Hollywood Road

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\u003c/\u003e In the "Deadpool" crew, Murphy held a total of three positions, namely director, screenwriter and producer. The director is the main job, the screenwriter is an inevitable addition to providing the script, and the producer is the project The initiator needs to ensure his right to speak in the crew as much as possible.

Hollywood has a mature industrial system, and if there are actual positions in the crew, they will get a corresponding salary.

The screenwriter's total remuneration is $300,000, because Murphy asked Robert Downey Jr. to participate in the writing of Deadpool's mouthpiece lines and let Seth Rogen co-design humorous scenes, although the two will not sign in the screenwriter column , but will share the $300,000 screenwriting remuneration together.

As for the producer, Murphy is more of a name, but he also has a salary of 100,000 US dollars.

His salary is mainly reflected in the director's job. Since it was determined before that the director's salary will be composed of a lower basic salary plus post-production dividends, Murphy's basic salary is only 3 million US dollars, which will be divided into filming and filming. The three-time settlement with the North American lower-tier is not the focus of the negotiations. The tug-of-war between Bill Rossis and 20th Century Fox lies in the ratio of the later box office share and whether it involves the global box office.

As we all know, after entering the new century, the box office share of Hollywood superstars and first-line directors is no longer limited to the scope of North America, but has expanded to the scope of the global box office. Received box office dividends of 50 million US dollars.

But the current Murphy is far from being able to compare with those super A-level superstars and first-line directors, and he can't get such a high proportion of dividends anyway.

Bill Rossis' idea is to strive for Murphy's box office share to be based on the film's global box office, and even reduce the proportion appropriately. In most cases, one percent of the North American box office of a blockbuster film The dividend is not comparable to the 0.5% dividend of the global box office.

But 20th Century Fox was not stupid, and insisted on limiting the dividend to North America. After nearly a week of negotiations, the two sides reached an agreement.

The last thing Murphy signed was still a stepped dividend agreement.

The agreement is based on the film's production cost of US$60 million. If "Deadpool" can reach the US$60 million North American box office cost line in the future, he, the director, can get 1% of the North American box office as a reward. Once the North American box office rises to 100 million US dollars, this ratio will increase to 1.5%, 150 million US dollars will increase to 2%, 200 million US dollars will rise to 2.5%, and 250 million US dollars will be 100%. three thirds.

There is also a remark at the back, once the North American box office of the film exceeds the 300 million US dollars mark, the director Murphy will receive 5% of the total North American box office as a reward

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This is just an incentive clause. From Bill Rosses to Kara Firth to 20th Century Fox, no one would believe that the North American box office of such an R-rated film can exceed the $300 million mark.

The current box office record for an R-rated film in North America is only the US$280 million that "The Matrix Reloaded" just created this summer.

In terms of later-stage copyrights, Murphy can get 2% of North American copyright revenue. Hollywood film companies will not easily make concessions in terms of later-stage copyrights. The revenue figures seen on the bright side.

These are all Murphy's personal remuneration, and have no direct relationship with Stanton Studio's $15 million investment share.

In today's Hollywood, it's not a big deal for a top director to get a salary of 20 million U.S. dollars. As long as the film's box office and subsequent income are guaranteed, some second-tier directors can also earn more than 10 million U.S. dollars for a single film. From this aspect It is said that Murphy is very close to becoming a second-tier Hollywood director.

He is struggling in the independent film circle, not because he wants to gain a reputation as an art director with independent films, but to accumulate capital for himself to turn to the mainstream commercial film circle. The project "Samurai" has successfully squeezed into the mainstream commercial film circle, and it is also eligible to compete with 20th Century Fox for personal treatment.

This step by step, Murphy's footsteps are extremely steady. He is neither conservative nor aggressive, with clear goals and high fighting spirit.

After the contract was negotiated, another news came from 20th Century Fox. They won a tax rebate for "Deadpool" in New South Wales, Australia. The film must be shot in New South Wales, and the scenes in the studio can be placed in the Fox Studios in the outskirts of Sydney, the crew needs to visit for location scenes.

Murphy sent Paul Wilson out for a preliminary inspection.

Paul Wilson has cooperated with Murphy many times, and also assisted Murphy in Stanton Studio to complete the script and proposal, so he is the most suitable candidate.

Twentieth Century Fox was able to get a special tax rebate from the Australian government for a movie with an investment of 60 million U.S. dollars, saving millions of dollars in investment for the movie, which also showed its strong background as one of the six major Hollywood companies. Think of Murphy working with Miramax, and the usual tax rebates for "Sin City" that the Weinstein brothers were all over the world but not getting.

The brothers have not had an easy time recently.

"Their conflict with Michael Eisner has become public."

Under the night, Bill Rossis sat by the pool in the backyard of Murphy's home and said to several others, "Fortunately, we didn't continue to cooperate with Miramax, otherwise we would encounter a lot of trouble."

Murphy leaned back on the white chair, picked up the beer mug in front of him, gestured to a few people around the big round table, picked it up, took a sip, and said, "We'd better not jump into this kind of quagmire. "

Robert Downey Jr. shrugged, "You didn't jump into the quagmire, but you got caught in another vortex."

Everyone's eyes are open, and they can naturally see the open and secret struggle between Kara Firth and Dave Scola.

"With his character, how could he sit idly by about Kara Firth?" James Franco stretched his waist, "I can easily watch you put on a good show this time. "

He and Jonah Hill took on a comedy, won't be in 'Deadpool'

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"Why don't you help Carla?"

Gal Gadot, who was wearing a loose sportswear, came over, holding a large fruit plate in his hand, put it on the table, sat back beside Murphy, and greeted, "Everyone eat fruit."

She took a small piece of watermelon and handed it to Murphy, "Eat some fruit, I told you not to drink on an empty stomach."

Hearing Gal Gadot's seemingly complaining, but actually caring words, several people around laughed.

"Murphy, I really envy you." Jonah Hill always said whatever came to mind, "Gail is beautiful and gentle, better than that..."

Before he finished speaking, Seth Rogen next to him stuffed a banana into his mouth, "Eat a banana."

Gal Gadot had a little understanding of some things about Murphy's past, and didn't care too much, but just smiled generously.

"Okay, you guys stop messing around." Murphy shifted to tonight's topic in a timely manner, "I'm not just here for drinks today, I mentioned it to you a while ago, to help supplement the lines and humor scenes in the script , especially when Deadpool used his mouth to get celebrities to start shooting, the project will soon be pushed into the completion guarantee process, and the final draft of the script must be finalized as soon as possible."

In fact, all the scenes and plots of the script have basically been determined, and what is missing is the lines of Deadpool.

Murphy asked Robert Downey Jr. to write some based on his own characteristics, but it was not enough. He believed in the collective wisdom, especially the other four members of his small team, which can be said to be good at funny.

"Let me say first, in addition to the lines that have already been written, I thought of another good idea." Robert Downey Jr. said first, "When Wade finally took off his mask to face Vanessa, I think it should be on the face. Put up a photo of Leo... that's Leonardo DiCaprio. Well... Wade's house can also put up a poster of Leo and I walking hand in hand."

He gestured for a phone call, "I've already communicated with Leo."

Hearing this, Murphy couldn't help thinking of the soundtrack when this poster appeared in the movie - the sea can dry up, the rocks can rot, the sky can crumble, and we are holding hands, holding hands, holding hands...

Just as he was about to write it down, Gal Gadot, who was next to him, had already taken out a pen and a notebook, and wrote down Robert Downey Jr.'s words on it, and added a note that Leonardo DiCaprio had agreed to .

"We can also make fun of Bush Jr.." Seth Rogen adjusted his glasses and said, "You put the power plant in the last *scene, which reminds me of what Bush Jr. said. The root cause of California's power crisis is not There are enough power plants, and then there is not enough electricity for the power plants to generate electricity, which can be changed appropriately.”

"He said something so illogical?" Gal Gadot asked curiously.

Robert Downey Jr. shrugged, "Our president has said too many unreliable things."

"Well... yes, we can also add a passage from his anti-terrorism speech to make fun of." He thought about it and said, "A proper change can make Wade say that my enemies are always resourceful and resourceful." Innovative. But I don’t lose to them, their leaders will keep coming up with new ways to harm the country and the people, and I will do the same!”

Afterwards, everyone said a series of jokes, even Master Yoda and Luke Skywalker. When Sen and Vanessa were in love, they used the famous master Yoda's classic action of riding Luke Skywalker on his back... (To be continued.)