The office was silent. James Wen sat on the sofa, his eyes swept across Matthew's face from time to time. Although he was not a new director, he was still a little nervous at this moment, as if he was worried that the carefully prepared script would not meet the requirements of Matthew, an investor.

During this period, it was not that there were other companies who wanted to cooperate with him, but he refused without hesitation. For nothing else, just that Matthew dared to angrily criticize Harvey Weinstein for him, it was worth keeping his promise.

Looking at the entire Hollywood, even if the six major companies are included, who would be willing to beat someone like Harvey Weinstein for a young director like him?

The Sixth One does not care about Harvey Weinstein, but no one wants to provoke a disgusting fly, humming in front of him all day long.

He could see very clearly what happened that night. Matthew had a grudge against Harvey Weinstein for his director and a project that was too small to ignore.

This has been circulating in the circle privately.

And he also heard more news, with rumors from Warner Bros. that in order to suppress Harvey Weinstein's arrogance, Matthew stole the investment share of the "Hobbit" series from Weinstein Pictures.

Perhaps only he knew that Matthew's purpose was not to suppress Harvey Weinstein's arrogance, but it was clearly a revenge for his imprisonment by Harvey Weinstein on Oscar Night!

Who doesn’t want to cooperate with a boss who is so protective of his own people?

On the other hand, Lionsgate Pictures, which likes to write short checks and Weinstein Pictures, which always uses its power to suppress actors and directors, will be happy to work with them if there are other better choices?

Although he does not believe in the great principle of repaying a drop of water with a spring of gratitude, nor is he a traditional gentleman in the East, Matthew has done so much that if he can't even keep his promises, he will look down on himself.

Besides, where do those small companies have so many resources in Matthew's hands?

He and Ray Wernal are not unable to make up for the production cost of 1.5 million US dollars, but the film is not as simple as shooting and production. How to do the subsequent promotion? Who will advertise the film? Who will win the theater for the film?

If such a film is released on a large scale, the cost of publicity and distribution will definitely be much higher than the production cost.

Matthew didn't care about James Wen next to him for the time being, and focused on reading the script he brought. The script seemed to have more than 100 pages. In fact, less than half of the content about the plot scene of the movie. Nearly two-thirds of the contents were detailed shooting and production plans formulated by James Wen.

In the plan, James Win only needs a separate house and a few nearby streets as the shooting location, and the scene can be said to be very simple.

Perhaps because of the recent filming of "Inception", Matthew felt that the world built by James Win through the script was somewhat similar to the multi-conscious space like "Inception".

When a person's soul leaves his body, his soul may enter the "other world", which is full of darkness and necromancers. He must find a way to return to his own life as soon as possible, because more necromancers wander in the other world, longing for life and resurrection. If his soul is far away for too long, other necromancers will seize his life and resurrect in his body. The necromancers all carry their own memories and experiences, and they will appear in different images...

There are not many characters and content in the script, and they are basically a family.

The Josh and his wife, plus their daughter or son, form a family of three, robbing the body of a child character who has not been determined, and then an exorcist.

This is all the main characters, and the rest are all so-called.

After reading the subsequent shooting and production plan, Matthew closed the script and asked, "Why has the children of James, Josh not yet determined their gender?"

James Wen smiled embarrassedly, "I haven't figured out whether this character is better than a girl or a boy."

"Oh?" Matthew didn't quite understand what he meant.

"In the setting, this is a child about ** years old." James Wen said in detail, "It is difficult to find suitable actors of this age. What about my thoughts? No matter whether it is male or female, the right actor will be a boy, the role will be a male, and vice versa."

Matthew nodded, without saying anything, instead thought about it for a while, then slowly said, "I think... the girl seems to be a little better."

James Win didn't answer the conversation, waiting for Matthew to continue.

Matthew briefly explained, "James, think about it, who is the biggest audience for horror movies?"

Most horror movies are r-level ratings, so the answer to this question is obvious, James Win said directly, "Adult male."

"So..." Matthew spread his hands and said with a smile, "A girl is more popular."

James Winn didn't understand the meaning behind this, and his face was full of doubts.

Matthew thought about it and said, "A cute, scary, pitiful girl is obviously more popular with this audience than a boy."

James Wen suddenly realized, just thought for a second, then nodded and agreed, "Yes! Matthew, you're so right!" He couldn't help laughing, "This character should choose a girl!"

To determine a major character gender, Matthew turned the topic to future production, “Is one million and a half million dollars enough?”

Small-cost horror movies have always been typical of small profits, and he has some confidence in James Win. Since he wants to invest 1.5 million US dollars, it doesn’t matter if he invests hundreds of thousands more US dollars.

James Win shook his head, "One.5 million dollars is enough." He said very seriously, "Horror movies do not require too high production costs. If you cannot use the limited budget to scare the audience, it will be difficult to succeed in horror movies."

Matthew nodded slightly, "Then we will keep investing in small costs."

James Win continued, "I think, as long as the horror angle is done well, and those amazing special effects are abandoned; it can still scare the four people, horror film directors should create infinite imaginations and breakthroughs in limited resources."

"You are an expert in this regard." Matthew didn't know much about horror movies.

When he came to Hollywood, he actually only participated in the horror type movie "Dawn of the Living Dead", and because he is the male lead, the type of movies tends to be more action-oriented.

James Winn said confidently, "I always think that the most unique thing about horror movies is that a tiny detail can bring excellent results. For example, a creaking door is enough to make the back chill, and this requires very little cost."

Matthew recognized James Win's point of view and said, "Whether a story is terrifying depends on whether it can scare yourself."

"Yes." James Winn pointed to the script and said, "I like to put the scenes I think are the most terrifying. For example, the plot I fear most when I wake up in the middle of the night and suddenly find someone staring at the corner is used by me in this script."

Matthew asked instead, “When are you going to start planning?”

"Ray Wonal has returned to his hometown for vacation. I guess he will be back in about half a month." James Wen said slowly, "When he comes back, we will start forming a crew."

Matthew nodded slightly, "I will get the studio to prepare funds." He looked at James Win, "James, I said to give you the greatest authority, not interfere with your creation, you also serve as the producer and director of this project."

James Win knew what this meant, and said confidently, "I promise to do my best."

Matthew asked again, “Is a year enough?”

"Enough." James Win was very confident, "Starting preparations from next month, I will be able to finish the film next May and June."

Matthew believed in James Win's ability, "Well, we'll release this video next year's Halloween schedule." He thought for a while and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, Warner Brothers will be the publisher of this "Landed"."

It is obviously inappropriate to leave this kind of film to Disney. Anyway, he has a close cooperation with Warner Bros., so it is not a big problem to leave it to Warner Bros.

James Win scratched his head at this time and said, "I have two suitable candidates, about the hero and heroine, Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson."

Matthew had heard James Went mention these two people before and said, "Just make the decision, you can make the decision." He reminded him, "Actors about the little girl must be chosen."

"Well, I understand." James Win nodded, "I don't have a good candidate in this regard. Matthew, you have a wide network of connections in the circle. Can you help me find it?"

Matthew agreed, "No problem."

Matthew won't interfere too much in this project called "Luxing". Except for the best financial supervision and other work, it is basically left to James Win.

He really hopes that James Won can release all the horror energy in his body and bring a horror movie similar to "Saw" that helped small people invest in high output.

After James Win left, Matthew called Helen Hermann specifically to pay attention to the girl star born around 2000.

There are not many young actors of this age who can perform good shows. Even if they look at Hollywood, they are scarce resources.

The studio invests in projects that are not only "Luxing" requires young actors of this age.

Because it is difficult to find, Sophia Coppola also commissioned Helen Hermann to find the cast of Bella and Edward's daughter in advance for "Twilight: Breaking Dawn".
Chapter completed!