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"Welcome, it's a great honor for Stanton Studios to be here......"

At the door of a small theater in West Hollywood, Murphy, Bill Rothes, and Paul Wilson stood to greet representatives of several companies who had come to see the film, and when everyone came over, he took the initiative to shake hands and smile the most enthusiastically, as if they were all God.

As long as he can wait for the goal to be achieved, Murphy doesn't care if his whole face is frozen today.

Originally, he wanted to hold the preview in the hotel's large conference room, but later spent $1,000 to rent the theater for a morning for the sake of the viewing effect.

Most movies, watched in a conference room, are completely different from watching in a professional theater.

What Murphy does is to sell his film as much as possible.

A dozen people entered the theater, and Murphy looked at his watch and asked, "Bill, are you there?" ”

Bill Rothes recalls slightly, "The list is all here. ”

"Let's go inside." Murphy was the first to walk into the theater.

Entering the theater, Paul Wilson did not go to the screening room, but walked towards the second floor, where he, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill would take care of the screening copies the entire time, even if they went to the bathroom.

Although Stanton Studios and the film are unknown, Murphy will not let up his guard.

This film has almost all his net worth, which is directly related to the future development, in case of a mistake, he really can't cry.

In the small screening room, more than a dozen people sat sparsely in their respective positions, and Tony Guzman habitually sat in the back row, and from his position, he could see many familiar faces in the industry.

The black man in the middle of the third row was Jones Butler of Miramax.

The man on the left in the fifth row seems to be Ron Orbas from DreamWorks.

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

There were a few other people he didn't know, and it looked like they were buyers and watchers from some small distribution companies.

It was not surprising that a number of companies participated in this internal test screening, and Tony Guzmán was surprised that the small Stanton Studios and the unknown director were able to attract so many people.

However, when I think of the numbers in "Fruit Hard Candy", I am relieved that these people, including him, are realistic.

If it weren't for the income of Hard Fruit Candy as a basis, he believes that there would be no more than three people willing to come here, and it would be for the sake of CAA's name.

Milton Johnson sat in his seat, didn't look around at all, he only cared about the film, this horror movie could arouse his interest, just sit here and continue watching, if he can't, he will not hesitate to walk away.

Since that little guy can bring Miramax a surprise income at a cost of $300,000, he must not have done worse the second time.

It's not uncommon for Jones Butler to be looking around, directors with a proven track record of success are more likely to attract attention from the industry, and that Bill Rothes has borrowed some of the CAA's energy.

Then her eyes turned to the screen, no matter what Stanton Studios and CAA do, the film itself is the key, and if there is no commercial selling point, these jobs are actually useless.

Miton Johnson's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the chair, but his head was wondering if he could keep watching the film.

He has watched "Hard Fruit Candy" before, and the film does have a certain value, but it is too niche.

The lights on the screen are on, probably without adding the intro, the film enters the theme, and after only one minute of watching, Miton Johnson unconsciously rubs his chin, which is his habitual action after encountering something of interest.

A secret room, two people locked in shackles, and a corpse in the middle of the two that fell in a pool of blood and shot himself, very concisely makes people wonder, why are they locked here, and why did that person kill himself?

"Cinematography, lens use, color, editing, there are obvious improvements compared to the previous film." Tony Guzman nodded slightly, "The opening suspense scene works as well as ever. ”

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

Although it is essentially a traditional American plasma film, the suspense and ingenious killing mechanism and other elements added to it give people a dazzling effect.

Halfway through the film, even if it doesn't feel amazing, Jones Butler keeps nodding his head, and the pen in his hand keeps writing in his notebook, there are too many things that can be listed as selling points in this film.

"Extraordinary ingenuity, realistic depiction of the dark side of human nature, ups and downs of the plot, unique treatment of classic elements such as the unknown, darkness, claustrophobia, and near death, interlocking details nested, impactful ending, with appropriate plasma spotting ......"

She had a whole page in 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 movies.

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

A film that has no market value, for her and Miramax, it means nothing!

Tony Guzmán also nodded, forming his own judgments in his heart, which are still a little amazing, among the small-budget independent films he has seen this year, this horror film is definitely a five-star survival zài.

This is definitely a fighter inside the small cost!

Miton Johnson's eyes drooped slightly, but he was not uninterested in the film, but instructed the assistant next to him, "Sue the people below, contact Stanton Studios, and win this ...... as much as possible"

As he spoke, the suicide man in the middle of the chamber stood up, he was the jigsaw!

This unexpected result, even people like Milton Johnson, who have watched countless movies, immediately widened their eyes, this ending is really amazing!

He immediately overturned his previous opinion in his heart, if such a horror film was handed over to Lionsgate, it would be accompanied by a suitable publicity......

"Immediately after I get out, I will call a meeting between the distribution department and the marketing department......" he whispered to his assistant, "You are in close contact with Stanton Studios, and I will push the company to buy out the film with all its might." ”

Even if he can't buy it out, this horror film has brought him a lot of inspiration.

He is not the only one who overturned his previous opinion, Tony Guzmán opened his mouth slightly, looking at the jigsaw that disappeared on the screen and seemed to not know what to say, this is not just a five-star film, but a super five-star storage zài in a small-budget movie! (To be continued.) )