v2 Chapter 797： Director of the reunion

"Iron Man signs "Avengers", and the superheroes finally gather!"

For the time being, Duke is at a rest stage, but the promotion of Marvel Pictures has not relaxed. After finishing the actor contract with Robert Downey Jr., he immediately released relevant news to all Marvel fans and even fans in North America. , "The Avengers" is coming soon.

Marvel Comics CEO Avi Allard also accepted an interview with The New York Times, "The Avengers will gather all classic superhero characters from Marvel Comics for the first time, including Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, and so on, they will unite to fight against powerful enemies that they have never confronted."

Who will this powerful enemy character be? It has become the focus of many people’s attention. Marvel has deliberately released rumors before that the "Hulk" is likely to become the common enemy of all heroes, but from this speech, the Hulk is classified as one of the heroes. , Which means that he may not become a "villain" role.

In this era, any film that wants to attract enough audiences needs publicity and momentum.

Although the director of the film must be Duke, there is no doubt that Marvel Pictures and Duke have never disclosed this information to the public. Therefore, the directors, like actors, have become the focus of Marvel's publicity and hype.

"Marvel Studios' blockbuster "Avengers" has new news. "Firefly" director Jos Weiden is negotiating with Marvel and is expected to take over directing the film."

In March, one after another about the "Avengers" news was repeatedly thrown into the public.

"It is said that the two parties have already started formal contact, and Jos Weiden is very likely to be the director. However, the director’s only film, "Firefly", has poor box office and response. This may become a contract between the two parties. Obstacles."

It was not long after it was revealed that Jos Weyden was the intended candidate for Marvel Studios, and there was news circulating in the media and the Internet, saying that "Iron Man 2" director Jon Feiru might also take over the "Avengers" Directorship.

Under the deployment of Marvel Pictures, Jon Feiru quickly came forward to refute the rumors, "Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America are all paving the way for the Avengers. Yes. Each director will arrange some foreshadowing or easter eggs in it. "Avengers" will be very difficult to shoot, because "Iron Man" is a superhero equipped with high technology, and "Thor" is a supernatural superhero. Hero, mix and match these two unrelated things. It takes a lot of brains to not damage the styles that they have established. I don't think I have this ability."

Although "Thor" will not be released until the summer file, the previous four films have already made Marvel Pictures' superhero movies enough attention, not only Marvel Pictures and Marvel comics are using various methods to hype, Hollywood Many people also took the initiative to move towards the "Avengers" direction. In order to gain more attention.

The director of "Clash of the Gods", Louis Lightrell, revealed himself in the promotion of the new film over the weekend. He was one of the director candidates for the Marvel comics film "Avengers."

Louis Lightrill boasted to reporters, “I’m on their short list, and I’m relatively high, I’m pretty sure of that. I don’t know who the other directors are, but I and Marvel Pictures has a very good relationship. I can bluntly tell them and other candidates that I am the most suitable candidate. I really like working with Marvel, I love them, and they are great."

This has also attracted the attention of many people. It's just that this director is obviously taking advantage of the situation to hype. By the way, even if Duke has a problem in his head, he will not find a director who can turn ancient Greek mythological movies into road movies to run "The Avengers."

Apart from the director, many actors have come to join in the fun, and many people are also taking advantage of this opportunity for self-hype.

What is it like Eva? Longoria's impatient actors all jumped out and vowed to appear in the "Avengers" cast.

With the passage of time, this huge publicity hype has become more and more heated, frequently appearing in the eye-catching pages of movies and entertainment media.

Robert Downey Jr., who was the first to sign a formal contract with Marvel Pictures, was also fulfilling his publicity obligations when asked by reporters about the film's director. He said, "They need someone who is familiar with all the different character series and can integrate them. Marvel Pictures' CEO Kevin Fitch is such a person who takes the overall picture. He is familiar with every book. He also participated in the production of every film, especially "Thor" and "Captain America". He has a deep involvement. He will definitely choose the most suitable director for "Avengers". As for who this person will be , I don’t know. I only know and love'Iron Man'."

Time is getting closer to April, and news about the "Avengers" flooded all the media.

"The Hulk Mark Ruffalo reached an agreement with Marvel Pictures on the pay and schedule and formally signed the "Avengers."

"When Scarlett Johansson walked out of the icm headquarters, she made it clear that she had signed the "Avengers" actor contract and will continue to play the role of Black Widow Natasha Normanoff."

"Captain America Chris Evans has completed a contract extension with Marvel Pictures and will serve as the brain and commander of "The Avengers"!"

Negotiations between Marvel Pictures and the actors have gradually ended, and the main actors have basically signed contracts. The news about the "Avengers" has even overwhelmed the movies that will be released in a new summer file in North America.

In late April, a website exposed two conceptual drawings of the "Avengers". The picture shows the S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft carrier. In the corner, there is an unusually clear signature of the creator, Duke Rosenberg. grid!

"The special reporter of this site has been waiting for a whole week in the beach villa area of ​​Malibu, and found these two conceptual drawings from the foreign garbage of the Duke’s Manor. Although they are only two conceptual drawings, Duke Rosen is in the corner of the drawings. Berg's signature is enough to explain many problems. This Hollywood's premier commercial director may be the real candidate to direct "The Avengers"!"

The news circulated like a virus on the Internet and among movie fans. Almost everyone believed that Duke was the most suitable director for "The Avengers."

Duke and Marvel Pictures did not respond immediately, but waited for their carefully planned publicity offensive to fully ferment.

In fact, throughout April, Duke and Marvel Pictures continued to communicate, and the film could enter the formal preparation stage at any time.

Before the Oscars ceremony, Marvel Comics put a script into Duke's hands, but unlike the past, this script only has a framework and outline. The motives and behaviors of each character in the film must be filled by Duke a little bit. Go in, and as long as necessary, he can also modify this script outline of the animation Weiwei.

In more than three months, Duke basically completed the script. After the six major actors were signed, he called them together several times to understand their ideas about their respective roles and make appropriate adjustments. Scarlett After reading Johnson, he said that the script was a bit confusing, because many clues were entangled.

Duke brought in Anna Prinz and asked her to lead people to subdivide the script and produce a role script for six roles.

This script is based on the Marvel comic of the same name created by Stan Lee and Jack Kobe. The first Avengers comic was published in September 1963. The lineup at that time included Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man and the Wasp. After being rescued from the Antarctic ice, Captain America joined in the fourth period.

As the producer Kevin Fitch said, "The Avengers" is more like a disaster film, the whole theme is very simple, that is, the earth has suffered an unprecedented devastating blow, and S.H.I.E.L.D. has been hit by a sudden evil force. When caught off guard, a single superhero couldn't deal with it, so they came forward and called the "Avengers" composed of many superheroes to fight side by side and work together to defend the earth.

The story of the Avengers saving the planet can be said to be very clichéd, but it is a popular type, and Duke will not do extra articles in this regard.

From a plot point of view, this setting is understandable, but in fact the real reason still stems from commercial considerations.

Let the many superheroes under Marvel Comics gather together, which not only increases the number of first-line heroes to use, but also promotes more second-line heroes by the way. As long as the quality and announcement of the film are guaranteed, it is not necessary to earn enough attention and money. difficult.

In order to attract new and old fans into the theater, the six heroes in "Avengers" are all returned to play by the original actor. Because of Duke, "Hulk" was not famous in the filming. The difficult Edward Norton was starred directly by Mark Ruffalo, and the other party was quite happy to sign the name on the "Avengers" actor contract.

The initial investment of this film is US$200 million. As the largest shareholder of Marvel Comics, Duke, the director, will inevitably be cautious. He has always maintained the standard of slow work and meticulous work in terms of script filling, which is naturally not high. Even if he is still making appropriate adjustments to the script, he just hopes that the script will be basically finalized when the film is officially established.

Of course, there will be many aspects involved in such a group show, and timely adjustments must be made during the shooting. Duke is not the kind of rigid person, and the script will change after the project starts.

On May 1st, Marvel Studios and Duke announced at the same time that Duke Rosenberg will become the director of "The Avengers."

At the same time, the film’s project press conference was officially held in a hotel near the headquarters of Marvel Studios in Burbank. (To be continued.)

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