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In this regard, Twentieth Century Fox is still somewhat dissatisfied, but they have not explicitly expressed to Murphy. In fact, they also know very well that Murphy's films may not be suitable for the tastes of audiences on the other side of the Pacific, but they are different from Murphy. Yes, Twentieth Century Fox is more patient, knowing that the market needs to be cultivated, and has not given up on previous efforts, and continues to push the film to pass the scissor review.

Moreover, the cooperation between Fox and Wanda in the 20th Century is not limited to the film. It is impossible for Murphy to affect the strategic planning between the two big groups.

After the short Christmas holiday, Murphy's crew regrouped and continued the rest of the filming of "City of Chaos". Most of the film's shots have been shot, and the rest are scattered scenes.

After the New Year in 2011, the shooting has completely entered the final stage.

While Murphy was busy shooting, he also confessed that Gal Gadot was concerned about financial issues. A year has just passed, and the dividend accounts between Murphy and many companies have reached the time for settlement.

From the earliest Miramax and Fox searchlights, to Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox, Murphy has related director dividends. Even those films that have not signed a sharing agreement have a small part of the directors’ union. dividend.

Today is different from the past. Murphy does not need to ask frequently. The relevant accounts were quickly sent from several companies to the Stanton Studio. After the accountant’s audit, Gal Gadot was taken to the studio in Venice. Murphy looked at it.

Although I only browsed it roughly, Murphy has also seen some changes. The biggest one is that the dividend income of DVD has been greatly reduced, and the related income of the network has increased significantly.

As a Hollywood director, Murphy certainly understands the changes in the film market.

Since entering the new century, DVD can be said to be one of the major sources of revenue for major Hollywood production and distribution companies. It is even hard to say that Hollywood is relying on DVD to make money. Some major players such as "Spider-Man" and "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" Hot movies, in North America alone, the first week of DVD sales can exceed 100 million U.S. dollars, those that can enter the top ten of the annual box office rankings, except for very few examples, most of the final DVDs can sell for 100 million U.S. dollars about.

The production cost of DVD is much lower than that of the popular video tapes, and at most it will not exceed 1% to 3% of the wholesale price sold to distributors by the producer and distributor. Even if marketing and other costs are included, the profit margin is still terrible. .

For a single movie, if it is a popular movie, the studio can make 5 to 8 million U.S. dollars from a single renter. This is only the rental part, and the proportion of the sales part is more than this, that is to say, a Popular movie Hollywood can get tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue from DVD, and this revenue is almost all net profit.

This is why Hollywood is making money from DVDs.

However, everyone who has paid attention to the relevant data is well aware that the heyday of DVD is about to go.

Although Hollywood's DVD industry still maintains a scale of nearly 2 billion US dollars, it is not difficult for people with a long-term vision to see that this glory will not last long, and even the next three to four years will decline sharply.

Why does this happen? Is the audience tired of Hollywood blockbusters?

The answer is of course no. The audience for Hollywood movies has not shrunk, but with the rise of Internet video sites, those teenagers who constitute the mainstream of the movie market have turned their attention to online on-demand and online downloads.

The rise of movies on the Internet has directly reduced the scale of Hollywood's DVD industry by two-thirds.

Hollywood will never lack elites, and many people have also discovered this.

On the one hand, filmmakers have also begun to look for ways to reduce costs to ensure that each disc can create more profits; on the other hand, while taking defensive measures, major studios are also starting to completely eliminate the film. Preparing for the day when the silver disc disappeared.

The future offline distribution of movies will inevitably rely more on the Internet or on-demand services of cable and satellite TV companies. According to data from the media survey company, the current market size has reached 1.2 billion US dollars, and it has surged by nearly 100% last year alone. Of twenty.

Many Hollywood film companies plan ahead and plan to release online or pay-TV editions instead of waiting a few weeks after the movie’s DVDs are on the market. Instead, they will be launched simultaneously.

In this way, it can attract young people who don't want to buy DVDs.

Another change in the making is to allow viewers to download the online version of the movie after the movie is released, and this can also be before the DVD release. This attempt can charge customers an extra fee for watching the high-definition movie early.

Stanton Studios has copyrighted films and is also focusing on the development of related businesses on the Internet. Murphy has also signed some related agreements with Netflix.

"I heard that people from Netflix have looked for you?"

On the set, James Franco had just finished a temporary make-up film. While he was resting, he found Murphy and talked about this topic, "Are you planning to invite you to direct a TV series? "

Murphy shook his head, "I declined."

To be precise, the price offered by Netflix is ​​too low. If the price is right, Murphy can also consider cooperating with Netflix on a TV series.

However, the current Netflix is ​​not the future Netflix, and cannot afford his high salary.

"Actually, I think you can make a TV drama about the specific experience of my role."

After Christmas, James Franco saw more settings for his role, and some related plots in the second part, "It can be an effective supplement to the movie, just like what Marvel Pictures is doing. "

Murphy picked up the coffee and took a sip. "I'll talk about it later."

James Franco leaned back in his chair and said, "You guy, you always think very strange."

"Where is it peculiar?" Murphy didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"The dark side of the mind is too heavy!" James Franco said deliberately, "All things come up with are dark things."

Murphy spread his hand and shrugged.

"For example, in this film, a protagonist who can clearly be set as a bright and bright protagonist." James Franco said very directly, "You just want to be a neurotic, a very dark character."

Murphy asked back, "Is this bad?"

Without waiting for James Franco’s answer, Murphy continued, “Most of the protagonists of Hollywood commercials have the most intuitive feeling and are the perfect incarnation of idealism. But my role doesn’t need these, he needs to have more. Human characteristics, not a saint, and I don’t need him to have so many idealized rules and regulations, so when dealing with things, it will be more humane and realistic, and some political elements will be mixed in it. This It’s also the character I want to see."

Murphy thought for a while, and then said, "As long as Chris Dan appears, he can become messy and disorderly around him. It is difficult to immediately distinguish right from wrong with a clear moral concept. The film is not particularly obvious. In the next film where you are the protagonist, a major theme of it is to start from realism to a certain extent. It is clear that no one can be free from the law, even if it is an obligation. The identity of the police is not good either."

James Franco knew that Murphy was talking about the sequel to "City of Chaos" and asked, "I am the protagonist? Isn't the protagonist Chris Dann?"

"He is only the protagonist in name." Murphy said without concealment, "Your magician is the real protagonist."

"I saw the things you gave me." James Franco lifted his chin, "The logic of the character is really interesting."

This role requires a lot of effort from James Franco, so Murphy deliberately let him know some of the settings of the role in order to make preparations in advance. Now James Franco has talked about it and wants to share this role with him. Discuss a few more sentences.

"It's not just a magician, everyone has their own logic." Murphy pointed to James Franco, then pointed to himself, "Including you and me, many times everyone thinks that his logic is correct. This world is operating according to the set of logic he believes. If this world is not like this, we will think that this is just a superficial phenomenon. The true deep logic must be the set of logic that we have mastered. We have to prove this. One point, you just need to'push a little' on others, and these people will fall into their own logic."

James Franco thoughtfully, "If a beautiful woman believes that men are not good things, men are only interested in her body and will not love her at all. Then, she will use her body to seduce men, and she She will find that she only needs to push the men lightly like this, and these men will become perverts."

Murphy laughed and said just as he said, "If a rich man believes that everyone is greedy, and money can make the undead drive. Then he will use his money to push countless people gently. These people will fall into his grasp.

"What about the magician?" James Franco asked again.

"The magician wants to break through everyone's bottom line." Murphy said seriously, "He thinks everyone is evil."

Murphy spreads out his hand, "So, in the setting I gave you, the magician's "push" weapon is the fear in people's hearts. He believes that everyone loves themselves and their relatives, as long as you To threaten their lives, then everyone will abandon their original bottom line and become a demon."

James Franco nodded slightly, "Once a person breaks through the bottom line, there is no bottom line."

"Roughly the same."

Looking at his watch, Murphy stood up and said, "I'm going to film the last scene."