Chapter 813 Civil War Between Marvel Executives

The scene in New York’s Central Park was the last scene filmed by the crew, and it was also the only scene filmed in New York during Duke’s entire filming. It is complicated, but the filming of the crew encountered huge troubles.

Since the day the project was established, Warner Bros. and Marvel Studios have been building momentum in a planned way, and The Avengers has always been the focus of media and movie fans.

The crew was okay when they were filming at Warner Studios and Hughes Aircraft Factory, but now they appear in New York's Central Park, which immediately aroused crowds of spectators.

When Duke and the seven main actors appeared in a small square in Central Park, there were thousands of reporters and tourists gathered around. Fortunately, the reporters followed the tacit understanding of not disturbing the normal filming of the crew, but people from all over the world Tourists from all over the world don't care about these things, and keep discussing and taking pictures nearby. Duke can't shoot normally at all.

How to do?

Hearing what an assistant director said, Duke simply sat back on his director's chair and said, Wait, people's curiosity has a limit, and it will naturally dissipate after watching enough.

In addition to waiting, the publicity department of the crew is also taking pictures, these are very good promotional materials.

While waiting, Duke also accepted an interview with a reporter from The New York Times.

how to say?

Facing the question asked by the reporter, Duke pointed to the seven actors and said, With so many superheroes on set, there will be a fight every ten minutes in the film on average. But I also know very well that if a movie A movie with only action scenes and no strong storyline is not considered a good movie. Over the years, there have been countless bad movies that emphasize scenes rather than stories, so the storytelling of this movie is beyond doubt.

Duke didn't say much. Seeing Scarlett approaching, she asked the assistant to invite the reporter out of the set.

Scarlett Johansson was particularly eye-catching among the actors. She was dressed in a camel leather jacket and jeans, and her shape was very capable.

Can't shoot yet? She handed Duke a bottle of water in her hand.

After receiving it, Duke unscrewed it, took a sip, and looked around. Compared with just now, under the maintenance of many security personnel, it is indeed quieter, Wait a little longer.

Taking back the bottle of water from Duke, Scarlett asked with concern, What happened when you came here, you got so angry?

on the car coming. She saw Duke answer a phone call. Although he didn't say anything, Scarlett could tell that Duke was angry based on their familiarity.

Marvel's internal affairs. Duke gave her a reassuring look. I'll deal with it after the shoot is over.

Like all commercial companies, the management of Marvel Comics, where Duke has acquired a controlling stake, also has personnel struggles.

Originally, Duke knew this. But I didn't pay much attention to it. Any company will have internal struggles. Proper internal strife is also a process of survival of the fittest, as long as it is maintained within a certain range, he, the controlling party, will not interfere.

It's just that today's fights are way too much, if not handled properly. It is likely to affect the future development of Marvel Comics and Marvel Pictures.

On the way here, Duke received a notice from Tina Fey that Kevin Fitch, the CEO of Marvel Pictures, officially submitted his resignation to the Marvel Board of Directors!

In this society, no one is indispensable, and Kevin Feige is no exception to Marvel Pictures, but he has outstanding abilities. He understands Marvel’s comics and is an excellent filmmaker. It is not necessary. Duke doesn't want to see him leave Marvel Studios, either.

In fact, Duke, who is familiar with the internal struggles of Marvel comics, knows very well that Kevin Feige does not necessarily want to resign, but is more of putting pressure on Marvel’s board of directors to target his enemies within Marvel. - Creativity Committee.

After another half an hour, thanks to the efforts of the security personnel, the area around the square finally became quiet, and Duke also started filming. The scenes here are relatively simple, and the filming was completed in just one morning.

And so all filming for The Avengers came to an end.

Just after the filming ended, Duke simply ate a hamburger, handed over the crew to Anna Prinz, and drove to the Marvel Comics headquarters in Manhattan. Kevin Feige was also there. Na Fei had rushed over ahead of time, instead of Duke, he summoned the high-level executives of Marvel Comics to discuss this matter.

In fact, Tina Fey called Duke earlier and told Duke good news. After a lawsuit that lasted for several months, the Los Angeles court rejected the appeal of Jack Kirby’s descendants and ruled that Marvel legally owned The copyright of many comic works such as Spiderman and Avengers.

This also cleared the final hurdle for the release of The Avengers.

Although Jack Kobe's descendants and lawyers did not give up on this, claiming that they would appeal and persist to the end, anyone with a discerning eye can see that they are just showing off.

Arriving at the Marvel comics headquarters, Duke first met with Kevin Feige, and then negotiated with Marvel's top management.

Since getting 40% of the shares of Marvel Comics, Duke has never given up on his plan to control Marvel. After nearly ten years of hard work, the shares of Marvel Comics with voting rights in his hand have exceeded 100 percent. Fifty percent, Marvel Comics has long since changed its surname to Rosenberg.

As long as Duke thinks, he can lay off most of the people in Marvel without spending too much money, but he has never done so. Marvel Comics is a modern enterprise with sound rules and regulations, not a personal plaything.

Kevin Feige has had a long-standing feud with the Marvel Creative Committee, and the conflicts between them are extremely sharp.

The Marvel Creative Committee is led by Ike Parmut, the head of Marvel Entertainment. Marvel Entertainment originally included three departments: Marvel Games, Marvel Pictures and Marvel TV, so Parmut can be regarded as Kevin Feige. immediate boss.

Other members of the creative committee include Alan Fine, chairman of Marvel Entertainment, famous comic book author Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel publisher Dan Buckley, and former Marvel editor-in-chief and current Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada.

They are important figures in Marvel's management. In the Marvel film creation team, they are responsible for providing the main ideas and outlines. In other words, they can give certain script decisions.

The creative committee is deeply involved in the creation of Marvel movies, sometimes delaying production, throwing the crew into gratuitous disputes over scientific issues, and even causing the director to leave because they didn't get along with it.

As the real leader of Marvel Pictures, Kevin Fitch has made significant contributions to the development of the entire Marvel series, and there are some risky decisions in the process.

On the contrary, Ike Parmut of Marvel Entertainment is a typical conservative. Hero Movie, decided to kill the Fantastic Four comics, and did not allow comic book authors to create new X-Men characters.

Ike Parmut has become an unpopular character inside and outside of Marvel, and the creative committee that stands on the same front as Parmut naturally doesn't get the favor of everyone.

The idea committee, however, was backed by Duke.

The actual owner of any company will not delegate power to a professional manager indefinitely. The grievances and grievances between Michael Eisner and the Walt Disney family are the best negative teaching materials.

Duke trusts Kevin Fitch very much, but any power needs to be restrained. Without supervision, the full power is undoubtedly a fierce tiger out of the cage, which will not only hurt outsiders, but also hurt itself.

Having had the experience of his previous life, Duke knew very well that power must be supervised and restrained, and it was impossible for him to allow Kevin Feige to supervise himself.

Idea boards themselves exist to limit the power of some of the company's top executives.

Having said that, there are certain struggles within Marvel, and it may not be the situation that Duke wants to see. No boss wants his company's management to be monolithic.

In fact, Marvel’s internal comics and film industry branches have always been in a state of game, not only because of the influence of the creative committee formed by these comic veterans on the film, but also because Marvel movies often make comic screenwriters dumbfounded. In order to cooperate with some plot designs of movies and TV series, Marvel Pictures will also intervene in comics and put forward some plot requirements, but this often destroys the coherence and consistency of comics themselves.

Marvel's Civil War is comparable to a palace scheming. If Parmut is a wolf with an iron fist, then Kevin Fitch is definitely not a little white rabbit who has been bullied.

Kevin Feige's intentions are clear, and he wants to put pressure on the Marvel board and Duke to disband the creative committee.

I have to admit that Kevin Fitch must know more about movies than Ike Palmut, whether it is from the production process or the marketing level.

Moreover, without a creative committee, the production cycle of the film may be shortened, which is not a bad thing from a commercial point of view.

But Duke never intended to do that.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is also established by relying on the world that comics have shaped for a long time and the accumulated popularity. As a group of people who know comics best, the creative committee can better understand the needs of the core loyal users of Marvel movies.

Find the most suitable plot from the vast sea of ​​comics as a reference and adaptation, and the contributions of these creative committee members who have been immersed in the comics industry for decades cannot be ignored.

Most importantly, idea boards are a check on the power of a man at the helm of a company like Kevin Feige.

Yes, the creative committee can't really play a big role in matters such as the quality of the film and publicity, but they are Duke's other hand controlling the entire Marvel, and it is impossible for him to break his own arm. (to be continued ~^~)

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