King of Hollywood

Although "Hulk" was given to Fox, Adrian did not let it go, so he recommended Joss Whedon as the screenwriter and director of the film. In the eyes of others, Whedon may only have the producer label of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", but Adrian is very clear about his future achievements.

News Corporation and the media don’t deal with it very much. It is a matter between the two media groups. Universal and Fox may not be able to cooperate in movies, so even if Adrian initially gave "Hulk" to Fox with a prank in mind , or Joss Whedon was recommended to them. It is precisely because of this that Fox agreed to his recommendation without hesitation, and the vision of director Miracle has almost become a golden signature now.

As for the future "Avengers", don't worry, Adrian has left behind in these aspects. Besides, even with Whedon joining, it is still a question of whether "Hulk" can be sold well. Whedon now may not be comparable to Whedon a few years later. Of course, this just allows Whedon to practice his skills, and if he fails, it can also allow him to better take it under his command.

Speaking of which, regarding the idea of ​​"The Avengers", Marvel has still come up with a specific outline until now. I really don't know what they are thinking. You must know that there is no copyright issue now. But then again, it is understandable for them to be so cautious. After all, there are all aspects of things to consider, not just which superhero you want to appear, and which superhero can come out, and the copyrights of various characters are somewhat entangled. Surprise was too messy to make money in the 1970s and 1980s. So at the end of Fox's "Hulk", there will definitely not be such an easter egg as Iron Man or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

However, fortunately, "Captain America" ​​was not given to Disney. Adrian later learned that the main line of the entire "Avengers" sprang from Captain America. Not to mention that he knew Howard Stark, the super soldier project in the Hulk was also established because he wanted to redevelop the original serum, and the domain of God was also drawn out by the Rubik's Cube.

Moreover, Captain America is also an important role in the entire Avengers. His ability may not be as good as others, but his leadership ability is very good. In the comics, the Avengers are all displayed by him. And it is very good at maintaining the morale of the team members. In short, it is a role like a political commissar. So if you want to make a movie version of "The Avengers", the role of Captain America must not be handed over to others. And of course, Iron Man.

Iron Man doesn't need to be shown yet, his comic image is destined to be different from other superheroes, and it won't make much profit if he shows it out too early. In a few years, when the audience is a little tired of the current superheroes, they will definitely receive miraculous effects when they appear on the stage at that time. The current superheroes on the screen are either anonymous or passively known, like Tony Star It was the first time for Ke to take the initiative to declare who he was.

This is one of the important reasons why "Iron Man" will receive great praise after it comes out, you know, in the Marvel comics. Iron Man is much less popular than Spider-Man and X-Men.

Well, let’s not talk about this, "Hulk" is expected to be released in the summer vacation next year, and then we will know whether Whedon can handle this character, so I talked to him a few more words, and Adrian then turned elsewhere. There are still quite a few big names to add to the premiere, such as Spielberg. Although he is preparing his new movie and building a huge airport interior in the studio, this time can still be spared. And Adrian will be there too.

"I was going to do a live action shoot at JFK, but you know, airports were heavily guarded after 9/11, so I had to go and build an airport in a studio. Alex told me, at least It will take 20 weeks." Spielberg sighed helplessly, "Besides, I have to find a way to rent a plane, preferably a Boeing 747... By the way, if you If the private jet is temporarily useless, can you lend me two days to shoot? It won’t take too long.”

"No problem, but you have to notify me in advance." Adrian smiled. "Speaking of which, if you want to build a real airport, what should you do with the shops inside?"

"Don't worry about this, I have already negotiated with them," Spielberg said in a relaxed tone, "They are all willing to come to this 'airport' to set up shops, and some plan to arrange official staff to come over, no I also plan to arrange for extras to receive training, and I can save a lot of investment."

As expected of being a Jew, Adrian planned to sell him a good one, but he didn't expect him to have noticed.

Spielberg's new movie is naturally adapted from the personal experience of Mr. Mayan Karimi Nasseri who was stranded at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and the leading actors and actresses are still Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Because of this, Adrian and Zeta-Jones' plan to create a man had to be temporarily suspended. The airport in the studio would take several months to complete. It is impossible for Zeta-Jones to appear in front of the camera with a big belly, right?

This made Zeta-Jones a little uneasy. Her character decided to make a decision without too much interference, so it should be realized as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams. But at the same time, she really wants to cooperate with Spielberg. After all, the other party is one of the best directors in Hollywood. Anyway, Adrian doesn't seem to plan to direct a movie for her.

So just now, after chatting with several leading actors, Adrian took her aside to comfort: "Don't worry, what I promised will not change, as long as you are always willing. Moreover, although this movie It takes a lot of time in the early stage, but the shooting will be very fast. I have read the script, and it is basically concentrated indoors, so you don’t need to do this.”

Such a promise somewhat relaxed Zeta-Jones, and she even asked half-jokingly: "It's not that I didn't wear the flight attendant uniform for you."

"That's different." Adrian blinked. Then, ignoring the eyes of others, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "After the movie comes out, maybe I can see the other side of the beautiful stewardess Emilia in front of the camera. It must be very exciting."

Zeta-Jones' face turned red immediately, and she understood what Adrian meant. Although she hadn't seen the adult version of "Shakespeare in Love" starring Gwyneth and him, she still knew that there was such a thing. .

"Of course," Adrian laughed again after teasing her. "Before then, I hope that Dr. Jean Gray will take off her clothes on the bed first."

Zeta Jones' Qin? Gray or Phoenix Girl, although she lacks a bit of capable temperament, she is a bit more charming. But overall it's pretty good, and it's a good role-playing genre.

"Wait." Although Zeta Jones' tone was noncommittal, both of them knew that the matter had been settled.

Well, let's get back to Adrian and Spielberg, he didn't come to talk to him to talk about his new movie.

"I've seen "Sinbad" and it's good, and my daughters like it too, but I have to say, Steven, 2D animation. At least the era of 2D animation movies is over." In the chat After reading something about "The End of Happiness", Adrian quickly brought up the topic.

"I can see that too," Spielberg sighed, "but you know, Jeffrey always wanted to..."

He made a few gestures and didn't continue, but Adrian knew what he meant. When Jeffrey Katzenberg was at Disney, he was very hopeful to take over after Frank Wells' accidental death, but Katzenberg was furious that Michael Eisner promoted someone else when it came to a head. Feeling betrayed, he left immediately and founded DreamWorks with Spielberg and others.

In this way, surpassing Disney has become Katzenberg's biggest wish, of course, he also knows it. As a new film company, it is impossible for DreamWorks to surpass Disney in all aspects. So he chose to work on the place they are most proud of, yes, that is animation production.

In the initial rise of Disney, animation played a lot of roles, and occupied most of the animation market in North America for a long time, and had a great impact on the animation industry. Several founders of Pixar Studios worked in Disney In terms of experience, Katzenberg was also in charge of animation at the beginning. However, after Ace was incorporated into the main Disney and transformed it into a qualified media group, the animation industry began to be ignored. This is the case, and the animation studio launched the pinnacle of 2D animation in 1994, "Lion The King—Of course, Katzenberg always believed that he had played an important role in it, so he couldn't stand Eisner's slighting of him.

Therefore, he single-handedly built the animation studio of DreamWorks, and launched 2D animations such as "Prince of Egypt" and 3D animations such as "Shrek", which have earned a lot of box office and word of mouth. In the previous life, because of Disney's cooperation with Pixar, it stabilized DreamWorks in 3D animation, but in this life Adrian has already bought Pixar in advance, so Disney's animation is going from bad to worse, even though it still produced 2D animation such as "Mulan". Animation, but unable to resist the erosion of DreamWorks in this regard.

And this is exactly what Katzenberg wanted to see, so he increased investment in DreamWorks Animation Studio, and put 3D animations like "Shrek" together, and favored 2D animation production. This is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse. After the rise of Pixar, everyone realized that the 3D animation of animated films has become a trend, but Katzenberg still insists on his own approach, even if there are several 2D animations-such as "City of Gold" Or "My Little Pony" -- which was underwhelming at the box office and critically acclaimed, and in his mind, beating it out on a traditional Disney project was a colossal victory.

Therefore, there is the complete fiasco of "Sinbad's Legend of the Seven Seas" this year. The fiasco of animated movies is much worse than that of live-action movies. The production cycle of animated movies is much longer, and the investment is relatively higher. Relying on the peripherals, if it is not popular, then the loss is not much less than a commercial giant, and DreamWorks' animation studio is also in trouble.

But this is exactly what Adrian, who has been watching coldly, wants to see.

"I have a proposal, Steven," he said. "Look, DreamWorks has failed like Pearl Harbor in movies. But overall it's doing pretty well. So in order to prevent the failure of animated movies Benefits affect the entire company, so it is better to separate the studio and set up a separate company. First, it can reduce losses. Second, after further exploring the potential of the studio, it will definitely not be difficult to turn losses into profits. After all, DreamWorks still has strengths in this regard. A lot has been accumulated, all it takes is time.”

Yes, DreamWorks, which should have been troubled in film matters, is doing fine, despite the absence of a critically acclaimed, box-office win like American Beauty, and despite failures like Pearl Harbor. But with Spielberg's brand, and Adrian's media support from time to time, DreamWorks still has a good harvest in medium-investment movies, and some failures are not hurting.

The same goes for Disney. Without Pixar, no more, and Disney, which chose to shrink its business, was not hit hard, on the contrary, it was more dynamic. Also, in the previous life, after Disney acquired it, it carried a huge financial burden. Although it played a huge role in Disney's expansion, it was not until almost ten years later, when Eisner stepped down, that it turned around.

Now without this burden, Disney is relatively relaxed. Although many traditional forces are frequently crowded out by other media groups, such as the media catching up with them in creating teenage idols, Disney is still an established company after all, and its advantages in this area cannot be offset in a day or two.

However, this does not mean that Eisner's position is very stable, because he has always looked down on animation production. Disney's animation studio has almost no outstanding works at present, even if they have also started 3D. This dissatisfied part of Disney’s veterans, represented by Walt Disney’s nephew Roy Disney. Coupled with a series of contradictions accumulated, Roy once threatened Eisner to change the management of Disney by resigning from the board of directors. Strategy.

Basically, if Roy does resign because of this. Then Eisner, who caused the situation that there are no more members of the Disney family on the Disney board of directors, will step down sooner or later. It seems that it is very likely to be faster than in his previous life.

Alright, let's go back to DreamWorks, because the movies are pretty good. The bad effects of "Sinbad of the Seven Seas" seemed so obvious, so Adrian seized the opportunity to put forward his long-awaited suggestion. This is his best and only chance to complete his strategy.

"Sounds good, but you have to talk to Jeffrey." Spielberg said after thinking for a long time.

"I will." Adrian smiled slightly. He knew that Spielberg saw something, but so what? This trick of his own can be regarded as a conspiracy.

But before meeting with Katzenberg, I still have to prepare first. That guy is not easy to deal with, as can be seen from his revenge on Disney. But as long as he is persuaded, this matter can basically be decided. Seeing Spielberg's reaction, he is obviously a little moved. As for David Geffen, he is only in charge of record affairs and has never cared about these things. .

"X-Men 2" was successfully released, and there were not many changes in the plot. Except for the adjustments in details like the first one to make the plot more reasonable, everything else remained the same. A certain military leader wanted to kill all the mutants in the world because of his son, so he planned to attack the president, and attacked the school and captured most of the mutants. At the same time, he controlled Professor X and escaped. Magneto and the rest of the X-Men cooperated to rescue him. In the end, Jean Gray used her own ability to ensure that the plane took off smoothly, but she also disappeared in the torrent. After safety, the X-Men also let the president take back Commands against mutants.

As a commercial film, "X-Men 2" is qualified, with a compact plot, each person's ability is well displayed, and the fighting is also very interesting. In particular, Yuriko played by Ji Hui fought against Wolverine at the end. Whether it was Wolverine's brutal strength or Yuriko's dexterous acceleration characteristics, they were fully displayed in front of the camera, which was quite exciting.

In this way, Yukie has to take the title of an action actress again, and I don’t know how the Japanese will flatter her. It’s a little regrettable that her lines in the whole movie are too few, and she can’t show much acting skills . But Adrian doesn't care. If you really want to see Yukie's acting skills, "Memoirs of a Geisha" is enough. Yukie, who was brought to the United States by him early, has not been influenced by the drama style of Japanese movies. It's sure to be pretty good.

In contrast, Scarlett played a much smaller role in the role of the little mischievous. Originally one of the most important main characters in the first part, she completely became a supporting role in the second part. She still doesn't have many roles in the script outline of the last part of the trilogy, which undoubtedly makes her a little dissatisfied.

"It's so disappointing that I've barely been able to perform, and I don't look like a superhero at all." Scarlett said, looking very sexy with her red lips pursed.

"Don't be too greedy, my dear, you are the well-deserved protagonist in the first part." Adrian comforted with a smile.

"Speaking of which, I didn't have any outstanding roles in the first film. I was scrambled and rescued from the beginning to the end," Scarlett sighed. "I'm also like Hugh or Sir McKellen. sharp."

It seemed that she began to like superhero roles a little bit. Adrian smiled and was about to say something when another soft voice sounded: "Learn to be content, Scarlett, my role is not very useful either, just my own The ability to heal is relatively strong, but I have never complained." (To be continued)