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After returning from South Africa, Charlize Theron had a sudden idea to adopt a black man as her son, but was ruthlessly rejected by Gilbert Jr.

Many Hollywood stars will adopt one or two poor children as if they were doing charity, and most of them are black.

In the general perception of North American society, blacks are often associated with poverty, while Latinos are associated with violence and crime. As for Japanese and Koreans, they are generally considered to be very smart, and the same is true for Indians.

As for the Chinese, sorry to say, they don’t get any attention from mainstream society.

Little Gilbert felt that donating to charity and doing public welfare activities every year was enough. Adopting a black child was a bit superfluous.

Charlize Theron had no choice but to give up. Although she had a strong personality outside, she still listened to little Gilbert at home.

After returning to Los Angeles, Gilbert Jr.'s first focus was on the preparations for "The Avengers."

So far, Marvel Studios has produced five movies: "Iron Man", "Captain America", "The Incredible Hulk", "Thor", and "Iron Man 2".

There are gains and losses, but overall, Marvel's entire brand value has been greatly improved.

This time, "Avengers" is the key to the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so it can't be sloppy. However, the biggest headache for Marvel Studios is the actors' pay.

Take Robert Downey Jr. for example. When he starred in "Iron Man", his salary was only $2, but by the time "Iron Man 1000" came out, his salary had risen to $ million.

For this movie "Avengers", if Robert Downey Jr.'s agent doesn't ask for a salary of more than 2000 million US dollars, he will be doing a disservice to the profession of agent.

Although the movies produced by Marvel nowadays seem to be single movies, they are actually equivalent to sequels.

An iron rule of business in Hollywood is that if you want high pay, then go and star in the sequel to a hit commercial film.

The Harry Potter series is an obvious example. The salaries of the Gryffindor Big Three, especially Haley Joel Osment who played Harry Potter and Emma Watson who played Hermione, have skyrocketed.

This resulted in the production cost of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" reaching as high as 3.15 million US dollars. Fortunately, Warner shared the cost, otherwise Disney would have been unable to bear it.

However, in order to make the most money, after discussing with Gilbert Jr., Disney decided to split "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" into two parts.

The first part will be released in November this year, and the second part will be released in the summer of next year.

The horrific pay for the actors in the sequel is also the reason why 3th Century Fox chose to restart the "X-Men" story after "X-Men : The Last Stand".

By the way, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is not the end.

Gilbert has already talked to J.K. Rowling, and the development of the Harry Potter series will continue. Before the Gryffindor Big Three, the story of Dumbledore's youth is also worth telling.

Neither Disney nor Warner will give up this gold mine, and it must be sufficiently developed.

Back to the movie "Avengers", since it is a sequel, it is natural for the actors to increase their pay.

Scarlett's salary also increased from $30 in "Iron Man" to $1000 million in "The Avengers". The rest of the actors' salaries also increased to varying degrees, pushing the production cost of "The Avengers" to $2.2 million.

Since July, news about "Avengers" has been released continuously.

"Robert Downey Jr. walks out of the Marvel Studios building and is confirmed to continue starring in Iron Man."

"Chris Evans was all smiles as he admitted he was excited to continue playing Captain America."

"Scarlett Johansson tweeted a photo of herself and director Gilbert Jr., with the caption: I like the role of Natasha very much." "Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth have successively confirmed their roles, and soon after, Tom Hiddleston, who plays Loki, has also confirmed his continued role."

The news was released one after another, bombarding the fans continuously. Another netizen posted a photo of him picking up trash at Cantaloupe Manor and found a blueprint that looked like an aircraft carrier.

There is a casual signature of Gilbert Jr. and the name of the aircraft carrier on it, which is called Aerospace Carrier.

Such a huge project obviously concerns Hollywood and the public. The director has already been decided, but there is still room for speculation about the actors.

During this period of continuous release of information, many actors have been rumored to be linked to "The Avengers".

“Gilbert Jr. did talk to me about the project and he wanted me to play a role.”

Tom Cruise said: "But as you know, I have been busy preparing for Mission: Impossible 4 recently and have no schedule."

Needless to say, Tom Cruise is using "The Avengers" to promote his new film, and both sides are trying to gain popularity from each other.

DiCaprio, who just worked with Gilbert, said: "I am very happy to play a superhero, and if Gilbert needs me, I can't wait.

Speaking of which, my new film Shutter Island is starring with the Hulk Mark Ruffalo, so if you are interested, you can go and support it.”

In addition to these superstars, there are more ways for the second-rate actors to hype themselves up.

Kate Larson, who played Pepper Potts in the adult version of "Iron Man", said on social media that Marvel plans to replace Kate Beckinsale with her.

It’s no wonder that there are a lot of fans supporting her. The reason is simple: Kate Larson’s face and figure look better than Kate Beckinsale’s.

But this Kate is an adult film actress, and that Kate is a serious actress.

Over the years, no actor has ever made the leap from the San Fernando Valley to Hollywood, which is a huge gap.

Apart from the issue of the actors, the remaining problem is the script.

Although he had the original version as a reference, Gilbert Jr. still had to try his best to overcome and modify some of the problems caused by the original version.

From a story perspective, the story of "The Avengers" is very simple.

The earth was suddenly faced with a powerful enemy, and everyone was caught off guard, so SHIELD organized superheroes to fight this powerful enemy.

Compared to Gilbert Jr.’s previous film, Inception, the story of The Avengers is so simple that it can be summarized in one sentence.

But we have to admit that in the film market, only simple films can achieve big sales, and complex films like "Inception" will never become mainstream in the market.

At the script level, the characters are divided into six different parts according to their popularity and importance. Iron Man is the most popular, while Captain America is the core. The roles of these two are core.

As the only female superhero, Black Widow’s role is guaranteed, while the rest, including Thor, Hulk and Bucky, have to make do.

However, Gilbert Jr. asked the screenwriters to try to balance the characters when creating the script and not to have any unbalanced scenes.

Finally, at the end of July, the script passed Gilbert's request and was given to the actors.

In early August, Marvel Studios officially held a press conference to announce the launch of the Avengers project. Director Gilbert Jr. and the six superheroes all appeared in person, which shocked the fans a little. (End of this chapter)