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In just three weeks, Sisyphus Pictures has released the latest news of three film projects. Such frequent actions are comparable to second-tier film companies, which is a bit wrong. What's more, the three movie projects have produced different guesses, which is even more abnormal.

The first is the "female spy".

This is a comedy film with a medium-scale investment. The currently officially announced investment budget is 50 million US dollars. For large commercial films, it can only be regarded as sprinkling water, but for comedy genre works, it can already be included in " Medium to high" grade. The subsequent announcement of the cast lineup gave a slight explanation of the budget size: this is the third collaboration between director Paul-Feig and Melissa McCarthy.

Paul Feige, who came out of the classic comedy series "Freaks and Bookworms", "Park Rest", "Office", and "Nurse Home", directed a low-cost comedy "bridesmaids" in 2011, with three thousand Wan’s cost has received a high box office of 170 million in North America and 288 million in the world, and won two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay. The biggest black horse of the year.

This also made Paul famous in the first battle and immediately became the hottest comedy director in Hollywood.

Melissa McCarthy became popular with her "bridesmaids"—before that, she had been in the TV field for many years, and she had run through numerous movies in numerous movies, but she never made her head; but this work was Let her be popular in North America, the Oscar nomination for best supporting actress was won by her.

After the "bridesmaids", Melissa and Paul collaborated on the "Hot Police Flower" with Sandra Bullock as the partner actor. Although the final box office performance did not reach the height of "bridesmaids", it still achieved success. It can be said that it is a rare combination of comedy movies in recent years that has repeatedly won.

Now comes the "female spy".

Undoubtedly, Melissa and Paul are now one of the most sought-after comedy partners in North America. During the preparations for the "Female Spy", major film companies started a fierce battle. Originally, Fox took the lead in the 20th century, but for production costs Regarding the actor's pay, the two sides failed to negotiate, but in the end, they unexpectedly made the birth of Sisyphus Pictures.

It is rumored that Melissa’s salary has risen to 10 million U.S. dollars, and the box office dividend ratio has also reached 2%. There is no doubt that she has become the first line of Hollywood comedians today-although compared to the top Adam-Sang For Della, Ben Stiller and others, there is still a gap, but among female comedians, they have come to a leading position.

However, there are still rumors of different versions of the contract rules, which have not been confirmed by both parties for the time being. The only thing that can be determined is that the box office dividend is not full but conditional.

Considering the production cost of 50 million US dollars, and considering Melissa's breakthrough in salary, it is not surprising that Sisyphus Films was able to beat Twentieth Century Fox to get the project.

In fact, Twentieth Century Fox has no frustrations and regrets, nor are people in the industry shocked or surprised. On the contrary, mainstream public opinion in the industry believes that Andre Hamilton is a stupid person who burns too much money. This investment is likely to be directly squandered, and the probability of investment and return is very difficult to be proportional.

The main reason for Melissa and Paul to be so popular is that in the North American film market in recent years, the return rate of comedy movies is declining rapidly, and there are more and more failures. Even if the box office is successful, the profit distribution is difficult to make. People are satisfied, which is why Universal Pictures has always been reluctant to increase the cost of comedy movies.

Not only Universal Pictures, but other film companies are also cautious in the production cost of comedy movies. This also makes Melissa and Paul, who have succeeded in two consecutive collaborations, stand out, but even this combination is still unable to Let the film company be determined to substantially increase the cost of investment.

The most direct proof is the remuneration: Melissa’s $10 million remuneration, not to mention compared with Lan Li, even if compared with the leading actors of other types of movies, it can only be regarded as a middleweight-"speed and The supporting actors of "excited/emotional" can already get such pay figures, the only difference is that there is no box office dividend.

But for this kind of pay, Twentieth Century Fox was reluctant, and Melissa was able to successfully rank among the top female comedians in North America. This is the true portrayal of comedy movies.

Only a layman like Sisyphus Pictures, who doesn't understand the rules and situation of the industry, and the status quo and situation of the market, can stupidly agree to cooperate.

Compared with the increase in the original blue gift remuneration, Sisyphus Pictures did not encounter any obstacles in increasing Melissa’s remuneration. Because the major film companies don’t care at all. If the "female spy" fails at the box office and Melissa offers the same salary, they will not be willing to invest; but if the "female spy" achieves box office success again, they will not Mind giving Melissa 10 million in rewards. Simply put, Sisyphus Pictures will be the first person to eat crabs. Why not?

It is against this background that the "Female Spy" has become the third work that Sisyphus Pictures has invested in production.

Subsequently, Sisyphus Pictures successively announced the cast of the "Female Spy" cast: Rose Byrne, Jude Law, and Jason Statham's luxurious casts made everyone stunned!

Forget about Rose, she also appeared in "bridesmaids" at the time, and she has friendships with Melissa and Paul; moreover, she and Lan Li are still the same agent-when Lan Li attended the Emmy Awards, Andy Remind Rose to take care of Lan Li and be willing to nod to join. Andy is bound to play an important role in it, but Jude and Jason?

Jude and Jason can be described as quasi-first-line actors, the price-performance ratio is really good, the audience recognition is also really good, and most importantly, they have not appeared in comedy movies for many years. But now he is willing to nod his head to join? Is this the credit of Melissa and Paul? Or is it due to Lan Li?

Further thinking, Jude and Jason are both British! Jason also joined the "Speed ​​and Excitement/Affection" under Lan Li's needlework, and this became interesting.

In addition, after adopting such a lineup, the production cost budget of 50 million... is it enough?

In the past, the industry still felt that Sisyphus Pictures was "a lot of stupid people and money", but now looking at the cast of the cast, it seems to be a good deal. It is not to say that it is "good quality and low price", but at least it can be said. It's "breaking even." In the preparatory stage, the topicality of the film project has been guaranteed, which does not seem to be so... silly.

In less than a month, the crew quickly completed the formation. On March 31, the "Female Spy" officially announced the launch in Los Angeles.

First the "Nightcrawler" and then the "Female Spy", Sisyphus Pictures has not directly participated in two consecutive works without Lan Li. But this is still not all.

The second is the formal establishment of the two projects.

In late March, rumors emerged in the industry. Sisyphus Pictures formally negotiated two projects, one is a low-cost horror film, "It's Behind", directed by newcomer David-Robert-Mitchell (David-Robert- Mitchell), this will be his second directed work. The investment cost is about two million U.S. dollars. There is no further news about the cast for the time being.

This news is fairly normal. At the beginning of its establishment, independent film production companies chose low-cost horror movies to open up the situation. This is a normal Hollywood routine. An investment of 2 million is considered a small cost even for independent film companies. For Sisyphus Pictures It's more normal.

But another project sparked a lot of discussion, "Wild Hunter".

This project is really famous. In the past two years, this project has gone through the preparatory departments of major film companies, and even some companies have appeared more than twice. People are absolutely no stranger. I changed the production team several times around and around. The current candidates are Alessandro Gonzalez Inarito and Leonardo DiCaprio, but even with two big names leading the way Sitting in town, but still no company is willing to invest——

Because the cost budget is too high!

Alessandro’s current production budget is as high as $100 million~www.novelhall.com~ and according to his shooting plan, the possibility of additional investment is very high; but this is an art film that hits the awards season. , Instead of hitting the box office commercial works, even more exaggerated and outrageous than Alfonso's "gravity", even the wealthy Warner Bros. dare not easily take over.

After the success of "Gravity", the production plan of "Wild Hunter" appeared for a while, but before the rumors could spread further, it was declared stranded again.

At the end of the round and round, Alessandro and Sisyphus Pictures came together.

According to rumors, Alessandro came together through Alfonso and Renly on the night of the Oscars, and Leonardo also actively promoted this interview. Obviously, Alessandro and Leonardo persuaded Lan Li, and Lan Li persuaded the investors of Sisyphus Pictures, and this is the difficult cooperation.

Lan Li’s matchmaking is expected. Look at Lan Li’s selection of works and Lan Li’s artistic pursuits. Works like "Wild Hunter" can always impress him and serve the movie desperately. Ignore the film's rate of return completely. This is the style of the artist, but not the way of the businessman.

This seems to have once again confirmed the speculation of industry insiders: Andre is a stupid young master with a lot of money.

Things suddenly became interesting. Judging from the actions of Sisyphus Pictures, there were no direct performances of Lanli in three consecutive works, which did not match everyone’s predictions; but from the attributes of the three works, Sixi The choice of Firth Pictures does not have a context, and it is more of a random investment.

So, is this worth noting? Is it worth complaining?

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