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The press hall was crowded with hundreds of reporters. They pointed their cameras at the people on the signing stage in front of them, and kept pressing the shutter to capture every figure. Maybe some people on the stage were not famous enough, but the investment cost A project reaching $40 million will naturally attract people's attention.

Although today's Hollywood is full of films with an investment of hundreds of millions, it is still very rare for an independent film to have a production cost of 40 million US dollars.

This is the actor signing ceremony of "Sin City", and it is also a media conference specially held by Miramax for publicity.

Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Sienna Miller, Jessica Simpson, Zi Yi Zhang, etc., who signed contracts with the crew long ago The actor came to another formal signing.

Of course, there is no shortage of Jessica Alba.

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

Although Hollywood vases are not difficult to find, there are not many who have the conditions like Jessica Alba. Otherwise, with her poor 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 when the main actors of the crew are seriously whitened, a Latino actor with a heavy enough role can also reduce some criticism from the crew.

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

"Director Stanton," came across a typical Latino, about forty years old, "Your first two films left a deep impression on me, I believe you will not let me down this time." Disappointed."

"Call me Murphy." Murphy shook hands with him with a smile, and the man said, "Call me Ivy."

Murphy nodded, his tone full of confidence, "Ivy, your investment will definitely not fail!"

Ivy-Niwo laughed, a look of admiration for him.

This is the suitor of Zi Yi Zhang, who is not only Jewish, but also an Israeli with American nationality. Murphy heard Erica Steinberg talk about him before, and Avi Warren has a lot of contacts. One of the representative figures among the Israelis in the United States,

With a net worth of at least several billion dollars, he is still a shareholder of Time Warner, and it is said that he has always been a behind-the-scenes supporter of Harvey Weinstein, and has invested in many projects of Miramax.

There is no harm in making friends with such a person. Murphy also talked with him about the project for a while. Ivy Niwo is obviously not the kind of investor who knows nothing about the film industry, and he is also an expert.

In fact, Murphy also received some news that the conflict between the Weinstein Brothers and the management of Walt Disney, especially the chairman Michael Eisner, is becoming more and more acute. It is said that they have the idea of ​​​​separating from the Walt Disney Group. A rich man from Israel is their potential future investor.

After the previous signing ceremony and press conference were completed, the actors returned to the waiting room one after another, and Ivy Niwo also left Murphy and Harvey Weinstein behind to chase his goals.

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

"Welcome to join the crew."

After that time, Murphy didn't care about the negotiations between Jessica Alba and the crew. Jessica Alba brushed her long hair drooping in front of her face, "Thank you for giving me this opportunity."

Now that she has decided to take this role and signed an actor contract with a guarantee, she has let go of her worries about being a youth idol.

Jessica Alba walked away and went to find Harvey Weinstein, and James Franco and others came together.

"Murphy, your second spring has come!" Jonah Hill winked at him.

James Franco looked at Jessica Alba not far away and said, "Beautiful 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. crossed his arms and asked seriously, "Murphy, are you interested in her?"

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

Some things are hard to say clearly, Jessica Alba is really beautiful, she looks like a standard silly white sweet, but just like before, Murphy appreciates her appearance, but it's just admiration, and who really Would you treat someone like Jessica Alba as a fool?

After the press conference, the preparations for the crew continued. Murphy, Feli Raschel, and Helena Espora went around several small towns near the outskirts of Los Angeles, looking for a suitable location with few shots , returned to Los Angeles, and called all the actors together, together with Frank Miller, for the necessary role exchanges.

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

At the same time, the production of special effects for the film is also in progress, especially the background special effects that replace the green screen, which have already started production before shooting. A studio under Digital Domain and two other special effects studios will work together to provide Provide adequate technical support for special effects.

From mid-October to the end of December, the crew went through more than two months of preparations, and the preparations were gradually getting ready. After Christmas, when the dawn of 2003 came, the preparations for "Sin City" were coming to an end.

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

Sitting on the battery car, a little blond girl kept looking around. Many parts of the Disney studio were in disrepair, and they really didn't look very good. "It's not as good as our farmhouse in the countryside."

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

"Hey, it's not easy for me to convince Mom and Dad that I can come here to play during the holidays," Margaret Robbie pointed to the dirty studios around the road, "You just let me watch these?"

"Don't you want to watch a movie?" David Robbie was also quite helpless towards his sister, "Can you be patient?"

"By the way," Margaret asked curiously, "Is Kerry also on the set?"

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

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

"Yes." David Robbie nodded.

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

"Don't ask so many questions, you will understand some things when the time comes," the battery car gradually approached No. 2 studio, David Robbie pointed there, "This is the studio where the crew shot."

The battery car stopped, and Margaret pressed the seat lightly with her right hand, and jumped directly, her little leather boots fell on the ground with a crisp thud.

After parking the battery car, David Robbie took Margaret to the studio, and told him as he walked, "The filming will start in a while, so don't talk during the filming."

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

Following David Robbie into the studio, Margaret's eyes widened immediately, as if she had come to a green world. On the ceiling, on the ground, and on the surrounding walls, there were large expanses of green curtains, and there were already people Started busy surrounded by green.

"Hi, David." The person I met greeted actively, "Who is this little beauty next to you?"

"My sister Maggie..."

When passing by a room that should be a makeup artist, a fat man came out of it. There were some weird things on his face, which looked very rough, ugly, and even a little scary.

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

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

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

"Hello, Mr. Logan." Although Margaret was born with some wildness of a cowgirl, she was very polite, "I know you."

Seth Rogen looked at the beautiful little girl opposite, "You know me? I don't remember we ever met."

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

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

David Robbie turned to look at his sister, "Are you peeking at the tape?"

"That's the movie you participated in shooting!" Margaret didn't avoid her brother's gaze, and said plausibly, "I always want to see what movie my brother made?"

Seth Rogen laughed.

"I won't bother you," David Robbie looked at the time, "Go ahead, Seth."

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

"David, wait." Seth Rogen stopped him and reminded, "You bring someone here, you'd better go and say hello to Murphy."

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

Seth Rogen nodded, waved to the two, and returned to the dressing room.

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

"David," Margaret didn't answer his words, but pointed to a person standing alone on the green screen, "may I go and say hello to Murphy?" (To be continued.)