Chapter 699： Changed script

"This is the script for an investment of 150 million US dollars?"

The crisp voice pulled Ryan's eyes back from the window. Nicole threw the "Transformers" script on the table and held up her cup. "It's too simple and thin, right?"

"My dear." Ryan picked up the script and put it aside. "This is just a popcorn movie. Everything is for the war between Transformers."

"Including you, the male protagonist?" Nicole tried to test the temperature of the water, it was probably a bit cold, and then put down the cup. Ryan hurriedly poured out the clear water in the cup and changed the water to a suitable temperature. "Yes, I too It’s just a supporting role for Optimus Prime."

"When I was young, I didn't see you like Transformers."

Maybe you can tell others if you like, but Nicole is different. Ryan immediately defended, "This is a kind of spiritual liking, not a pursuit of material possession."

He can't tell Nicole that this complex comes from a previous life, right?

"You always have a lot of wrong reasons."

Drinking the water in the cup, Nicole stood up, "I'm going to rest later, remember to call me when I'm almost in Hawaii."

Watching Nicole walk into the rear cabin of the Boeing plane, Ryan's gaze fell on the script of "Transformers".

After years of running-in, Jenkins Pictures’ screenwriting team can always understand his intentions well. The original script frame is the story of a Mansao high school student and his car. In addition to the cosmic background that must be explained in the previous plot, A considerable degree of simplification has also been made.

But after he promised to play the leading actor, such an image was definitely not suitable. The script was sent back to Jenkins Pictures by Michael Bay to make necessary changes. Although it was still the story of a man following the car, it has undergone a lot of changes. Almost completely overturned the original identity of the hero and heroine.

To be precise, this will be a story between a young man and a **** used car business woman and a Chevrolet.

In addition to largely retaining the Pentagon's first-line plot, the male protagonist has eliminated a lot of unnecessary characters. In order to reduce a lot of tedious foreshadowing for fun in the early stage, speed up the time of Optimus Prime's appearance.

The audience can see Transformers, and fast-paced movies are also in line with the trend of social development.

Of course, Ryan has never acted in a comedy, even if it is an actor like him, it is also impossible to arrange all types of roles. The funny in the film can only be handed over to others, such as funny robots such as Chaos and Bumblebee.

The plane landed at Hawaii International Airport on Oahu. Ryan and the others changed to a helicopter that had been waiting here and flew directly to Lanai.

Although Lanai Island is now Ryan's private domain. However, except for a few areas, tourists are not prohibited from entering and exiting, and after his and Nicole's transformation, it is also one of the most famous tourist attractions in Hawaii.

You know, there are more than two thousand residents on the island, and they must have a source of income. Tourism and pineapple farms are the main industries of Lanai.

The helicopter landed directly on the tarmac of a manor with a Hawaiian style. Nicole briefly confessed to Ryan and her butler, Elsa, and went to the bedroom to rest. Ryan changed to an off-road vehicle and ran to the location where the crew of "Jurassic Park 3" was located.

From late October, Spielberg led the crew to the rainforest on the southeast side of the island, and began a two-and-a-half-month location filming. In addition to the main creative staff, there are also two special effects teams of Industrial Light and Magic, which temporarily set up special effects studios on the island to cope with the filming of the crew.

The off-road vehicle stopped outside the crew. As Ryan walked past, Spielberg was holding the microphone and coordinating the filming with a loud voice. A model of Tyrannosaurus that is basically close to the real scale and another model of Spinosaurus that are also close to the real scale are hung by several huge cranes, fighting each other as they advance and retreat.

Although the model is extremely real, the action is extremely blunt. After all, this is just a model. To become a vivid dinosaur, it needs later technical modification.

The shooting is more difficult, often after a short shot of more than ten seconds, the position of the crane needs to be re-adjusted.

"Hi, Ryan."

A blond little girl's voice sounded crisply, and Ryan gently shook the little hand she stretched over, "It's been a long time, Hannah, you seem to be taller again."

"That's because I live with dinosaurs."

The little girl is not very old, but very smart. She pointed to the Tyrannosaurus and Spinosaurus who were still fighting, "These prehistoric monsters are so big, just looking at them I feel that I have grown taller."

"They can eat people." Ryan laughed.

Dakota Fanning has once again been favored by Spielberg after "World War", and will appear in the film as a little girl who lives alone on Dinosaur Island and survives tenaciously.

This girl has experienced "The Hunger Games" and "World War" and is definitely the hottest and most spiritual girl star in Hollywood. Her smile and big eyes have conquered countless movie audiences.

unfortunately……

Ryan shook his head, after all, it was difficult to get rid of the child star curse.

"Hi, Stephen."

The previous shooting came to an end for a while, and Ryan strode over, "It looks like everything is going well."

Spielberg handed the microphone to his assistant and shook hands firmly with Ryan. "The progress is faster than expected. I am confident that I will end the location shooting on Lanai before Christmas."

"The most difficult thing is the shooting of the imax scene." The old man held his glasses and pointed to the huge cameras hanging on the crane. "The imax3d equipment is too heavy and heavy, and each adjustment takes a lot of time."

"Trust me, Stephen." Ryan looked at the cameras. "It's all worth it."

All together, there are about 20 kinds of lenses in the film that will use imax3d technology. For this era, this is already a huge investment and technological breakthrough. The previous life "Transformers 3" purely uses imax technology to shoot the clips. But it's more than twenty minutes.

This was a long break. After Spielberg finished his work, Ryan heard him talk about a lot of things in the filming and briefly exchanged some opinions.

Just like "Jurassic Park 1", except for a small part of the plot that takes place at night, most of the shots will be during the day, and even at night, the pictures will be very clear.

Those thick fog that can save most of the late-stage special effects production cost and are hated by the audience will never be blocked in front of the camera unless necessary. The main selling point of the movie is the real dinosaur. If you can't even see the dinosaur, this way Can the film still attract viewers into the theater?

Both Ryan and Spielberg are veterans of operating commercial films, and naturally understand this truth.

Some expenses can be saved, while others cannot be saved. Otherwise, after the movie is released, don't complain about the audience not paying for it.

Ryan left without staying here for too long. With Catherine Kennedy and Spielberg in charge of the crew, there is nothing to worry about. The filming and special effects production are all smooth, and if nothing happens, it should be in time for next year. Summer file.

What remains is that Disney and Universal Pictures have increased their publicity efforts.

According to an agreement reached more than ten years ago, this film Ryan once again accepted investment from Universal Pictures. In this regard, his credit has always been very good.

Today's Universal Pictures is no longer the troubled Universal Pictures after being acquired by Vivendi. Last year, it officially merged with the National Broadcasting Corporation of the United States to form Universal Group. The largest shareholder behind it is General Electric. This veteran group holds 80% of the shares.

General Electric, when it comes to market value, has long been no longer the world's largest, but companies such as Microsoft cannot compare with its true influence on the United States.

Perhaps the phrase that General Electric is dead and America is dead is a bit exaggerated, but it always reflects the importance of this company to the nation.

In other words, Hollywood has also completely entered the era of giant competition. The box office of the film industry may be only tens of billions of dollars, but the derivative market is extremely large.

Before Ryan left Los Angeles, there was also a large acquisition involving Hollywood. DreamWorks finally reached an agreement with Viacom, and Paramount Pictures officially purchased DreamWorks skg for $1.6 billion. Although this acquisition does not involve the DreamWorks Animation Studios, which has long been hacked, it announced that another company that challenged the traditional forces of Hollywood eventually ended in failure.

After years of hard work, even the powerful combination of David Geffen, Jeff Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg could not break the rules of the game ruled by traditional Hollywood giants.

When he returned to the manor and walked into the living room, Ryan saw Nicole in home clothes walking around, expressing Mo Min’s strange little temper. Everyone was far away from her except Elsa, the housekeeper. of.

"Hey, my dear." Ryan hurried over and pulled her to sit on the sofa. "What happened?"

"Where have you been?" Nicole's goal instantly shifted to him, "Why didn't I see you when I woke up."

"Didn't I tell you?"

The pregnant woman’s temper is fickle, so Ryan had to say patiently, “I went to visit Stephen’s crew from the south ~ www.novelhall.com~ the "Jurassic Park 3" we invested in is being filmed there.

"Is there?" Nicole frowned suspiciously, "I seem to have forgotten."

"What the **** is going on?" Ryan turned to look at Elsa.

Nicole has never been a good-tempered person, especially after pregnancy, but tantrums rarely target those servants.

"The servants here don't know that Nicole is pregnant." Elsa leaned into Ryan's ear and whispered, "Nicole wants to eat fruit salad. They added some hawthorn in it."

"Hawthorn?" Ryan was even more puzzled.

"Hawthorn can accelerate uterine contraction..." Elsa quickly explained, "Eating too much may cause miscarriage."

"Here are all replaced by our people."

It is not only Elsa who came to Hawaii on the same plane, but also the people who took care of Nicole. "The people in the original manor, let them take care of the outside work." (To be continued...) ()