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When he got in the car and asked the bodyguard to drive to Fox TV's studio in Burbank, Murphy was still thinking about the adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey". Although the relationship was early enough, Stanton Studios It didn't cost a huge price to get the adaptation rights like Universal Pictures did, but it can't just waste this subject matter.

The previous movie, although it caused a huge topic, was not very successful commercially. Except for the large-scale drama as a gimmick, the ordinary structure of the domineering president and Mary Sue was really not outstanding.

As for the word-of-mouth of the film, it can be said that it has reached a certain level.

Frankly speaking, after watching the film, Murphy was shocked by the R rating, and the rest was boring, so he might as well watch the trailer.

To put it bluntly, this is a love story between Mary Su and the domineering president, but the president has a bit of a hobby. This is a simple love story, with some adult elements added, which is more suitable for adult women to watch.

Nowadays, it is difficult for this type of film to do anything anymore. Romantic comedy is no longer a type of film that can easily sell well in North America. Looking at Julia Roberts’s sharp decline since the beginning of the new century, you can also understand romantic comedy development trend.

Among romantic comedies, one of the most important genres is Cinderella and the Prince in Love, commonly known as Mary Su movies.

Of course, no matter how this novel is adapted, it will always be a Mary Su movie, and this cannot be changed.

What Murphy was thinking about was how to make this Mary Su movie a little more advanced and more suitable for this era.

After thinking about it for a while, Murphy came up with his own thinking, and decided on the most basic point, which is also an indispensable point in today's commercial movies: spending money!

An excellent Marysu must have an excellent packaging, whether it is beautiful or sexy, generally speaking, it should be eye-catching, whether male or female audiences watch it, they must think that the beauty is delicious.

Therefore, whether it is art production or visual effects, it must always be as "beautiful" as Mary Su's tearful love story.

The beauty and seductiveness of Marysu not only depend on the natural capital of the actor, but also rely on the acquired effect of spending money.

As a director, Murphy naturally understands the truth that beautiful actors need packaging.

In this regard, the "Princess Diaries" series is undoubtedly a model. In order to highlight the effect, the outfits of the royal family members are all realistic. The Burmese ruby ​​necklace worn by Julie Andrews, who plays the queen, weighs 74 grams, and the earrings are set with 104 carats. This dazzling outfit cost 2 million US dollars, and the wedding ring used by Anne Hathaway in the film is also very real, directly putting millions of dollars on her finger.

Not to mention jewellery, the cutscenes in the film were used as decorative flower decorations, and all of them were replaced with real ones at the strong request of Julie Andrews, so there was an additional task of "cleaning up dead flowers" during the filming .

And these, even for leasing, require a lot of real dollar bills.

In the past, Murphy also watched many new-generation "Mary Su" movies that fit the modern social situation, especially the successful series created by Disney, which is a model in this regard. trend.

If Mary Su wants to lead the world trend, she is doomed to make this kind of movie without burning money.

Murphy, who is too far away, only has a general impression, but because of the cooperation with Warner Bros. at that time, he has seen how Warner's HBO made a big deal in the movie version of "Sex and the City" released in 2008. Mary Su works .

The film has been in preparation since 2004. In order to achieve realistic effects, the crew brought more than 300 pieces of precious jewelry from the H-Stern jewelry company. Not to mention the wedding dress designed by Vivienne Westwood on the heroine, and the bridesmaid outfits are all masterpieces of designer Zach Berson.

When everything from costumes to props is genuine, the heroine Sarah Jessica Parker once wanted to keep one of the red belts as her own, but because the value was too high, the crew’s costume designer had to bite the bullet take it back.

The successful Mary Su movies in the past few years have proved by facts that in order to produce a high-quality Mary Su movie, one must make the dream realistic and realistic, and the effect that can be settled with money is not stingy. Don’t think that only fantasy blockbusters are used. When it comes to high technology and heavy capital, Mary Su's movies are unambiguous at all, and they directly confuse people visually, so that the audience can be addicted to this fabricated romance.

On this basis, the adaptation of best-selling books or TV series will become another insurance for the success of Mary Su's movie.

Therefore, no matter how much EL-James urges, Murphy is always advancing according to the established plan. First, through marketing and promotion, the novel will become popular on the Internet, and then enter the physical book market. Before the adaptation, it became a best-selling novel and has a certain reader base.

So far, the electronic version of this novel is selling quite well on Amazon, with an average of one electronic version sold every two seconds.

Stanton Studios has also signed a contract with Bantam Books, preparing to enter the physical book market.

Previously, Stanton Studios had authorized the physical book copyright of "Gone Girl" directed by Murphy to Bantam Publishing House in the form of a basic copyright of US$6 million plus royalties, which is also what the film can bring. One of many late income.

As a man, although Murphy doesn't quite understand it, he has summed up some experience from the women around him. The best-selling Mary Sue novels are like a godsend, with a strong mass base, and women of different ages, young, middle-aged and old have a deep understanding of "Mary Sue". The obsession of the film determines its film market potential.

And in this day and age, the box office of movies made for women will not be too bad.

Finally, and most importantly, we must play the gimmick of heavy taste well.

The focus of "Mary Su" is on appearance and love scenes. If you add a suitable "heavy taste", it will be even better

There is no doubt that how to show the super-heavy plot in "Fifty Shades of Gray" within the R-level range must be considered in the adaptation.

Murphy believes that "Mary Su + heavy taste" is almost the general direction of the development of Mary Su in the film industry. A purely male concubine is obviously not dreamy enough, and some dark seasonings are needed to make it complete. This determines that the film must not only choose high-end A good-looking actor needs to spend more money to produce good visual effects, so that the artistic taste of "Mary Su" will continue to rise.

As two practitioners of "heavy taste", Murphy remembers that Gal Gadot said that the whip and iron chain served the "heavy taste" Marysu, and the magic of "seeing the gods and killing the gods" made women's brains The romantic storm simply cannot stop.

Spending money, building a reader base, and adding heavy taste, Murphy has basically considered the production concept of this film. In the next few months, he can spare time to complete the script outline first, recruit suitable screenwriters at the right time to perfect the script, and then Prepare according to the specific situation.

Is it going to be a trilogy, or is the filming of one finished? He needs to consider this point.

When Murphy arrived at the studio of Fox TV, his public relations agent, Grace, was already waiting in the studio. He was going to appear on Fox News' flagship talk show "True Story". It's not a live broadcast, but it's recorded first and then broadcast.

"The host of this show is Gretchen Carlson, a prickly woman."

Sitting in the dressing room putting on makeup, Murphy patiently listened to Grace's final instructions, "But don't worry, the Fox TV executives have already greeted her and limited the scope of questions, and all questions will be limited. On top of your last few movies."

This is the purpose of Murphy and 20th Century Fox preparing this talk show. When the awards season is about to start, they must increase their exposure.

But increasing exposure is not something that can be participated in any program. Well-known talk shows are good. Hollywood superstars or directors who have reached a certain status will not easily participate in variety shows, especially those whose careers are on the rise. Some inconspicuous variety shows will seriously lower their own style.

Facing the awards season, increase exposure, especially when appearing on TV, it is best to be a high-end talk show or interview program.

Murphy had just finished changing into his suit when someone knocked on the door of the dressing room. After he said please come in, a blond woman in a red deep V suit opened the door and walked in.

This woman has a capable face, but she seems to be very old. Even thick makeup can't hide the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes. Murphy guessed that she must be at least fifty years old.

"Hi, Director Stanton."

The woman came over to say hello and introduced herself, "I'm Gretchen Carlson, host of True Story."

Murphy nodded and said with a smile, "Hello, I'm very glad to work with you."

"How are you preparing?" Gretchen Carlson tilted his head and looked at Murphy. "We will start recording in fifteen minutes."

"No problem." Murphy shrugged slightly, "I'm ready."

Grace has provided him with detailed information before. This woman named Gretchen Carlson is not simple. She is not only the host of the show, but also the producer. Miss'.

According to the information provided by Grace, this woman seems to be a vase-type host, but she is actually not easy to deal with.

Murphy wasn't worried about this. Even without 20th Century Fox's care, he wouldn't have much trouble dealing with reporters. After all, he had been in Hollywood for so many years and had experienced enough things.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and the interview recording started on time.