"When I was a child, whenever I felt small or lonely, I would look up at the stars and wonder if there was any other life in the universe, and I would look in the wrong direction. ”

In Matthew's office, the bespectacled Guillermo del Toro said, "The calm sea is always full of charm for people, but we always think that the magical creatures of the sea and the danger of the walrus come from our own world." ”

"We were wrong," he said with great seriousness. ”

Looking at Guillermo del Toro, Matthew couldn't understand the meaning of this at all, and for a moment, he wondered if Guillermo del Toro had joined Scientology.

Guillermo del Toro was not a magic stick, and quickly opened the folder he brought and placed it in front of Matthew.

"Matthew, take a look first. He gestured to the folder.

"What is this?" Matthew glanced at it, revealing drawings of drawings in very clear colors.

After working hard in Hollywood and the film industry for so many years, he has long developed his vision, and he immediately realized that this is the concept design and storyboard artwork of the movie.

"Gilmour. Matthew picked up the folder and looked at it, "Is this your new work?"

"Yes. Guillermo del Toro nodded hurriedly, "I'm planning to make a super-blockbuster, a great sci-fi commercial film." ”

He has worked with Matthew on "I Am Legend" and knows what kind of film talent piques Matthew's interest.

If he wanted to shoot and make a literary film or an Olympic movie, he wouldn't come to Matthew at all, and it would be useless to find it.

If you can talk about Matthew's investment, it can not only save a lot of trouble, but also maybe bring in a super actor to increase appeal.

Matthew knew Guillermo del Toro well and knew that he was a very talented film director, so he stopped talking and looked intently at the sketches he brought.

The first drawing is a giant robot that looks like a Gundam that is popular in Japan.

The second picture has a sudden change in art style, and it has become Ultraman's sworn enemy, the little monster.

The third robot and monster appear together, the background should be the bottom of the sea, from the picture can be distinguished, the bottom of the sea has opened a big hole, there are monsters out of it, and the robot guarding the side to fight.

The fourth is still the battle between underwater robots and monsters......

The fifth card is still about robots and monsters.

The same is true for the sixth.

Looking at the back, the Gundam-like robot in the drawing has become Ultraman in Matthew's eyes.

Cats eat fish, dogs eat meat, Ultraman fights little monsters......

The words flashed through his mind.

Matthew closed the folder and asked Guillermo del Toro, "Isn't there a script?"

"Not yet. Guillermo del Toro laughed twice and said, "I'm writing and I'm not done yet." ”

"I know you're busy, and I don't know where you're going to shoot, so I'm going to come to you while you're in Los Angeles." ”

Matthew nodded slightly, and he knew that as a film company owner and investor who has continuously invested in successful films and has reached a billion dollars in foreign assets, he naturally has a huge attraction for writers who want to sell film rights, directors with new works, and producers who attract investment.

"Let's talk about it. "Matthew has always been cautious about investing large sums of money.

"Have you read Japanese manga?" asked Guillermo del Toro, "especially monster manga and giant robots piloted by humans." ”

Matthew said directly, "I've seen a little bit, Japan's monster culture is very prosperous, such as Godzilla. I don't know much about the giant robots piloted by humans, but I've heard that they are called Gundam. ”

He hadn't seen any manga or anime about Gundam, and the most he knew about the concept came from a quote on the Internet.

"It's not that so-and-so doesn't work hard, but the enemy has Gundam. ”

As for coming to Hollywood and not paying attention to these, because it is not popular here at all, Gundam and Transformers are essentially robots, but for Hollywood and Americans, they are completely different concepts.

Robots fight monsters......

This content sounds familiar when you think about it.

Guillermo del Toro saw that Matthew had the most basic understanding, and hurriedly said, "I plan to shoot a sci-fi masterpiece that puts Gundam-like robots and monsters together to fight a war between robots and monsters." ”

Matthew nodded slightly, listening as he reminisced about the Robots and Monsters movie.

"That's what I imagined, the fractured plate at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has a spatial crack like a wormhole, releasing a threat to human destruction - super monsters!"

Guillermo del Toro's script was not yet finished, and simply dictated the general framework, "The alien monsters that have surged out of this passage are larger, more ferocious and more brutal than any threat we've seen before, and we call them super monsters." ”

He coughed and cleared his throat, "To fight them, humanity has gathered all its resources to create the largest, most advanced and most versatile weapon ever created, and they have created a plan to build a series of robots up to 25 stories high, operated by two pilots connected by neurons...... It's an unstoppable, thrilling adventure story about a human pilot battling giant robots against alien monsters we've never seen before. ”

"Hmm. Matthew nodded again, "Hollywood doesn't seem to have a movie of this genre. ”

Guillermo del Toro smiled, "It's a good subject. ”

After this period of time, Matthew has gradually remembered that he once watched a film called "Pacific Rim", isn't it just robots fighting monsters? I vaguely remember that it was still a popular film, and it seems that there is a bad movie called "Atlantic Rim" that is specially following the trend.

At the time, I didn't think it was anything, and judging by now, eighty percent of "Atlantic Rim" was created by the company "Asylum Shelter".

It's a pity that he only remembers whether a certain movie was a hit on the Internet on the other side of the Pacific, but he didn't know the box office at that time.

If I'm not mistaken, Guillermo del Toro is talking about a project that will be "Pacific Rim", after all, there is no such genre in Hollywood blockbusters.

"Gilmour. Matthew asked directly, "Do you want me to play the leading role, or do you want to attract investment." ”

Hearing this, Guillermo del Toro did not hide it, and said with a smile, "It is better to be able to both invest and play the leading role." ”

Matthew groaned slightly, and then asked, "How much investment will this project cost?"

Guillermo del Toro thought for a moment and said, "If you want to get the best results, it's estimated that it will cost about $200 million." ”

Hearing this number, Matthew couldn't help but have a toothache, 200 million US dollars, even his current net worth, will be under a lot of pressure.

Then again, he hasn't invested that much money in a single film.

If nothing else, investment alone will make him think carefully.

Guillermo del Toro then added, "The film is about humanity facing an unexpected and intractable challenge, and then everyone unites to fight it. My team and I both felt that being attacked from the inside of the Earth was a cool new concept. ”

Matthew was silent for a moment and asked, "Has the project been named?"

"This story takes place mainly in the Pacific Rim region. Guillermo del Toro said the name he was familiar with, "So, I'm going to call it Pacific Rim." ”

Matthew nodded, the title is the same, it must be the robot fighting the little monster he once watched.

Guillermo del Toro's words continue, "The more I learn about this universe, the more I am invested in this story, these characters, these monsters, these robots, I am willing to do everything possible to make it come true......"

Matthew didn't listen to Guillermo del Toro, instead trying to recall everything he had seen about Pacific Rim.

I vaguely remember that on many pirate sites, for a very long time, "Pacific Rim" was at the top of various download charts.

Based on past experience, this is definitely a hit and a success.

The pirated films that can make many people download them are either movies with intense love action scenes or popular movies at the time.

This, of course, takes out the love romance action movie.

I still remember that on an article with a PS picture that I read at that time, Chang Shenkai raised a glass to celebrate his successful development of the powerful "Terminator" series, thinking that he had a chance to win, but he didn't expect that the opposite side would get more powerful cosmic-level support, and Master Obi-Wan Kenobi personally led the Jedi to participate in the battle, not to mention, there was a stronger existence on the battlefield - Gundam!

From these fabricated articles that have been widely circulated, it is not difficult to see that Gundam has a large number of fans on the other side of the Pacific.

Even people like him, who hadn't read much of Japanese manga, knew what Gundam was.

As for the little monsters, not to mention, Ultraman once became an indicator of happiness when he beat the little monsters, and it doesn't explain the popularity?

The theme of robots fighting monsters, as long as it is well-made, the market prospects on the other side of the Pacific Ocean will not be bad, and it will be no problem to make a series if it works well.

To put it bluntly, things like Gundam and little monsters are also the feelings of many people on the other side of the Pacific.

For movies, feelings can sometimes be equated with monetary gains.

Guillermo del Toro waited for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Matthew, what do you think?"

He didn't come to tell a story, but to find a male protagonist and pull investment.

"Just the description of 'Giant Monsters vs. Super Giant Robots' can make people feel the scale and momentum......" Matthew picked up the folder and looked through the sketches, he didn't know why, he always felt that something was wrong, "This is indeed a new theme." ”

Speaking of this, the vague concept in his head suddenly became clear.