The next morning, Ronan went to Marvel Entertainment to meet Avi Arad to discuss the matter about the "Fantastic Four" comics and reached an agreement.

According to the schedule set by 20th Century Fox, the new "Fantastic Four" comics will be promoted.

Twentieth Century Fox has announced the release date of the "Fantastic Four" movie, which will be released in the summer of 2005.

Marvel Entertainment has also made a record to deal with the early or delay of the release of "Fantastic Four" by 20th Century Fox.

As Ronan said, the brand new Marvel Entertainment must show its attitude to the outside world. Marvel is no longer the comic company that was the only one who could control before.

"The Fantastic Four must die!" There was an inexplicable grief in Avi Arad's words: "For Marvel, their sacrifice is worth it."

Ronan didn't have much complicated emotions and said, "If one day we can take back the copyright and resurrect the Fantastic Four."

Avi Arad nodded first: "It's all that can be done." Then he shook his head: "It's bad, it's even more difficult to pull it back."

Ronan smiled and comforted: "It's better than just watching them fall into the hands of other companies."

"That's what he said." Avi Arad understood what this meant.

Ronan is actually very clear that this is a strategy of losing both sides. Marvel Entertainment has ended with the end of the "Fantastic Four" comic to drag down the commercial prospects of the 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four" movie.

Ronan did not take it too seriously if the copyright was recovered in the future and whether "Fantastic Four" could be saved. On the one hand, Marvel Entertainment must use "Fantastic Four" to scare the monkey; on the other hand, if the Avengers plan goes well, there is still Marvel Dafa to use in the future.

Once Marvel superhero movies form a brand effect, their power is amazing. Many movies of average quality can create outstanding commercial results with the help of the Marvel brand and Marvel Dafa.

The topic of Ronan and Avi Arad quickly turned to the Iron Man project that had already started its early operation.

Avi Arad said the latest progress: "Kevin just reported to me the day before yesterday that he had already done Samuel Jackson. I admire Kevin very much. I don't know how he did it, so he asked Samuel Jackson to sign ten movie contracts with Marvel Entertainment for the role of Nick Fury."

Ronan nodded gently: "Kevin Feige has worked hard in Hollywood for many years, and has no lack of experience and ability. There is always a way."

Originally, he thought that if Samuel Jackson disagreed, he would change to another actor. After all, although the Ludan egg is black, it is not a black actor.

Kevin Feige took the fastest speed to deal with the future Director of S.H.E.L.D.

This can be regarded as a qualified answer submitted by Kevin Feige after he took office as the producer of "Iron Man".

Avi Arad said: "At the previous meeting, Kevin Feige estimated that the entire project production budget would cost $160 million. Isn't it a bit high? This is too risky for Marvel Entertainment."

Marvel Entertainment has just received investment from Relativity Entertainment, and the situation has gradually stabilized. Then it is necessary to make such a large investment. Avi Arad is worried, which is a normal reaction.

Ronan said: "This video requires too many special effects, even if it is a budget of $160 million, it will be cost-effective."

"It's a risk." Avi Arad sighed lightly: "If this video fails, Marvel will be in danger again."

Ronan glanced at Avi Arad and said, "With the guarantee of the Relativity Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment will not fall."

If there is more, Ronan didn't say anything more. In recent years, Avi Arad is the helmsman for Marvel Entertainment.

The movie project "Iron Man" will not actually occupy any working capital of Marvel Entertainment, and all budgets will be resolved by the Pacific Investment Foundation.

As time goes by and past investments have been rewarded, Scott Swift continues to attract investments from all over the world. Fixed-income investment products like this still have a certain market.

After all, most investment institutions and investors are very clear that high-yield investment projects must have various problems and huge risks. Of course, all funds cannot be put on top. Investments with stable returns often occupy a considerable proportion of their investment amount.

The Pacific Investment Foundation has stable returns, excellent reputation and reputation, and timely return investment and returns. It has become famous in the past two years.

Some Wall Street investment institutions even began to find Scott Swift and wanted to cooperate in depth with the Pacific Foundation, such as the famous Lehman Brothers.

Of course, it is difficult to deal with the large investment banks on Wall Street. Ronan asked Scott Swift to talk slowly with the Lehman Brothers, and then drag it out first.

The first $40 million start-up capital for the Iron Man project has been in place, and preparations will be officially started soon, and efforts will be made to start shooting in March and April next year, and to complete all post-production by March 2006, and then to be released in the summer season.

Then everything goes according to the plan, and strive to achieve the first assembly around 2010.

The actual copyright situation of Marvel superheroes is here. It is impossible for Spider-Man and Fantastic Four to return to Marvel Entertainment in a short period of time. The first generation of Avengers will still be in the Big Six.

The biggest change is that the Hulk's copyright has completely returned and has nothing to do with Universal Pictures. If Marvel Entertainment shoots the Hulk movie, there is no need to worry as much as before, and worry that Universal Pictures will share most of its profits.

The participation of Relativity Entertainment and Ronan also made the Avengers plan very clear from the beginning. Marvel Entertainment is responsible for the production and the Embassy Pictures release. During this period, Marvel will no longer change hands.

Once upon a time, "Iron Man" was a gamble for Marvel Comics, and even finding a distributor was difficult. In the end, he had to sign a high-proportion distribution share contract with Paramount Pictures, resulting in an absolute passive position.

After Walt Disney acquired Marvel, in order to make the Marvel series really complete, it had to spend $115 million to recover the distribution rights of Paramount Pictures.

Nowadays, Marvel Entertainment, a subsidiary of Relativity Entertainment, is much better than before. It has clear plans, a mature production team, sufficient financial budget, and a complete promotional and distribution channel. The copyright of superheroes is more concentrated in your own hands.

Looking back at the time, with the soaring commercial value of Marvel IP, under the framework of Hollywood's "copyright division" system, major entertainment groups have had a fierce game over copyright transfer, authorization, production and distribution.

After leaving Marvel, Ronan took a car back to the hotel, looked at the bustling streets of Manhattan in New York, and suddenly thought of something, "they" always came to New York again and again, trying to destroy New York.

I once remember a colleague after watching a Marvel movie and said: This is the first time that New York has been bombed by aliens! I really want to live in this broken place where you may be killed at any time!

Having said that, it’s not just New York, but the Earth in the Marvel Universe is too dangerous, with all kinds of major events emerging one after another. Living in such a world, you may die of inexplicable events anytime and anywhere.

Ronan spent the weekend with Anne Hathaway in New York, and returned to Los Angeles until the box office of Spider-Man 2 was released.

The first "Spider-Man" caused a sensation all over the world. The sequel was not too much. It won the box office of 115.81 million in North America in the first week of the painting, completely ending the market chaotic situation since the first weekend in June, and won the North American box office championship with an absolute advantage!

But in addition to the happy news, there were also negative reactions.

Whether it is the media or the audience, after being thrilled by Spider-Man, their expectations for "Spider-Man 2" have become higher, but the film has not made any breakthroughs, resulting in a serious decline in reputation compared to the first one.

Ronan saw it clearly that Sony Columbia Pictures is on the old path of "spiders are no more than three".

This is a good thing for Relativity Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment.

Back in Los Angeles, Ronan immediately came to the "Iron Man" project department, which was preparing to build a crew at the Hughes Aircraft Factory, and exchanged the latest work situation with Kevin Feige. Kevin Feige got Samuel Jackson, but he hit a nail in the role of "Gears of War" actor Tyreth Howard.

Not only did the black actor ask for a high salary of $8 million when he opened his mouth, he was also willing to sign a movie collaboration with Marvel Entertainment.

Before Ronan came, Kevin Feige directly denied the candidate and was currently selecting a new black actor.

In addition, Kevin Feige has had in-depth contact with Jon Feine, who is a major professional career in actor, screenwriter and director. Jon Feige is very interested in collaborating on "Iron Man", especially with Ronan and Relativity Entertainment.

"It is my honor to be able to cooperate with Relativity Entertainment, and I am very excited about it."

When facing Ronan, Jon Favreau said: "I think this collaboration will change my career!"

It is obvious that Ronan and Relativity Entertainment's past fame played a huge role in attracting director Jon Favreau.

Jon Favreau also talked with Ronan about the shooting and production of the "Iron Man" project: "Adaptation is a must, but at the same time, the basic settings of the original work must be considered, because even for topics like "Iron Man", which are not very familiar to everyone, the basic settings must be faithful to the readers' memory as much as possible, so that they can make full use of the existing audience base."
Chapter completed!