Rebirth In Hollywood

Maybe time is the best solution to everything?

Faced with the current situation, Ryan once again thought of delaying, but he soon realized that time is never driven by human will. It did not solve the last conflict, and it could not solve the current problem at all.

For other Hollywood stars, getting drunk, partying, or inhaling something swoopy would be a good way to forget about troubles, but for Ryan, work is the best drug.

Marvel Comics was one of the first companies to be eyed by him. Unlike investing in companies that are purely for the sake of making money, Ryan's interest is in the film industry. The superhero movies of the previous life are one of his favorite series. If this series can create more brilliant results in his hands, he will definitely be happy to see it.

Will this "X-Men", which has changed too much from the previous life, be accepted by the market?

Judging from the number of viewers and the enthusiasm for watching the movie on the first weekend, the vast majority of people are very interested in the new setting of the movie, and they also show certain expectations for the follow-up movie.

On Monday morning, Ryan appeared in Marvel's conference room on time, sitting quietly at the outermost edge, acting as an audience, listening to these professionals' analysis of the past three days and follow-up of the follow-up publicity.

"X-Men earned $61.51 million in 3,750 theaters on the first three days." Kevin Feige, the film's production manager, said excitedly, "The actual box office the film earned is far more than exceeded our $45 million forecast."

"Crack! Crack..."

I don't know who clapped the palm first, and then the applause in the conference room broke into one.

It's hard for anyone who hasn't been through Marvel's toughest times to understand their excitement right now.

Five years ago, the entire North American comics industry ushered in a cold winter. Even giants like Marvel Comics had to file for bankruptcy protection. If someone hadn't invested money in time, how could they have achieved the rapid development now?

Many people's eyes fell on Ryan. Although this young man has never interfered with the normal operation of the company, it was his funds and genius advice that pulled Marvel Comics back from the cliff, and used miraculous speed to reproduce the glory of Marvel Comics.

The huge first-week box office success of "X-Men" also gave them confidence in Ryan's plans for the entire franchise.

"Everyone, it's not time to celebrate." Young Kevin Feige kept his head clear, "Don't forget, the production cost of this movie is 70 million US dollars,

If other expenses are counted. The total investment has reached 100 million US dollars, and now we have not even recovered the cost. "

"If nothing else, the box office of the movie will have a sharp decline in the second week." He continued, "What we have to do now is how to grab more box office figures in the second week..."

The meeting didn't last long and Ryan was taken to his office by Avi Allardella.

"Ryan, I want to expand Marvel's writing team."

After the secretary filled the coffee for the two of them, Avi Arad said, "The amazing writing team has to deal with both comics and movies, which is a little thin."

"That's what you think about." Ryan sipped his coffee slowly, waved his hand and said, "Tell me the truth. Avi, did you like my writing team?"

"It's hard to find good screenwriters these days," Avi Arad said.

The kind of screenwriting model Ryan promoted has always existed in Hollywood, but after the success of Jenkins Pictures and Flower Pictures. But this model has been fully developed.

In the words of some critics, Ryan has become not only a complete part of the Hollywood assembly line, but also an important propeller of the assembly line.

Just make money. There will be countless people imitating and following up, and other producers also recruit a large number of screenwriters, making this type of work with an extremely low status in the crew, there is a faint trend of turning over, and there are screenwriters who have successful works or have participated in successful works. Undoubtedly a sought-after item.

The screenwriting team of Jenkins Pictures inevitably lost some people, but just like Pixar, who is always being poached, the core and backbone have always been there, and the old and new model can add fresh blood to the team. .

In particular, Ryan has fulfilled his original promise. As long as the screenwriter who has completed the contract and changed jobs, he will personally write a recommendation letter according to the actual situation, which also makes Jenkins Films the favorite place for screenwriters who want to make a career.

Tina Fey of Jenkins Pictures is the envy of all new screenwriters.

She entered Jenkins Pictures as an ordinary screenwriter. With her talent, she quickly became the head of the entire screenwriting team. Now she has gone a step further and has become one of the most popular reality shows this summer - American Idol - — the producer.

How many years has it taken for her to go from an obscure little person to a powerful producer?

Nothing is more convincing than a live, real-world example.

Everyone knows that Jenkins Films has gathered a group of potential screenwriters, and Avi Allard will hit his head on this, and Ryan is not surprised at all.

Ryan readily agreed to Avi Allard's request. After all, it was in his own interest. Besides, what Hollywood lacked most were people with dreams.

Compared with other companies, Jenkins Pictures is more attractive to these people in terms of opportunities and benefits.

In any case, a good story is the foundation of a movie, and the brilliance of the story depends on the play of the screenwriters.

Today's Hollywood movies have conquered most of the world, no matter how big the cultural differences, Hollywood's big productions can conquer the audience, it can always meet the needs of most people.

Hollywood has attracted countless talented people to join the film industry with high salaries. University film schools have opened one after another, and many screenwriters have master's degrees. In order to write good scripts, these people almost put the art of storytelling into practice. Thorough research, even from mythological psychology to big data to analyze the psychology of the audience.

In fact, from another perspective, Hollywood screenwriters are not the most successful commercial writing in the world.

In the eyes of filmmakers, whether a film is profitable or not is always the most important criterion. There may be filmmakers who invest in films for the sake of art, but in Hollywood, where commercialization is highly developed, it will never take a few fingers to count them. .

Not long after Ryan left Marvel, Avi Allard held a press conference in the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria, officially announcing that Marvel's next superhero on the screen would be Spider-Man. Sam Raimi, who filmed "Ghost Man", will be in charge of the film's director.

Although the easter eggs of "X-Men" have already heralded the upcoming "Spider-Man" movie, the official has never made any relevant remarks. After the press conference of Marvel Comics, the news quickly spread.

You must know that the popularity of Spider-Man in the Marvel series is no worse than that of Superman and Batman. Peter Parker has a large number of fans, including famous characters such as James Cameron.

At the same time, Marvel also launched a vote on which mutant in the movie is the most combative on the official website of "X-Men" and some print media, attracting a large number of people to participate.

Someone chose Professor X because his abilities were almost incomprehensible, but someone immediately refuted that when he faced Magneto wearing a helmet, there was nothing he could do.

There are still people who choose Wolverine, but he is too restrained by Magneto, and he will not be the strongest...

But to refute Magneto, he believed that he was in a metal-free environment, and his combat power was directly zero.

Anyway, the noisy voting activities further aroused the public, especially young people's heated discussion of "X-Men", which made many people go back to the theater.

Many people have noticed the dialogue between Magneto and Professor X at the end of the film. Although there is no picture to prove it, the name Jean Grey also occupies an important position in the strongest option.

Whether choosing this time to announce the official project of "Spider-Man" or the follow-up voting activities, surprise is for the needs of publicity and profit.

Staying in New York, Ryan, who was once again turned away by Natalie, has been observing the surprising actions. This comic company with a long history has been rejuvenated and has shown an excellent commercial operation method.

The direct result of this is that the box office drop of "X-Men" in the second week is far lower than the market's forecast.

Following the box office of more than 61.5 million US dollars in the first three days, "X-Men" received another 39.88 million US dollars in the second week of 7 days, and the two-week box office successfully exceeded the 100 million US dollars mark.

Since Jenkins Pictures has no overseas distribution rights, the overseas distribution of the film is handed over to 20th Century Fox, and it will appear in several important overseas film markets one after another in the near future, once again starting the journey of making money.

Taking advantage of the movie's fiery trend, Marvel Comics launched the latest "X-Men" series of comics as a supplement to the content of the movie, which includes the past of Jean Grey and Magneto, and also mentioned 62 in a small amount of space. Some of the things that happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 2018 and more.

One of the most significant changes is the whole series of "X-Men" dress changes, from the original light yellow clothes to the black leather uniforms in the movie.

Although there are still many old "X-Men" fans online complaining that black clothes are ugly, after the success of the film, it has been fully recognized by the younger generation. After all, in terms of coolness alone, this series inspired by the Matrix Uniform, completely exploded the original old version.

After the second week of box office releases, Ryan finished the script outline for "Shrek" and was ready to return to Los Angeles. (To be continued..)