279 Chapter 279 Casting (seeking subscription recommendation) (1/2)

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.