Hollywood Road

After Christmas, Gal Gadot left Los Angeles and flew to Israel. Murphy joined Kara Firth and started a new round of negotiations with George Martin on "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones".

This magical series has been going on till now, and the filming of the fifth season has begun. Although George Martin did not die, his health is not getting better every year, and the writing of novels is gradually lagging behind the TV series, but the audiences he attracts are constantly increasing. Increased, especially for hardcore fans.

Such a big-selling series of TV series can bring huge profits, which is no less than that of a popular series of movies. The most important focus of the negotiation between the two parties is undoubtedly the issue of profit distribution. For the follow-up copyright, Murphy and Kara - Stanton Studios and Twentieth Century Fox, represented by Firth, made certain concessions to George Martin.

Overall, the negotiations went fairly smoothly.

In addition to the issue of benefit distribution, Murphy also discussed with George Martin about the derivative development of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones".

"A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" is in its fifth season. It can be said that it has reached the late stage and will end in the next three to four seasons. Twentieth Century Fox, of course, will not give up easily, and it is bound to squeeze out all its oil and water.

Like a series of movies, popular TV dramas will continue to be filmed and produced. There are no sequels, and there are spinoffs and prequels that can be filmed.

In this series, a series of stories that happened before the first season were mentioned several times. Those past events are also hot topics of discussion among fans. It is undoubtedly feasible to shoot and produce prequels.

Murphy talked with George Martin several times, and after the end of "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones", they basically reached an agreement on the intention to start planning the prequel, and made a preliminary sorting out of the intricate history of the Westeros continent , hoping to find stories with potential to develop.

Of course, it can only be said that things are still in the preliminary negotiation stage. Murphy and George Martin are just exploring certain periods. It is impossible to point out a specific period and time, and then slap their heads to make a decision and say, "Let's do this." .

In the meantime, Kara Firth will be wooing 20th Century Fox and the Fox cable network for all the resources she can get her hands on, and leaving those to the A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones crew.

There is no rush for this kind of thing. Murphy and George Martin have basically reached an agreement, and there will naturally be professional personnel to follow up. After finishing the negotiation with George Martin, he accepted the cover interview of "Vanity Fair".

Just after the new year in 2010, Murphy in a suit and leather shoes and his report appeared on the cover and title page of "Vanity Fair" at the same time.

Becoming the cover character of the first New Year issue of "Vanity Fair" will naturally attract a lot of attention, and it also means that Murphy has launched the final sprint for the Oscar nominations that have already been voted on.

"Some people are the darlings of Hollywood, and I never felt like I was in that category. I felt like I was blue collar, I was willing to work twice as hard, and I didn't have as much wiggle room than other people."

These are the words that appear together with Murphy's image on the cover character, and they are also the original words of Murphy in an exclusive interview.

On the title page behind the cover is an article about Murphy written by the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, Tina Brown.

"Film is not only an art, but also a business. It is a good thing if the film can be well received, but making a film must be commercially successful and must make investors profitable."

At the beginning of the article, she quoted Murphy's original words, "Only by gaining the trust of investors can you continue to get opportunities to shoot the movies you really want to shoot."

What follows is Tina Brown's description of what she knows about Murphy.

"Murphy Stanton, who was born in Los Angeles, grew up in a slum and experienced a boyhood like a street gangster, which made Murphy's casual, self-confident and somewhat unruly personality always rooted in Murphy's character,

In our interview, he flashed a unique charm. With the growth of age, the once rebellious teenager has transformed into humility and determination, these two qualities have been throughout his career as an actor. "

"When talking about the experience after entering the film industry, 'hard work' and 'persistence' became the words that Murphy Stanton talked about the most."

"Now it seems that the protracted battle of this Hollywood director who has just turned 30 in the film industry is enough to be described as a 'big victory'. After years of hard work and persistence, Murphy Stanton was promoted to Hollywood One of the most cost-effective directors."

"Murphy Stanton, whose career as a director is getting wider and wider, does not intend to take a break in the next few years: 'I never let down my guard. I always feel that I am an outsider and want to try to break into this circle, so I Keep trying. The more successful I am, the more motivated I am to keep trying.'”

After the title page is the official page of this issue of "Vanity Fair". Among all the pages, the content about Murphy is still placed at the top.

"Murphy Stanton has given audiences a new possibility, movie lovers a broad space, movie fans a new way to show off their skills, and commercial movies with a new style, logic, and even way of thinking! "

For this interview with Murphy, "Vanity Fair" did not adopt the traditional question-and-answer method, but used a profile description. In addition to the content that has been reported many times, it also focused on the director Murphy. The ability to discover actors.

"Every new actor will shine in the hands of Murphy Stanton."

"Jessica Alba was only 20 years old when she and Murphy Stanton collaborated for the first time. Before that, her inherent image was that of a youthful and beautiful vase. The wonderful thing is, Murphy- Stanton focused on discovering Jessica Alba, and then created the role of Nancy in the classic "Sin City", and made Jessica Alba's acting path suddenly open, becoming One of the representatives of actresses born in Hollywood in the 1980s."

"Christopher Waltz was in his fifties when he starred in "Inglourious Basterds", but he was still unknown. When Murphy Stanton was casting, he emphasized a sentence: "What others don't need may not be unsuitable." We!' An Oscar for Best Supporting Actor was born!"

"For Jessica Alba and Christopher Waltz, Murphy Stanton is not only a director who made them famous, but also a teacher who taught them how to be true to themselves."

"Murphy Stanton has a pair of unique eyes. Similarly, the actors who come out of his movies all have a pair of moving eyes, either pure or bright. He believes that the two most important principles of acting are relaxation And focus, only by being relaxed and focused when acting can he show his true charm, that is the best state."

"Many Hollywood stars say frankly that it is every actor's dream to participate in the works directed by Murphy Stanton, and they all hope to have the opportunity to participate in the works directed by Murphy through their own efforts."

With the launch of this issue of "Vanity Fair", Murphy appeared in the vision of more Oscar judges. Although the production style is destined not to be voted for by everyone, as long as more people can vote for him It's enough to think of him.

Of course, compared to the interviews accepted, Vanity Fair still has a lot of content that has not been written.

For example, in an interview, Murphy said that actors need to support each other in acting, and stealing scenes is a very bad habit.

Acting has never been an easy job, let alone just a random actor can do it. Acting requires mutual support.

Murphy always believes that using PK to talk about actors is a very bad and relatively negative energy. The most typical thing is to trust each other and support each other when acting. If one party is too weak, the whole scene will be out of balance, so It can also have negative effects on itself.

In Hollywood, though, it's a reality that one who doesn't compete may never get ahead.

But if you ask Murphy what is a good actor and what is a good acting team, he will say without hesitation that if there are actors deliberately stealing and suppressing the scene, they will have a good talk with him...

After entering 2010, "The Wolf of Wall Street" continued to be screened in North America, and in order to hit the list of Oscar nominations, it also maintained a relatively high number of theaters.

By the end of January, after two months of long screenings, the North American box office of the film had reached more than 202.68 million US dollars, successfully entering the top ten of the North American box office rankings in 2009.

However, there is only one voice in the film market in North America and even the whole world, and that is "Avatar". More serious shocks, "The Wolf of Wall Street" is no exception.

Since its release on the Thanksgiving holiday, the North American market potential of the film has been exhausted. Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox speculate based on the current trend that the North American box office of this film cannot exceed the $250 million mark. The landing point could be between $230 million and $240 million.

The impact of "Avatar" is not only the North American market, but also other overseas markets. After the overseas box office of "The Wolf of Wall Street" exceeded 200 million US dollars, it was also suppressed in overseas theaters. Will the final global box office be able to exceed The $500 million mark is still an unknown.

Of course, in Murphy's view, as long as the film can get multiple heavyweight Oscar nominations, driven by the Oscar effect, the global box office of "The Wolf of Wall Street" will have a high chance of breaking through 500 million US dollars. (to be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read here. )