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After completing the Oscar journey, Cantaloupe has added a few more honors to its solemn honors showcase.

However, Gilbert Jr. quickly put the Oscar matter behind him and began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the post-production of "Cyberpunk 2077: Prologue".

Meanwhile, he is also eyeing a few films in which he will be the producer.

However, the Oscar effect will obviously last for a while. The day after the awards ceremony, the scale of screenings of "Gravity" increased from 50 to 600 theaters.

The film's single-week box office reached a million, which can be regarded as the final boost to "Gravity" which is at the end of its screening.

The influence of the Oscars overseas is slightly weaker, but combined with the North American box office revenue, the box office of "Gravity" reached 8 million US dollars.

But this is the last ripple. Although Disney has done some marketing work after the Oscars, its focus is still on popular summer films.

Marvel is also continuing to contact Disney. As a unicorn-level production company in Hollywood, Marvel's value has skyrocketed.

Robert Iger admitted at a high-level meeting that Disney cannot give up this piece of cake.

However, the contact between Disney and Marvel was not smooth. It was not because Gilbert Jr. or Marvel disagreed, but the pressure mainly came from within.

After the acquisitions of Cantaloupe Studios and Lucasfilm, Gilbert Jr. has become Disney's largest individual shareholder, and his power within Disney has greatly increased.

After years of development, large media groups like Disney have a very complex internal equity structure. Owning more than 1% of the shares is enough to be called a major shareholder.

What's more, Gilbert Jr. owns far more shares than these. If there is another acquisition, Gilbert Jr. will directly become Disney's largest shareholder, affecting the interests of other shareholders.

Gilbert Jr. is not panicking about this, because he is not the one who is anxious anyway. As the value of Marvel increases, he is sitting on the Diaoyutai.

In addition to "Iron Man 3" and "Thor 2: The Dark World" this year, Marvel has another TV series in production, which is "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

The original idea for the show was proposed by Clark Gregg, who played Phil Coulson, and was later approved by Gilbert Jr.

Joss Whedon then volunteered to take over the directing duties.

Unlike regular American TV series, Joss Whedon directed the entire first season alone. Gilbert Jr. made several requests to him, the first of which was to expand the scope, such as the world after the Battle of New York.

How will SHIELD deal with the aftermath of the Battle of New York? What impact will the battle between superheroes have on New York and the world?
These were the things that little Gilbert was curious about when he watched Marvel movies in his previous life. He was not very curious, but since he was curious about these things, there must be a lot of things that interested him.

In addition, Joss Whedon also has to lay some foreshadowing and preparation in the series so that they can play a role in future movies.

This includes introducing new heroes such as Scarlet Witch, Captain Marvel, Falcon, etc. through lines and information. There are also foreshadowings of the third and fourth parts of "Avengers", which all need to be vaguely revealed to the audience in the series.

Of course, under these premises, we must first ensure that the series is exciting enough.

Joss Whedon was worried that so many foreshadowings would make the audience feel bloated, but Gilbert Jr. had a different opinion.

"Don't worry about whether the audience can understand it, Joss. Many fans are actually detail-obsessed. Once the details he discovered are confirmed in the subsequent movies, I guarantee they will like this approach."

What little Gilbert said was confirmed in his previous life. In his previous life, the Marvel fans were so obsessed with details that it was simply unimaginable.

On the other hand, Gilbert Jr. also emphasized at Marvel's high-level meeting: "We must avoid making movies that are too fan-oriented.

Before starting each film project, I ask you to think about a question in your mind: Without knowing the series, can the audience watch it perfectly and seamlessly as a new movie without any obstacles? "

There is no doubt that this requirement is very difficult.

Because the advantage of a series of movies is that it relies on the reputation accumulated by the previous works to attract the continued attention of series fans. Under this premise, it is also good to attract as many new audiences as possible.

Gilbert Jr. requires that not only fans of the series but also new audiences who have joined the series can understand it without having to learn any new knowledge is undoubtedly somewhat contrary to the principles of a series of movies.

But there are some things that you have to do to know.

Back to Cyberpunk 2077: Prologue, as the first film in the series, it does not have the troubles of Marvel movies. The film considers how to tell the opening story well.

Due to the tight schedule, Gilbert's workload has not decreased during the post-production period. Today, his studio welcomed a visitor, Matt Damon.

"It's really wonderful. I can already imagine the waves this movie will create later."

Matt Damon watched a portion of the new film and was full of praise.

"Matt, you don't usually come to my place, what's going on today?"

Matt Damon was a little embarrassed: "You guessed it right. Actually, I came here to cooperate with you."

"What cooperation?"

Matt Damon said: "Well, two years ago when I was filming The Adjustment Bureau, I talked to John Krasinski about a story.

We all thought the story was interesting, and Kenneth Lonergan later took over the story and completed the script.

But you know, it’s usually a little hard to get investment for these kinds of stories, so I’m hoping…”

"You hope I can convince Disney to invest in this movie, right?"

"Yes."

Matt Damon nodded and said, "I think this is a project with great potential and can win an Oscar."

Gilbert Jr. pondered for a while before saying, "You can ask Kenneth Lonergan to submit the project to Disney. I will convince Disney to let its subsidiary run it."

"Well, thank you, little Gilbert."

"You're welcome, Matt. By the way, what's the name of the project?"

"Manchester by the Sea, if you're not satisfied, you can change it."

“There’s no need to change it.”

Little Gilbert added water to the two people's teacups, and then continued: "But I have a good project here, I wonder if you are interested?"

"What project?"

"It's a space sci-fi movie, similar to Gravity, but with a more comedic style. Are you interested?"

Matt Damon's eyes lit up: "You're directing it yourself?"

"of course."

"Great."

Matt Damon said excitedly: "It's time to work together on a big movie again, man. It's been almost 20 years since we officially worked together."

The last time the two officially collaborated was in "Final Destination".

At that time, Matt Damon was just a newcomer, and Gilbert Jr. had only made one feature film. Today, Gilbert Jr. has long been a top director in Hollywood, and Matt Damon has become a top star in Hollywood.

Therefore, the collaboration between the two is still very emotional, and the project they collaborated on is called "The Martian".

Gilbert had registered the project of "The Martian" with the Screenwriters Guild early on, but a small accident later caused some twists and turns in the copyright of the project. (End of this chapter)