On a very ordinary Tuesday morning in mid-August, the entrance of Burbank Hughes Aircraft Manufacturing Plant was packed with journalists who had nothing to do with the aviation industry, but rather a group of entertainment journalists active in the Hollywood and Los Angeles area.

Since its spin-off and merger in the 1980s, the Hughes aircraft manufacturer in Burbank has no longer had any connection with the aviation industry except its name. Instead, it has become the darling of Hollywood studios because of the huge hangar and workshop. Countless crews have taken pictures here one after another.

Hughes Aircraft Manufacturing has also transformed into a shooting base in Hollywood.

For example, "Iron Man" and "Special Forces" have both entered.

In Hollywood, it is normal to continue walking along the road to success, and the crew of "Special Forces 2: Comprehensive Counterattack" still selected the base camp at the Hughes Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.

This place will be responsible for the shooting of most interior scenes.

The news that Matthew officially joined the crew has long been spread by Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, so a large number of reporters are waiting here today.

Due to prior communication, Matthew got off the car at the entrance of the aircraft factory and briefly accepted an interview with reporters.

"My character is a very interesting character. When playing this character, I have to understand his past, why he came to the special forces, what role can he play here, and so on."

Facing the scenes of many media reporters, Matthew mainly talked about his own role. "The Duke is one of the most popular characters in the Special Forces series, so I appeared in the crew of the sequel. I personally agree with the Duke very much because he is very upright and can easily get closer to the audience."

Finally, he said specifically, "It's really fun to be able to join this largest fictional world in history again."

After saying this, Matthew stopped stopping and went straight to the Hughes Aircraft Manufacturing Plant and soon arrived at the office building where the crew of "Special Forces 2" is located.

In a small conference room, he met director Stephen Somos, as well as two producers, Lorenzo Bonaventura and Brian Goldno, who represented Paramount Pictures and Hasbro.

Several people greeted each other and greeted each other for a few polite words. Lorenzo Bonaventura and Brian Goldno took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.

The first producer of the crew was Stephen Somos, followed by Matthew, then Lorenzo Bonaventura and Brian Goldno.

These two people are more supervising and do not have much say in filming and production.

Hasbro, after Paramount Pictures and Hasbro replaced the director and were forced to be forced back by Matthew, their attitude towards Stephen Somos immediately took a 180-degree turn. In addition to adding two supervisory producers, Lorenzo Bonaventura and Brian Goldno, they also gave Stephen Somos a lot of power.

After all, "Special Forces: The Rise of Cobra" was a great success. Since it is impossible to replace a cheaper director, continuing to follow the path of success is undoubtedly the best choice.

Besides, everyone knows that in this series, Matthew and Stephen Somos are in the same camp.

"Besides being the male lead, you are also the producer of the crew."

Both of them are old friends, Stephen Somos was not polite to Matthew and said with a little dissatisfaction, "You haven't come to the crew to watch it for several months."

Matthew spread his hands helplessly, "I'm really too busy. From the beginning of the year to now, it's like a gyroscope keeps spinning."

Stephen Somos said deliberately, "It seems... I have seen a lot of scandals about you."

"Ah..." Matthew was speechless and simply refused to answer this and said instead, "I have reply to all the work emails you sent me."

Stephen Somos stopped joking, "I've seen it all, and my opinions are very pertinent." He thought for a while and said, "We will reject Hasbro and Paramount Pictures' suggestions together, and they are very dissatisfied."

Matthew nodded slightly and said, "They think too much and are out of reality."

"I guess we'll leave after the trilogy." Stephen Somos had this insight. "I heard that the source of those suggestions came from that Jon Zhu, and they received support from many senior executives of Hasbro and Paramount Pictures."

He sighed, "Matthew, I can't stand it without you."

"The success or failure of the movie is related to our reputation." Matthew shook his head, "I really don't know what Paramount Pictures thinks. It requires a science fiction action movie adapted from toys to increase the sense of reality, and also requires American soldiers such as Duke and Flint to play kung fu. Isn't this a cramp in your head!"

As Stephen Somos said, Hasbro and Paramount Pictures did not completely give up Jon Zhu, and in the first half of this year, they suddenly made a suggestion to the crew.

Of course, it is not so much a suggestion, but rather a desire to enforce Stephen Somos.

The suggestion is generally divided into two aspects. One is to use the main characters including the Duke, and the action design is fu-based to pursue more beauty.

On the other hand, the shooting is required to be more realistic, and everything will be based on the real reaction in the real world. In other words, the setting of the second part cannot be as imaginative or as dramatic as the previous part.

Both of these points were boycotted by Matthew and Stephen Somos.

Not to mention anything else, these two suggestions conflict with each other. It is not contradictory to not only pursue the realization of the real world of the film, but also to ask American soldiers to play fancy kung fu-style action designs?

This is a science fiction movie built on a virtual worldview. It seems that everything makes sense, but dance is really not suitable.

Since Matthew and Stephen Somos both boycotted, these suggestions naturally became vague.

"I resisted the suggestions of investors and producers, and I had to compromise properly in other aspects." Stephen Somos said, "Paramon Pictures suggested that Channing Tatum play Flint. What do you think?"

Matthew said casually, "As long as a tough guy, not a sissy."

Thinking about some of the military films I have watched, the soldiers' skin is more delicate than that of urban female white-collar workers. Forget it, they can't find muscles all over their bodies, but they are all handsome men. It's scary to think about it.

If soldiers were all like this, the whole country would probably be sissy.

Stephen Somos found a photo and pushed it to Matthew, "I've seen a real person, a muscular man."

Matthew has a lot of power in choosing actors for the new role. He picked up the photo and looked at it and found that he was still a familiar face.

"Yes." Matthew wasn't good at having a quarrel with Paramount Pictures.

Stephen Somos reminded, "I guess Paramount Pictures wants to replace you in the series with him."

Matthew doesn't care, "It doesn't matter, we'll leave after the trilogy anyway."

Stephen Somos smiled, and it was true. At most, he would leave this series if he directed another movie at most.

Matthew looked at Channing Tatum's photos again and gradually remembered that this was the one who once played the Duke? It would be better that he returned to the "Special Forces" series, but his role changed from the Duke, one of the two commanders of the Special Forces, to Flint.

"There are new Miss Jay actors." Stephen Somos pushed a folder in front of Matthew. "This is the shortlist, you look at it and I won't email you anymore."

He said again, "You have the right candidates and you can also add them."

Matthew shook his head, "Let's talk about this."

In the toy setting, Miss Jay is a powerful female soldier with a personality that never gives up easily and is never easy to mess with. She is also a master of guns and is an indispensable part of her responsibility for managing intelligence in the group. She is as passionate and devoted as male players on the battlefield and is full of power.

According to the rules of Hollywood commercial blockbusters, you must find an actress with both beauty and strength to interpret this role.

Matthew and Stephen Somos had a long time ago that the crew needed a self-reliant and determined woman to play Miss Jay. At least from the outside, they had to be both intelligent, beautiful and extraordinary physique, which made the audience recognize her as a member of the special forces.

Similarly, a slim pure vase actor is not suitable for this role.

A powerful female soldier can never be as thin as a traditional pork rib model.

The shortlist is not only information, but also photos. Judging from the photos, they are all typical Western-style big girls.

Rachel Nichols, an American, has previously starred in "Howl" and "Summer of Jeans 2".

Margot Robbie, an Australian, has just come to Hollywood from Australia to develop and currently has no works in Hollywood.

Cobby Smodes, a Canadian, has been mingling in the TV series circle before.

Matthew has an impression of her. Marvel Studios signed a long contract with her some time ago. Cobby Smodes will play Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a series of Marvel superhero movies.

Finally, Adrene Palic, an American, has played supporting roles in many TV series and movies.

However, Matthew saw the most interesting point in her profile.

Adelini Palic's latest work is "Wonder Woman", not a movie, but a TV series. However, the information shows that the TV series has only been filmed for one episode, and it will be decided whether to continue shooting next after the TV station's trial.

I guess this TV series has been cut.

"When will the audition be held?" Matthew asked after closing the folder.

Stephen Somos thought for a while and said, "It's going to be September." He said, "The shooting plan has been slightly adjusted, starting from mid-November and ending by the end of January next year."

Matthew nodded. This did not conflict with his schedule. "American Sniper" did not even have a script. For the time being, he only had this video to shoot.
Chapter completed!