Hollywood Road

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"Welcome, your presence is a great honor for Stanton Studio..."

At the door of a small theater in West Hollywood, Murphy, Bill Rosses, and Paul Wilson stood here to greet the representatives of several companies who came to watch the film. When everyone came over, he took the initiative to shake hands. He piled up the most enthusiastic smiles, as if they were all coming from God.

As long as he can wait for the goal to be achieved, Murphy doesn't care if his whole face smiles stiff today.

Originally, he wanted to hold this trial meeting in the large conference room of the hotel. Later, in order to see the effect of the movie, he spent $1,000 to rent the theater for one morning.

Watching most movies in the conference room has completely different effects from watching them in professional cinemas.

What Murphy did was to promote his films as much as possible.

A total of more than a dozen people entered the theater. Murphy looked at his watch and asked him, "Bill, is it all here."

Bill Rossis recalled a little bit, "Everyone on the list has arrived."

"Let's go in." Murphy took the lead into the theater.

Entering the theater, Paul Wilson did not go to the screening room, but walked towards the second floor. He, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill will take care of the screenings throughout the entire process, even in the toilet. go with.

Although Stanton Studios and the film are unknown, Murphy will never relax.

This film has almost overwhelmed all of his net worth, and is directly related to the future development. If there is a mistake, I really can't cry.

In the small theater, a dozen people sparsely sat in their respective positions. Tony Guzman habitually sat in the back row. From his position, he could see many familiar faces in the industry. .

The black man in the middle of the third row is Jones Butler of Miramax.

The person on the left of the fifth row seems to be Ron Albas from DreamWorks.

The person in the front row surprised him the most. One of Lionsgate's executives in charge of publishing business, Milton Johnson.

There are still a few people he doesn't know, and they seem to be buyers and film viewers of some small distribution companies.

It is not surprising that many companies participated in this internal screening. Tony Guzman was surprised that the small Stanton studio and the unknown director were able to attract so many people.

However, thinking of the data in "Fruit Hard Candies" is relieved that these people, including him, are realistic.

If there is no income data from "Fruit Hard Candies" as a basis, he believes that there will be no more than three people willing to come here, and it is still based on the CAA name.

Milton Johnson sits in his seat and doesn't look at the surroundings at all. He only cares about the film. This horror movie can arouse his interest. Just sit here and continue watching. If he can't, he will walk away without hesitation.

Since that little guy can use a cost of 300,000 US dollars to bring a surprise income to Miramax, I must not do worse the second time.

Jones Butler is looking around. This situation is not uncommon. Directors with successful qualifications are more likely to attract the attention of the industry, and Bill Rossis also borrowed some of the energy of CAA.

Then her eyes turned to the screen. No matter what Stanton Studios and CAA do, the film itself is the key. If there is no commercial selling point, these jobs are actually useless.

Milton Johnson tapped his fingers on the arm of the chair lightly, wondering if he could keep watching the film.

He had watched "Fruit Hard Candies" before. The film did have a certain value, but it was too niche.

The lights on the screen were on, probably because the title was not added. The film entered the theme and only watched for a minute. Milton-Johnson rubbed his chin unconsciously. This is his habit after encountering something he is interested in. action.

A secret room, two people locked in fetters, and a corpse between them who fell in a pool of blood and shot suicide. It is very concise and makes people wonder why they are locked here and why. Want to commit suicide?

"Photography, lens use, color level, editing, are obviously better than the last one." Tony Guzman nodded slightly, "The opening suspense scene works well as always."

More plasma than the last film made Jones Butler somewhat frowned, but after watching it for a while, she had to admit that Murphy Stanton’s progress was obvious, and the quality of the film was better than that of "Fruit Hard Candies". "There is so much improvement.

Although it is essentially a traditional American plasma film, the suspense and ingenious killing mechanism and other elements added in it give people an eye-catching effect.

Halfway through the movie, Jones-Butler kept nodding his head even if he didn't feel amazing. The pen in his hand kept on the notebook, remembering that this movie has too much content that can be listed as a selling point.

"Unusual creative ingenuity, true description of the dark side of human nature, ups and downs of plot arrangement, unique treatment of the unknown, dark, claustrophobic, dying and other classic elements, interlocking details nested, extremely The impact of the finale, coupled with appropriate plasma spotting..."

Her book is full of pages.

More importantly, Jones Butler, with years of experience, can clearly judge that this is not a super niche movie like "Fruit Hard Candy", but a popular type in horror movies.

This is very important because it will directly reflect the market value of the film!

Films with no market value have zero meaning for her and Miramax!

Tony Guzman also nodded, forming his own judgments in his heart. These judgments are somewhat amazing. Among the small-cost independent films he has watched this year, this horror film is definitely a five-star existence.

This is definitely a fighter at a small cost!

Milton Johnson's eyes drooped slightly, but it was not that he was not interested in the film, but he instructed the assistant next to him, "Tell the people below, contact Stanton Studio, and take this film as much as possible..."

Just as he was speaking, the suicidal person in the secret room stood up. He was the jigsaw!

With this unexpected result, even the eyes of countless people like Milton Johnson who watched movies immediately widened. This ending is really amazing!

He immediately overturned his previous opinion, if such a horror film is handed over to Lionsgate, with appropriate announcements...

"Immediately convene a meeting between the distribution department and the marketing department after going out..." He whispered to the assistant, "You keep in close contact with Stanton Studio, and I will push the company to buy out this movie with all its strength."

Even if he can't be bought out, this horror film has brought him a lot of inspiration.

He was not the only one who overturned his previous opinion. Tony Guzman opened his mouth slightly and looked at the jigsaw disappearing on the screen. It seemed that he didn't know what to say. This is not just a five-star film, but a small cost. Super five-star existence in the movie!