The scene in Central Park, New York was the last scene shot by the crew, and it was also the only scene shot in New York during Duke's entire shooting. The scene where the Avengers sent Thor and Loki away, and then scattered away was not complicated, but the crew encountered huge trouble in shooting.

Since the day of the project was launched, Warner Bros. and Marvel Studios have been building momentum in a planned manner, and "Avengers" has been the focus of media and fans.

The crew was fine when filming at Warner Studios and Hughes Aircraft Factory, but now it appears in Central Park, New York, immediately sparked onlookers.

When Duke and seven main actors appeared in a small square in Central Park, there were thousands of reporters and tourists gathered around. Fortunately, the reporters all abide by the tacit understanding of not disturbing the crew's normal shooting, but tourists from all over the world would not care about these things, and kept talking and taking photos nearby, so Duke could not shoot normally.

"what to do?"

Hearing the words of an assistant director, Duke simply sat back on his director's chair and said, "Wait, people's curiosity is limitless, and after watching enough, it will naturally disperse."

In addition to waiting, the crew's publicity department is also taking photos, which are very good publicity materials.

While waiting bored, Duke also accepted an interview with a reporter from the New York Times.

"How to say it?"

Faced with the questions asked by the reporter, Duke pointed to the seven actors and said, "With so many superheroes present, the film will have a fight every ten minutes on average. But I also know that if a movie only has action scenes and no strong storyline, it is not a good movie, and there are so many bad movies that have focused on scenes and rather than stories in recent years, so the storyline of this movie is unquestionable."

Duke didn't say much. Seeing Scarlett come over, he asked his assistant to invite the reporter out of the set.

Scarlett Johnson looks particularly eye-catching among the actors. She is wearing a camel leather jacket and jeans and looks very capable.

"Can't shoot it yet?" She handed a bottle of water in her hand to Duke.

Take it. Duke unscrewed and took a sip, looked around. Compared to the maintenance of many security personnel just now, it was indeed quieter, "Should you wait a little longer."

Take the bottle of water back from Duke's hand, Scarlett asked with concern, "What happened when you came, did you get such a big fire?"

In the car that came over, she saw Duke answering a call. Although he didn't say anything, Scarlett could naturally see that Duke was getting angry with him with his familiarity.

"What's inside Marvel." Duke gave her a reassuring look, "I'll go over and deal with it after the filming."

Like all commercial companies, there is also a personnel struggle at the management of Marvel Comics, which Duke has obtained a controlling stake.

Originally, Duke knew about this, but he didn't care much about it. Any company will have internal struggles, and appropriate internal struggles are also a process of survival of the fittest. As long as it is maintained within a certain range, his controlling party will not interfere.

However, the battles nowadays have exceeded the appropriate scope. If handled improperly, it may affect the future development of Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios.

On the way back, Duke received a notice from Tina Fey that Marvel Studios' CEO Kevin Feige officially submitted his resignation to the Marvel Board of Directors!

There is no one indispensable in this society, and Kevin Feige is no exception to Marvel Studios. But he has outstanding abilities, not only understanding Marvel comics, but also an excellent filmmaker, and unless necessary. Duke doesn't want to see him leave Marvel Studios.

In fact, Duke, who has some understanding of the internal struggles of Marvel Comics, is very clear. Kevin Feige may not necessarily want to resign, but is more pressure on the Marvel board of directors to target his enemy Creative Committee within Marvel.

After another half an hour, with the efforts of the security staff, the surroundings of the square finally became quiet, and Duke also started shooting. The scene here is relatively simple, and the shooting was announced in just one morning.

All the filming of "Avengers" ends here.

Just after the filming, Duke simply ate a burger and handed the crew to Anna Prinz in charge. He took a bus to the Marvel Comics headquarters in Manhattan. Kevin Feige is also there. Tina Fei has rushed over in advance and summoned the senior executives of Marvel Comics to discuss this matter in place of Duke.

In fact, Tina Fei called and told Duke good news. After a lawsuit that lasted for several months, the Los Angeles court rejected the appeal of Jack Kobe's descendants and ruled that Marvel legally owned the copyrights of many comic books such as "Magic Spider-Man" and "Avengers".

This also cleared the final obstacle for the release of "Avengers".

Although Jack Kobe's descendants and lawyers did not give up, claiming that they would appeal and persevere to the end, anyone with a discerning eye could see that they were just showing off.

Arriving at the Marvel Comics headquarters, Duke first met Kevin Feige, and then started negotiations with Marvel's senior management.

Since he obtained 40% of Marvel Comics' shares, Duke has never dispelled his plan to hold Marvel. After nearly ten years of hard work, the shares of Marvel Comics with voting rights have exceeded 50%, and Marvel Comics has long changed its surname to Rosenberg.

As long as Duke wants, he can cut off most of Marvel people without spending too much effort, but he has never done so. Marvel Comics is a modern enterprise with perfect rules and regulations, not personal playthings.

Kevin Feige and the Marvel Creative Committee have had a long grudge, and the conflicts between them are extremely sharp.

The Marvel Creative Committee is led by Ike Pamut, the head of Marvel Entertainment. Marvel Entertainment originally included three departments: Marvel Games, Marvel Studios and Marvel TV, so Pamut is Kevin Feige's immediate boss.

Other members of the Creative Committee include Marvel Entertainment Chairman Allen Fann, famous comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel publisher Dan Barkley, former Marvel editor-in-chief and current chief creative officer Joe Quesada.

They are important figures in Marvel's management, and in the Marvel film creation team, they are responsible for providing the most important ideas and outlines, in other words, they can give certain script decisions.

The Creative Committee is deeply involved in the creation of Marvel movies, sometimes delaying production, causing the crew to fall into unwarranted scientific disputes, and even the director's departure has happened because they are not in the way with the director.

As the real leader of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige's contribution to the development of the entire Marvel series, and there are many risky decisions in the process.

On the contrary, Marvel Entertainment's Ike Pamut is a typical conservative. He has always been famous for his stinginess and conservatism. He is always planning to control the budget of each film. In order to limit the superhero movies under 20th Century Fox, Pamut decided to cut off the "Fantastic Four" comics, and did not allow the comic authors to create new "X-Men" characters.

Ike Pamut became a role that is not popular inside and outside Marvel. The creative committee that stands on the same front as Pamut naturally won the favor of everyone.

However, this creative committee was supported by Duke.

The actual owner of any company will not delegate unlimited power to a professional manager. The grudges between Michael Eisner and the Walt Disney family are the best negative teaching materials.

Duke trusts Kevin Feige very much, but any power needs to be restricted. Without supervision, all efforts are undoubtedly a tiger out of the cage. It will not only hurt people from outside, but also hurt itself.

After having an experience in his previous life, Duke knew very well that power must be supervised and restricted, and he could not let Kevin Fitch supervise himself.

The Creative Committee itself exists to limit the power of some senior executives in the company.

Having said that, there is a certain struggle within Marvel, which is not a situation that Duke wants to see. No boss wants his company's management to be a solid foundation.

In fact, the comics and film branches within Marvel have always been in a game, not only because of the impact of the creative committee formed by the elderly comics on the movies, but also because Marvel movies often make comic screenwriters laugh and cry. In order to cooperate with the plot design of some movies and TV series, Marvel Studios will also interfere in comics and put forward some plot requirements, but this often undermines the coherence and consistency of the comics themselves.

Marvel's "civil war" is comparable to a "palace scheming". If Pamut is an iron-fisted wolf, then Kevin Feige is definitely not a little white rabbit who has been bullied.

Kevin Feige's plan is clear, and he wants to put pressure on the Marvel board and Duke to dissolve the creative committee.

I have to admit that, whether from the production process or the market level, Kevin Feige must understand movies better than Ike Pamut.

Moreover, without a creative committee, the production cycle of the film may also be shortened, and from a commercial perspective, this is indeed not a bad thing.

But Duke never intended to do that.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe was also established by relying on the world that comics have long been shaped and the popularity accumulated. As the group of people who understand comics the most, the Creative Committee can better understand the needs of the loyal users of Marvel Movies.

Finding the most suitable plot from the vast number of comics as reference and adaptation, the contributions of these creative committee members who have been in the comics industry for decades cannot be ignored.

Most importantly, the Creative Committee is a constraint on the power of companies like Kevin Feige.

Yes, the Creative Committee actually doesn't play much role in the quality of the film and promotion, but they are Duke's other hand that controls the entire Marvel, and he can't break his arm at all. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!