Chapter 683： Girl and car

The 1980s was the fastest growing decade for Hasbro, and Hasbro internally referred to it as an "incredible decade."

There are three series of representative products during the period, namely "Special Forces", "My Little Pony" and "Transformers".

Now that the copyrights of the two major series are sold to Relativity Entertainment, Brian Goldner is naturally very concerned about the progress of the project, after all, there has been no relevant news.

""Special Forces" currently has only preliminary plans." Ronan told the truth: "The preliminary planning of "Transformers" has begun and the script is currently being written."

Brian Goldner asked again: "When will "Transformers" start to be filmed and released?"

Ronan thought for a while and said, "If everything goes well, filming will start next year, and it will be released in 2006 or 2007." He thought of script creation, and said, "I have an idea, and I've never been sure how to implement it. Brian, you back then. It’s the executive of Hasbro who is directly in charge of "Transformers" and "Special Forces." I just want to ask your opinion."

Brian Goldner looked at Ronan: "Just say it."

Ronan briefly organized some language: "Hasbro once authorized the comic creation of "Transformers" and "Special Forces" to Marvel. Marvel created "Transformers vs. Special Forces", and now Marvel is already a relativity entertainment. The subsidiary company, I have an idea to put "Transformers" and "Special Forces" in the same world and adapt and shoot movies."

Brian Goldner confirmed: "Do you want Transformers and Special Forces to appear in the same movie?"

"Yes." Ronan said simply: "Let them break the dimension wall and become characters in the same world."

Brian Goldner first nodded, and then said suspiciously: "In fact, those comics are not very successful. The main problem is that the combat system of these two series is difficult to measure."

Ronan said slowly: "This is indeed a big difficulty. For humans, Transformers are too powerful."

Brian Goldner knows these two series best, suggesting: "My opinion is to be cautious. You can let relevant characters appear in the movie first, but don't make specific explanations, test the market reaction, and make a decision based on the specific situation. "

This is the safest way. Ronan has no successful experience to learn from, and said: "It can only be this way."

It is said that the former Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks have planned similar cases. Unfortunately, the film "Special Forces" was adapted to the second part. The so-called plan was postponed indefinitely because of the poor market response.

At that time, I saw a widely circulated piece of news on the Internet, saying that the work of combining Chinese and Western to break the super-dimensional wall is about to be launched-"Transformers vs. Nezha".

It seems that in the early 1990s, the publishing house in Luo Nan's hometown also published a comic about "The Gourd Baby vs. Transformers".

It is difficult to distinguish between the true and false of these two news. After all, Ronan hasn't seen the work on the spot, only the hot news on the Internet.

However, there are too many fake news on the Internet, even if it is included in a certain encyclopedia, it may still be fake.

If "The Calabash Baby vs. Transformers" is true, I really want to admire the relevant publishers and screenwriters, which is advanced enough to break the concept of the Chinese and Western dimension wall.

So, after more than twenty years, Nezha will compete with Transformers.

Megatron: Li Jing, your son Nezha stole Cybertron’s fire source. If you don’t hand him over, our Decepticons will blow up Chentangguan...

Then join in the rhythm of Jiang Ziya, Yang Jian, and Master Tongtian directly.

Brian Goldner said at this time: "Ronan, I look forward to seeing "Transformers" and "Special Forces" movies as soon as possible."

Ronan smiled and said, "Brian, please be patient. The more meticulous the work now, the more likely the movie will be successful in the future."

"I understand." Brian Goldner reminded again: "As for "Transformers" and "Special Forces" are placed in the same world background, adapt and shoot movies, you still have to be cautious."

Ronan promised: "Film production will never go ahead."

Strictly speaking, Hollywood's commercial film production system is inherently conservative.

"With your words, I'm relieved." Brian Goldner said goodbye in due course: "Don't disturb today, we will keep communicating."

"Okay." Ronan shook his hand and said goodbye, and went to the door of the reception room.

Sending away Brian Goldner, Ronan went downstairs to the screenwriter department of Shahai Entertainment and convened a meeting of five screenwriters who created the script for the "Transformers" project to further discuss the plot and setting.

There are currently several outlines, the most important being boys and cars, girls and cars, and soldiers and cars.

The first and second clock settings are all proposed by Ronan, and the sources are the "Transformers" and "Bumblebee" movies I have seen.

The third source and screenwriter are to make "Transformers" and "Special Forces" appear in the same world background.

To put it simply, Duke, a soldier who retired from the army, returned to his hometown and bought a second-hand car. As a result, the old second-hand car was a Bumblebee, which opened up the love-hate relationship between alien robots and special forces.

Ronan decided to adopt Brian Goldner's suggestion, be more cautious, test the market reaction first, and the third option was naturally eliminated.

The second kind of girl and car draws on the skeleton of the previous "Bumblebee" to create a story about a **** girl and a bumblebee.

Girls, and robots, are true love.

This is in line with the future development direction of the film industry, but the heroine is a bit early for now.

The first is the boy and the car. Ronan's plan is "Transformers" with a more compact plot.

The main storyline uses the one filmed by Michael Bay.

If James Cameronken directs this series, Ronan is willing to give him "Transformers" to create, but the truck driver is not interested, the best way is to be safe.

Ronan had a meeting and made a decision. Five screenwriters wrote the scripts for the boy and the car, and also convened a group of female screenwriters to create the version of the girl and the car.

The setting of the script is roughly the same as the progression of the plot, with only the relevant differences brought about by the protagonist’s gender.

As far as Ronan is concerned, he actually wants to adopt the girl and car version, but this kind of large investment in commercial films must be measured by the market.

The heroine of the vase type, such as the hot to explosive type, plus the cute robot, the future is bound to be a big killer.

Now, it's not easy to say.

Ronan ended the screenwriting meeting and discussed with George Clint. After the script is completed, the marketing department will deploy staff or hire an outside consulting company to conduct market sample surveys across the United States.

The data obtained in this way is the most intuitive.

It is up to market research to decide which protagonist setting to use in the future.

Having agreed on these, the two focused on the director.

"I went to the "Hellboy" crew some time ago." George Clint said to Ronan: "Seeing Gilmour del Toro, Gilmour expressed interest in this project. He said that huge robots have always been His biggest hobby is to direct this series."

Ronan shook his head slowly: "Gilmore has not directed a major production."

George Clint said directly: "I think the candidate you have finalized, Michael Bay, is the most suitable. He has experience in large-scale production, the type is suitable, and he is also a money-saving director. This is also fully proven in the market. Live yourself."

Ronan laughed: "After James Cameron rejected this project, Michael Bay was also the number one director in my heart."

George Clint thought for a while and said: "Michael Bay is still working with DreamWorks on "Escape from the Island". The post-production has not yet ended. Should I wait for the film to be completed, I try to talk to him? "

Ronan thought for a few seconds and said, “Don’t touch it for now, after all, we haven’t even decided on the script framework. You are paying attention to Michael Bay’s point. If he doesn’t accept other film projects, he will wait until next year and wait for "Escape I'll talk about it after "Island Clone" is released."

"I see." George Clint agreed.

Ronan didn't wait much, and soon returned to the office on the top of the building.

Although Michael Bay is the first candidate for the director, you can't rush to get in touch with him. If "Escape from the Island of Clone" hits the street like it once did, Michael Bay's film pay must be reduced by a lot.

The commercial director born when Mars hit the earth has not been smooth since entering the new century. The two major production films "Pearl Harbor" and "Jedi Men 2" directed by him, although not a failure, they are also Far from reaching the film's expectations.

Compared to the stunning appearance when he first debuted, Michael Bay seems to have become mediocre.

This has also affected the Hollywood production system's rating of Michael Bay as a director. If another major production is messed up, Michael Bay's value and status will inevitably decline.

The previous "Escape from the Clone Island" made DreamWorks vomit blood.

Scarlett Johansson was also one of the candidates for the heroine at the time I have seen the character script and part of the script, Ronan also heard her talk about it, the plot is basically the same as before.

After leaving Jerry Bruckheimer's production gate, Michael Bay's first work seems to be lost.

Ronan then landed on the search site and checked the name Megan Fox. He saw Megan Fox in the list of actors in a comedy movie called "The Gangster Is Fashion" released in July.

She is one of the supporting actresses in this movie.

Ronan carefully looked at the movie posters and actor information. According to the relevant pictures, he was sure that it was Megan Fox before.

As for the male lead, Shia LaBeouf is fine.

If girls and cars are used, there will only be supporting actors.

Even for boys and cars, Ronan would not use Shia LaBeouf. Spielberg is a good old man, but his godsons and daughters are basically synonymous with trouble.