Chapter 860 Iron Man Candidates

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Chapter 860

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 to be responsible for the two comic adaptation films "Spider-Man" that have already begun. And the logistics and administration of "Iron Man". w.w.W·fafaxs·net

Although the filming of the two films will have to wait until at least next year, the preliminary special effects research and development work has already started.

To put it simply, the production goals of g special effects are actually three types: people, scenes, and objects.

In the past few years, the focus of technology research and development in the digital field has mostly only involved the two aspects of 'scenery' and 'object', and more concentrated on 'object', special effects shots such as dinosaurs, giant beasts, aliens, spaceships, etc. , fall into this category. Imagery such as hurricanes, floods, and digitized buildings can be classified as 'scapes'.

But this time, whether it is "Spider-Man" or "Iron Man", or the upcoming "Hulk", "Thor" and other films, there will be a lot of special effects related to 'people', which will definitely involve first of all Motion capture technology is very common in later generations, and most of the scenes in which Tony Stark wears the Iron Man uniform in the film are actually just completed in motion capture suits.

Motion capture technology 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 success of the image of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings". 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 sufficient technology and experience can be accumulated in motion capture in advance, there is no doubt that in the next few years, even if other special effects companies have completed the follow-up in traditional g 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 mecha deformation special effects with real texture are also included in the technology research and development catalogue 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 movies such as "Spider-Man" and "Iron Man", Firefly can even start "Deformation" in advance when 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 had a very good acting talent. Coupled with these years of experience, it is more than enough to control a somewhat chatty Peter Parker image.

However, the signing process is not destined to be so smooth.

Stewart's brokerage contract is still in aa. The broker there directly rejected Firefly's six-film package contract, only willing to sign three at most, and said that each film must be renegotiated. This is obviously impossible for Firefly to agree to. Yes, the two conveniences were temporarily deadlocked.

Eric told Stewart in detail about the signing strategy of the Marvel super film at that party, and he knew that if Stewart didn't want to, he would definitely not participate in Cameron's audition. The current situation, perhaps as he said at the time, hoped to be able to spend his sixteenth birthday and talk about other things.

According to Cameron's temperament, the shooting of "Spider-Man" may even be delayed after "Iron Man". Therefore, Eric is not in a hurry to personally ask this matter, and let the head of Marvel Studios and Stewart's agent slowly grinding.

On the other hand, Eric himself has also begun to build the framework of the main creators of "Iron Man".

The director of the original "Iron Man", Jon Favreau, is still only making a cameo role in various independent films, although it is a pity,

However, Eric could not help the seedlings, and directly appointed a newcomer who had never touched the guide tube as the director of "Iron Man". However, the replacement candidate was also very easy to choose. There was Joss Whedon.

In the original time and space, "The Avengers" directed by Joss Whedon, although it has the halo blessing of the Marvel superhero gathering, the quality of the film itself is also very good.

Over the years, Joss Whedon is not only still in charge of the production, director and screenwriting of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", he has also directed two low-cost independent films, plus Joss Whedon himself is A super comic fan, the ability to control the film "Iron Man" is enough.

Besides the director, the most important thing is undoubtedly the male lead.

In this regard, Robert Downey Jr. is definitely a hurdle that cannot be bypassed. After all, in the original "Iron Man", Downey's performance was so successful that it can be said to be the most perfect realization of human beings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The role of one play.

Although the age of the protagonist of 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 had already booked a drug rehab treatment after the six-week sentence expired. In the information collected by the assistant, Downey's whole person was completely fat because of his long-term addiction to drugs, and he did not have the vicissitudes of the prodigal son when he played Tony Stark in his memory.

Although he was a little embarrassed, Eric couldn't wait for the other party to realize it again, but let people start looking for new role candidates. After all, what Hollywood lacks most is opportunities, and the most lack is actors.

It happened to be the weekend, and the time was already May 17.

Chris's wedding will be held in three days. Eric planned to fly to Maryland today, but he had to postpone the trip when he received a call from Marvel Entertainment eo Avi Allard who wanted to visit. one day.

The purpose of Avi Allard's visit is also to cast the actor of "Iron Man".

At the same time, with him, there is also someone who Eric unexpectedly, Paula Wagner, the producer of Tom Cruise, this is obviously also Avi Allard solemnly personally from New York The reason for flying.

Sharp corner manor villa, the reception area by the glass curtain wall.

Avi Allard and Paula Wagner looked at the two girls in tennis suits serving them coffee, and they glanced at the petite Christina, but they didn't express any opinions. , only after the taller Miranda Kerr poured herself coffee, did she politely thank her.

Compared with Miranda, who is already 1.7 meters tall, Christina, who is only in her early 1.5 meters and will obviously not grow any longer, is obviously easy to be misunderstood as an underage girl, but God knows, Christina is more than Miranda. Three years older.

A certain innocent face already had a little charming goblin, which really made Eric feel a little helpless.

grow so fast, grow so fast, grow so fast...

People can't give birth to the sense of achievement of raising loli!

Seeing that Miranda was bending her slender waist and pretending to pour herself a cup of coffee, Eric quickly said, "Go play, you 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, you let the chef prepare it carefully," Eric said, looking at Avi Allard and Paula Wagner: "Avi, Paula, is there anything you like in particular?"

Paula Wagner shook her head and said, "Whatever you want."

Avi Arad also echoed: "Me too."

"That's it," Eric then waved his hand again: "You guys go play first."

When the two girls disappeared, Eric first said to Avi Arad, "You should have chatted with Joss Whedon, how are you feeling?"

"A young man with a lot of ideas," Avi Arad nodded and said, "Although he has less directing experience, I believe that with you personally checking, there will be no mistakes."

Eric smiled, then turned to Paula Wagner: "So, Paula, how are you doing, I heard Cruise is shooting a new movie in New York?"

Avi Allard was in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon and has discussed Paula Wagner's arrival with him on the phone.

Although Firefly has not officially announced the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan to the outside world, it is no longer a secret in Hollywood when Firefly moves frequently, and some media have even launched a small-scale report.

Perhaps stimulated by the good box office of Warner's three consecutive "Batman" films in previous years, Tom Cruise also became interested in "Iron Man".

In the memory of the previous life, "Iron Man" actually became Tom Cruise's bag for a time, but because of Marvel's repeated delays and hesitation, and the script could not satisfy Cruise, the two sides parted ways.

Speaking of which, as an actor, sometimes, opportunities really seem extremely important.

Take Tom Cruise and Kevin Costner for example. In the past, after the box office fiasco of "Water World", Kevin Costner gradually fell out of the ranks of first-line superstars. And because of the protection of the "Mission: Impossible" series, although Tom Cruise has also experienced some failures, he can make a comeback with the "Mission: Impossible" sequel every time.

And now, the "Mission: Impossible" series belongs to Kevin Costner, which also allows him to save his career in time after the same box office fiasco of "Future Water World". And Tom Cruise is not so lucky. Although he has always been in the front line, he has followed the trend and tried several large-scale movies in recent years, but the response can only be said to be mediocre. Gradually, with Tom Cruise Paramount, who cooperates closely, is not even willing to let Tom Cruise participate in big production movies, but positions him in the genre of low-cost literary films. After all, although Tom Cruise has never been able to win an Oscar Award recognition, but the drama and art films he starred in are still very guaranteed at the box office.

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 commercial films, even if you don't mention the "Titanic" that just created a miracle, there are many films that frequently hit the global box office threshold of 700 million or even 1 billion , and literary films, even if they sell well, the global box office usually can only be maintained at about 300 million US dollars, and the benefits involved are naturally incomparable.

Paula Wagner took a small sip of coffee and nodded, "Yes, this time it's a biographical adaptation, and Tom hopes to hit the Oscars again."

Eric smiled lightly, without expressing any opinion on this, and said, "So, why are you interested in Iron Man this time?"

"Eric, don't you think that Tom is very suitable for this role?" Paula Wagner said, putting down the coffee cup, took out a few photos from her handbag, and handed them over.

Eric took a look at it, and it turned out to be a rendering of Tom Cruise wearing a steel suit, which was obviously made with the assistance of Marvel. After all, the design draft of Iron Man's suit is currently only seen by Marvel executives.

Speaking of which, if you don't mention his height, Tom Cruise is very similar to Tony Stark in the comics.

After reading a few photos, Eric looked up and said, "Paula, since you have these design drafts, you must have heard that I conceived the character of Iron Man."

"Of course," Paula Wagner nodded and said, "Eric, although there is some peak image, but you must know that Tom has enough strength to control this role, you have cooperated in "Dark War", no ?"

Eric nodded with a smile. Except for Tom Cruise's somewhat reproachful desire for control, Eric didn't have too many other prejudices against him, and now, although Tom Cruise is still a Hollywood frontline Superstars, but compared with Eric, the two are no longer in the same heavyweight class, and naturally he will no longer have those small details that he used to do.

After reading a few photos, Eric looked up and said, "Paula, since you have these design drafts, you must have heard that I conceived the character of Iron Man."

"Of course," Paula Wagner nodded and said, "Eric, although there is some peak image, but you must know that Tom has enough strength to control this role, you have cooperated in "Dark War", no ?"

Eric nodded with a smile. Except for Tom Cruise's somewhat reproachful desire for control, Eric didn't have too many other prejudices against him, and now, although Tom Cruise is still a Hollywood frontline Superstars, but compared with Eric, the two are no longer in the same heavyweight class, and naturally he will no longer have those small details that he used to do. (To be continued.)

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