The recent Hollywood giant Disney is really not peaceful, especially in the Marvel section.
Before getting into trouble with Scarlett Johansson in court, Marvel executive Kevin Feige also publicly supported Scarlett, which made Disney a mess.
Interestingly, in addition to Scarlett, liu Simu, the male protagonist of another Marvel movie "Shangqi", also stirred up Marvel.
What's going on?
Previously, Disney's CEO said that "Shangqi" will have a 45-day theater window, and will not say that it will synchronize streaming and theaters like many other projects.
Due to the epidemic situation and the rapid development of streaming media today, it is impossible to say that Disney does not care about this channel, but the traditional theater line involves a lot of profit distribution, and it is impossible to give up.
The contradiction between Disney and Scarlett came from this, and the initial agreement showed that "Black Widow" also had a separate window period, but then Disney changed to online and offline synchronization, resulting in Scarlett losing a lot of money.
Therefore, "Shangqi" did not directly join the streaming media but was released separately in theaters, obviously to test the market reaction.
It is also for the future Disney to put its films in the theater to give the window period, or direct streaming media synchronization to do a directional, so as to reduce disputes with actors.
The CEO at the time said that the "experiment" conducted by Shangqi was important and interesting to them.
Unexpectedly, this sentence made Liu Simu very unhappy.
Liu Simu quickly publicly countered the Remarks of the Disney CEO:
"We're not experimenters, we're underrated weak, we're going to break through the ceiling [the ceiling of superhero movies], we're still a celebration of culture and joy!"
"After a tough year, we're going to stick with it, we're going to surprise everyone, and we're going back to making history on September 3rd ( the release date of 'Shangqi'!"
Very confident, very tough back, basically equivalent to directly refuting the Disney CEO's "experimental theory".
We're not experiments, we're going to make history, we're going to break through the ceiling.
Of course, we will not discuss where Liu Simu came from here to say that "Shangqi" can break through the ceiling, let's talk about his operation of intimidating Disney in this time period.
In fact, his behavior is very similar to that of another Marvel actor.
who? Anthony McKay, who starred as Falcon.
Anthony McKay, an actor, has said many times before that when he first joined Marvel, he couldn't wait to be loyal to Marvel to attack the opponent DC.
Later, black political correctness came, directly forcing the palace Disney, and repeatedly attacking Disney in public remarks.
In the end, a "US Team 4" movie will have Falcon as the absolute core.
Liu Simu's operation is really a bit similar to Anthony' operation.
Initially, after Liu Simu joined Marvel, the news of the "Shangqi" project was released, which caused a great wave of opposition and criticism from domestic audiences.
At that time, Liu Simu could be said to be aggressive to Chinese audiences.
For example, in the live broadcast, it was said that "Shangqi" was not filmed to please Chinese audiences, but for overseas Asians.
He also kept saying on social media that he was very aggrieved, because he had been attacked by Chinese audiences for being ugly, and his misery-selling behavior caused many foreigners to say that domestic audiences judge people by their appearance.
However, within a week, Liu Simu suddenly became good to the mainland.
For example, forwarding messages from Wuhan to refuel, refuting U.S. lawmakers who say That China's 5,000-year history is a lie.
Why?
Because Disney did not want to lose the Chinese market at that time, they also said more than once in the report that they attached great importance to this piece.
Chronologically, it is clear that Liu Simu was "educated" by Disney.
However, because the current Disney situation is not very good, Liu Simu's wings are hard.
Scarlett and Disney's incident was actually quite big, and Disney finally decided to terminate all future cooperation with Scarlett.
This operation has been criticized by some media on the Internet, and some feminist organizations in foreign countries have expressed unconditional support for Scarlett.
Because Kevin Feige supported Scarlett, Disney gave Marvel's vice president the power to head streaming TV series and animation, which is obviously also a strategic adjustment.
In the case that the remarks are not conducive to Disney, Liu Simu of course dares to publicly intimidate Disney's top brass.
But in fact, he overlooked the fact that the status of Asians in foreign countries is very low, and there is no way to compare with blacks.
People Anthony is black, but he is not, black people now enjoy in Hollywood what treatment everyone knows, all kinds of famous roles blackened, a small actor dares to play a big card.
And what is the political correctness of foreign countries against Asians now? Just look at how many Asians on the streets have been beaten up for no reason.
In this case, Liu Simu actually thought that he had a "politically correct" protective body, and I have to say that this idea is also too novel.
It didn't catch fire yet, and it really made him catch fire.
Looking back at Liu Simu's remarks, a popular word to describe is:
Persin.
Liu Simu has always been very confident in "Shangqi", and when he sent a video to domestic fans before, he said proudly:
"Thank you for the support of the fans, as for the other people who want us to fail, I have nothing to say, you give me a wait and see."
Mainland audiences who do not support him and do not support "Shangqi" will have to wait and see, wait and see? In Liu Simu's position, of course, it is waiting to see the success of "Shangqi".
This time to fight back against the remarks of Disney CEO, and said that "Shangqi" wants to break through the superhero ceiling, which movie is the current superhero movie ceiling?
In terms of ratings and popular recognition, it is Nolan's "Batman: The Dark Knight".
In other words, Liu Simu believes that the quality of "Shangqi" can explode "The Dark Knight" and break through this ceiling directly to the roof.
Of course, if this "Shangqi" really has such a high quality, it is not counted, although it has not yet been released, but whether it is from the perspective of trailer or production, it obviously does not have any capital to compete with "The Dark Knight".
Moreover, Marvel movies have developed for 11 years and have formed an industrialized flow of water, and "Shangqi" is just one of these assembly line products.
Therefore, Liu Simu's behavior is typical: he is so ordinary, but so confident.
In fact, the movie "Shangqi" is highly unlikely to be released in China.
In the current situation of the epidemic, it is not necessarily possible to earn much box office in North America and other regions.
And after watching this movie is released, can Liu Simu continue to maintain this confidence.