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To participate in the Cannes Film Festival, Miramax is to create momentum for the film publicity, so as to sell at a better price.
Although the evaluation of the local media in France is very general, the ratings of "planet of terror" in the media near France, such as the United Kingdom, Spain and Germany, are basically positive. The following auditions for the audience in a small range also get a good reputation among the audience. Moreover, the film has a simple structure, compact rhythm, clear selling points, and absolutely likes the heavy taste view Many dishes.
Therefore, in addition to Miramax''s own major markets such as the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, and Australia, which has reached an agreement, distribution companies from New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines and many other regions have signed a distribution agreement with Miramax.
These agreements are mainly sold out, such as US $500000 from New Zealand, US $1 million from South Korea, US $1.3 million from Japan, US $400000 from the Philippines, US $300000 from Indonesia and US $400000 from Norway
With Australia''s $3 million, Miramax has earned nearly $10 million from the overseas markets of nearly 30 countries and regions in this Cannes Film Festival!
Overseas copyright alone, not only let Miramax recover all the costs invested, but also realized profits.
Moreover, after Murphy and bill rosis withdrew from the negotiations due to fatigue, Harvey Weinstein and Erica Steinberg''s negotiations with other overseas distributors continue. These negotiations will continue until the end of the festival, and there is a strong possibility that the entry figures of terrorist planet will increase by several million dollars.
As the agreement signed by Murphy does not involve the overseas market of the film, the income does not seem to have much to do with him. However, Murphy is very clear that the higher the entry number of "terrorist planet", the smoother his road in Hollywood in the future.
This is a very simple truth. The director who can create profits is the director Hollywood really likes.
And the income also let Murphy''s heart completely back to the stomach, the film can''t 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 "planet of terror". For example, the one in Vietnam said frankly that no one would watch such a film in the Vietnamese market. A representative of a Venezuelan company also rejected such a large-scale film.
The negotiations between Miramax and other companies are still going on. Murphy and other members of the crew have basically completed their work. They can go around Cannes and enjoy the atmosphere of the festival.
Unlike Robert Downey Jr. and Jessica chastan, who specially went to the seaside road where paparazzi reporters gathered for publicity, Murphy was more likely to haunt the streets and alleys with James Franco, Jonah hill and Seth Logan, and went to a cinema to see a Danish film. However, they were a little confused after they came out. They really didn''t understand the director What do you want to express.
On the way back to the hotel, Murphy was surprised to find that a paparazzi followed them, and one of them ran to the front of four people to take photos.
"Should we celebrate?"
When he got to the door of the hotel, Jonah Hill looked very excited. "There are paparazzi with me! And the paparazzi on Fleet Street knows my name is Jonah hill
James Franco raised his chin. "That''s because you''re walking next to me."
"No!" Thermogen shook his head. "I think it was
Murphy pushed open the revolving glass door. "What does it have to do with me?"
The other three people all got in, and four people squeezed into a small space with a glass revolving door. They were uncomfortable in any way, and finally squeezed out. Seth Logan replied, "terror planet has created more than $10 million in trade figures at the film festival. As its director, how can the media not notice?"
"That''s the truth!" Jonah Hill nodded, then gave James Franco a push. "You hear me, it''s none of your business!"
Several people entered the lobby of the hotel. Just as they were about to walk to the elevator, a man appeared on the left and stopped in front of Murphy.
"Hello, director Stanton,"
the other person''s English is not very fluent, but the enunciation is still clear, "remember me? I was at the premiere of your film the other day. "
Murphy just looked at it, recognized it, and took the initiative to extend his right hand, "are you director Uwei Bauer?"
The peculiar appearance of the German director can still leave a deep impression on people.
"Wuwei! Just call me Wuwei! " He changed the briefcase from his right hand to his left, squeezed it in Murphy''s hand, looked at the three men next to Murphy, James Franco, and suggested, "can we talk alone?"
Although I don''t know what he''s going to do, it''s not a bad thing to think about it. Murphy said to the side, "go back first. Don''t wait for me."James Franco nodded and headed for the elevator. Murphy followed UWE Bauer to the lounge in the lobby of the hotel. He found two single sofas and sat down.
"Urvey," Murphy asked directly, "what can I do for you?"
"The other day, didn''t you promise to read the script for me?" "I wrote a horror movie script and added some zombie elements to it these days," UWE Bauer reminded
As he spoke, he opened his briefcase, took out a play from it and handed it to Murphy.
The other side handed over the crew, and Murphy took it. He opened it and looked at it. It was not German, but handwritten English. It should be written by the director.
It''s a typical movie about murder, zombie, and death
He was browsing very fast, and after about 20 minutes, he closed the script.
UWE Bauer looked at Murphy as if waiting for his advice.
It seems that the German director is also a newcomer, and so sincere to find his own head, Murphy also pertinently said, "in my personal opinion, there are many attractive elements in the script, such as haunted house and killing, but they are all separated, if they can''t be mixed together in shooting and post production..."
"Is it?" UWE Bauer scratched his head. "I always thought there was something wrong with the script, but I couldn''t tell where the problem was."
Murphy shook his head. "It''s just my opinion, UWE."
"Thank you, Murphy." UWE Bauer seemed grateful to Murphy. "You showed me the problem."
He sighed, "in fact, I know that horror movies are not the type I am good at, but they are low-cost and easy to recover costs and attract investment."
Murphy did not speak.
"I''ve been a director for several years, and now I haven''t found a film type that suits me," he said
Seeing Wuwei Bauer in front of him, Murphy can''t help thinking of himself at the beginning. He knows how difficult a director is at the beginning and how many detours he may take.
Maybe a little compassion, Murphy thought for a long time, slowly said, "Wuwei, have you ever considered directing some relatively unpopular movies?"
After studying Murphy''s way of directing from scratch, Uwei Bauer found him. After listening to Murphy''s words, he immediately became interested and asked, "what kind of type? More remote than a plasma horror movie? "
Murphy handed the script back to uvie Bauer and said, "game for movie!"
"Er..." UWE Bauer scratched his hair. "Can Games be adapted into movies?"
"Of course." Murphy nodded, "for example, the Super Mario Brothers were moved to the big screen by Hollywood in the early 1990s, but the adaptation effect is not very good."
He thought about it and said, "I think some magic games are more suitable for film adaptation."
UWE Bauer was interested. "Tell me about it?"
"For example," dragon and dungeons, "which was once popular in the 1970s, Murphy recalled several games he saw last year," dungeon siege, "which was just launched last autumn, and Blizzard''s Diablo and Warcraft, I think that Filmization has a bright future."
Although I vaguely remember that the films adapted by the German director destroyed one game after another, his ability to attract investment and continue to shoot at least proves that these films adapted are relatively successful in the market and business.
"So..." UWE Bauer put away the script, stood up and said impatiently, "I''ll go back to see the games you said."
Murphy nodded as Uwei Bauer left the hotel.
After correcting the personality of the director on his own way, Murphy went straight upstairs, waiting for the Cannes Film Festival to end.
Different from the opening ceremony, for the sake of publicity, Murphy and several major actors attended the closing ceremony of Cannes Film Festival. As Murphy remembers, "pianist" and Roman Polanski became the biggest winners of this film festival, easily defeated all opponents and won the highest honor of Cannes Film Festival.
And Murphy can only be a spectator.
Later came news that pianist and Roman Polanski will compete for the Oscars in the North American awards season.
This type of film, in the Oscar will naturally occupy an advantage.
With the end of Cannes Film Festival, Murphy returned to Los Angeles. As the film''s premiere in Cannes won good media reputation, he began to cooperate with Miramax''s plan, frequently participated in various publicity activities, and waved the flag for the upcoming North American screening of "planet of terror".
The film will be available in North American Theaters in early June, and it''s not a point show. (to be continued). ）For mobile phone users, please browse and read for better reading experience.