In the land of the United States, which is under the banner of so-called freedom, there is not much Catholic power can do with Murphy, and the best way is to continue to attack Murphy and his films in the media, just as Murphy encouraged the media under the twentieth century Fox to discredit Catholicism, and the war of words may be the best manifestation of freedom of speech. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's not heaven or hell, and like most countries around the world, there is a good side and a dirty side, but even Murphy has to admit that freedom of speech is deeply rooted.

For example, those guys in Hollywood liberals can spray the one sitting in the White House without hesitation, and once Meryl Streep dared to scold Donald Trump, who had just become president, when he gave his acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards, Donald Trump would not do anything to Meryl Streep in addition to fighting back on social platforms.

Although he was used to seeing the media be cautious and cautious in this regard, Murphy has been here for so many years, and he has long been accustomed to carrying the banner of freedom of speech and doing something personal.

For example, "Focus", which was chosen to be filmed, is undoubtedly a very purposeful project.

Some of what Archbishop Márquez-Costello said was not wrong that Murphy's aim was to target the Catholic Church and thus take advantage of the situation to target Oscar.

As for the goodwill released by the Vatican side and Pope Benedict XVI, he was flattered and difficult to accept.

If it had been in the nineties of the last century, perhaps Murphy would have gladly complied and ceremoniously gone to the Vatican to transfer a group, and maybe he could come back with an honorary citizen of the Vatican, although he didn't know if Catholicism had such a title......

But for now, forget it.

After all, the entire social environment is constantly changing.

Rejecting the conciliatory hand of Pope Benedict XVI and even the Vatican Holy See, Murphy's mentality is actually very understandable, and in the words used to describe villains on the other side of the Pacific, it is a desire for profit and recklessness......

Of course, Murphy didn't think he was taking a risk, after all, someone like this had done something like this before.

Although the Catholic Church really has nothing to do with Murphy in the strange land of America, let alone order him to cancel the preparation of "Spotlight", their influence in Italy is quite large, and they will not be willing to send Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox to send "Spotlight" to their doorstep for a premiere.

Twentieth Century Fox and Stanton Studios applied for the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival for "Spotlight", but there was no response from the Venice Film Festival for a long time.

According to the normal situation, Murphy's great fame and influence, coupled with such a topical theme, will inevitably be welcomed by the Venice Film Festival, which is undergoing market-oriented reforms.

However, Twentieth Century Fox is still working hard, and if it really doesn't work, it can also go to the Cannes Film Festival.

But the Cannes Film Festival is held in May, and although you can still register now, Murphy will have to step up preparations and shoots.

So the first choice is the Venice Film Festival.

In mid-December, Murphy's crew was officially formed, the main actors were all from the Stanton party, and the behind-the-scenes team was also the people he was used to, because the film was not particularly complicated, he only planned two months of preparation, and the shooting was planned to be completed in about 40 days.

As soon as the crew was formed, he sent Gal Gadot and Michelle Williams to Boston to visit and contact the location locations, which were basically filmed in Boston, while the interior scenes would still be filmed on the set of a warehouse outside Venice.

In this film, the performance of the actors is very important, Murphy has long greeted Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Margot Robbie, and after the five people read the script, their roles were also determined, and by the time the crew was formed, the five guys had been preparing for their respective roles for a long time, and even flew to Boston to meet with the prototype of their own characters and talk in detail more than once.

In terms of roles, Seth Rogen will play Marty Baron, the editor-in-chief of The Boston Globe, Robert Downey Jr. as Robbie Robinson, Jonah Hill as Mike Redzens, James Franco as lawyer Mitchell Gallobitine, and the only heavyweight female role, Sasha Payver, is naturally played by Margot Robbie.

With their respective abilities, there is certainly no problem in playing these roles, the only problem is in appearance, it is no exaggeration to say that except for Seth Rogen and Margot Robbie, the rest of the people are quite different from the real people at that time.

None of this is a big deal, and Hollywood and the film industry are all about turning fantasy into reality.

Hairstyles can be changed, faces can be made up, and body shapes can be fattened or weighted, such as Jonah Hill and Seth Rogan, who have lost nearly thirty pounds of fat in the past month or so, in order to make their reminders look more in line with the requirements of the role.

For the rest of the actors, Murphy has asked the crew to post recruitment announcements on the actors' union and social platforms, and the rest of the main candidates will be resolved through auditions within twenty days.

In addition, Murphy also met with Josh Griffiths, Helena Espora, David Robbie and Philip Raschel in quick succession, and also basically identified some technical aspects.

For example, the film's graphics continue Murphy's usual style, with blue-black tones as the main tone, and Helena Espora's set design and David Robbie's lighting have to match it.

In terms of cinematography, Murphy is not prepared to use too many techniques, like a bard who tells a story objectively, with a prosaic shot, laying out the whole film.

In order to achieve this seemingly ordinary, but in fact peculiar, Murphy once again decided to shoot on film, which could also achieve the special texture of the early 20th century, and 35mm film could also give the film some nostalgic colors.

Nostalgia is quite important for a film that aims for the Oscars.

In addition, Murphy also determined the distribution strategy of the film with Carla Firth, "Focus" will most likely strive to premiere at the Venice Film Festival, if the word-of-mouth and response go well, return to North America to participate in the Toronto Film Festival, continue to create momentum, and finally in November, in a small-scale screening, enter North American theaters, and impact the next North American awards season!

As for the Catholic side, the North American side can not worry at all, and the biggest trouble is still in Europe, after all, it is the stronghold of Catholicism.

However, it is not the last century after all, as long as those overseas distributors see that "Spotlight" is profitable, they will definitely bring in this film, even if it enters the Catholic Church strongly, it cannot be stopped.

Murphy remembers very well that this movie appeared in theaters in most countries and regions in the world.

For the rest of December, Murphy spent the rest of the month in Boston flying to Boston to consider locations for filming, in addition to overseeing the crew's preparations at the storehouse set in Venice, exchanging views with five people, including Robert Downey Jr. and James Franco, about roles.

I also encountered a lot of trouble during this period, after all, Catholicism is the largest denomination in the Boston area, and I am secretly trying to find ways to drag the crew back, such as any church owned by the Catholic Church, which strictly prohibits the crew from filming, and some religious facilities they are in charge of are also not allowed to enter the crew.

Fortunately, Murphy predicted that the film would not have many church scenes, which could be solved by the set.

The other locations, with the help of Robbie Robinson and the Boston Globe, were mostly finalized before Christmas, and Gal Gadot also signed a formal filming deal with each other on behalf of the crew.

In just ten days, Murphy and Gal Gadot flew to Boston three times, but fortunately, they had their own business planes, which were more convenient to come and go, which greatly improved the work efficiency of the crew.

Before Christmas, Murphy gave the crew two days off, and he and Gal Gadot did not go out, hiding at home, taking advantage of the little time, planning to have a good rest.

As time went on, there were fewer reporters outside the Wave Manor, but the media attacks on Catholicism by Hollywood interest groups and Catholic media against Hollywood have not stopped, and both sides are still trying their best to attack their opponents.

However, anyone with a discerning eye in the circle can see that after the division and confrontation of public opinion, the Catholic Church's vain attempt to interfere in Hollywood is impossible to achieve.

In the eyes of many people, Murphy is the key to it, especially at the most acute moment of public opinion confrontation between the two sides, announcing the filming of a film like "Gathering", the combination of super directors and sensitive themes, so that Hollywood's interest consortium completely overwhelmed the Catholic-led side in terms of momentum.

In this regard, many Hollywood insiders, especially those with vested interests, quite approve of Murphy's actions.

Even, some old men, including Howard Koch, the current president of the academy, have a lot of praise for him and his film.

These are all Murphy's capital in this awards season, especially the capital that overwhelms "12 Years a Slave"!

In the past ten days, at the behest of Murphy and Carla Firth, some media at Twentieth Century Fox have dragged out the affairs of Woody Allen and Song Yi to hype up, so as to pull "Blue Jasmine" and Kate the Great Demon King back.

But they couldn't hack "12 Years a Slave", whether Murphy liked it or not, the topic of black people was too sensitive.

However, Leonardo DiCaprio is not sensitive, and Murphy will never let him go for the sake of Best Actor and his former grievances.