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When he got in the car and asked the bodyguard to drive to Fox TV's studio in Burbank, Murphy was still thinking about the adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Gray", although it was done early enough, Stanton Studios did not spend a huge price to get the adaptation rights like Universal Pictures in the past, but it could not be wasted casually. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The former film, although it caused a huge topic, was not very successful commercially, except for the large-scale drama as a gimmick, the ordinary structure of the domineering president and Mary Sue, it is really not outstanding.

As for the word-of-mouth of the film, it can be said that it is rotten to a certain level.

Frankly speaking, after Murphy watched that film at the time, except for the shocked R-rated rating, the rest was boring, and it was better to watch the trailer.

To put it bluntly, this is a love story between a Mary Sue and a domineering president, but this president is a bit of a fetish. This is originally a simple love story, with a bit of adult elements, which is more suitable for adult women to watch.

Nowadays, it is difficult for this type of film to make a difference, and romantic comedy is no longer a film genre that can easily sell in North America, and if you look at Julia Roberts's sharp decline since the new century, you can also understand the development trend of romantic comedy.

One of the most important genres of romantic comedy is Cinderella and Prince in Love, commonly known as Mary Sue movies.

Of course, no matter how this novel is adapted, it is always a Mary Sue movie, and this cannot be changed.

Murphy was thinking about how to make this Mary Sue movie a little more advanced and more suitable for the current era.

After thinking about it for a while, Murphy had his own thoughts, and determined the most basic point, which is also an indispensable point for today's commercial films - throwing money!

An excellent Mary Sue must have an excellent packaging, whether it is beautiful or sexy, in general, it is to be eye-catching, whether it is watched by men or female audiences, it must be considered beautiful and delicious.

Therefore, whether it is art production or visual effects, it will always be as "beautiful" as Mary Sue's weeping love story.

Mary Sue's beauty and eye-catching not only depend on the actor's innate capital, but also rely on the acquired money-throwing effect.

As a director, Murphy naturally knows the truth that beautiful actors need packaging.

This point, the "Princess Diaries" series is undoubtedly a model, in order to highlight the effect, the royal family members are all serious, Julie Andrews, who plays the queen, wears a Burmese ruby necklace weighing 74 grams, earrings set with 104 carats of diamonds, this dazzling outfit burned 2 million US dollars, Anne Hathaway used the prop wedding ring in the film is also very real, directly wearing millions of dollars on her finger.

Not to mention jewelry, even the flower ornaments that were decorated in the film were all replaced with real ones at the strong request of Julie Andrews, so there was another job of "cleaning up the dead flowers" during the filming.

And these, even if they are leased, require a real lot of dollars.

In the past, Murphy has also seen many new generation of 'Mary Sue' movies that are in line with the modern social situation, especially the successful series created by Disney, which is a model in this regard, and these successful films have all triggered a worldwide trend.

Mary Sue wants to lead the world trend, so it is destined that it is impossible to make this kind of movie without burning money.

Murphy, who was too old, only had a general impression, but because of his cooperation with Warner Bros. at that time, he saw how Warner's HBO made Mary Sue works in the movie version of "Sex and the City" released in 2008.

The film has been in preparation since 2004, in order to achieve realistic results, the crew took more than 300 pieces of precious jewelry from H-Stern Jewelry, and even a large bouquet of garlands in the film was bought for 50,000 US dollars, not to mention the wedding dress designed by Vivian Westwood on the heroine, and the bridesmaid outfits are all masterpieces of designer Zach Parson.

From the costumes to the props, the heroine Sarah Jessica Parker once wanted to take one of the red belts as her own, but because the value was too high, the costume designer of the crew had to take it back.

In recent years, the successful Mary Sue movies have proved that in order to concoct a high-quality Mary Sue movie, you have to make the dream realistic and realistic, and you will never be stingy with the effect of money, don't think that only fantasy blockbusters need to use high technology and heavy blood, Mary Sue movies are not ambiguous at all, and directly confuse people visually, so that the audience can indulge in this fabricated wind and snow and can't extricate themselves.

On top of that, adaptations of best-selling books or TV series can be another insurance policy for the success of Mary Sue's films.

Therefore, no matter how El-James urges, Murphy has always been advancing according to the established plan, first making the novel popular on the Internet through marketing and promotion, and then entering the physical book market, so that "Fifty Shades of Gray" will become a best-selling novel before the adaptation as much as possible, and have a certain readership.

So far, the digital version of the novel is selling quite well on Amazon, with an average of one digital copy sold every two seconds.

Stanton Studios has also signed a contract with Bantam Books to enter the physical book market.

Previously, Stanton Studios had licensed the physical book rights of Murphy's "Gone Girl" to Bantam Press in the form of $6 million in base copyright plus royalty commission, which is also one of the many post-production revenues that the film can bring.

As a man, although Murphy doesn't understand it very well, he has summed up some experience from the women around him, the best-selling Mary Sue novels are like divine help, a strong mass base, and the obsession with "Mary Sue" in women of different ages in the middle, young and old, all determine its film market potential.

And in this day and age, movies made for women will not be too bad at the box office.

Finally, and most importantly, be sure to play well with the hardcore gimmick.

The focus of "Mary Sue" is on appearance and love scenes, and if you add a suitable "heavy taste", it will be even better

There is no doubt that how to show the super heavy plot in "Fifty Shades of Gray" within the scope of R is something that must be considered in the adaptation.

Murphy believes that "Mary Sue + heavy taste" is almost the general direction of Mary Sue's development in the film industry, and the simple male concubine is obviously not dreamy enough, and there must be some dark seasonings to be satisfied, which determines that the movie not only needs to select high-value actors, but also needs to spend money to create good visual effects, so that the artistic taste of "Mary Sue" is rising.

As two practitioners of "heavy taste", Murphy remembers what Gal Gadot said - the whip and chain serve the "heavy taste" Mary Sue, and the magic of "seeing God and killing God" makes the romantic storm in women's brains not stop.

Spending money and building a readership base coupled with heavy taste, Murphy has basically considered the production concept of this film, and in the next few months, he can find time to complete the outline of the script first, recruit the right screenwriter at the right time to improve the script, and then prepare according to the specific situation.

Is it a trilogy, or is it a filming? He needs to consider this.

When Murphy arrived at Fox's studio, his PR agent, Grace, was already waiting in the studio, and he wanted to be on Fox News' ace talk show, True Story, which was not live, but was recorded and broadcast.

"The host of this show is Gretchen Carlson, a woman with a prick."

Sitting in the dressing room and putting on her makeup, Murphy patiently listened to Grace's final advice, "But don't worry, the Fox executives have already greeted her and limited the range of questions asked, all of which will be limited to your last few movies." ”

That's what Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox were preparing for this talk show, and it was imperative to increase exposure as the awards season was about to begin.

But increasing exposure is not something that can be participated in any program, well-known talk shows are good to say, Hollywood superstars or directors who have reached a certain status will not easily participate in variety shows, especially those whose careers are on the rise, participating in some variety shows that are out of tune will seriously reduce their style.

In the face of awards season, increase exposure, especially when appearing on TV, it is best to have a high-end talk show or talk show.

Murphy had just finished changing into a suit when there was a knock on the dressing room door, and after he said please come in, a blonde woman in a red deep V suit pushed the door and walked in.

This woman has a capable face, but she seems to be very old, and even thick makeup can't hide the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, and Murphy guesses that she will be at least fifty years old.

"Hello, Director Stanton."

The woman took the initiative to say hello and introduced herself, "I'm Gretchen Carlson, the host of True Stories. ”

Murphy nodded and said with a smile, "Hello, it's a pleasure to work with you." ”

"How's your preparation?" Gretchen-Carlson tilted his head to look at Murphy, "We'll start recording in fifteen minutes." ”

"No problem." Murphy shrugged slightly, "I'm ready." ”

Grace has provided him with detailed information before, this woman named Gretchen Carlson is not simple, not only the host of the show, but also the producer, before switching careers into the hosting industry, she also won the "Miss America" in 1989.

According to the information provided by Grace, this woman seems to be a vase-type host, but she is actually not easy to deal with.

Murphy wasn't worried, and even without Twentieth Century Fox, he wouldn't have much trouble dealing with reporters, after all, he's been in Hollywood for so many years and has experienced enough things.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and the interview recording began on time. (To be continued.) )