The efficiency of the directors union was beyond Murphy's expectations. In just one week, they completed the relevant procedures. Since Murphy withdrew from the directors union in order to obtain the adaptation rights of "Sin City", he returned to the directors union after many years.

Although he may not be able to win the Oscar for Best Director Xiao Jinren without joining the Director's Union, becoming a member of the Director's Union is undoubtedly more conducive to his Olympic plan.

During this period, the media and the Internet about the film "Diego Ross" and the conflict between Murphy and Catholicism have almost become the most popular news hotspots in the entertainment industry. The Hollywood film industry is a loose business circle. Although it will not make a unified voice, most people disagree with the statement of Archbishop Marquez Costello.

"Diego Ross" naturally attracted more attention. The preview results of twenty theaters suddenly increased. On the first weekend after the New Year, the film achieved the highest weekend single-player score since the preview began. In the 20 theaters across the United States, each theater earned an average of $30,000 in three days.

The North American box office results of this film finally exceeded one million dollars.

Taking this opportunity, 20th Century Fox contacted several theaters. When the weekend arrived, Diego Ross expanded to more than 400 theaters in North America. Influenced by media debate, the attendance rate of the film was quite good. When the single-stage box office of the weekend exceeded US$15,000, and with a box office of nearly US$7 million, it entered the top five in the North American box office rankings that week.

Immediately, the outside world also raised expectations for the film, especially cinemasore, which increased the film's North American box office expectations from 50 million US dollars to 75 million US dollars.

But Murphy knew very well that Diego Ross still had to use the production cost line of the film as his goal.

In his opinion, whether this goal can be achieved will be of extremely important role in the number of Oscar nominations.

In the next week, the complete seven days, including working days, the screening scale of the film "Diego Ross" in North America was further expanded to 660 stores, and the box office of $11.5 million in seven days was pretty good.

Adding to the box office they received before, the film's North American box office has accumulated nearly $20 million.

Then, the Oscar nominee luncheon, which is essential for every North American awards season, arrives on time.

Unlike previous years, Murphy came to the Regent Hotel, which hosted the nominee lunch. There was a special red carpet ceremony in front of the hotel, but he just stood in front of the media and soon walked into the hotel alone.

Although this is just a nominee lunch, Murphy looks from the inside out and is full of stars.

Now there is less than a month left before the 84th Academy Awards. As the most joyful and lively event before the Oscars' "Main Competition", this nomination luncheon has attracted celebrities from all walks of life in Hollywood as in previous years. Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Rooney Mara, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and other filmmakers in front and behind the scenes gathered together. The long red carpet of Beverly Hills inevitably became the focus of attention.

"Hi, Murphy."

Robert Downey, a young man in a suit, walked into the hotel with Susan Downey and came directly to Murphy, "How long has it been since I left Los Angeles? You have made such a big noise."

Murphy shrugged and whispered, "There's no way. If you don't want to have a good idea, we may have nothing to find today."

Robert Downey Jr. is one of the popular candidates for the best actor nomination list. Naturally, he knows that if Murphy hadn't done so many things, he would have been very likely to be nominated for Best Actor by starring in the Iron Man Tony Stark alone.

He patted Murphy's arm gently and said, "If you need any help, tell me directly."

"Will I be polite to you?" Murphy responded with a smile.

With their relationship, he will not hesitate when it is time to speak.

"Where is Gale?" Susan Downey looked around and asked, "Has she not come?"

"No." Murphy asked the two to walk to the banquet hall together, saying as she walked, "There are a lot of things happening recently. Paul Wilson has no reliable producer. She is temporarily unable to get rid of her body and is busy preparing for the work."

The producers who helped Paul Wilson in the past are from Twentieth Century Fox. "House of Cards" cooperated with Netflix. Of course, it is impossible to introduce producers from Twentieth Century Fox. Although Netflix has also hired professionals, they have just been involved in the field of film and television production and have serious lack of experience. Murphy simply asked Gal Gadot to stay there for the time being. Anyway, his new project will not start preparing in the past few weeks.

"How are you doing?" Robert Downey Jr. asked with concern. "I heard you invited Kevin Spacey to be the leading actor."

"It's going to be smoother," Murphy said after he turned into the banquet hall, "but the candidate for the heroine has not yet been settled."

"Mr. Stanton, Mr. Downey."

A staff member came up and led them to the left, "Please go here."

Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. followed him and walked towards a round table on the left in the second row. A long distance away, he saw a blonde Margot Robbie sitting at the table and talking to a brown-haired girl next to another table.

"It's coming so early, Maggie."

When he arrived at the table, Murphy looked at the label of the "Diego Ross" crew marked on the table, opened a chair next to Margot Robbie, and sat down. Margot Robbie turned around, cracked her mouth and showed an exaggerated smile, "I can't wait to know if I can get the best supporting actress nomination."

The crew also applied for the nomination for Best Supporting Actress, but Margot Robbie has limited roles in the film and she did not do public relations herself. Whether she can get the nomination depends entirely on luck.

Margot Robbie also greeted Robert Downey Jr., and the girl she had chatted with before looked over and waved to Murphy, "Hello, Director Stanton."

"Hello, Rooney." Murphy nodded to her.

The girl was Rooney Mara. If you look at it from this, it should be David Finch's "Girl with Dragon Tattoo".

Murphy also exchanged a few greetings with her. The two had met on the "House of Cards" preparatory crew. Rooney Mara is a contracted client of Caa. She seems to be very familiar with Paul Wilson. She specially recommended her sister Kate Mara to Murphy to play the leading role through Paul Wilson.

However, Kate Mara's age and image are not suitable, so Murphy decided to let her continue to play the female reporter Zoe Barnes.

Although Rooney Mara and Kate Mara are not famous now, they have an extraordinary background. In the United States, whenever people who know about the sports circles are familiar with the names Rooney and Mara, they will immediately think of the two giant families of American football. The Mara family is the founder and owner of the New York Giants, and the Rooney family is the founder and owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

There is no need to say much about American football's status as the number one sport in North America. Such a background will naturally be beneficial to their stroll in Hollywood.

But after Murphy met Kate Mara in the audition, he subconsciously thought that she would not be as popular as Rooney Mara in the future. Kate Mara's appearance is a bit strange and looks pretty good at naked eyes, but the scenes taken through the camera lens always give people a particularly fierce feeling, and not many viewers like such faces.

After a few greetings with Rooney Mara, Murphy saw David Finch coming.

The other party was the director he liked very much. Murphy stood up and waited for David Finch to come over, and took the lead in stretching out his right hand, "Hello, Director Finch."

David Finch held it gently in his hand and showed a formulaic smile, "Hello, Director Stanton."

The two of them are not familiar with each other and have little common topics. After saying hello, they return to the table where their crews are located.

"David Finch, who has few works."

Seeing Murphy sitting next to him, Margot Robbie withdrew his gaze from David Finch, shook his head and whispered, "It's as pitiful as you."

"Pity?" Murphy didn't understand what Margot Robbie meant, "We can't be considered pitiful, are we?"

If he and David Finch could be classified as poor ranks, then what are the countless directors and actors struggling and struggling at the bottom of Hollywood?

"Isn't it?" Margot Robbie pointed to Mr. Oscar directly in front of the banquet hall, and said, "two forever Oscar best director runners."

Murphy was stunned and seemed to have been with him for many years.

Even now, there is a saying in some media that there are three Oscar runners in Hollywood directors, one with one bad one with one bad one, David Fincher, and Murphy Stanton, who has a dark and deep style.

Thinking of this, Murphy couldn't help but look at David Finch again. Many of the other party's videos, such as "The Seven Deadly Sins", "The Twelve Palaces", "The Girl with Dragon Tattoo", etc., are all works that he likes very much.

Unfortunately, "The Girl with Dragon Tattoo" is somewhat similar to "Diego Ross". The media is well received but not popular. Sony Columbia Pictures may not let David Finch continue to film "The Girl with Fire" and "The Girl with Honeybee's Neck".

Murphy can only say that this is the reality of Hollywood. If the film only applauds but does not sell well, it will basically have little value to the film company.

Just as he was thinking about the situation related to David Finch, a sound of footsteps rang out. Murphy turned to see that the crew at the table in front arrived. The person in charge was a big fat man, his former collaborator Harvey Weinstein.
Chapter completed!