Superhero Damage Control [Comprehensive]

Lucy and Bucky are enjoying the early spring sunshine in New York in the park with their backs against a big tree. There is a picnic basket in front of them, which contains some sandwiches made by Lucy himself. Bucky also contributed his cooking skills and made two To serve tapas, Lucy was surprised to find that he was not bad at cooking. Considering that he was a guy who would eat anything but dead bodies on the battlefield, his cooking skills were so good that Lucy was a little speechless.

The explanation for this is that Bucky not only has to support himself, but also supports Steve. The little patient had to choke on the oil fume and get asthma when he entered the kitchen, so Bucky’s cooking skills were developed at that time. As for why he can still make Spanish-style dishes, Bucky explained honestly that he learned it from his ex-girlfriend, and Lucy can't be jealous of someone who has passed away.

Holding a tapas, Lucy began to read the lines of the script in her hand with seriousness and emotion: "If anyone is destined to be great, then child, this person is you."

Bucky was also holding a script in his hand, which he rolled into a roll, with "Spider-Man First Draft" printed on the front page, and he read along: "Doctor, have you tried another formula?"

Bucky started scribbling in the air, the script was messed up by him, Lucy laughed angrily at Bucky's non-serious attitude, she pushed Bucky: "Quickly read the lines."

Bucky hugged Lucy and pulled her into his arms, pointing to the void: "This is the real formula, the longest and most eternal science, this formula is called ILoveYou."

This line is not in the script at all, because they are simulating the dialogue between Spider-Man and Dr. Lizard.Lucy just wants Bucky to go through the script with her, but Bucky keeps messing around like a 15-year-old school bully who likes to bully girls.After saying this, he looked at Lucy very earnestly, waiting for her reaction.

Lucy bit her lip, she continued to read the lines on the script, then squinted at Bucky, and said in that dangerous tone, "You're a genius, Scott."

"Oh——! You're such a spoiler." Bucky said annoyedly, he opened his mouth, and Lucy fed his share of tapas into Bucky's mouth, "Can we read the script in another place, I promise to read it well, we go back to Brooklyn, our room..."

Lucy pushed Bucky's lips away with a finger: "Do you remember what I asked of you?"

"The work is so sticky."

"So what now?"

"I'm clingy." Bucky leaned against the tree dejectedly, blinking his cunning eyes, "Why do I have a workaholic girlfriend, she minimizes our work intensity, and then she can run around the clock. "

"Because a lot of waste is waiting to be done." Lucy continued to look at the script, which was marked by her in various colors, with some questions and notes written on it.

During the last video call, Lucy and Ari Goldman had already decided to extend the concept of superheroes into the entertainment circle. Lucy hadn’t decided who to cooperate with, but fortunately, there is no Marvel in this world, so simply revealed Xi directly established an entertainment subsidiary, mainly including two parts of film and television and publishing, but she does not intend to let the superhero agent out. Although she is short of money, she really does not want to fill the financial loopholes like Marvel did back then. Dismantling and selling the copyright of my hero made the hero fly all over the world. The version is still different, and it will be restarted every two years.

However, although it is good to have a small workshop for independent films, it is different from other independent films. The superhero brand is a piece of fat. It represents youth, fashion, the American dream, and the individual heroism most pursued by the United States.Just hearing this name, the eight major film companies in the United States gathered around like a group of lions who suddenly saw an antelope.So if you just want to monopolize it for yourself, you will definitely be excluded. The other party would rather let you smother this piece of meat than let you eat it. Instead of this, it is better to be generous and cut it out with one knife. resources and channels.

What's more, Lucy is still poor now, how can she have the money to expand her distribution channels, Luther's father promised 20 billion, all of which will be used to build a superhero team, but she has no spare money for entertainment, Tony Dad is a fool, and now this entertainment company is made by him with a big wave of money, so stupid that Lucy has no face to let him continue to ask for money.The cooperation with the Wayne Foundation is still going on, and the progress is a bit slow.

The biggest reason why Lucy refuses to ask her fathers for money is that she still hopes that her company can operate on its own, and even feed back the Titan headquarters, instead of relying on her fathers to send money to it, not to mention, no matter how much money there is, She also felt that she did not have the foundation to challenge the eight major Hollywood film industries.

Disney has indeed shown great interest, but the other party is also a fierce beast. It is obvious that he wants to eat up the superhero brand completely. The conditions he proposed are indeed very generous. Lucy is mainly interested in global distribution channels and derivative product development Adding superhero themes to Disney theme parks all over the world, the profit is indeed imminent, but Lucy will face the dilemma of completely handing over the fruits of victory to Disney.

So this plan was put aside, and Warner has been focusing on internal fighting for the past two years. The overall feeling is that it lacks vigor, and its vision is not poisonous. The award-winning films can still maintain the standard, but the entertainment films are simply a mess. , He also hesitated to invest in superhero films, obviously lacking in confidence.A Rui obviously felt the other party's dissociation, so he simply gave up on Warner, and directly talked with Warner about a new movie for his golden boy, and gave Lucy a chance to get out.

Immediately afterwards, Sony and Legendary Films offered an olive branch. The leader was Sony Pictures, and Legendary Films joined in. This world Legendary Films has been controlled by Wanda. This is something Lucy is very happy about. Deep into the Hollywood film industry, first acquired AMC, the second largest theater chain, and then Carmike and emarkUSA two theater chains. AMC is basically distributed in big cities, while Carmike is mainly in small and medium cities. The distribution is very even. Lucy In fact, it is not the production capabilities of Legendary Pictures, but Wanda’s theaters. As we all know, the main revenue growth of superhero films is in China and Russia. It is guaranteed that at least 1 yuan will be screened, and the ticket warehouse in China will also be guaranteed.

In fact, it is different from what Lucy imagined before coming to the United States. American movies are developed, projection technology is advanced, and there are countless screens, but the conditions of the theaters are terrible, so many people choose to watch movies on streaming media such as flix and Amazon. Not going to the cinema.However, after Wanda acquired the theaters, the theater environment has been greatly improved, and many high-end new theaters have even been built, which has led to the recovery of the theater chain.But Wanda’s shortcoming lies in the post-development. For a good film, the box office revenue only accounts for about 15% of the total revenue, sometimes even less. The rest comes from what Disney calls product development, theme parks, and Global selling rights to these.

Lucy was completely inexperienced and went blind. Finally, under the suggestion of Ari, she still planned to hang Disney, and then cooperate with Sony Legend. What she said to Disney was that she should make a movie by herself first. It doesn’t make money, but the word is The meaning is that today you are aggressive towards me, tomorrow I will make you unable to climb high!Lucy's strategy is similar to that of Marvel in her world. Don't agree to the conditions, but increase your chips first. If the response in the market is not good, it will not be too late to agree to the other party's "annexation plan". According to Legend, they are willing to cooperate with all their strength, but Titan Entertainment will lead the script, and Sony will choose the director. Legend is still... um... Let's think of it as the middleman for cooperation with Wanda.

So Ari quickly picked David Cage to be the screenwriter. A few days ago, Sony deliberately revealed that Sam Raimi would be the director. Lucy was not very satisfied with the director, and she hoped to be more stylized. The director directs, and Sam Raimi obviously lacks a little sparkle, but she doesn't have much room for manipulation in the direction of the director, but the script is different...

"It meets my requirements very much. It doesn't require too much depth. The main charm of this popcorn movie lies in 3D and 48 frames." Lucy said, "but I don't want superhero movies to always appear in superhero movies." The greater the greater, the greater the responsibility" kind of sentence."

This version of the script takes care of Peter's personal feelings and privacy, and retains Uncle Ben, Peter's incarnation in the Spider-Man movies as "Scott Merk"-a 15-year-old boy who attended a New York high school, and his uncle and The aunt lived happily together, and the dead Uncle Ben appeared as one of his mentor-type characters.

“It would be a disaster if that sentence turned into a catchphrase for superheroes,” said Lucy, leaning on Bucky. “It’s noble for a superhero to think that way. Of course we want audiences to understand superheroes too, My original intention is that everyone can put themselves into Spider-Man, so that every audience will realize that I am the hero and I have the responsibility to save others."

Bucky became a little serious, looking at the page of the script that Lucy turned to, the incarnation of Uncle Ben—"Mr. Spider-Man's mask, he carefully stuffed the mask into Spider-Man's hand, and told him to be kind.Bucky didn't see any problem: "What's your concern?"

"My concern is that Spider-Man's special ability will make him lose his sense of civilians, and the audience will have no way to substitute themselves, and when the audience watches, they will think that this is Spider-Man's slogan, and then think that superheroes should be Take the responsibility of saving, because they are very capable." Lucy shook her head, "No, no one should take responsibility, we have to find a way to change."

"Why did you want to make "Spider-Man" for the first time?" Bucky asked, and Lucy went back to work, and Bucky was fascinated by that serious look, and he said in that aggrieved tone , "I thought you would at least shoot me first."

"We do have a "Captain America" ​​documentary in the project library. But we still have to make "Spider-Man" first." Lucy avoided Bucky's breath on the side of her neck, and pushed him away with a smile, "because the little spider Short of money, we talked to him about a 2% share, and if it is really as good as I expected for the market prospect, Little Spider can get 400 million US dollars with the first "Spider-Man."

Bucky: "..." It seemed impossible to blame.

"What kind of expectations do you hope to achieve, I don't mean box office, I mean content, you want people to recognize the anonymous hero?"

"No, this version of the script is to make people sympathize with the anonymous hero. I don't want to do that. The anonymous hero is worthy of respect, but this kind of development is definitely not a long-term solution."

Hollywood likes to fight against those in power. The liberal atmosphere is very strong. From directors and screenwriters to actors, they are full of distrust of those in power. There are at least five out of ten spy films. To be betrayed by a superior is to be sacrificed as a pawn, or to be tolerated in the world, like Spider-Man.If these heroes don’t exist like in Lucy’s original world, everyone can just watch it for fun, but if Spider-Man really exists, such a movie will undoubtedly aggravate the anti-government tendency of superheroes, directly leading to confrontation, often To put it mildly, not only will the police not accept Spider-Man, but they will loathe him even more. To put it bluntly, the filming of this movie will definitely deepen the dissatisfaction of those in power with superheroes.

Considering various practical factors, this version of the Spider-Man script is not a good script.

"Why not provide them with a legal~ identity?" Bucky suggested, "The police finally shook hands with Spider-Man, and Spider-Man became a non-staff member of the police. Became an FBI or something."

Lucy was stunned, she really didn't think of this, but Bucky, who hadn't taken it seriously from the beginning to the end, said it, and he looked at Lucy as if he just asked, "Shall we have something for lunch? ’ advice is as simple as that.Bucky's handsome face became more and more charming in Lucy's vision.

"God, why do I have such a talented boyfriend like you." Lucy couldn't help but put aside the script in her hand, and offered her soft lips. Bucky rolled her and pressed her against the The kiss deepened on the lawn.

About a century later, Lucy's phone vibrated and finally interrupted it.Lucy pushed Bucky away panting, and went to grab her mobile phone. Bucky wailed, and he was planning to hang on for a while, and when he seduces Lucy, he can make a day announcement~ lewd.

"It's an email from Professor X~." Lucy tore the grass out of her hair, "He's not at the School for Young Talents, he's at..."

Lucy looked at Bucky lovingly, and made a mischievous expression: "Honey, I have to go to Gotham."

Bucky thought it was a bolt from the blue!