Hollywood Road

The efficiency of the directors' union was faster than Murphy expected. They completed the relevant procedures in just a week. Since Murphy quit the directors' union in order to obtain the adaptation rights of "Sin City", it was the first time in many years that Murphy rejoined the directors' union. Back to the Directors Guild.

Although not joining the directors union may not prevent him from winning the best director Oscar, becoming a member of the directors union will undoubtedly be more conducive to his Olympic plan.

During this period of time, public opinion on the conflict between Catholicism and the film "Diego Ross" in the media and the Internet, as well as the conflict between Murphy and Catholicism, has almost become the most popular news in the entertainment industry. The Hollywood film industry is a loose organization. In business circles, although there will be no unified voice, most people disagree with the statement of Archbishop Marquez Costello.

"Diego Ross" has naturally attracted more attention, and the screening results of twenty theaters have risen sharply. On the first weekend after the New Year, the film has achieved the highest weekend single-house performance since the screening began. There are 20 theaters in the United States, and each theater earns an average of 30,000 US dollars in three days.

The film's North American box office performance has finally passed one million dollars.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, 20th Century Fox contacted multiple theaters, and "Diego Ross" expanded to more than 400 theaters in North America in the following weekend. Not bad, the box office of a single theater at the weekend exceeded 15,000 US dollars, and with a box office score of nearly 7 million US dollars, it entered the top five of the North American box office list for that week.

Immediately, the outside world also raised expectations for the film, especially CinemaSore, which raised the North American box office expectation of the film from $50 million to $75 million.

But Murphy is very clear that "Diego Ross" still has to take the film's production cost line as its goal.

In his view, whether this goal can be achieved, the number of Oscar nominations will play an extremely important role.

In the following week, for a complete seven days including working days, the North American screening scale of the film "Diego Ross" was further expanded, reaching as many as 660, and the seven-day box office of 11.5 million US dollars was also achieved. its fine.

Including the previous box office, the North American box office of this film has accumulated close to 20 million US dollars.

And then, the Oscar nominees luncheon, which is an essential part of every North American awards season, arrives just in time.

Unlike previous years, Murphy personally came to the Regent Hotel where the nominees luncheon was held this time. There was a special red carpet ceremony in front of the hotel, but he just stood in front of the media and soon walked in alone. hotel.

Although it was just a nominees luncheon, Murphy looked star-studded from the inside out.

There is less than a month to go before the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. As the happiest and most lively event before the Oscar "race", this year's nomination luncheon attracted the presence of celebrities from all walks of life in Hollywood as in previous years. , Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Rooney Mara, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and other filmmakers who are likely to be nominated gathered together , the long red carpet in Beverly Hills inevitably became the focus of attention.

"Hi, Murphy."

Robert Downey Jr. in a suit walked into the hotel with Susan Downey on his arm, and went directly to Murphy, "It's only been a while since I left Los Angeles, and you've made such a big commotion."

Murphy shrugged and said in a low voice, "No way, if we don't come up with a good idea, we might get nothing today."

Robert Downey Jr. was one of the most popular candidates for the best actor nomination list. He naturally knew that if Murphy hadn't caused so many troubles, he would have won the best actor award for his role as Iron Man Tony Stark alone. The possibility of being nominated for the leading role is very low.

He patted Murphy's arm lightly and said, "If you need help,

Talk to me directly. "

"Will I be polite to you?" Murphy responded with a smile.

With their relationship, when it was time to speak, he would not hesitate.

"Where's Gail?" Susan Downey looked around and asked, "Didn't she come?"

"No." Murphy beckoned the two of them to the banquet hall together, and said as they walked, ""House of Cards" has a lot going on recently, Paul Wilson doesn't have a reliable producer, and she can't get away for the time being , busy with preparations."

The producer who assisted Paul Wilson in the past was from Twentieth Century Fox. "House of Cards" cooperated with Netflix. Of course, it was impossible to introduce the producer of Twentieth Century Fox. Although Netflix also hired professionals, but They just got involved in the field of film and television drama production, and their experience was seriously lacking. Murphy simply asked Gal Gadot to stay on the crew there temporarily. Anyway, his new project will not start preparations in the next few weeks.

"How's the preparation going?" Robert Downey Jr. asked concerned, "I heard that you invited Kevin Spacey to play the leading role."

"In general, it's relatively smooth." Murphy didn't hide anything, and after turning into the banquet hall, he said, "But the heroine has not yet been decided."

"Mr. Stanton, Mr. Downey."

A staff member greeted them and led them to the left, "This way, please."

Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. followed him and walked to a round table on the left in the second row. From a long distance, he saw a blond-haired Margot Robbie sitting at the table Talk to the brunette girl at the next table.

"It's so early, Maggie."

When he came to the table, Murphy glanced at the "Diego Ross" crew label on the table, pulled away a chair next to Margot Robbie, sat down, and Margot Robbie turned around , opened his mouth and showed a rather exaggerated smile, "I can't wait to know if I can be nominated for Best Supporting Actress."

The crew also applied for the nomination for Best Supporting Actress, but Margot Robbie has limited roles in the film, and she didn't do public relations herself, so whether she can get the nomination depends entirely on luck.

Margot Robbie also greeted Robert Downey Jr. The girl who was chatting with her before looked over and waved to Murphy, "Hello, Director Stanton."

"Hi, Rooney." Murphy nodded to her.

That girl was Rooney Mara, so the one next to their table should be David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Murphy also exchanged a few words with her. The two met before on the preparatory crew of "House of Cards". Rooney Mara is a contract client of CAA. She seems to know Paul Wilson very well. Sen, recommended her sister Kate Mara to Murphy for the leading role.

However, Kate Mara's age and image are not suitable, and Murphy decided to let her continue to play female reporter Zoe Barnes.

Although Rooney Mara and Kate Mara are not well-known now, they have extraordinary backgrounds. As long as anyone who knows about the sports circle in the United States mentions Rooney and Mara, they will immediately think of the two names of American football. The Mara family is the founder and owner of the New York Giants, and the Rooney family is the founder and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Needless to say, American football is the No. 1 sport in North America, and this kind of background is also conducive to the pair's career in Hollywood.

But after Murphy met Kate Mara in the audition, he subconsciously thought that she would not be as popular as Rooney Mara in the future. The pictures captured by the camera lens always give people a particularly fierce feeling, and not many viewers like such faces.

After exchanging pleasantries with Rooney Mara, Murphy saw David Fincher approaching.

The other party was a director he liked very much. Murphy stood up on his own initiative, and when David Fincher came over, he first extended his right hand, "Hello, Director Fincher."

David Fincher shook his hand lightly, showing a formulaic smile, "Hello, Director Stanton."

The two were not familiar with each other, and they didn't have many topics in common. After a simple greeting, they returned to the table where their respective crews were.

"David Fincher with few but fine works."

Seeing Murphy sitting next to him, Margot Robbie looked away from David Fincher, shook his head and whispered, "It's as pitiful as you."

"Poor?" Murphy didn't understand what Margot Robbie meant, "We can't be considered pitiful, are we?"

If both he and David Fincher can be classified into the pitiful ranks, then what are the countless directors and actors struggling at the bottom of Hollywood?

"Isn't it?" Margot Robbie pointed to Mr. Oscar in front of the banquet hall, and said, "Two eternal Oscar best director accompaniment runners."

Murphy was dumbfounded. It seemed that he had indeed been running with him for many years.

There is even a saying circulating in some media nowadays that there are three Oscar-accompanying commissioners in the Hollywood director circle: Ridley Scott, who is good and bad, David Fincher, who has few but fine works, and a dark director. Deep Murphy-Stanton.

Thinking of this, Murphy couldn't help but look at David Fincher again. Many of David Fincher's films, such as "The Seven Deadly Sins", "Zodiac", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and other films, are all works he likes very much.

It's a pity that "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is somewhat similar to "Diego Ross", and the media applauded it, but Sony Columbia Pictures may not let David Fincher go on to film "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "Stabbed". The Hornet's Nest Girl".

Murphy can only say that this is the reality of Hollywood. If the film is only popular but not popular, it is basically of little value to the film company.

Just as he was thinking about the situation related to David Fincher, there was a sound of footsteps, and Murphy turned his head to look. It turned out that the crew from the table in front had arrived, and the leader was a big fat man, his former collaborator Harvey Weinstein.

This is also the direct competitor this time!