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The 1980s was the fastest-growing decade for Hasbro, and Hasbro internally called it an incredible decade.

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

Now that the copyright of the two series has been 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 only has a preliminary plan. Ronan said honestly: 'Transformers' has already started pre-planning, and is currently writing the script.

Brian Goldner asked again: When will the filming and release of Transformers start?

Ronan thought for a while, and said, If everything goes well, the filming will start next year, and it will be released in 2006 or 2007. He thought of script writing, and said, I have an idea, but I haven't been sure how to implement it. Brian, when you It’s Hasbro’s executives directly responsible for Transformers and G.I. Ops, so I’m asking for your opinion.”

Brian Goldner looked at Ronan: Go ahead.

Ronan organized his language a little bit: Hasbro once authorized the comic creation of Transformers and Special Forces to Marvel, and Marvel created Transformers vs. Special Forces, and now Marvel is Relativity Entertainment. Subsidiary, I have an idea to put Transformers and Special Forces in the same world background and adapt them for filming.

Brian Goldner confirmed: Want to have Transformers and Special Forces in the same movie?

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

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

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

Brian Goldner knows these two series best, and suggested: My view is to be prudent, you can let the relevant characters appear in the movie first, but don't make specific explanations, test the market reaction, and then make a decision based on the specific situation.

This is the safest way. Ronan has no successful experience to learn from, and said, That's the only way to go.

It is said that Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks once planned similar cases,

It's a pity that the film Special Forces was adapted to the second part. Because of the extremely poor market response, the filming could not continue, and the so-called plan was postponed indefinitely.

At that time, I saw a widely circulated news on the Internet, saying that a work that combined Chinese and Western elements to break the super-dimensional wall was about to be released-Transformers vs. Nezha.

It seems that in the early 1990s, the publishing house in Ronan's hometown also published the comics Gourd Baby vs. Transformers.

It's hard to distinguish between the true and false of these two news. After all, Ronan has never seen the work in person, but only saw the hyped news on the Internet.

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

If Gourd Baby vs. Transformers is real, I really have to admire the relevant publishers and screenwriters. The concept of breaking the wall between Chinese and Western dimensions is advanced enough.

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

Megatron: Li Jing, your son Nezha has stolen Cybertron’s fire source, if you don’t hand him over, our Decepticons will blow up Chentang Pass...

Then mess in Jiang Ziya, Yang Jian, and the leader of Tongtian, and directly hang the rhythm of bombing the sky.

Brian Goldner then added: Ronan, I'm looking forward to seeing the 'Transformers' and 'Special Forces' movies as soon as possible.

Ronan smiled and said: Brian, please be more patient. The more detailed the work is now, the greater the chance of success in the future movie.

I understand. Brian Goldner reminded again: We still have to be cautious about putting Transformers and Special Forces in the same world background and adapting them for filming.

Ronan assured: The filmmaking will never be rash.

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

With your words, I feel relieved. Brian Goldner bid farewell at the right time: I won't bother you today, we will keep in touch.

Okay. Ronan shook hands with him and sent him to the door of the reception room.

After seeing off Brian Goldner, Ronan went downstairs to Shahai Entertainment's screenwriting department and called a meeting with the five screenwriters who wrote the script for the Transformers project to further discuss the plot and setting.

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

The first and second clock settings were all proposed by Ronan, and the source was the Transformers and Bumblebee movies that he had seen.

The third source and screenwriting team is 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. It turned out that the old second-hand car was a Bumblebee, which revealed the love-hate entanglement between alien robots and special forces.

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

The second type of girl and car draws on the skeleton of Bumblebee to create a story about sexy girls and Bumblebee.

Girls, and robots, is 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 rhythm.

The main plot is generally based on the one filmed by Michael Bay.

If James Cameron is willing to direct this series, Ronan is willing to hand over Transformers to him to create, but the truck driver is not interested, and the best way is to be safe.

Ronan held a meeting and made a decision. Five screenwriters created the script of the boy and the car, and another group of female screenwriters was called to create the version of the girl and the car.

The setting of the script is roughly the same as the progress of the plot, with only the relevant difference brought about by the gender of the protagonist.

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

The heroine of the vase type, such as the type with a hot figure that explodes, plus a cute robot, will definitely be a big killer in the future.

Now, it's hard to say.

After Ronan finished the screenwriting meeting, he discussed with George Clint. After the script was completed, the marketing department would recruit people, or hire an outside consulting company to conduct a market sampling survey across the United States.

The data obtained in this way are the most intuitive.

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

After discussing these, the two focused on the director.

I went to the Hellboy crew some time ago. George Clint said to Ronan: Meeting Guillermo del Toro, Gilmore expressed interest in this project. He said that the huge robot has always been His biggest hobby, wanting to direct this series.

Ronan shook his head slowly: Gillmour has never directed a major production.

George Clint said directly: I think Michael Bay is the most suitable candidate for you. He has experience in large-scale productions, is suitable for the genre, and is a director who can save money. He has also fully proved it in the market. over yourself.

Ronan laughed: After James Cameron rejected the project, Michael Bay was also my first choice for director.

George Clint thought for a while, and said: Michael Bay is still working with DreamWorks on Escape from Clone Island, and the post-production has not yet been completed. How about I try to contact him to talk about it before the film is finished?

Ronan thought for a few seconds and said, Don't contact for now, after all, we haven't even finalized the script frame yet. You should pay attention to Michael Bay. If he doesn't accept other film projects, he will wait until next year for Escape. We'll talk about it after Clone Island is released.

I see. George Clint agreed.

Ronan didn't stay long, and quickly returned to his office on the top floor of the building.

Although Michael Bay is the first choice for the director, there is no rush to contact him. If Escape from Clone Island hits the street like it used to, Michael Bay's salary will definitely drop a lot.

This great commercial director, who was born when Mars hit the earth, has not had a smooth career as a director since entering the new century. Although he directed two big-budget films, Pearl Harbor and Bad Boys 2, although they are not failures, they are also Far from meeting the filmmakers' expectations.

Compared with the amazingness when he first debuted, Michael Bay seems to have become mediocre.

This also affected the director rating of Michael Bay in the Hollywood production system. If another big production is messed up, Michael Bay's worth and status will inevitably decline.

The previous Escape from Clone Island made DreamWorks vomit blood.

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

After leaving Jerry Bruckheimer's production checks, Michael Bay's first work seems to have lost its direction.

Ronan then logged on to the search website and looked up the name of Megan Fox, and saw Megan Fox in the list of actors of a comedy movie called Gangsters Are Fashionable released in July.

She is one of the supporting actresses in this movie.

Ronan carefully looked at the movie poster and actor information, and according to the relevant pictures, it is undoubtedly the former Megan Fox.

As for the leading actor, Shia LaBeouf is fine.

If Girls and Cars are used, there will only be supporting actors.

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