Hollywood Road

After a brief acquaintance, Bill Rosses found an excuse and asked George Martin's agent out of the reception room. There were only Murphy and the others left here, and the presence of the agent was required for formal negotiations. There is no need for a private meeting, and George Martin's agent is not an idiot, since he left here, he must have a private talk with Bill Rossis.

Just as Murphy managed the negotiation of "Sin City", negotiations involving copyright have never been easy, and no author or agent would listen to someone's foolish words, wishing they didn't even have to pay for the adaptation, just like a brain-dead boy, Let go of the copyright in your own hands.

As we all know, Hollywood has never been good at originality, and as time goes on, it has become more and more biased towards adaptation.

George Martin has been in Hollywood, so he must be no stranger to this circle.

This was the first meeting between the two parties, and Murphy still focused on building relationships and testing each other's attitudes.

"I just watched A Storm of Swords yesterday, the trilogy of Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords, and I was so impressed."

Putting down the coffee cup, Murphy was not stingy with praise, "I think they will become milestones in the history of fantasy literature, and become great works alongside the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy."

"It's too famous, it's too famous..." George Martin didn't expect that Murphy would compare his work with his idol Tolkien's great trilogy. After all, it feels really good to be appreciated by such a big Hollywood director, but he still said, "How can I compare with Tolkien."

Murphy didn't continue talking, but changed the subject and said, "After reading your book, I have a lot of emotions, and I'm also thinking about what it should look like if it appears on the screen."

The vast majority of authors want to see their works adapted, especially George Martin was a Hollywood screenwriter.

For most of the topics and rhetoric, Murphy has done enough homework in advance.

For these negotiations, he must be fully prepared. It is impossible for him to contact George Martin rashly. If he does not even make the necessary preparations and wants to impress the other party with some nonsensical words, then he would be too stupid.

Speaking of the adaptation, George Martin immediately cheered up, "Director Stanton..."

"Murphy!" Murphy emphasized, "My friends call me Murphy."

George Martin immediately changed his words, "Murphy, may I know your specific opinion on this book?"

This is the most basic conceptual question,

If the ideas are different, he will have to carefully consider whether this transaction is suitable.

"In my opinion, Ice and Fire are meant to highlight the struggle of human nature. The book portrays countless characters, but it does not highlight heroism, dedication or cunning conspiracy in isolation, but from the perspective of simulation, from the point of view. Starting from the heart of the characters, a large number of different situations and choices of characters in the vortex of that specific era are depicted, including heroes and vulnerable groups."

These days, Murphy has been reading this set of novels, and the time is certainly not wasted in vain, "Martin, you have always strictly adhered to the third-person narrative in your writing, and readers can follow the story of a specific character in each chapter. thoughts and motivations to feel the story that happened to him, to savor what he saw and heard in that world."

Before George Martin could speak, Murphy continued, "I think A Song of Ice and Fire is an 'anti-traditional vanguard' in fantasy literature. It is not a fictional fantasy novel in the full sense, but a novel with A simulated world in the real sense."

George Martin was already nodding his head one after another, and it was obvious that Murphy's words reached his heart.

Although he created "A Song of Ice and Fire" as a fantasy epic, in which the royal struggle, battlefield fighting, travel adventures and magic confrontation are fascinating, but he also admits that such a huge fictional "overhead world" must also be Only by relying on the embedding of realistic factors can readers feel the real existence of this "second world" and this epic has its practical significance.

Murphy Stanton's words hit the nail on the head, completely grasping the theme of this series, and it sounds like he has studied this series very well.

Unknowingly, George Martin subconsciously recognized Murphy quite a bit.

"I think this series should appear in front of more people," Murphy continued. "It should be spread on a wider scale, not just limited to a small group of fantasy literature readers."

Although George Martin no longer nodded, even a child of a few years old could see the recognition on his face.

From the last negotiation to capture Franco Miller, Murphy summed up a lot of experience. These literary creators are sometimes a little withdrawn. They often need recognition more than ordinary people, and they prefer to show themselves the most proud and good at things.

Therefore, Murphy asked at the right time, "George, after reading the first trilogy, I have always had a question, how did you come up with such a huge world view and plot structure? Or, where did you get the inspiration from in the first place?" ?”

He smiled, "I'm not only a director, but also a screenwriter. Sometimes I run out of inspiration and want to pry my head out."

“The lack of inspiration is really frustrating,”

It seemed that Murphy's words hit the itch, and George Martin continued, "I wrote a short story before, and during the creation process, I suddenly conceived such a scene, a direwolf was poked by an antler died from being stabbed in the throat, leaving a few little wolves behind, and then the little wolves were taken away by a group of children to raise them..."

He cleared his throat, and said, "This image became more and more intense in my mind, which suddenly ignited my long-lost creative enthusiasm, and it was out of control ever since, and then there was "Game of Thrones."

"It's really strange." Murphy said with a smile.

George Martin nodded, "Sometimes I find it incredible."

Murphy chatted with George Martin a few more words about the novel, and then gradually led the topic to the adaptation.

"If we adapt TV series, we should move closer to "Band of Brothers." Of course, he can see that George Martin also wants his work to appear in front of more people. The TV platform undoubtedly faces a wider audience than novels. , "In my opinion, the adaptation must require a large investment and large production, so as to reproduce the scenes of the novel."

"Yes." George Martin sighed heavily.

When someone contacted him a few years ago, he didn't pay attention to the investment scale alone.

"George, we can plan "Game of Thrones" into ten episodes." Murphy deliberately put himself and George Martin on the same side, "The total investment is no less than 50 million US dollars, and the production is done in the way of mainstream Hollywood movies. ..."

George Martin ignored the rest of the words, completely attracted by the figure of $50 million.

In fact, he is very clear that the audience of fantasy TV dramas in North America is not wide, and there have been no successful fantasy TV dramas in the past. It is not the type of popular TV series, so the possibility of failure in the adaptation will be very high.

Once it fails, his hope and waiting will be in vain.

Although this figure is far less than the investment of "Band of Brothers", it is already quite astonishing that a TV series that has not passed any ratings test can invest 50 million US dollars in ten episodes.

For a moment, George Martin wanted to nod immediately.

But he is not a fool after all, he cannot make any promises when he knows that his agent is not present.

Afterwards, Murphy stopped talking about these things, and instead chatted with George Martin about some interesting things in Hollywood. After showing enough sincerity, he couldn't be too anxious, too anxious is also not good for him.

After another fifteen minutes or so, Murphy took the initiative to end the interview, and when sending George Martin out, he invited, "George, I have a formal party at home this weekend to celebrate the big sale of "Deadpool" ,Do you have the time?"

George Martin just wanted to agree, but after thinking about the time, he said apologetically, "Unfortunately, I'm going to New York this weekend, and my sister has something to do."

Murphy seemed very regretful, "It's such an unfortunate coincidence."

Bill Rosses and George Martin's agent over there also came out of another reception room, the four said a few words, and Murphy and Bill Rosses sent the two of them away.

Watching George Martin and his agent leave, Murphy stood at the door of the Death Star Building and asked, "How did the talk go?"

Bill Rosses shrugged, "It went well. His agent couldn't wait to sell the adaptation rights, so he could get some commission."

Murphy glanced at his watch, "Let's stop here today, I asked Grace to go to the party company with me, don't forget to be there on time on weekends."

"I'll be here earlier than everybody else," Bill Rossis said with a laugh.

As I said to Robert Downey Jr., James Franco and others before, after Gal Gadot came back, Murphy was going to hold a party at home, which was also a thank you for the support of friends and partners. Not a raunchy rave like Hollywood, but a formal party with a dinner party feel to it.

Murphy invited not only individuals, but also their families and girlfriends. This is a suggestion from CAA. They have done in-depth research on this. On the basis of a certain cooperation or friendship between the two parties, they will bring their families to participate. Gathering can significantly shorten the relationship between each other.

In this regard, Murphy also believed in CAA's vision, and the preparation of the party was handed over to Grace. Hollywood also has a company dedicated to this.

The party was chosen on this Saturday night. (To be continued.)