The Best Entertainment Era

Relativity Building, Ronan's office.

Kevin Fitch said seriously: The lawyer of Jack Kobe's descendants contacted us privately and expressed the possibility of reconciliation...

Ronan couldn't help laughing: How much does it cost?

Six million dollars in compensation. Kevin Feige said directly: There will also be Marvel Entertainment's comic book adaptations related to Jack Kobe in the future, each of which will get 2% of the North American box office share.

This case looks a bit like the lawsuit between Tolkien's son and New Line Pictures about the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but it is essentially different.

For the Lord of the Rings trilogy, New Line Films concealed income, and Tolkien's descendants did not receive the dividends stipulated in the contract.

Ronan asked: Is there a problem with the contract between Marvel Entertainment and Jack Kirby?

He remembered that after the Stan-Lee incident a few years ago, he specially asked people to review all the contracts related to copyright and revenue left by Marvel comics.

Kevin Fitch immediately replied: After this incident, the company's legal advisory group re-examined all the contracts signed between Marvel and Jack Kirby, and there is no contract problem with our adapted film. They just saw Eyes on money.

He said in detail: These works of Jack Kirby were created for the company, so all copyrights belong to Marvel. According to copyright law, if Marvel assigns a screenwriter or painter a task, let him create a A comic book story that includes a new character, or draws a comic based on a depiction of that character, and pays the writer or artist for completing the task, the publishing company owns the copyright, not the writer or artist.

Ronan nodded slightly: Since there is no copyright issue, don't make any concessions.

Not to mention Ronan, the endless copyright lawsuits are causing headaches for all Hollywood companies.

The odds of them winning are extremely low, Feige said.

Let the legal advisory group deal with it. Ronan made a decision: Pay attention to guiding the direction of public opinion.

Kevin Feige said, Okay.

Ronan rubbed his forehead. Marvel superhero movies are a big hit, and they are bound to be accompanied by all kinds of troubles.

There is also Avatar, which will be released next year. I remember that there are quite a few people who jumped out to sue James Cameron and the production company.

This kind of thing cannot be completely avoided, because no one knows who will jump out after the movie is released and sold.

As for whether James Cameron borrowed other people's works in Avatar, it doesn't really matter, as long as there is no tangible evidence, this is James Cameron's original work.

Not to mention anything else, is there any relationship between the former Hunger Games and Inception and the works of the island nation?

This is really the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.

But in Hollywood, they have nothing to do with each other.

As a film company, if you don't have a thick face and a dark heart, and don't look at problems selectively, how can you get along in this circle?

Ronan turned the topic to Marvel Entertainment's movie projects, and asked, Did the screenwriter's strike affect several movie projects?

Not much impact. Kevin Fitch said quickly: Both Iron Man 2 and Captain America ​​have finished filming. The post-production of the former is about to be completed, and the latter is also in the post-production stage. will affect.

He thought for a while, and then said: The Avengers has entered the shooting stage, the script has been finalized a long time ago, and the script is relatively simple, and there is no difficulty in modifying it. Joss Whedon can handle it during the shooting process.

Ronan reminded: You have to control the dynamics of the crew.

The theme of the film is very simple, that is, the earth has suffered an unprecedented devastating blow, SHIELD was caught off guard by the sudden evil forces, and a single superhero could not deal with it, so they came forward and summoned the Avengers composed of many superheroes. Alliance, fighting side by side and working together to protect the earth.

The story of the Avengers saving the earth can be said to be very clichéd, but it is the type that the public likes.

The Avengers is completely different from traditional Hollywood sci-fi movies. This movie doesn't even need the stories that sci-fi movies rely on very much. The whole movie has almost no story at all. Then a process of crazy spawning.

In other words, the world view of this film is far more important than telling the story.

Where is the script and setting of The Avengers? Is the story good? Are the characters rich and connotative? The answer must be no. Its most successful part is that for the first time, many superheroes with different personalities, different superpowers, and superheroes from different worlds are harmoniously put into one universe.

This kind of movie also has an advantage, that is, the audience is very familiar with the characters in it, because they have seen those movies before, so there is no need to explain or interpret these characters in this movie, the movie can be very straightforward Cut into the plot and tell the story.

Whether it is the character of the characters or the position of the superheroes, it has long been a well-known fact.

The second phase of the Marvel Avengers project has also entered the formal preparation phase, and the second phase will be kicked off with Iron Man 3 directed by Jon Favreau.

Then came Thor 2, Captain America 2 and the Black Widow standalone film, which will further tell the battle with Hydra, and finally lead to Avengers 2.

There is also a Galaxy Dance Team that has little to do with Avengers 2.

As for the sequel movie of Hulk, Marvel Entertainment and Kevin Feige are also planning.

Frankly speaking, as the number one thug in the Avengers, Hulk's ability is too powerful, and the movie will not use the world view of comics, Hulk is not suitable for continued development on Earth.

The new Hulk movie plans to send the Hulk into space.

Galaxy Dance Team is an important step for the Marvel series to expand the world view to the universe.

In addition, Marvel's episodes are also under development. Kevin Feige is planning Agents of SHIELD, and Joss Whedon will serve as the director of the first season after completing The Avengers.

These film and television projects are the guarantee of Relativity's entertainment revenue.

In December, Relativity Entertainment still has two films in theaters.

As the awards season kicks off, as Relativity Entertainment's only film that really hit the awards this year, Slumdog Millionaire began to be screened in Los Angeles and New York at the beginning of the month.

David Fincher's Sunshine Girl is obviously not Hollywood's dish. Embassy Pictures will apply for the Oscar for the film, but it will not spend resources on it.

Therefore, Slumdog Millionaire became Relativity Entertainment's only live-action Oscar contender this year.

This film participated in the Cannes Film Festival in May, maybe because of the subject matter, or maybe because the film has a strong commercial flavor, it got nothing in the competition section of the Cannes Film Festival.

But this does not affect Embassy Pictures' operation of the North American awards season.

There is a very obvious phenomenon in the American film circle and even the Western film circle. For non-Western films, especially films from countries and regions with large ideological differences, the more they react to ignorance, backwardness, poverty, social chaos and class antagonism. , the more it can be well received in Western film circles and various international film awards.

Even, there are many foundations that provide financial and other assistance to directors who specialize in shooting this type of film.

This phenomenon has not disappeared.

Hollywood is no exception.

Slumdog Millionaire has gained excellent media and professional reputation since it was screened.

Time Magazine even praised it highly: This is a movie that teaches people to appreciate it. It is a dazzling, bright, lively, slightly dark but romantic movie, which immediately makes people feel happy.

USA Today also slammed: 100-point movie, unforgettable, rare to see in a century.

Slumdog Millionaire is really good, entertaining, and has a typical Hollywood-style romantic saga that can bring the audience an enjoyable and satisfying movie journey.

But it is still a bit far from a 100% movie.

However, the American media and critics love this kind of film.

Compared with traditional award-winning literary films, Slumdog Millionaire is much more commercial and entertaining. In addition, the reality show Millionaire has a wide audience in Britain and the United States, and the film's performance is not bad. , a total of ten on-demand theaters in New York and Los Angeles, with an average box office of $30,000 in the first weekend.

In terms of word-of-mouth, the film's comprehensive media score is as high as 82 points, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 97%.

As for whether he can win a heavyweight award at this year's Oscars, in addition to operation, it also depends on luck.

After DreamWorks won three consecutive Oscars, it has not had any heavyweight gains for several years in a row.

After being screened for two consecutive weeks, the word-of-mouth of Slumdog Millionaire has not declined at all. Instead, it has been well received, and it has also won many awards from the Film Critics Association.

Relativity Entertainment has rich experience in impacting the Oscars. In the past ten years, apart from DreamWorks, it has been the biggest winner of the Oscars, even the Weinstein Brothers can't compare.

This film is mainly for awards. Another film released by Relativity Entertainment this month is a purely commercial film, and it is a sequel film.

On the third weekend of December, Taken 3 opened in North America with a scale of 3,985 theaters.

This is Relativity Entertainment's last film of 2007, and Liam Neeson's last appearance as Agent Brian.

Due to the good foundation laid by the first two films, Liam Neeson can barely shoot action scenes. Taken 3 has achieved good results, with a box office of 55.61 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend.

The North American box office exceeded the production cost of $45 million in the first week.

Taken 3 hit the box office in its first week, and it also gave Relativity Entertainment a near-perfect ending to its 2007 film project.

Liam Neeson's journey to save his daughter is over, and a new rescue will begin in the air.