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Participating in this Cannes Film Festival screening, Miramax is to create a momentum for the promotion of the film so that it can be sold at a better price.

Although the evaluation of the local media in France is extremely average, the ratings of "Horror Planet" in the United Kingdom, Spain and Germany and other media near France are basically positive, and the next few auditions for the audience in a small range have also received a good reputation from the audience, and the structure of the film is simple, the rhythm is compact, and the selling point is clear and clear, it is definitely a dish for audiences who like heavy tastes.

Therefore, in addition to Miramax's own major markets such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, as well as Australia, which has reached an agreement, distribution companies from many regions such as New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines have signed distribution agreements with Miramax for "Terror Planet".

These agreements are mainly based on outright sales, such as $500,000 from New Zealand, $1 million from South Korea, $1.3 million from Japan, $400,000 from the Philippines, $300,000 from Indonesia, and $400,000 from Norway......

With Australia's $3 million, Miramax has earned nearly $10 million from overseas markets in nearly 30 countries and regions at the Cannes Film Festival!

Just the overseas copyright not only allowed Miramax to recover all the costs invested, but also made a profit.

And after Murphy and Bill Rothes withdrew from the negotiations due to exhaustion, Harvey Weinstein and Erica Steinberg's negotiations with other overseas distributors continued, and these negotiations will continue until the end of the festival, and it is highly likely that Planet Terror will add millions of dollars to the book.

Since Murphy's deal doesn't involve the film's overseas market, it doesn't seem like much of a deal to do with him, but Murphy knows that the higher the number of "Planet Terror," the smoother his future career in Hollywood.

This is a very simple truth, the director who can make profits is the director that Hollywood really likes.

And these incomes also put Murphy's heart back in his stomach completely, and the film is impossible to lose money, which also means that he continues to climb towards his goal.

Of course, there are many distribution companies that are not interested in "Terror Planet", such as the one in Vietnam, who bluntly said that no one will watch such a film in the Vietnamese market, and a representative of a Venezuelan company also rejected such a large-scale film.

Negotiations between Miramax and the rest of the crew continued, and Murphy and the rest of the crew were able to get around Cannes and enjoy the atmosphere of the festival.

Unlike Robert Downey Jr. and Jessica Chastain, who deliberately went to the Corniche where paparazzi reporters gathered for publicity purposes, Murphy was more with James Franco, Jonah Hill, and Seth Rogen, and went to a movie theater to watch a Danish movie, but they were a little confused after coming out, and they really didn't understand what the director wanted to say.

On the way back to the hotel, Murphy was also surprised to find that there were paparazzi following them, and one of them even ran in front of the four people to take pictures.

"Shouldn't we celebrate?"

When he walked to the door of the hotel, Jonah Hill looked excited, "There are paparazzi following me!" And the paparazzi on Fleet Street know my name is Jonah Hill! ”

James Franco lifted his chin, "That's because you guys are walking next to me." ”

"That's not right!" Seth Rogan shook his head, "I think they might have been attracted to Murphy." ”

Murphy pushed open the glass turnstile, "What does it have to do with me?" ”

The other three people all got in, and the four people were crammed into a small space in the glass turnstile, and it was awkward to look at it, and Seth Rogan replied, "'Planet of Terror' set a transaction figure of more than $10 million at the film festival, how could you, as its director, not be noticed by the media?" ”

"That's the truth!" Jonah Hill nodded first, then pushed James Franco, "Hear me, it's none of your business!" ”

Several people entered the hotel lobby and were just about to walk towards the elevator room, when a person suddenly appeared on the left and stopped in front of Murphy.

"Hello, Director Stanton,"

The other party's English is not particularly fluent, but the pronunciation is quite clear, "Remember me?" I attended the premiere of your film the other day. ”

Murphy only glanced at it, recognized it, and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand, "You're director Uwe Ball, right?" ”

The peculiar appearance of this German director can still leave a deep impression.

"Uwe! Just call me Uvi! He changed the briefcase in his right hand to his left, shook it firmly on Murphy's hand, looked at the three James Franco next to Murphy, and asked, "Can we talk alone?" ”

Although he didn't know what he was going to do, it wasn't a bad thing to think about, and Murphy said to the side, "You guys go back first, you don't have to wait for me." ”

James Franco nodded and walked towards the elevator room, Murphy followed Uwe Bauer, came to the rest area of the hotel lobby, found two single sofas opposite each other, and sat down.

"Uwe," Murphy asked directly, "is there anything wrong with you?" ”

"Didn't you promise to help me read the script the other day?" Uwe Bauer reminded, "I wrote a script for a horror movie, and in the past few days, I have added some zombie elements to it. ”

As he spoke, he opened his briefcase, took out a script from it, and handed it to Murphy.

The other party handed over the crew, and Murphy took it, he opened it and looked at it, not in German, which he didn't know anything about, but in handwritten English, which should have been specially written by this director.

Murphy took a serious look, this is a typical Western-style horror movie script, haunted houses, killings, death, gore, and zombies......

He was able to read it very quickly, and after about twenty minutes, he closed the script.

Uwe Ball looked at Murphy and seemed to be waiting for his opinion.

The German director seems to be a newcomer, and he has found himself so sincerely, Murphy also said pertinently, "My personal opinion, there are many attractive elements such as haunted houses and killings in the script, but they are all separated, if you can't combine these together during filming and post-production......"

"Really?" Uwe Bauer scratched his head, "I've always felt that there was something wrong with the script, but I couldn't say what the problem was. ”

Murphy shook his head, "Uwe, this is just my personal opinion. ”

"Thank you, Murphy." Uwe Ball seemed grateful to Murphy, "You showed me what the problem was. ”

He sighed, "Actually, I know that horror films are not the genre I am good at, but horror films have a low cost, and they are the easiest to recover costs and attract investment." ”

Murphy didn't speak.

Uwe Bauer looked a little frustrated, "I've been a director for several years, and I still haven't found a genre that suits me. ”

Seeing Uwe Bauer in front of him, Murphy couldn't help but think of himself when he was just starting out, he knew how difficult it is for a director to start and how many detours he may take.

Probably a little compassionate, Murphy thought for a while, and said slowly, "Uwe, have you ever considered directing some relatively unpopular types of films?" ”

Because he had studied Murphy's directorial path from scratch, Uwe Ball specifically approached him, and when he heard Murphy say this, he immediately became interested and asked, "What kind of genre?" More secluded than a plasma horror movie? ”

Murphy handed the script back to Uwe Ball and said, "Game adaptation!" ”

"Uh......" Uwe Bauer scratched her hair, "can the game be adapted into a movie?" ”

"Of course." Murphy nodded, "For example, Super Mario Bros. was brought to the big screen by Hollywood in the early nineties, but the adaptation effect was not very good. ”

He thought for a moment and said, "I think some fantasy games are more suitable for film adaptations. ”

Uwe Bauer came interested, "Tell me about it?" ”

"Dungeons & Dragons, which was all the rage in the seventies," Murphy thinks back to a few games he saw last year, "Dungeon Siege, which just came out last fall, and Blizzard's Diablo and Warcraft, I think cinematization is very promising. ”

Although he vaguely remembers that the German director's adaptation of films ruined one game after another, he was able to attract investment and continue to shoot one after another, which at least proves one thing, and the adaptation of these films is relatively successful in terms of market and commerce.

"Well......" Uwe Bauer said impatiently, putting away the script, standing up, "I'm going to go back and see the games you mentioned." ”

Murphy nodded, and watched as Uwe Ball left the hotel.

After correcting the director with a lot of personality to go his own way, Murphy went straight upstairs and waited for the Cannes Film Festival to end.

Unlike the opening ceremony, Murphy and several main actors attended the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival for promotional purposes, and as Murphy remembers, "The Pianist" and Roman Polanski became the biggest winners of the festival, easily defeating all opponents and taking home the Palme d'Or, which represents the highest honor of the Cannes Film Festival.

And Murphy can only be a bystander.

Later, news came out that "The Pianist" and Roman Polanski will compete for the Oscars in the North American awards season.

This type of film will naturally have an advantage in the Oscars.

With the Cannes Film Festival over, Murphy returned to Los Angeles, and as the film's premiere in Cannes received a good media reputation, he began to cooperate with Miramax's plan, frequently participating in various promotional activities, and cheering for the upcoming North American screening of "Planet Terror".

The film will hit North American theaters in early June, and it's not an on-demand screening. (To be continued.) )