Chapter 98: Marvel
And only Kevin knows how malleable Jim Carrey is.
Therefore, having Jim Carrey, showing amazing acting skills in front of them, is the best solution to the trouble.
Under Kevin's arrangement, Jim Carrey began to play the image of the clown he played.
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After a while, applause broke out.
Kevin also looked at Jim Carrey's performance with admiration.
If Heath Ledger is a genius, Jim Carrey is a god.
It took Heath Ledger a month to study the scenes, but Jim Carrey took only a few days to get it all together.
The producer on the side couldn't help but clapped and asked:
"Why are you able to play this clown so well?"
"I just think you're the American clown, no no no, don't get me wrong, I'm talking about the clown in the movie."
"Forgive me for being a little rambunctious, because I really like your interpretation of the clown so much."
Jim Carrey, with a gentle smile on his face, but with a hint of sadness in his smile, explained at the same time:
"It's been twelve years since I played comedy."
"I'm like a clown in a circus, using funny expressions and movements to make people laugh."
"However, I gradually realized that I was not happy."
"While bringing people happiness, in reality, I am increasingly unhappy."
"I know, I'm going to break through, I'm looking for a big non-comedy role."
"The clown is my choice, I am the clown!"
The producer applauded again, nodded, and looked at Kevin at the same time.
He seemed to be asking with his eyes whether Kevin was satisfied with Jim Carrey's performance.
Kevin also applauded, with a smile that he was in control of everything on his face and said:
"Congratulations, Mr. Jim Carrey, the Joker is yours."
In a word, the framework of the Batman crew is basically out.
Filming won't start right away, though.
Completely different from the Pirates of the Caribbean, the Batman series has a comic prototype, which also means that there are many important characters.
To the comic image, make some changes.
Or gain weight, or lose weight, or gain muscle, etc.
In addition to the road closure, it is necessary to apply with various departments, as well as donate some public funds.
These things, combined, make the dark knight's start, slow.
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At the end of the interview, after signing the specific contract, Kevin put forward requirements for each of the important actors according to his own requirements.
Everything is in full swing.
And in this busy schedule.
Kevin came to Marvel Entertainment according to the undercover agent he had arranged.
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Ronald Perelman, a billionaire, looked at Marvel's current financial report and had to admit that he was indeed too arrogant when he acquired the Marvel project.
Since the acquisition of Marvel a few years ago, he has continued to take mergers and acquisitions to expand the scale of Marvel.
This also means that the annual expenditure is greatly increased.
However, Marvel's profit is far less beautiful than he imagined.
By now, the time has come for him to divert his own funds to fill the hole.
However, as a mature businessman, when encountering difficulties, what he does is definitely not to allocate funds to solve the problem, which will only make himself deeper and deeper.
So what he came up with was to sell the movie rights to popular characters from Marvel Comics.
Including, but not limited to, the rights to follow-up peripherals, adaptations, etc. of this copyright.
The X-Men and the Fantastic Four were his first targets.
The millions of dollars sold have successfully allowed Marvel to support it for more than a year.
But now, funding is once again difficult.
Selling the copyright again is of course the best option.
What makes Ronald Perelman hesitate is that if he sells too many of Marvel's classic characters, it will only make Marvel itself worthless in the end.
Then the loss is the money he invested.
If he makes a move now, the $90 million he invested, plus the funds invested in the follow-up, can be counted as 200 million for the time being.
And the current value of Marvel, it is not a big problem to calculate the 300 million shot.
That is to say, at a cost of 200 million plus human resources, 50% of the profits will be earned in four to five years.
This is actually not very profitable for a billionaire like him.
But the big question is, who will take over?
In the development of these years, Marvel has had a brilliant, peak period. At that time, it was even more brilliant than DC. It almost acquired classic IP such as Batman and Superman.
Just for antitrust reasons.
Marvel's attempt to make DC disappear by acquiring DC's classic IP failed.
As a result, DC fell into the hands of Warner and became brilliant again, while Marvel gradually declined due to the wave of development of the times.
Ronald Perelman felt this wave even more with the arrival of the Internet age.
People don't like reading comics anymore, whether it's Marvel or DC or any other comics company, comics sales are plummeting.
Unlike DC, which has Warner as the backstage, Marvel has no film company willing to spend a lot of money to buy it because the IP influence is far less than that of DC.
At most, they are eyeing a certain IP of Marvel.
But Ronald Perelman knew that once he sold the valuable IP, no one would want the less well-known ones left.
Therefore, his request is to sell in a package, which is not recognized by all film companies.
The problem is stuck here.
Ronald Perelman himself also tried to use Marvel's well-known IP to make TV movies, but unfortunately he lost money.
After all, he is a complete layman when it comes to film and television.
Up to now, he just wants to quickly find someone to get rid of Marvel.
Get rid of this big burden.
At this time, one of his employees took the initiative to report to him that Steve Kevin was very interested in Marvel.
This made him think.
The name Steve Kevin can be said to be familiar.
Even if he is a pure businessman, he has known this person from all angles.
In today's Hollywood, although the famous directors are still lacking in award qualifications, from the perspective of commercial films, he is not inferior to those long-established directors.
It is also a major shareholder of MGM, one of the eight major Hollywood studios.
It also has a very high status in Hollywood.
What did he come to do?
Ronald Perelman has completely forgotten that Kevin came to him two years ago.
At this time, in the office, thinking alone.
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