Chapter 845: Candidates for Battle

The next day, Lehmann launched a project preparatory meeting.

At this time, in the North American film market, "Superman for All" still ranks first, winning two consecutive weeks, while "Iron Man", which also won two championships in the summer season, has entered the last week before the next painting, and the number of theaters has been reduced to 200. , As for "The Incredible Hulk", it fell to No. 5, with a total of 176 million in North America and 285 million in the world.

It is mid-July, and the company's executives are not surprised to promote "Captain America" ​​and "Thor". After all, these two are the works that Marvel Studios will push for next year's summer vacation.

Counting the time, the total production and post-production period will be less than 8 months, which seems to be ample, but because of the need to communicate with the brand in advance to build momentum and attract sponsorship, it is best to start the project early next year, and it can’t be delayed until mid-March at the latest. It is necessary to test the finished film, hold a theater test, and obtain more appropriate resource support from the distributor.

It's a matter of reunion, and it's a big deal. The producers who can come and several veterans of Marvel have all sat in the conference room.

The first question, which is also a more important issue in the current progress of the project, is the selection of directors.

Lyman didn't take over, and the other directors who worked well together were too strong-the idea was right, and it was not suitable for Marvel led by Kevin Feige.

In other words, if you find a director with too much character like Edward Norton, Kevin can't bear it, and he will definitely have a conflict, because this guy is also very strong on the set. If there is anything that deviates from his unplanned shooting, he will ask a person. Clearly.

If he can't persuade, he is "convinced".

Of course, Kevin has collaborated with so many people in later generations, and the only one who couldn't help complaining and criticizing someone was Edward Norton. This guy usually doesn't speak ill of the co-creator in public. Even if the project loses, he can still bear the burden. Taking responsibility, this is the basic professional quality of a manager who started out as a producer, regardless of the blame.

Coupled with the more emphasis on script and shooting ideas of Marvel's works, Nolan, Wen Ziren and others who are resting at home and traveling everywhere are indeed inappropriate, and salary is a problem.

As a result, Lehman was looking for those second- and third-tier directors who were "underappreciated". Kevin himself also firmly believed that if he cooperated with directors who did not have too many qualifications, even if he had a personality, he would not have the confidence to show it, and it would not easily affect the unity of the crew.

After all, what he needs is not an awesome director, but an obedient director. He doesn't know how to shoot, but he understands the market. Later co-directors can also see his selection criteria.

Around ten after nine o'clock, everyone who was supposed to come arrived, and Lehman walked in with Kevin at the reminder of Mays.

He sits in the upper position, with Kevin in the first position on his right hand.

Lehman looked at several executive producers who had been trained and asked them to recommend a few first.

Kevin? He's been busy urging the screenwriter to change the script recently. In addition to those small flaws in the US team, the Thor project Lehman also asked to increase the role of Loki, and contrary to the US team, this play should add some entertainment effects, It can be said that the market positioning of the first two Thor series has not grasped the key points.

Why, can you imagine that the Thor series Marvel wanted to make a play with Shakespeare's ancient canon in the first place? The director of the first film, Kenneth Branagh, started out by playing Shakespeare, and as we all know, the box office of Thor's first two films was not ideal - in terms of expenditure.

In fact, the first part is 450 million, and the second part has gained 650 million after time brewing and complex alliance building.

A pass is certainly a pass, but a pass also means better for Lehmann.

For example, the difference between the God Realm drama and the Earth drama that everyone is complaining about is too big, anticlimactic, and the middle of the film is blind.

On the contrary, it is Thor 3 that abandons the ancient model, focuses on entertainment, and the box office is very bright.

Times are changing, and the routine of prince awakening and prince revenge is too old, and you can replace Thor with a prince who was banished by the king.

Therefore, Lehman's focus on Thor's pioneering work is to increase the role between Loki and Thor, reduce the unnecessary bloody emotional scenes, and set up Thor's stupid people. Loki's brother control + wants to get Odin's recognition. A little crooked way, leaving room for whitewashing later...

In short, we need to do subtraction, a simple love-hate relationship-the eldest prince and the second prince compete for the throne, but in fact, the second prince only wants his father to admit that he is no worse than his brother, but because he knows the truth, he is a special What was adopted, a little blackened...

Give up torture and lash out on human nature, and play SM with the audience's relaxed nerves.

Watching Marvel has always been Easter egg surprises and fun of linkage. It has to instill classical values. It seems that if Odin is not tangled, the director will be entangled; if Thor is not a fool, the director will be a fool; if he does not discuss human nature, the director will have no humanity...why.

Being singled out for so many areas for improvement, Kevin naturally didn't have the heart to pay attention to the director's problem...

In addition to these two projects, Lehmann intends to bind the executive producer to the director, that is to say, whoever finds the candidate is approved, and whoever holds the key position - Firefly has always had the habit of sharing project profits, and this time it was actually an internal one. Compete to hold more lucrative projects.

"I recommend Robert Luketick, who has directed Legally Blonde, Blackjack, and a producer of Hollywood Crime Squad. He has rich experience, varied styles, and is both zhuang and harmonious. Would be a good fit for Thor," Blake Cole said first.

He only supervised the second season of "Breaking Bad" this year, and feels that his status in the company is getting lower and lower, and he can't compete.

Lyman nodded, but didn't say anything, just pasted the candidate's name on the big print.

"I think Danny Ball is suitable for the "Captain America" ​​project. He has filmed "Trainspotting", "Psychedelic Train" and "28 Days Changed". He has a lot of experience in science fiction and action themes. Captain America' injects some serious, serious parts." Garcia, who is younger but has served as a producer of major projects for many times, stood up and said.

The one he pushed was still chatting with Nolan during his cooperation with Nolan on "Deadly Magic" and "The Dark Knight". The senior director Nolan accidentally disclosed said that he had pulled his film. Well, these two have a good relationship.

Garcia thought, Nolan's optimistic director must have two brushes, plus the person has a schedule and has achieved results, so he made a decisive bet.

But as soon as he exported it, someone worried: "But I remember that Director Ball failed to make a "Sunshine Catastrophe". The filmmaker Fox Searchlight invested 40 million US dollars. The North American box office only made 3 million, and the overseas box office was less than 28 million. All in all, it’s a lot less than the cost of shooting.”

"But the reviews for the film were very good."

"We need results more than evaluation." Someone said bluntly, but it was a few producers trained by Marvel Studios themselves - Hollywood production teams are often composed of 2 to 5 people on the right.

Listening to the quarrel, Lyman put Danny Ball's name on the shortlist as if it didn't happen.

He also knew that Danny Ball was going to make a comeback at the end of this year with "Slumdog Millionaire" -- it's not called turning over, but Ball was already famous, but some fans were too harsh on him.

This one is just like M-Nate Shyamalan. His appearance is so amazing that every time he shoots a work, he will be compared and aligned with "Trainspotting", otherwise he will be criticized for his talents.

In addition, Danny Ball's production is not high - the employers often put forward a lot of requirements, and Ball himself is unwilling to make films, which makes old Ball nervous and cautious. In ten years, he only filmed three films: The Benchmark, The Beach, and 28 Days. Works, but was still scolded bloody.

For example, 28 days, this work can be regarded as a representative of the theme of large-scale infection of zombies. It can be said that Lyman’s zombie trilogy can learn some elements from it, but the audience is depressed, how can Director Bauer make such a film.” "Vulgar" work that can't be on the table - a zombie movie, of course, it does not describe the good and evil and growth of human nature deeply.

In the same way, the 2007 "Sun Cataclysm" disappointed the senior literary and artistic youths and the Internet suppressing cloud groups again - what is Sun Cataclysm about? A sci-fi film is so slow-paced, and there are not many paragraphs that torture human nature. .

But for ordinary people, the basic point of complaining is that they don't understand, there are no big stars, their stunts are not as good as Star Wars, their popularity is not as good as Transformers, their moving places are not as impressive as Forrest Gump, and their horror is not as good as Jurassic Park. Nothing good at all.

But in fact, this hard sci-fi work is not really a bad film objectively, it was made with great sincerity, but the market does not buy it, it is very simple, there is no need to catch Director Ball mad.

In addition, this man's psychological endurance is not strong, and he always wants to linger between seriousness and the public. After being scolded for "Sun Calamity", he returned to shooting "Slums" and this naturally deep theme work. The range narrows...

It might be a lot better if he could, like Lehmann, not listen to some mortal criticism at all.

Anyway, in every work that Lehmann shoots, there are also very fierce scoldings, but he never takes it seriously. When serious, he should be serious, and he should dig deep. But to do some serious scenes for entertainment, isn't that a brain disease? .

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