Chapter 449

"This newspaper has received definite information that Cameron Douglas, the eldest son of former Oscar best actor and Hollywood superstar Michael Douglas, was arrested by the police recently for possession of drugs and drug trafficking. It is reported that he may face more than 10 years' imprisonment, which makes Michael Douglas burst into tears."

In a cafe, Carla Firth looks at the newspaper in front of her. She knows that the news above has a lot to do with Murphy sitting opposite.

"What makes Michael Douglas even more sad is that on the first day of his arrest, Cameron Douglas took part in the gang conflict in the temporary cell, and was broken his arm and femur..."

Carla Firth shook her head. Compared with the troubles of the Douglas family, these were nothing.

"According to the source, most of the prisoners know that Cameron Douglas was beaten by the gangs for a reward, which broke his fingers and femur, and even implanted steel nails into his femur. However, he told the police and medical staff that he was accidentally injured by falling. Therefore, Cameron Douglas was injured this time, and no one was punished by the prison side. "

Looking away from the newspaper, Carla Firth took a sip from her glass, looked at Murphy opposite and said, "you're the same Murphy Stanton. There's never been a change in the bone."

"What?" Murphy didn't seem to understand her. "What hasn't changed?"

"Cruel and cruel!" Carla Firth in front of Murphy does not need to worry, said directly, "unscrupulous."

Murphy took a sip of coffee and shrugged, "these have nothing to do with me. I just want to find someone to give him courage. The later things are that the Douglas family has accumulated too many conflicts and take this opportunity to break out."

Carla Firth curled her lips and asked, "how many years will Cameron Douglas get?"

"I don't know." Murphy shook his head. "It should have been more than five years. No one cares about him now."

Cameron Douglas is just a starter and a fuse. Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. never target him.

"I know." Carla Firth said with emotion, "the two people you care about are miserable now."

Now, who in Hollywood doesn't know that the Douglas family seems to have been cursed by the God of bad luck and encountered a huge crisis. Although it has not completely collapsed, it can no longer be compared with the past.

First of all, Kirk Douglas was sent to the medical school of the University of California for rescue after a stroke. Although he was out of danger, his brain was short of oxygen for a long time, leading to unconsciousness and hemiplegia. In the future, he will spend the rest of his time on his bed and in a daze. Hollywood man of the moment is now more than dead.

Next is Michael Douglas, who is luckier than his father. At least he didn't suffer any physical damage, but the pressure from the mental aspect made him ten years older.

Catherine Zeta Jones is determined to divorce him, and has evidence of domestic violence. Once the divorce case is pronounced, it is likely to take half of Michael Douglas's property.

Such a divorce case is bound to drag on for a long time. Paparazzi and entertainment reporters pile up in front of Michael Douglas every day, and all kinds of hype emerge in endlessly. In addition to the situation of father Kirk Douglas and son Cameron Douglas, the former Oscar winner is said to have collapsed several times.

What's more striking is that several of the cast members who signed contracts with Michael Douglas ended their cooperation with him one after another because of the domestic violence scandal initiated by Catherine Zeta Jones.

The superstar's career has plummeted, and it can no longer live up to the previous grand occasion. Some media have pointed out to the point that when Michael Douglas deals with this series of scandals and returns to his career, he may not even be a second rate Hollywood star. He is no better than Mel Gibson, who was blocked by Hollywood.

Carla Firth knows that the Douglas family, which once flourished in Hollywood, is basically dead.

"Is it worth it for little Robert Downey?" She asked suddenly.

"It can't be measured by what's worth and what's not." Murphy said calmly, "Kirk Douglas used to be in tandem, preaching some bad news to me in Hollywood Jewish circles."

They talked about this again, and Carla Firth took the initiative to change the topic. "20th Century Fox canceled the trip to Toronto Film Festival. Have you been informed?"

"Well." Murphy nodded, but a little strange, "temporary cancellation? What's going on? "

After all, the temporary cancellation of participation in the film festival is not unique, but it is also relatively rare.

Carla Firth did not hide, saying directly, "20th Century Fox and the Organizing Committee of the Toronto Film Festival had differences on some matters and decided to boycott this year's Toronto Film Festival."

Speaking of this, she suddenly laughed, "20th Century Fox intends to let" shameless bastard "go to East Asia for the global premiere."

Murphy wondered, "to East Asia?""East Asia's market share is getting bigger and bigger." Carla Firth simply explained, "but the market performance of 20th Century Fox over there has not been very good in recent years. I hope to use your films to stimulate the enthusiasm of East Asian fans."

"You're not going to China, are you?" Murphy frowned slightly. "My market appeal in China is not high, eh It's bad

"It's not China. Except for body of steel, none of your films have been shown in Chinese cinemas." Carla Firth laughed. "How could fox choose China in the 20th century?"

"A film company in South Korea has invited a famous director and a blockbuster to Seoul for the world premiere. At present, Twentieth Century Fox is considering several films such as" shameless bastard ", but it has not made a final decision yet," she said

Murphy frowned tighter and asked, "what do you mean? Do you want the film to premiere in South Korea? "

Carla Firth shook her head. "I'm against it. How can such a film be suitable for a global premiere in East Asia?"

"I think so, too." Murphy thought for a moment, "as always, the world premiere should be in North America."

Although he has enough power in this project and is now a front-line director, he basically has no voice in the issue, which is the exclusive power of the distribution company.

"Well..." Carla Firth leaned back to make herself more comfortable. "Shameless bastard" is just one of the objects to be considered. The top management of the company is not an idiot. They should not make stupid decisions. "

Since Kara Firth said that, Murphy no longer worried about it, asked about the release, "how was the discussion with the cinema?"

"Almost." Although she is not responsible for the distribution, Carla Firth knows something about it. "The Distribution Department has reached an agreement with the North American cinema alliance. There are about 3500 premiere theaters. The company has taken your opinion and will not hold a small-scale point show, but a large-scale public show."

"We're not just fighting for prizes." Murphy is also for their own revenue considerations, "as well as commercial revenue," shameless bastard "is ultimately a commercial film."

There are also cinemas. 3500 cinemas are quite different from "body of steel", but it is quite good for a large-scale R-class black film.

In this regard, R-rated films with the same investment scale can hardly be compared with PG or PG-13 films.

MPAA's film rating system can be said to be an important factor for Hollywood films to be so prosperous.

At the beginning, the hierarchical supervision system of Hollywood films came into being and developed continuously. The original intention of improvement was to help parents choose suitable programs for children or teenagers. At the same time, it also provides reference for content creation for project manufacturers to guide the use of such lenses as * * and violence.

But with the advent of the information age, the classification system also brings more benefits: production companies and distribution companies can grasp the age of the audience and make targeted arrangements accordingly, which is not only conducive to meet the viewing demand and obtain higher business returns, but also conducive to offline marketing and obtain more peripheral income.

However, the classification and identification of a film is indeed a troublesome work, far less convenient than one size fits all.

Carla Firth looked at the time and stood up to say goodbye. When she left, she specially reminded, "you're almost busy. Next, cooperate with the company's publicity of shameless bastard. Now there are some gossips inside fox in the 20th century, thinking that I treat you too favorably."

"Would you care?"

If Murphy said so, Carla Firth didn't really care, but still said, "don't worry, I'm a very professional director."

They are good friends who have known each other for many years, and they are not so polite to each other. Kara Firth waved her hand, "I'll go back to Fox building first, you pay for it."

Murphy also waved to Carla Firth, drank all the coffee in the cup, took out a dollar and put it on the coffee table. He was ready to leave and go back to the Stanton studio in Century City.

"Are you director Stanton?"

A puzzled voice suddenly sounded from the side. Murphy turned to see that a young man of about 25 years old had just come over and said, "you are really Stanton director!"

Murphy thought that he met his fans, nodded to him, showing a warm smile, "Hello, I'm Murphy Stanton."

Stanton took the initiative to shake Murphy's right hand in his briefcase

The young man looked excited, as if he had won the grand prize, and said hastily, "I'm a screenwriter and director. I've written a script myself. Can you take time to have a look?" (to be continued). )