Seeing Jamie's resolute refusal, Ovitz was anxious on the spot.

"Didn't you say that the conflict between the two personalities in the Hulk could be dug deeper? Aren't you interested in writing a story from this point of view? ”

Jamie shook his head.

Sorry, but not really!

In the previous life, "The Incredible Hulk", which was cooperated by Universal and Marvel, actually wanted to dig deep into the complex relationship between Banner and Hulk's opposing and interdependent personalities.

This can be seen from the casting of the male lead.

Edward Norton.

has starred in high-scoring masterpieces such as "First Class Fear" and "Fighter Club", and his acting skills are obvious to all, and he is definitely the best candidate to play this crazy character with a split personality.

However, the writers and directors of the movie "The Incredible Hulk" did not grasp the point, and the plot did not highlight that the Hulk had an independent personality, but instead created an illusion for the audience, as if the Hulk was just a Banner who had lost his mind.

wasted Edward Norton's good acting skills.

Of course, this is not a good thing for the film "The Incredible Hulk".

If this movie really digs deep in the direction of split personality, Edward Nord's acting skills have a lot of room to play, but the style of the whole movie will inevitably move towards the dark style of DC next door.

This is in conflict with the joyful commercial popcorn movie tone of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.

And the movie made in this way is very likely to follow the old path of Li Yan's version at the box office.

If the box office is too bad, Marvel is likely to give up the role of Hulk directly, which also means that the Hulk in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe will be cut in the future.

Not to mention that behind the Hulk, there is also a copyright battle between Universal and Marvel.

After Li Yan's version of "The Incredible Hulk" messed up in his previous life, Universal was frustrated with this IP, which coincided with the establishment of Marvel's film department, mortgaged the superhero copyright in his hand, and borrowed $500 million from the bank.

Originally, Marvel was going to use the money to make five movies, each of which was controlled at a production cost of $100 million.

However, the newly established Marvel Studios found out after inquiring about the current situation in Hollywood that the money could make up to three movies.

And the bank only agreed to lend Marvel Studios $500 million, but before the loan, Marvel had to make the film and television project first, and the bank would find professionals to review it.

After all, the bank is also afraid that Marvel will embezzle the money elsewhere.

After careful consideration, Marvel Studios decided to make two movies first, and the filming plan of "Iron Man" was very radical and risky, and in order to prevent being killed by the bank, another movie was needed to stabilize it.

In the end, Marvel approached Universal in the hope of recovering the Hulk copyright.

The negotiations went very smoothly, and Universal also let the Hulk return to Marvel, but on the condition that Universal still retains the right of first refusal to invest in the Hulk's single movie, and as long as the Hulk appears in all Marvel movies, the distribution of the movie must be handed over to Universal.

According to the average account sharing ratio of Hollywood films, producers, distributors, and theaters each account for one-third.

The distribution is basically monopolized by the six major Hollywood film companies.

Marvel Studios hadn't hugged Disney's lap at this time, and Universal handed an olive branch, so it was a natural hit.

"The Incredible Hulk" obviously has a more box office hit than "Iron Man" from the actors, the script to the special effects, including the publicity after its release, but the box office is less than half of "Iron Man".

Universal thought that it was cheated by Marvel, and Marvel shook the pot and said that Universal was also involved in the production of "The Incredible Hulk", and the box office was not as good as expected, and they were also responsible.

After a bit of bickering, the relationship between the two companies became more and more strained.

And Marvel relied on the box office explosion of "Iron Man" and successfully aroused Disney's interest.

In the end, Disney bought Marvel for $4 billion.

After hugging the thigh of the golden father, Marvel took Universal even less, and the development of the Hulk's follow-up movies was also put on hold indefinitely.

It wasn't until "Avengers 1" that the green fat man reappeared.

After the release of the film, Marvel found that the green fat man with the starring role was still quite marketable, so he wanted to go back to Universal to discuss the development of a single Hulk movie.

At that time, the basic framework of the Marvel Cinematic Universe had been built, with the previous successful works and popularity, as long as the plot and actors of the subsequent single movies did not have any major problems, basically after the movie was made, it was a matter of earning more and earning less.

In Marvel's view, this money is like picking it up for nothing, and Universal has no reason to refuse it.

Isn't it stupid to have money and not make it?

As a result, Universal was really stupid and refused Marvel's request for cooperation.

The reason is that the proportion of global accounts for the issuance of "Avengers 1" is too low.

Unless Marvel can compromise on the proportion of the issuance account, everything is not to be discussed.

And Marvel has just made a splash with "Avengers 1", how can it stand this anger, since Universal can't even figure out who is the father now, there is really no need to cooperate.

After the two sides collapsed, Hulk star Mark Ruffalo was so angry that he complained on the TV show that his real-name DISS Universal has money and doesn't make money, so he may not be able to look down on this little money.

Although Marvel verbally said that it would not make a single Hulk movie, it was reluctant to let the Hulk be popular, so in addition to continuing to let the Hulk appear in the Avengers, it also secretly poked and prodded in "Thor 3" to sell dog meat.

said that it was a single Thor movie, but in fact, Hulk played even more roles in the film than Thor.

Marvel did this, in fact, it took advantage of the loophole in the contract signed with Universal back then.

Does Universal regret it?

Of course!

I knew that I should have held the copyright of the Hulk in my hands back then, and waited until the Marvel Cinematic Universe became bigger and stronger, so that Marvel would come to the door to cooperate.

At this point, the Sony next door is much more savvy.

Spider-Man and Marvel share copyrights, and in order to let Spider-Man return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel has to help Sony develop a single Spider-Man movie.

Of course, this can't be blamed on Universal's short-sightedness, if Li Yan's version of "The Incredible Hulk" hadn't messed up, Universal would definitely hold this IP in his hands.

In the future, if Marvel wants to bring the Hulk back, it will definitely not be that price.

But Li Yan's version of "Hulk" is destined to hit the streets, and "The Incredible Hulk" has proved that even if the director and actors are changed to shoot, it is not easy for the IP of Hulk to succeed.

This is also the reason why Jamie rejected Ovitz.

Although Jamie also wants to see if "The Incredible Hulk" doesn't hit the streets, the Marvel Cinematic Universe will still be so beautiful in the future.

But Jamie doesn't produce water, he's just a porter of nature.

If there are successful cases in the previous life that can be referred to, it's okay to change the magic.

Forget about originality.

Ovitz was very disappointed with this result, but he still did not intend to give up, and continued to pester Jamie to analyze the shortcomings of Li Yan's version of "The Hulk".

Jamie was a little speechless.

Although Li Yan's version of "The Incredible Hulk" had a bunch of slots in his previous life, but now the movie has not yet started, and Ovitz just has a plausible script outline, which makes Jamie analyze it fart!

"If you really want to stop the cooperation between Universal and Li Yan, you can tell them that Li Yan is a very good literary film director, but he has never proven himself in commercial films, and there are fewer examples of big literary film directors overturning in commercial films?"

Ovitz blurted out:

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is not a commercial film?"

Jamie was directly shocked.

Do you call "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" a commercial film?

After thinking about it, I realized that it was true.

Western audiences know the oriental martial arts of a fart, and the vast majority of overseas audiences watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", don't they just watch it as a commercial film with a hunting for curiosity?

For this reason, Jamie had to go through a lot of words and explain to Ovitz that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is an out-and-out martial arts film in the oriental film system.

Taking Hong Kong Island, the most developed Chinese-language film at present, as an example, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has Zhou Runfa as the starring role in Double Monday, and the box office is only more than 14 million.

Ovitz hadn't paid attention to the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" on Hong Kong Island before, and immediately made a note on the paper after listening to the data given by Jamie.

Li Yan is better at shooting and shooting story-focused feature films.

It can be seen that Ovitz has not given up on the idea of making a script for "The Incredible Hulk" on his own, nor has he given up his plan to dig into the corner of the CAA.

The topic is back to The Incredible Hulk.

"Hulk is among Marvel's many superheroes, destructive power and combat effectiveness are considered to be the first level, and even the Hulk's combat power in the comics is directly linked to the degree of anger, the more angry the higher the combat power, and there is no upper limit."

"Although it doesn't have to be so exaggerated when it is made into a movie, if I am an audience who buys tickets to enter the venue, I definitely want to see the kind of special effects battle scenes that are violent and can stimulate adrenaline, so the story and plot must serve this."

"In my opinion, a qualified "Hulk" movie, the plot should be as simple as possible, and there is no doubt that it takes a lot of literary drama to pave the way for how the Hulk was born, even if you don't read comics, you know that the Hulk was mutated by gamma rays, and there is no need to make a big fuss about the plot on this origin."

"All in all, the simpler the drama, the better, the more violent the action scenes, the better, the plot is interesting, the special effects are enjoyable, and if these conditions can be met, "The Incredible Hulk" will definitely be a big success."

Ovitz, who was holding a pen to quickly record the main points, suddenly looked up.

"Simple and interesting literary drama, then you can only take the path of comedy action movies, but you said earlier that Banner and Hulk are two personalities, and their unified and opposing relationship is worth digging into, which contradicts the style of the film."

Jamie shook his head and said:

"Who said that a split personality has to be made bitter and hateful, or simply made into a thriller horror movie?"

Haven't you heard that mentally ill people have a wide range of ideas, and mentally handicapped children have a lot of fun?

It's simply a natural comedy genre.

Ovitz stopped.

"For example?"

Jamie immediately had a movie in his head, and he was about to say it, and then suddenly realized that the movie hadn't been made yet!

The next second, Jamie's eyes lit up.

It's good that I didn't shoot it!

In this way, he will have no pressure at all to be a copyist!

"I had an idea."

Ovitz, who was waiting for Jamie's answer, was stunned at first, then ecstatic.

"Have you changed your mind?"

Jamie told Ovitz not to be busy and happy, because his idea was so bold, at least no one had ever made a superhero movie like this before.

Unfortunately, this did not have any effect.

Ovitz clenched the pen in his hand excitedly.

Whether the story is good or not is another story, the most important thing is to let Jamie tell the story first.

Jamie first recalled the plot of the movie in his previous life, and began to change his magic by drawing a scoop with a gourd.

"Bruce Banner was originally a scientist with a successful career and love, and together with his girlfriend Betty Ross, he was commissioned by a mysterious organization to develop a gamma radiation device that he hoped would use to change the human system."

"Because of an experimental accident, Banner was exposed to gamma rays, and later he discovered that his body had some strange changes, and at the same time, he accidentally discovered that the mysterious institution that supported their research turned out to be the military, and the person in charge was his girlfriend's father, General Ross."

"General Ross supports the study of gamma rays, and in fact wants to create super soldiers, which is contrary to Banner's original intention of studying gamma rays."

"The mutation of his body and the realization of General Rose's true face made Banner disheartened, and he was unable to tell his girlfriend Betty the truth, so he had to choose to leave the lab."

"In order to prevent Banner from exposing the truth of the experiment to the outside world, General Ross deliberately spread rumors to smear Banner and make him become the scum of the scientific community, and his girlfriend Betty also broke up with Banner because of this."

"Banner's life was completely destroyed, and he went from being a scientist to a construction worker, relying on some menial manual work to make ends meet."

On the other hand, Banner did not give up researching the abnormalities in his body, and he regularly sent his blood samples to a university professor, hoping that the other party could help him find out the cause of the abnormalities in his body.

"One day, Banner came home from work at a construction site to find that the homeless man downstairs who often greeted and chatted with him was missing."

"At first, Banner didn't suspect it until a few days later when he heard other workers on the construction site talk about how there were fewer homeless people on the streets lately."

"When Banner was framed by General Ross and discredited, he used to be a homeless man for a while, and after work, he went to a restaurant that distributed free food to homeless people, and learned from the staff that the number of homeless people who came to receive food had dropped sharply in recent times, and he began to suspect it."

"When he returned home that night, he received an anonymous email in his mailbox, claiming that he was a colleague of Banner and that the recent breakthrough in the research of gamma rays had been made, and that General Ross had secretly sent people to snarl the homeless people on the streets and carry out inhumane illegal human experiments in order to achieve results as soon as possible."

"And all of these homeless people died in the experiment, and the researcher couldn't bear to watch similar tragedies continue to happen, so he took the risk of telling Banner about it, hoping that he would come forward and expose it."

(End of chapter)