Chapter 388: Seeing the Truth in Tribulation
For example, the setting of characters in animated feature films such as Gru, Ronan was not in a hurry, but first wrote out the setting of the Minions, the basis of which is undoubtedly the origin of the Minions.
Ronan intends to completely determine the origin of the Minions from the beginning, instead of eating books later.
In the previous life, in the "Despicable Me" series, Illumination Entertainment set the Minions as capsules-like creatures composed of mashed bananas, mutant DNA and fatty acids by Gru and Dr. Nefario, while in the Minions' independent film "Minions with Big Eyes", the Minions are single-celled creatures that evolved hundreds of millions of years ago, and the history of the Minions can be traced back to at least the time of the dinosaurs.
"Minions with Big Eyes" is a movie that appeared after the Minions were popular.
There is no doubt that the producer Illumination Entertainment is very simply eating books.
In the face of commercial interests, eating books or anything is not a matter at all.
For example, Blizzard, the famous book-eating god, has even become a habit to eat books, slapping his strong cheeks at once, and he doesn't care about blushing and pain at all.
Although Blizzard doesn't feel anything like this, it makes players feel very painful.
Ronan has no doubt that as long as there are commercial interests to be mined, Blizzard may be able to whitewash Alsace one day.
When His Royal Highness the Whitewashed Prince appears on the continent of Lordaeron with the Joy of Fire in hand, the player must first hold down Uther's coffin board......
The official eats books, and it is definitely the existence of invincible Hearthstone.
Ronan reminisced as he wrote down the Minions' settings: for example, he loves to fight infighting, and if he gets into a fight, he will use a dozen fights at least and use a bazooka at worst; They have extremely strong acting abilities and can cosplay any profession.
And then there's the language of the Minions.
The Minions may not understand a single word of what the Minions are saying, but if you listen carefully, you can still hear that many of the syllables are from human language.
Ronan thought about it and set it up as a mixture of English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese.
No, he can demonstrate it then.
Minions are the key to this series, and Ronan will spend the next few days almost busy with related settings in addition to paying attention to the promotion and release of "Death is Coming 2".
In his previous life, it was the appearance of the Minions that made the film "Despicable Me" a big "fire" when the entire animation plot was not very outstanding.
In a sense, the success of "Despicable Me" is due to the performance of the Minions.
Another great significance of the existence of Minions is that it is easy to sell all kinds of dolls and dolls, and it is an absolute peripheral revenue weapon.
A week later, Ronan sent a copy of the setting to Shahai Entertainment's animation studio, where it was to be further refined by these computer animation experts.
July has also entered the third week, and "Death is Coming 2" is about to be released.
Because it is still in the summer season, although the newly released movies do not have first-line big productions, there are many films that will be released in the same schedule.
The films that opened on a large scale in the same weekend as "Death is Coming 2" include Sony Columbia's "Elf Mouse 2" and Warner Bros. monster horror film "Eight-legged Monster".
Ronan has watched these two films in his previous life, and "Elf Mouse Brother" does not need to be detailed, Stuart's little mouse is quite famous.
And an unpopular movie like "Eight-Footed Monster" can enter Ronan's field of vision in the previous life, mainly because of the starring Scarlett Johansson, who later became famous.
The current Black Widow has not yet become Aunt Si, and she is still a pretty beautiful girl.
Because of the success of the first part of "Death Comes", the second part cost as much as $22 million to produce, Embassy Pictures held a large-scale premiere for the film at the Chiefstone Theater in Hollywood.
A large number of horror movie lovers came to the premiere.
Ronan was in the interview area and was interviewed by reporters.
"Mr. Anderson, this film is said to be the first horror film to open in more than 3,000 theaters. A reporter asked loudly, "Is this true?"
Ronan looked very calm: "It's true, this film is very good, and we actively contact the theater to ensure that every audience can watch the film nearby." ”
A young reporter said with provocativeness: "The horror film that started the same weekend is "Eight-legged Monster", which one do you think is better?"
Ronan continued to follow the strategy of not wasting at this stage, saying, "I'm sorry, I can't answer your question until I've watched "The Eight-Legged Monster". ”
It seems that there are a lot of spider-themed films this year, "Spider-Man" was a big hit in May, and the global box office went straight to seven or eight billion.
Linked to "Spider-Man", Ronan suddenly remembered a sentence from his previous life, how to say it?
The spider is only three, and it must be remade after three?
In the later interview, Ronan began to blow his own film.
How can you be famous for your propaganda blog if you don't blow it?
In addition, Ronan also focuses on the Grim Reaper: "The film grew out of the idea that death is all around us, and Death Again probes the widespread fear that death is everywhere, and it could be in your car or bathroom. It's not an unrealistic thing to do on the big screen, it's going to come home with you and you're haunted by it. ”
Guillermo del Toro, who was interviewed next to him, seemed to hear Ronan's words and said: "The film has to do with supernatural feelings, some things in this world are not normal, and if you are careless, you will bury yourself." Dental offices, hospitals, stuck hands in drains...... , all of these events and places are abnormal, and with the addition of the Grim Reaper, a wonderful and scary movie setting is born. ”
After the interview, Ronan left the interview area with Guillermo del Toro and walked towards the photo area with a Netflix background billboard.
Guillermo del Toro only came back from the field yesterday from the promotion of the film, this is the first time he saw Ronan after the completion of the film, and while there will be no one, he whispered: "Ronan, I have a new project, and when I finish directing the next "Fatal Bend", I want to try a new theme." ”
Ronan knew that this fat man had strength, and said, "Gilmour, tell me what you think, I like to work with old friends." ”
Guillermo del Toro said directly: "I have my eye on a comic and want to try to adapt it into a movie, I have been in contact with the publishers of the comics, and they are not averse to adaptation. ”
Ronan nodded: "Manga superhero movie?"
Since the release of "Spider-Man", this aspect has been quite strong.
Hollywood movies are no better than Hong Kong City movies.
Guillermo del Toro said: "Hellboy, owned by Dark Horse Comics, I think it fits my style perfectly. ”
"Hellboy?" Ronan hadn't read the manga, but instantly thought of the red monster that sawed off his horns.
This does fall into the category of comic book superheroes, but to be exact, Hellboy is an anti-superhero comic book character.
It seems that I made three films in my previous life, maybe I can try it?
Hellboy is not only different from the more popular superheroes of Marvel and DC, but also a superhero in essence, so before the opening of the Marvel Universe, let Shahai Entertainment and Embassy Pictures first familiarize themselves with the production and promotion of superhero movies through such a film.
After all, experience needs to be accumulated, not falling from the sky.
Ronan basically had a clear idea and asked, "Did you get the rights to the comics?"
"Nope. Guillermo del Toro said: "I just had a preliminary contact with Dark Horse Comics. ”
Ronan nodded: "I'll let people talk to Dark Horse Comics about copyright." ”
By the way, Dark Horse Comics seems to be the third largest comic book publisher in North America, although it usually doesn't attract attention, and even he ignores it, but there should be some themes with adaptation value, right?
Ronan couldn't remember for a while, compared to DC and Marvel, Dark Horse Comics was too strange to him.
The crew soon arrived, stood in front of the Netflix advertising backdrop and took a group photo, and then entered the theater under the leadership of Ronan.
Coming to the VIP room, Ronan greeted several guests and found James Wong.
"Long time no see, James. Ronan shook hands with him like an old friend.
James Huang smiled and said, "It didn't take long for me to keep an eye on your news. He hesitated, but still said: "Some things, only when they happen and see the results, do you know how stupid your stubbornness was." ”
Ronan knew what he was talking about, but he didn't answer, and he didn't want to rub salt on James Huang's wounds, so he said, "James, come back, Shahai Entertainment will always be your most reliable partner." ”
James Huang opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.
After all, Ronan persuaded him at the beginning, but he didn't listen to it at all, and plunged headlong into science fiction films, and the result was really not good.
Since Ronan opened his mouth, he continued: "We are ready to start the third part of "The Grim Reaper", if you are willing to return to direct, fans will definitely be very happy. ”
He spoke very skillfully: "In fact, when this film was promoted, many fans kept asking, asking when you can return to this series, you will not disappoint fans who like you, right?"
James Wong experienced a setback, and when he heard Ronan's words, he was only grateful and said, "Thank you." Thank you so much, Ronan. He accentuated: "Since it was you who sent the invitation, I will definitely come back." ”
Ronan smiled, "You're welcome, James. We're old friends now. ”
James Huang nodded heavily, and suddenly thought of the phrase "adversity sees true love" in Chinese.
People like Sony Columbia Pictures can be found everywhere in Hollywood, but there are very few like Ronan.