Hollywood Road

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"Harvey, do you recommend Bruce Willis as Hardy?"

In a meeting room of Burbank Miramax, Murphy frowned and looked at Harvey Weinstein, and did not hesitate to object, "I think it's inappropriate!"

"Because he is not a customer of caa?" Harvey Weinstein asked.

He owed a favor to Bruce Willis’s agent. The other party heard about this project, especially when Bruce Willis heard that it was Frank Miller’s comics, and they showed a keen interest.

"He's not a customer of Caa?" Murphy doesn't know this at all. To be honest, if the actors used are from Caa, he doesn't care. Let Bill-Roses and Caa package their own projects, but because they can let him This director saves worry and effort. He added, "Harvey, it has nothing to do with whether Bruce Willis is a customer of Caa."

"Oh," Harvey Weinstein didn't seem to believe it, "Is it?"

Murphy can't just oppose it without a reason. In just a few minutes, he thought of the reason.

"I don't think Bruce Willis is more suitable for Hardy's role than Robert Downey Jr.," Although Robert Downey Jr. was the last person to join, he also said that he should watch and help each other as the leader of this small group. Of course, Murphy has to defend his own people. "Downey has not been well-known in recent years, but after "Terror Planet" has recovered a lot of popularity, Bruce Willis is indeed more famous than Downey, but Harvey, Have you ever thought that he is also out of breath!"

With these alone, it is impossible to persuade Harvey Weinstein, Murphy added, "What is the salary that Bruce Willis might ask for? Will he play at a friendly price?"

This is not an award-winning film, unless Bruce Willis and his agent have problems with their heads.

Harvey Weinstein did not speak, and Murphy continued, "Five million dollars or eight million dollars? Robert Downey Jr. is only paid a quarter or less of his salary!"

Controlling investment is something Miramax and Harvey Weinstein have been doing.

"If Bruce Willis can bring an extraordinary performance, we can consider him!" Murphy did not stop, "but Bruce Willis is never good at acting, I think his acting is not as good as Robert Jr. -Downey!"

After speaking, Murphy took a sip of the cold coffee on the coffee table. Just as he was about to say something, Harvey Weinstein suddenly changed his mind.

"What you said makes sense," he seemed to agree with Murphy's words. "I have always supported you. Since you object, I will reject Bruce Willis's agent."

Harvey Weinstein was just convinced by himself? Murphy was a little surprised, he was ready to continue to find reasons and excuses...

When he walked out of the reception room, Murphy was still puzzled. He didn't want to understand until he left this small building and got in his car.

Harvey Weinstein is simply a cunning old fox.

He came to him, specifically to oppose Bruce Willis as Hardy.

Hollywood is well-informed, and some things are easy to spread. Harvey Weinstein rejected Bruce Willis. He can push it to Bruce Willis and the agency behind him. It’s not that I don’t want to. Using you is my director's strong opposition. I always have to respect the director's opinion...

This makes it easy to throw the wicked at him, and Harvey Weinstein basically won't hurt his network.

Even, he, the director, has to accept Harvey Weinstein's favor. After all, the other party finally listened to him and used Robert Downey Jr.

This abacus is definitely not an ordinary spirit!

When driving a black Cadillac to the Disney Studios, Murphy couldn't help sighing. None of these big figures in Hollywood are simple things.

This afterthought also reminded him that he must not relax some necessary vigilance just because the two sides are cooperating, otherwise he will be sold for the money.

Arriving at the Disney studio, Murphy changed to a battery car and came to the second and third studios rented by the "Sin City" crew.

In recent years, the outflow of Hollywood crews has been serious, especially the production crews of mainstream commercial masterpieces have rarely been filmed in Los Angeles. Except for a few studios in Hollywood, most of them have been reduced to tourist areas, and Disney studios are also in operation. No exception, in the studio of No. 2 and No. 3, people can only be seen in the studio.

If it weren’t for Miramax’s failure to apply for tax rebates for several popular filming locations in other states and overseas, Sin City would not stay in the Los Angeles area for filming.

Although the slogan of supporting independent films across the United States is screaming, the priority of tax rebate subsidies is always mainstream commercial masterpieces. Tax rebate policies are formulated in various regions to stimulate investment and promote employment. It has nothing to do with the pursuit of film art. The role of commercial films produced in this respect is undoubtedly more obvious.

Entering the No. 2 main studio, Helena is leading the set team to set up the green screen. Almost all shots of the film will be shot in front of the green screen. Only a few shots need to be set up and out, which will also reduce the set set and The production team has a lot of workload in arranging or selecting venues.

The layout work has just begun. Murphy exchanged a few words with Helena in the past, mainly to listen to her opinions on the drawing board.

The script this time is very simple, but Murphy used the comics as the blueprint and produced a large number of continuity drawing boards to guide the shooting. The drawing boards also have their own advantages. They can make the shooting more conform to the style of the comics and the scenes are also clear at a glance.

The disadvantage is that it is too modular and lacks creativity and flexibility.

This has almost no impact on the shooting of "Sin City", Murphy just wants the comics to reproduce.

Of course, he will not hesitate to make changes.

In the film crew's office, Murphy met Philip Raschel, and Frank Miller was also here.

"Murphy..."

"director……"

The film crew greeted them actively, Murphy nodded to them, then walked over to Philip Raschel and Frank Miller who were talking, and after they had finished speaking, they asked, "Philip, Has the camera been rented?"

"I contacted nearly ten equipment rental companies. None of them have the latest models of Sony digital cameras." Philip Raschel is not particularly anxious. "Two companies have already coordinated. At the latest next week, the camera will be able to In place, it will not affect our work."

Murphy still exhorted, "You stare at this."

"Yeah." Philip Raschel nodded.

"Also," Murphy said again, "I have already explained to the action steering team, they will cooperate fully. Once the camera is in place, you will immediately experiment with shooting high-speed slow-motion shots!"

As soon as Philip Raschel wanted to say it was okay, Frank Miller who heard this was the first to speak, "High-speed slow motion? Murphy, are you going to use high-speed slow motion to shoot action shots? Can this... "

"Fran!" Murphy interrupted before he finished speaking. "It's not yet determined. This is just an experimental shooting. Whether it is used or not. Can I discuss it until the effects of the experimental shooting come out?"

"This..." Frank Miller hesitated.

Without seeing the actual effect, he casually spoke out against it, really lacking confidence.

And after spending so long in the crew, he can also see that to realize the style of comics, he needs a lot of film skills that he has never heard of.

Up to now, he has to admit that he is basically a layman who makes movies, and his understanding of movie production has remained at least ten years ago. Shooting movies and drawing comics with the style of movie scenes are completely different.

Murphy agrees that Frank Miller will enter the crew and directly participate in the production of the film. It is based on caa's full investigation and understanding. As long as he gets the right of adaptation, even if Frank Miller wants to point out, he doesn't know where to start. , Knowing some film knowledge is too far from directing the work of the crew.

Even if Frank Miller wanted to direct, how many people on the crew would listen to him?

In some things, there is a gap between making promises and actually implementing them.

Frank Miller did not object in the end. He planned to wait for the effects of the experimental shooting before deciding whether to support it or not.

Murphy then went to Studio 3 again. It has been confirmed that Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Seth Logan and Jonah Hill, who will appear in the film, are working out and will accept them after the workout. Professional training for action guidance.

They all have action scenes in the film. They will respectively play the four roles of Police Officer Hardy, Big Maver, Killer Kevin and Dewright, especially Jonah Hill, who plays the Killer Kevin. Under Murphy’s order, they must To lose weight, you must at least lose weight.

The action director is called Woodwater, who turned out to be a little-known little character. When he participated in the shooting of the two sequels of "The Matrix", he was inspired by kung fu and integrated free combat and other fighting skills to create a movie action mode that is more suitable for Hollywood. .

It's not unreasonable that Caa can sign him.

Of course, action routines suitable for film shooting have nothing to do with actual combat. When Woodwater first entered the crew, Robert Downey Jr., who had fought with Murphy and Rose in prison, simply compared him with him. Woodward Te is not an opponent at all.

No one was surprised. After all, everyone knows that fighting in movies is different from actual combat.

Murphy didn't bother the four people in the gym. Instead, he found Paul Wilson, who is also the optional director, and asked about the audition registration.

The film has a large number of roles, most of which will be resolved through auditions.

"The situation is much better than we expected. It should be that the comics are well-known and there are quite a few people who signed up."

Paul Wilson gave Murphy an entry form. Murphy saw many familiar names on it, such as Cliff Owen, Sofia Vergara, Jessica Simpson, Jessica Al bar……