Chapter 1070 No Way

On the weekend after Thanksgiving, Ronan was not at ease with Tom Cruise, and specially brought Jessica Felton to visit.

"Hi, Ronan." Tom Cruise and Ronan hugged, and then nodded to Jessica Felton: "Jessie, you are welcome."

Jessica Felton smiled back and said, "I've wanted to visit you for a long time, and I only had the chance today."

Tom Cruise greeted: "Sit wherever you want."

Ronan sat on the couch with Jessica Felton and asked with concern, "Are you feeling better?"

"Much better," Tom Cruise said.

Footsteps sounded suddenly, and someone came down from upstairs, but before the person arrived, the voice came: "Tom, is there any guest?"

A brunette in a white loose T-shirt and jeans came down the stairs, saw Ronan, and quickly said, "Hello, Ronan."

This is a Latin girl, and Ronan often saw it next to Tom Cruise in the past two years, smiling and nodding: "Hi, Penny."

The person who came down was Tom Cruise's ex-girlfriend, Spanish movie star Penelope Cruz.

Penelope Cruz exchanged a few more pleasantries with Jessica Felton before the two women went elsewhere.

Ronan asked curiously, "Are you back together?"

"For the time being, I can't tell." Tom Cruise obviously didn't think about it: "On the night of Thanksgiving, I went to a nightclub to drink, met Penny, and then came back together."

Ronan is used to Hollywood's on-off, on-again, off-again, all-too-common ones.

Tom Cruise said again: "I have had a relationship with her... how should I put it, for several years, and she is not blond and fair-skinned."

Ronan said: "Don't take things too seriously, let her talk if she likes to talk."

Tom Cruise sighed and said, "I'm not as open-minded as you, maybe one day, I really can't bear it."

Ronan stated the truth: "That's more to her liking."

Even if it's unbearable, what can Tom Cruise do? After all, this is a society with laws, and Nicole Kidman is not an unknown person. Tom Cruise can at most sue Nicole Kidman in addition to bickering.

It is conceivable that the entertainment media and paparazzi across the United States must be more excited than fighting chicken blood, and will frantically chase these two people and related news.

Tom Cruise is not stupid. After thinking about it for a while, he understood what Ronan meant, and said, "I can't do anything about her, but Keith Urban may not."

Ronan shook his head slightly, and instead of talking about this topic, he asked, "Have you reached a final agreement with Brad Bird?"

"The contract has been signed." Tom Cruise briefly introduced: "Originally after the New Year, the preparations for "Mission: Impossible 4" will start, but this screenwriter's strike will have some impact, and it may be delayed until after the strike." Preparations. My production company has also reached a new agreement with Paramount Pictures on investment and sharing, Dubai funds will invest in this project, and the crew will shoot in Dubai for a long time."

Ronan said, "Arabs are rich."

Tom Cruise laughed: "By the way, I went to the UAE some time ago, and I heard a lot of legends about you back then."

Ronan smiled: "I am a voluntary cooperation with the Abu Dhabi consortium, a win-win situation."

Speaking of the Abu Dhabi consortium, Tom Cruise said: "This is also our old neighbor. Their Manchester City team has been recruiting for the past two years, and plans to compete from Manchester United for the supremacy of the Premier League and even European football."

"It's good to have competition.

"Ronan said the truth: "Don't forget, in the past two years, many people in the Manchester United team have been purged because they have won too many honors and lacked fighting spirit. "

Tom Cruise complained: "How long have you not been to a Manchester United game, have you not paid attention to the specific affairs of the Manchester United club?"

Ronan said frankly: "I read the financial report every quarter, and it is also reviewed by multiple professionals. Manchester United is already on the right track, and I don't need to get involved in specific affairs."

Manchester United have won three consecutive Champions League titles.

In the past two years, many things have happened in the Manchester United team. Many players who lack motivation have left the team either actively or passively.

In addition, veterans like Giggs, Scholes and Gary Neville have retired.

However, the strength of the Manchester United team has not declined but has risen. The mental attributes and fighting spirit of the team's signature letter Luo have always needed to be doubted. Messi and Iniesta are also the main players in the team.

It's a pity that Dong, who lacks self-control, didn't bring it up after all, and has been living a career on loan at Manchester United.

As for the head coach, Ferguson has planned to retire after 2010. Klopp, who served as the head coach of Hertha Berlin, has obviously improved his ability after several years of experience, and will be the first candidate to succeed him in the future.

This team doesn't need Ronan to put too much energy into it.

On the contrary, there are quite a few buyers seeking to buy Manchester United, such as the Qatari consortium asking for 2 billion pounds.

However, Ronan has no shortage of funds for the time being, and has no plans to sell Manchester United in the short term.

Of course, if the Arabs are willing to pay a price of more than three billion four billion pounds, Ronan, Tom Cruise and Will Smith will not hold it in their hands.

Seeing that Tom Cruise was in a normal mood and did not stay at his house for long, Ronan soon left with Jessica Felton. Nan and the two sent to the gate.

After getting into the car, Ronan asked, "Go home or?"

Jessica Felton glanced at Penelope Cruz who was walking back, and said, "Go back." She couldn't help a woman's natural gossip: "Tom used to be with Penelope Cruz. Boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Yes." Ronan also glanced over there: "I remember breaking up in 2004."

Jessica Felton said: "Actually, it would be a good idea for Tom to find a regular girlfriend and let his girlfriend chat with Nicole Kidman."

Ronan thought for a while and said, "No matter how noisy this kind of thing is, Nicole Kidman is the winner."

Jessica Felton was originally a member of the Hollywood circle, and it was not difficult to figure out the reason behind it. She could only shake her head and said, "The ex-husband and wife, why bother to make trouble like this."

"Okay, let's not talk about these annoying things." Ronan changed the subject: "We each won a game of billiards yesterday, and we haven't decided the winner yet, so go back and continue."

Jessica Felton raised her eyebrows: "Okay."

Ronan said solemnly: "There is a rule that must be stated well. It is a foul for a big ball to hit a small ball!"

During the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend, despite multiple new releases, "Thor" did not take a big hit, and the box office trend remained stable.

After spending its third weekend in North America, "Thor" has a cumulative North American box office of $163.25 million and a global box office of $333.58 million.

"Thor" is the same as "The Incredible Hulk" that has been released. In the end, it is possible to recover all the investment only by relying on the global box office share.

The next decade or two may be the best era for superhero movies.

In Hollywood, musicals, westerns, epics, and action movies have been leading the way for more than ten years, and finally it's the turn of comics to superhero movies.

This is also inseparable from the development of the social environment.

In today's Hollywood, there is an unavoidable fact that original science fiction movies have declined sharply, accompanied by the rise of superhero movies.

Since 1977, sci-fi movies have been the box office darling of Hollywood, and this genre has given birth to countless classic commercial blockbusters. Now, this position is gradually giving way to superhero movies. This kind of movie is adapted from the comics that were once popular in the United States, and it mixes action, adventure, fantasy, and sci-fi genres, and gradually becomes a global commercial movie.

People in the city need a new kind of hero, which is more gorgeous, exaggerated, magical, and richer and more secretive than the previous ones. This kind of hero must surpass the constraints of the mechanical and electronic age, become a new myth, and carry a new era. The dream of Superman, Batman and later superheroes fulfilled it all.

More importantly, this kind of superhero can be produced in large quantities and continuously on the assembly line, and there are various types of styles to choose from.

Especially in the United States where the economy continues to be depressed after 9/11, the public needs new and more flesh-and-blood screen heroes to bring them a sense of security, the return of the American spirit, and the shining modern technology and fashion idols.

With the success of Marvel movies one after another, the troublesome thing that hit movies are almost never absent has also fallen on Marvel Entertainment-the copyright issue.

Stan Lee is recognized as the father of Marvel superheroes, but there was another person whose contribution was no longer inferior to him. If Jack Kobe hadn’t died in 1994, he might also have such a name in the Marvel series. Number.

Jack Kirby is one of the veterans of Marvel and an important assistant to Slee. He has participated in the "Fantastic Four", "Hulk", "Captain America", "Iron Man", "Thor" and other superheroes Creation of the character, being one of the creators of The Avengers.

At the end of November, Jack Kirby’s descendants and their lawyers held a press conference, announcing that they would file a lawsuit in the Los Angeles court, suing Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios, demanding the termination of the copyright of their comic characters created by Jack Kirby, suspending The preparation and filming of "The Avengers", and share the profits brought by the previous related films.

A total of forty-five copyright termination lawsuits filed by Jack Kirby's descendants were finally realized, and the copyrights and proceeds of many characters including Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man and many others will be redistributed.

A movie is extremely popular, and its various revenues including the box office can only be described as hot. Many people who have nothing to do with it want to join in and take a bite.

In the case of Marvel superhero movies, this is not surprising at all.

Huge benefits can attract too many people to come together.

As a company with rich experience, Relativity Entertainment will certainly not interrupt the plan because of this matter.