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In this regard, 20th Century Fox is still somewhat dissatisfied, but they have not expressed it explicitly to Murphy. They are actually very clear that Murphy's films may not be suitable for the tastes of audiences across the Pacific, but unlike Murphy, Yes, Twentieth Century Fox is more patient, knowing that the market needs to be cultivated, and has not given up on previous efforts, and continues to push this film through the review of the big shears.

Moreover, the cooperation between 20th Century Fox and Wanda is not limited to movies. It is impossible for Murphy alone to affect the strategic planning between the two large groups.

After a short Christmas holiday, Murphy's crew regrouped to continue the remaining filming of "City of Chaos". Most of the film's shots have been shot, and the rest are some scattered scenes.

After the New Year in 2011, the shooting has completely entered the final stage.

While Murphy was busy filming, he also told Gal Gadot to pay attention to financial issues. One year has just passed, and the dividend accounts between Murphy and many companies have come to settlement.

From the earliest Miramax and Fox Searchlight, to the later Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, Murphy has related director dividends to get, even for those films that have not signed a sharing agreement, there are still a small part of the directors' union. dividend.

Today is different from the past, and Murphy does not need to ask for it frequently. The relevant accounts are quickly sent to Stanton Studio from several companies. Murphy looked over.

Although he only browsed through it roughly, Murphy also saw some changes, the biggest of which was that the dividend income from DVDs has been greatly reduced, and the related income from the Internet has increased significantly.

As a Hollywood director, Murphy certainly understands the changes in the film market.

Since entering the new century, DVD can be said to be one of the most important sources of income for major Hollywood production and distribution companies. It is not an exaggeration to say that Hollywood is relying on DVD to make money. For the most popular movies, in North America alone, the first week of DVD sales can exceed 100 million U.S. dollars. Those movies that can enter the top ten annual box office rankings, except for extremely rare cases, most of the final DVDs can sell 100 million U.S. dollars. about.

The production cost of DVD is far lower than that of the once-popular video tape, at most no more than 1% to 3% of the wholesale price sold by the producer and distributor to the seller. Even if marketing and other costs are included, the profit margin is still terrifying .

For a single movie, if it is a hit movie, the studio can earn 5-8 million dollars from a single rental company, and this is only the rental part, and the sales part is more than this. Popular movies Hollywood can get tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in income from DVDs, and almost all of this income is net profit.

That's why Hollywood is making money on DVDs.

But it's clear to anyone who's paid any attention to the numbers that the DVD's heyday is coming to an end.

Although Hollywood's DVD industry still maintains a scale of nearly 2 billion US dollars, it is not difficult for people with a long-term vision to see that this glory will not last for too long, and it will even decline sharply in the next three to four years.

Why does this happen? Are audiences tired of Hollywood blockbusters?

The answer is of course no. The audience of Hollywood movies has not shrunk, but with the rise of Internet video sites, those teenagers who constitute the mainstream of the movie market have turned their attention to online on-demand and online downloads.

The rise of movies on the Internet has directly reduced the size of Hollywood's DVD industry by two-thirds.

Hollywood is never short of elites, and many people have discovered this.

On the one hand, producers are also looking for ways to reduce costs to ensure that each disc can create more profits; on the other hand, while taking defensive measures,

Studios are also bracing for the day when movies will disappear entirely from silver discs.

The future offline distribution of movies will inevitably rely more on the Internet or the on-demand services of cable and satellite TV companies. According to data from media research companies, the current market size has reached 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, a surge of nearly 100 percent last year alone. Twenty.

Many Hollywood studios are planning for a future where instead of waiting a few weeks for a movie to come out on DVD before releasing it online or on pay TV, they will release it simultaneously.

In this way, it can attract young people who will not buy DVDs.

Another shift in the works is to allow audiences to download online versions of movies as soon as they are released, and possibly before DVD releases, an attempt to charge customers a premium for early viewing in high-definition.

The copyrighted films of Stanton Studio are also focusing on the development of related businesses on the Internet. Murphy has also signed some related agreements with Netflix.

"I heard that people from Netflix have approached you?"

On the set, James Franco had just completed a temporary make-up scene, and during the break, he found Murphy and talked about this topic, "Are you planning to invite you to direct a TV series? "

Murphy shook his head, "I declined."

To be precise, the price offered by Netflix is ​​too low. If the price is right, Murphy can also consider cooperating with Netflix on a TV series.

However, the current Netflix is ​​not the future Netflix, and it cannot afford his high salary.

"Actually, I think you can make the specific experience of my character into a TV series."

After Christmas, James-Franco saw more settings for his character, as well as some related plots in the second film, "can be used as effective supplements to the movie, just like what Marvel Studios is doing. "

Murphy picked up the coffee and took a sip, "Let's talk about it later."

James Franco leaned back in his chair and said, "You've always got weird ideas."

"What's so strange?" Murphy didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"The dark side of psychology is too heavy!" James Franco said deliberately, "all the things that come up with are dark things."

Murphy spread his hands and shrugged.

"For example, in this film, a protagonist who can obviously be set as Wei Guangzheng." James Franco said directly, "You just want to make a psycho, a very dark character."

Murphy asked back, "Isn't that good?"

Without waiting for James Franco to answer, Murphy continued, "The protagonists of most Hollywood commercial films give people the most intuitive feeling, and they are the perfect embodiment of idealism. But my character does not need these, he needs to be more Human characteristics, not a saint, and I don't need him to have so many idealized rules and regulations, so when dealing with things, it will appear more humane and realistic, and some political elements are mixed in it. That’s what I want to see as a character.”

Murphy thought for a while, and then said, "As soon as Chris Dan appears, he can make his surroundings messy and disorderly, making it difficult to immediately distinguish right from wrong with a clear moral concept. Now this movie The film is not particularly obvious. The next film with you as the protagonist, one of its major themes, to a certain extent, starts from realism, making it clear that no one is free from the law, even in the form of 'obligation' Neither does the police' status."

James Franco, knowing that Murphy was talking about the sequel to Chaos City, asked, "I'm the main character? Isn't the main character Chris Dann?"

"He's just the protagonist in name." Murphy said unabashedly, "Your magician is the real protagonist."

"I read the things you gave me." James Franco lifted his chin. "The logic of this character is really interesting."

This role requires a lot from James Franco, so Murphy deliberately let him know some of the role's settings first, so that he can prepare in advance. Now that James Franco has talked about it, he also wants to discuss this role with him. Discuss a few more words.

"Not only magicians, everyone has their own logic." Murphy pointed to James Franco, then pointed to himself, "Including you and me, many times everyone thinks that his logic is correct. , the world is operating according to the set of logic he believes. If the world is not like this, we will think that this is just a superficial phenomenon. The real deep logic must be the set of logic that he has mastered. To prove this At one point, it only takes a 'nudge' for someone to fall into their own logic."

James Franco thought, "If a beautiful woman believes that men are not good things, men are only interested in her body and will not love her at all. Then, she will use her body to seduce men, and she You'll find that she just needs to push the men a little like this, and they'll turn into perverts."

Murphy laughed, and said according to his words, "If a rich man believes that everyone is greedy, and that money can make the undead drive. Then, he will use his money to gently push countless people, These people will fall into his grasp.

"What about the magician?" James Franco asked again.

"The magician wants to break through the bottom line of everyone." Murphy said seriously, "He thinks everyone is evil."

Murphy spread his hands, "So, in the setting I gave you, the magician's 'slight push' weapon is the fear in people's hearts. He believes that everyone loves themselves and their loved ones, as long as you To threaten their lives, everyone will give up the original bottom line and become a demon."

James Franco nodded slightly, "Once a person breaks through the bottom line, there is no bottom line."

"more or less."

Looking at his watch, Murphy stood up and said, "I'm going to shoot the last scene."