The interviews with the three directors went smoothly, but Nanaya did not decide on the spot who would be the director of Captain America.
After finishing the interview, Nanaya invited the three people to have lunch and then personally escorted them out of the villa.
Fortunately, Sera is the chef of Nanaya's family now, otherwise Nanaya would not dare to invite guests to dinner.
It's really embarrassing to treat people to sandwiches or something.
After sending the people away, Nanaya sat back in his seat and continued to look through the three people's materials and the filming plan for "Captain America" that they had prepared.
"How did the interview go?"
Ryan sat next to Nanaya and asked while helping Nanaya organize the scattered documents.
Nanaya folded the paper in his hand outward so that his eyes could look directly at Ryan.
"You care?"
"I find it strange that you are still hesitating," Ryan replied. "You had clearly made the decision when you spoke to Mr. Fitch on the phone yesterday."
"I'm considering other movies." Nanaya replied.
In fact, there was really no good choice for the director of the movie "Captain America".
What this movie needs is never some genius plan or some fantastic creative ideas.
In essence, "Captain America" is a model play.
It only needs to show the greatness of Captain America and sing praises to the American spirit.
This is a completely propositional essay. What matters is never who writes more creatively, but who writes more neatly.
Therefore, Nanaya doesn't care about the performance of this movie in the international market at all. Its target audience is the American people who are excited about Obama's election as president.
Other countries just need to know that this movie exists.
When "Avengers" is released, interested audiences will naturally go to catch up.
Joe Johnston did a good job in his previous life, and Nanaya had no intention of replacing him.
"So what are you struggling with?"
Seeing that Nanaya was still frowning, Ryan stretched out her hand and began to massage Nanaya's temple.
Nanaya put down the materials, closed his eyes and made a very comfortable sound.
"Well... I'm paving the way for Marvel's next few movies." Nanaya replied hesitantly.
With the finalization of the main cast of "Captain America", Marvel's first phase of progress can be considered to have reached one-third of the way through.
The only works from the first phase that are still on paper are "Thor", "Ant-Man" and "The Avengers".
Among these three movies, Nanaya denied "Ant-Man" from the very beginning.
The reason is simple. There are already enough characters in "Avengers", and adding another main hero is likely to lead to an imbalance in the roles.
It's tragic to say that the movie "Ant-Man" was approved much earlier than "Iron Man", but it has been stuck in development hell and can't get out of it.
Nanaya remembered that in the previous life, "Ant-Man" had an even more tragic fate, and the director left with his team.
Marvel even made major changes to the script, changing the protagonist from Hank Pym to Scott Lang.
In Nanaya's opinion, the final success of the movie "Ant-Man" is simply thanks to the blessing of Gatling Bodhisattva.
You should know that the previous superhero movie that had all kinds of cast changes and was stuck in the quagmire of development hell was called "Superman Returns".
It is said that the film lost more money than Warner's later "Justice League".
In fact, Nanaya interviewed James Mangold and Joss Whedon today in order to reserve directors for the MCU.
Nanaya still somewhat hesitant about James Mangold's. The reputation of his "Logan 2" and "Logan 3" is too different, which makes people feel that his performance is a bit unstable.
However, during the interview today, Nanaya's evaluation of him was second only to Joe Johnston.
[Maybe I can find some western-style superhero movies for him in the future? ]
James Mangold is from 20th Century Fox, so it was no pressure for Seven Nights to poach the enemy's players.
As for Joss Whedon, who was ranked last by Nanaya, in fact, the director's ability is not bad. It's a pity that his style is really not suitable for "Captain America".
When it comes to Joss Whedon, the general evaluation of him is not very good. After all, the failure of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Justice League" ruined his future.
He is also one of the few directors in Nanaya's memory who is getting better and better.
In my previous life, Nanaya last saw Joss Whedon appear in the news. It turned out that this guy has become a screenwriter for a TV series.
But in Nanaya's opinion, the other party is an obviously underestimated director.
People always see Whedon messing up important Marvel and DC movies one after another, and DC fans think that Whedon is an unforgivable sinner.
But many people forget that the director of "Avengers", which triggered the movie universe craze, was none other than the hated Joss Whedon.
Those who drank the water not only forgot the person who dug the well, but also nailed him to the pillar of shame.
It's no wonder that Whedon eventually quit the social networking platform.
In Nanaya's opinion, Whedon will be the one to take the blame by Marvel and DC in turn in the future.
Forget about Avengers 2. In one movie, you have to summarize the second phase, lay the groundwork for the third phase, and tell your own story well...
It has been said before that a movie with too many elements ends up becoming a mess.
Even if Nanaya did it himself, he couldn't guarantee that he would do better than Whedon.
You have to know that this element was never what Whedon wanted, but was imposed on him by Marvel.
Whedon has complained more than once in various interviews that he was asked to say a lot but was given very little time (the length of the movie).
Anyway, Nanaya doesn't know where the people in Marvel Creative Committee got the confidence from. When the plot volume of Avengers 2 is nearly twice that of Avengers 1, they demanded that the length of the movie "Avengers 2" should not exceed that of "Avengers 1".
So, Disney's elimination of the committee really did a great thing, and none of those people were innocent.
As for Justice League...
Nanaya didn't know why some people felt that all the blame for the failure of a movie could be placed on a person who didn't even get the title of director and could only be listed as a screenwriter.
This is as funny as when a company goes bankrupt and the responsibility lies not with the board of directors or the CEO but with HR.
Many people think that Whedon is just a third-rate director who can only make jokes.
But as long as you carefully watch Whedon's works, it is not difficult to find that: Whedon's filming style is indeed relaxed and cheerful, but what he is really best at is the interaction between characters.
Anyway, until Nanaya traveled through time, he had not found any director who could do a better job than Whedon in character interaction in ensemble dramas.
Well, except Nanaya himself.
This is something that even the highly acclaimed Russo brothers couldn't do.
Through a conversation between multiple people, Whedon was able to not only familiarize the audience with each character's position, but also allow the audience to better understand the character's personality.
What is even more commendable is that Whedon's handling of group action scenes is better than that of the Russo brothers.
Under Whedon's lens, the heroes' fighting action scenes have a strong sense of teamwork, allowing people to clearly know that they are a team.
Moreover, the distribution of action scenes for each character is also very good, and no one character feels too prominent.
As for the Russo brothers, their level is a little bit lower. The number of people in the airport battle in "Captain America 3" should be the limit of what the two brothers can control.
In the subsequent battles in "Avengers 3" and "Avengers 4", the Russo brothers clearly felt that they were out of control.
In the Battle of Wakanda and the Final Battle, the audience can find that many shots have a very obvious sense of chaos.
Therefore, the audience will see that in these two movies, the heroes basically fight in groups of 2-3.
Fighting Thanos is just like Calabash Brothers saving his grandfather. Except for a few shots, they take turns to fight one-on-one.
Although the Russo brothers used very clever reasons to make other characters temporarily disappear and minimize the sense of incongruity, many clues can still be seen.
Of course, in terms of overall cost-effectiveness, the Russell brothers are still much better than Whedon.
After all, the narrative rhythm of these two brothers is stronger than that of Whedon.
[Let's first consider Whedon as a candidate director for The Avengers. ]
Nanaya twisted the materials in his hands and thought to himself.
"Ryan, help me..."
Nanaya wanted his "girlfriend" to help him pack up his things, but when he looked up, he saw her staring at him blankly.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Ryan immediately lowered her head, and hurriedly packed up the materials in front of her.
Nanaya grabbed Ryan's hand and said, "Honey, you must be in trouble."
Ryan wanted to break free but failed. She glared at Nanaya in reproach.
Nanaya was very pleased with Ryan's little woman's expression, and he was even more reluctant to let go.
After hesitating for a moment, he finally sighed and replied: "I'm just wondering, what should I do in the future?"
"Meh?"
Nanaya made a confused sound, which sounded a bit like the bleating of a sheep.
"My term as a diplomat's assistant is about to end." Ryan said to Nanaya, "but they haven't assigned me any specific work."
"Huh? What's going on?" Nanaya was a little surprised.
"I should have been promoted to a diplomat, or found a seat in my country's foreign ministry office."
"Unfortunately, the new Foreign Minister and my father don't get along very well." Ryan said helplessly, "He hasn't given me a new appointment yet."
Although it was a bit impolite, Nanaya thought back to the muscular Mr. Schwarzenegger and felt that it was understandable that he would have political enemies.
After all, when that guy stands out, he looks like the type who's looking for trouble.
"I guess they want my dad to ask for a seat." Ryan said with a pout, "But I haven't told my dad about this yet. If I do, he'll probably go crazy."
"Ryan!"
Nanaya suddenly had an idea in his mind. He grabbed Ryan's hand and put it on his chest.
"How about you become an actress like your sister? You're so pretty that you'll definitely look great on camera!"
Mr. Ryan was stunned for a moment, then she squinted her eyes and said, "Hey, Nanaya. You don't want me to hang around in front of you in costume, do you? Shion told me about your fetish."
"…"
[Damn, why does that woman tell everything to others! ]