Chapter 282： Cameron's obsession

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Inside the 20th Century Fox headquarters building, Tom Rothman frowned while reading the news in the newspaper.

Orion Pictures and Ryan Gosling not only fully acquired Marvel Comics, but also plan to direct "X-Men" themselves.

Originally, the copyright of "X-Men" belonged to Twentieth Century Fox, and it was completely bought out, including a large number of derivative characters in it.

At the beginning, Ryan Gosling obtained the copyright of all superhero characters in "X-Men" in exchange for the project "The Invasion of Evil", which brought an unusually rich income to 20th Century Fox.

However, just a few years later, Ryan Gosling not only fully acquired Marvel Comics, but also prepared to shoot "X-Men".

"Ryan Gosling and the X-Men!"

Tom Rothman tapped on the table lightly, seemingly regretting, "It seems that I made a wrong decision at the beginning."

Twentieth Century Fox and Ryan have collaborated on more than one film, and they are very aware of each other's abilities.

Directing "X-Men" by himself may not necessarily fail to succeed.

Ronald Wheeler shrugged and said indifferently: "Superhero films are not suitable for Hollywood, otherwise Warner Bros. will not terminate the "Batman" sequel filming plan and instead cooperate with Orion Pictures to shoot. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."

Speaking of Orion Films, he hesitated for a moment, and continued: "George Lucas seems a little dissatisfied, and he doesn't want the dispute between 20th Century Fox and Orion Films to affect "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" above."

Twentieth Century Fox and George Lucas are only in a cooperative relationship, and it is impossible to ignore the dissatisfaction expressed by George Lucas.

"George Lucas!"

Tom Rothman shook his head, "Tell me that what he is worried about will not really happen. Orion Films has preliminarily negotiated with a number of theater companies about the release time of "Inception", which is scheduled for the summer vacation. It's July."

The post-production of "Inception" has not yet ended, and a group of North American theater companies, overseas theater companies, and distribution companies have already begun to negotiate with Orion Films about the film's release time and scale.

This is not the influence brought by Orion Films, but the influence that Ryan Gosling himself has, which is simply terrifying.

"So don't worry about Ryan Gosling and Inception."

"I'm a little worried about Orion Pictures' acquisition of Marvel Comics and the preparations for the filming of "X-Men." He looked a little unhappy.

If the release of "X-Men" is successful, he will inevitably face criticism from the board of directors and News Corporation, and even leave 20th Century Fox as the media speculates.

"I'll tell George Lucas personally." Ronald Wheeler agreed without hesitation.

"As for the X-Men!"

Ronald Wheeler thought for a while, and said: "Actually, it is a good thing to sell the copyright of "X-Men" to Ryan Gosling, otherwise Orion Pictures, which acquired Marvel Comics, is fully capable of destroying the X-Men. "X-Men", such as discrediting a group of characters in the comics."

"I believe Ryan Gosling can do it."

He paused, changed his voice, and continued: "Harvey Weinstein seems to be meeting people everywhere, trying to teach Ryan Gosling a lesson."

"Like the movie ratings!"

Tom Rothman said without any hesitation, "Don't come forward directly, you can ask someone to contact Harvey Weinstein in private."

He didn't continue talking about the rest.

Even if there is a possibility of retaliation from Ryan Gosling and Orion Pictures in the future, it can be pushed to Harvey Weinstein.

It really doesn't work, and Disney, anyway, has nothing to do with 20th Century Fox.

Ryan didn't pay attention to 20th Century Fox's reaction at all. To be precise, no matter what Tom Rothman's reaction was, he had a trump card, enough to make 20th Century Fox make a change.

For a period of time, Ryan spent most of his time in the special effects studio, apart from integrating the channels of Marvel Comics and planning the future shooting plans of Marvel Pictures.

"The picture should be as soft as possible, without any dark colors."

In the special effects studio of Orion Films, Ryan said to the person in charge of special effects: "Ray, this is a commercial film, and the special effects don't need to be too ostentatious, as long as they meet the requirements."

Hollywood crews often go astray. For example, in "You Now You See Me", various special effects, actions, characters, etc., can make people's eyes shine.

It's a pity that the whole film pays too much attention to showing off special effects and skills, and the content and plot are simply speechless.

Of course, this film did not fail, but was a commercial success.

However, this is not what Ryan wants.

"Inception" can't be the same as "Now You See Me".

While speaking, Ryan put forward his request again, "My vision is that the entire city will continue to curl up and stand upside down in the sky, presenting a three-dimensional effect, rather than a feeling of doomsday."

To put it simply, this is a sci-fi movie, not a disaster movie.

Some shots can be very surprising to the audience and produce an immersive feeling. This is a theme that the film wants to express, not pure fear.

Of course, in this way, it will also bring a little fear to the audience, especially for people with fear of heights.

This is unavoidable.

Lei Jie nodded seriously, and wrote down the request made by Ryan.

Every time Ryan made a request, the staff in the digital field racked their brains to complete it.

With the current level of special effects technology, it is difficult to fully display the special effects in the original version of "Inception".

Fortunately, for the digital field, there are only some difficulties, not impossible, it just takes more time.

The release date of "Inception" is July of next year's summer vacation, and there is plenty of time in the digital field.

Not long after, Stan Winston walked in from the outside.

"Ryan!"

With a weird expression on his face, he said, "Cameron, I've been looking for you recently."

"Looks like something about a Marvel superhero character movie."

Ryan heard a few words from Cameron and Marvel Comics, and immediately understood what Stan-Winston wanted to express.

"For God's sake!"

"Could he still want to direct "Spider-Man"!"

Ryan is somewhat speechless, Leonardo DiCaprio has given up his plan to play Spider-Man, only James Cameron is more persistent.

When he learned that Orion Pictures had acquired Marvel Comics and was preparing to shoot "X-Men", he immediately sent the script of "Spider-Man" that he had written long ago to Marvel Pictures for Avi— Allard.

"It should be." Stan Winston shrugged. "You know, Cameron is very obsessed with "Spider-Man."

Ryan couldn't help rolling his eyes, "If he is to direct "Spider-Man", Orion Pictures needs to prepare a budget of at least 200 million US dollars, as well as continuous requests for additional investment."

The investment in the original "Spider-Man" was only 139 million US dollars. If it was handed over to James Cameron to direct, it might need at least double that.

Stan Winston laughed out loud. Hollywood studios love and hate James Cameron.

That is to recognize his directing level, and at the same time, few film companies dare to invite him to direct.

"It seems that Cameron will be disappointed again." He said jokingly.

Stan Winston has been in a good mood lately.

Orion Pictures acquired Marvel Comics and is preparing to produce a superhero film project, which is no less than great news for the digital field.

Every superhero movie requires a lot of special effects production. Ryan, as one of the shareholders in the digital field, will definitely hand over the special effects production of the film to the digital field.

After the release of "Titanic", Ryan once again increased his holdings in the digital field, most of which he bought from James Cameron.

On November 25, the second 3D animated feature film "A Bug's Life" produced by Pixar Animation Studios was released, and it earned a box office of 33.25 million US dollars in the first weekend.

It proves once again that the future belongs to the market of 3D animated feature films, and traditional hand-drawn animated feature films have become a thing of the past.

On the day "A Bug's Life" was released, the newly established animation department of Orion Pictures announced the production of a 3D animated feature film "Rapunzel", adapted from the Grimm's fairy tale "Rapunzel".

Many talents realized that Orion Pictures had set up an animation production department in addition to Blue Sky Studio.

Surprisingly, most of the members are from Disney's animation studio with rich experience in hand-painted animation production.

Without waiting for the media to exclaim, the day after "A Bug's Life" was released, "American Pie 2" was released on a large scale in North America on November 26, and the opening scale reached more than 3,000 movie theaters on the first day.

In the three days of the first weekend, it earned 45.1 million US dollars at the box office and won the box office champion this week. "A Bug's Life" can only rank second with 33.25 million US dollars at the box office.

Based on the three-day box office trend of "American Pie 2" in the first weekend, it is not surprising that it can almost 100% exceed 100 million in North America, and the filming cost of the film is only 25 million US dollars.

In other words, within three days of the first weekend, Orion Films has recovered most of its investment, and once again got a successful series of films.

Many people have become speechless about Orion Films' ability to operate a series of films.

Not counting the sequel films being filmed, Orion Films already owns the "Saw" series and the "American Pie" series, which are expected to bring a steady stream of revenue to Orion Films.