Chapter 699 The changed script
"Is this a script that invests $150 million?"
The crisp voice pulled Ryan's eyes back from outside the machine window. Nicole threw the script of "Transformers" on the table and picked up her cup, "It's too simple and thin, right?"
"Dear.()" Ryan picked up the script and put it aside, "It's just a popcorn movie, everything is in service of the war between the Transformers."
"Including you, the male protagonist?" Nicole tried the water temperature, and it was probably a little cold. She put down the cup again. Ryan quickly poured out the water in the cup and changed it to the water with appropriate temperature. "Yes, I'm just a supporting role for Optimus Prime."
"When I was a kid, I didn't see you like Transformers much."
Maybe if you like something, you can say it to others, but Nicole is different. Ryan immediately defended, "This is a kind of spiritual love, not a pursuit of material possession."
He can't tell Nicole that this complex came from his previous life, right?
"You always have a lot of fallacies."
Drinking the water from the cup, Nicole stood up, "I'm going to go to the back and rest. Remember to call me when I'm almost in Hawaii."
Watching Nicole walk into the back cabin of Boeing, Ryan's eyes fell on the script of "Transformers".
After years of running-in, the screenwriter team of Jenkins Films can always understand his intentions well. The original script framework was a story about a sulky high school student and his car. In addition to the cosmic background that must be explained, the previous plot has also been simplified to a considerable extent.
But after he promised to play the male lead, such an image was definitely not suitable. The script was sent back to Jenkins Film by Michael Bay for necessary modifications. Although it was still a story of a man following the car, it changed to a large extent, almost completely overturning the original identity of the male and female lead.
To be exact, it would be the story between a young man and a sexy used car businesswoman with a Chevrolet.
In addition to generally retaining the Pentagon front-line plot, the male protagonist eliminates a lot of unnecessary characters in order to reduce the long prelude to make fun of the early stage and speed up Optimus Prime's appearance time.
The audience can watch Transformers, and the fast-paced movies are in line with the trend of social development.
Of course, Ryan has never acted in comedy. Even an actor like him is impossible to take charge of all types of roles. The funny thing in the film can only be left to others to take charge, such as funny robots like Confused and Bumblebee.
The plane landed at Hawaii International Airport on Oahu. Ryan and others changed into the helicopter that had been waiting here for a long time and flew directly to Lanai.
Although Lanai is Ryan's private territory today, except for a few areas, tourists are not prohibited from entering and leaving. Moreover, after his and Nicole's transformation, it is also one of the most famous tourist attractions in Hawaii.
You should know that there are more than 2,000 residents on the island, so they always have to have a source of income. Tourism and pineapple gardens are the main industries of Lanai Island.
The helicopter landed directly on the apron of a Hawaiian-style manor. Nicole briefly told Ryan and her butler Elsa, and went to the bedroom to rest. Ryan changed to the off-road vehicle and rushed to the location of the crew of "Jurassic Park 3".
Since late October, Spielberg led the crew to the rainforest on the southeast of the island and started a two-and-a-half-month outdoor shooting. In addition to the main creators, there are two special effects teams of Industrial Light and Magic, which temporarily set up a special effects studio on the island to cooperate with the crew's shooting.
The off-road vehicle was parked outside the crew. When Ryan walked over, Spielberg was holding a microphone and coordinating the crew's shooting loudly. A Tyrannosaurus Rex model that was basically close to the real proportion and another Spinosaurus model that was also close to the real proportion were suspended by several huge cranes, fighting against each other while advancing and retreating.
Although the model is extremely real, the movements seem extremely stiff. After all, this is just a model. If you want to become a lively dinosaur, you still need later technology to modify it.
The shooting is quite difficult. Often, after a short shot of more than ten seconds, you need to readjust the position of the crane.
"Hi, Ryan."
The voice of a little blonde girl rang out crisply, and Ryan gently held it in her little hand that came over, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Hannah, you seem to have grown taller again."
"That's because I live with the dinosaurs."
The little girl is not old, but she is very smart. She pointed to the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Spinosaurus who were still fighting. "These prehistoric monsters are so big, but when I look at them, I feel like I have grown taller."
"They can eat people." Ryan laughed.
After "World War", Dakota Fanning once again won the favor of Spielberg. In the film, he will play a little girl who lives alone on the Dinosaur Island and survived tenaciously.
This girl has experienced "The Hunger Games" and "World Wars", and is definitely the most popular and spiritual girl star in Hollywood at present. Her smile and big eyes have conquered countless movie audiences.
pity……
Ryan shook his head, and it was difficult to get rid of the child star curse after all.
"Hi Stephen."
The previous shooting came to an end for the time being, and Ryan strode over, "It looks like everything goes well."
Spielberg handed the microphone to the assistant and shook his hands with Ryan. "It was faster than expected, and I was confident that I would end the outdoor shooting of Lanai before Christmas."
"The most difficult thing is shooting the imax scene." The old man held his glasses and pointed to the huge cameras hanging on the crane. "The imax3d equipment is too bulky and it takes a lot of time to adjust each time."
"Trust me, Stephen." Ryan looked at the cameras, "It's all worth it."
Together, there are about twenty shots of the film that use imax3d technology. For this era, this is already a huge investment and technological breakthrough. The clips shot by "Transformers 3" in the previous life were only more than twenty minutes.
This was a long rest. After Spielberg finished handling the work, Ryan heard him talk about a lot of things during the shooting and simply exchanged some opinions.
Just like "Jurassic Park 1", except for a few plots that take place at night, most of the shots will be during the day, and even at night, they will be very clear images.
Those thick fog that can save most of the cost of post-production special effects and is hated by the audience will never be blocked in front of the camera unless necessary. The main selling point of the movie is the real dinosaurs. If even dinosaurs cannot be seen clearly, can the movie still attract audiences to the theater?
Ryan and Spielberg are both veterans in operating commercial films, so they naturally understand this truth.
Some expenses can be saved, while others cannot be saved. Otherwise, after the film is released, don’t complain that the audience doesn’t buy it.
Before staying here for too long, Ryan left. There was nothing to worry about with Catherine Kennedy and Spielberg in charge of the crew. The filming and special effects were all smooth. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be up to next year's summer schedule.
What remains is Disney and Universal Pictures that have increased their publicity efforts.
According to an agreement reached more than a decade ago, the film Ryan once again accepted investment from Universal Pictures, and his credit has always been very good in this regard.
Today, Universal Pictures is no longer the troubled Universal Pictures that were acquired by Vivendi. Last year, it officially merged with NBC, the National Broadcasting Corporation of America, to establish NBC Global Group. The largest shareholder behind it is General Electric, which is an old group that accounts for 80% of the shares.
General Electric has long been no longer the best in the world when it comes to market value, but its real influence on the United States is simply impossible to compare with Microsoft and other companies.
Perhaps the words that General Electric is done and America is done are a bit exaggerated, but they always reflect the importance of this company to the whole United States.
In other words, Hollywood has completely entered an era of giant competition. The box office of the film industry may be only 10 billion US dollars, but the derivative market is extremely large.
Before Ryan left Los Angeles, there was also a large-scale acquisition involving Hollywood. DreamWorks eventually reached an agreement with Viacom, and Paramount Pictures officially acquired DreamWorks Skg for $1.6 billion. Although this acquisition did not involve the long-standing independent DreamWorks animation studio, it announced that another company that challenged the traditional Hollywood forces eventually ended in failure.
After years of hard support, even the combination of David Geffen, Jerry Verge Carsonberg and Stephen Spielberg was unable to break the rules of the game rule of traditional Hollywood giants.
When he returned to the manor and walked into the living room, Ryan saw Nicole wearing a home suit walking around, showing Mo Min's strange temper. Except for the butler Elsa, everyone else was far away from her.
"Hey, my dear." Ryan hurried over and grabbed her and sat on the sofa, "Is there something going on?"
"Where have you been?" Nicole's target instantly moved to him, "Why didn't I see you when I woke up?"
"Didn't I tell you?"
The pregnant woman's temper is unpredictable, so Ryan had to patiently say, "I went to the crew of Stephen's south to visit the set. Where is the "Jurassic Park 3" we invested in is filming."
"Is there?" Nicole frowned in confusion, "I seem to have forgotten."
"What the hell is going on?" Ryan turned to look at Elsa.
Nicole has never been a good-tempered person, especially after pregnancy, but she rarely targets those servants if she loses her temper.
"The servants here don't know that Nicole is pregnant." Elsa leaned into Ryan's ear and whispered, "Nicole wants to eat fruit salad, they added some hawthorns in it."
"Hawthorn?" Ryan became even more confused.
"Hawthorn can accelerate uterine contraction..." Elsa explained quickly, "Eating too much may lead to miscarriage."
"It's all our people here."
It was not only Elsa who came to Hawaii on the same plane, but also those who took care of Nicole. "The people in the original manor asked them to take charge of the work on the outside." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!