Chapter 963 Goddess of Fear
The current "X-Men" series of movies, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, has released two movies, with good box office results. Currently, preliminary preparations for "X-Men 3" are being prepared.
The head of the "X-Men" project is the Hollywood gold medal producer Donner and his wife. Among them, her husband Richard Donner is a freelance producer. His wife Lauren Schuler Donner was appointed at 20th Century Fox and is the direct descendant of President Jim Ganopros, and the highest person in charge of the "X-Men" series.
In his previous life, Kevin Fitch was once an assistant producer of the "X-Men" series and was the assistant of Lauren Donald. Kevin Fitch was a Marvel loyalist and had countless fantasies. He suggested that Lauren Donald not insist on shooting the "X-Men" hero assembly, and to separate each superhero, film their origins and growth history, and then shoot the hero assembly, which will be more marketable.
However, such a suggestion was rejected by Lauren Donner.
Later, Kevin Feige switched to Marvel Studios and became the president of Marvel Studios. He first succeeded in the origin of "Iron Man", and successfully created the sensational "Avengers" series. Later, he came from behind and crushed the "X-Men" series.
Under this momentum, Lauren Donner had to regain the advice Kevin Ferzi gave her back then and also started filming individual heroes in "X-Men". However, the good show was not long. Before the individual hero movie of "X-Men" was officially promoted, 20th Century Fox was acquired by Disney at a sky-high price.
"X-Men" officially returns to Marvel!
Producer Lauren Donner naturally became a subordinate of Kevin Feige.
Tang En couldn't wait that long.
He communicated with Twentieth Century Fox and sought the possibility of bringing "X-Men" home. However, Twentieth Century Fox's answer was "never possible"!
"X-Men" is a super huge series with hundreds of superheroes, which is a big treasure. Once successfully developed, it will become a long-term meal ticket for Twentieth Century Fox.
It's impossible to take action.
However, Don Eun never gave up on his determination to bring "X-Men" home.
Twentieth Century Fox doesn’t let go of the adaptation rights of the X-Men movie, that’s OK... Donn bought the 20th Century Fox as a whole!
Mergers and acquisitions are very difficult.
However, Tang En was confident that he was foresighted and mastered many means to deal with Murdoch with both kindness and power. Just wait for the new Global to go public and the subprime mortgage crisis to come, the impossible can be turned into possibility.
However, time cannot be delayed for too long.
Now, with the success of Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Daredevil, and Ghost Rider, Twentieth Century Fox has certainly realized the market prospects of movies in the Origins of Superheroes.
As you can imagine, after filming "X-Men 3" and ending the production of the trilogy, Lauren Donner will definitely start the production of individual superhero movies, such as "Wolverine".
This is not good news for Marvel Studios and the "Marvel" brand.
According to Marvel Studios' judgment on the market, the best Marvel-themed movies released every year are between 2-3, and no more than 4. For example, this year there will be two movies "Ghost Rider" and "Spider-Man 3", next year there will be two movies "Iron Man" and "Ant-Man 2", and the next year there will be three movies "Thor", "Darkward 2" and "Avengers".
If you get bored more often, it may cause disgust among movie fans. It is a way to drink poison to quench thirst.
Marvel Studios can restrict production, but 20th Century Fox cannot control it. Once 20th Century Fox really breaks out and starts mass production of "X-Men" movies, this will be a big blow to New Universal and Marvel.
So, Don Eun has made up his mind to win the Twentieth Century Fox before the emergence of "Wolverine"!
At this time, Don Eun was participating in the discussion on the script creation of "Ghost Rider 2" in the conference room of Marvel Studios.
This is a very important memory. Marvel Studios's minds attended the event, and two major screenwriters in charge of script creation, Dean Whistler and Jonathan Nolan were also present.
This is a dark Marvel theme. Unlike the popcorn in the "Avengers" series, this series values darkness, depth, aftertaste and majestic epic.
Tang En has read the outline of the script, which is very good.
The villain is Scarty, the messenger of fear. In her confrontation with the Ghost Rider, she expressed a view: people eat sheep and sheep eat grass, which is the law of nature. By the same token, God eats people, which is also the rule of the universe. People can eat cattle, sheep and pigs as food, but why can't God take humans as food? They are all living beings in the universe. Is human existence higher than cattle and sheep?
If human existence is higher than cattle and sheep, can it also mean that God's existence is higher than human? This can better reflect the rationality of God's cannibalism. Since it is reasonable, why should she stop her from collecting human souls?
The Ghost Rider's Johnny Blaze is a human, and it is understandable that he protects the interests of the human community. However, the devil comes and the energy-blessed Johnny Blaze has already jumped out of the human category and become a god. He needs to stand in a higher pattern to look at the truth and guard the balance of the universe, rather than defending the small ant-like tribe of human beings.
Of course, according to normal movie logic, these theories can only shake the heart of the Ghost Rider in a short time. After a series of events, he cheered up, fought with Scarty, the messenger of fear, and drove her out of the earth.
Now it's just a script outline, without story details.
However, from the perspective of concept, the title of "Ghost Rider 2" is already profound enough, with infinite space for aftertaste and thinking. The dialectical philosophical relationship expresses even more profound and complex than "Darkward 2".
"This idea is very good." Tang En first expressed his recognition of everyone's work. This idea is very positive, much better than the two versions of "Ghost Rider" released by Sony Pictures in his previous life.
However, there are some problems.
"What means should the Ghost Rider defeat Scarty? She is an omnipotent god of fear. When she arrives at Asgard, all the gods of Asgard must endure and retreat and avoid their sharp edge. In terms of ability, the Ghost Rider is no match for her at all."
"The main style of the "Avengers" series is humorous and joking, and the ability of the ultimate villain is not important. It is enough to make the starring actors have enough fun and bring enough joy to the audience in the process of punishing evil and promoting good. But the series of Dark Marvel is different, so it is more serious."
"In the fight between Ghost Rider and Scarty, the plot design should be rigorous and serious enough, and there should be a positive logic of strength and weakness, rather than making jokes or trying luck. You must defeat the other party upright, so that you can feel more shocking."
Don Eun’s remarks are not very clever, this is what Nina Jacobson reported to him. He came to this meeting today, mainly to discuss with everyone to solve this problem.
The schedule of "Ghost Rider 2" is in the summer of 2007.
It is now the end of 2004, and it is time to finalize the script as soon as possible.
Director Zach Schneider has no say. To solve this problem, he needs to have enough knowledge of Marvel Comics and be familiar with the overall structure of Marvel Studios for comic-making movies in the future.
Kevin Feige raised his hand, signaled to Donn, and then said slowly: "I thought about it all night yesterday. It is unreasonable to let the Ghost Rider defeat Scarty, the Ghost Rider without adding coincidence elements. If you want to defeat it upright, you must increase the Ghost Rider's power."
Tang En nodded, "Continue."
Kevin Feige said: "The abilities of the Ghost Rider are also growing continuously. The initial Ghost Riders only have several skills such as Hell Fire, Eye of Judgment, Chain Technique, Evil Spirit Motorcycle. In the later comics, there are more and more skills, and there are abilities such as Immortal Body and Dimensional Teleportation. You might as well show the abilities of Immortal Body in the second movie."
Nina Jacobson pondered: "This design should not be too complicated, otherwise it will make some non-comic fans unable to understand it. However, even so, the Ghost Rider will not be Scarty's opponent. Scarty is a goddess of fear. She can break down all opponents' psychological defenses and physiological mechanisms, make the enemy feel scared, and thus reduce her ability to enter a numb state. According to normal logic, the Ghost Rider does not even have the ability to hurt Scarty, let alone drive her away."
Zach Schneider tentatively said: "Why do you change to a relatively weak villain? For example, cold bat, man-eating spider-banshee or snake girl..."
Nina Jacobson shook her head and said, "No, we are going to shoot a popular video at PG-13. Those villains are too terrifying and difficult to deal with in terms of grading. And logically speaking, the theme of the movie is more in line with Scarty's point of view."
Zach Schneider was a little embarrassed.
He is OK in making movies, especially the visual effects of the camera and the scenes are the most colorful. However, the screenwriter's ability is very immature, which is probably a common problem for directors from the MV industry.
Tang En waved his hand and said with a smile: "Kevin, you thought about it all night, that's all that thought?"
Kevin Feiqi said seriously: "In short, if you want to defeat Scarty, you must enhance the Ghost Rider's abilities. Your personal abilities are not enough, so... add a helper to him!"
"helper?"
Everyone was shocked and thoughtful.
This is a superhero independent movie. As the protagonist of the movie, according to normal Hollywood thinking, the protagonist will definitely break through many difficulties and defeat his opponent with his personal ability.
Another helper... it would seem a bit of a failure, or it wouldn't be pleasant enough.
The plot design of "Dharthy Devil 2" is to defeat the opponent by "Dharthy Devil" from beginning to end from end.
Zach Schneider's eyes shining and said excitedly: "I agree! If an extra helper is certainly unpleasant. However, if this helper is attractive enough, it makes people shine and full of expectations, it may turn passive into initiative. This will be a disguised Easter egg!"
"Eastern egg?"
Tang En blinked and thought of something.
.Nine Heavens Divine Emperor
Chapter completed!