Chapter 659: A Chance

"What's important?"

James Franco couldn't help but be a little curious when he saw what Murphy said solemnly, "Are you going to modify the role?" The role is great now and doesn't need to be changed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

"It's not a role change." Murphy shook his head, thought about the wording, and said, "James, wherever you want to go, feel like you have a ...... in your heart."

He pointed to his head, "Mentally, if you feel anxious, you should communicate with me in time." ”

"I thought you were talking about something." James Franco waved his hand absently, "Don't worry, I've always been very clear about reality and role, there won't be the kind of situation you said, and you think I'm the kind of person you say?" ”

Murphy looked at him, and after a moment, said, "No. ”

James Franco is optimistic by nature, likes to mess around, and is not at all the kind of person who is introverted and dull, completely different from the Heath Ledger personality he once knew.

"I'm leaving." James Franco said goodbye and left, and Murphy didn't send it, just waved his hand, "Don't let me not find you." ”

As he left Murphy's office, James Franco happened to meet Gal Gadot, who asked him, "Where is this going?" ”

"Go home." James Franco grinned and said, "Experience the life of a magician." ”

After a few chats with Gal Gadot, he walked out of the set, called his driver, and took the car home.

In his office on the set of the warehouse, Murphy discussed work with Gal Gadot for a while, and advised, "Remember to hire a counselor." ”

Gal Gadot didn't quite understand and looked at Murphy with a little surprise, Murphy explained, "The character of Magic is too crazy, Chris Dane's setting is more depressing, and I'm worried that James and Henry Cavill will have psychological problems." ”

"Hmm." Gal Gadot pulled out his phone and jotted it down on his notepad, "I'll let people do it when I get back." ”

Murphy added, "As soon as possible." ”

Although James Franco's personality is cheerful enough, he still has to be just in case, after all, James Franco is not Heath Ledger, where the latter dies, he will not blink his eyes, but the former is his best friend, of course, he does not want to see any accidents.

Thinking of this, Murphy suddenly realized that he had never seen any unexpected news of Heath Ledger in all these years, and perhaps the fate of the Australian actor had changed.

In order to prevent James Franco from having psychological problems, when Gal Gadot called her assistant producer to hire a counselor, Murphy opened his mailbox, found James Franco's personal email address, and sent him an email.

He also deliberately used the attitude of communicating roles.

"Actually, the magician is more like a usurer, and when people get something from him, they give up other things, and what they give up is the nobler part of people."

"When people stick to their principles, they are insisting on their souls; When people want to behave appropriately, they are thinking about their own dignity; When people guard the bottom line, they are maintaining basic values. ”

"Even in our highly developed business society, people do all these things to give themselves a higher evaluation rather than a lower evaluation, to inject meaning into their own lives, not to empty them."

"Man is a very malleable kind of being, and of course there is the possibility of falling, but this is not the only prospect; Of course, there is a selfish and cowardly side, but this is not all there is to people. ”

"How well a person actually behaves depends on the environment provided for him."

"If a condition is too cramped, it only allows man to release the lower side of human nature, and not the higher side of the soul; He was only allowed to eat and drink and not to pursue his values, otherwise severe punishment would come - this could be seen as a kind of deprivation of him, a deliberate attempt to humiliate him, to diminish his humanity and human dignity. ”

In this case, it cannot be said that his pig-like life is a life closer to human nature, and therefore a more real life. What is the truth about a person? What is his original appearance and the life he wants? This will not surface until the pressure is relieved. ”

"Talking about the truth of man in the midst of threats, treating man's coerced state as the moment when truth emerges, and assuming that meanness is the essence of human beings, is what a psycho like a magician would do, because his own vision is in this place, and like the lines in the script, he strives to bring others down to his own level."

Although he has a deeper understanding of this character, Murphy knows that such a character only exists in the movie, especially through the just reminder of James Franco, the illusion of this character, on the surface, the magician creates panic by threatening others, all of this is true, in a life-and-death emergency, it is understandable that a person must think first and for his own sake.

Very few ordinary people have experienced such extreme situations, so it is difficult to imagine how well they performed in that situation. However, this tolerant thought quietly obscures the fact that what kind of power is this that can control people so precisely in its hands, like a gecko that has been trampled on its tail and must hand over a part of itself? Should people acknowledge the coercion of themselves by this force?

Whether this is a person's performance at the last moment is something they don't know under normal circumstances.

Think about the 9/11 incident, in which there was a plane in which the people on the plane fought to the death against the hijackers, they knew what the consequences would be, but they still chose to do it, people are not only negative, but also have a bright other side, if you stand on a higher height, it is not difficult to find that people are not only small, but also may be a different face.

Gal Gadot finished the call and said, "By the way, dear, there's a new situation that you might be interested in. ”

"Oh?" Murphy put an end to his ramblings and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"I got the news that Sony Columbia Pictures is not doing well." Gal Gadot has also heard some latest news in the circle from time to time as his social circle has expanded, "It is said that Sony headquarters is ready to optimize Sony Entertainment sufficiently, and it is possible to spin off Sony Entertainment's music business, and then sell the TV and film production and distribution divisions in a package." ”

"Is this true?" Murphy immediately realized that this was an opportunity.

Gal Gadot shook his head, "The authenticity of the news cannot be verified, but it has spread in the circle. ”

Murphy clasped his hands to his chest and thought for a moment, "It's possible." ”

Last year and this year, the performance of Sony Columbia Pictures ranked first among the traditional six major Hollywood companies, accounting for less than 8% of the market, which can only be described as dismal performance.

Since Sony took over Columbia Pictures, except for the "Spider-Man" trilogy in the past few years, the rest of the years, among the traditional six major companies, the performance is either the first or the second.

This must have also made the Sony headquarters in Tokyo very depressed.

Although I don't remember it very well, Murphy has a vague impression that the entire Sony Electronics industry has not performed well in recent years, and a considerable number of divisions have been spun off from the group and then packaged for sale......

Is Sony really going to sell Sony Columbia Pictures?

Murphy shook his head, it may be possible in the future, the chances should not be great now, Sony Colombia still has the magic weapon of "Spider-Man" in their hands, they should restart "Spider-Man" and continue to squeeze the value of this series.

Unless the rebooted "Spider-Man" has too poor response and revenue, then Sony Columbia Pictures really doesn't have much to go except for the film library.

"Gail." Murphy asked, "Are there any rumors of a reboot of the Spider-Man franchise from Sony Columbia?" ”

"Rumors?" Gal Gadot had an urge to roll her eyes, and Murphy became more and more like a workaholic who was preoccupied with her work, and she resisted this urge and said, "Sony Columbia Pictures' re-version of Spider-Man is called "The Amazing Spider-Man", and the film will be released in July this summer!" ”

"Uh......" Murphy smiled sheepishly, "I haven't seen the news about it, and no one has told me about it." ”

He then put away his smile and said solemnly, "Even if Sony wants to sell Sony Columbia Pictures, it can't be now, they must have great expectations for the new "Spider-Man", as long as this reboot series can be successful, Sony Columbia Pictures will temporarily get out of the current embarrassing situation." ”

Gal Gadot thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and agreed with Murphy's opinion that Sony Columbia Pictures was not yet at the point where it had no way out and could not save itself.

"It's a pity...... Gal Gadot sighed, "Sony Columbia Pictures ......"

She shook her head, and the rest of the words were not said.

"Just because there is no opportunity now does not mean that there will be no in the future." Murphy propped himself on the arm of his chair and tapped his other hand lightly on his desk, "We're keeping an eye on Sony Entertainment, and once they have the possibility of divesting Sony Columbia Pictures, we can consider taking over." ”

can only do this, after all, whether Sony sells Columbia Pictures or not, it is not up to them to decide, whether such an opportunity will appear can only depend on the future development of Sony Columbia Pictures.

"I'm going to Twentieth Century Fox and talking to Carla about publicity." Gal Gadot prepares to leave, "You have to wait for me, I'll go straight home when I'm done." ”

Murphy nodded, a super masterpiece like this, the publicity must be ahead of the shooting.