Chapter 845： Candidates for battle

The next day, Lehmann held 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.

In mid-July, the company's executives were not surprised to promote "Captain America" ​​and "Thor". After all, these two works will be promoted by Marvel Studios in the summer next year.

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

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

Lehman 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 couldn't convince him, he was "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 fact that Marvel's works put more emphasis on the script and the shooting ideas, Nolan, Wen Ziren and others who are resting at home and traveling everywhere are indeed not suitable, and the salary is a problem.

As a result, Lehman was looking for those second- and third-tier directors who were "underappreciated". Kevin himself 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 Layman walked in with Kevin under 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 originally wanted to make a drama with Shakespeare's ancient paradigm? 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 was 450 million, and the second part gained 650 million after time brewing and a combination of momentum building. Passing is definitely a pass, but passing it also means that Lehman can do better.

For example, the difference between the God Realm drama and the Earth drama that everyone is complaining about is too big, anticlimactic, and blindly filmed in the middle.

On the contrary, it is Thor 3 that abandons the ancient model and 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. You can replace Thor with a prince who was exiled by the king.

Therefore, Lehman's focus on Thor's pioneering work is to increase the role between Loki and Thor, reduce the unnecessary **** 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, simple love and hatred - the eldest prince and the second prince are fighting for the throne, but in fact, the second prince only wants his father to admit it and prove 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.

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

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

Lehmann nodded, but didn't say anything. He just posted the candidate's name on the big word board.

"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". Well, these two have a good relationship.

Garcia just 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 "Solar 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 are very good."

"We need grades 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, Ryman put Danny Ball's name on the shortlist as if it didn't happen.

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

This one is just like M-Nate-Shamalan, his appearance is so amazing that every work he makes has to 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 Lehmann's zombie trilogy can borrow some elements from it, but the audience is depressed how Director Ball can make such a film." "Vulgar" works that can't be seen 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 the Sun Cataclysm about? A sci-fi film is so procrastinated, and there are not many paragraphs that torture human nature. .

But for ordinary people, the main 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 a bad film objectively, it was made with great sincerity, but the market doesn't buy it. It's a very simple reason.

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 much better if he could, like Lehmann, not listen to some of the criticisms he admits to death.

Anyway, in every work that Lehmann made, there were also some very fierce scoldings, but he never took it seriously. He should be serious when he was serious. .

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