Hollywood Road

"What's important?"

Seeing Murphy's seriousness, James Franco couldn't help being a little curious, "Are you going to modify the character? This character is already very good, so there is no need to change it.???"

"It's not changing the role." Murphy shook his head, thought about the wording, and said, "James, no matter where you want to go, you feel that your heart is..."

He pointed to his head, "Mentally, if you feel anxious, you should communicate with me in time."

"I thought what were you talking about." James Franco waved his hand indifferently, "Don't worry, I have always distinguished reality and roles very clearly, the situation you mentioned will not happen, and you think Am I the kind of person you said?"

Murphy looked at him for a while, and said, "No."

James Franco is optimistic by nature and likes to mess around. He is not the kind of introverted and dull person at all. He is completely different from the Heath Ledger personality he once knew.

"I'm leaving." James Franco bid farewell and left, and Murphy didn't see him off, just waved his hand, "Don't let me not find you."

When leaving Murphy's office, James Franco happened to meet Gal Gadot, and Gal Gadot asked him, "Where is this going?"

"Go home." James Franco said with a smile, "Experience the life of a magician."

After chatting with Gal Gadot, he walked out of the set, called his driver, and drove home.

In the office of the warehouse studio, Murphy discussed the work with Gal Gadot for a while, and said, "Remember to hire a counselor."

Gal Gadot didn't quite understand, and looked at Murphy with a little surprise. Murphy explained, "The role of the magician is too crazy, and Chris Dane's setting is also relatively depressing. I'm worried that James and Henry Card Weir will have mental issues."

"Yeah." Gal Gadot took out his phone and wrote it down in a notepad, "I'll ask someone to do it later."

Murphy added, "As soon as possible."

Although James Franco's character is cheerful enough, he still has to be on the safe side. After all, James Franco is not Heath Ledger. Wherever the latter dies, he won't even blink his eyes, but the former is His best friend, of course, doesn't want to see any accidents happen.

Thinking of this, Murphy suddenly realized that there had been no news about Heath Ledger's accident in these years. Perhaps the fate of this Australian actor had changed.

In order to prevent James Franco from having psychological problems, when Gal Gadot called her assistant producer and told her to hire a counselor, Murphy opened his mailbox and found James Franco's private mailbox address, and sent him an e-mail.

He also deliberately used the attitude of communicating characters.

"In fact, a magician is more like a usurer. When people get something from him, they also give up something else, and what they give up is the nobler part of people."

"When a person sticks to principles, he is sticking to his own soul; when a person wants to behave decently, he is considering his own dignity; when a person guards the bottom line, he is maintaining basic values."

"Even in our highly developed commercial society, people do all these things to give themselves a high opinion, not a low opinion, to inject meaning into their lives, not to drain them."

"Man is a very malleable existence, of course there is the possibility of falling, but this is not the only prospect; of course there is a selfish and cowardly side, but this is not the whole of human beings."

"How a person actually behaves depends on the environment provided for him."

"If a certain condition is too narrow, only allow a person to release the lower side of human nature, not the higher side of the soul; only allow him to eat and drink, but not to pursue value ideals, otherwise severe punishment will come ——This can be seen as a kind of deprivation of him, deliberately putting him in humiliation, reducing his humanity and human dignity.

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"In this case, it cannot be said that his life as a pig is a life that is more human and therefore more real. What is a man's truth? What is he as he is and what he wants Life? It’s not going to surface until the stress is off.”

"Talk about the truth of people in the midst of threats, regard the coerced state of people as the moment when the truth emerges, and believe that meanness is the essence of human beings. Only a mental patient like a magician will do this, because his own vision is in this place. Like a line in a script, he tries to bring others down to his level."

Although he has a deeper understanding of this role, Murphy knows that such a role only exists in the movie, especially through the reminders to James Franco just now, the illusion of this role, on the surface, the magician threatens others It is understandable that a person must think of himself first and foremost at a critical moment of life and death.

Few ordinary people have experienced such extreme situations, and it is difficult for them to imagine how well they would perform or be ideal in such situations. However, this tolerant idea quietly conceals the fact that this kind of power can control people in its hands so precisely, like a gecko whose tail has been trampled, it must surrender itself a part of? Should people acknowledge the coercion of this force on themselves?

Whether this is a person's performance at the last moment is really something they don't know under normal circumstances.

Think about the 9.11 incident, in which the people on a plane fought to the death with the hijackers. They knew what the consequences would be, but they still chose to do it. People are not only negative, but also glorious On the other side, if you stand at a higher height, it is not difficult to find that people are not only petty, but also may have another appearance.

Gal Gadot finished the call at this time and said, "By the way, honey, there is a new situation that you may be interested in."

"Oh?" Murphy stopped his wild thoughts and asked, "What's going on?"

"I got the news that Sony Columbia Pictures is not doing well because of poor performance." Gal Gadot can often hear some of the latest news in the circle as the social circle widens, "It is said that Sony headquarters is preparing to optimize Sony Entertainment enough , potentially spinning off Sony Entertainment's music business, and then selling off the TV and film production lines."

"Is this true?" Murphy immediately realized that this was an opportunity.

Gal Gadot shook his head, "The authenticity of the news cannot be verified, but it has spread in the circle."

Murphy crossed his arms and thought for a moment, "It's possible."

Last year and this year, the performance of Sony Columbia Pictures ranked last among the six traditional Hollywood companies, accounting for less than 8% of the market, which can only be described as dismal performance.

As a whole of Sony Entertainment, apart from the music business, TV and film production lines, Sony Columbia Pictures has not been operating well for a year or two. Since Sony took over Columbia Pictures, except for the few days when the "Spiderman" trilogy was released In addition to the prosperity of the year, in the rest of the years, among the traditional six major companies, the performance is either the bottom one or the bottom two.

This must have made Sony headquarters in Tokyo very depressed.

Although I don't remember clearly, Murphy has a vague impression that the entire Sony Electronics has not performed well in recent years, and quite a few departments have been stripped from the group and sold in packages...

Is Sony Really Selling Sony Columbia Pictures?

Murphy shook his head. It may be possible in the future, but the chances should not be high now. Sony Columbia still holds the magic weapon of "Spider-Man". They should restart "Spider-Man" and continue to squeeze the value of this series.

Unless the response and revenue of the restarted "Spider-Man" are too poor, then Sony Columbia Pictures really doesn't have much to go except for the film library.

"Gail." Murphy asked, "Is there any rumor that Sony Columbia Pictures will restart the "Spider-Man" series?"

"Rumor?" Gal Gadot had the urge to roll her eyes, and Murphy was becoming more and more like a workaholic who devoted herself to work. She resisted the urge and said, "Sony Columbia Pictures' re-version Spider-Man is called "Where Spider-Man", and the film will be released in July this summer!"

"Uh..." Murphy smiled embarrassedly, "I haven't seen any news about it, and no one has ever told me about it."

He then put away his smile and said seriously, "Even if Sony wants to sell Sony Columbia Pictures, it is impossible now. They must have great expectations for the new "Spider-Man". If it succeeds, Sony Columbia Pictures will temporarily get rid of the current embarrassing situation."

Gal Gadot thought for a while, nodded slightly, and agreed with Murphy's opinion. Sony Columbia Pictures has not reached the point where it has nowhere to go and cannot save itself.

"It's a pity..." Gal Gadot sighed, "Sony Columbia Pictures..."

She shook her head, but didn't say anything later.

"There is no chance now, but it doesn't mean there is no future." Murphy leaned on the armrest of the chair, and tapped the desk with the other hand, "We are eyeing Sony Entertainment. Once they have the possibility of spinning off Sony Columbia Pictures, We can consider taking over."

This is the only way to do it. After all, whether or not Sony sells Columbia Pictures is not up to them. Whether such an opportunity will appear can only be seen in the future development of Sony Columbia Pictures.

"I'm going to 20th Century Fox to discuss with Kara about publicity." Gal Gadot was about to leave, "You need to wait for me, I'll go home straight after I'm done."

Murphy nodded. For a mega-production like this, the publicity must be ahead of the shooting. 8 For more exciting novels, welcome to visit our Reading Academy