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It took approximately 3 days for Lehman to fix the problem of joining Gilmour del Toro's personal studio.

Then the cooperation agreement of the project was officially signed.

Gilmour Del Toro served as the director of "Hellboy" and paid 4.5 million US dollars without any post-sharing; the investment share is 10 million, and he can enjoy the box office income after the movie is released in proportion.

These have been negotiated long ago, and it is not a problem.

On the contrary, it was a bit of arguing about the various rights of the director during the shooting and the editing in the later period.

These, under proper discussion, Lehman basically gave Toro a high degree of freedom in addition to holding the final decision in his hand.

For example, don't interfere with how he shoots, but not exceed the budget; for example, he can participate in post-production, but the final film must be viewed by Lehman before deciding whether it is the theater version.

At the same time, the two parties also signed another contract on the copyright issue of the film.

Because the "Hellboy" comics adaptation rights were bought by Gilmour del Toro a few years ago, Firefly Pictures still needs to spend $100,000 to buy out all of Toro's comic script. Production copyright.

Including sequel development and peripheral operations.

Toro also knows very well that it is a joke to keep the project leadership in cooperation with the production company. After getting most of the studio power, he is happy at the same time, he also understands the transfer of the film and television adaptation rights.

Lehman is also very reciprocal, allowing Toro to double as a producer to facilitate his position in the crew.

After the budget funds of both parties were put into a bank account specially used for shooting, Toro couldn't wait to start the preliminary preparations.

While Lehman is still doing post-production work for the movie "Million Dollar Baby", he is also helping to coordinate the filming crew for the company's new project.

Don’t worry about the shooting team. The studio of Gilmour del Toro and the production department of Firefly Pictures can pull out an experienced team.

The main issue is the casting of the movie.

Because this movie requires a lot of special effects shots, after referring to Weta Studio’s quotation, apart from the preliminary project expenses, the remaining actors are not paid much, so no big-name actors can be invited.Of course, Toro never thought about finding any first-line actors to join his films.

In the office, Toro was sipping coffee and was discussing the next round of auditions with Lehman holding the cast list.

"Male number one, do you want to choose Ron Pullman?"

"Why, can't it?"

"His salary is not low."

"We can cut the expenses of other actors. He is really suitable for this role." Toro suggested.

Speaking of which, Ron Pullman is also a monster professional.

He played the lion-faced Vincent in "Beauty and the Beast" in his early years.

Of course, to Toro, this person is most familiar with him.It is his direct actor.

His first feature film "The Devil's Silver Claw" was the collaboration of Ron Pullman with him.

At that time, the crew didn't have much money, after all, were they still newcomers? Everything was stretched.

For the good script of Ron Pullman, he appeared in almost zero pay.

From this point of view, there is a great relationship with Toro.

Later, he filmed "Blade Warrior 2" and decisively looked for Ron Pullman.

When it came to the third part, the first thing Toro thought of was him.

"Then notify his agent, and the actor will initially be Ron Pullman."

Since director Toro is so optimistic, Lehman has no reason to object.

As a director, as far as possible in casting, you should first meet the director's needs.

After all, there is nothing more thoughtful about the role than Toro.

"What about the other candidates?"

Lehman asked.

"I don't have any suitable goals, but because of the funding, it would be better to find some foreign actors." Gilmour del Toro explained: "Many people with good performance experience in other countries come to Hollywood, almost again. Starting again, their worth and their strengths are a bit different. They have the foundation and the price is relatively cheaper."

"Well, good idea." Lehman continued: "Then let CAA, ICM and other brokerage companies draw up a list of British actors or Australians, and then we will choose."

After another two days, brokerage companies such as CAA and ICM quickly drafted a list and submitted it.

The performance experience of these actors is not bad, and most of the supporting roles in the movie are all done with just $150,000.

After signing the contract with those brokers, a middle-aged white man stayed.

"Mr. Lyman, meet for the first time, introduce myself, my name is John Polman, ICM's senior agent."

"Is there a problem?"

Lehmann was puzzled.

"I heard that "Chain Saw 2" produced by Firefly Pictures was packaged by CAA, right?"

"Yes indeed."

John asked again: "Do they charge extra packaging fees?"

What he asked about was a bit non-compliant, because the two belonged to different brokerage companies and rushed to inquire about each other's specific cooperation conditions, which was private in the industry.

However, there are no outsiders in the office.

Lehman didn't want to fool him either, and said with a smile: "5% of the box office revenue, this is the cooperative condition of CAA package."

Because at the beginning, Firefly Pictures has just started, and the shooting team and production talents are still vacant. In order to shoot "Chain Saw 2" as soon as possible, Lehman also agreed to CAA's packaging plan-they provide personnel, in addition to specific salary, extra Another 5 percent of the proceeds will be given to CAA.

After knowing the specific situation, John suddenly asked: "Then Mr. Lehman is interested in working with us? As long as it is your company's project, we fully support it. The actors and production team are not a problem, and no additional packaging costs are required."

Lehman didn't expect this product to come to solicit him, and it seemed that the conditions were pretty good.

But CAA has it, but ICM doesn't.

He smiled and declined: "ICM is an established brokerage company in the industry, I am afraid it is not bad cooperation."

CAA dared to charge this for the packaging fee, of course others have this ability.

Whether it's the soundtrack or filming, whether it's post-production or publicity, everyone has given a set of plans.

Otherwise, Lehman would give this 5 percent box office revenue for nothing?

Furthermore, Firefly Pictures is now roughly on the right track, and there is no need for brokerage companies to provide additional services.

It's boring if you don't quit.

Unless ICM can show better sincerity, the problem is that Lehman's economic contract is already the best in the industry.If ICM can offer better conditions, wouldn't all of CAA's high-end artist resources be poached.Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg... everyone is not a fool.

Besides, the rules are not played like this.

Being rejected, John didn't feel frustrated.

He originally sent a few British actors over to sign, and after the talks were completed, he wanted to try to dig the corner of CAA.

If you can't dig it, it doesn't matter, there is no loss anyway.

By the end of February, the shooting equipment, props, and costumes were all in place, and the script was also in place under the advice of the company's screenwriter and Billmo del Toro.

After everything was ready, "Hellboy" also entered the shooting stage.