Hollywood Road

It was not until the beginning of September that Murphy waited for a definite reply from 20th Century Fox. After a series of preliminary investigations, evaluations and reviews, the review committee of 20th Century Fox finally signed the "Deadpool" project proposal. Words, the project was also successfully submitted to the top management of Fox, and then passed smoothly. ?(? Eight [one Chinese? Wen \u003cnet \u003c[ ?)]?}]}]]

Later, Bill Rossis, who negotiated with Twentieth Century Fox on behalf of Murphy and Stanton Studios, also received good news. The two parties reached an agreement on the investment in "Deadpool", and Twentieth Century Fox agreed with Stanton The studio funds the project.

Such a result is also expected. "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" and "Kingdom of Heaven" have invested heavily, and another project promoted by Kara Firth, "Alien vs. Predator", has also begun preparations, and the funds required are also huge. At least, Twentieth Century Fox is under enormous financial pressure.

Financing is a necessary choice to solve the source of funds for these projects, and the director brings funds into the group, which is also a necessary choice to solve funds and reduce risks.

On behalf of Stanton Studios, Murphy and Kara Firth, representing 20th Century Fox, soon signed a specific investment agreement.

The total production cost of "Deadpool" was 60 million US dollars, and Stanton Studios accounted for a quarter of the investment, which is 15 million US dollars. Correspondingly, it also enjoyed a quarter of the box office profits.

In terms of TV copyright, DVD videotape copyright and Internet on-demand copyright, Stanton Studio also reached an agreement with 20th Century Fox. Among all the copyright income in the first five years of the film, Stanton Studio also enjoys an equal proportion to the investment amount. revenue share.

There is also a memorandum clause in the agreement, all investment and income will not involve the copyright issue of the film, that is, Stanton Studio will not own any copyright of "Deadpool".

This is the basic premise for Stanton Studios to be able to negotiate with 20th Century Fox, and it is also a practice in the industry, and neither side has any objections.

In addition, such as Deadpool's hands-on games, dolls and image licensing, etc., have nothing to do with Stanton Studios.

However, Murphy was quite satisfied with getting these. He didn't have much capital yet, so he negotiated some harsh conditions with a company like 20th Century Fox.

Subsequently, Twentieth Century Fox held a fairly large-scale project press conference for "Deadpool".

This is of course the result of Kara Firth's hard work.

"This is a new chapter for the X-Men."

In front of many reporters,

Murphy said, "It will also be a unique superhero movie. Due to the confidentiality agreement involved, I can't disclose too many details of the movie, but this is an R-rated movie!"

R-rated film! R family hero movie!

This news immediately set off a discussion in the press hall, and the reporters were not very surprised. When Kara Firth announced that Murphy was the director, many people expected such a result.

"This is just a part of the huge plan of the X-Men." Kara Firth didn't mind throwing some big news to attract attention, "Twentieth Century Fox will be committed to creating a unique X-Men universe!"

The view of the movie universe has long existed in Hollywood, but no one has ever officially mentioned it. This is a view that belongs to comics.

The X-Men universe thrown out by Kara Firth, combined with the promotional campaign of Fox's media, quickly attracted the attention of a lot of people.

Bruce Rosenblum, the current vice president of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, is one of them.

"The X-Men Universe..."

In the office, he put down the newspaper in his hand, and muttered to himself, "A movie universe where superheroes exist."

Such a concept is very new in Hollywood and the film industry, but in the comics industry in North America, there are too many such universes.

For example, in the multiple universes created by DC comics, people in this parallel space are the superheroes who save the earth, while another parallel space may become blackened and degenerate.

He habitually twirled his fingers lightly, continuing to think about the news he saw.

Twentieth Century Fox teamed up with Murphy Stanton to create Deadpool's superhero movie. Judging from the news revealed by the media, this is an R-rated movie full of dark winds.

Bruce Rosenblum couldn't help but think of the meeting some time ago. Murphy Stanton not only proposed to Warner Bros. to create a humanized Batman, but also submitted a plan and story that he seemed to be very reliable. The template is just that others speak lightly. In front of the new CEO Bruce Berman, he doesn't have much right to speak at all.

Now, Murphy Stanton has found Marvel and Twentieth Century Fox, and it seems that he wants to create a distinctive super movie according to his own ideas.

The intercom connected to the secretary's station rang suddenly, and Bruce Rosenblum pressed the answer button, and the secretary's voice came over, "Boss, the news you asked me to inquire about just now has the result, the X-Men universe is not Kara- Feith's idea, there is definite information that this formulation first came from Murphy-Stanton!"

"I see."

Bruce Rosenblum turned off the intercom and sighed, "It's Murphy Stanton again!"

Obviously, this is a very, very thoughtful young director.

At the beginning, Murphy Stanton's plan was highly practicable, and it was very likely to revive the "Batman" series, and he also deeply believed in the words of the other critics. Ordinary people are completely divorced from the real audience.

The sense of substitution in a superhero movie is very important. Can a superhero who is separated from the audience succeed on the big screen?

He was not optimistic about "The Return of the Man".

What the "People" series needs is not a return at all, but a restart!

"Not only people, but also other DC comic-level heroes." Bruce Rosenblum said to himself, "Since the X-Men can create an exclusive movie universe? Can't DC's super-heroes? DC Comics has the famous Justice League!"

Man, Batman and Wonder Woman, the prestige of the three giants of justice, is by no means comparable to the X-Men.

Thinking of this, Bruce Rosenblum felt hot in his heart, wishing to immediately formulate an executable plan, but just as the word plan appeared in his mind, his fiery heart turned cold again.

This plan is easy to say, but it is too difficult to do. DC's comic hero movies have been silent for too long, so long that movie audiences have almost forgotten them.

It is not easy for them to regain their glory, and it should not be launched in a hurry like "The Return of Man", but a long-term and complete plan.

"planning……"

Bruce Rosenblum pressed the communicator and informed the secretary, "Pay close attention to "Deadpool", and have new news to send to me as soon as possible."

If Murphy Stanton can use "Deadpool" to prove that his style is suitable for superhero movies, maybe he will be a good partner.

The chain reaction of the X-Men universe in the media has also exceeded the expectations of 20th Century Fox. Many media are discussing the feasibility of transplanting the creative concept that originally belonged to comics to the film industry.

And the discussion in the media will affect the readers. There are a large number of potential viewers among the readers. The news of the "Deadpool" project has been widely disseminated among the public in the fastest and most intensive way. For the early publicity of the film In other words, the purpose has been achieved.

With the official approval of the project, the team that Murphy has worked with in the past also officially entered the crew. Having experienced the cooperation and honing of three films, this is already a relatively mature shooting and production team.

Except that Chen Hu, Yuan Heping's apprentice, was specially invited from Hong Kong to serve as the film's action director, all other heads of departments who participated in the last filming will join the "Deadpool" crew and continue to cooperate with Murphy.

This film will not use big scenes and special effects as selling points. The action scenes of each character, especially Deadpool and the big villain, Colossus and Sand Angel, will be based on realism from fist to flesh.

In terms of action direction, although Hollywood is catching up, there is still a certain gap between Hong Kong's action direction. The last film "Sin City" does not focus on action scenes, and most scenes are shot in high-speed slow motion. For action direction The requirements were not high, so Murphy used the action guide cultivated by CAA.

But the opponent's ability still needs to be improved, and it can't fully meet the requirements of directing the action scenes of "Deadpool". To be on the safe side, Murphy still chose to hire Yuan Heping from Hong Kong with a high salary after communicating with Bill Rossis and Kara Firth. of a team.

Hollywood is indeed ahead of the declining Hong Kong movies in all aspects, but in terms of action scenes, Hong Kong movies still have their own advantages.

Moreover, since Yuan Heping and Wu Yusen entered Hollywood, their actions and gunfight styles have clearly influenced Hollywood. It is not an exaggeration to say that they have profoundly changed the filming and production mode of these scenes in Hollywood.

Murphy started his career as a director in Hollywood and was also influenced by many Hollywood concepts. For example, like most Hollywood directors, he doesn't care where talents and skills come from, as long as it is beneficial to himself and the projects he directs, he will use them. .

Many actors in the crew need to receive special movement training before filming starts.

After the film project was approved, the crew took the lead in negotiating with the four actors, namely Robert Downey Jr. and Jessica Alba as the male and female protagonists, and Dwayne Johnson and Gina Carano as the villains. .

As Kara Firth said, the remuneration of these actors will be composed of a lower basic remuneration plus different post-production bonuses.

At the same time, Bill Rossis also negotiated Murphy's salary as director and screenwriter after some see-saw negotiations. (To be continued.)