Chapter 155

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"And Robert Downey Jr." Harvey Weinstein was puzzled. "If I remember correctly, is he still in prison?"

"It's out." Murphy explained, "I talked to him, too."

Among other things, Robert Downey Jr. has no money now. Even for the sake of film payment, he will consider Murphy's proposal.

Harvey Weinstein closed the project plan, looked at Murphy and asked, "why the two of them?"

Murphy spread his hand, "because this film needs gimmicks."

He will never ignore the key role of publicity and marketing in the success of a film.

Although the project does not come from the investment of Stanton studio, he is not the director who can just shoot the film casually and throw it to the producer. It is no exaggeration to say that the success or failure of directing the film is closely related to his future, or even closely linked.

The opposite Harvey Weinstein did not speak, but looked at Murphy, as if waiting for him to continue.

"A star with enough market appeal plays a very important role in a film." Murphy tapped her finger, and while organizing the language, she said, "our investment in this project is limited, and it's not for awards or art films that can show people's acting skills. It's impossible to attract big stars to join us, but Jenna Jameson is different. A film reward of 300000 to 400000 dollars is enough."

He coughed softly, "her popularity in the United States is even comparable to that of Hollywood's first-line stars. In the eyes of many audiences, especially male audiences, she has a special status."

"You have a good idea," Harvey Weinstein said suddenly, "but have you ever thought that her identity will have a huge negative impact on the film?"

The gap between San Fernando Valley and Hollywood is real and almost insurmountable.

Harvey Weinstein knows this, and Murphy knows it as well. He added, "I think in most cases, Jenna Jameson's identity will become a drag of the official film feature film, but this project is different. The heroine is originally a stripper, she is also a stripper, and the project is full of absurdity, and the whole film tends to be mischievous. ”

it's absolutely suicidal to use people like Jenna Jameson as protagonists in orthodox films, but Murphy's very absurd project is an exception.

To be exact, the stripper's main attraction is to show off.

Harvey Weinstein is thinking.

Murphy continued, "and Donny, he's not as good as he used to be, but he's still talking. Compared with the negative effects of him and Jenna Jameson, they can cause more topics

"In essence, this absurd film is a grand farce." He added, "adding more absurdity and mischief, I think it's good and harmless."

Harvey Weinstein pondered Murphy's words as one hand raised his chin and the other turned over the script.

Murphy has not stopped, "Miramax has always been superior in public relations propaganda. If we cooperate, I believe you can easily turn the topic into popularity."

As we all know, the operation of media publicity needs skills. This can be said to be a master in this field.

"Well, Murphy." Harvey Weinstein finally said, "I'll think about it carefully. If there are any questions, we'll contact you again."

Murphy stood up, shook hands with Harvey Weinstein, politely said goodbye, and left Miramax.

This is a project involving nearly ten million US dollars of investment. Harvey Weinstein and Miramax are normally cautious, and they don't expect the other party to clap their brains immediately to cooperate with him with a short speech.

Later, after Bill rosis talked about it, Murphy had contact with DreamWorks and harbor entertainment. It is impossible for both parties to discuss this kind of project once, and even if it is a CAA packaged project, the production company still has to make a lot of pre estimation and evaluation.

These Murphy all know that they are not in a hurry and wait patiently, and the whole plan also needs time to improve. The submitted project plan may not be the final version executed by the director.

In addition, while continuing to improve the new project, Murphy also has to write a script for the sequel of "the shock of the chainsaw". This series has a successful start, and the risk of follow-up is much smaller. He does not intend to continue directing, and has informed bill Rossi and Fox Searchlight to find a suitable new director.

With the first movie as the basis, the subsequent shooting will be much easier. From the overall framework, it is enough to imitate the first movie. A large number of murdering organs, appropriate suspense and the final reversal seem to be the old routine of the first movie, but it is the most successful shooting mode with the least risk.

Except for a few sequel films, almost all Hollywood films have the disadvantages of routine.

It's impossible to play more tricks in a series like "electric saw", and the investment scale of the film must be controlled. The audience of this type is limited, and if the investment scale is too large, the cost may not be recovered.As a matter of fact, both Murphy and Fox Searchlight know very well that, no matter how well they do, the box office in North America is unlikely to exceed $100 million.

Niche film does not mean that small investment is niche film, but the audience is here.

Just like Murphy's new project, many Hollywood companies are very cautious. Even Miramax, who has the strongest intention of cooperation, has repeatedly reduced the investment cost in the negotiation with CAA.

It's all determined by the market.

Some films are difficult to achieve box office success because of the lack of entertainment.

The development of the film market in North America for many years shows that some subjects are usually difficult to achieve good box office results: first, sports movies, boxing and American football are the exceptions; second, psychological thriller movies, black movies, drama movies, etc.

On the contrary, some films are popular in the market: horror films, love films, youth films, action films, science fiction films, etc.

However, nothing is absolute. It does not mean that the film theme of minority can not achieve a good box office. It is just that the box office risk is too high, and some film companies and film crew can not bear the risk at all.

Most of the time, avoiding the film theme of minority is a helpless move that film commercialization has to face.

It is no doubt that Murphy's trouble is much less when he hands over the project to the brokerage company. In his spare time, he also deals with a lot of personal affairs.

After selling the used Ford car with constant small defects, he bought a business car as the work car of Stanton studio. He asked another agent grace to contact the relevant company and carefully tidy up the rented house. After finding a good moving company, he and Kerry Mulligan packed up the few things and moved in.

The separation of working space and living space also gives them more private space.

After the move, Murphy sends out an invitation to her friends and plans to hold a party, but not many people come in the end.

Most of the time, work is too busy to help.

For example, Kara Firth, after her promotion, was always busy day and night. When Murphy called to invite her, she found out that she had gone to Seattle to report an event, and it would take some time to return to Los Angeles.

Jonah hill, Seth Logan and James Franco came to the party in the same car. Little Robert Downey didn't have enough money to go out and have fun. He also ran to eat.

When night falls, a long dining table is set up beside the swimming pool in the backyard. Murphy and Kerry Mulligan greet four guests to sit on both sides of the table. The barbecue grill hidden in the room is running at full speed. Two chefs specially hired to cook a delicious Brazilian barbecue, and their assistants keep sending it.

Kerry Mulligan didn't like meat very much, and Murphy asked the chef to prepare all vegetarian grilled vegetable kebabs.

"Nice house."

After a glass of beer, Robert Downey, Jr. looked into the backyard. "It's only one grade worse than my original house."

Jonah Hill swallowed the barbecue in his mouth and ran on him. "Can you stop talking about the beginning?"

"We are looking at the present and the future!" Like Jonah hill, Seth Logan is also disgusted by Robert Downey's constant talk about what he did. "Downey, you're homeless like us now."

"I..." Little Robert Downey wanted to retort, but thinking of the present situation, he had to swallow his words back.

"Drink! Don't get drunk tonight James Franco makes a comeback. "Congratulations on Murphy's new home, and Kerry."

"Congratulations Seth Logan and Jonah Hill both raised their glasses to Murphy

Murphy and Kerry Mulligan had a drink. Robert Downey, Jr., sitting next to Kerry Mulligan, seemed depressed and poured a large glass of beer into his mouth.

Recently, he is far less active than before, and even talks less. The comparison between before and after his imprisonment has made this guy who had a good time at first feel the cruelty of this circle.

But Jonah hill was as active as ever. He wiped his mouth and said to Murphy, "why is my character so dead?"

James Franco looked at him strangely. "You're a villain. Are you still alive if you don't die?"

Jonah Hill shook his head. "I mean, my character died so fast! I'm going to get the heroine, but I suddenly hang up. Isn't it worth it? "

Murphy, a few of them laughed.

"The heroine is Jenna Jameson!" Jonah Hill said discontentedly, "can you change it, and wait until I finish Jenna Jameson?"

Murphy picked up a barbecue stick and threw it. "Go to hell, Jonah!"

Jonah Hill pointed to Murphy and said, "you are not allowed to rob me. I'm here to warn you despicable guys. Jenna Jameson is mine!" (to be continued). )