Before leaving Los Angeles, Murphy received a personal call from Bruce Rosenblum, the new Warner Bros. CEO who wanted to meet him at a seaside club in Santa Monica. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although he didn't know exactly why Bruce Rosenblum wanted to see him, Murphy could guess a little bit and didn't refuse, and the day after receiving the call, he arrived at the clubhouse at the appointed time, and met Bruce Rosenblum in a reception room.

"Hi, Murphy."

As soon as he walked into the reception room, he was greeted by Bruce Rosenbroom, the smile still on his face, "I haven't seen you in a long time, I heard that you are working on a big project again?" ”

Murphy reached out and shook his hand, "Hi, Bruce." ”

The two had met a few times before and had talked a little, and they were not strangers to each other.

A waiter brought black tea and coffee, Murphy asked for a cup of tea at random, sat on a delicately shaped rattan chair, and tasted the tea unhurriedly.

"This is the finest Darjeeling black tea," Bruce Rosenblum also picked up his cup, "It was flown in from India, and I specially prepared it." ”

"Oh, I'm going to try it." Murphy took a small sip slowly, but unfortunately he was a layman among the laymen, and he couldn't taste good or bad tea at all, so he just praised it indiscriminately, "The taste is fragrant and mellow, and it is very good." ”

Black tea was obviously not the subject of today, and after the two had spoken a few words, Bruce Rosenblum put down his teacup and talked about the film side.

"Murphy, actually, I'm looking for you today," Bruce Rosenblum was quite serious, "mainly because of one thing. ”

"Just talk about it." Murphy said casually.

"Remember the last time we met you?"

Seeing Murphy's puzzled face, Bruce Rosenblum reminded, "About your proposed plan for a DC superhero comic book movie. ”

He deliberately added, "It's your proposal that Bruce Berman, who I ousted from power, completely vetoed." ”

Murphy frowned slightly and asked, "Are you interested?" ”

"Very interested." Bruce Rosenblum said without hesitation, "I think it's very executable, and it can get Warner Bros. and DC Comic books out of the doldrums." ”

"IMHO." Murphy didn't need to dodge, and said directly, "Are you sure that Warner Bros. and DC Comics can accept such a dark and gloomy superhero movie adaptation plan?" Your triumvirate of justice is not comparable to Deadpool, and if I use it for experiments, I will definitely encounter great resistance. ”

Speaking of which, Murphy spread his hands, "When a project is internally unstable, the likelihood of failure increases exponentially. ”

Despite the lack of explicitness, Bruce Rosenblum could hear Murphy's refusal.

He won't give up easily, "I and the management of Warner Bros. will have your back." ”

Murphy smiled, but didn't say anything.

At that time, he urgently needed a super-hit film to prove his commercial ability, so as to enhance his status in the industry and his reputation among the media public, and now "Deadpool" and "Gone Girl" have been sold one after another, fully proving his commercial value, and the DC Comics film plan has become irrelevant.

This statement of the moment and that time sometimes works equally well for the film and the director.

Besides, it's impossible for him to throw away "A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" and instead shoot and make a DC Comics adaptation.

Bruce Rosenblum knows that Murphy is different from what he used to be, and it is not easy to impress him now, "Not only can I guarantee Warner Bros. your full support, but you can also get the final editing rights for the collaborative project, and you can shoot and make DC movies in your dark style." ”

It's too difficult to get the final editing rights in a super commercial blockbuster in Hollywood, and you can count it in a slap in the whole of Hollywood.

This condition alone can attract countless directors.

Having said this, Murphy could only refuse in a more tactful way, "Bruce, you should have heard that I am filming and producing a TV series of fantasy series, and there will be no schedule for a long time in the future. ”

Bruce Rosenblum immediately said, "I can wait for you, DC Comics can wait for you, Warner Bros. can wait for you." ”

It seems that Warner Bros. has put all the treasure on Murphy.

But Murphy won't take it seriously, Warner Bros. still has the "Harry Potter" series, and it's not yet the time when it was once broken.

"I'm just asking you to consider my invitation urgently." Bruce Rosenblum also doesn't give up easily, "If you need anything, just call me."

"I'd better wait until I'm done with A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones." Murphy shook his head slightly, "It's too early to say that. ”

Bruce Rosenblum knew that any further talk could be counterproductive, and immediately said, "Well, I'll keep waiting for you." ”

Later, Murphy still didn't give any answers, and now is really not the time to think about this.

Murphy left the club and went directly back to the temporary office of the crew, which was not very far away, because there were auditions for several important roles today, and the office was deserted and full of people.

Walking down the long corridor to an audition room, Murphy didn't look at a woman sitting next to her, who was obviously dressed as an agent, and whispered to a staff member in front of the audition room, "How's the audition going?" ”

"Just getting started." The staff member pointed inside through the door, "Just auditioned for an actor." ”

The audition was most afraid of being interrupted, and Murphy stood here and waited for a long time until a young girl attending the audition walked out, and he knocked on the door and walked in.

The work is not going particularly well, Sansa Stark needs a young and beautiful girl with some acting skills, and these two conditions are not easy to find.

"You go on." Murphy gestured to Seth Rogen, sat behind the director's monitor, and took a serious look at the audition's performance.

Another girl walked in, auditioning for the role of Sansa Stark.

However, the girl is very beautiful, and her acting skills can only be said to be better than nothing.

Without Murphy's dear mouth, Seth Rogan crossed directly on the girl's resume.

After watching two more actress auditions, none of which were of the type Murphy wanted, the staff member suddenly walked in after the third audition.

"Director Stanton," he said respectfully to Murphy, "Mr. Bill Rothes has just come and said to be waiting for you in your office. ”

"I see." Murphy nodded and said to Seth Rogen, "You continue to be in charge." ”

Soon after leaving the audition room, he returned to his office, where Bill Rothes was quietly waiting.

"Something?" Murphy asked.

"It's about hitting the awards season." Bill Rothes opened his briefcase, took out a document from it, and handed it to Murphy, "This is the latest statistic, the situation is not in the favor of "Gone Girl", many old members of the academy after watching the film, they think it is very good, but the theme ideas reflected in it are not pleasing to them. ”

He saw Murphy frowning, "But don't worry too much, there is still hope for us to storm the nomination list." ”

This matter, Murphy basically handed over the responsibility of Bill Rossies, Bill Rossis has been in a row recently, and there are related affairs to deal with, so he quickly quit and left.

Sending Bill Rothes away, Murphy opened the document and looked at it, the contents of the document were mainly a summary of Bill Rothys' work during this time, as well as the investigation data of him and CAA on controlling the Oscars' discourse.

From these survey data, it can be seen that "Gone Girl" is indeed not very popular with the old men of the students.

First of all, the composition of the Oscar jury, 94 percent of the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are white, 77 percent are men, 86 percent are over 50 years old, the average age is 63 years old, and the recognized country clubs are more diverse than it.

Refined to the film "Disappeared Lover", it is ostensibly a story about love and marriage. But in essence, it is still a thriller and suspense film with strong colors, compared to the exploration of love, but a bloody and strange case caused by N superlatives.

For people who don't like Murphy, it is inevitable that they will feel that the film is just a bad taste of "showmanship" again, without love, without feelings, with the aesthetics of the academy, it is unlikely to eat Murphy's set.

Fortunately, Murphy is not seeking an Oscar statuette, but to be on the list of nominees, as long as "Gone Girl" can get a few Oscar nominations, it will be a huge victory.

In this regard, Murphy has always kept a clear head, the requirements are not high, and he has the full support of CAA, and he is willing to invest a lot of money in public relations and publicity, and it is very possible for "Gone Girl" to win one or three Oscar nominations.

Closing the papers and placing them in the file box on the desk, Murphy left the office again, intending to go to the audition room to continue reviewing the cast of Sansa Stark and Arya Stark.

Closing the office door, Murphy walked to the side of the stairs, and in the middle of the offices of several other departments, among them was the lighting group.

The office of the lighting team was near the bathroom, and as Murphy passed by, a girl came up to her, and when she saw Murphy, she was the first to wave.

"Hi, Murphy." The girl's voice was crisp with a characteristic Australian accent, "Long time no see." ”

Seeing the blonde girl standing in front of him, Murphy didn't recognize it for a while. (To be continued.) )