Compared to Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy is truly unknown. In the huge Marvel comics system, it can only be considered a relatively marginal character.

But the worldview of the Marvel Cinematic Universe needs to expand to the Milky Way and even the entire universe, and to further introduce the purple sweet potato spirit, it requires a movie with a cosmic background.

The fact that the audience is an Earthling determines that the first protagonist of this film must be an Earthling.

That space dog is not suitable. Although it is also from the Earth, it is estimated that most people will be very awkward when they are brought to the dog, except for some special people.

Such as Sword Fighting, Sentinels and the New Star Army, they were also on the Marvel Entertainment’s list of considerations. Finally, Ronan waved his hand and chose Guardians of the Galaxy.

Thanos is too powerful and has no awkward dance to reduce his IQ. How to fight?

Well, there is actually another important reason. If the movie is good and sells peripheral toys, it would be very interesting to have noodles and restoration.

Just one word for cuteness, traveling all over the world.

In addition, after Ronan discussed with Kevin Feige, in addition to characters such as Thanos and the Gods, he decided to add a key character in the next stage to the Easter Egg of Guardians of the Galaxy.

That's the big square face... no, it's Captain Marvel.

With Ronan here, Marvel will certainly not be able to choose a square-faced aunt type actor.

Like superhero movies, acting skills, etc., it actually doesn't matter at all.

The most typical example is in the past "Wonder Woman", is Gal Gadot's acting good? Why did the movie make a big hit? In fact, everyone knows the main reason.

That's the only way to win the world by standing tall and standing legs.

The movie "Captain Marvel" may be released in a few years, which must conform to the general trend of social development and must establish a strong and independent female character image.

Having said that, strong and independent are not necessarily related to the square-faced aunt who runs out of the horoscope.

If there was no Marvel movie, the chance of failing was much greater than success.

Therefore, Ronan had considered it a long time ago and chose a potential first actor for Captain Marvel - Charlize Theron, nicknamed South African Diamond.

Since we want to bring an extremely powerful female superhero, we naturally need to use an actress with a strong aura.

Shahai Entertainment will then contact Charlize Theron and invite her to play Captain Marvel, and will declare to the outside world that this is the future leader of Marvel superheroes on the big screen.

Relativity Entertainment would not do such a slutty operation as Warner Bros. invites Charlize Theron to play Wonder Woman's mother.

However, Gal Gadot also signed a long contract with Relativity Entertainment, and it will be impossible to play Wonder Woman in the next ten years.

This is a good thing for Warner Bros., it’s better to find an actor who matches the body characteristics of the characters in the comics…

Ronan got a news that due to the extremely painful failure of "Green Lantern", Warner Bros. and DC Comics changed their plans and embarked on the old path.

Seeing that there was no hope of catching up with the Marvel Avengers movies in the mode of relativity entertainment, Warner Bros. and DC Comics decided to do the opposite. The new Justice League movie universe started with "Man of Steel" and then followed up with "Batman vs. Superman" and led to the founding members of the Justice League.

"Green Lantern" was defeated too badly, perhaps to show that Green Lantern has no relationship with Justice League. In the new Justice League, Cyborg replaced Green Lantern's position and became a startup veteran.

Love is a ray of light, and green is eventually replaced by black.

The most important point is that whether it is "Man of Steel" or the subsequent "Batman vs. Superman", they are all directed by Zach Schneider, and are supplemented by a group of senior Warner Bros. as producers or executive producers.

In this regard, Warner Bros. is also very clear that the Justice League cinema universe cannot withstand another big failure.

So, more people need to control the movie.

Another thing is that Warner Bros. has recently started a quarrel with Twentieth Century Fox, and the reason is "Watchmaker".

Twentieth Century Fox has failed one after another and its funds are a little tight. Warner Bros. fully utilized the true meaning of the "drag-up" method" in implementing the box office share agreement reached by the two parties, and various reasons for arrears emerge one after another.

That's right, this summer, Twentieth Century Fox experienced its second tragic failure, and the disaster production "Super Storm" that invested heavily and had high hopes failed.

This top commercial film with a total investment of more than $250 million was released in late July, and the box office in North America was only $17.34 million in the first weekend.

According to various predictions, the final box office of this film in North America is between US$30 million and US$40 million, and the global box office is unlikely to exceed US$100 million.

The failure of this film triggered various chain effects. As the brokerage crisis further aggravated, banks and financial institutions that cooperated with 20th Century Fox began to collect debts from 20th Century Fox, and some of them also decided to file loan withdrawals.

Twentieth Century Fox was a little confused for a while, and there were some problems with the working capital.

However, as a well-established company with background and the support of News Group, 20th Century Fox would not be really in trouble because of these troubles.

But it is undeniable that after receiving the fourth dragon ball, the strength of the 20th Century Fox has been weakened to a certain extent within the next period.

As for the other two dragon balls, there is also relevant news in Ronan.

"Dragon Ball" and "Terminator 4" are both first-line production projects of 20th Century Fox. The former has completed all productions and is choosing the appropriate release schedule.

The latter had already started post-production, and during the shooting, there was also an incident in which Christian Bale angrily scolded the photography director, which attracted a lot of attention.

The production cost of this science fiction production is as high as $200 million!

And unlike the previous films, the Terminator series is a well-known IP, and all the first three plots have been successful. As a sequel movie that has always been guaranteed in the industry, in order to avoid other companies and investment institutions sharing the profits of the film, all investments come from Fox itself.

"Twentieth Century Fox has not had a good business situation in recent years."

In the Relativity Building, Robert Eiger sat on a single sofa and said to Ronan: "The big-production films that are crucial to large production companies have failed one after another. Not only are they unable to recover the huge investment, but they also owe a large debt."

Ronan nodded slightly and asked, "Where is the streaming platform established by Twentieth Century Fox?"

Robert Iger smiled and said: "The performance is very poor, and the streaming platform requires huge investment. Originally, Lehman Brothers provided some loans, but since last year, Twentieth Century Fox has not received a loan and can only make internal investments. It occupied a considerable amount of capital flow of Twentieth Century Fox, but did not generate corresponding returns."

Ronan was not surprised by these situations because of Netflix's long-term view.

Although Netflix's market value has gradually increased, its operating income last year was close to 10 billion US dollars. If you simply calculate the streaming media business, it actually caused huge losses.

The most important thing about building a streaming media platform from scratch is to burn money!

Currently, Netflix streaming media occupies the vast majority of the market share, and without billions or tens of billions of dollars burned out, latecomers can't see any hope of development.

Moreover, whether it is the past or now, Netflix Network can become a star company, burning money is also the key.

Ronan gently tapped the armrest of the sofa and said, "The next year will be crucial to us."

Robert Eiger said: "As far as the situation is concerned, the situation is in our favor."

Ronan turned around and asked, "How is Lucasfilm going?"

"George Lucas is not a problem, he is willing to sell Lucasfilm to us," said Robert Iger. "We have agreed with many other shareholders. If it goes well, the deal will be confirmed in the next few months."

Ronan also knew that, if George Lucas was willing, it was not difficult for Relativity Entertainment to acquire Lucas Pictures. Excluding financial problems, it may be easier than acquiring Yijiang Entertainment back then.

It can be said that George Lucas' personal wishes directly determine the future ownership of Lucasfilm.

Ronan said: "Lucasfilm's most valuable value is Star Wars, but unfortunately, the Star Wars series has too many interests in the hands of Twentieth Century Fox."

Robert Egg understood what this said and did not speak anymore. As long as the plan was successfully developed, all copyrights and interests of Star Wars in the future may be concentrated in the hands of Relativity Entertainment.

Ronan asked again: "What's going on over Wall Street now?"

"It's bad, it's bad." Robert Iger said quickly and concisely: "The whole Wall Street is in great trouble, even Goldman Sachs is no exception. This agency crisis is spreading from the United States to the world. The partner of Twentieth Century Fox, Lehman Brothers, is almost unable to hold on."

He thought for a while and said, "The news from Black Charcoal is coming, Lehman Brothers has been lobbying the Washington authorities and other major investment banks on Wall Street, but the Treasury Department refuses to support it. Like Wall Street, they want Lehman Brothers to be finished."

Ronan nodded and asked, "What's the situation with Black Charcoal?"

"The winning rate should be very high." Robert Eiger was extremely optimistic: "As for the current trend, Black Carbon may become the owner of the White House next year."

If Black Charcoal is elected, it will be many times less likely that Washington will become an obstacle to the relativity entertainment program.

To succeed, the support of the authorities is actually very important.

After the talks with Robert Iger, Connie came in to remind Ronan that the time had almost changed and set off.
Chapter completed!