v2 Chapter 813： The civil war between Marvel executives

The scene in New York’s Central Park was the last scene filmed by the crew. It was also the only scene shot in New York during Duke’s entire filming. The Avengers sent Thor and Loki away, and the scene that followed scattered away was not It's complicated, but the filming of the crew encountered huge trouble.

Since the day the project was established, Warner Bros. and Marvel Pictures have been building a trend in a planned way, and "The Avengers" has always been the focus of the media and fans.

The crew used to shoot at Warner Studios and Hughes Aircraft Factory, but now they appear in Central Park in New York, immediately arousing crowds.

When Duke and the seven main actors appeared in a small square in Central Park, thousands of reporters and tourists gathered around. Fortunately, the reporters said that they all abide by the tacit understanding of not disturbing the normal filming of the crew, but from the world. Tourists everywhere do not care about this. Duke can't take pictures normally because of the constant discussion and taking pictures nearby.

"How to do?"

Hearing an assistant director's words, Duke simply sat back on his director's chair and said, "Wait, people's curiosity has its limits, and when the crowd is enough, it will naturally dissipate."

In addition to waiting, the propaganda department of the crew is also taking pictures. These are very good propaganda materials.

While waiting bored, Duke also accepted an interview with a reporter from the New York Times.

"how to say?"

Facing the questions asked by reporters, Duke pointed to the seven actors and said, “With so many superheroes present, the film will have a fight every ten minutes on average. But I also know that if one The movie only has action scenes, not a strong storyline. It is not a good movie. There have been many bad movies that emphasize scenes over stories in recent years, so the story of this film is beyond doubt."

Duke didn't say much, seeing Scarlett coming over and asking the assistant to take the reporter out of the set.

Scarlett Johansson was particularly eye-catching among the actors. She wore a camel leather jacket and jeans, and she was very capable in style.

"Can't shoot yet?" She handed Duke a bottle of water in her hand.

Take it. Duke unscrewed it and took a sip, looked around, compared to just now, under the support of many security personnel. It was indeed quieter, "Wait a little longer."

Retrieving the bottle of water from Duke, Scarlett asked concerned, "What happened when you came, you made such a big fire?"

In the coming car. She saw Duke answering a phone call. Although he didn't say anything, Scarlett could naturally see that Duke was angry with the familiarity of the two.

"Marvel's internal affairs." Duke gave her a relieved look, "I will go and deal with it after the shooting."

Like all commercial companies, the management of Marvel Comics, where Duke has obtained a controlling stake, also has personnel struggles.

Originally, Duke knew this, but didn't care too much. Any company will have internal struggles. Appropriate internal struggles are also a process of survival of the fittest. As long as it is maintained within a certain range, his controlling party will not interfere.

It's just that today's struggle has exceeded the appropriate scope, if it is not handled properly, it is likely to affect the future development of Marvel Comics and Marvel Pictures.

On the way here, Duke received Tina Fei’s notice that Marvel Pictures’ CEO Kevin Feige formally submitted his resignation to the Marvel board of directors!

No one is indispensable in this society, and Kevin Fitch is no exception to Marvel Pictures. But his abilities are outstanding, not only understanding Marvel comics, but also an excellent filmmaker, if not necessary. Duke did not want to see him leave Marvel Studios.

In fact, Duke, who knows about the internal struggles of Marvel comics, knows very well that Kevin Fitch does not necessarily want to resign, but is putting pressure on Marvel’s board of directors to target his enemies within Marvel. -Creative Committee.

Another half hour passed, thanks to the efforts of the security personnel. The surroundings of the square finally calmed down, and Duke also started filming. The scene here is relatively simple. It only took one morning to complete the filming.

All the shooting of "Avengers" ended here.

Immediately after filming, Duke simply ate a hamburger and handed over the crew to Anna Prinz to be in charge. He drove to the Marvel Comics headquarters in Manhattan, where Kevin Fitch was currently there, Na Fei has rushed over in advance, instead of Duke, summoned the senior management of Marvel Comics to discuss this matter.

In fact, Tina Fei called and told Duke the good news. After a lawsuit that lasted for several months, the Los Angeles court rejected the appeal of Jack Kobe’s descendants and ruled that Marvel legally owned "Magic The copyright of many comic books such as Spider-Man and The Avengers.

This also cleared the final obstacle for the release of "The Avengers".

Although Jack Kobe's descendants and lawyers did not give up on this, claiming that they would appeal and stick to it to the end, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that they are just plausible.

Arriving at the Marvel Comics headquarters, Duke first met with Kevin Fitch, and then discussed with Marvel's senior management.

Since acquiring 40% of the shares in Marvel Comics, Duke has never canceled his plan to control Marvel. After nearly ten years of hard work, his shares in Marvel Comics with voting rights have exceeded 100%. Fifty points, Marvel Comics has long changed the surname to Rosenberg.

As long as Duke thinks, he can abolish most of Marvel's people without spending too much money, but he has never done so. Marvel Comics is a modern enterprise with perfect rules and regulations, not a personal plaything.

Kevin Fitch and the Marvel Creative Committee have had a long-standing grievance, and the contradiction between them is extremely sharp.

The Marvel Creative Committee is led by Ike Pamut, the head of Marvel Entertainment. Marvel Entertainment originally included three departments: Marvel Games, Marvel Pictures and Marvel TV, so Pamut is considered Kevin Fitch. Head boss.

Other members of the creative committee include Alan Fann, chairman of Marvel Entertainment, famous comic author Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel publisher Dan Barkley, and the former Marvel chief editor and current chief creative officer. Joe Quesada.

They are important figures in the management of Marvel. In the Marvel film creation team, they are responsible for providing the most important ideas and outlines. In other words, they can make certain script decisions.

The Creative Committee is deeply involved in the creation of Marvel movies, sometimes delaying production, causing the crew to fall into unprovoked scientific disputes, and even things that caused the director to run away because they did not deal with the director.

As the true leader of Marvel Pictures, Kevin Fitch has made significant contributions to the development of the entire Marvel series, and there are many risky decisions in the process.

On the contrary, Ike Pamut of Marvel Entertainment is a typical conservative. He has always been known for his stupidity and conservativeness. He is also always planning to control the budget of each film. Pamut is even trying to limit the 20th Century Fox’s super The hero movie decided to cut off the "Fantastic Four" comics and did not allow comic authors to create new "X-Men" characters.

Ike Pamut has become an unwelcome character inside and outside of Marvel, and the creative committee that stands on the same front with Pamut will naturally not be well received by everyone.

However, this creative committee was supported by Duke.

The actual owner of any company will not give unlimited power to a professional manager. The grievances between Michael Eisner and the Walt Disney family are the best negative teaching materials.

Duke trusts Kevin Fitch very much, but any power needs to be restrained. Unsupervised full power is undoubtedly a tiger that will come out of the cage, which will harm both outsiders and himself.

With the experience of the previous life, Duke is very clear that power must be supervised and constrained. It is impossible for him to allow Kevin Fitch to supervise himself.

The Creative Committee itself exists to limit the power of some executives of the company.

Having said that, there is a certain struggle within Marvel, which is not the situation that Duke wants to see. No boss wants his company's management to be monolithic.

In fact, Marvel’s internal comics and film industry branches have always been in a game state, not only because of the influence of the creative committee formed by these comic veterans on the film, but also because Marvel movies often make comic writers laugh and cry. In order to match the plot design of movies and TV series, Marvel Pictures will also intervene in comics and put forward some plot requirements, but this often destroys the continuity and consistency of the comics themselves.

Marvel's "civil war" is comparable to a "gold scheming". If Pamut is an iron-fisted wolf, then Kevin Fitch is definitely not a little white rabbit who has been bullied.

Kevin Fitch's plan is clear, he wants to put pressure on the Marvel board and Duke to dissolve the Creative Committee.

I have to admit, whether it is from the production process or the market level, Kevin Fitch must know more about movies than Ike Pamut.

Moreover, without a creative committee, the production cycle of a movie may be shortened. From a commercial point of view, this is indeed not a bad thing.

But Duke never planned to do that.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is also based on the world created by comics for a long time and the accumulated popularity. The Creative Committee, as a group of people who understand comics best, can better understand the needs of the core loyal users of Marvel movies.

Find the most suitable plot from the vast sea of ​​comics as a reference and adaptation. The contribution of these creative committee members who have been immersed in the comics industry for decades cannot be ignored.

Most importantly, the Creative Committee is a restriction on the power of the helm of companies like Kevin Fitch.

Yes, in matters such as film quality and publicity, the Creative Committee can't actually play much role, but they are Duke's other hand in controlling the entire Marvel, and it is impossible for him to break his arm. (To be continued.)

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