Hollywood Road

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Participating in this Cannes Film Festival screening, Miramax is to create momentum for the film's promotion, so that it can be sold at a better price.

Although the evaluations of the French local media are extremely mediocre, the ratings of "Planet Terror" in the UK, Spain, Germany and other media close to France are basically positive. The next few small-scale auditions for the audience also got good reviews. Audience reputation, and the structure of the film is simple, the rhythm is tight, and the selling points are clear and clear. It is definitely a dish for audiences who like heavy tastes.

Therefore, apart from major markets such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, which are issued by Miramax itself, and Australia, where an agreement has been reached, distribution companies from New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines and many other regions have all cooperated with Miramax. Lamax signs distribution deal for Planet Terror.

These agreements are mainly based on outright sales, such as $500,000 from New Zealand, $1 million from South Korea, $1.3 million from Japan, $400,000 from the Philippines, $300,000 from Indonesia, and $400,000 from Norway...

Including Australia's 3 million US dollars, Miramax has earned nearly 10 million US dollars from overseas markets in nearly 30 countries and regions at the Cannes Film Festival!

Just overseas copyrights not only allowed Miramax to recover all the costs it invested, but also achieved profitability.

And after Murphy and Bill Rossis pulled out of negotiations due to fatigue, negotiations between Harvey Weinstein and Erica Steinberg and other overseas distributors continued until the end of the film festival, Planet Terror's tally could well add millions of dollars more.

Since the agreement signed by Murphy does not involve the film's overseas market, these incomes do not seem to have much to do with him, but Murphy is very clear that the higher the number of "Planet Terror" is, the better his future in Hollywood will be. smoothly.

This is a very simple truth. Directors who can create profits are the directors that Hollywood really likes.

Moreover, these incomes also made Murphy's heart completely return to his stomach. The film cannot lose money, which also means that he continues to climb towards his goal.

Of course, there are quite a few distribution companies that are not interested in "Planet Terror". For example, the one in Vietnam said frankly that no one will watch such a film in the Vietnamese market. There is also a representative of a Venezuelan company who also rejected such a large-scale film. Film.

Negotiations between Miramax and other companies are still continuing. Murphy and other members of the crew have basically completed their work, and they can go around Cannes and enjoy the atmosphere of the current film festival.

For publicity purposes,

Robert Downey Jr. and Jessica Chastain, who deliberately went to the paparazzi reporter to press the road, Murphy is more with James Franco, Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen I haunted the streets and alleys, and went to a cinema to watch a Danish movie, but I was a little dazed after I came out, and I really didn't understand what the director wanted to express.

On the way back to the hotel, Murphy was also surprised to find that there were paparazzi following them, and one of them ran in front of the four of them to take pictures.

"Should we celebrate?"

When he walked to the hotel entrance, Jonah Hill looked very excited, "There are paparazzi following me! And the paparazzi on Fleet Street know my name is Jonah Hill!"

James Franco raised his chin. "That's because you're walking next to me."

"No!" Seth Rogen shook his head, "I think they might be attracted by Murphy."

Murphy pushed open the glass revolving door, "What does it have to do with me?"

The other three people got in, and the four of them squeezed into the small space of the glass revolving door. It was awkward no matter how they looked, and they finally squeezed out. Seth Rogen replied, "Planet Terror created at the film festival. With a transaction figure of more than 10 million U.S. dollars, how could the media fail to notice you as its director?"

"That's the truth!" Jonah Hill nodded first, and then pushed James Franco, "Did you hear, this has nothing to do with you!"

Several people entered the hotel lobby and were about to walk towards the elevator when a person suddenly appeared on the left and stopped Murphy.

"Hi, Director Stanton,"

The other party's English is not particularly fluent, but the enunciation is still clear, "Do you remember me? I attended the premiere of your film a few days ago."

Murphy recognized it after just one glance, and stretched out his right hand, "Are you Director Uwe Ball?"

The peculiar appearance of this German director can still leave a deep impression on people.

"Uwe! Just call me Uwe!" He changed the briefcase on his right hand to his left, shook Murphy's hand firmly, looked at the three people beside Murphy, James Franco, and proposed , "Can we talk alone?"

Although he didn't know what he was going to do, it wasn't a bad thing to think about it. Murphy said to the side, "Go back first, don't wait for me."

The three of James Franco nodded and walked towards the elevator. Murphy followed Uwe Ball and came to the rest area of ​​the hotel lobby. He found two single sofas facing each other and sat down. down.

"Uwe," Murphy asked directly, "what's the matter?"

"Didn't you agree to read the script for me a few days ago?" Uwe Ball reminded, "I wrote a horror movie script, and I added some zombie elements to it these days."

While speaking, he opened his briefcase, took out a script from it, and handed it to Murphy.

The other party handed over the crew, and Murphy took it. He opened it and looked at it. It wasn't German that he didn't know at all, but English handwritten, which should have been specially written by the director.

Murphy read it carefully. This is a typical Western-style horror film script, with haunted houses, killings, death, blood, and zombies...

He browsed at an extremely fast speed, and after about twenty minutes, he closed the script.

Uwe Ball looked at Murphy, as if waiting for his opinion.

The German director seemed to be a newcomer, and he found his head with such sincerity. Murphy also said pertinently, "In my personal opinion, there are many attractive elements such as haunted houses and killings in the script, but They're all fragmented, and if you can't bring them together during filming and post-production..."

"Really?" Uwe Ball scratched his head, "I always feel that there is a problem with the script, but I can't tell where the problem is."

Murphy shook his head, "Uwe, this is just my personal opinion."

"Thank you, Murphy." Uwe Ball seemed to be very grateful to Murphy, "You let me see the problem."

He sighed, "Actually, I know that horror films are not the genre I'm very good at, but horror films are low-cost and the easiest way to recover the cost and attract investment."

Murphy didn't speak.

Uwe Ball seemed a bit frustrated, "I've been a director for several years, and I haven't found a film type that suits me."

Seeing Uwe Ball in front of him, Murphy couldn't help thinking of himself when he was just starting out. He knew how difficult it was for a director at the beginning, and how many detours he might take.

Probably because of a little compassion, Murphy thought for a while, and said slowly, "Uwe, have you ever considered directing some relatively unpopular films?"

After studying Murphy's directorial path from scratch, Uwe Ball specifically approached him. Hearing what Murphy said, he immediately became interested and asked, "What kind of genre? Worse than a plasma horror movie." rare?"

Murphy handed the script back to Uwe Ball and said, "Games make movies!"

"Uh..." Uwe Ball scratched his hair, "Can the game be adapted into a movie?"

"Of course." Murphy nodded, "For example, Super Mario Bros., was put on the big screen by Hollywood in the early 1990s, but the adaptation effect was not very good."

He thought for a while, and then said, "I think some fantasy-themed games are more suitable for adaptation into movies."

Uwe Ball became interested, "Tell me?"

"For example, "Dungeons and Dragons", which was popular in the 1970s," Murphy recalled several games he had seen last year, "Dungeon Siege, which was just launched last fall, and Blizzard's "Diablo" And "Warcraft", I think the movie is very promising."

Although I vaguely remember that the films adapted by this German director ruined one game after another, but he was able to attract investment and continue to shoot, at least it proves one thing, these adapted films are relatively successful in the market and business .

"That's it..." Uwe Ball put away the script, stood up, and said impatiently, "I'll go back and watch the games you mentioned."

Murphy nodded and watched Uwe Ball leave the hotel.

After correcting this very individual director to go on his own path, Murphy went back upstairs and waited for the end of the Cannes Film Festival.

Different from the opening ceremony, Murphy and several main actors participated in the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival for the sake of publicity. As Murphy remembered, "The Pianist" and Roman Polanski became the biggest event of this festival The winner easily defeated all opponents and won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor of the Cannes Film Festival.

And Murphy can only be a bystander.

Later, news came out that "The Pianist" and Roman Polanski will participate in the Oscar competition during the North American awards season.

This type of film will naturally have an advantage in the Oscars.

With the end of the Cannes Film Festival, Murphy returned to Los Angeles. Since the film's premiere in Cannes gained good media reputation, he began to cooperate with Miramax's plan and frequently participated in various promotional activities. Upcoming North American screenings are buzzing.

This film will land in North American theaters in early June, and it will not be shown on demand. (To be continued.)