Chapter 536： "Sin City"

The performance of Firefly Pictures is booming today. As the company's operating president, Benjamin Joseph is enjoying the full and busy days now, and he is very busy.

Unlike the previous life in the British branch of Columbia, I didn't know what to do, and I didn't have a special goal.

Moreover, Lehmann promised to use management options to reward him for a series of contributions to the company in the future. Although this part of the equity cannot be transferred, and only during his tenure can he receive dividends every year, but in this way, his income will be even It is definitely at the top level of the pyramid among the studios in Hollywood, not to mention the network status brought by this kind of power.

And Lehman also wants to use this method to bind the company's management. In the future, Garcia, Black and even Jonathan Nolan can also receive equity dividends.

This is actually the development of a kind of republic of interests.

A few days later, the "Monster in the Lake" project was officially approved by the Film and Television Association. Several location personnel went to the four states where Lake Michigan flows - Indian, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan, looking for a few locations. suitable shooting location.

Although Lake Michigan is very vast, it is only necessary to capture a small part of the river for the scene. There is no requirement to take a full picture. Even in order to save money, we will not go to places that are too remote. choose.

The rest of the scenes were set up in the studio, and it was very convenient to contact Warner Studios about the lease.

In addition, the place that costs a little more, and can't save money, should be the professional studio that must be built to match the motion capture technology. As for the performer of the monster, the most powerful motion capture actor at present is of course Andy Serkis , Lehmann also asked the crew to send an invitation.

After all, the character of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" has an unforgettable expression.

Another point is that there are not many movies that require motion capture actors these days. Andy Serkis usually doesn't have a job, so he readily agreed. The salary is 850,000 US dollars, which is very fair.

In fact, this is also his salary standard when he filmed "King Kong" - "The Monster in the Lake" has much less monster scenes than "King Kong", so there are not that many.

Of course, Peter Jackson's one-and-a-half-year-old remake has been set for December this year, and is now busy with post-production.

And when the news of the start of preparations for Lehman's new project spread to the outside world, the media also reported it one after another.

For a time, the title party such as "Lyman's new film is suspected to tell the story of the Venice monster.";

Either it's guessing who the cast of the new film is, or it's a report on whether to choose Paramount or Warner for the distribution and production...

However, these reports did not cause any follow-up, because Firefly Pictures simply ignored it, and soon, the attention was diverted.

In other words, in the film market in April, in addition to a "Saharan Raiders" that has a topical degree, although it is a bad aspect, there is another "Sin City" with a unique image style that is also the focus of the audience's attention.

The adaptation of this work was created by Frank Miller, the comic master who redefines Batman. Its atmosphere and style are unique in the entire comic industry. Director Robert Rodriguez, who is also Quentin's good base. Friends, it is a good shot to capture this feeling.

In fact, the process inside is also very interesting. It was probably one day in 2004, when Robert happened to see the comics of Sin City, he thought it was so handsome, he wanted to make it into a movie. Dianpidian to find the copyright author Frank.

When Frank asked about it, he found out that this was a young man who always made low-budget movies. The early "Murder Trilogy" series, including the debut "Murderer Elegy", followed the same path, which was a family workshop-style shooting. Both the actors and the filming team hired their own relatives to do the job, and that was a money saver—the debut film only cost $7,000!

Therefore, Frank immediately rejected it, believing that this guy can't make high-investment works like black and white silhouettes, you have no money or experience.

But Robert didn't give up, he kept stalking, and he promised to make the movie in the same style as the comics - that's what I came here, and asked my good friend Quentin to help the platform - the two of them worked together on a movie. "Fight Out of Dawn", the friendship that has been formed since then.

Later, Quentin had itchy hands, and he directed a short segment in "Sin City", that is, the scene where the man with a gun barrel in his head was joking with the driver.

Although this movie has a unique style, it goes to extremes. As the so-called lover loves it very much, and if you don't like it, you can't see it at a glance, so the box office does not explode - of course, compared with the production cost of only 40 million US dollars, it will be released in North America for two weeks. It has accumulated more than 48 million, and the basic landing point will be around 80 million. In addition to overseas distribution and offline channels, the profit margin is very good. Each link is counted, and the studio will be divided into 30 to 40 million. Not difficult.

Anyway, Dimen Pictures is happy. By analogy, Miramax is not so happy.

Because of some hesitation, they did not strongly support the filming of the film. Instead, it was Quentin's face that they supported it a little, in exchange for a small portion of the film's revenue.

If they had known that the film would be popular, they would definitely not have let go of the opportunity. After all, Robert, strictly speaking, was quite inclined to produce and produce by Miramax at that time. Unfortunately, the investment in the film was too high, and they were unwilling to do so.

On April 25, the preparatory stage for the crew of "Monster in the Lake" went smoothly. After more than an hour of busy work, Lehmann left the studio and returned to Firefly Pictures.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, Thomas walked into the office with several reports in his handLyman. The audition list and information of the actors are here. "

Ryman took over the cast of characters after screening, swept through them quickly, and then noticed a name.

Matthew McConaughey?

Lyman frowned slightly.

After starring in "The Raiders of the Sahara", it can be said that the actor's career has slipped to the bottom. The young actors hung around together, and after the comedy box office was still not good, they completely disappeared from the audience's field of vision, and did not return with "Lincoln Lawyer" until five years later.

In other words, this person is unlucky enough, obviously not short of acting skills, handsome and handsome, and as a result, a "Saharan Raiders" directly collapsed.

After recalling these, Lyman said to Thomas, "What do you think of him?"

"He? Oh, you said Matthew McConaughey, the audition was good, and he was a bit ruffian."

Thomas has been staying in France some time ago, and it is not clear that Matthew was scolded by the American media badly - the crew dumped the blame on each other, and basically no one wants to see him now.

"Well, then you can discuss the salary with his agent. Maybe, he will become the hero of the new drama."

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