Nanaya didn't stay at Marvel for long.
In addition to confirming the shooting progress of the two movies "Iron Man 2" and "Captain America", Nanaya also reviewed the preliminary preparations for the "Thor" project.
The Thor project is somewhat different from general movie preparations.
Nanaya did not first plan the film's director, screenwriter and other key behind-the-scenes staff, but instead chose the film's actors.
Anyway, the main actors in the Thor project in the previous life were all pretty good.
Except for the female lead Natalie Portman, there is no substitute.
While Natalie Portman is undoubtedly a great actress, Nanaya doesn't think she's right for the role of Jane Foster.
In the original Thor, whether it is "Thor 1" or "Thor 2", the interaction between her and Chris Hemsworth who plays Thor is absolutely zero.
On the contrary, there was more chemistry between her little assistant and Thor.
This is certainly due to the script, but the incompatibility of the characters also plays a big role.
However, compared to the replacement of actors, Nanaya is more concerned about the choice of the main creators behind "Thor".
Based on his own memories and his understanding of Hollywood from two lifetimes, Nanaya handed over several lists to Marvel executives.
The people on the list are all candidates that Nanaya personally thinks are relatively suitable to take over the "Thor" project.
Nanaya asked Marvel to contact these people first to see what their intentions were.
If there is anyone among them who is interested in the "Thor" project and has his own ideas.
Then after the promotion of "Purgatory Flame" is over and Nanaya is free, he will discuss with those people in person.
This is different from the rampant dominance of Marvel in the first and second phases in the previous life.
When preparing for Marvel movies, Nanaya will pay more attention to the director's own ideas.
As long as the director generally respects Marvel's story arrangements, Nanaya asks Marvel not to interfere too much with the crew.
Of course, this is actually what Nanaya asked Kevin Feige.
As for the president Avi Arad, Nanaya didn't want to care about him and was too lazy to care about him.
After leaving Marvel, Nanaya did not go directly back to his villa in New York.
Instead, he made a special trip to Washimine North American headquarters.
After meeting the sisters Lily and Ryan, Nanaya rushed to the Plaza Hotel in New York to attend a promotional event held by Washimine.
However, the protagonist of this promotion is not the movie "Inferno", but the official novel of FZ.
As the extended peripheral product that is most closely linked to the FZ movie and the original novel, the FZ novel has always been very popular among movie fans.
In my previous life, there were two versions of the FZ novel.
One is the earliest version of 4 books, which was published under the name of Type-Moon after Urobuchi finished writing it.
There is also a 6-book version, which was later reorganized and released by Urobuchi to match the TV animation of FZ.
Although FZ, co-created by Nanaya and Urobuchi, is closer to the bunko version in terms of content.
However, in order to cooperate with the promotion of the movie, the novel is still sold in sets of 4.
In this way, not only does one movie correspond exactly to the plots of two novels.
At the same time, the time axis can be divided into half a year, and the popularity of the movie can be maintained through the release of novels.
"Nanaya, long time no see. Ah, the same goes for the Wettin ladies."
As soon as he arrived at the press conference, Nanaya met Gen Urobuchi.
The other party greeted Nanaya very warmly and hugged all three of them.
"Old Gen, have you gained some weight?"
Nanaya felt that Old Gen was much stronger than before.
"Maybe." Old Gen smiled shyly, "Recently, in order to promote the novel, I have had a lot more social events."
Nanaya also smiled, and he took the initiative to shake hands with Old Gen: "Congratulations on the success of your novel."
"I should say thank you to you." Old Gen said sincerely, "You are my mentor."
Although he is confident in his writing, he is more aware of another thing:
If it weren't for the vigorous promotion of Washimine and Nanaya, my work would probably just be considered a fan fiction.
You know, ever since FSN was released, there have been numerous stories based on the Fourth Holy Grail War.
Although Gen Urobuchi does not think that the version he wrote is bad, it would be a bit far-fetched to say that his story is absolutely the best.
There are so many people who write stories, but Gen Urobuchi is definitely not the most original one in terms of conception.
Writing style is very important for novels, but not so important for scripts.
Nanaya could have chosen a more novel version as the main framework of the film.
The fact that his version can be recognized as the official orthodox one is entirely due to the trust and recommendation of the director in front of him.
"The story you wrote is excellent." Nanaya put away his smile and said seriously, "It's worthy of being made into a movie."
"Hearing you say that, brother-in-law, it feels a bit subtle."
Lily on the side muttered softly.
In the FZ story, Artoria is still as handsome as ever.
But if you think about it carefully, you will find that this Knight King has always been at a disadvantage.
This of course made Lily feel a little dissatisfied.
"Haha, I'm really sorry."
Old Gen replied awkwardly.
Every family knows its own business.
If it weren't for Nanaya's modifications, Miss Saber would have suffered even more in the earliest version of FZ.
So when facing Lily in person, Kyon still felt a little guilty.
At this time, Shion happened to come over.
After greeting several people separately, she turned to Nanaya.
"How is the preparation for the release of "Purgatory's Flames" going?" Nanaya asked in a low voice.
Shion replied, "It's going pretty smoothly. As long as everything goes according to plan, it will be released in early March without any problem."
"What about the ratings?" Nanaya suddenly asked.
"It's not out yet." Shion frowned. "Washimine will do his best to get it rated PG-13. But in the MPAA, some people have been trying to put it at the R level."
Everyone knows who this "someone" is talking about.
"Just follow the normal process. I've already dealt with the bloody scenes."
Nanaya said this with a hint of frustration, even a bit of self-deception.
There is no way around this as the MPAA has always been controlled by the six major Hollywood companies.
In the past two years, Washimine has been developing so fast that the six major countries have all felt a certain threat.
In addition, 20th Century Fox, a member of the MPAA, kept whispering in the wrong direction.
At this critical moment, Washimine may indeed be targeted by multiple groups.
After all, DreamWorks has not been around for long, and the Big Six naturally would not want to have another competitor.
And unlike DreamWorks, Washimine has its own distribution channels.
This also means that the Big Six cannot restrict Washimine like they did DreamWorks.
A company with distribution channels and a company without distribution channels are two completely different concepts.
Because Washimine can completely ignore the six major ones and take care of himself.
Therefore, the only weakness of Washimine that the six major companies can now seize is that Washimine has not joined the MPAA.
This matter is indeed a very tricky one for Washimine.
All we can say is that Washimine entered the film industry too late.
Even 10 years earlier, they would not have been so passive. At that time, the last company among the six major companies to join MPAA was Warner.
They also waited until 1996 to join the MPAA.
So what Washimine and Nanaya can do now is to try their best to gain favorable conditions for themselves.
That is to say, make the best use of the rules announced by MPAA.
The public version of "Inferno" was completed seven years ago and was immediately reviewed by the MPAA.
So even though the MPAA has been dragging its feet, it probably won't be long before results emerge.
No matter how excessive you are, you must abide by the rules, otherwise it will only cause chaos in the entire industry.
Many people think that if you are at the top of the industry, you can do whatever you want, and the younger brothers must follow the boss.
But this statement is incorrect.
The so-called rules and treaties do not bind the small companies, but the big guys who make these industry rules.
Because when a company reaches the top of the industry.
It is not only a leader in the industry, but also a maker of industry rules.
As industry giants, their words and actions represent the direction of the entire industry.
The Big Six can certainly use the MPAA to directly and clearly suppress Washimine's films.
But doing so will make the entire film industry panic, and no one will dare to stay in this unreasonable industry.
In the end, without these grassroots elements, even though the Big Six were at the top, they were faced with a dilapidated film industry.
The Big Six are the rule makers themselves, and all treaties are in their best interests.
Under such circumstances, the Big Six are still thinking about breaking their own rules.
That is tantamount to "making trouble for oneself", and what is actually destroyed is the foundation of the six major selves.
Of course, it is precisely because MPAA is the maker of industry rules that Nanaya and Washimine hope to join it.
[How did Netflix become a member of the MPAA in the previous life? ]
This thought popped into Nanaya's mind.
Currently, Washimine has two ways to enter the MPAA.
One is that acquiring any of the Big Six is unlikely.
The other is to have [See Moon] become a member of the MPAA.
The former requires that one of the six companies encounter a major financial crisis before Washimine can take advantage of the situation.
Currently, Shion has already started actions against Fox, but the specific results will not be seen for at least half a year.
As for the second path, it is not easy either.
You have to know that the Big Six have a veto system in the MPAA. It is as difficult for new members to enter the MPAA as it is for a new country to add one to the "Five Rogues".
But compared to the United Nations, the MPAA is at least a little more relaxed.
After all, Netflix was successful in the previous life, so with this example, it is not completely impossible.
In addition, [See Moon] also has business dealings and actual interests with the Big Six.
If we try hard, maybe five of the six companies will agree.
The only person who needs to be dealt with is Fox, the only one among the six who has no interest relationship with Washimine and even has a deep conflict with him.
"So, for Washimine's sake, you old fox should shut down as soon as possible."
Nanaya cursed without hiding his feelings.