Seven Hundred and Forty-Future Trend

Hollywood Draws Los Angeles 1990740 - Future Trends Michael Bay, no matter how much film critics belittle him, they cannot deny that he has been one of the highest-grossing directors in the Hollywood film industry in the past two years.

Compared with the evaluation of him by professional film critics, film companies and practitioners in the industry have a completely different view. This circle has always been extremely true. Whoever can bring benefits and make money to the capital will be the darling of all capital.

There is no doubt that Michael Bay has outstanding achievements in this area. Regardless of whether he really only knows how to explode, even if his movies are always explosive and the logic behind the story is nonsense, as long as a large number of fans pay for it, then he is recognized as a top director by everyone.

Just like John Gray asked Wayne if he thought there would be problems with this "Pearl Harbor", and when he saw the other party nodding his head in confusion, his expression was naturally filled with disbelief.

The producer's thoughts represent the common understanding of practitioners in the industry. It seems that in people's minds, as long as Michael Bay's works do not lack explosions, they will definitely not lack audiences.

No way, his movies are the top and safest projects in the industry in terms of success rate, return rate, and ability to attract people.

This topic did not continue to be discussed, and Wayne could not give any definite answer. He could not tell John Gray that starting from "Pearl Harbor", the exploding shells had deceived film critics, right?

So far, he has forgotten almost all the details of "Pearl Harbor", but he clearly remembers that this war epic masterpiece named "Pearl Harbor" was criticized as soon as it was released. The important thing is that the people criticizing are not only the professional ratings of film critics and other representatives, but also a large number of movie fans who are looking forward to the film.

In fact, even if he only remembers the general story of the film now, Wayne has not forgotten that this is a bloody love story that uses a script to attack Pearl Harbor as a gimmick to tell an American-style love triangle.

Could it be that the film company didn't discover the script for "Pearl Harbor" when it was just created? No, if such a script is put into the hands of new people, whether it is a novice producer or a novice director, it will be thrown into the trash can by Disney immediately.

But there have been too many movies in Hollywood that were obviously trash scripts but were made into extremely popular movies. The main reason that can decide whether a film company invests is who comes up with the script.

With the status of Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay, a pair of top golden partners in the industry, even if what they come up with is a pile of shit, Disney will be extremely confident and throw money at it. Billions of dollars, this is the truest underlying logic of Hollywood.

"I have watched "Bad Boys" and this year's "The Last Day" as well."

On the way back to the hotel, Nina, who knows Wayne best, couldn't help but say: "Michael Bay seems to have a kind of magic about him. I even feel that there is no other director in this circle who can be like him." Understand what most movie fans want to see.

Boss, I believe that you must have your own reasons for judging that there will be problems in "Pearl Harbor". However, it's best not to underestimate Michael Bay. He has never received such a huge investment in any of his previous films. Disney's generous investment this time allowed him to completely let go. The result is really hard to say. "

After hearing the assistant lady's words, Wayne shook his head and asked with a smile: "Nina, do you think a person who has been criticized by film critics all year round would want to use huge investment after achieving great success? , completely slap all the film critics in the face?”

"You mean?" Nina was stunned for a moment. As a highly intelligent woman who graduated from New York University, she immediately thought of the meaning of her boss's words.

“Success brings about unconscious inflation.”

Looking at the street scene of the small town in the early morning, Wayne said calmly: "If Disney didn't give Michael Bay so much money, this film might still be like his previous works, and at least the box office results would be guaranteed.

Think about it, Nina, a director who is unknowingly expanding due to great success, will she have more ideas once she suddenly receives more investment than she expected? "

Why is Hollywood a producer-centered system? A very important reason for this is to allow the producer to suppress the director's creative desires in the crew at any time and ensure that the film is executed according to the film company's plan from the beginning to the end of filming.

Michael Bay's huge success this year not only brought him huge investment from Disney, but also gave him the confidence to ignore the producers to a certain extent.

"These are just my guesses, and they can only be discussed in private between the two of us." Shaking his head slightly, Wayne then said vaguely: "Actually, the greater possibility is that Jerry Bruckheimer Under the supervision and restrictions of the director, Michael Bay did not have the opportunity to add more personal ideas to the film."

A light flashed in her eyes hidden behind her glasses, and Nina whispered: "I heard that Disney also launched another project called "The Sixth Sense" at the same time. The project initiator and producer is Jack Ray Bruckheimer."

Her meaning is obvious, and everyone is very sure that the explosive shells, which are constantly succeeding, will continue to succeed. Even the producer, who has always been known as one of the golden partners, is now focusing his main energy on new projects initiated by himself.

So looking at it this way, no one knows whether Wayne's speculations about Michael Bay will actually happen. At least the directorial freedom, which is rare in Hollywood circles, is being held by Explosive Bay.

"Uh-huh." Wayne shrugged and said casually: "On the contrary, I hope that his filming of "Pearl Harbor" can give me some surprises. I like the feeling of moving forward in competition."

Nina rolled her eyes and remained silent, not continuing the topic because she knew the man next to her too well.

That's right, Wayne has never been afraid of competition and has never lost in competition, at least not in terms of market performance. Among the directors who have been defeated by him over the years, there has never been a shortage of dark horse makers at the box office, and there has never been a shortage of top figures in the industry.

From what you, Nina, know about him, your boss is definitely a sophisticated egotist. If there is a way to avoid competition and have a way to have his own movie exclusive for a weekend or two, he will definitely not mind making anything dark. , White methods, all at once attacking competitors.

The outside world's overall evaluation of Wayne has always been positive. It seems that when the name Wayne Greenberg appears together, he will always be labeled with adjectives such as "gentleman", "sunshine", "charity", "genius" and "American dream".

In reality? Including the two most important women in his life, Nina and Naomi Watts, their evaluations of him have always been "narrow-minded", "petty-minded", "excessive hormonal secretion", "extremely possessive", etc. , and the essential "old-school machismo".

Just such a person, can he expect a strong opponent to appear to constantly challenge his dominance in certain aspects? Anyway, in Nina's eyes, she has long been accustomed to her boss's hypocrisy.

In fact, the assistant lady guessed wrong this time. Speaking of explosive shells, Wayne was really looking forward to this "Pearl Harbor" to see if there would be any changes.

In fact, according to his analysis, Michael Bay will most likely follow the old path he remembers. Just like what he said, after a person suddenly achieves huge success, someone will send him enough funds and at the same time give him enough creative freedom. I am afraid that no director can withstand such temptation.

The only thing that made him feel regretful was that there was no way to get the copyright to the toy adaptation series that made Bang Bei stand up in his memory in advance.

If the other party is still as he imagined, starting from this film, there will be a series of failures, so that he is almost abandoned by the entire Hollywood, this may be the only regret. He is not interested in bargain hunting in the stock market, because although those things can make money quickly, they are not his area of ​​expertise.

But Wayne was very interested in getting a job in Hollywood.

Anyone who can succeed will never be afraid of temporary failure. No one knows better than him that these two consecutive huge failures have taught Michael Bay enough lessons.

It was precisely the frustrations of the past few years that made the other party figure out what they are good at, what they are suitable for, whether they should care about the opinions of professional film critics, and how to turn around.

There is no doubt that only brainless popcorn masterpieces with huge scenes can, to a certain extent, fully unleash the talents of Explosive Shell. And that toy series can be said to fully meet all the characteristics.

Regardless of the plot logic or the artistic content, the biggest attraction of Transformers to movie fans is entirely the love and death between Brother Zhuzi and Megatron.

In front of these enemies who have fought from Cybertron all the way to the earth, the story and plot are not important. As long as the scenes are good-looking and can continue to arouse the emotional bonus of fans born in the 80s and 90s, then it will be a movie that has gained market recognition. good movie.

A few years earlier, probably when he was in college, Wayne himself had occasionally thought about the idea of ​​this series. The main thing is that this series is so suitable for the future movie market.

In the theater market where superheroes are everywhere, it is one of the few series of movies with stable results. It is also one of the most profitable series around offline movies.

But as long as he thinks about what he is best at, he will laugh unnaturally. If this IP gets into Wayne's hands, he will definitely kick Brother Zhuzi into the abyss of darkness, and then let Brother Zhuzi struggle hard in the darkness to find himself again.

It's absolutely as dark as it comes, as brutal as it comes, and it's absolutely impossible not to help but give these Autobots enough humanity to let them play a game of mutual redemption. But will any movie fans be willing to watch Transformers like this? Even he himself knew it was impossible, absolutely impossible.

In fact, the simplest way is how Michael Bay handled it. As long as there are enough scenes of Brother Zhuzhu and Megatron, not only will countless people in North America be willing to pay for their feelings, but also in other countries and regions around the world. , and there will definitely be no shortage of movie fans who pay for it.

You know, this toy series was first popular in more than just North America. Even in this land across the Pacific Ocean, many children grew up watching this cartoon, although many of them have never played with those toys themselves.

When thinking of Transformers, Wayne immediately thought of more. I remember the routine of Transformers. In the later stage, this movie was completely shot into a large-scale promotional commercial.

Characters that can be called by name can be pulled out to show their faces and fight. Even if some characters die, they can also change their appearance and appear in the next episode with a new look. There is only one purpose, to promote the sales of truly profitable bulk peripheral products.

This approach is actually the foundation of Disney. When it comes to this aspect of gameplay, all Hollywood movie companies combined are not as crazy as Disney.

They had the nerve to make the heroine of an animated feature film change clothes constantly during the two-hour running time. Facts have also proved that they were right. After the animated feature film was released around the world, the heroine's various skirts were sold directly offline.

To put it bluntly, this is inevitably the development trend of DC superhero movies, and it can even be said to be the future trend of all superhero movies. He secretly made a note that he would have to talk to the executives at Warner Bros. later.

Well, let’s go the Disney way first. As for whether Disney will continue to do this in the future, he has no control over it. It would also be a good idea to help Michael Eisner when necessary to make Disney's chaos last longer, regardless of whether it would cost him anything.

In Wayne's view, there is nothing in Hollywood that is irreplaceable, and of course this includes the most successful movie giants in memory.

In a highly commercialized structure like Hollywood, nothing is replicable. The Disney in his memory can do it, and he believes that as long as Warner Bros. doesn't follow the same old path and avoid those important points of decline, it can do the same.

And while developing, we must also pay attention to one thing, that is, setting higher and higher thresholds for people and companies who have the ability to replace or even surpass themselves. In fact, the Big Six in Hollywood have been doing this. As brilliant as DreamWorks will be in the next few years, it will be sad when it becomes lonely.

The filming in Italy was over. Thinking of this, Wayne couldn't wait to start the next work as soon as possible. As long as "Wonder Woman" and "Superman" finish their work this year and achieve the expected results, there will be only one hurdle left in front of him, Justice League.

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In the early morning, the noise of motorcades kept appearing in the small town. Wayne drowsily listened to the song "Five Hundred Miles" coming from the radio. He led the crew to leave the small town and rushed to the nearest airport, preparing to fly to London, one of the British Isles. .

The only person left in the hotel in this small town was Monica Bellucci, who was standing in front of the window looking at the motorcade. There was determination and hope in her eyes.