Chapter 211 206 Some People Just Don’t Have Eyes, that Man Is Back

Chapter 207 Some people just don't open their eyes, that man is back

In the MGM building, two men sat in front of Eric.

One was a familiar big beard, and the other was also familiar, but his face was still immature.

"Eric, he is Kevin Feige, the young man I told you about last time. He has his own unique insights into comics and film and television, and is an expert in this field."

After Avi Arad introduced, the young Kevin Feige smiled and took the initiative to extend his hand: "Hello Mr. Cooper, I am Kevin Feige."

A future general is about to arrive, and Eric happily shook hands with him.

"Hello, Avi has mentioned you many times, saying that you will be the one who helps Marvel rise again, and he has a very high opinion of you."

At this time, Kevin Feige was only 30 years old, and he had not yet held a high position or held much power. He was only a middle-level cadre in Beech Toys.

Faced with Eric's compliments, although the other party was much younger than him, he did not have the calmness of later generations, but was a little restrained.

"I just like reading comics since I was a child. Avi said he hopes I can come to Marvel to help him. I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There is nothing more fortunate than doing a job you like."

"You are right. Doing a career you love is the happiest thing in the world."

"Haha, I agree."

After chatting for a while when we first met, Kevin Feige was a little restrained, but he was very eloquent.

Being able to speak means knowing how to communicate, being able to communicate with superiors and subordinates, which is very good and can effectively speed up work progress and solve difficulties.

Avi Arad has a big problem in this regard. He used to be Perlmutter's supervisor, but after completing the share swap, Perlmutter directly resigned from Marvel and was no longer bothered to take care of this mess in his eyes.

With Kevin Feige's assistance, Avi Arad's shortcomings can be made up.

"Kevin, I have always been a person who trusts people and never trusts people. You have a deep understanding of comics and have participated in the production of movies, so you know the ins and outs of it."

"So now I formally invite you to join Marvel. You will be Marvel's vice president in the future. Let's create a better tomorrow together!"

Kevin Feige nodded repeatedly with a little fear. The position of vice president was really unexpected.

When Avi Arad found him, he promised him positions such as production director or creative director, which belonged to the middle and senior levels of the company, but was lower than the vice president.

I didn't expect Eric Cooper to be more generous than Avi Arad.

He couldn't help but roar in his heart: "Fuck, this wave is about to take off!"

"Of course, boss, I will work hard and do my best to make Marvel."

"Well, I believe you, Avi told you my plan, Marvel wants to create a movie universe and link all superheroes together, referred to as MCEU."

"Yes, I was shocked when I heard this idea. To be honest, I had this idea many years ago."

"That's even better. Now we are preparing for "Captain America". You should make a relationship diagram according to Marvel's current resources. I need the first phase of MCEU's structure."

Kevin Feige understood that this was the first test given to him by the new boss.

But he was confident because he believed that no one knew how to shoot Marvel better than himself.

"Wait Eric, this time I came here to meet Feige, in addition to meeting you, there is actually another very important thing." Avi Arad suddenly interrupted.

"What's the matter?"

"Copyright, the copyright you told me before, there is progress."

"Get the copyright back?" Eric was a little surprised.

Although superhero movies are not popular yet, Spider-Man and X-Men series have proved that they can definitely make a lot of money if they are well made. Some people are willing to return the copyright!

Avi Arad nodded: "20th Century Fox and New Line are willing to sell their characters back to us, Daredevil and Iron Man."

"It's just that the asking price is a bit high. Fox wants $15 million for Daredevil and New Line wants $10 million for Iron Man. When they were sold, they were less than half of that."

"Buy it, buy it back!" Eric made the decision without thinking.

Just kidding, you can buy back two very valuable superheroes for $25 million. This deal is worth it.

Eric couldn't help but ask, "Have Fox and New Line gone crazy?"

"Eric, have you forgotten? At the beginning of last year, Fox released "Daredevil", starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, and Colin Farrell. It cost 80 million US dollars, but it ended up being a piece of shit."

"Whether it was fans, audiences or film critics, almost all of them sprayed the movie as garbage. Ben Affleck even postponed his wedding because of it."

"80 million US dollars is not a small number, especially for a superhero like Daredevil who doesn't need a lot of special effects."

"Even if they can't make it well, judging from the current box office and reputation, don't even think about the sequel. Daredevil is destined to be shelved."

"So when I went to communicate, Fox pretended to hold an internal meeting for a few days, and then readily agreed to sell Daredevil and related extended characters back to us."

"In addition to Daredevil, there are Erica, Bullseye, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. In short, we can shoot our own Defenders."

"Where is the Golden Soldier?" Eric asked.

"Jin Bing is a public villain and appears in many superhero works, so the copyright is shared by several companies."

"Well done, Avi!" Eric gave a thumbs up.

Although the popularity of these superheroes is different. For example, Daredevil is second-tier and not as good as those big brothers. However, they have also gained a group of loyal fans by relying on their own unique personal magazines.

Elektra was created by the companion Daredevil, and her popularity is much lower than that of the Blind Lawyer. However, some fans approve of her, otherwise Fox would not give her a solo movie in the future.

But judging from the current situation, Erica's solo movie must have been cancelled, and Jennifer Garner will not work no matter how beautiful she is.

What's more, Eric remembers that the movie was also very rubbish. It failed both in terms of reputation and box office, and it only cost money.

As for Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, none of them can reach the third level, and their popularity is relatively low.

Otherwise, there would not be a Defenders debut. Those who are capable are individual trainees, and no one will take the team route.

Among these, only Daredevil is worthy of the big screen, but Fox just failed to make it, and Marvel will definitely not be able to get it in a few years.

Eric can only think of one way in his mind, which is to make a TV series like Netflix, and then broadcast it on Lionheart.com, which can at least add some visibility to Lionheart.

"Now that we have got the copyright back, don't let them idle. Let's make the Daredevil TV series first. If the response is good, we can then develop other superheroes."

Avi Arad nodded in agreement: "Well, I think so too. The investment in TV series is small, and with Fox in front of us, as long as the quality of our filming is up to standard, the audience will be very satisfied."

"What's going on with New Line? Didn't you say last year that Tom Cruise would be hired to play Tony Stark?"

"I gave up. New Line President Gillante believes that a man wearing hundreds of pounds of armor flying in the sky is insulting the audience's IQ and is completely unscientific."

Eric has a black question mark on his face. Superheroes talk about science? What the hell!

"For that reason? Then why did they make Blade?"

Avi Arad shrugged: "I can't understand it at all. Maybe it's because the Blade Runner rides a motorcycle. At least it's down to earth."

"And Iron Man himself is a science person. In the comics, he even had a gem of wisdom growing out of his brain, so some old-fashioned people thought it was unscientific."

"I think the special effects are too expensive, and New Line doesn't want to bet on it. Blade can be made for 30 to 40 million US dollars, while Iron Man can only be shot for 30 to 40 million dollars, without Man." Kevin Feige complained.

And his complaints were probably the main reason why New Line gave up.

"Eric, what are you going to do about Iron Man?" Avi Arad asked.

"Shoot! Daredevil can be on the big screen, what can't Iron Man do?"

"But aren't we going to make Captain America?"

"What I mean is synchronized, three projects starting at the same time."

"Will it be"

Seeing Kevin Feige hesitate to speak, Eric knew what he was worried about.

"You don't have to worry about money. MGM will provide the majority, and Marvel will provide an appropriate part. It can be regarded as a joint project between the two companies."

Kevin Feige couldn't help but sigh, he really has a lot of money, the budget of the three projects is at least 500 million US dollars, and they were released without blinking an eye. He really followed a golden thigh.

"Is there anything else?" Eric asked.

"There is another matter about the Hulk. The Hulk that Universal asked Ang Lee to shoot failed like Daredevil, so it also intends to sell the copyright to us."

"Huh? Why don't we talk about it together?"

"Because Universal has reservations, they want to only sell the filming rights and retain the distribution rights for the Hulk movie. I think you will not agree."

Eric sneered: "That's a good idea. Do you want to copy Titanic? Will I need it for distribution?"

"Avi, please reply to Universal, either sell it to us together, or forget it. The Hulk is a front-line hero, so the price can be appropriately higher."

"In addition, when I go back, I will go shopping in the hero library and find a few heroes with potential. I plan to make them into a TV series."

2003 is over and time has entered 2004.

The Christmas war continues, with new films joining the battlefield every week, although most become cannon fodder.

Because even if it is the largest movie market in the world, Hollywood cannot tolerate dozens of movies starting at the same time, even in the hottest time of the year.

There are only so many movie theaters, and the films are there. If you have more, others will have less. The third party may only be able to take 1% of the films.

Currently, "Lord of the Rings 3" still tops the list, with Yiqi Juechen Fault ranking first.

The second place is the extremely hilarious "Sharknado 2". Christmas audiences like to cheer up their friends or bring their families to laugh together.

2,500 theaters directly took in a box office of US$53 million, with a single box office exceeding US$20,000, surpassing the similarly ridiculous "Scary 3".

The media interviewed the Wayans brothers and asked them why "Sharknado 2" surpassed the "Scary" series, which was also created by them.

Their answer is that the former is more brainless, and the only one that can beat "Sharknado 2" is next year's "Sharknado 3."

The little bitch Ryan Reynolds now holds two major commercial IPs, "Transformers" and "Sharknado", and has become the hottest A-list actor.

Various film contracts are coming one after another. In the past, the film chose the actors, but now the actors choose the films.

Ranked third on the box office list is "Blue Is the Warmest Color", which has the best time, place and people. This week, it was released in more than 400 theaters and earned 27 million US dollars in a week.

In three weeks, the North American box office has reached 83 million US dollars. The excellent reputation has prompted the film to enter some open countries such as Europe, Asia, and South America, and it has also earned 24 million US dollars in a week, and the global box office has exceeded 100 million.

The Olsen sisters are very happy. This is the best result they have ever achieved. In the future, they can also say that they are heroines with over 100 million.

On the other hand, "Monster" is more miserable. In more than 800 theaters, it only earned 7.33 million US dollars in a week.

When Patty Jenkins and Charlize Theron saw this data, they could only smile bitterly.

The plot is so dark that everyone knows it will be bad, but they didn't expect it to be so bad. It has become the worst performing movie since Eric took over MGM.

"Sorry, dear." Charlize Theron lay on Eric's back with a somewhat depressed tone.

Eric patted her butt and comforted her, saying, "Don't be sorry, baby. I didn't expect to make money from this movie. It was originally for you to win awards."

"You are so good to me, Eric."

"Hehe, the cost of "Monster" is not high. Even if you add the publicity and promotion, it is about 30 million US dollars."

"Even if the box office will lose money, you can slowly make it back through copyright later."

"Take a step back, even if you lose tens of millions, what can you do! As long as you are happy."

It is said that in the eyes of women, men are the most chic when they spend money. This sentence makes sense because Eric has experienced it from Charlize Theron.

This night he unlocked several postures he had always wanted and enjoyed it very much.

"Transformers" won 23 million US dollars in the global box office and officially entered the 900 million club with a score of 1.3 billion.

However, the North American box office was only 7.3 million US dollars, ranking 11th on the list.

There are also Tim Burton's classic "Big Fish", "Mona Lisa Smile" starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst and Julia Stiles, and "Cold Mountain" starring Jude Law and Meg Ryan.

According to the original time and space, "Cold Mountain" should be starred by Jude Law and Nicole, but now Nicole is filming "La Vie en Rose", and the butterfly effect has already been instigated.

There is also "Girl with a Pearl Earring" starring Scarlett Johansson, and this year Hollywood seems to like to use world famous paintings as names.

At this time, "Transformers" has reached the end of its strength, and it will be taken off the screen in the last week.

But the departure of the Autobots symbolizes the re-emergence of the grassland lion.

Nasdaq, the bell is about to ring!