Hollywood legendary director

Movies and TV are different. Because of the length of time, the length of the content is definitely different. In addition, the film has to maintain the commercial and entertainment attributes, so you must omit the past of some characters and highlight the events.

In other words, in Lehman's view, Marvel movies highlight the epic of heroes and the chronology of events in the Marvel universe. It speaks of heroes' accomplishments and seldom daily life.The advantage of this approach is that the conflict is clear and the narrative is crisp, but the disadvantage is that it is not easy to get close to, and it lacks a lot of smoke.

But if you want to develop the Marvel TV series, Lehman wants to shape the heroes' biographies, give more details, and pave the way for the movie universe or some forces.When it's done, the two complement each other.

Therefore, Lehman is very concerned about these two fields, and did not say that it is not thankful to make TV, and that he does not pay much attention to it without developing movies.

After I found Isaac, the senior executive of Fox Television Network, dialed the number, something was easy to talk about.

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Regarding the recent situation in the movie market, the performance of "Iron Man" and how profitable it is, it is impossible not to reach the ears of Fox executives. Occasionally, it is necessary to analyze the market experience as a successful case analysis.

Then, they got a message that Lehmann personally called to discuss cooperation.

The Fox executives were a little confused and unprepared. After they knew it, they didn't understand what Lyman had made. They invited him for the copyright of Daredevil?Could it be that there is value in this that they have not discovered?So important?

But, it's impossible. Fox himself makes the movie "Sleepman", so I don't know the copyright value.

Furthermore, the success of "Iron Man" and several previous collaborations made Fox have a good attitude towards Firefly. After all, they had a "win-win" together and provided channels for sharing the film revenue.

But I am also afraid of whether I "knowledge of gold", if I trade the copyright, I get slapped in the face, which is very tangled.

After all, Lehman's vision is recognized by many filmmakers as a good one, supported by a solid record, and he will not really regard others as fools and luck.

"Let's talk about it, everyone, what do you think of this matter?"

A group of executives sat in their seats and listened to President Bill McNico's words, "Everyone thinks that Lehman is cooperating this time. What should the company do?"

Isaac was the first to receive the call, and he also knew Marvel’s enthusiasm for reclaiming the copyright of the heroes who had been out of the house-judging from the many recent contacts with various studios, it was indeed very positive, so he thought about it. Give your opinion first.

"The Daredevil did not generate much value for us in the copyright library. Instead of continuing to cover it, it is better to listen to what benefits Lehman can give us. Don't take any risks anyway."

"Will it be that after the success of "Iron Man", they have "Dare Demon" in the shooting plan? I wonder if they can cooperate in development and continue to retain the copyright. Just like Warner restarting "Batman", let Firefly Undertaking the production and funding, Fox is responsible for the announcement and distribution, and holds the copyright?"-The meaning is very clear, let Marvel work.

Someone retorted: "Lyman is not so stupid. We have restricted the copyright of Daredevil. Even if they don’t mention it, they will return to Marvel in 10 years. Besides, the project still failed, maybe just thinking Reclaiming the copyright? It seems that Marvel is quite persistent on this matter. Even the copyright related to the failed project "Ghost Rider" developed by Crystal Sky Pictures last year is contacting to buy back."

"I also think so. Luckily filming a successful "Iron Man" doesn't mean anything. Marvel's more than 7,000 characters are all worth developing? How did Daredevil fail? Isn't the audience not buying it?"

"The biggest question right now is how prepared Lehman's Marvel Studios is. It depends on what he means. This time, if you don't make any ideas, it will be impossible to contact actively, but what you can do is unknown. I Tend to talk."

"It's not impossible to restart, right? Don't Universal and Marvel re-cooperate to film "Hulk"? But I also think Daredevil is too risky."

Everyone is still expressing their opinions, and it is impossible to reach a consensus in a short time.

"Okay, I understand what you mean. Then make an appointment and ask the other person to come over and have a chat. The meeting is over."-Still made a decision.

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Fox's appeal is very low, because for them, Daredevil's copyright is really a tasteless one.

Back then, in 2003, the success of "Blade Warrior" and "Spider-Man" made Fox invite Mark Steven Johnson-the director of "Ghost Rider" was also this man, plus Ben Affleck + Jenny Actors such as Fu-Ghana plan to spend 50 million in a budget to build a super-English film to help the market.

It turned out that 78 million was mentioned all the way to the end of the auction, but only 179 million box offices worldwide.

It can be said that compared with expenditures, the operating results are quite bleak. Until the later generation of Fox returned the copyright to Marvel, it failed to make up for the loss of the development project.

The reason for this is that for Fox, it is natural that the audience did not buy it and the development failed. But for the audience, this film is not good-looking, so there are not many people who support it. The reputation of the film is also smashing-IMDB score 5.6 .

In addition, Ben Affleck was very popular at that time, and he took 11.5 million pieces of remuneration, plus box office dividends, resulting in not much money spent on shooting and special effects. Some fighting scenes were too "flat". All in all, it led to the cold of the film.

Well, then Daben went downhill in his career and never returned to the top...

So some things are valuable to Marvel, but it doesn't mean that others can have them.

.......

Afternoon.

Lehman was on the phone with Samuel and talked about scheduling issues.

At the beginning, Samuel Jackson was still a bit twitchy, probably because he was too far from expectation-he thought it was the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. who had more roles in subsequent movies, and it turned out to be a TV series.

But he has no shortage of acting, so he is naturally different from those actors who are forced to move to the television field. At this time, he does not have that need.

But under Lyman's money offensive, the director nodded.

To be an actor? Some plays are a personal pursuit, and some plays are purely supplementing the family. The money must be in place if the contacts are not up to the grade.

Lehman understood very well, so he offered a price of 850,000 per episode, which made it difficult for the director to resist the temptation. Coupled with Lehman's chat with him, Samuel agreed to appear in "Roar Squadron".

Although the project script is still being written, it is estimated that it will be after September when the boot is started, but it is always correct to make an appointment in advance.

To get this done, Lehman is about to go to the editing room, and Isaac's call arrives.

Just as he expected, Fox didn't care about Daredevil's copyright. He just didn't give it because he felt that there were too many things, but as long as the disclosure would be beneficial, Fox would definitely not refuse.

The phone connected, and Isaac's hearty laughter came, "Mr. Rust, your proposal has been discussed by the company. I have time recently? Everyone meets to talk specifically?"

"Okay, just tomorrow morning."

"location?"

"Your company building is convenient there."

Isaac laughed, "Okay, that's it."

Hanging up the phone, because both parties have their own demands, it feels full of love and smooth.

But in fact, Lehman had thought about how to talk to Fox, and he was not unsure.

After entering the editing room, Lehmann began the re-editing of "District Nine".

On the other side, the success of "Iron Man" has made many people sleepless.

Among them, the profit-making party, including Warner, are all smiling and motivated, but for those films that are being squeezed to show their share, especially when the projects of some small film companies have not met their expectations, it is really hateful. Teeth itching.

Yesterday, "Iron Man" once again accounted for 3.68 million U.S. dollars, a total of 236 million in the United States, and 448 million at the global box office.

And at this stage, Hollywood is more competitive due to the increase in production volume, let alone a contending market like the summer season.

What's more, what makes those studios that have a bad start at the box office desperate is that "Iron Man" is still falling normally and continues to collect money. Disney's masterpiece "The Kingdom of Narnia: Prince Caspian" is coming again.

The gap between the two was less than 14 days, and it took two weekends and 10 working days before the "Iron Man" screening.

Needless to think about it, one "Iron Man" is very stressful, and another powerful magical sequel will definitely usher in another wave of scope decline...

This night, I don’t know how many studio owners were at home lamenting the unfairness of gears, and they became cannon fodder.