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The news hall was crowded with hundreds of reporters gathered here. The camera lens in his hand was aimed at the crowd on the signing stage in front, and he kept pressing the shutter to capture every figure. Maybe some people on the stage were not well-known, but the investment cost A project that reaches 40 million US dollars will naturally attract people's attention.

Although there are many films with investment of hundreds of millions in Hollywood today, it is still very rare that an independent film can cost 40 million US dollars to produce.

This is the signing ceremony for the actors of "Sin City" and a media conference specially organized by Miramax for publicity.

Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Sienna Miller, Jessica Simpson, Ziyi Chapter, etc., who have already signed contracts with the crew. The actor has signed another formal contract.

Of course, Jessica Alba.

After Murphy consumed a lot of saliva, this Latino actress with an angelic appearance and a devil figure finally signed her name on the actor contract.

Although Hollywood vases are not difficult to find, there are not many conditions like Jessica Alba. Otherwise, with her bad acting skills, it would be difficult to almost become a second-tier actress like she used to be.

Talent capital is sometimes a scarce resource.

Another point is that in the case of severe whitening of the main actors on the crew, a Latino actor with a heavy enough role can also reduce some criticisms from the crew.

Murphy has been staying in a lounge behind the press room, and Harvey Weinstein brought a heavyweight figure this time.

"Director Stanton," came across a typical Latino, about forty years old, "Your first two films left a very deep impression on me, and I believe you won't let it this time. People are disappointed."

"Call me Murphy." Murphy smiled and shook his hand. The man said, "You call me Ivey."

Murphy nodded, his tone was full of confidence, "Ivey, your investment will not fail!"

Ivey Niwahaha laughed, admiring him very much.

This is the suitor of Ziyi-Zhang. Not only is he Jewish, he is also an Israeli with American citizenship. Murphy heard Erica Steinberg talk about him before. Ivey Warren has a wide range of social interactions. One of the representative figures among the Israelis in the United States, with a net worth of at least several billion dollars, he is also a shareholder of Time Warner. Few projects have overinvested.

There is no harm in befriending such a person. Murphy also talked with him about the project for a while. Ivey Niwo is obviously not the kind of investor who doesn't know anything about the film industry, and he can be considered an expert.

In fact, Murphy has also received some news that the conflicts between the Weinstein brothers and Walt Disney’s management, especially the chairman Michael Eisner, have become more and more acute. It is said that they have the idea of ​​leaving the Walt Disney Group. A rich man from Israel is their potential investor in the future.

The previous signing ceremony and press conference were completed, the actors returned to the lounge one after another, and Ivey Niwo also dropped Murphy and Harvey Weinstein to pursue his goals.

Unlike other actors who got together and talked and laughed, Jessica Alba came to find Murphy first.

"You are welcome to join the crew."

After that, Murphy did not bother about Jessica Alba’s negotiations with the crew. Jessica Alba closed the long hair that fell in front of him, "Thank you for giving me this opportunity."

Now that she has decided to take over this role and sign an actor contract with ****, she has also let go of her concerns about the identity of a youth idol.

Jessica Alba walked away and went to find Harvey Weinstein again, and James Franco joined in.

"Murphy, your second spring is here!" Jonah Hill winked at him.

James Franco looked at Jessica Alba not far away and said, "Pretty is beautiful, but the skin is not white enough."

"Well, I don't like this type," Seth Rogen nodded, "I think Jessica Simpson is more beautiful!"

Robert Downey Jr. folded his arms and asked seriously, "Murphy, are you interested in her?"

"What's the point?" Murphy shook his head without even thinking about it, "Don't you think she is too sweet? Not my type..."

Some things are hard to say clearly. Jessica Alba is really beautiful and looks like a standard silly white sweet, but just like before, Murphy admires her appearance very much, but only admires it, and who really does Would you think of people like Jessica Alba as silly?

After the press conference, the crew's preparations continued. Murphy, Philip Raschel and Helena Espola traveled around in several small towns near the suburbs of Los Angeles, looking for suitable locations with few shots. , Returned to Los Angeles, and gathered all the actors together, together with Frank Miller, for necessary role exchanges.

On the other hand, under the hand of Ivy-Nivo, Miramax took the lead in reaching a pre-sale agreement with an Israeli film distribution company. Subsequently, more overseas distributors also signed pre-sale agreements, and subsequent funds for the project continued. In place, the solution of the funding problem also made the preparations of the crew smoother.

At the same time, the special effects production of the film is also underway, especially the background special effects that replace the green screen. The production has already begun before the shooting. A studio under the digital field and two other special effects studios will work together to provide the film Provide adequate technical support for special effects.

From mid-October to the end of December, the crew has been preparing for more than two months, and the preparatory work is gradually ready. After Christmas, when the dawn of 2003 arrives, the preparations for "Sin City" are drawing to a close.

"This is the studio? Why is it so dilapidated?"

Sitting on the battery car, a blond little girl kept looking around. Many parts of the Disney Studios were in disrepair, and they did not look very good. "Not as good as our country farmhouse."

Along the way, David Robbie heard many complaints from his sister, "Maggie, are you here to travel or to complain?"

"Hey, it's not easy for me to convince my father and mother that I can come here to play during the holidays," Margaret Robbie pointed to the dirty studio around the road. "Will you let me watch this?"

"Don't you want to watch a movie?" David Robbie felt helpless to his sister. "Will you be patient?"

"That's right," Margaret asked curiously. "Is Carrey also on the crew?"

"This..." David Robbie thought for a while and said, "She didn't participate in this movie. I guess you won't see her."

Margaret scratched her face. "Isn't the director Murphy?"

"Yes." David Robbie nodded.

"Why didn't she join?" Margaret was puzzled. "I remember she said that she would participate in every Murphy movie."

"Don't ask so much, you will understand some things in time," the battery car gradually approached the second studio, and David Robbie pointed to that way. "This is the studio shot by the crew."

The battery car stopped, Marguerite pressed the seat lightly with her right hand, and jumped straight down. The little leather boots fell on the ground with a crisp chuckle.

After stopping the battery car, David Robbie took Margaret to the studio and told him as he walked, "The shooting will start in a while. Don't talk while shooting."

"Don't worry," Margaret shook her hand. "I'm not a talkative person."

Following David Robbie into the studio, Margaret immediately opened her eyes, as if she had come to a green world. The ceiling, the ground, and the surrounding walls were all covered with large green curtains, and there were already people. Becoming busy in the green surroundings.

"Hi, David." The person who met took the initiative to say hello, "Who is this little beauty next to you?"

"My sister Maggie..."

When passing by a room that was supposed to be a makeup artist, a fat man walked out of it. There were some weird things on the fat man's face, which looked very rough, particularly ugly, and even a little scary.

"Hey, David, why did you bring someone here? Extras?" the fat man asked.

"No," David Robbie brought Margarita over. "This is my sister Maggie, who came from Australia for the summer vacation. I'll take her over to have a look."

He then introduced to his sister, "Maggie, this is Seth Rogen, one of the lead actors of the crew."

"Hello, Mr. Logan." Although Margaret is born with some wild cowgirls, she knows how to be polite, "I know you."

Seth Rogen looked at the pretty little girl opposite, "Do you know me? I don't remember we met."

Margaret looked at him, "Aren't you the fat man who died in the secret room?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Seth Logan suddenly realized, "That's me."

David Robbie turned to look at his sister, "You peeked at the tape?"

"That's the movie you took part in!" Margaret didn't avoid her brother's gaze, her mouth plausibly, "I always want to see what the movie my brother makes?"

Seth Logan laughed haha.

"Stop disturbing you," David Robbie checked the time. "You keep busy, Seth."

After speaking, he pulled Margaret up and was about to leave.

"David, wait." Seth Logan called to him and reminded him, "You'd better go and say hello to Murphy if you bring someone over."

Margaret said first, "We told Murphy yesterday, I know him."

Seth Logan nodded, waved to the two of them, and returned to the dressing room.

David Robbie took Margaret out of the logistics service area, walked into the shooting venue surrounded by green screens, and went to the warehouse of the lighting team, and confessed, "You stay here first, don't run around."

"David," Margaret did not answer him, but instead pointed to a man standing alone on the green screen, "may I go and say hello to Murphy?"