The 80s of the last century were the fastest growing decade for Hasbro, which Hasbro internally called "the incredible decade".

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

Now that the rights to both series have been sold to Relativity Entertainment, Brian Goldner is naturally very concerned about the progress of the project, after all, there has been no news about it.

"Special Forces has only preliminary planning at the moment. Ronan told the truth: ""Transformers" has already started preliminary planning, and the script is currently being written. ”

Brian Goldner asked again, "When will Transformers start filming and release?"

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "If everything goes well, filming will start next year and be released in 2006 or 2007." He thought about the script and said, "I had an idea, and I wasn't sure how to implement it. Brian, back then, you were the executive in charge of Hasbro directly in charge of "Transformers" and "Special Forces", and I happened to ask your opinion. ”

Brian Goldner looked at Ronan, "Just say." ”

Ronan organized a little language: "Hasbro once licensed the creation of "Transformers" and "Special Forces" comics to Marvel, Marvel created "Transformers vs. Special Forces", and now Marvel is a subsidiary of Relativity Entertainment, I have an idea to put "Transformers" and "Special Forces" in the same world background 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 dimensional wall and become characters in the same world." ”

Brian Goldner nodded at first, and then said with doubt: "Actually, those comics are not very successful, and 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 the two series best, suggesting: "My opinion is to be cautious, you can let the relevant characters appear in the movie first, but don't go into details, test the market reaction, and make a decision on the specific situation." ”

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

It is said that Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks planned similar cases, but unfortunately the "Special Forces" movie was adapted to the second part, because the extremely poor market response could not be filmed, and the so-called plan was postponed indefinitely.

At that time, I also saw a widely circulated news on the Internet, saying that the work that broke the super dimensional wall of the combination of China and the West was about to be released - "Transformers vs. Nezha".

It seems that in the early nineties, Ronan's hometown publishing house also published the comic "Huluwa vs. Transformers".

These two pieces of news are difficult to distinguish between true and false, after all, Ronan has not seen the work on the spot, but has only seen the hot news on the Internet.

But there is too much fake news on the Internet, even if it is listed in a certain encyclopedia, it may also be fake.

If "Hulu Baby vs. Transformers" is true, I really have to admire the relevant publishing houses and screenwriters, this concept of breaking the wall between China and the West is advanced enough.

Therefore, more than 20 years later, Nezha has to compete with Transformers.

Megatron: Li Jing, your son Nezha stole Cybertron's spark source, and if you don't hand him over, our Decepticons will blow up Chentang Pass......

and then mess into Jiang Ziya, Yang Jian, and Tongtian Sect Master, and the like, and directly hang the rhythm of the sky.

Brian Goldner then said, "Ronan, I'm looking forward to seeing the Transformers and Special Forces movies soon. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "Brian, please be patient, the more meticulous the work is done now, the greater the possibility of the success of the film in the future." ”

"I understand. Brian Goldner reminded again: "Regarding the fact that "Transformers" and "Special Forces" are placed in the same world context, it is still necessary to be cautious about adapting and filming movies. ”

Ronan assured: "Filmmaking is never presumptuous. ”

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

"With your words, I am relieved. Brian Goldner duly said goodbye: "Don't bother today, we'll keep in touch." ”

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

Seeing off Brian Goldner, Ronan went downstairs to the screenwriting department of Shahai Entertainment and convened a meeting of the five screenwriters who wrote the script for the "Transformers" project to further discuss the plot and setting.

At present, there are several outlines, the most important of which are boys and cars, girls and cars, and soldiers and cars.

The first and second bell settings are all proposed by Ronan, and the source is the "Transformers" and "Bumblebee" movies that he has seen.

The third source and the writing team are to make "Transformers" and "Special Forces" appear in the same world context.

To put it simply, Duke, a soldier who retired from the army, returned to his hometown and bought a second-hand car, and the second-hand old car turned out to be a bumblebee, which uncovered the love-hate entanglement between alien robots and special forces.

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

The second type of girl and car, borrowing from the skeleton of the former "Bumblebee", creates a story about the sexy girl and the bumblebee that has to be said.

Girls, with robots, is true love.

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

The first is the boy and the car, and Ronan's plan is "Transformers" with a tighter plot rhythm.

The main plot is largely the one filmed by Michael Bay.

If James Cameron Ken directs the series, Ronan is willing to hand over "Transformers" to him to create, but the trucker is not interested, and the best way is to be on the safe side.

Ronan had a meeting and the decision was made that five screenwriters would create a script for Boy and Car, and another group of female writers would be called together to create a version of Girl and Car.

The script setting is largely the same as the plot progression, except for the relevant differences brought about by the gender of the main character.

As far as Ronan 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 body to the point of explosion, plus the cute robot, will inevitably be a big killer in the future.

Now, it's hard to say.

Ronan ended the screenwriting meeting and consulted with George Clint, and when the script was completed, the marketing department would select personnel or hire an outside consulting firm to conduct a nationwide market sampling survey.

This gives you the most intuitive data.

It's up to market research to decide which protagonist to use in the future.

Agreeing on these, the two focused on the director.

"I went to the Hellboy crew some time ago. George Clint said to Ronan: "Meeting Gilmour del Toro, Gilmour expressed interest in the project, and he said that giant robots, which have always been his biggest passion, wanted to direct the series. ”

Ronan shook his head slowly: "Gilmour has never directed a major production. ”

George Clint said directly: "I think you have finalized the selection, Michael Bay is the most suitable, both big production experience, genre and a director who will save money, and has fully proven himself in the market." ”

Ronan laughed: "After James Cameron turned down the project, Michael Bay was also the first choice of director in my heart. ”

George Clint thought for a moment and said, "Michael Bay is still working with DreamWorks on "Escape from Clone Island", and it has not yet finished its final production, or when this film is finished, I will try to contact him and talk?"

Ronan thought for a few seconds and said, "Don't contact for the time being, after all, we haven't even decided on the framework of the script yet." You keep an eye on Michael Bay, and if he doesn't take on other film projects, wait until next year, after "Get Out of 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 director, he can't be in a hurry to contact him, and if "Escape from Clone Island" hits the streets like it once did, Michael Bay's salary will inevitably be reduced by a large margin.

This commercial director, who was born when Mars hit the earth, has not been smooth in his career as a director since entering the new century, and the two big-budget movies "Pearl Harbor" and "Jedi Men 2" directed by him are not failures, but they are far from meeting the expectations of the filmmakers.

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

This also affects the Hollywood production system's director rating of Michael Bay, and if another big production is messed up, Michael Bay's value and status are bound to decline.

The former "Escape from Clone Island" pounced on DreamWorks to vomit blood.

Scarlett Johansson was also one of the candidates for the heroine at the time, and she had read the character script and part of the script, and Ronan had also heard her talk about it, and the plot was basically not much different from what it used to be.

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

Ronan then logged on to the search website, looked up the name Megan Fox, and saw Megan Fox in the list of actors of a comedy film called "Gangster is Fashion" released in July.

She is one of the supporting actresses in this film.

Ronan carefully looked at the film poster and actor information, and according to the relevant pictures, it was determined that it was the former Megan Fox.

As for the male lead, Shia LaBeouf will forget it.

If you adopt a girl and a car, there will only be a supporting actor.

Even if it's a boy and a car, Ronan won't use Shia LaBeouf, Spielberg is a good old man, but his godson and goddaughter are basically synonymous with trouble.