Hollywood Road

"But Murphy-Stanton is working with Marvel."

Diego Harris still has a lot of doubts about this. Marvel Comics and Dc Comics have always been competitors.

Bruce Rosenblum laughed, "I understand that he doesn't have a good relationship with Marvel Comics, and he rejected Stan Lee's request for a cameo in "Deadpool"."

"If "Deadpool" hits the global box office," Diego Harris knew what he was going to do, "I support working with Murphy Stanton."

"I think so too." Bruce Rosenbloom said again, "Let's see the market changes of "Deadpool" first, and then it's not too late to make a decision."

The development of the film market after this weekend, just like the past Friday, there is no suspense at all. Whether it is attendance rate and audience number, or word-of-mouth and screening rate, "Deadpool" has completely surpassed "Catwoman" avenue.

In his office in the Warner Building in Burbank, Bruce Berman had a grim face, and the veins on the back of the hand holding the phone seemed to burst at any moment.

"Notify our production department," his voice was almost cold, "to remove Halle Berry from the list of first-line cooperation. All A-level productions of Warner Bros. will not be able to use Halle Berry in the future."

He added, "And the director Pittoff, Warner Bros. will not be allowed to work with him in the future."

The failure of "Catwoman" is irreversible, and someone must be responsible for it, and the actors and directors are the best candidates to take the blame.

Bruce Berman never believed that the failure of this film had something to do with him as the promoter, and of course the failure was the responsibility of others.

Almost at the same time, within the six major Hollywood companies, there was almost a consensus that Halle Berry could no longer take the risk of using Halle Berry as the heroine of a major A-level production.

"Hollywood is so realistic."

When Murphy got the relevant news, it was already Monday morning. He looked at Gal Gadot who had packed his backpack and was about to go back to school today, and said, "Even Oscar queens can hardly withstand such a painful blow. .”

"But isn't that the case with other Oscar queens?" Gal Gadot was a little puzzled.

"Because they are not black." Murphy explained the mystery, "They have more opportunities."

Gal Gadot walked to the drinking fountain,

Grabbing a glass of water for myself, "Is it true that Halle Berry can no longer act as a heroine in a super big production?"

Murphy shook his head, "It's very difficult. Except for Storm, who has already solidified her image, let alone the heroine, it will be difficult for her to appear in A-level major productions in the future."

Halle Berry's salary is here, it is impossible to lower it casually, now that "Catwoman" is messed up, no one will ask her to be the heroine of an A-level production, not the role of the heroine, there are not many The crew is willing to spend such a high salary.

Turning to look at the wall clock on the wall, Gal Gadot reminded, "It's almost time, you should go."

Murphy nodded, walked over and kissed Gal Gadot's face, picked up the suitcase that had been placed at the entrance, and pushed open the door. Gal Gadot followed him and kept sending him off. into the garage.

Helping Murphy put away his luggage, Gal Gadot grabbed him and reminded, "Remember to call me every day. Also, eat on time every day, don't use work as an excuse; be careful of those crazy movie fans; you don't Too aggressive, when it's time to be gentle, don't be too tough..."

"Don't worry." Murphy hugged her, kissed her deeply, and then got into the car, "Goodbye, dear."

"goodbye."

Watching Murphy drive away and go to Los Angeles Airport to start this overseas promotional journey, Gal Gadot stood at the garage door for a while until the black Cadillac completely disappeared, then closed the garage door and returned to the main building.

There was no class in the morning, and she was not in a hurry to leave. She sat on the sofa, picked up the newspaper on the coffee table, turned to the entertainment page, and read it again.

It was full of good news about Murphy and "Deadpool", and she never got tired of reading it.

""Deadpool" easily topped the North American box office list, and "Catwoman" was reduced to cannon fodder due to its poor opening!"

Although he told Murphy not to be too aggressive in doing things, when Gal Gadot saw this title, he felt an inexplicable joy in his heart. Those who blocked his boyfriend's way would be swept away like garbage!

"Due to the weak firepower of the newly opened "Catwoman", this week's list is still dominated by old movies. The R-rated superhero action movie "Deadpool" directed by Murphy Stanton won another 45 million in the next weekend. US dollars, relatively easily won the weekend championship, the cumulative income of the film in two weeks reached as high as 186.3 million US dollars, temporarily ranked first in this year's annual box office list!"

"Affected by "Deadpool", "Catwoman" produced and released by Warner Bros. performed extremely poorly in the first weekend. It only got $14.8 million in three days, which was seriously lower than expected. The North American box office is bound to fail to break through $50 million. The US dollar production cost line is far away, and we can only rely on overseas box office performance to try to recover the cost."

"In addition, as a superhero movie, unlike "Deadpool", which had both box office and word-of-mouth explosions, while "Catwoman" failed at the box office, word-of-mouth was also disastrous. The film's theater audience rating was D, and the popcorn index dropped to 100%. Twenty-two, the audience’s reputation is extremely poor. All media reviews of the film have fallen, and only 10% of the 78 media included in the Rotten Tomatoes website have given this film a favorable rating, with an average score of 3.1 points..."

Even as an outsider, Gal Gadot can see that "Catwoman" will no longer pose any threat to "Deadpool", which is not the same level of film at all.

Although Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. went to London to prepare for the upcoming European premiere of "Deadpool", 20th Century Fox's promotion and marketing in North America is still going on. Create topics to attract more passers-by audience.

"The North American box office of "Deadpool" is close to 200 million U.S. dollars, and the cheap and cute hero dominates the North American film market in April!"

""Deadpool" has become the biggest box office winner in the North American market this year!"

Similar news and topics are constantly thrown out by 20th Century Fox through the huge media platforms of its subsidiaries and group companies.

Kara Firth, who stayed in North America, was also interviewed, and continued to throw out big news, saying that "Deadpool" became a big box office winner, which was completely beyond 20th Century Fox's expectations. Their original box office estimate for this movie was only 6,000- 65 million US dollars, but everything Murphy Stanton has done has made a qualitative change in the film!

However, the film's R-rating, high-density dirty jokes and various fancy jokes also brought some troubles. When Murphy arrived in the UK, he got the latest news from 20th Century Fox. Missed the Chinese market that Hollywood is vigorously developing.

This is no surprise. It is no wonder that "Deadpool" can pass the censorship of the big scissors. Even if 20th Century Fox stepped up public relations, this film has no hope of appearing on Chinese screens. How to start with big scissors? You can't really cut a movie of more than 90 minutes into ten minutes, right?

Of course, this was just the wild imagination of Murphy when he was bored. He never expected "Deadpool" to enter the market on the other side of the Pacific Ocean through theater channels, and until now, it is impossible for all the films he shot to be placed there. Shown in theaters.

Every country has its own situation, and Murphy doesn't feel much about the existence of scissors. Film and cultural censorship is common all over the world, and it's not exclusive to one on the other side of the Pacific.

These are not in Murphy's consideration for the time being. Since he came to Europe to promote the film, he will inevitably be interviewed.

On the second day in London, Murphy accepted an exclusive interview with The Times.

The guys in Fleet Street are not easy to deal with, and their first question is very pointed.

"Director Stanton, someone commented before," the young British reporter said unceremoniously, ""Deadpool" was able to sell well not because of the movie itself, but because of pornography, foul language and dirty jokes, etc. Elements."

"It is insulting to say that "Deadpool" makes money from dirty things." Murphy knows what British journalists are like, and he is not relatively reserved when facing the media in the United States. ""Deadpool" is a A completely different type of hero story that can only happen to Deadpool, unlike Superman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, et cetera."

He organized his words a little bit, "These people are born towards the light, and Deadpool is born towards death. To put it bluntly, not every superhero is suitable for pulling down his underwear and stepping on his integrity."

The reporter added, "Can you tell me more about it?"

"Let's talk about Wolverine, who is also in the X-Men world. He has a violent personality and has been transformed into a killing machine, but Wolverine has only rebellion. In movies and comics, most of the time, Wolverine's expression is only... "

Murphy crossed his hands and made a classic Wolverine rage gesture, "Explosion, explosion, explosions of all kinds of beautiful figures are also destroying the world. Wolverine is going to leave after beating, handsome and cool. And Deadpool, will Get rid of yourself, and give the world a middle finger before you die."

"This kind of humor of tearing yourself apart and adding salt to the wound is the key to Deadpool's popularity." Murphy shrugged, "You know, for today's movie protagonists, blackmailing is the most economical A means of accumulating powder."

The reporter didn't seem to expect Murphy to come up with such a theory, and was a little dazed.

This is not over yet, Murphy needs more news about "Deadpool" in the media on Fleet Street the next day, and said, "Most of the mainstream commercial films in Hollywood today can be classified as hero films. A hero who can save the world or other characters, but there are too many films of this kind in Hollywood, and the audience is tired of the routine of heroes, and the appearance of "Deadpool" opened up a new world for the audience. As a director, I can take responsibility Responsibly speaking, "Deadpool" from the first minute, spoof to the last minute, the whole film is not right, this is precisely what the audience loves most now."

Whether this kind of love can expand from North America to Europe depends on the performance of "Deadpool" after it is released overseas. (To be continued.)