"The strong personal style, superb script creation ability and wonderful editing are all the personal labels left by Murphy Stanton. He is definitely one of the directors in Hollywood who have achieved great achievements under the age of thirty in history!"

When a director is successful continuously, there will definitely be a hymn in the media, especially Caa and Stanton Studios are pushing behind the scenes, and a promotional and public relations battle about Oscars has begun.

Bill Rossis specifically advised Murphy that from now on to the official announcement of the Oscar nomination list, he can no longer be as low-key as before, and must appear in front of the media frequently, have a certain topic, and can continue to attract attention from the industry, etc.

The promotional and hype of these media is undoubtedly a good way to maintain exposure.

"Murphy Stanton's movies are better than good movies. He focuses on the darkness of human nature and society. While the story is advancing layer by layer, it also brings deeper experience and reflection to the audience. At the same time, it is accompanied by the smooth rhythm of the story, the cleverly designed lines and the perfect use of the gloomy tones, and successfully tells one story after another. Even the vulgar works such as Deadpool have been well restored on the basis of respecting the original work, and even enriching the original work to a certain extent. The rich Murphy style and the wonderful original work have produced an indescribable chemical reaction."

"In the history of film, there are always some darlings who are favored by God. They not only wantonly exert their artistic talents, but also gain both business and reputation. The so-called success and fame are enviable. Murphy Stanton has now become a representative of them."

The media reports have attracted much attention, and a comment from The Hollywood Reporter has made him the focus of the media and the industry.

"His style is unique in Hollywood; his works, like Martin Scorsese, are classics with a strong personal style; his editing style is fast and smooth, but the colors are gloomy and low; his movies do not see sunshine all year round, but they are always related to murderous violence, which makes people feel cold from the inside out; he firmly believes that people are perverted species in their hearts, and only dark and gloomy stories can expose this pervert to the audience. In recent years, as the director's skills mature, his style has become more obvious. His latest work has made Charlize Theron turn off his film to play the leading role, and this movie is called "The Lost Lover".

Cinema movies are a very delicate object. You must treat her well, not care about every link, and rely on good luck to succeed. Murphy is very clear about this principle and will not miss any good opportunities that can be obtained.

At the same time, "The Lost Lover" continues to reap a lot of box office from the North American market. Although a film cannot maintain high popularity for a long time, and only has a weekend decline of more than 30%, and the attendance rate, screening rate and theater number of this film have been significantly reduced since the sixth week, but before the sixth weekend, the box office in North America easily exceeded the 200 million US dollars mark.

This is also the fourth film in North America this year that has a box office of over $200 million after Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith, World War and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

The directors of the first three are George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton. It is difficult for Murphy to be on the sidelines of them without attracting attention.

By mid-September, "The Lost Love" had a box office of more than $210 million in North America. Stimulated by its outstanding North American box office results, more overseas countries and regions signed distribution agreements with 20th Century Fox. This drama also appeared in more markets around the world, with a total of more than 70 countries screening.

Of course, this type of film cannot cause a sensational response overseas like superhero movies or other films that use visual wonders as the selling point. There was no big boom in the overseas box office, but it was not bad, and it soon reached 200 million US dollars.

The global box office of $400 million is enough to make Murphy firmly join the ranks of Hollywood's second-tier directors.

When the global box office of "The Lost Lover" exceeded the 400 million US dollars threshold, Murphy got another news. After several years of internal friction and endless struggles, the Weinstein brothers finally lost from the competition with Walt Disney's management represented by Michael Eisner, and officially left Miramax Pictures, preparing to build a brand new film company, Weinstein Pictures, based on Dimen Pictures.

Dimen Pictures was just a company under the name of the Weinstein brothers that was specially used to publish low-cost horror films. It was impossible to assume that the Weinstein brothers had the main goal of awards season and Oscars to create profits. It was imperative to set up a new film company.

“Water Disney left more than Miramax’s mess.”

In a private club's seaside cafe, Robert Downey Jr., who was well-informed, told Murphy and others, "There is also a huge library of Miramax's 700 films, and Miramax will be completely owned by Walt Disney in the future."

"Michael Eisner is causing trouble for himself." Murphy knocked his legs crossed, "Millamax will soon turn to decline."

"Why do you say that?" Jonah Hill is good at making funny things, but not very proficient in these things. "Is Walt Disney not as good as the Weinstein brothers?"

"Think about it, what is Walt Disney best at?" Murphy asked first, and then gave the answer. "Most-age videos! Even pirate adventure themes like "Pirates of the Caribbean" are produced by Disney and tend to be low-age, but what about Miramax? They have never produced or released this type of video in the past."

"There's another point," James Franco added. "Millamax was a relatively independent and distinctive film company, and now he's a regular member of Walt Disney's many brands."

"What Murphy and Jim said makes sense." Robert Downey Jr. also agreed with the two. "Milla Max used Oscars as the operating strategy before. After the management left one after another and the Weinstein brothers left again, this strategy can only become a past. The newly appointed management must face the problem of transformation. A film company wants to transform successfully..."

He made a face and shook his head again.

Seth Logan, who had been enjoying dessert, looked up and said, "The Weinstein brothers sold their shares and left? Nothing was taken away except management?"

"Who knows?" Murphy shrugged.

Speaking of well-informed, he was far from comparable to Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr. said, "I heard that Harvey Weinstein took away the copyright and plan for two projects."

Harvey Weinstein's vision is well known in the circle, and Jonah Hill couldn't help but ask curiously, "Do you know what he took away?"

Murphy did not answer, but looked at Robert Downey Jr. If anyone among them could get some inside information, it would be Robert Downey Jr.

Sure enough, Robert Downey Jr. was well-informed, "The copyright of the novel "The Reader" written by Benhard Schlink in 1995 also seems to be related to the former King George VI of the Kingdom of Great Britain. I don't know if it is specific."

When Murphy heard the two projects mentioned by Robert Downey Jr., he had a rough impression that they used to be almost standard Oscar-style essays. Not only did they win the favor of the Oscar judges, but after winning the award, they also made large profits from the theater, television, the Internet and DVD markets with the title of the Oscar-winning film.

In those years, it was also the pinnacle of Harvey Weinstein's public relations Oscar. Some media even said that Oscar had changed his surname to Weinstein.

"Ah, and there." Robert Downey Jr. seemed to remember something again. "The Weinstein brothers are raising funds from abroad and are preparing to set up a new Weinstein Pictures. If you have spare money, you can try investing."

"Donny's words make sense." Murphy reminded all the friends here, "rather than spending money on eating, drinking and having fun, investing in companies like Weinstein Pictures."

Although he has no intention of investing, the rest of the people investing in Weinstein Pictures is much wiser than throwing away money and depreciating it in the bank.

James Franco nodded, "I'll go back and think about it."

Seth Logan shook his head, "I just signed up for a director training class and now I don't have any funds."

There is no need to force investment, Murphy just reminds them that these guys are adults, and even if they have a good relationship, he cannot interfere in everything. This is North America, and no one likes others to interfere in their private lives.

"Fortunately, we didn't agree to film and produce "City of Sin 2" at the beginning."

Thinking of the chaos in Miramax over the past few years, Robert Downey Jr. felt glad, "Otherwise, they would have to be unlucky."

Jonah Hill looked at Murphy and said, "This guy can always make wise judgments."

"If you can't even do this," James Franko replied. "How can you be the leader of those of us?"

"The leader of the Stanton party?" Robert Donnie Jr. lifted his chin, "Well, this position is very good."

He turned to Murphy, "Mr. Party Leader, when are you planning to lead us into the White House?"

Murphy made a cross-cutting gesture, "When you shut your mouth completely."

He stood up, looked over the sea, and said, "What I have to do now is not to consider entering Washington, but to ask Walt Disney for salary!"
Chapter completed!