Made in Hollywood

Without the participation of the Pentagon, the film would not be said to be impossible to make, but it would definitely increase a lot of trouble. Even if Transformers is positioned as a 'science fiction', the description of the US military still has to maintain its authenticity as much as possible. , and the Pentagon itself hopes that the film will have a positive feedback on their soldiers and technology.

This reciprocal partnership can bring very significant results to the filming work, how could Duke refuse.

And it can also increase the focus of the movie.

Let’s not talk about the famous F-22 Raptor, let’s talk about the less well-known CV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft. This is a new equipment that the US military will soon equip. It is like a mixture of a helicopter and an ordinary aircraft, which can rotate. 90 degrees, traveling at 500 miles per hour at altitude, and even the U.S. Air Force has only three such planes.

Then there is the professional guidance. The Pentagon will send a whole professional team, headed by Air Force Colonel Daniel Freis, who has participated in the war in Afghanistan or Iraq. From September, they will be stationed on the crew to coordinate the communication between the two parties and assist in the preparation of those events. Shooting of bombing and air battles.

The preparation of the crew has just started, but the publicity work has already taken the lead. Hasbro and Warner Bros. jointly established an official website for the Transformers live-action movie. Optimus Prime Lines Contest, invite fans to write lines for Optimus Prime in the movie, and the lines written by the final winner will appear in the film.

In addition, comics and games related to the movie will start production after the character's image is completely determined, and come out before the movie to warm up the market.

Of course, the use of some event to promote the film is the usual means of Hollywood.

July. A major event in North America related to anime, games and movies is the San Diego Comic-Con in San Diego, California.

This event has a very high status in North America. It is the largest comic exhibition in the Western Hemisphere and the second largest in the world, second only to the Angoulême International Comic Con in France, which is a single comic exhibition. The San Diego International Comic Con is a grand event that spans animation, movies, TV series and games. The diversified exhibitions are basically overcrowded every year.

Every influential show will provide booths for major companies to introduce new works to fans more intuitively, and San Diego Comic-Con is no exception.

The Warner Bros. exhibition area is located in the most central area of ​​the San Diego Convention Center. There are not only Superman, Batman and other images here, but also well-known characters such as Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow and Captain America that have just been added to Warner's release presentation.

In addition, Warner has dedicated an exhibition area for Transformers and Watchmen. Although the two films have just been approved, there are not many things that can be exhibited, but the appearance of Duke and Zach Snyder has attracted the attention of a large number of reporters and audiences.

Despite the constant shouting of fans in front of the booth, Duke had something to offer. But not much, just let Hannah Serena come on and introduce some of the film's scene design and character concept drawings.

Unsurprisingly, the concept map of the Transformers was unveiled. From below the booth came the voices of many people talking.

This is normal, a hundred people will have a hundred Optimus Prime and Megatron in their hearts.

Anyway. Duke is the director of Transformers. After Hannah Serena's introduction, he also walked up to the booth and said a few words.

good afternoon.

He beckoned below, even though he was a director. But the directors of this era will also gather a large number of fans, and the madness of Duke's fans has even been dubbed Duke Blow by the outside world.

There was a mess of shouting below, and after the sound became quieter, Duke picked up the microphone in his hand and continued, Many people are asking me why I choose a very childish toy after The Dark Knight. to make a movie.

Hearing this, thousands of people gathered under the booth gradually quieted down, only the sound of reporters pressing the shutter of the camera kept ringing.

Duke knew that he didn't have the talent for a talk show, and said directly, I have always been a die-hard fan of Transformers... I don't mean just to please people who like Transformers, think about my age, in In the era of Transformers, I was a toy-loving kid...

This is half-truth, but very convincing. When Transformers appeared in North America, Duke was only in his early ten years.

I myself read comic books and collect toys and models because I'm fascinated by the Transformers stories.

When it's time for acting, Duke's acting is not particularly bad. Everything about 'Transformers' may become my personal collection, and I have always stubbornly believed that the 'Hasbro' toy company will authorize it sooner or later. Made it into a big summer hit, and now I have the honor of being the director of Transformers.

There was warm applause from below.

When the applause waned, Duke added, Transformers has a very rich, long history, and that's what drove us to make this film. There's no doubt that everyone on the cast and I will carry a The same idea was deeply attracted by this story. Therefore, we determined the basic framework of the film as quickly as possible and made a work that highlighted human nature. Then we looked for the best actors and tried to relate this to robots make good use of cultural properties.”

Finally, Duke bowed slightly to the audience and said, My crew and I will do our best to bring you a wonderful Transformers live-action movie in June next year.

thanks!

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked off the booth, and went directly to the relatively quiet back.

The release date of Transformers is set for June next year's summer season. On the one hand, Duke needs longer time to perfect the post-production special effects, and on the other hand, in order to avoid self-competition as much as possible, Warner Bros. and Marvel Studios have long been It is finalized that Captain America ​​will be released in early May.

In fact, San Diego Comic-Con is probably the most generous in terms of exhibiting films. In addition to showcasing commercial productions, the organizers have also added independent film booths to the show for those small film companies and independent producers, among them Including a lot of newbies.

Before leaving in the afternoon, Duke took a reporter's camera lens and walked around the film exhibition area, and then saw the name of an impressive film in the exhibition area of ​​Anchor Bay Entertainment, which is famous for producing low-cost horror films. .

Getting rid of those reporters and some rabid fans, Duke, with the help of two bodyguards, squeezed into the booth of Anchor Bay Entertainment, and someone immediately came to receive him.

Hello, Director Rosenberg.

As an insider, the other party obviously knew that Duke is not as simple as a director, and introduced himself, I'm John Chambers from the Commerce Department of Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Hello, Duke shook his hand gently, walked to the place where the clip was playing, and pointed to the monitor in the far left corner, Is that a movie made by your company?

That's not true, but the copyright of the film is in the hands of Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Seeing Duke ask about the film that has been ignored, John Chambers said, It was a small production that the company bought at this year's Saint Denis Film Festival, and its creativity is very special...

Duke raised his hand to stop him from continuing, I guess no company or theater chain is willing to release it?

John Chambers smiled politely.

Walking to the LCD screen, Duke watched the clip that would be played. It was a scene where a group of people gathered around the room and let one person talk endlessly. Two hundred thousand dollars?

John Chambers is still laughing and not speaking, but the film has risen several ranks in his heart.

A film that can interest Duke Rosenberg must have a special place for him! This is the idea of ​​John Chambers.

Looking back, Duke walked back to Chambers and said, One hundred thousand dollars, the copyright is transferred to me.

Director Rosenberg... John Chambers said with a somewhat puzzled look, Your bid is too low, and the film can bring in more than one hundred thousand dollars in revenue when it is transferred to the disc market.

Just such a movie? Duke shook his head. I've read its novels, and I'm a little interested in what kind of absurd movies can be made from such absurd novels.

Even if it is bought, Duke will not push such a film to theaters. It is almost a loss-making business. The audience for this kind of sci-fi film is too small, and the DVD and online video markets are almost the only options. Maybe it can attract a small group of Cut lovers and bring some income.

However, that's just the way it is.

If the other party refuses to transfer, he will not waste more words.

Otherwise, you won't show up by yourself after you fancy it, but let others come over.

But Duke said he wasn't very interested, but John Chambers wouldn't believe it. It's definitely not a fool to be a business executive of a company. In the past few years, even if it's not the ones he personally directed, Duke is interested in movies. , almost all sold out.

John Chambers quietly gestured to the female assistant on the left, and asked her to notify the vice president of the company in charge of the film business in another area to come over quickly, and the board members of Warner Bros. and Time Warner appeared in the exhibition area of ​​Anchor Bay Entertainment. Well, it wasn't a trivial matter.

Duke's appearance here has attracted the attention of many people. Maybe he has not really noticed it himself, but in the eyes of others, he definitely has a unique vision in movies, especially commercial movies.

David Ellison also came to Comic-Con, and he was talking with people in the exhibition area of ​​Illumination Entertainment next to him. The news almost flew into his ears like wings.

Although he didn't like Duke? David? Ellison, he admired Duke's grasp of the film market. After learning the news, he came to the exhibition area almost at the same time as the vice president of Anchor Bay Entertainment. (To be continued ~^~)

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