Chapter 301: cancel agreement

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In the first half of April, Ryan was busy. In addition to caring about the preparations for the crew of "X-Men", he also paid attention to the post-production of "Inception".

As for the cooperation between "Special Forces" and the Pentagon, negotiations have only just begun.

In addition, there are the editing of "Rush Hour 2" and the shooting progress of "Tomb Raider" and so on.

So the crew didn't arrive in Houston until the 20th.

As soon as he left the airport, Ryan took Sofia Coppola and Andrews Smith in a commercial vehicle and drove towards the outskirts of Houston.

Without taking a break, Ryan needs to go to a lot of location shooting locations first to see if there is anything that needs to be replaced.

First of all, the first place to go is the opening scene of "X-Men", a Polish concentration camp in 1944, where Magneto's parents were persecuted, and where Magneto first showed superpowers.

Of course, there can't be any concentration camps in Houston, so the crew chose a winery with a long history.

"The beer here tastes good, and you can have a drink when you have time."

Matthew Edman pointed to the introduction of the factory area outside the car window and said: "Since the last century, the beer brewed here has always been famous, and the champagne is also very good."

"If you have a chance, you can try it." Ryan shrugged.

After a while, the driver stopped the car, and several people got out of the car and walked into the factory area, feeling a breath left over from the years.

Many buildings look dilapidated, and only one factory building still retains brewing equipment.

"not bad."

Ryan turned around casually, and felt that the environment was not bad, at least in line with the plot setting in the script, "Go to the next place."

You don't need to be too careful, as long as you think it's OK in general, you can modify it through synthesis technology in the later stage.

I spent a whole day watching several filming locations. Except for the school filming location in the film, I am satisfied with the others.

"Some of the outdoor shots can be shot at the University of Houston, but the outdoor shots can't."

Ryan thought for a while, and said, "Is there an older manor nearby, or a place like a castle!"

The internal structure of the University of Houston is too modern and lacks a touch of classicism.

It seems that the place where the original mutant students lived was filmed in an old castle.

"There is a nice manor outside the city. As for the old castle?" Matthew Edman had a strange look on his face. "I'm afraid there is no suitable old castle in the entire state of Texas."

"Then go back to Los Angeles to shoot." Ryan quickly made a decision, "Move the scenes in the mutant campus to Hearst Castle for shooting."

Hearst Castle is located between Los Angeles and San Francisco, near the Pacific coast. The entire castle covers an area of ​​more than 8,300 square meters. The manor building is a mixture of European and Mediterranean architectural styles and has a rich collection.

Many Hollywood crews have filmed scenes at Hearst Castle.

"OK."

Matthew Edman agreed, "I'll get someone to contact the Hearst Castle management agency immediately, and the California government probably won't refuse."

Hearst Castle is the full name of Hearst Castle, which has been donated to the California government and opened to the public as a historical park.

It wasn't until the sky gradually dimmed that the group returned to the crew hotel to rest.

The next morning, everyone came to the temporary studio. To be precise, it was originally an old factory that had been abandoned.

"Ryan, I think it's too risky to take out the characters in the X-Men team to shoot alone."

After walking around the temporary studio, Avi-Allard made an opinion, "It's not that I don't agree with this plan, but that Wolverine is not suitable."

"In comparison, Professor X and Magneto are more suitable."

Ryan looked away from the actors not far away, "Avi, it's too early to say this now."

"In the future when the film is released, Orion Films will collect the support rate of each member of the X-Men team, and finally select a character with the highest audience support rate to shoot the film alone."

The original 20th Century Fox chose to shoot a separate film with Wolverine for a very simple reason. Hugh Jackman, the actor who played Wolverine, used his personal charm to conquer most of the audience and became synonymous with Wolverine.

Somewhat similar to Black Widow played by Scarlett Johansson, Iron Man played by Robert Downey Jr., and Wonder Woman played by Gal Dow.

Professor X and Magneto lack one such charm.

"Well, I was too impatient." Avi-Allard's work pressure has suddenly increased a lot recently, and there are many things in Marvel Studios that make him flustered.

Marvel Pictures is just a rookie who has just joined Hollywood. If it weren't for the support of Orion Pictures, I am afraid that it will encounter a lot of trouble.

Even, most of the current preparations for the crew of "X-Men" are staff from Orion Pictures, and only a small part are from Marvel Pictures, and these people are still transferred from Orion Pictures to Marvel Pictures of.

"Don't worry, "X-Men" will not fail, it is just the beginning."

Ryan said confidently: "The future of Hollywood belongs to the era of superheroes from Marvel Comics."

"I'm pretty confident about that."

Seeing Ryan's full confidence, Avi-Allard seemed to relax a lot.

"Avi, how is your relationship with Stan Lee!"

Ryan looked around, "There is one thing that needs to be handed over to you to go back to New York, and it has to do with Stan Lee."

"Stan Lee, he wants to join the crew of "X-Men"?" Avi Allard looked at Ryan suspiciously.

"It's not this matter." Ryan said slowly, "It's another matter related to Stan Lee."

There was a sentence in the media in the previous life, which was used to describe the development process of Marvel. Stan-Lee belonged to the past of Marvel, and Kevin-Fitch shaped the future of Marvel.

It can be said that Stan-Lee has witnessed the peak and decline of Marvel Comics, and he has created a number of well-known superheroes.

These include the X-Men team, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and more.

The most critical point is that Marvel Pictures once signed an agreement with Stan Lee. If every superhero character he creates is made into a movie or TV series, he will automatically receive 10% of the profits from the film. ten.

Ryan didn't know how Marvel Studios and Disney resolved this matter in the previous life.

But there was no way he would accept such an agreement.

Not to mention a ten percent profit, even a one percent profit is unacceptable.

Of course, Orion Pictures and Marvel Pictures can use some legal means to turn the profit of the film into a negative number, just like 20th Century Fox did.

It's just that Ryan doesn't want to be so troublesome. It's better to solve the problem at once, even if he pays some reasonable price.

"About the original agreement Stan Lee signed with Marvel Studios."

Ryan said in a deep voice, "I need to terminate this agreement."

Avi-Allard was stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought.

The reason why I signed this agreement with Stan Lee at the beginning was very complicated. The most important point is that no one cared about the adaptation of TV series and movies at that time.

What's more, Stan Lee had a very large influence in Marvel Comics at that time.

Avi-Allard looked a bit unhappy. He is the president of Marvel Studios. This agreement is related to the interests of Marvel Studios in the future, so it should be proposed by him.

However, he never thought of this.

"Stan Lee!"

"He is a stubborn person, and it is difficult to persuade him to agree to cancel this agreement." Avi-Allard took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

Stan Lee’s stubbornness is well known to many top executives at Marvel Comics, otherwise he would not have chosen to resign from Marvel Comics without giving up his $1 million annual salary.

"So I need you to convince him."

Ryan glanced at Avi-Allard, and said lightly: "As long as he agrees to terminate the agreement, he can get a considerable amount of compensation."

"I can also return to Marvel Comics to continue to serve as the honorary chairman, and even serve as the honorary chairman of Marvel Pictures, and can participate in the creation of any Marvel comics and superhero films."

"He is the father of Marvel's superheroes, and no one can take away his honor."

The rest, needless to say too clearly.

If Stan Lee chooses to refuse, Ryan can only solve it through legal means, and from Marvel Comics and Marvel Pictures, people will gradually forget the existence of Stan Lee.

Whether it's a comic book ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ or a superhero movie, Stan Lee's name is never mentioned.

"I understand." Avi-Allard agreed, "In the evening, I will take a flight back to New York."

After a few more brief chats, Ryan handed over this matter to Avi-Allard. Although this matter is somewhat troublesome, it is not impossible to solve it, and at worst it will lead to a long lawsuit.

The high legal fees of lawyers will make Stan-Lee take the initiative to choose an out-of-court settlement, and Marvel Comics and Marvel Pictures will pay a considerable amount of money at most.

It's just that the amount is not small, not an astronomical sum. If it is exhausted, it will be 7 figures, just a few million dollars.

I'm afraid there is no lawyer fee.

Of course, for Ryan, it was only a small amount.

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