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Chapter 333 The Incredible Hulk Project Launches
🕑 Added 2025-05-15 15:09:16 +0000 UTCNanaya felt that his existence was in conflict with the word "vacation".
Every time he wanted to take a break, he would be interrupted by various things.
Just like the current situation, I am clearly here to vacation at a British aristocratic manor.
But the final result was that I had to face the old face of a middle-aged man for several days and listen to him tell the history of the British aristocracy from beginning to end.
And you can't be distracted during the whole process, you need to concentrate on listening to Mr. Wettin's lecture.
The past few days have been a real torture for Nanaya, after all, he is a man with normal sexual orientation.
It is obviously not a pleasant thing to look into the eyes of an old man for several days in a row.
Fortunately, Nanaya didn’t waste these days.
Thanks to Mr. Wettin's teachings, Nanaya now has a general understanding of the knowledge related to the aristocracy in Britain and even Western Europe.
Maybe Nanaya cannot compare with those experts, scholars and professors in terms of details, but if Nanaya is asked to make a Shakespeare costume drama movie now, it should not be a problem for him at all.
Although Nanaya was not very grateful to Mr. Wettin for learning knowledge, he was still very grateful to Mr. Wettin.
But when he learned that the actors' pay had been settled, he still left Wettin Manor as quickly as possible on the pretext of work.
"It's a good start this time. My father thinks highly of you, my brother-in-law."
Lily said with a smile as she left with Nanaya.
"Forget it. I don't want to go through this kind of thing a second time."
Whenever Nanaya thought of the stick that could be turned into a weapon at any time, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
After returning to London, Nanaya met with the future Marvel trio and told them his requirements.
First of all, what Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch need to do is maintain their body shape. Nanaya doesn’t want the two of them to gain a lot of weight by the time the filming starts.
At the same time, Nanaya also required all of them to participate in a certain amount of fitness, and even arranged private trainers for them.
Although there aren't many action shots of Waver and Kenneth, there are still some shots involved.
Maintaining body flexibility to avoid injury after filming officially begins is also a form of protection for them.
The one that Nanaya paid special attention to was MCavoy, who was going to play the role of Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. Nanaya told him that in addition to action training, he must also participate in five weeks of targeted training.
Not only MCavoy has to participate in this training, but all actors who play servants need to participate.
At that time, Nanaya and the film's action director will also be present, and the training teachers are all well-known action stunt designers, sword masters, and gun masters in the industry.
These professionals will work with Nanaya to design the action notes and action routines for each servant, and provide full training for each actor.
The purpose of all this is to make the servants' actions look more realistic and believable when FZ is released.
When he was in FSN, Nanaya made such a mistake.
The entire action group has only Lao Li as the main action designer, which results in all the servants' actions having a hint of Chinese style.
Even though Lao Li and Nanaya have been avoiding this problem, the final film still has this feeling.
An audience member who was familiar with action movies raised this question, but at that time the movie had already been completed and it was too late to make changes.
Moreover, the audience's general response was quite good, and this small flaw did not prevent them from liking the movie.
But Nanaya is not the kind of person who would be satisfied with past glory.
So this time, Nanaya plans to consider it more thoroughly. He hopes that FZ will be perfect in all aspects and even become a benchmark for action movies before "Avatar" opens the 3D era.
After Nanaya gave instructions to the Marvel trio, he returned to the United States and continued preparations for the FZ movie.
Lily returned to Japan to continue her idol career, and also brought back the gifts that Nanaya bought for others.
"Remember, don't throw these things into the trash can. I'll have it checked."
When they said goodbye at the airport, Nanaya tapped Lily's head and gave her instructions.
"I understand..."
Lily pouted in dissatisfaction. Although she did say such words when she received the gifts, she was just acting coquettishly to Nanaya to express her dissatisfaction.
"Well, brother-in-law...I'm leaving."
Lily dragged the luggage with one hand and pinched the hem of her skirt with the other, speaking awkwardly.
"Well, be careful on the road."
"Well, that's really not romantic at all."
Lily pouted.
"What else do you want, little girl? Didn't you say that touching the head is too childish and you don't want to touch it..."
Nanaya didn't know what expression to use.
“Hehe~”
Lily took advantage of Nanaya's inattention and touched his cheek directly with her lips.
"Hehe, the sneak attack was successful!"
The girl with a ponytail laughed like a silver bell and ran away before Nanaya could react.
"Hey, you damn girl!"
Nanaya was jumping up and down behind him, but what he got was Lily's smile of success in playing a prank.
"Stupid brother-in-law! This is a farewell kiss~" Lily, who had already escaped far away, winked at Nanaya, "You actually blushed, brother-in-law, you are really a child~ This kind of thing is very common in France~ Bye~"
"French or something...Aren't you British, girl?"
Nanaya could only watch the girl with a ponytail leave.
Because he didn't know what to say when he caught up with her. She had already explained everything, but he was still pestering her. Was he hiding something or did he really have other intentions towards the girl?
"Forget it, let's go back to America."
Nanaya dragged his luggage towards another terminal.
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On the other side, Lily saw that Nanaya did not catch up, and she felt a little relieved but also a little regretful.
"Really? Will I die if I catch up and ask you a question?"
Lily pouted and muttered to herself, "But since he blushes, that means he still cares, right?"
Perhaps because she was thinking of something unhealthy, Lily's cheeks turned a little red.
"Since even I care about this, then my sister must care too. As expected, we sisters will be the winners in the end!"
"Yes, that must be the case! Little Japanese idols, female workers in garment factories, rich men! None of them can be a match for my sister and me!"
Lily said as she clenched her hands into fists.
"Don't you agree, sister?"
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After Nanaya returned to the United States from the UK, he suspended the recruitment of actors and did not continue the preparations for the start of FZ and HF.
Because the agreement between Marvel and Universal regarding "The Incredible Hulk" finally had a result that was relatively acceptable to both parties.
According to the final negotiation results, the film will be produced by Marvel and distributed by Universal.
In terms of profit distribution, Universal will obtain 80% of the online profits, but the corresponding peripheral profits and offline profits will all go to Marvel.
From any perspective, Universal Pictures is not at a disadvantage in this agreement. After all, they bear almost no risk except for the distribution costs, but they have a large amount of money to collect.
Marvel - or it would be more appropriate to use Washimine - not only has to bear the most risks and investments, but the only profits it can get from this movie are long-term profits from the surrounding and offline markets.
It can be said that in the short term, Marvel and Washimine’s decision on the movie "The Incredible Hulk" was definitely a loss-making deal.
But Marvel bought the future.
In addition to the long-term profits from the movie, Marvel also has the right for Hulk to make a cameo appearance in MCU movies.
This is particularly important for Marvel's future layout of the movie universe.
On the other hand, Marvel also has the opportunity to unify the style of its own films.
Nanaya didn’t know the specific cooperation agreement between Marvel and Universal in the previous life, but judging from the final product of the movie, Marvel was definitely in a weak position in the movie "The Incredible Hulk".
Because the film style of "The Incredible Hulk" is so different from other MCU movies, it doesn't look like a movie made by Marvel itself at all.
For example, kicking someone away, or throwing passers-by around like bowling balls. Such a direct way of presenting violence is not Marvel's style at all.
Another proof is that Marvel itself rarely mentions this movie, and its attitude towards it is basically like that of a stepmother, so much so that many viewers don’t know that this movie actually belongs to the MCU.
This is even more true for the actors. Except for General Ross who occasionally made a cameo appearance in the future, other actors in "The Incredible Hulk" have not appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the sequels laid out in the movie have not been used in the more than 20 movies that followed.
This is partly due to the less-than-ideal box office performance, but more importantly, Nanaya believes that it is because Marvel had an unhappy collaboration with Universal, and after obtaining the copyright for Hulk, they no longer wanted to continue the collaboration.
This time Marvel will have more autonomy in creation, Nanaya thinks they should make a...
Well, based on the nature of Marvel's film production in the first phase, Nanaya didn't think they could produce any kind of masterpiece. It would be OK if they could just make a decent popcorn movie.
Fortunately, the Hulk movie has already been made based on the bad work of Ang Lee's The Incredible Hulk. As long as Marvel follows Ang Lee's work and shoots it in reverse, they should be able to make at least a decent film.
"You all need to start looking for the director of the film and the actor who will play Banner."
After both parties finished signing the contract, Nanaya gave Feige some instructions.
"There are also several actors who can make cameo appearances. I think this can also be done." Nanaya gave his suggestion, "Tony Stark, Nick Fury and Natasha Romanoff can all be cameo roles in the movie."
Nanaya remembered that in the official comics produced by Marvel, Natasha had actually been watching the development of "The Incredible Hulk". Not only did she disguise herself as a student and witness Hulk's rampage on campus, but she also secretly recovered Mr. Blue who was infected by Hulk's blood when Hulk fought the Abomination in the end.
Nanaya believes that these contents can be directly filmed in the current version of "The Incredible Hulk", which can increase the connection between this movie and "Iron Man".
Feige nodded and said, "Okay, I'll discuss the script with the editors and see if there's a suitable opportunity."
"Creative Committee?"
Nanaya frowned slightly. He was about to remind Feige of the committee's interference in the film, but was interrupted by someone coming towards him.
"Hi, Nanaya, long time no see."
Peter Jackson came over and said a little embarrassedly: "Excuse me for a moment? I want to talk to you about something."
