Hollywood Road

"Strong personal style, superb script creation ability and wonderful editing, these are the personal labels left by Murphy Stanton. He is definitely one of the directors who have achieved extremely high achievements under the age of 30 in the history of Hollywood. !"

When a director continues to achieve success, it must be a hymn in the media, especially CAA and Stanton Studio are pushing behind the scenes, and a public relations battle about Oscars has begun.

Bill Rossis specifically instructed Murphy, from now until the official announcement of the Oscar nominations, he can no longer be as low-key as before, he must appear in front of the media frequently, be topical, and be able to continue to receive industry attention. and many more.

These media hype is undoubtedly a good way to maintain exposure.

"Murphy Stanton’s movies are better than good movies. He focuses his attention on the dark areas of human nature and society. While advancing the story layer by layer, he also brings audiences a deeper experience and reflection. With the rhythm of the story, the cleverly designed lines and the perfect use of gloomy tones, one story after another has been successfully told. Even the vulgar work like "Deadpool" is very good on the basis of respecting the original. The original work has been restored and even enriched to a certain extent. The rich Murphy style and the wonderful original work have produced a wonderful chemical reaction."

"In the history of film, there are always some darlings who are favored by God. Not only do they want to play their artistic talents, they can also reap a double harvest of business and word of mouth. The so-called success is enviable. Murphy Stanton has now become one of them. representative."

The reports in the media have attracted Murphy's attention, and a comment in the "Hollywood Reporter" has made him the focus of the media and the industry.

"His style is unique in Hollywood; his work, like Martin Scorsese, is a classic with a strong personal style; his editing style is fast and smooth, but the colors are gloomy and low; there is no sunshine in his movies all year round. , But it is always related to murder and violence, which makes people feel cold from the inside out; he firmly believes that people are a kind of perverted mentality, and only dark and gloomy stories can expose this perversion to the audience. In recent years, as the director’s skills have matured, he Charlize Theron’s style became more obvious. His most recent work allowed Charlize Theron to put off his own film to play the leading role. This film is called "The Lost Lovers."

Theatrical movie is a very delicate object, she must be treated well, not careless about every aspect, and she must rely on good luck to succeed. Murphy knows this very well and will not let go of any good opportunities that he can seize.

At the same time, "Disappearing Lovers" continued to reap a lot of box office from the North American market, although a film cannot maintain a high popularity for a long time, and only a 30% weekend drop, and this film from the first At the beginning of the six weeks, the attendance rate, film scheduling rate and the number of theaters were all significantly reduced, but before the sixth weekend, the North American box office easily exceeded the US$200 million mark.

This is also the fourth North American film this year with a box office of over 200 million dollars after "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith", "World War" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

The directors of the first three are George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton. Murphy can be tied with them, it is difficult not to attract attention.

By mid-September, the North American box office of "Disappearing Lover" exceeded US$210 million. Stimulated by the outstanding North American box office performance, more overseas countries and regions have signed distribution agreements with Twentieth Century Fox. This feature film It has also appeared in more markets around the world, with a total of more than 70 screening countries.

This type of film, of course, cannot cause a sensation overseas like superhero films or other films that use visual spectacles as a selling point. There has not been a big explosion in the overseas box office, but it is not bad, and soon It reached 200 million US dollars.

The global box office of 400 million U.S. dollars is enough to make Murphy firmly enter the ranks of Hollywood second-tier directors.

When the global box office of "Disappearing Lovers" crossed the US$400 million threshold, Murphy got another news. After years of internal friction and endless battles, the Weinstein brothers finally lost their relationship with Michael Ace. The management of Walt Disney, represented by Na, was defeated in the competition and officially left Miramax Films, preparing to establish a brand new film company, Weinstein Films, based on Dimen Films. .

Dimen Films used to be a company specializing in the distribution of low-cost horror films under the name of the Weinstein brothers. It was unable to accept the profit-making business model of the Weinstein brothers to create a new film by taking awards season and Oscars as their main goals. The company is imperative.

"Walt Disney left more than Miramax's mess."

In the seaside cafe of a private club, well-informed Robert Downey Jr. said to Murphy and several people, "There is also a huge library of 700 films by Miramax, and Miramax will be completely returned in the future. Owned by Walt Disney."

"Michael Eisner is making trouble for himself." Murphy knocked on Erlang's leg. "Miramax will soon turn into recession."

"Why do you say that?" Jonah Hill is good at making weird things, but not very good at it. "Is Walt Disney not as good as the Weinstein brothers?"

"Think about it, what is Walt Disney best at?" Murphy asked first, and then gave the answer, "All ages movies! Even "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a pirate adventure theme, all made by Disney They tend to be younger, but what about Miramax? They have never produced or released this type of film in the past."

"One more point." James Franco added, "Miramax was a relatively independent and distinctive film company before, and now it has become an ordinary member of Walt Disney's many labels."

"Murphy and Jim have a point." Robert Downey Jr. also agreed with the two. "Miramax used Oscars as an operating strategy before. After the management left and the Weinstein brothers left again, This strategy can only become a thing of the past. The newly appointed management will inevitably face the problem of transformation. A film company wants to successfully transform..."

He made a face and shook his head again.

Seth Rogen, who had been enjoying desserts, looked up, "The Weinstein brothers just sold their shares and left? Except for the management, nothing was taken away?"

"Who knows." Murphy shrugged.

When it comes to being well informed, he is far behind Robert Downey Jr., Robert Downey Jr. said, "I heard that Harvey Weinstein took away the copyrights and plans of the two projects."

Harvey Weinstein's vision is well known in the circle, and Jonah Hill couldn't help asking curiously, "Do you know what he took?"

Murphy didn't answer, but looked at Robert Downey Jr. If any of them could get some inside information, it would be Robert Downey Jr.

Sure enough, Robert Downey Jr. was well-informed, "Benhard Schlink’s 1995 novel "Reader" has the film copyright, and one seems to be related to the former King George VI of the Kingdom of Great Britain. I don’t know how specific it is."

Hearing the two projects mentioned by Robert Downey Jr., Murphy had a general impression. They used to be almost standard Oscar-style propositions, which not only won the favor of the Oscar judges, but also used the Oscar-winning films after receiving the awards. The name of the company has made large profits from the cinema, TV, Internet and DVD markets.

Those years can also be regarded as the pinnacle of Harvey Weinstein's public relations Oscars, and some media even claim that Oscar has changed his surname to Weinstein.

"Ah, there's more." Robert Downey Jr. seemed to think of something again. "The Weinstein brothers are financing externally and are preparing to establish a new Weinstein Films. If you have spare money, you can try to invest. "

"Downey is very reasonable." Murphy reminded all of your friends here, "Instead of spending money on eating, drinking, and having fun, it's better to invest in a company like Weinstein Pictures."

Although he has no plans to invest, it is far wiser for the rest of the people to invest in Weinstein Pictures than to throw money away and depreciate in the bank.

James Franco nodded, "I'll go back and think about it."

Seth Rogen shook his head, "I just signed up for a director training class, and now I don't have any funds."

You can't force your investment. Murphy just reminds them that these guys are adults. Even if they have a good enough relationship, he can't interfere in everything. This is North America, and no one likes others to interfere in their private lives.

"Fortunately, we did not agree to film and produce "Sin City 2."

Thinking of Miramax’s chaos over the past few years, Robert Downey Jr. felt fortunate, “Otherwise, there will be even bad luck.”

Jonah Hill looked at Murphy and said, "This guy can always make wise judgments."

"If you can't even do this," James Franco said, "How can we be the leader of the party?"

"The leader of the Stanton party?" Robert Downey Jr. lifted his chin, "Well, this position is very good."

He turned to look at Murphy, "Mr. Party Leader, when do you plan to lead us into the White House?"

Murphy made a cross-cutting gesture, "Wait when you close your mouth completely."

He stood up, looked at the sea, and said, "What I have to do now is not to consider going to Washington, but to ask for salary from Walt Disney!"

Last year, Miramax owed part of his share of the "Sin City" without paying him. At that time, Walt Disney was still fighting with the Weinstein brothers, so he temporarily put it aside. Now At the end of the battle, Miramax was completely owned by Walt Disney, and it was time to ask for it.