes for "Iron Man".

However, the focus of media reporters is still on Duke, after all, he is not only the most famous person here, but also the director and producer of the film.

When the press conference entered the free question session, the guns of reporters asking questions one after another were aimed at Duke.

A reporter from the New York Times stood up first and asked, "Duke, Marvel has a large number of superhero characters, according to the exact news, Marvel Studios' first preparation of Iron Man came from your suggestion, why did you choose Tony in the first place?" Stark? ”

"In the world of comics, the Iron Man series is as famous as Spider-Man, Men's Men and Fantastic Four, and this comic has been popular for decades and has always been cared for by readers."

Tony? Stark can be said to be the most popular character that Marvel can find now, and after losing the copyright of "Spider-Man", there are not many options for the first step, and Duke does not explain much. After a little bit of language, he added, "Because he's not a biological variant, or something insect-bitten." He is just an ordinary person who uses his own intelligent manufacturing to create a steel suit, one of mankind's greatest inventions. ”

"Tony? Stark is a superhero with weaknesses. And living a dazzling dandy life, so I specially chose this story as the first film work under the new Marvel Studios umbrella. ”

Duke paused for half a second and then said, "We think 'Iron Man' is a very interesting character, and 'Spider-Man' and 'Men's Men' have brought the audience a hero of the god type. The reason this story is a good adaptation is that it touches on social issues and the world we live in. This story is about redemption and ordinary people who can be transformed into heroes. And he had to meet with misfortune in order to exert his strength. ”

Now that the film has just entered the preparatory stage, it is not yet time for the publicity to really exert its strength. Stark's setting and other issues, Duke has transferred to Marvel Comics' Avi? Arad and Stan? Lee.

The press conference lasted nearly a morning, and after a light lunch at noon, Duke left the Warner Building and returned to his Duke studio to begin preparations for the film.

If you want to prepare a film, the first thing is funding. At the same time as the press conference, Marvel Studios has allocated $40 million in funds needed for early preparations.

If you don't have money. Even Duke couldn't do anything.

The estimated production cost of "Iron Man" is $130 million, of which the bulk of the cost is Duke's $15 million basic salary for directors and producers, as well as the all-important special effects production.

To put it bluntly, Duke's "Iron Man" will still be a film with special effects as its main selling point.

Of course, Tony? Stark's character charm cannot be ignored, and the former "Iron Man" can become the most successful series of Marvel hero movies. It has nothing to do with the setting of the male protagonist, and even in the later "The Avengers", Tony? Stark is still a key figure in the bargaining.

One of them Robert Jr.? Downey's portrayal of this character is undoubtedly quite successful, perhaps because of the relationship between personality and personal experience, he is almost acting in his true colors.

So Duke's primary actor is still Robert Jr.? Downey. Charles? Rowan is currently in contact with him and his agent, and for Robert Jr., who is mired in drug abuse? For Downey, it was impossible to refuse, and the biggest disagreement between the two sides was the special terms that Duke required him to sign about drug use.

However, none of this will be a problem, little Robert who has a low career in his career? Donnie basically didn't have a choice.

Not to mention this kind of A-grade commercial production, Robert Jr.? In order to earn living expenses, Downey even wants to appear in some lesser-known TV series, but the other party is filmed by his past bad deeds and doesn't want to use him.

Ten thousand steps back, even if little Robert? Donnie's head is so muddy that he rejects the role, and Duke has a spare tire ready, which is his usual style of doing things, only the first candidate, and there will never be an impossible actor.

After the news broke that Duke might direct "Iron Man", Nicholas? Cage and Tom? Cruise had a high interest in playing "Iron Man", and at one point Cruise wanted to be a producer for the film.

It's just that the film has already had Duke, a director who wants to take a lot of remuneration, join, and with Marvel's usual management style, it is impossible to introduce Tom, who is also highly paid? Cruise, and Liang Tang then got a project called "Assassination of Hitler", and the interest immediately shifted away from "Iron Man".

The rest of Nicholas? Cage's spare tire, in terms of price, is also very in line with Marvel's appetite.

The Oscar winner, who has shown signs of being the king of bad movies, is currently experiencing a financial crisis. After the Rokencourt incident, Duke once vaguely borrowed Sophia? The mouth of Coppola reminded him, but Nicholas? Cage apparently didn't take it to heart and went down the old path.

The other party used to be Duke's favorite actor, and that's all he can do, after all, he and Sophia? Coppola is a good friend with Nicholas? Cage doesn't have much to do with it, and this is a country with a high degree of personal freedom and extreme attention to **, and some words are definitely more than worth the loss.

Although said Nicholas? Cage's hateful face is a big problem, but he's just one of the spare tires, and speaking of which, it's also the role of Iron Man that makes Robert Jr.? Downey.

And Pepper, the two most important female characters in the film? Pods and Natasha? Normanov, the latter has been identified by Scarlett? Johnson starred, and the former would be determined through an audition.

Recently, those well-informed agents have passed on the information of their actresses to Duke and his deputies through various channels. Johnson has deep roots and has both targeted the heroine.

Although Pepper? Waves is a standard vase, but there are countless actresses who have become popular through the vase role in Duke films, even like Charlize? Theron rose to the ranks of A-list superstars with his vase role.

Duke quickly circled the scope of the auditions, and many of them were familiar names, such as Rosa Mander? Pike, Rachel? McAdams, Amy? Adams wait, maybe these people are not as famous as Gwyneth now? Paltrow, but appearance, acting skills and fashion taste are not necessarily very different.

In short, with Duke's appeal today, it is not difficult to find the right actress at all, to put it mildly, as long as he hooks his fingers, the actress who wants to star in his film can be lined up from Warner Studios to Beverly Hills.

After the project was established, the script of the film was finally completely determined after many changes.

The script was written by the writers of Marvel Comics, who all knew Marvel's characters best, and then combined it with Stan? Lee and Duke's opinions, coupled with the need to meet the needs of the entire large series, moved the era of Iron Man's existence to the present society.

As we all know, Iron Man was born in the sixties of the last world, and the male protagonist Tony? Stark's characterization is based on the American entertainment legend Howard? Hughes came.

With Stan? Lee's words, Howard? Hughes was one of the most interesting characters of his time, an inventor, an adventurer, a millionaire, a romantic saint, and an absolute madman.

The reason why Marvel Comics created the character 'Iron Man' is to create a character that is different from ordinary superheroes.

Among all Marvel comic book characters at the time, 'Iron Man' was the superhero who received the most letters from female comic book fans. Readers of all ages care about the human side of the character. ”

In Duke's view, the character "Iron Man" is not only popular, but also the only self-help superhero in his Marvel series, because his superpowers come from the male protagonist Tony? Stark's own Iron Cloak.

In the original comics, Tony? Stark's character participated in the Vietnam War, which was later changed to the Gulf War, and now it has been adapted into a movie, and the battlefield must change places again, and Duke placed it in Afghanistan, which is in line with the needs of the entire Marvel Universe plan, and second, as a film aimed at teenagers, the story must not seem too old, and must give it a real contemporary appearance.

After the script was decided, Marvel Comics, combined with Duke's opinion, officially named the space that exists in the universe as the ultimate version, and the entire Avengers project and even the future plan to the universe will take place in this space.

At the same time, as long as the first movie can start, various comics around the ultimate version will also be released, even including some superheroes whose movie rights are not in Marvel's hands.

Like Spider-Man and Men-of-Men, although they can't get back the movie copyright, the comic book copyright is still there, and Marvel will certainly not let go of the opportunity to make money.

In addition to these, Duke also personally contacted the Pentagon, this film requires a lot of military equipment, if the support of the military will definitely save a lot of energy and expenses, since "Brave Island", he has also maintained a good relationship with the Pentagon.

The Pentagon also responded positively, and even sent a special team of liaison officers to Los Angeles, hoping to use Duke's film to make a name for their imminent equipping with an advanced weapon. (To be continued......)

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