"China Film Group wants to invite director Rosenberg to lead the entire crew to our premiere next summer."

Mr. Wang said sincerely, "If possible, please consider putting the global premiere of "Transformers" across the Pacific."

Before confirming the investment in this project, China Film Group conducted a targeted survey in China. The post-80s generation has grown up and has a certain degree of economic autonomy. They are very enthusiastic about various memories of their childhood. Transformers is one of the hot topics, and there are even various Transformers fan associations in China, which all mean huge market potential.

There is also the director. Originally, China Film Group was a little worried about the style of "Dark Knight", which was not unshakable when it was introduced, but the name Duke Rosenberg's appeal in China is amazing. "Dark Knight" broke the domestic box office record of "Titanic" for nearly ten years and became the domestic box office champion with record.

China Film Group also fully understood that Duke Rosenberg's video is in line with the appetite of its own audience.

Duke did not reply immediately, but looked at Jamie Johnson. Seeing the other party nodded slightly, he understood roughly.

Warner Bros. has close cooperation with China Film Group in many aspects such as theaters. The sales of "Dark Knight" on the opposite side also proves the unlimited potential of that market. They obviously don't want to miss this promotional video and Warner Bros. opportunity.

After frowning and thinking, Duke said to Jamie Johnson, "Warner Brothers is the publisher of the film, please follow your opinions."

If you want to find a partner in the opposite market with huge potential, China Film Group is undoubtedly the best choice.

Since they invest in the film and issue premiere invitations, script review and video review will definitely not be a problem. Moreover, in all Duke's films, there is no object to or underestimate the other side. Apart from some great Americanism, there is basically no sensitive content.

Of course, all Hollywood mainstream commercial masterpieces are very American.

If you can't even accept this, the opponent will not introduce Hollywood movies.

The specific matters will naturally be resolved by Warner Bros. and China Film Group to send off Mr. Wang and Jamie Johnson, and Duke's energy will be returned to the Transformers.

He put a large Optimus Prime model and Megatron model on his desk, which was a limited edition shape from the 1980s. It can be decomposed and transformed. Duke is like a child who has obtained his favorite toys. In the afternoon, he kept dismantling Optimus Prime and Megatron, transforming and combining...

There is only one purpose for this. Transformers is not only a popcorn movie. It is also a teenage popcorn movie. Duke's mentality is too calm and aging. He wants to find the feeling of touching Transformers when he was a teenager.

To make this movie, he, as a director, must maintain a young enough mentality.

At the same time, as he said, remember that Transformers are a group of alien intelligent machine life forms, not cold and bulky robots.

He must consider how to combine virtual characters such as Transformers into the relatively realistic world of the film in the early planning. He must give Transformers a real humanity. Whether it is Decepticon or Autobot, they will have their own thoughts and personalities just like humans.

After installing the Optimus Prime model, Duke's eyes fell on the base. The sentence above is undoubtedly the starting point of all Optimus Prime's character and beliefs, freedom and rights belong to all living beings!

According to the script outline he set, Optimus Prime is a gentle and kind leader, and at the same time has a cold and ruthless side. In order to maintain his beliefs, he can betray his own ethnic group and become a "machine traitor" and will sacrifice members of the Autobots and even his own lives when necessary.

Freedom and rights belong to all living beings are also universal values. No matter how countries around the world do it, they always shout this slogan to the sky, and Optimus Prime has a strong position on what they do.

Movies are Duke’s greatest interest, and Transformers has extraordinary significance, which is his dream.

How many children have fantasized about transforming and setting off with Optimus Prime; How many young people have imagined flying in the sky with tremors; How many people have never forgotten the beautiful memories of their childhood...

Transformers even affect the lives of many people.

Although to some extent, all directors who produce childhood dream films of a generation will become the culprits of ruining childhood memories, Duke is willing to bear this crime for his dreams and large commercial gains.

On July 10, 2007, Warner Bros. and Hasbro officially announced the launch of "Transformers". Duke's new film launch conference just ended, and this topic became a hot topic for media and movie fans.

"The Dark Knight" has not yet been released, and Duke has started a new project. The media and Hollywood are not surprised. After all, he has been making movies at a rate of one movie a year in recent years.

But the media was very surprised by the subject and genre that Duke chose.

The entertainment version of The Washington Post said that he could not understand Duke's choice at all, thinking that he had just produced a very in-depth video and should continue in this direction.

Kenneth Tulane pointed out in the Los Angeles Times column that Duke is preparing to return to the old path.

However, on the Internet, some Transformers fans are still very worried, worried that Duke will darken Optimus Prime and then regain their self. This will be too terrifying for Transformers.

Of course, Duke will definitely not use a dark style to create a teenage film like "Transformers".

To be precise, it is enough to use that extremely dark style once.

In addition, military support is also essential to complete a huge project like Transformers within one year.

Duke has reached out to the Pentagon.

"With so much shooting experience, I still have a good understanding of some procedures in the army."

After receiving the reply from the Pentagon meeting, Duke made a joke to Tina Fei, "But I am still a little worried, because many troops have been sent out to deal with terrorists and may not have time to consider us, after all, 'fighting' is what soldiers really care about."

Tina Fei rolled her eyes quietly, "I believe the soldiers are more willing to fight against aliens."

After all, the audience who watches the film is human, and the North American market is the most important. In all Transformers movies, American soldiers will still play a very important role.

However, a team of American soldiers can easily solve a Decepticon plot.

But according to the script settings, machine life forms are also life forms, including Optimus Prime and Megatron. They are indeed very powerful, but they are not invincible and indestructible. They will also be damaged by heavy weapons from humans, and even hit the key points continuously, they will die.

With the official launch of "Transformers", excluding Tina Fey replaced Charles Rowan's position, members of Duke's team returned one after another and began to prepare for this super commercial masterpiece with a production cost of only $200 million.

This amount of funds is quite large. After removing pre-sales and platter plans, commercial sponsorship is another focus.

When the crew announced a series of lists of Autobots and Decepticons at the investment promotion conference held, as well as the approximate appearance scenes and time, most Autobots became fat in the eyes of car manufacturers.

General Motors packed Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Iron, Hummer chose an ambulance, Lamborghini got the Jazz, and Gulfstream snatched the Decepticons' stumble...

In addition to cars and planes, many manufacturers such as Burger King, Coca-Cola, Blue Ribbon, Nokia, and Lenovo from the opposite Pacific will appear in the video.

If nothing unexpected happens, the scale of the implanted advertisement of this "Transformers" will set a new record in Hollywood.

But the protagonists are in modern society, and it is natural for these brands to appear in life. And Duke does not object to implanting advertisements in the film, but he will not create that kind of particularly stiff implant.

If the cost of shooting cars and various brands provided by GM is included in it, just implanting advertisements, the video can save nearly $40 million in expenses.

The support from the Pentagon can also save a lot of money for the crew, but the crew must take care of the military. The film will demonstrate various advanced equipment from the US military, which is actually a major highlight.

Most of the Decepticon members, Duke, left to the Pentagon, for example, Red Spider would be an F-22 Raptor, and the Noisy was an improved model of the M1a2 main station tank...

After all, the support provided by the Pentagon is indeed very strong, and the plan they proposed even exceeded Duke's expectations.

The crew can shoot on-site at Holloman, Cortland and Edwards Air Force Base, the Pentagon and the White Sands Missile Range, cooperate with different military branches, and can "borrow" high-end weapons that are rare in normal times during shooting, from the CV-22 tilt rotor, the F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft to the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, the C-17 Global Overlord transport aircraft and the US Air Force's ace F-22 Raptor.

And as long as Duke needs it, the crew can board the active aircraft carrier to shoot.

In addition to propaganda weapons and its own army, the biggest requirement of the Pentagon is to shape the image of the US military. With the outbreak of those wars against terrorism, the US military's enlistment rate has dropped to its lowest point in history. Just like the original "Brave the Deadly Island" and "Independence Day", the military used "Transformers" to promote recruitment.

Just like "Top Gun", the movie has always been an excellent recruitment promotional video. (To be continued.)
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