Time Magazine made the first comment, and Rolling Stone followed closely: "DC's Batman has been a huge success, and Spider-Man and X-Men have also made a lot of money. We have reason to believe that Marvel Comics is by no means
It’s as simple as being acquired. Kevin Feige is an ambitious president, and Mitchell Bruce is the new king. Together, they will rewrite the Hollywood movie landscape again!”
"People" focuses not on specific transactions, but on Shao Shuaijun: "Shao Shuaijun is the most money-grabbing director in the world, and this time he has set his sights on superheroes. At the beginning, "The Night Watcher" was an alternative original superhero.
, although he failed, with Shao Shuaijun’s ambition, he will never stop trying just because of one failure. Originality is not enough, so he targeted existing superheroes!"
The American media is more or less concerned about the readers' feelings and speaks vaguely, without mentioning anything about China and the United States. But China in the other hemisphere is really blowing up.
"Choose, Chasing Dreams is so awesome, a superhero, you just snatched away a superhero that the United States is proud of."
"This is the style of our Greater China. The Yankees should just wait for the superheroes adapted by the Chinese to appear! Wow haha!"
“China’s annexation of the United States is just around the corner!”
"Haha, Marvel's superheroes are all Chinese. I look forward to seeing F4 and Xiaochong come to China to perform missions!"
"You are too optimistic. The copyright of Bugs is in the hands of Sony, the Japanese devils, and the copyright of X is in the hands of Fox. These problems cannot be solved by buying a Marvel comic!"
"In any case, Dream Chaser Entertainment has given the Chinese people face. Only gringos have always acquired our company, and now it is our turn to acquire others!"
Amidst the uproar of exclamations, Shao Shuaijun, Mitchell Bruce, and Kevin Feige arrived at the "Times and Life Building" on Sixth Avenue in New York. This building is a famous location in New York, home to many famous magazines, such as
"Time" and "Celebrity" are all here.
But today the three of them are here, not for an interview with Time Magazine, but for an interview with another famous magazine, Fortune. Fortune is a magazine under Time Warner, a magazine that affects the world, and mainly operates two
Brands, "Top 500" and "Fortune Forum".
In the 2009 Fortune 500 list just released in July this year, Dream Chaser Entertainment Group ranked 300th with a revenue of US$28.6 billion, ranking 21st among Chinese companies and the highest-ranking private company in China.
The three people came here this time to discuss the company's decision-making regarding the acquisition of Marvel Comics. They are all listed companies. In order to maintain the stability of the stock, certain plans must be outlined to increase shareholders' confidence in the company. Shareholders
If you have confidence, the money will keep coming!
The interviewer is the most senior editor of Fortune, Ms. Carol Lumes, who is almost 70 years old. She writes almost all the major financial articles of Fortune.
After drinking a cup of coffee, the preparations were completed, and the interview began.
Since Carol asked all financial questions, Shao Shuaijun only understood half of what he heard. He spent almost the whole process in bored silence, leaving it to Mitchell and Kevin to deal with. He could only talk about how Summit Entertainment would develop the resources of Marvel Comics.
At that time, Shao Shuaijun cheered up and expressed some thoughts.
"If any entertainment company wants to survive for twenty or fifty years, the most important thing is to have content. Entertainment is not a castle in the air. You need flat ground to accumulate tall buildings bit by bit. For us
To us, the more than 8,000 comic characters owned by Marvel Comics are an inexhaustible resource, and we have many plans to rationally develop and bring comics to the big screen."
"Marvel Comics has a 70-year history and has produced countless amazing stories. As the era of special effects becomes more and more popular, these comic stories will eventually be perfectly presented in movies. This cooperation of ours will definitely make
The two companies will be brilliant at the same time, and I have full confidence."
"In fact, we already have a huge ultimate universe plan. We currently have three stages of movie ideas. We have started negotiations with Paramount Pictures and may take back the film distribution rights of "Iron Man" and "Thor".
Then we will gradually take back the copyrights of Daredevil, Soul Tank, Blade, Punisher, and Daredevil. We will also start negotiations with 20th Century Fox, Sony Columbia, and the copyrights of Spider-Man, X-Men, and Fantastic Four.
Copyright consultation."
Midway through, Carroll asked: "Can the copyrights of Spider-Man, X-Men and Fantastic Four be recovered?"
Shao Shuaijun pondered for a while and said: "Regardless of whether it can be taken back, we will negotiate hard. However, the current three-stage film plan of Ultimate Universe has been drawn up. We are not in a hurry whether we can take back the copyright in time."
There is no point in being anxious. If you think about it with your toes, you know that Sony and Fox are counting on these superheroes to make money. However, Shao Shuaijun will urge Marvel Comics to take stronger measures to recover the copyright.
The copyrights of Daredevil, Soul Racer, Blade, The Punisher, and Daredevil are easy to recover, because the film production costs are not low, and the box office results are not ideal. If these companies want to maintain the copyrights, they can only continue to invest heavily.
Developing a movie, but if you invest money and there is no guarantee of making money, eventually the movie will come to nothing and the copyright will be automatically withdrawn.
In fact, another trajectory is that Disney relies on the automatic expiration of copyrights to take back these superheroes. Except for Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, these are so popular that they must make money.
When Carroll asked what the three-stage plan was, Shao Shuaijun did not answer. It was a company secret and needed to be released after negotiations with Paramount were concluded.
Soon, the interview ended.
Within two days, the latest issue of the fortnightly magazine "Fortune" came out. On the cover were photos of three people. Shao Shuaijun was in the middle, Mitchell was on the left, and Kevin was on the right. The three hands were just stacked together.
It was accompanied by a big title: "Marvel's Three Helmsmen!".
Three heavyweights expressed their optimism about the future of Marvel Comics, which directly stabilized the stock market without any turbulence, and even rose slightly. The most exaggerated one is China's Golden Harvest, which was affected by the acquisition of Marvel Comics.
On impact, the stock rose a full percentage point.
I have to say that Dream Chaser Entertainment seems to be a Chinese hero.
"Oldboy" is in post-production and has been scheduled to be released during China's Lunar New Year period and will be released simultaneously in Asia. However, because it is an oriental theme, it is difficult to say whether it will be released in the United States and Europe.
The response to "Slumdog Millionaire" is getting stronger and stronger. The North American box office has almost never been less than 20,000 US dollars in a single theater. Because it is a small-scale release, the audience's demand is very loud. However, Summit Entertainment still follows the original rhythm and slowly
Increase the number of theaters to prepare for the Oscars.
However, contrary to the craze in North America, in India, while the movie topped the box office for three consecutive years, it also suffered a lot of boycotts.
Because the slums are depicted in the movie as ugly, dirty, and dark places, and the "slumdog" in the title is represented by the English word "Slumdog", which is a combined word, and "Slum" represents the slums.
, "dog" means dog.
Most of them were Indians from the Dharavi slums, holding up placards and shouting "Down with Danny Boyle" and "We are people, not dogs". Some even held portraits of directors and actors, slapping and
Burn.
At the same time, the Dream South Asia Entertainment Company of the Dream Entertainment Group in India has also suffered threats from many demonstrators. The Indian movies "Three Idiots in Bollywood" and "My Name is Khan" are currently being produced.
”, the crew of “Bollywood Robot Love” also encountered great resistance. Now Danny Boyle and several leading actors are afraid to go to Mumbai, India.
To this end, Chasing Dreams South Asia had to spend 300 million rupees, approximately RMB 30 million, to establish the Mumbai Street Children Relief Fund, and contacted the Mumbai government to resolve the crisis and allow the company to operate normally.
None of this requires Shao Shuaijun's attention. Since the acquisition was completed, he has been immersed in the post-production of "Oldboy". The movie has a lot of soundtracks, and the copyrights should be purchased, and the original original works should be purchased very quickly.
September has passed and October has just come. Two weeks after the acquisition, Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics jointly released the first news. They purchased "Iron Man" from Paramount for US$111 million.
” series and the film distribution rights to “The Avengers”.
In addition to the cash buyback, there is also a subsidiary agreement. Paramount will receive 6% of the revenue from the "Iron Man 2" and "Iron Man 3" films, and 99% of the revenue from "Thor". In addition, Paramount will receive
It also has the sole authorship rights for any marketing related to these three films.
This is a very helpless deal. With the income from "Iron Man" and "Thor", at least another 50 to 60 million US dollars have to be divided. But there is nothing to do. Who told Marvel Comics to go bankrupt and sell the copyrights indiscriminately. Originally
Paramount wanted the revenue from "Avengers", but Shao Shuaijun rejected it outright.
Just kidding, let's just give you Thor and Iron Man to play with. "Avengers" is his unofficial movie. In the future, it will sell like crazy all over the world, and you can't even get a dime, not to mention the authorship rights! In the end, Thor and
Steel 3 replaces it!
After getting the movie rights back, Summit Entertainment and Marvel Comics teamed up to release a second piece of news.
Marvel Comics named Marvel Comics in Chinese as Marvel Comics, and simultaneously launched a trio of Marvel Cinematic Universes to establish a separate Marvel Cinematic Universe, numbered Earth-199999 (Earth-199999)!
The first Avengers team was established. Combined with the launch of "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk" in 2008, "Iron Man 2", "Thor" and "Captain America" will be released in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
", "Avengers", four superhero movies. First shoot the story of an individual superhero, and then shoot the hero team "Avengers". In this way, the settings of each movie are unified, and the interconnected relationships are also buried in each movie.
Foreshadowing and forming a unified world view.
The second installment of The Hero's Inner Shadow will be released in 2013, 2014 and 2015, with "Iron Man 3", "Thor: The Dark World", "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Captain America 2" successively released in 2013, 2014 and 2015. "Winter Soldier", "Guardians of the Galaxy" and several other superhero movies. The plot began to turn to a more grand universe, leading to "Doctor Strange".
The third group, The Birth of the Unknown Hero, will release a superhero movie starring Doctor Strange after 2015, tentatively scheduled to be "Ant-Man". Doctor Strange is a neurosurgeon who can use powerful magic. In the Doctor Strange sequence, the deep mysteries of the universe and humanity will be explained, and humans and gods will be combined!
It is also noted at the end that the copyright negotiations for Daredevil, Soul Chariot, Blade, Punisher, and Daredevil went smoothly. If nothing else happens, they will join the Ultimate Universe Trio project one after another!
As soon as the news came out, superhero fans around the world went crazy. There are too many superhero movies in the future, and they are so satisfying! (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)