Chapter 623

After leaving long beach, Murphy drove directly to Santa Monica along Binhai Road. They made an appointment with Charlize Theron to meet at a French restaurant in Santa Monica. It's enough for grace to handle the business plane business for the time being. After the basic contract is drawn up, it's not too late for him and Gail gado to ask for the decoration design.

As two people have seen before, this Gulfstream G650 should be more in line with the requirements of the office.

Of course, riding comfort is also necessary.

"Dear..." Murphy flicked the steering wheel and the SUV turned a corner. "Is 80 million dollars enough?"

Gail gado thought for a moment, "it shouldn't work. The interior of the plane needs comfort, not luxury."

"Take care of it."

In this regard, Murphy prefers to be a shake off shopkeeper. "The money can be transferred from Stanton studio's account."

Although $80 million is not a small number, it is nothing for Stanton studio.

Not to mention the profits from the films he invested in and the game of thrones, the expected profits of doomsday alone are almost enough for the plane.

After four weeks of screening, the box office of Seth Logan's film has been infinitely close to the $200 million mark in North America, and the overseas popularity is slightly worse, but it has also earned more than $150 million. It is inevitable that the global box office will exceed $400 million, and it may even hit $500 million.

Although Jonah hill, Seth Logan and James Franco have to take a certain share, and 20th century fox has to deduct its publicity expenses, the production cost of the film is only 35 million US dollars. It is inevitable that Stanton studio can make a lot of profits only by box office. Moreover, this kind of high-quality comedy with non visual effects Department has always been a good choice for TV stations and the Internet It's hot in the rental market.

At present, a number of channels, including Netflix and fox cable, have expressed their intention to purchase broadcast copyright to Stanton studio.

There was nothing to do on the way back, and Gail gado talked to Murphy about it.

Murphy thought for a moment and said, "what do you think, honey?"

Although Stanton studio's equity is 100% in his hands, his energy can not be put on the operation of the studio, so it was handed over to Gail gado.

"It's better not to decentralize copyright licensing." Gail gado has clearly figured out how to do it. "Internet and TV station have their own exclusive license. Starting from the revenue and our current cooperation network, Netflix and fox cable TV station are the best partners."

"Well." Murphy nodded. "You find the right time to negotiate with them."

It's too early to talk about it now. The box office of "the end of the world" obviously has room to rise. The box office figures can directly determine the subsequent copyright revenue.

This is one of the reasons why so many movies spend so much resources and smash the box office figures.

Today, Hollywood movies do have a whole industry chain of revenue, but the key to determining the level of revenue is undoubtedly the box office. As a pure commercial movie with profit as the direct goal, if we don't talk about revenue and box office, it's really a brain problem.

I just don't know if "Diego Ross" can recover the cost if it doesn't get anything in the award season?

The car goes into Santa Monica, and the hotel is ordered by Gail gado. She instructs Murphy to "turn left, turn right at the next intersection, and five hundred feet on the right side of the road."

After parking the car, Murphy and Gail gado enter the restaurant. A waiter immediately greets them. Gail gado says something to the waiter. Under the guidance of the waiter, he takes Murphy and walks inside.

"Here she comes." Gayle gado whispered a reminder.

Murphy nodded and saw the leftmost row of card seats where Charlize Theron, wearing a black casual coat and body shaping jeans, was sitting looking down at his cell phone.

"Hi, Sally."

When he arrived near the card seat, Murphy pulled out his chair and let Gail gado sit down. Charlize Theron looked up, saw that it was the two of them, and said with a smile, "long time no see, Murphy."

She looked back at Gail gado. "You're more beautiful, gado."

Gail gado smiles. "You too."

The two sides are no strangers. They cooperated with each other when Murphy filmed the lost lover, and then they met on many occasions in the circle. Although they are far from friends, they don't have much manners.

Murphy called the waiter. Several people ordered the food. While waiting for it to be served, he asked directly, "Sally, have you seen the script I sent bill to you?"

"Yes." Charlize Theron put away his smile and said seriously, "brilliant character, a snake and scorpion woman."

"I want to invite you to play the part." Murphy added.

"Invite me?" Charlize Theron deliberately showed a embarrassed look, "my schedule should not be appropriate, I am shooting Universal Pictures' Snow White and the hunter."Listening to her saying this, Murphy immediately thought of the wonderful movie she had seen. In snow white and the hunter, Charlize Theron gave a perfect answer. The queen she played was really beautiful and impeccable. In her contrast, Christine Stuart's version of snow white is like a loser made of mud and wood, with an expression from the beginning to the end Even if, pouch, big teeth and other small defects are infinitely enlarged.

"We have just reached a formal agreement with Nafi." Gail - gado timely joined in, "the show is still in the initial stage, to begin preparations around February next year, I believe that by that time" Snow White and the hunter "is almost finished."

"This..." Charlize Theron frowned slightly. "Do you know how much investment this show has?"

Gail gado thought and said, "at least 80 million dollars."

The production cost of 80 million US dollars can be said to be very high for the political drama without large scale.

Charlize Theron didn't say a word. The dishes ordered by three people came up one after another. After the waiter left, she said, "Murphy, can you direct this series yourself?"

"No Murphy shook his head. "Gail and I will be producers, and Paul Wilson will be directors."

Hearing this, Charlize Theron laughed. "Can you give me some time to think about it?"

"Yes." Murphy added, "you're going to be the biggest card and highest paid actor on the set."

Now that she has invited a popular star to take part in the show, Murphy is ready to raise her salary to equal that of a leading actor.

"Who plays the leading actor?" Charlize Theron asked again.

"Kevin Spacey." Gail gado replied, "we have contacted Kevin Spacey. Although we have not signed a written contract, we have basically reached an agreement."

It's not easy for a popular female star who has not yet entered the recession period to appear in a drama. Movie actor and TV actor are two concepts in Hollywood. That's why Murphy offered a super high salary for a supporting actress.

Even so, Charlize Theron didn't mean to let go.

However, Murphy still has enough patience, and it is generally recognized in the industry that Charlize Theron has no outstanding works since her lost lover, and her career has begun to decline. However, she and her agent team are very smart, and her works are not enough to make up with fashion. If it is not for her outstanding performance in fashion, Charlize Theron may not be able to maintain a good career The status of the line.

Frankly speaking, it is very difficult for an actress to maintain her first-line position when she is 40 years old. At this stage, the general idea of many female stars is to make as much money as possible.

These Murphy will not speak out, and there is no mention of Charlize Theron and this role later. On the contrary, they talk about some interesting things when they cooperated with "the lost lover". There is no conflict of interests between the two sides, and the atmosphere has been very harmonious in general.

By the end of dinner, Charlize Theron didn't give Murphy any definite answer, and Murphy didn't ask.

"She's not likely to take the part."

On the SUV, Gail gado strapped on his seat belt and said to Murphy, who started the car, "we'd better prepare for second hand."

Murphy thought, "what do you think of Nicole Kidman?"

"No!" Gail gado rarely denied Murphy's choice. "Since she won the Best Actress Oscar, none of her films has been successful. They are basically box office fiasco, which is a box office poison worthy of the name."

When Murphy started the car, she said, "our TV series are mainly aimed at the North American market. Nicole Kidman is recognized as one of the most disliked female stars of the American audience, not even one of them."

"Well." Murphy nodded gently. "You and Paul draw up a list of auditions. If Charlize Theron refuses, hold an audition for the character."

Charlize Theron, whether he agrees or refuses, will give him a clear answer before the new year.

Murphy had some ideas before, but after this dinner, he felt that the chance that Charlize Theron would agree to play would be very small.

In particular, Charlize Theron also mentioned the names of Warner Bros., George Miller and Mad Max, which may be more attractive to her. Moreover, the bald head in the film can be regarded as her best role since she became a film actress, even winning the Best Actress Oscar.

Since there is not much hope here, Murphy will naturally focus on others.

Sure enough, on Friday, Charlize Theron called Murphy in person, telling him with great regret that he could not take over the role of Claire.

But unexpectedly, she conveyed George Miller's greetings. (to be continued). )