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During the period of waiting for 20th Century Fox's review, Murphy was not idle. In addition to continuing to pay attention to the progress of Rose's case, he also further polished the script. Wei-Robbie et al., detailed the preliminary proposal.

This team, which has been built over the years, can be said to be one of the keys to Murphy's ability to produce a film with quality and quantity.

At the same time, Murphy also asked Bill Rosses to look for actors who are suitable for several main roles in the film, especially actors who are suitable for the male lead.

According to Murphy's requirements, this character has serious psychological problems. While fighting against evil, he must also confront the dark side of his heart. gloomy temperament.

Many people always say that if an actor is applied to a role, the final effect will be similar, but those who know film production know very well that this is purely a joke. Too many roles have specific requirements, and it is definitely not just a random one. Actors can do it.

Hollywood isn't unique in the kind Murphy is asking for, but it's also rare.

However, it was still early, and the crew hadn't been established yet, so he had plenty of time to find such actors.

As for other roles, you can first investigate suitable targets, and then send them audition invitations when the crew is established.

In general, the main actors of this film also need a realistic policeman, a strong villain and a vase-like heroine.

Compared with the leading actor, these are not difficult to find.

Murphy was busy until early June, when Kara Firth approached him.

"Why are you losing weight again?"

Seeing Carla Feith, Gal Gadot looked surprised, walked around her, took Carla Feith's hand, and said, "Carla, have you found a new way to shape your body? Tell me I!"

"Honey." Kara Feith said helplessly, "I've been so busy recently that I can only sleep a few hours a day, and that's how I lost weight."

Even in a suit, Murphy could tell that Kara Firth had become thinner to a certain extent.

He shook his head, and said to the two women who pursued unlimited thinness, "If you control your diet and lose weight, you will only have skin and bones left."

In the past few years, in order to fit the image of Wonder Woman when filming "Man of Steel", Gal Gadot deliberately added nearly 20 pounds of muscle, but after playing Wonder Woman, she immediately began to lose weight, and now she has recovered To that skinny look.

Kara Firth has always been very thin. Since meeting her, Murphy has never seen Kara Firth eat high-calorie food.

Since I hadn't seen him for a long time, Gal Gadot chatted with Kara Firth for a while, and insisted that she stay in the manor for dinner.

Gal Gadot asked the housekeeper to go to the kitchen to let the chef prepare dinner, and Murphy chatted with Kara Firth about the progress of the new movie project.

"Overall, the progress is going smoothly." Kara Firth took the water glass from Gal Gadot, thanked her with a smile, and continued to tell Murphy, "But there are doubts within the audit committee."

Gal Gadot poured Murphy a cup of coffee and sat next to him, "I have doubts, why?"

According to what she saw, Hollywood is very realistic. Directors like Murphy who have never failed in their previous works will basically not encounter difficulties in auditing. It is not only the business circle that is superstitious that successful people will continue to be successful, Hollywood is even more so. .

"The subject matter of the film." Kara Firth said bluntly, "Some people think that crime action movies are outdated, and it is too risky to shoot this type of film now, especially when the investment is too large."

Murphy shrugged, "This is not an ordinary crime action movie."

It's normal for some people at 20th Century Fox to have concerns. The most glorious period for crime action movies was in the 1990s, when a large number of classic crime action movies appeared.

Since the beginning of the new century, this type of film has gradually declined. Today, among the top ten best-selling films in North America every year, there are basically no films of this type.

"Can't pass the review?" Gal Gadot asked with concern.

If she can't pass the review of 20th Century Fox, then find another film company to cooperate with. She believes that Murphy's film will not have to worry about finding investors and distribution companies.

"Of course not." Kara Firth shook her head, "There are more people in the company who support Murphy, and project approval is not a problem."

If the assholes on the audit committee really vetoed the project, she'd have to find a way to get them all fired.

Murphy could hear other meanings in Kara Firth's words, and asked, "Any other questions?"

"It's mainly about investment." Kara Firth didn't mean to beat around the bush in front of Murphy, and said directly, "And your compensation, the company's board of directors has doubts about this aspect, and it is difficult to accept the conditions you offered to Warner Bros. "

Even with the relationship between her and Murphy, she thinks that 30% of the total income share is definitely an insatiable lion with a huge mouth open...

"That's a condition for Warner Brothers." Murphy laughed, "Just let your people talk to Bill."

To deal with Warner Bros.'s kind of bullying, of course, you can kill as much as you can, and it doesn't matter if you can't kill it, and it won't disrupt the original plan.

He has already communicated with Bill Rosses on this aspect. The share of the new film is about 25% of the box office and DVD, TV and Internet copyright revenue. Fang talked about it in detail.

Kara Firth felt relieved, in this case, there would basically be no problems with the project.

Gal Gadot did not ignore Kara Firth's words, "Are there any problems with investment?"

She will be the producer and executive producer of this project, and naturally she will be considered for Murphy and the entire project.

"The $200 million investment that Murphy is asking for is too high."

In fact, there is no need for Gal Gadot to ask, Kara Firth will take the initiative to explain, "The audit committee believes that 150 million US dollars is enough for such a project."

Gal Gadot glanced at Murphy. Of course, the $200 million was an inflated production cost, and the $150 million investment basically met Murphy's requirements.

Non-sequel and non-adapted large-scale original productions have always been unpopular with producers in Hollywood. Even with an investment of 150 million U.S. dollars, Twentieth Century Fox is probably looking at Murphy for a seemingly outdated crime action theme. The director's golden signboard is on it, not the so-called original script.

This kind of investment is completely in line with Murphy's expectations, but it also means that it is impossible to hire super famous star actors.

Of course, Murphy never thought of using a first-line Hollywood star like Robert Downey Jr. in the first part of the series.

In addition to the Stantonites, Murphy's desire to team up with a superstar faded after that contact with Leonardo DiCaprio.

He can see very clearly that he is in this Hollywood fame and fortune game, and he must no longer use his likes and dislikes as the standard for whether to cooperate with star actors or not.

"However, there may be some problems with the source of funds for the investment." Kara Feith said, "The senior management of the company wants me to inform you in advance."

"Huh?" Murphy was puzzled, "Isn't the source of funds improper?"

Although Hollywood's operations are very standardized in this era, there are not no examples in this regard. For example, Leonardo DiCaprio was involved in a money laundering scandal in the past.

In fact, the film industry has always been one of the easiest channels for money laundering, even today.

Funds without legal sources are easily laundered by investing in movies. In the process of investing in movies, there will be a lot of cash expenditures and some expenses that are very difficult to quantify and compare, such as props, sets, and special effects.

During the shooting process, many of these props are consumed or damaged, which is normal. If the film release brings good box office revenue, these are normal operating income brought by investment.

Thinking of this, Leonardo DiCaprio, who had been gradually forgotten by Murphy, jumped into his mind again. It is also a good thing that the opponent supports Jordan Belfort's revenge, but it is also a good thing to add obstacles to Leonardo DiCaprio within the legal scope.

He remembers very clearly that when talking about the unsentenced Jordan Belfort lawsuit, Robert once said that Leonardo DiCaprio's charitable foundation is working with people and funds from Southeast Asia. .

Charitable funds are also a common channel for money laundering, which is also related to the laws and regulations of the United States. American-style charitable funds have two characteristics. One is that according to Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, charitable funds can enjoy tax deductions; the other is that in the United States, There is no law that makes strict regulations on the proportion of charitable funds' expenditures, and charitable funds can avoid the review of specific charitable amounts and methods.

That is to say, even if there are no charitable activities, charitable funds can make profitable investments and directly turn money into surplus.

I vaguely remember that Leonardo DiCaprio’s money laundering scandal was related to people and funds in Southeast Asia.

Hmm...it can make people pay more attention to this aspect.

Murphy had his own calculations. Since Leonardo DiCaprio took the lead, of course he had to fight back.

Such rumors make it difficult for Leonido DiCaprio to pay too much, but it is still possible to make his way to the best actor Oscar longer.

"What are you thinking?" Kara Firth's words interrupted Murphy's thoughts, "Will I let that kind of money flow into your project?"

Murphy shrugged and smiled.

Karla Firth added, "There is an investment from China, which is good for getting the film into the Chinese market."