Regarding the preliminary planning of "Transformers", Shahai Entertainment has made steady progress, and a production team has made a production estimate according to Ronan's requirements, and the production budget needs to be roughly about 160 million US dollars.

This kind of film with special effects as the biggest selling point is inevitable with large investment and big production.

In addition, when Ronan met George Lucas at a party in Los Angeles, he also talked to him about special effects collaboration.

"This isn't the first time we've worked together. George Lucas and Ronan are also old acquaintances: "There are more and more big-budget projects of Relativity Entertainment. ”

Ronan smiled and said, "So, Relativity Entertainment has to work with the best special effects companies in the world. ”

George Lucas asked, "Do you want to use 3D technology for Transformers?"

"No, I don't. Ronan does not plan to let Relativity Entertainment's films use 3D for the time being: "I plan to invest more money in special effects production, and create beautiful, shocking and dynamic infinitely close to 3D pictures in 2D, so that the audience feels as if they are in the movie screen." ”

George Lucas said: "It's difficult, but it's not a problem. ILM has always been committed to creating the impossible. ”

Ronan believes in the strength of ILM: "I hope we can work together for a long time. ”

George Lucas laughed: "Industrial Light & Magic is happy to work with Relativity Entertainment. ”

Ronan is very aware that ILM has profoundly changed the film industry around the world, and has proposed to promote and realize the concept of "technology in film".

Some people say that ILM is a company that "you need to be able to control the smoke, and he will give you a complete set of smoke system effects", while others say that this company is full of smart people.

In fact, "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith" was also filmed entirely in the studio, and all the backgrounds relied on special effects generation.

After chatting about the movie, George Lucas talked about another thing: "Have you been back to USC recently?"

The relationship between the two is relatively harmonious due to the huge age difference, and the alumni of the USC Film School are an important reason.

Ronan was well aware of this, and said, "I went back once in the first half of the year and talked to my mentor for a while. ”

George Lucas said: "In a while, I have an event at USC, and there is no date set yet, do you have time to attend?"

Ronan had a big picture, and USC alumni status is very important, and after a little thought, he said, "Inform me of the time in advance, and I will try to adjust my itinerary." ”

George Lucas said: "I'll call you then. ”

Ronan then asked, "Is 'Revenge of the Sith' set for release? I don't want Relativity Entertainment's film to run head-on." ”

George Lucas replied: "I don't want to meet your movies on the third weekend of next summer. ”

Relativity Entertainment's big productions are also extremely powerful, and no one wants to hit it head-on, as far as he knows, Relativity Entertainment's big productions to be released next year include box office bombs like "Spy 3" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2".

Ronan smiled, "Don't worry, we won't run into each other head-on." ”

George Lucas was also not polite to Ronan and invited directly: "Remember to attend the premiere." ”

"This is the last Star Wars movie. Ronan looked very interested: "I definitely won't miss it." ”

George Lucas has said more than once that "Revenge of the Sith" is the end of the Star Wars movie series, and he will not make any more Star Wars movies in the future.

Of course, George Lucas didn't lose his word.

When he retired, he chose to sell Lucasfilm as a package, and later Star Wars movies had no direct relationship with him.

Ronan recalled that George Lucas appeared to have retired after 2010, but he can't remember exactly when.

After the release of "Revenge of the Sith", when you have the right opportunity, you can see when George Lucas will retire in a side-to-side way.

The "Star Wars" series, this is the world's well-deserved No. 1 IP.

ILM is also the world's leading special effects company for television and film.

Relativity Entertainment is impossible to start from scratch in many ways, and the giants of this industry will not give Relativity Entertainment the time and opportunity to develop from scratch, and acquisitions are almost the best option.

The former Walt Disney, which later firmly occupied the largest territory of the North American entertainment industry, never relied on self-development.

Of course, today's Walt Disney is still eating the old book.

Ronan wants Walt Disney to continue to eat his old book in the future, so Robert Iger is quietly in contact with Roy Disney, and he himself finds time to play golf with Cody Horn's father, Alan Horn, the new co-chairman of Disney Pictures.

Since Relativity Entertainment has been working with Warner Bros., Alan Horn previously worked at Warner Bros. Pictures, and the two can also be considered old acquaintances.

Speaking of playing ball, Ronan and Alan Horn spent more time in the lounge area chatting.

"Koti is a bit willful, and she went to you again. Alan Horn took off his sunglasses and said, "Thank you for being accommodating." ”

Ronan shook his head slightly: "Alan, you don't understand, do you? ”

Alan Horn laughed and said, "I'm sorry for you." ”

Ronan waved his hand: "It's not a trouble in itself, whoever plays those roles can be replaced." ”

Alan Horn sighed: "I had some trouble with Warner Bros. some time ago, and now I just arrived at Disney, and some facts are not helping Coty. ”

Ronan said: "Warner Bros. was under-conceived, and Kevin Tsuhara went too far. ”

"Actually, I don't blame anyone else. Erin Horn took a sip of the glass and said, "After all, I didn't do it well enough to get the hang of it." ”

This kind of thing is a matter of internal struggle for power in the company, where there is any right or wrong and excessive at all, and failure is defeat.

If it were him, if he caught Kevin Tsuhara's sore foot, he wouldn't let it go.

Ronan then asked, "Is it going well to go to Disney?"

"It's a mess, worse than I thought. Alan Horn shook his head: "Disney's live-action filmmaking, I don't know how to describe it." ”

He didn't say much, just mentioned it vaguely.

Ronan smiled and said, "It's always back on track." ”

Alan Horn smiled wryly: "I also hope to be back in the regular form this morning, but I need a good film project." He deliberately said: "Ronan, your vision for choosing film projects is top in the industry, if you have the opportunity, help me introduce a few projects." ”

Ronan knew he was joking, so he answered in a joking tone: "No problem." ”

As the sun turns to the west, a breeze blows, and the weather is much cooler, making it a good time to play.

Ronan asked the caddy to fetch the club bag and beckoned, "Alan, let's go play a hole." ”

Alan Horn nodded: "Okay, one more hole." ”

For the rest of the day, Ronan didn't talk about Disney or work, just some interesting anecdotes about what happened in Los Angeles recently.

Another wildfire, for example, is burning in Malibu.

The forests around Los Angeles, especially near Malibu, are home to wildfires a few times a year.

This year, as luck had been spared, there were no wildfires until August, so residents were naturally happy, but some were depressed.

Because there are no wildfires, some firefighters are facing the crisis of layoffs and salary cuts, in order to keep their jobs and get a high bonus, a firefighter in Malibu saw that the wildfires were not burning for a long time, so he simply let them go himself.

This fire saved a large number of firefighters in the Los Angeles area who were about to be laid off.

It can only be said that there are strange things every year, and there are many of them this year.

This is not the first firefighter in Los Angeles to set fires, and it won't be the last.

Alan Horn also chatted with Ronan about gun bans, and he is a very strong supporter of gun bans.

The reason for this is that the United States has recently experienced another vicious shooting with heavy casualties.

Why do you say again?

Alan Horn is in the position of co-chairman of Disney Pictures, and Ronan thinks it's a good thing, maybe at some point, there will be some kind of chemistry with Relativity Entertainment.

Entering September, many of Shahai Entertainment's film and television projects are steadily advancing in preparation or filming, and the North American box office of "Dawn of the Living Dead" has slowed down the speed of accumulating money after exceeding 60 million US dollars, but the zombie movie has shown full vitality in the market, coupled with the harvest of overseas box office, the global box office of this film has exceeded the $100 million mark.

"Batman: Time to War", which was released in mid-July, grossed $242.1 million in North America and $422.74 million worldwide.

Christopher Nolan temporarily left the Batman project to officially begin preparations for "Deadly Magic".

Unlike the previous "Time to Go to War", "Deadly Magic" is completely operated by Relativity Entertainment from investment to production to publicity.

Another crew, the heroes and heroines of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, have finished their special training and officially joined the crew, and the film will soon move to the filming stage.

Some time ago, Brad Pitt was also buying handcuffs with Jennifer Aniston at the confession store, and nothing special seemed to happen.

This film has been confirmed to be released in the summer of next year, and from the perspective of the timeliness of publicity, there is no need for surprise for the time being.

Maybe Brad Pitt will be true to his words, and maybe the marriage is not a good one.

After receiving financial support from Shahai Entertainment, George Romero is forming a crew, and "Land of the Living Dead", which is known as ten years of script planning, will definitely start filming before Christmas this year.

The film is also due to be released next year.

According to the latest release plan from Embassy Pictures, Ronan has now reached 12 films confirmed for release in 2005.

Of course, most of them are small to medium-sized productions and sequel films.