Relativity Building, Ronan's office.

Kevin Feige said seriously: "The lawyers of Jack Kobe's descendants have had private contact with us and expressed the possibility of reconciliation..."

Ronan couldn't help but laugh: "How much does it cost?"

"Six million dollars in compensation." Kevin Feige said directly: "There are also the comic adaptations of Marvel Entertainment and Jack Kobe related to comics, each of which is 2% of the North American box office share."

This case looks a bit like a lawsuit between Tolkien's son and New Line Film about the "Lord of Rings" trilogy, but it is essentially different.

"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, New Line Film conceals income, and Tolkien's descendants do not receive the dividends stipulated in the contract.

Ronan asked: "Is there any problem with the contract between Marvel Entertainment and Jack Kobe?"

He remembers that after the Stan-Lee incident a few years ago, he specifically examined all contracts left by Marvel Comics involving copyright and income.

Kevin Feige immediately replied: "After this incident, the company's legal counsel team revisited all the contracts signed by Marvel and Jack Kobe back then. There was no contract problem with our adapted movie, they were just tempted by money."

He detailed: "Jack Kobe's works were created for the company's jobs, so all copyrights belong to Marvel. According to copyright law, if Marvel gives a screenwriter or painter a task to create a comic story with a new character, or draw a comic based on the description of his character and pays for the screenwriter or painter to complete the task, the publishing company owns the copyright, not the screenwriter or painter."

Luo Nan nodded slightly: "Since there is no copyright issue, don't give in."

There are endless copyright lawsuits, let alone Ronan, all Hollywood companies are having headaches.

"They're extremely unlikely to win," Kevin Feige said.

"Let the legal advisory team deal with it." Ronan made the decision: "Pay attention to guiding the direction of public opinion."

Kevin Feige said: "Okay."

Ronan rubbed his forehead. The Marvel superhero movies were sold well, and they were bound to be accompanied by all kinds of troubles.

There is also "Avatar" released next year. I remember that there were quite a few people who jumped out to sue James Cameron and the production company.

This kind of thing cannot be completely avoided, because no one knows who will jump out after the movie is released and sold.

As for whether James Cameron has borrowed other people's works in "Avatar", it is actually not important. As long as there is no tangible evidence, this is the original work of James Cameron.

Not to mention anything else, is there any relationship between the former "The Hunger Games" and "Inception" and works in the island country?

This is really a matter of opinion.

But in Hollywood, they have no relationship.

As a film company, if you don’t have a shameless and don’t look at problems selectively, how can you keep going in this circle?

Ronan turned the topic to Marvel Entertainment's film project and asked: "The screenwriter's strike did not hit several film projects, right?"

"The impact is not big." Kevin Feige said quickly: "The filming of "Iron Man 2" and "Captain America" ​​have both ended. The former's post-production is about to be completed, and the latter has also entered the post-production stage. The screenwriter's strike will not affect it."

He thought about it and said, "The Avengers have entered the shooting stage, the script has been finalized long ago, and the script is relatively simple and it is not difficult to modify. Jos Whedon can do it during the shooting process."

Ronan reminded: "You must control the dynamics of the crew."

The theme of the film is very simple, that is, the earth suffered an unprecedented devastating blow, and S.H.I.E.D. was caught off guard by the sudden evil forces, and a single superhero could not cope with it, so they came forward to summon the "Avengers" composed of many superheroes, fight side by side, and work together to defend the earth.

The story of the Avengers saving the earth can be said to be very cliché, but it is a type that the public likes.

"Avengers" is completely different from traditional Hollywood science fiction movies. This film does not even require a story that science fiction movies rely heavily on. The whole film has almost no storyline. It is a process of a group of super freaks from independence to building teamwork and then crazy monster hunting.

In other words, building a worldview is far more important than telling a story.

What is the good script and setting of "Avengers"? Is the story good? Is the full character connotation? The answer is bound to be no. The most successful thing is that it puts the harmonious harmony of superheroes from different personalities, superpowers and from different worlds into a universe for the first time.

There is also an advantage of such a movie, that is, the audience is familiar with the characters in it. Because they have watched the previous movies, they do not need to explain or interpret these characters in this movie. The movie can directly enter the plot and tell the story.

Whether it is the character of the characters or the position of superheroes, it is a well-known fact.

The second phase of the Marvel Avengers program has also entered the formal preparation stage, and the second phase will be opened with "Iron Man 3" directed by Jon Favreau.

Then there are "Thor 2", "Captain America 2" and "Black Widow" independent films. "Black Widow" independent films will further tell the battle with Hydra, and finally lead to "Avengers 2".

There is also a "Galaxy Dance Team", which has little to do with "Avengers 2".

As for the sequel to the Hulk, Marvel Entertainment and Kevin Feige are also planning.

To be honest, as the number one thug among the Avengers, the Hulk's abilities are too powerful, and the movie does not use comics in the world, so the Hulk is not suitable for continuing to develop on Earth.

The new Hulk movie is planned to send Hulk into the universe.

"The Galaxy Dance Team" is an important step in the Marvel series of movies to expand the world view into the universe.

In addition, Marvel's series is also under development. Kevin Feige is planning "Agents of S.H.E.L.D. Jos Whedon will serve as the director of the first season after completing "Avengers".

These film and television projects are all guarantees of relativity entertainment revenue.

In December, two movies will still be released in Relativity Entertainment.

As the awards season kicks off, as the only real award-winning movie for Relativity Entertainment this year, "The Slums Millionaire" will be premiered in Los Angeles and New York at the beginning of the month.

David Finch's "Sunshine Girl" is obviously not a Hollywood dish. Embassy Film will apply for an Oscar for the film, but will not spend resources on it to win the award.

Therefore, "The Slums Millionaire" became the only Oscar-like live-action film contestant for Relativity Entertainment this year.

This film participated in the Cannes Film Festival in May. Perhaps it was due to the theme or the film was very commercial and won nothing in the competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival.

But this does not affect the Embassy Films awards season for its operations in North America.

There is a very obvious phenomenon in the American film circle and even the Western film circle. For non-Western films, especially in countries and regions with large ideological differences, the more ignorant, backward, poor, social chaos and class opposition, the more they can receive praise in the Western film circle and various international film awards.

There are even many foundations that provide financial and other assistance to directors who specialize in filming this type of genre.

This phenomenon has not disappeared.

Hollywood is no exception.

"The Slums Millionaire" has gained excellent media and professional reputation since its preview.

Time magazine even praised: This is a movie that teaches people to appreciate the festival, a movie that is dazzling, lively, with a little dark but not romantic, which makes people feel happy.

"USA Today" is also a movie that blows 100 points, which is unforgettable and rare in a century.

"Slumdog Millionaire" is really good, entertaining, with a typical Hollywood-style romantic legend that can bring the audience a pleasant and satisfying movie journey.

But it's still a bit far from the 100% movie.

However, American media and critics like this kind of film.

Compared with traditional award-winning literary films, "The Slums Millionaire" has a much more commercial and entertainment value. In addition, the reality show "The Millionaire" has a wide audience in the UK and the United States, and the film performance is pretty good. There are a total of ten preview theaters in New York and Los Angeles, and the average box office of a single museum reached 30,000 US dollars in the first weekend.

In terms of reputation, the media score of this film is as high as 82 points, and the freshness of rotten tomatoes is 97%.

As for whether you can win heavyweight awards at this year's Oscars, in addition to operation, it also depends on luck.

DreamWorks has never gained heavyweights for several years after three consecutive Oscars.

After two consecutive weeks of previews, the reputation of "The Slums Millionaire" has not declined at all, but has received much praise, and has won many awards from various film critics associations.

Relativity Entertainment has been very experienced in the Oscars. In the past decade, in addition to DreamWorks, it has been the biggest winner in the Oscars, and even the Weinstein brothers are not as good as those.

This film mainly focuses on winning awards. Another film released by Relativity Entertainment this month is a pure commercial movie, and it is a sequel movie.

On the third weekend of December, Hurricane Rescue 3 started painting in North America at the scale of 3,985 theaters.

This is the last movie of Relativity Entertainment in 2007, Liam Neeson, who saved the sky, the earth, and the air, played Agent Brian for the last time.

As the first two films laid a good foundation, Liam Neeson could barely shoot action scenes. "Hurricane Rescue 3" achieved good results, with a box office of $55.61 million on the weekend of the painting.

North America's first week box office exceeded $45 million in production costs.

"Hurricane Rescue 3" has made the box office hit in the first week, and also gave Relativity Entertainment a nearly perfect ending in its 2007 film project.
Chapter completed!