Since everything has just started, Marvel Entertainment in New York will not make any adjustments, and Marvel Studios will only set up a simple office in Firefly Studios for the time being, responsible for the two comic films "Spider-Man" that have already started And the logistics administration of "Iron Man".
Although the shooting of the two films will have to wait until at least next year, the special effects research and development work in the early stage has already started.
To put it simply, the production goals of CG special effects are actually three types: people, scenery, and objects.
In the past few years, most of the technical research and development in the digital field have focused on the two aspects of "scenery" and "objects", and more focus on "objects". Special effects shots such as dinosaurs, giant beasts, aliens, and spaceships , belong to this category. Images such as hurricanes, floods, and digitized buildings can be classified under 'scenery'.
But this time, whether it is "Spider-Man" or "Iron Man", or "Hulk", "Thor" and other films that will appear in the future, there will be a large number of special effects related to "people", which will definitely involve the first Motion capture technology is very common in later generations. Most of the scenes in the movie where Tony Stark wears the Iron Man uniform are actually done in motion capture suits.
Motion capture technology has appeared as early as the 1970s, but in the past, this technology really attracted the attention of the film and television special effects industry and began to be applied on a large scale after the image of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" became a big success. According to MGM's plan, the "Lord of the Rings" series will also be launched in the second half of this year, and motion capture will definitely be used at that time. Therefore, Eric deliberately regards this technology as a technology research and development in the digital field for a period of time in the future. Focus, and follow up in person.
As long as we can accumulate enough technology and experience in motion capture in advance, there is no doubt that in the next few years, even if other special effects companies complete follow-up in traditional CG special effects, the digital field will still maintain a strong leading position in the entire industry.
In addition to motion capture technology, fully digitized large-scale urban scenes and mech deformation effects with realistic textures are also included in the technology research and development catalog in the digital field.
It is conceivable that once these two special effects technologies are perfectly realized, not only can they be applied to Marvel films such as "Spiderman" and "Iron Man", Firefly can even start "Transformation" in advance if the hardware rendering conditions permit. The production of King Kong.
After the reunion at the "Titanic" celebration banquet, Cameron specially arranged several detailed auditions for Stuart Runkel, and the results were very satisfactory. Stuart already has a very good acting talent. Coupled with these years of experience, it is more than enough to control a somewhat talkative Peter Parker image.
However, the signing process is not destined to be so smooth.
Stewart's agency contract is still with CAA, and the agent over there directly rejected the package contract of six films proposed by Firefly, and was only willing to sign three films at most, and said that the remuneration of each film must be renegotiated, which is obviously impossible for Firefly to agree Yes, the two sides temporarily stalemate.
Eric told Stewart in detail the signing strategy of the Marvel Super Movie at that party. He knew that if Stewart was unwilling, he would definitely not participate in Cameron's audition. The current situation may be like what he said at the time, and he hopes to spend his sixteenth birthday before talking about other things.
According to Cameron's temperament, the filming of "Spider-Man" may even be delayed after "Iron Man". Therefore, Eric was not in a hurry to ask about this matter in person, and let the person in charge of Marvel Pictures and Stewart's agent take it easy. Grinding.
On the other hand, Eric himself has also begun to build the framework of the main creators of "Iron Man".
Jon Favreau, the director of the original "Iron Man", is still only playing small roles in various independent films. The newcomer serves as the director of "Iron Man", but the replacement is also very easy to choose, and there is Joss Whedon.
In the original time and space, "The Avengers" directed by Joss Whedon, although it has the halo blessing of the assembly of Marvel superheroes, the quality of the film itself is also very good.
Over the years, Joss Whedon has not only been in charge of the production, director and screenwriter of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", but has also directed two low-cost independent films, plus Joss Whedon himself is As a super comic fan, the ability to control the film "Iron Man" is enough.
Apart from the director, the most important thing is undoubtedly the leading actor.
In this regard, Robert Downey Jr. is definitely a hurdle that cannot be avoided. After all, Downey's performance in the original "Iron Man" is really too successful. The role of the play.
Although the age of the actor in the new version of "Iron Man" has been adjusted, Downey still agrees with this condition.
However, when Eric asked his assistant to contact the other party, he got the news that he had just been imprisoned for the second time this year, and he had already booked treatment in a drug rehabilitation center after six weeks of serving his sentence. According to the information collected by the assistant, Downey's whole body is completely fattened due to long-term addiction to drugs, and he has no sense of vicissitudes like a prodigal son in his memory when he played Tony Stark.
Although a little embarrassed, Eric couldn't wait for the other party to realize again, but let people start looking for new role candidates. After all, what Hollywood lacks most is opportunities, and the most indispensable thing is actors.
It happened to be the weekend, and it was already May 17th.
Chris's wedding will be held in three days. Eric originally planned to fly to Maryland today, but he had to postpone the trip after receiving a call from Marvel Entertainment CEO Avi Arad who wanted to come to visit. one day.
The purpose of Avi Arad's visit is also to cast the actor for "Iron Man".
At the same time, there was an unexpected person who came with him, Paula Wagner, the producer of Tom Cruise. The reason for flying over.
Angle Manor Villa, the reception area beside the glass curtain wall.
Avi Arad and Paula Wagner looked at the two girls in tennis uniforms serving them coffee, and couldn't help but cast a few extra glances at the petite Christina, but they didn't express any opinions with interest , Only after the taller Miranda Kerr poured coffee for herself did she politely thank her.
Compared with Miranda, who is already 1.7 meters tall, Christina, who is only 1.5 meters tall and obviously will not grow any longer, is obviously easy to be misunderstood as an underage girl, but God knows, Christina is much taller than Miranda Three years older.
There was already a little charming goblin on a certain innocent face, which really made Eric feel a little helpless.
Grow so fast, grow so fast, grow so fast...
People can't feel the sense of accomplishment of raising a loli!
Seeing Miranda's slender waist bent and pretending to pour himself a cup of coffee, Eric said quickly: "Go and play, I don't need your help here."
Christina on the other side put down the coffee pot, but asked, "Eric, will the guests stay at noon?"
"Of course, let the chef prepare it carefully," Eric said, looking at Avi Arad and Paula Wagner: "Avi, Paula, do you have anything you like in particular?"
Paula Wagner shook her head and said, "Anything is fine."
Avi Arad chimed in: "Me too."
"That's it," Eric waved his hand again: "Go and play first."
After the figures of the two girls disappeared, Eric first said to Avi Arad: "You should have talked to Joss Whedon, how do you feel?"
"A young man with a lot of ideas," Avi Arad nodded. "Although his directing experience is a little less, I believe that with you personally checking, there will be no mistakes."
Eric smiled, and then turned to Paula Wagner: "So, Paula, how are you doing, I heard that Cruise is shooting a new film in New York?"
Avi Arad arrived in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon and had already discussed Paula Wagner's intentions with him on the phone.
Although Firefly has not officially announced the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan to the outside world, this matter is no longer a secret in Hollywood with Firefly's frequent actions, and some media have even launched small-scale reports.
Perhaps stimulated by the box office of Warner's three consecutive "Batman" films in the past few years, Tom Cruise also became interested in "Iron Man".
In the memory of the previous life, "Iron Man" actually became Tom Cruise's pocket for a while, but because of Marvel's repeated delays and hesitation, coupled with the fact that the script could not satisfy Cruise, the two parties parted ways.
Speaking of which, as an actor, sometimes opportunities really seem extremely important.
Take Tom Cruise and Kevin Costner as examples. In the past, after experiencing the box office failure of "Future Water World", Kevin Costner gradually left the ranks of first-line superstars. And because of the protection of the "Mission: Impossible" series, although Tom Cruise also experienced some failures, he can make a comeback every time with the sequel of "Mission: Impossible".
And now, the "Mission: Impossible" series belongs to Kevin Costner, which also allows him to save his career in time after he also experienced the box office fiasco of "Water World". And Tom Cruise is not so lucky. Although he has been in the front line, he has followed the trend and tried several big-budget movies in the past few years, but the response can only be said to be mediocre. Gradually, with Tom Cruise Paramount, which is closely cooperating, is not even willing to let Tom Cruise participate in big-budget films, but positions him in the type of medium and low-cost literary films. After all, although Tom Cruise has never been able to win an Oscar The recognition of the awards, but the box office of the drama and art films he starred in is still very guaranteed.
Eric just mentioned that Tom Cruise is shooting a new film in New York, which is also a drama film with a cost of only about 40 million US dollars.
But obviously, Tom Cruise is not willing to continue like this. After all, Hollywood’s big-budget commercial films, even if you don’t mention the miracle “Titanic”, there are many films that frequently hit the threshold of 700 million or even 1 billion at the global box office , and literary films, even if they sell well, the global box office can usually only be maintained at about 300 million US dollars, and the benefits involved are naturally incomparable.
Paula Wagner took a small sip of coffee, nodded and said, "Yes, this time it's an adaptation of a biography, and Tom hopes to hit another Oscar."
Eric smiled lightly, did not express any opinion on this, and said: "So, this time, why are you interested in Iron Man?"
"Eric, don't you think Tom is very suitable for this role?" Paula Wagner said, put down her coffee cup, took out a few photos from her handbag, and handed them over.
Eric took it over and took a look, and it turned out to be a rendering of Tom Cruise wearing a steel suit, which was obviously produced with the assistance of Marvel. After all, Iron Man's suit design draft is currently only visible to Marvel executives.
Speaking of which, if you don't mention height, Tom Cruise is very similar to Tony Stark in the comics.
After reading a few photos, Eric raised his head and said, "Paola, since you got these design drafts, you must have heard about my idea for the role of Iron Man."
"Of course," Paula Wagner nodded and said, "Eric, although he has some peak image, but you must know that Tom has enough strength to control this role. You have worked together in "Dark War", no? ?"
Eric nodded with a smile. Except for Tom Cruise's somewhat reproachful desire to control, Eric didn't have much other prejudices against him, and now, although Tom Cruise is still the first-line Hollywood Superstars, but compared with Eric, the two are no longer in the same heavyweight class, and he will naturally not be concerned about the small details of the past.
After reading a few photos, Eric raised his head and said, "Paola, since you got these design drafts, you must have heard about my idea for the role of Iron Man."
"Of course," Paula Wagner nodded and said, "Eric, although he has some peak image, but you must know that Tom has enough strength to control this role. You have worked together in "Dark War", no? ?"
Eric nodded with a smile. Except for Tom Cruise's somewhat reproachful desire to control, Eric didn't have much other prejudices against him, and now, although Tom Cruise is still the first-line Hollywood Superstars, but compared with Eric, the two are no longer in the same heavyweight class, and he will naturally not be concerned about the small details of the past. (To be continued.)