Since the "superhero" group was brought to the big screen from comics, before Marvel rose to prominence with "Iron Man", only "Spider-Man" in the past few decades was the most impressive and outstanding.

But many people outside don’t know about this character. It was once a major stain and pain of Marvel. Although they have now started the “superhero’s way home for this character.”

"We all know this, before Marvel was acquired by Disney, it was like a homeless man. It was always a poor company. At that time, we had no money to make movies and could only make money by selling comic characters."

As we all know, film companies must pay royalties every year when shooting tasks in comic adaptations.

Spider-Man's film copyright was previously sold to Sony by Marvel, while "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" film copyright was sold to 20th Century Fox.

For Marvel at that time, selling copyrights might be the most suitable choice.

Because at that time, both actors and funds proved that Marvel would not sell well in making movies by itself, and no one from top to bottom could bear the corresponding losses.

But if the copyright is sold, it will have nothing to do with Marvel.

"I thought about it...how could I never think about it? It's just that it's still a bit difficult to start this plan." Kevin shook his head slightly, and a trace of memories appeared in his eyes.

Before being the president of Marvel, Kevin initially worked as an intern assistant with Lauren Schuler Donner (producer, representing all series of works X-Men and Wolverine).

When he was in college, Kevin was very proficient in Marvel comics background settings, Marvel universe architecture and other related knowledge.

It is precisely for this reason that Lauren Schuler-Donner began to explore his abilities and appointed Kevin as the assistant producer of the first film in the X-Men series.

Since then, Kevin Feige has served as producer for almost all subsequent Marvel comic adaptations.

Therefore, it can also be said that Kevin witnessed Marvel's rise from decline to rise step by step, and he was involved.

The entire copyright transaction of "Spider-Man" was completed in 1999, and the film "Spider-Man" was filmed in 2002, with a total global box office of US$822 million. It directly established Sony's position in the six major Hollywoods.

It can be said that "Spider-Man" made Sony. Even if Toby Quayle's third part became a failure, it is still very popular in Sony's hands.

In the eyes of those who only know money, you can find a replacement for Toby Quayle. They firmly believe that there are a large number of young actors waiting for them to choose from in Hollywood, which is the advantage of being a big company.

"First of all, Lee... because of your return, our time will be very tight, although the press conference was held in the first half of the year.

In addition, the team of "Age of Ultron" has been formed, and it is impossible for us to add Spider-Man in this movie. Too many superheroes will be smeared in a movie, which will destroy the harmony of this movie..."

Kevin thought Lee Hyun-cheol was a little eager for quick success. Yes, letting Spider-Man return to the "Avengers" seems to be something worth looking forward to, but the copyright of "Spider-Man" has not been completely returned, which is also the reason why Kevin declined.

He suddenly slapped his forehead, and Lee Hyun-cheol breathed a sigh of relief and licked his dry lips. "No, Kevin, you misunderstood what I mean, I mean, we can consider letting it return, but not immediately."

"Don't you return immediately? Lee... At present, our relationship with Sony is pretty good. We have always cherished the friendship between Marvel and Sony. Forced revocation of Spider-Man copyright may..."

Although he didn't understand what Lee Hyun-chul meant, Kevin still spoke gently and reminded him.

"I don't mean that, Sony launched "The Amazing Spider-Man" after Tobi Quill's version failed.

Before that, I had counted a set of data. When Marvel sold the copyrights of some well-known characters to other companies, there was a rule that "if it is not used within a few years, it will be automatically reclaimed." I won't say how many years it takes, you know better than me.

This leads to the situation that companies that buy Marvel character movie copyright must restart the movie of a certain character from time to time, otherwise the copyright will be taken back by Marvel.

For example, Sony's Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Fox's Fantastic Four, and Fantastic Four restart version.

Take the Sony version of the restart series for example. The box office of this series is still not within the expected range. Of course, I also know that the copyright of Spider-Man is Sony's roots.

Unless we use a lot of money, the problem is that we have Disney on it...so....”

When he arrived here, Lee Hyun-cheol gave Kevin a seemingly middle-aged strategy, asking him to negotiate with Sony's producers.

The source of his confidence that the other party would agree is that after the failure of "Amazing Spider-Man", Sony still did not give up and wanted to make a new movie.

So he suggested that Spider-Man's movie copyright be obtained through shared methods on the premise that both parties can accept it.

Marvel and Sony's Spider-Man: Return of the Heroes will still be invested and issued by Sony 100%, and Sony will receive all box office receipts.

Marvel Movies are responsible for making movies, which means Kevin Feige and Marvel Movies are responsible for selecting the actors and directors of the movie and the style of the movie.

"You mean... Spider-Man's movie copyright still belongs to Sony, and then the Marvel Cinematic Universe can use the character Spider-Man to achieve the purpose of sharing copyright." Without waiting for Kevin to answer, a director sitting next to him spoke.

Li Xianzhe nodded, picked up a black oily pen and hung it on a white board on the wall, drew a simple frame diagram, and pointed to the content above and introduced it.

"As you said just now, we did this, and the actual result is: the Spider-Man series is still invested and released by Sony, and we are only responsible for filming, and the box office is Sony, and Marvel gets the share.

In other words, Sony spent money to hire Marvel to shoot Spider-Man movies. The benefits Marvel gets more than just sharing the money.”

"For example..." Kevin couldn't wait to take out his phone and start slapping at the whiteboard on the wall.

Lee Hyun-cheol pointed to a place on the whiteboard, "First of all, other works of Marvel movies can be interspersed with the role of Spider-Man, for example, when writing the script, let the character Spider-Man return in "Captain America 3".

When Donnie and the others were there just now, I also introduced the general plot of this movie, the split between Iron Man and Captain America.

The two of them must find helpers for their own ideas. The relationship between Spider-Man and Iron Man has always been very good in the comics. I think this is a good opportunity.

Compared to the fact that you have always wanted "Iron Fist" to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this is actually the same thing.
Chapter completed!