American fame and fortune.

Chapter 877 Don’t bully the real reason why young people are poor
In the set, which was arranged like an underground restaurant, Sofia Stallone put on special protective clothing and lay down on the extra-large dinner plate prepared by the crew.

The blood-red sauce prepared with special tomato sauce immediately covered her white body.

Two makeup artists came over and began to modify Sophia's body using various cosmetics with red as the main color.

All the props and makeup were designed for one person to make Sophia a terrifying meal.

"Done!" the makeup artist reported loudly to the director.

Sofia couldn't hold still for long, and David Fincher shouted: "Get ready to start filming."

Martin, wearing a shirt, quickly entered the set and came to the front of the dining car containing Sophia.

The recorder came over to make some notes and the shooting started.

Martin pushed the dining cart into the room. The cart was parked next to the cage, and a huge dinner plate that could accommodate one person was displayed in front of Anya Taylor-Joy.

This meal, with the human body as the main course, was shocking when captured on camera.

Martin nodded: "I heard something."

This is the protagonist's final personality, a master of cruelty.

"Where do you get your creative inspiration?" Martin was quite curious.

Today's shooting was over, and Martin did not go back to the makeup trailer. Instead, he came behind the director's monitor and found David Fincher to watch the footage he had just shot.

David Fincher has some new ideas in this regard: "I have signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Netflix. In the future, I will not only continue to produce sequels to "House of Cards", but also other works."

Martin quickly reached out to support her and help her get off the plate.

Martin thought about it: "That raw meat dress she wore at the MTV Music Awards a few years ago?"

Martin shook his head: "It feels very evil. For a person like me who likes to be aboveboard, I can't accept it at all."

He had heard Louise mention before that Satanism also has a wide range of believers in Hollywood, and its hands have already reached into Washington. It is said that Mrs. Zipperton is its supporter.

Martin nodded: "It sounds crazy, but it feels like a good idea."

Martin asked directly: "Do you have a plan?"

He directly invited Martin: "If you are interested, you can come and give it a try."

"Yes, it's about cult themes." David Fincher simply introduced: "I plan to plan an animated series project, invite some directors to join, and each director will direct a short film."

Sophia opened her arms and wanted to come over and hug him: "Can't you comfort me?"

The combination of Netflix and David Fincher, coupled with the animated series, quickly reminded Martin of the cult animated series Love, Death and Robots from his previous life.

As soon as he finished speaking a line, he felt Sophia on the dinner plate move.

This topic seemed to scratch David Fincher's itch. He kept talking: "Although it is experimental in nature, I have said hello to Netflix that all participants can use their imagination. Except for the length of the film, "Except, there are no restrictions in other aspects. Cult, large-scale and bloody, violent, erotic and horror elements are not problems."

After watching all the scenes, David Fincher was very satisfied: "This soul cooking scene has a weird artistic beauty amidst the bloody cruelty."

"A cult animated series? Or a short film?" Martin saw David Fincher nodding and said happily: "No problem, I'm very interested, I can give it a try."

The soul-cooking feast created by the actor comes from the design of David Fincher, the first dark director in Hollywood, who can always come up with some new tricks on darkness and cruelty.

Martin took a towel and handed it to her and said, "It smells pickled."

"I'm so crazy that I agreed to act in such a scene." Sofia, who had known Martin a few years ago, complained to him: "Smell it, my whole body smells like disgusting ketchup."

As soon as David Fincher announced that the filming was over, she couldn't wait to get up.

The two chatted for a while about Satanism and soul cooking, and then about cults.

"Stop!" David Fincher directly shouted to stop filming: "Sofia, hold on a little longer."

It must be evil and unconventional enough, like Megatron fighting Optimus Prime or something like that?

David Fincher's idea is different from Martin: "I feel very cult."

"Some people say that she is protesting against vegetarians, but that is not the case." David Fincher, who has a background as a music video director and has always been closely connected with the pop music circle, simply said: "Meat costumes are originally a performance art of Satanism."

Martin pulled up a chair, sat opposite Anya, took the tableware, smiled evilly, and said, "Let me introduce, this is our last supper, a soul cooking!"

David Fincher added: "This type of soul cooking is the sacrament of Satanism. Of course, the main dish is a human body imitated by other things. Many people in the industry have tasted it. Lady Gaga should be the Satan in the entertainment industry. The most ardent believer in the religion, she not only took her family and friends to taste soul cooking, but also walked down the red carpet in a meat suit.”

David Fincher asked: "Have you ever heard of Satanism?"

Sofia wiped the ketchup off her face with a towel and left the studio.

Martin pressed her forehead to prevent anyone from getting close to her: "Go take a shower and change clothes quickly, otherwise you will get really pickled."

Martin doesn't remember seeing anything like this, and it's a completely different genre than Hannibal.

Martin said seriously: "I have to think carefully about what kind of crazy animated short film I should shoot."

Sophia quickly responded: "Okay."

In a place like the United States where cults are rampant, there are all kinds of monsters and ghosts. Everyone has different ideas, and no one will force anyone to accept them.

The makeup artist hurried over to touch up the makeup to keep the meal looking bloody and exquisite.

David Fincher smiled: "I have always advocated breaking the inherent half-hour to one-hour format of mainstream dramas, and then abandoning the coherent plot logic between each episode, highlighting the entertainment value of the work as much as possible, and presenting a What a state-of-the-art animation product should look like.”

This scene was filmed for most of the afternoon, and Sofia was so numb on the dinner plate.

David Fincher roughly said: "This is not my original work but I borrowed it from others."

"You can do whatever you want," David Finch said.

The two came out of the studio together, and Martin said as they walked: "It seems that you are very happy working with Netflix."

David Fincher nodded slightly: "The support Netflix has given me is very strong, and the most important thing is the high degree of creative freedom. I am the first well-known director in Hollywood to fully cooperate with them, so I have a bit of a first-mover advantage. "

He thought for a while: "The playback mode of future movies may change due to streaming media."

Martin agreed: "The window period from theaters to offline screenings will be further shortened, and some movies may even be played directly on streaming platforms without entering theaters."

David Fincher said: "In October, the Directors Guild held a special meeting to discuss this matter. They all believed that streaming platforms would harm the film industry. Even I was ostracized."

Martin said: "In every era, the industry will always change, and conservatism cannot save Hollywood movies." David Fincher reminded: "When facing Christopher Nolan, you'd better not say this, he is the most anti-conventional Director of media platforms.”

"I will," Martin noted.

Once upon a time, the directors in Hollywood who were most opposed to having their movies released on streaming platforms were Nolan and Spielberg.

But later when Spielberg cooperated with Netflix, he almost said "really delicious".

As for Nolan, this aspect has become his iconic character just like his insistence on film.

Perhaps every successful director has his paranoid side.

David Fincher went to the office building next to him. Martin took off his makeup and changed clothes, and waited in the trailer for a while.

Less than ten minutes later, Mene called.

Martin answered the phone and got out of the car and came to the roadside of the studio.

Mene was waiting for him in front of the coffee shop: "Boss, here."

Martin followed him into the coffee shop and ordered a cup of coffee.

The two of them sat in a booth near the window. Mene said excitedly: "I have basically reached an agreement with Sony Colombia! Boss, thank you for recommending me there, and thank you for helping me deal with Johnson."

Martin didn't do Johnson for Mene, but there was no need to explain more, and asked: "When will the remake of "Jumanji" start?"

Mene said: "The project has just begun the early stage of script writing, and Sony Columbia is still looking for a director to invest. It is estimated that preparations may not start until the middle of next year, and filming is not expected until 2016."

When it comes to big investment and big production, the shooting and production of Hollywood movies is very slow.

A big-budget movie a year like Spielberg's is relatively rare in the industry.

Director Nolan can produce a major production in two years, which can be said to be extremely efficient.

"Being the lead in two movies in a row, be prepared," Martin said.

Mene was a little worried: "I just want to be a supporting role like Morgan Freeman."

Martin suddenly remembered the key thing: "Celine Dion and Renee don't have step-granddaughters, right?"

"Boss, don't worry." Mene looked very classy: "Those little girls are not to my taste at all. Celine Dion and Emma Thomas are so delicious."

Everyone has different aesthetics, just like Bruce likes Kim Kardashian, Martin can't say anything.

As for Morgan Freeman, his career has been in trouble since Michelle Bryan committed suicide.

Originally, Martin wanted to give him a warning. After all, it was Morgan Freeman who invited him to the party and got into trouble with Michelle Bryan's group.

Before Martin could take action, TMZ broke the shocking news about Morgan Freeman and his step-granddaughter Edina, which shocked the world.

Its influence is even greater than that of Woody Allen back then.

Although in Hollywood this kind of thing will not harm the foundation of an actor, nor will it cause actors to be blocked by the industry, today's social environment is no better than when Woody Allen was in the first and second tier who have approached Morgan Freeman to make films in the past two years. The production is noticeably less.

Morgan Freeman took the opportunity to announce semi-retirement to preserve his last dignity.

He then went to Nicholson specifically to donate a large amount of money to a foundation established by Martin to express his apology.

Martin didn't bother to trouble him anymore.

The Morgan Freeman incident has caused a chain reaction, and now at least eight actresses have accused Morgan Freeman of sexual harassment.

They had no evidence, and just speaking to the media got Morgan Freeman into trouble.

Versions are constantly changing. The small composition incident that Martin has seen countless times in his previous life is not exclusive to the other side of the Pacific. Strictly speaking, it was also passed down from the United States.

An unsubstantiated essay can almost kill an ordinary man.

Even if it is later found out that the accusation was false, the author of the essay often does not have to pay the price.

Mene added: "Celine is planning to hold a party in Los Angeles for Christmas and wants to invite my friends to attend. Do you have time?"

"I didn't go back to Atlanta for Thanksgiving because of filming." Martin refused: "I should spend the period from Christmas to New Year in Atlanta."

Mene nodded: "Let me tell Celine in advance."

Martin asked: "What's going on with Rennie?"

"It's not very good." Mene said: "I guess he won't last long. Celine and I will not get married until he sees God."

While the two were chatting, Emma Thomas suddenly came in from outside, smiled at Martin, nodded, and left with Mene.

Watching the two people walking away, Martin remembered what David Fincher had just said about the free animated short film, and some inspiration came to him.

How about making an animated short film about ten minutes long using Mene as the prototype?
Martin also left the studio and was thinking about it on the way to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Mene was born to be the protagonist, and his experience is legendary. If placed in a science fiction or fantasy setting, he is definitely a typical example of a young man who should not be bullied into poverty.

Because behind the young man, there are a bunch of rich women and bosses!
Martin came to the hotel, and Anya Taylor-Joy was waiting for him in the private room.

The two continued to rehearse the roles of the male and female protagonists.

After rehearsal, Martin gave the script of "The Witch" to Anya.

The script for this project has been finalized, and after the funds from Davis Studio are secured, Robert Eggers begins the formation and preparation of the crew and will soon recruit actors.

The heroine is definitely Anya. Robert Eggers has seen several filming scenes on the "Split" crew and has no objections to Martin's choice.

In comparison, the progress of "The Queen's Gambit" is much slower. It will take Scott Frank at least half a year to complete the script adaptation, and the filming will not be until the second half of next year at the earliest.

In the following time, Martin was basically busy with "Split". In addition to the performance of the male protagonist, he also spent a lot of time watching the shooting scenes and asking David Fincher for advice.

The most important male and female protagonist scenes, because Martin and Anya rehearsed enough times, the filming went very smoothly.

In mid-December, the filming of the crew has reached the final stage.

Before Christmas, David Fincher led the crew to the open-air area of ​​Disney Studios to shoot a few outdoor scenes, which were also the scenes where the male protagonist kidnapped the girls at the beginning of the film.

The filming of this film has also come to an end.

(End of this chapter)