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Chapter 415 I Understand the Reason
🕑 Added 2025-08-06 15:26:53 +0000 UTCThere is nothing surprising about the reshoot of "Night at the Museum". Given Fox's capabilities, these little tricks will only make them feel uncomfortable at most.
Nanaya had no intention of using this trick to make "Night at the Museum" fail. His real killer move for Fox was "Iron Man" which was scheduled to be released at the same time.
Logically speaking, as a movie aimed at the Christmas season, it is a bit late to start promoting it in the second half of the year.
Although the next door "Night at the Museum" has not been completed yet, related movie news appears in the media every few days.
If Marvel hadn't done some publicity for "Iron Man" in the past two years in order to raise funds, it is estimated that not many people would know about this movie.
In fact, even now, this movie is still not well received.
On Fox's various media platforms, when "Iron Man" is mentioned, the unanimous response is: this is a B-level movie with a second-tier hero.
There is some truth in this. Tony Stark's current reputation is not even on the same level as Bruce Wayne and Peter Parker.
Even Bruce Banner is inferior to him. Although Ang Lee's "The Hulk" failed at the box office, it at least increased Hulk's popularity.
Everyone has a general understanding of this character who turns green when angry.
It is precisely because of this that Marvel's currently preparing "The Incredible Hulk" defines it as a "reboot sequel" to Ang Lee's "The Hulk."
In simple terms, this movie does not deny some of the settings in "The Hulk".
Just as Nanaya remembered, the birth of Hulk in this movie will only be mentioned briefly in the first few minutes, and the story structure will start directly from Banner being hunted down.
Of course, it is different from the movie in Nanaya’s previous life. Because the copyright is more unified, S.H.I.E.L.D.’s presence in the movie will be higher.
Director Cyclops and Agent Coulson, who made a cameo appearance in "Iron Man", will both appear, and "Brother Sit" and Black Widow will also make appearances in "The Incredible Hulk".
In fact, after Nana introduced the character of Artoria to the public, Marvel had plans to launch Black Widow, because they saw the role of a popular female character in promoting the movie.
A handsome female character will not only excite male audiences, but also please female audiences in the name of feminism. It can be said that it has only benefits and no harm.
It’s a pity that the copyright of Black Widow was not in Marvel’s hands at that time, so they didn’t dare to join in casually.
During the subsequent copyright negotiations, the negotiation time was prolonged because the copyright owner of Black Widow raised the price.
This resulted in the fact that when Marvel took the copyright back, Iron Man had already completed its preliminary preparations and started filming.
Although it is not impossible to add Black Widow, considering that this matter was not thought about during the previous preparations, it would be a waste of time if the cameo is awkward and the movie receives low reviews.
In this regard, Nanaya actually wants to say that in your previous life, the addition of Natasha in "Iron Man 2" was also very awkward, and this is a flaw that cannot be cured.
But no matter what, Washimine and Marvel have officially begun to promote "Iron Man".
Nanaya basically let them handle this matter on their own.
Washimine Entertainment, which already has experience in promoting two Fate movies, knows how to promote a popcorn movie that costs hundreds of millions of dollars to produce.
Especially when it comes to promoting movie characters, the publicity and marketing department of Washimine Entertainment has already become very familiar with it.
Although Robert Downey Jr. quit drugs a long time ago, they still promoted "Iron Man" as his first great work after his reformation.
However, Downey did not deny this. He also knew that this movie was a key work for him to re-enter the public eye.
Therefore, he cooperated very well with this publicity and promotion plan, and even cried bitterly in public many times, saying that he had become a new man and that he welcomed supervision from all over the world.
The former is of course acting. As a veteran actor, crying when you want to is a standard skill.
But the latter is also true. Nanaya specifically instructed Marvel and Washimine to absolutely prohibit Downey from having any problems.
Nanaya even went out of his way to talk to Downey, asking him to stay away from any temptation.
Although Downey did well in his previous life, it doesn't mean he can sit back and relax in this life.
Especially since the situation in this life is much more serious than that in Nanaya’s previous life.
You know, Fox has been watching us.
They will never miss any opportunity to attack Washimine.
Especially the News Corporation behind Fox, Nanaya is well aware of the nature and bottom line of these so-called "uncrowned kings".
You have to know that it’s not only the American police who are good at sting enforcement, those reporters are also good at sting.
Nanaya will never forget the scandal involving The Sun, a newspaper owned by News Corporation, in his previous life.
If it were a normal situation, Nanaya wouldn't worry.
But he was afraid that the paparazzi would do something shady and set a trap for Downey.
This situation will become very troublesome.
So Nanaya specially found the employee named Ed who was arranged by Washimine to be next to Tony, and asked him to stay with Tony and stay vigilant at all times.
"I hope everything goes well."
During the intermission of the crew, Nanaya muttered to himself while looking at the set.
"Director, don't worry, we are the best team."
When Johnson heard what Nanaya said, he thought that the other party was worried about FZ, so he immediately spoke to comfort him.
Nanaya smiled and shook his head. He did not explain his worries to the other party.
Johnson winked at Nanaya and said, "To be honest, although you, the director, have a bad temper, your crew is much better than the ones I've been in before. There aren't so many intrigues. Just based on this, I believe your movie will be a success."
After saying that, Johnson gave Nanaya a thumbs up.
"Just give me some magic soup." Nanaya patted the other person's back. "How many film crews have you been in?"
"hey-hey."
Johnson smiled foolishly and touched the wig on his head.
Nanaya took the coffee handed to him by Ori, thanked him and continued chatting with Johnson: "Dawn, I heard that you want to be a star?"
Johnson was not modest, he admitted it openly.
"Who wouldn't want to? If you didn't want to, you wouldn't join this circle, right?"
Johnson's eyes showed a look of reminiscence: "Back then, I thought The Scorpion King was the first step to my success, but Universal broke my heart."
"The Big Six are all like this." Nanaya nodded, "They always think they can control everything, but as long as you can bring them profits, they will definitely be more obedient than your dog."
"Yes."
Johnson deliberately made a serious expression: "If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely make Universal sign a super harsh treaty to make them uncomfortable."
Nanaya thought of Johnson's harsh contract in the "Fast and Furious" series in the future. It is said that the contract even stipulated how many times Johnson could be punched in the face.
[Could it be that the root is here? ]
Nanaya looked at the big guy with a suddenly gossipy look in his eyes.
Johnson continued to encourage: "Director, you have to keep going. I chose your movie. You are the hope of our entire crew!"
"Don't talk like you don't have to work hard!"
Nanaya complained, but then he said confidently: "Don't worry, after the movie is released, you will definitely think that choosing me was a wise decision."
Although no matter from which angle, it was Nanaya who chose Johnson.
Johnson also knew that the director was just joking with him, so he said in a flattering tone: "Then my future depends on you, director."
As he said that, Johnson slapped Nanaya hard on the back, almost causing him to fall.
"Hey, be careful."
Nanaya almost spilled the coffee in his hand. He glared at Ori who was covering his mouth and laughing.
"Johnson, I think you have the potential to be a superstar, and you need to bring out that potential."
"Yeah?"
"Um."
Nanaya nodded and pointed at Johnson's muscular body and said, "Your muscles look powerful and very suitable for action movies. However, you should know that the traditional muscular man is outdated."
"Yeah, so I'm confused too."
Johnson knew that Nanaya was giving him some advice, and he listened carefully to what Nanaya said.
"Do you know the charm of Captain Jack?" Nanaya asked himself, "He doesn't have the traditional heroic temperament, he acts a little effeminate, and any heroic image he has is only handsome for three seconds. But he is now the most popular movie character in the world."
"Director, do you want me to imitate him?"
Johnson tried to raise his index finger.
"No." Nanaya was amused by Johnson's funny look. "What I mean is that the character of Captain Jack is different from all the previous movie characters. He walks between good and evil. This kind of freshness is exactly what audiences have been missing in watching movies in recent years."
Nanaya patted Johnson's muscular arms and said, "Your body is very suitable for acting in action movies, because you can give the audience a sense of security as long as you appear on the screen. And you are good at comedy, which is an advantage over other action stars with stiff acting skills."
"What you need now is to be able to switch between the two. You should be easy to approach and cheerful at ordinary times, but at the most critical moment, you should give the audience an air of dominance that you are the only one in the world."
Nanaya raised his index finger and said in a teasing tone, "If you can do this, you will be the best action star in the first 20 years of the 21st century."
"Um... Director, I understand the reason."
Johnson thought about it carefully, and then he said slowly with a confused tone: "Why do I feel that you are not talking about me, but the character of Iskandar that I played?"
