Chapter 805： The strongest team on earth

Surprise Pictures’ office in Burbank is not very big. It’s just a two-story building. If you look at the appearance alone, it’s hard to imagine that this is a film company that has produced several global hits. Like the movie studios opened by Hollywood stars that will close at any time.

On a new Monday, this place became a gathering place for amazing heroes. The paparazzi who followed a few stars almost broke the shutter of the camera.

Black Widow Scarlett Johansson, Pepper Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man Robert Downey Jr, Hulk Mark Rufage, Hawkeye Jeremy Renner, Cyclops Samuel Jackson...

There are also well-known Thor Chris Hemsworth and Rocky Tom Hiddleston who are not in theaters.

In the end, the paparazzi caught Ryan Jenkins, who is less and less appearing in front of the media, this is Captain America.

What are they going to do?

More and more entertainment reporters are gathering here, and those with full heads immediately thought of Marvel's big plan. Could the Avengers begin to gather?

A reporter from the "Los Angeles Times" tried to stop Ryan by relying on the good cooperative relationship over the years.

"Jenkins husband."

Before the bodyguard pushed himself away, he shouted, "May I ask if "Avengers" is about to begin?"

Putting his hands on the bodyguard and letting the reporter walk around, Ryan replied happily, "Yes, the strongest team on earth is about to assemble."

While Ryan was answering questions, more reporters flocked to him, throwing all kinds of questions.

Randomly answered a few. Under the cover of bodyguards, Ryan hurriedly walked into the office building of Surprise Pictures. The reporters at the back surrounded Jos Weiden who had just got off the car. He was surprised a long time ago. The director of "The Avengers" announced by the party is not as lucky as Ryan.

The entertainment reporter threw a knife-like question. Most of them are skeptical voices. After all, although Jos Weiden has a good resume, the last film "Firefly" directed by him is a hodgepodge of complete failures.

After faintly listening to the questions asked by the reporter, Ryan walked towards the conference room on the second floor under the leadership of the front desk staff.

Although "The Avengers" is a movie that many comics fans and superhero fans are looking forward to, but in the hearts of most people in the industry, this movie is not a sought-after flavour. The reason is It's actually very simple-too many heroes, too many different super abilities, too difficult to mix together.

For example, Jon Feiru, the director of Marvel initially inclined to "Iron Man", not only rejected the job. He also called Ryan himself to explain.

"I can't direct this movie because it's too difficult. I created an Iron Man built with high technology in the movie, but now he has to fight with the Avengers. There is Thor like this. Mythological characters, there are some supernatural abilities that are not compatible with high-tech, etc. It is actually very difficult to mix these elements together. It is not a problem to express in comics, but in movies, I shoot me like this It won't work."

Frankly speaking, "The Avengers" is also a pot of smorgasbord, and once messed up Jos Weiden, who had a smorgasbord. A lot of experience can definitely be summed up.

Entering the conference room, Ryan nodded to Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel Jackson, who came to say hello one after another, and then walked to the two people who were still sitting still.

"what's the topic?"

Unlike those who just have a working relationship, these two people have been friends for many years. Ryan pulled a chair and sat next to Scarlett, "It seems like it's very warm?"

"Gwyneth complained to me that the black widow in "Iron Man 2" robbed Pepper of the limelight." Scarlett shrugged, "So she strongly urged me not to appear in "Iron Man 3" again."

"Scarlett." Gwyneth Paltrow lifted her long blonde hair. "You should have the "Black Widow" series."

"I think I should get an Oscar for Best Actress first." Scarlett looked at Gwyneth and whispered.

"You shouldn't tell me this." Gwyneth pointed to Ryan's side. "The one who can help you get the Oscar statuette is over there."

These are all jokes, and Ryan joked with them. Marvel Pictures’ Kevin Feig and director Jos Weyden walked in. They first came over to greet Ryan, and then called everyone together to start a meeting.

This is the preparatory meeting for the crew, and there is no special place. In fact, most of the affairs were communicated with the relevant people as early as when the script was handed over to them. The preparatory meeting was more like a meeting and coordination meeting. Personnel face-to-face communication with possible problems.

Group play is a very troublesome thing. There are many characters in the film, and each character is a "popular star." In addition, the screenwriter cannot evenly distribute the roles, so it is inevitable that there will be a phenomenon of "favoring one another than the other", which can easily lead to open and secret fights among various actors. .

Fortunately, most of them are male actors, and the fights between men will not be as endless as women.

In order to prevent the bad things that may occur in the future from hindering the shooting, after the routine script reading, Ryan stood up and said a few words.

"Film is the art of regret. Regardless of the aspect and time, there will be regrets. In the plot, Surprise, Jon and the screenwriters have done their best and tried their best, and have done everything possible to equalize. "

Looking over everyone in the conference room, Ryan said solemnly, "But unfortunately, this is an unrealistic idea. Therefore, some superheroes can only be used as supporting roles in this movie."

As soon as Ryan’s voice fell, Kevin Feige said again, "However, this will not disappoint, because there are many action scenes in the film. Although there are so many superheroes together, this movie is still one Action movies. Just pay attention to those big action scenes, because this is the flesh and blood of this movie."

In fact, these people can't say anything on the surface. Ryan's Captain America does not have many roles in the script. Although it is the brain of the Avengers, it is definitely not the most brilliant one, and even more like a decoration.

Regarding this, Ryan, as the biggest player in the entire crew, did not complain, and no one else could say anything.

This is a very normal thing. When a group of superheroes gather together, it is inevitable that some will stand out and some will become decorations.

According to the setting of the script, Iron Man Tony Stark definitely took advantage, humorous, arrogant and conceited. In the end, he became a "fighter" among superheroes because of his courage to dedicate his life, in addition to taking on the most dangerous combat missions. , Iron Man also gave full play to the huge energy of comedians, all kinds of ridicule, all kinds of "out of shape".

To be precise, the division of labor in the script is clear. Iron Man is responsible for playing treasures, Captain America is responsible for acting handsome, Black Widow is responsible for showcasing coquettishness, Cyclops is responsible for scheming, and Hawkeye is responsible for showing arms...

As for Thor, I still continue to abuse me thousands of times by my brother, and I treat my brother like first love.

As for the X-Men, because the new "X-Men" series is also on daily life, they will not appear in the "Avengers" for the time being, and Wolverine, who was originally scheduled to join, is determined by Hugh Jackman. The $20 million salary was not relieved and had to be temporarily abandoned by the surprise side.

On the other hand, if there are too many characters, the script is really difficult to measure.

Even, Jos Weyden once asked Ryan and Kevin Feige for advice, hoping to remove the obscene role of Thor, but got a negative answer. After all, what I want to do is to show these comics in a panoramic format. Character videos.

Subsequently, Marvel Pictures held a formal press conference on "The Avengers."

As the lead actor and producer of the film, and the most critical instigator of the entire big plan, Ryan has naturally become the target of reporters' siege, and he is also willing to cooperate so that the media can hype the project.

"The film has a very comic script. It seems that these Avengers members have come out of their respective movies. These things are mixed together, and they look silly and interesting."

Facing the reporter’s microphone, Ryan kept the film’s mystery while also getting a little bit of information. “There are mythical figures here, there are American soldiers from World War II, and there are arms dealers and lone rangers like Tony Stark. It is not easy to put these characters together."

"Fundamentally speaking, this group of people does not belong to a movie, and we have to use a story to string them together. This story will attract the attention of superhero fans all over the world."

The director of the film, Jos Weiden, faced many reporters’ doubts, and talked about the general idea of ​​the film This kind of film has one advantage, that is, the audience is very familiar with the characters in it, because They have seen the previous movies, so there is no need for us to explain or interpret these characters in this movie. We can directly cut into the plot and tell the story. "

"Whether it is the character of the characters or their position, it has long been a well-known fact. In this case, we have nothing to avoid, and there is not much nonsense to say. Tell the story directly without doing it. Any paving, let the audience see the climax from the beginning, and keep this high mood all the time, that's it."

In the cold wave caused by the financial crisis, the news of the upcoming launch of "Avengers" has injected a shot into the cold movie market. A large number of fans left messages on the Internet, expressing that they can't wait to see Iron Man and Black Widow , The Hulk, and Captain America and other roles fight side by side.

Although not without the media questioning that the film will be made into a nondescript hodgepodge, it cannot stop Disney Pictures from spending US$230 million in production costs for the film. (To be continued...)

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