Hollywood Road

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"Welcome, it is a great honor for Stanton Studio to have you here..."

At the entrance of a small theater in West Hollywood, Murphy, Bill Rossis and Paul Wilson stood here to welcome the representatives of several companies who came to watch the film, and he took the initiative to shake hands when everyone came over. Pile up the most enthusiastic smiles, as if they are all God in person.

As long as he can wait to achieve his goal, Murphy doesn't care if his face is frozen with laughter today.

Originally, he wanted to hold this trial meeting in the large conference room of the hotel. Later, for the sake of watching the movie, he spent 1,000 US dollars to rent the theater for a whole morning.

Watching most movies in a conference room has a completely different effect than watching them in a professional theater.

What Murphy did was to sell his film as much as possible.

A total of more than a dozen people entered the theater. Murphy looked at his watch and asked his side, "Bill, are you all here?"

Bill Rosses recalled for a moment, "Everyone on the list is here."

"Let's go in." Murphy walked into the theater first.

Entering the theater, Paul Wilson did not go to the screening hall, but walked towards the second floor. He, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill will take care of the screening copy throughout the process, even when going to the bathroom. go.

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

This film cost almost all of his net worth, and it was directly related to his future development. If something went wrong, he really couldn't cry.

In the small projection hall, more than a dozen people were sparsely sitting 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 guy on the left in the fifth row seems to be Ron Orbas from DreamWorks.

The person in the front row surprised him the most, Milton Johnson, one of Lionsgate's distribution executives.

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

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

However, thinking of the data of "Hard Candy", I was relieved. These people, including him, were realistic.

Without the income data of "Hard Candy" as a basis, he believed that there would not be more than three people willing to come here, and it still depends on the name of CAA.

Milton Johnson sat in his seat and didn't look around at all. He only cared about the film. If this horror film could arouse his interest, he would just sit here and continue watching. If not, he would leave without hesitation.

Since that little guy was able to bring Miramax a surprising amount of income with a cost of 300,000 U.S. dollars, it must not be worse the second time around.

Jones Butler is looking around. This situation is not uncommon. Directors with successful credentials are more likely to attract the attention of the industry, and that Bill Rosses also borrowed part of CAA's energy.

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 efforts are actually useless.

Milton Johnson tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair, but in his head he wondered if he could keep watching the film.

He had watched "Hard Candy" before, and the film was indeed of some value, but it was too niche.

The lights on the screen are on, probably because there is no title added.

The film entered the theme, and after watching it for only a minute, Milton Johnson rubbed his chin unconsciously, which is his habitual action after encountering something he is interested in.

A secret room, two people chained by shackles, and a dead body lying in a pool of blood and shooting suicide between them. It is very concise and makes people feel puzzled. Why are they locked here, and why is that person? Suicide?

"Photography, lens use, color, editing, all have obviously improved compared to the previous one." Tony Guzman nodded lightly, "The operation of the opening suspense scene is as good as ever."

More plasma than the previous film made Jones Butler frown somewhat, but after watching it for a while, she had to admit that Murphy Stanton's progress is obvious, and the quality of the film is better than that of "Hard Candy" "The improvement is really too much.

Although it is essentially a traditional American plasma film, the elements such as suspense and ingenious killing mechanisms added to it have an eye-catching effect.

Halfway through the movie, Jones Butler kept nodding even though he didn't feel amazing, and kept writing in his notebook. There are too many things in this movie that can be listed as selling points.

"Extraordinary creative ingenuity, true description of the dark side of human nature, ups and downs of plot arrangement, unique treatment of unknown, dark, claustrophobic, dying and other classic elements, interlocking details nested, very A shocking finale, with a proper blood spotting..."

She filled a whole page of her notebook.

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

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

For a film without market value, for her and Miramax, the meaning of existence is zero!

Tony Guzman also nodded, forming his own judgments in his heart, and these judgments were a bit surprising. Among the low-budget independent films he had watched this year, this horror film was definitely a five-star existence.

This is definitely a fighter jet in a small cost!

Milton-Johnson lowered his eyes slightly, but it wasn't that he wasn't interested in the film. Instead, he ordered the assistant next to him, "Tell the people below to get in touch with Stanton's studio and get this movie as much as possible..."

Just as he was speaking, the man who committed suicide in the middle of the secret room stood up, and he was the jigsaw!

With this unexpected result, even Milton Johnson, who watched the movie countless times, immediately widened his eyes. This ending is really amazing!

He immediately overturned his previous opinion in his heart. If such a horror film is handed over to Lionsgate Films, with a suitable announcement...

"Call a meeting with the distribution department and the marketing department immediately after leaving..." He whispered to his assistant, "You keep in close contact with Stanton Studios, and I will push the company to buy out the film with all its strength."

Even if he can't buy it out, this horror movie 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 that disappeared from the screen, and seemed not to know what to say. This is not just a five-star movie, but a low-cost movie. Super five-star existence in the movie! To be continued.