Chapter 283： casting

It took about 3 days for Lehmann to settle the question of joining Guillermo del Toro's personal studio.

And then formally signed the project cooperation agreement.

Guillermo del Toro served as the director of "Hellboy", with a salary of 4.5 million US dollars, which does not involve any later share; the investment share is 10 million, and he can enjoy the box office income after the film is released in proportion.

These have been negotiated long ago, and it is not a problem.

On the contrary, there was a bit of schism between the two sides about the various rights of the director during the shooting and the editing in the later stage.

These, under proper consultation, Lehmann basically gave Toro a high degree of freedom in addition to holding the final decision in his hands.

For example, do not interfere with how he shoots, but cannot exceed the budget; for example, he can participate in post-production, but the finished film must be seen by Lehmann before deciding whether it is a theatrical version for release.

At the same time, the two sides also signed another contract on the copyright issue of the film.

Because the "Hellboy" comic adaptation rights were bought by Guillermo del Toro a few years ago, Firefly Pictures also needs to spend 100,000 US dollars to buy out all the comics in Toro's hands. Production copyright.

These include sequel development and peripheral operations.

Toro is also very clear that it is a joke to cooperate with the production company to retain the dominance of the project. After getting most of the studio power, he is happy and at the same time he also understands the transfer of the film and television adaptation rights in his hand.

Lyman also reciprocated, letting Toro also serve as a producer to facilitate his status in the filming crew.

After the budgetary funds of both parties entered a bank account specially used for filming, Toro couldn't wait to start the preliminary preparations.

While Lyman is still doing post-production work for the movie "Million Dollar Baby", he is also helping coordinate the filming crew for the company's new project.

The filming team needn't be particularly worried, Guillermo del Toro's studio and Firefly's production department can pull out an experienced team.

The main thing is the casting of the movie.

Because this film needs a lot of special effects shots, after referring to Weta Studio's quotation, apart from the previous project expenses, the remaining actors' salary is not a lot, so big-name actors can't be hired. Of course, Toro never thought about finding any first-line actors to join his films.

In the office, Toro was drinking coffee and discussing the next round of auditions with Lehmann holding the screened list of actors.

"Male No. 1, do you want to choose Ron Perlman?"

"What, can't you?"

"His salary is not low."

"We can cut the cost of the other actors. He really fits the role," Toro suggested.

Speaking of which, Ron Perlman is also a monster specialist.

In the early years, he played Vincent the Lion in "Beauty and the Beast".

Of course, to Toro, this man was the one he knew best. Is his direct line actor.

Ron Perlman collaborated with him on his first feature film, The Devil's Silver Claw.

At that time, the crew didn't have much money. After all, they were still newcomers, and everything was stretched thin.

Ron Perlman, for the sake of a good script, was almost paid for it.

From this point of view, it has a great relationship with Toro.

Later, he filmed "Blade 2" and decisively found Ron Perlman.

In the third part, the first thing that came to Toro's mind was him.

"Then inform his agent, the male lead is tentatively set to be Ron Perlman."

Since director Toro is so optimistic, Lehmann has no particular reason to oppose it.

As a director, when it comes to casting, try to meet the director's needs first.

After all, when it comes to characters, there's nothing like Toro.

"What about the other candidates?"

Lyman asked.

"I don't have any suitable goals, but because of the cost, it would be better to find some foreign actors." Guillermo del Toro explained: "Many people with good performance experience in other countries have come to Hollywood, almost again. Starting anew, their worth is somewhat unequal to their strength, and they have the foundation to find them, and the price is relatively much cheaper."

"Well, good idea." Lehman continued: "Then let caa, Icm and other agencies first draw up a list of British actors or Australians, and then we will choose."

Two days later, caa, Icm and other brokerage companies quickly drew up the list and submitted it.

The acting experience of these actors is not bad. With only 150,000 US dollars in remuneration, most of the supporting roles in the movie were completed.

After signing contracts with those agents, one middle-aged white man stayed.

"Mr. Lehman, first meeting, let me introduce myself, my name is John Polman, Icm's senior agent."

"Is there a problem?"

Lyman was a little puzzled.

"I heard that "Chainsaw 2" produced by Firefly Pictures was packaged by caa, right?"

"Yes indeed."

John asked again, "They charged extra for packing?"

What he asked was a bit unruly, because the two brokerage companies belonged to different companies, and rashly inquired about the specific cooperation conditions of the other party, which belonged to the privacy of the industry.

However, there are no outsiders in the office.

Lehman didn't want to fool him, and smiled directly: "Five percent of the box office revenue, this is the cooperation condition of caa packaging."

Because at the beginning, Firefly Pictures had just started, and the shooting team and production talents were still vacant. In order to shoot "Chainsaw 2" as soon as possible, Lehmann also agreed to caa's packaging plan-they provided personnel, in addition to the specific salary, additional Give 5% of the income to caa.

After knowing the specific situation, John suddenly asked: "Is Mr. Lehman interested in cooperating with us? As long as it is your company's project, we will fully support it. The actors and production team are not a problem, and there is no need for additional packaging costs."

Lehman didn't expect that this guy was actually here to recruit him, and it looked like he was in good condition.

But caa has it, but Icm doesn't.

He smiled and declined: "Icm is an established brokerage company in the industry, so I'm afraid it's not bad for cooperation."

caa dares to charge this for the packaging fee, of course, others have this strength.

Whether it's the soundtrack or the filming, whether it's the post-production stage or the promotion, everyone has given a set of plans.

Otherwise, Lehman will give this 5% of the box office revenue for nothing?

Furthermore, Firefly Pictures is now roughly on the right track, and it doesn't really need any additional services from brokerage companies. UU reading

It's not interesting to jump or not.

Unless Icm can show better sincerity, the problem is that Lehman's economic contract is already the top in the industry. If Icm can offer better conditions, wouldn't all of caa's high-end artist resources be poached. Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg...you're not fools.

Then again, the rules don't work that way.

Being rejected, John was not upset either.

He originally sent a few British actors to sign contracts. After the negotiation was concluded, he wanted to see if he could dig a corner of caa.

If you can't dig it, it doesn't matter, there is no loss anyway.

By the end of February, the filming equipment, props, and costumes were all in place, and the script was diluted with the advice of the company's screenwriter and Billmore del Toro, focusing on the main storyline.

After everything was ready, "Hellboy" also entered the shooting stage.