Hollywood Road

In fact, Murphy can see very clearly that Spider-Man is the life-saving straw in the hands of Sony Columbia Pictures. Peter Parker has pulled Columbia Pictures back, which has been declining, but there are times when he can't hold it back, such as this time Where Spider-Man 2. ?

What should we do at this time? Murphy can also think with his toes, Sony Columbia Pictures wants Spider-Man to come home!

Marvel** is infinitely good!

Nowadays, superhero movies are rampant, and the ones that can sell well are basically from the Marvel Comics Hero Universe.

Spider-Man returns home and returns to his birthplace, and with the help of infinitely beautiful Marvel, he is bound to be rejuvenated.

The news Murphy gathered from inside Sony Columbia Pictures also proved that Sony Columbia Pictures does have such a plan.

Back in the 1980s, Marvel comics at that time were far from the scale of the film industry where married into a wealthy family and monopolized the production power. They could only get involved in film and television by selling comic copyrights. As Marvel's most popular superstar One of the heroes, Spider-Man was bought by Columbia Pictures and MGM as early as 1977 to make a TV movie.

Twenty-two years later, Columbia Pictures, which has become a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment, obtained all the shooting rights of Spider-Man movies from MGM Pictures at the cost of giving up participation in the new James Bond series of films. After more than ten years of negotiation, litigation, and negotiation, Sony Entertainment finally possessed the daughter of Marvel, Little Spider.

Everyone on Earth knows the rest—Spider-Man directed by Sam Remy in 2002 established a monument of Hollywood's summer blockbuster hero blockbuster, and was even hailed as the ice-breaking work of opening-level hero movies.

Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and the two restarted Where Spider-Man have brought Sony Entertainment more than 3.2 billion US dollars in box office revenue, and they have made great contributions. Weiwei opened the hero group mode, and 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. also spread hero posts one after another to create an X-Men universe and a world; of course, Sony Entertainment, which only has the little spider as the backbone, can't stand loneliness. 2 as the starting point, intending to create its own Spider-Man Movie Universe, but the $700 million box office of Where Spider-Man 2 did not meet Sony Entertainment's global expectation of $1 billion, both in terms of box office and word of mouth. The bottom of the Xia movie.

Seeing that a cash cow is crumbling, Sony Entertainment, which has not yet succeeded, made the decision to adjust the schedule immediately. Where Spider-Man 3 was postponed indefinitely. The future of this villain alliance has also been temporarily suspended. The expected rhetoric of a Spider-Man movie every year from 2016 now seems to be just a dream.

However, slowing down and saving money will not be able to solve the current situation of Sony Columbia Pictures’ tight capital chain and difficulty in supporting itself. It is not enough for Sony Entertainment to rely on the little spider alone. It is just considering the maturity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The market value that is independent of Marvel, Sony Columbia Pictures actively contacted Marvel Pictures after the release of Where Spider-Man 2 in North America, and threw out the final bargaining chip - with the decision of Spider-Man's return, in exchange for A pass to enter the Marvel universe, thus saving Peter Parker, whose commercial value has shrunk.

Murphy got the exact news that Sony Columbia Pictures and Marvel Pictures have already had initial contact, and even consulted the opinions of several main actors of the Avengers.

Sony Columbia Pictures has put forward some initial ideas for the little spider to come home. Peter Parker first appeared as a key role in the works of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If the agreement can be reached, Spider-Man is likely to appear in Captain America 3: Civil War or Avengers: Infinity War.

Subsequently, Sony Columbia Pictures and the Marvel team jointly launched a new Spider-Man movie in 2o17, and the current Spider-Man actor-Andrew Garfield, who has received poor response from fans, will no longer play the role of Spider-Man.

However, according to the information provided by Robert Downey Jr., although Marvel Pictures is very interested in the proposal of Sony Columbia Pictures, it also has many concerns, especially extremely dissatisfied with the distribution of benefits.

In the proposal of Sony Columbia Pictures, the new Spider-Man movie is jointly developed by the two parties, but the core rights such as financing, production, distribution, and copyright are still owned by Sony Columbia Pictures. cake, and Marvel Pictures can only be responsible for the production of the film...

This is undoubtedly unacceptable to Marvel.

Obviously, the Japanese cooperated with Marvel Pictures to make a fortune, not to transfer the copyright and really let Spider-Man go home.

If this agreement can be reached, Sony Columbia Pictures will still hold the core power of the production and production of its own Spider-Man movie. The film worldview that has already taken shape and has withstood the test of the market, and hopes to use this worldview to reposition its own single seedling: the Spider-Man series of movies and regain market recognition.

Although Marvel wanted to let Little Spider go home, they definitely would not accept such an unequal contract.

Murphy briefly told Bill Rossis about the news from Robert Downey Jr. and other sources, Marvel has concerns. During several preliminary contacts between the two parties, the Japanese held the copyright of the Spider-Man movie. , The price offered is too high for Marvel to accept.

Bill Rossis nodded, Switch me to Kevin Fitch's position, and I won't accept such an unequal treaty.

Kevin Feige is one of the people with the biggest concerns. Murphy said with a faint smile, The little spider's homecoming is indeed a big gimmick, which can pull the influence of the entire Marvel universe, but it also has drawbacks. Disagreement on the subject is the number one obstacle.

Although Sony's own Spider-Man movie is decided by itself, if there are any changes that are contrary to the settings of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it will be the business of the two companies. What kind of tearing battle will be staged then?

According to Robert Downey Jr., in addition to these, Kevin Fitch has a lot of concerns about the mess of Sony Columbia Pictures, and he is very worried that Sony's situation will drag down Marvel Pictures.

These differences stemming from interests can all be resolved through negotiation. Bill Rosses reminded Murphy, As long as Sony Columbia Pictures is willing to make concessions, they still have a high possibility of cooperation with Marvel Pictures.

Yeah. Murphy agreed with Bill Rossis's words, That's true.

Bill Rossis added, If this happens, Sony Entertainment will definitely silence the voice of selling Columbia Pictures internally.

Murphy laughed, So, I gave Sony Columbia Pictures a strong dose of medicine!

Ah? Bill Rossis asked curiously, What strong medicine?

Iron Man! Murphy said slowly, Robert Downey Jr.!

Bill Rossi's eyes widened in an instant, and he understood what Murphy meant, Good idea!

He then asked, Has it been implemented?

Of course! Murphy spread his hands and said, Donnie is also interested in Sony Columbia Pictures. At the beginning of the month, after I called him, I asked the agent to come forward to find the high-level agents of Marvel Pictures. Talked.

Then... Bill Rosses turned his head slightly and asked, How did the discussion go?

Murphy nodded lightly, It's very ideal, and Sony Columbia Pictures' plan will probably fall through.

In fact, he and Robert Downey Jr. did not use any special or unfathomable means. Robert Downey Jr.'s agent just told the senior management of Marvel Studios that Robert Downey Jr. disliked Spider-Man very much. For this character, in any movie where Iron Man appears, there is him without Spiderman, there is Spiderman without him...

In most cases, facing this kind of threat, the film company will definitely fire or replace the actors.

A lot of people always say that characters make actors, which is true, even very true, but some characters are not like that, such as Iron Man Tony Stark.

Iron Man made Robert Downey Jr. If the actors of Iron Man were changed before filming started, the film might not be a success, but after the Iron Man trilogy and The Avengers were released successively and achieved great success Now, Robert Downey Jr. has become synonymous with Iron Man. In order to keep him, Marvel Pictures can even pay him 40 million dollars for a single film...

What would Iron Man do without Robert Downey Jr.? How to shoot Captain America 3 and other films that are going to be prepared? These are all huge problems facing Marvel Pictures.

Iron Man is the most popular character in the Avengers, and Robert Downey Jr. is the most popular movie fan among these actors. These are all based on sufficient market research, and Marvel Studios is also very clear. The role played by Tony Stark, the vast majority of fans will definitely not pay, which will affect the plans of the entire Marvel Universe.

Robert Downey Jr. is difficult to deal with, and this has been exposed long ago, otherwise Robert Downey Jr.'s salary would not have risen all the way to 40 million US dollars.

According to the feedback from Robert Downey Jr., Sony's insincere cooperation proposal, and his disguised threats, although Marvel Studios has no idea of ​​letting Little Spider go home, it thinks that now is not the right time...

Just as Murphy finished his discussion with Bill Rossis, more and more reporters gathered at the gate of the Death Star Building.

Hey, just ask.

A middle-aged reporter approached a short girl with a video camera, Recently I often see you following Murphy, which newspaper and website are you?

Daisy smoothed down her golden shorts, and said rather coldly, I'm a freelance reporter. 8