Chapter 573 Nolan's Choice
"The crew of Wolf Warrior made a mistake in the explosion scene, causing three people to be injured!"

"Director and lead actor Wu Jing was injured and hospitalized. The current specific situation is unknown..."

After chatting with Spielberg last night, Gu Wei and the young lady fell asleep early. If he hadn't seen the news online early this morning, he wouldn't have known that Wu Jing was injured and hospitalized.

"Old Wu, is he okay?" Gu Wei took out his phone and dialed immediately.

"Director Gu, he's fine. He just fell asleep. Don't worry." Xie Nan's voice came from the phone.

"Okay, then I'm relieved. Old Wu is usually impatient. He hasn't gotten rid of this bad habit even after becoming a director..."

Gu Wei was really a little scared and seemed a little nagging at this moment.

"Director Gu, please calm down. He is just anxious. He just wants to finish the filming quickly so that it can be released. The company has invested so much money and he is under a lot of pressure." Xie Nan explained. She felt a little nervous when she heard Gu Wei getting angry.

"What's the rush? It's just a movie. Even if it loses money, so what? Talent is the most important thing."

Hearing Gu Wei's words, Xie Nan felt a little moved. After persuading him, both parties hung up the phone.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yifei had just finished washing and putting on makeup and came to the restaurant. She heard Gu Wei's voice on the phone with a bad tone, so she asked immediately.

"Wu Jing was injured and hospitalized. The crew made a mistake while filming the explosion scene and three people were injured." Gu Wei shook his head and said.

"Ah, is he okay?" Liu Yifei asked anxiously.

"They were all minor injuries. It was said that the crew had been working late to film, and the staff in charge of the blasting were too tired and detonated the explosives prematurely.

This guy, no one is rushing him, I wonder what he is in such a hurry for? "

Gu Wei said angrily, fortunately it was just a minor injury. If someone died like during the filming of "My Captain, My Regiment", it would have been a big deal.

Come to think of it, it really can’t be blamed on Wu Jing for being in a hurry to shoot the movie. In the original time and space, the filming of this movie was completed in just three months.

In addition, the investment is not large, so naturally there is not much money to organize various grand events.

But now the budget is sufficient, the plot has been changed a lot, and many big scenes have been added, so mistakes are inevitable.

...

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei rushed to Xie Nan's house to see the "patient".

Liu Yifei originally had a notice today, but since Wu Jingyi was injured, she thought about it and decided to postpone it to tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

"Director Gu, Yifei, why did you bring some fruits? Come in and sit down." Xie Nan took the fruit basket from Gu Wei with a smile.

"Hey, Director Gu is here!"

Wu Jing, with his eyes wrapped in layer upon layer of gauze, sat on the sofa. Although he could not see, he could hear and made jokes.

"Is it okay?" Gu Wei asked.

"My eyelids are scratched and burned. They are still inflamed and swollen. I need to change the medicine once a day," Xie Nan replied.

"A week is enough, I can go back and continue shooting.

When I was shooting action movies in Hong Kong Island, I suffered all kinds of injuries. One time, Donnie Yen was so ruthless that my ribs were broken after a scene. "

Wu Jing said carelessly that his eye injury did not affect his eloquence at all.

Gu Wei and Liu Yifei were amused by seeing each other's funny appearance.

Gu Wei had also heard about this. When filming the fight scene in "SPL", it was quite brutal.
"You should just take your time and take care of it. There's no need to rush. The remaining scenes can be finished in two months, or even three months."

Liu Yifei and Xie Nan have a good relationship, and she spoke with concern.

"Well, what Xixi said is right. Anyway, the crew still has a lot of funds, and I haven't had time to take care of you recently. You can decide the wrap date yourself.

But there is one thing, you must pay attention to safety, not only you, but also everyone else in the crew."

"No problem, Director Gu. Even if it's later, more than a month will be enough." Wu Jing took a reassurance pill and said happily.

They had dinner at Xie Nan's place. By the time Liu Yifei and Gu Wei left, the news about Wolf Warrior had already made headlines.

"Wolf Warrior crew, explosion scene went wrong, director and lead actor Wu Jing was injured, crew will be shut down for a week."

"Yu Nan participated in the promotion of "Eyewitness" and confirmed the news of Wu Jing's injury."

.........

Liu Yifei's announcements during this period have finally come to an end.

Three top endorsements have been renewed and two new ones are being discussed.

Most of the brands were screened out by her team. Given Liu Yifei's status, she would rather have nothing than have someone of poor quality.

"I have a magazine shoot coming up in the fall."

Miss Liu, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, casual jeans and flip-flops, walked down from the second floor.

She looks extremely lazy and willful, this is her at home.

"Spielberg will come to the mainland in a while."

Liu Yifei sat on the sofa, resting her calves on Gu Wei's thighs. She asked lazily, "Is it about Jurassic Park?"

Gu Wei nodded nonchalantly, "Almost. I guess I need to talk to my senior brother. Are you interested?"

After the young lady finished dubbing for "Frozen 2", she received scripts from mainland China and Hollywood.

But her standards are too high now and she doesn't really look down on ordinary scripts. But since she has been sitting idle at home all the time, Liu Xiaoli has begun to dislike her a little.

Plus, Gu Wei’s next movie is “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” and there’s no particularly suitable role in it.

As for other directors of the company, Wu Ershan is busy with the preparation of "Painted Skin 3" and Ning Hao is in the post-production of editing "Partners".

Lu Yang is a lazy guy. After finishing filming "New Police Story 2013", he has been busy promoting "Knife of the Assassin". Gu Wei has asked him and Lu Yang plans to take a break for a while as he is too exhausted from shooting two movies in a row.

As for Xu Zheng and others, the subjects they filmed are not very suitable for young ladies.

As for the newcomer Guo Fan, Gu Wei gave him a short script, which he was busy studying.

After looking around, I think this "Jurassic" may be a suitable role that is worthy of the young lady's status.

"I don't know, but I want to make your movie, hehe." Holding Gu Wei's face, Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"The key is that there are no suitable roles. We can't let you play a female gorilla."

Wait, Gu Wei seems to have said this.

"Okay, you dare to let me play a female gorilla..." Liu Yifei said, and started to get started.

...

Early August.

In the mainland film market, "Knife of the Assassin" is competing fiercely with "Fast & Furious 6", "Pacific Rim" and "White House Downfall".

"Fast & Furious 6" came from behind to take the lead in daily box office, and its cumulative box office is approaching that of "Knife of the Assassin". Even though Song Ge communicated with the theater chain privately, the audience still mostly chose Hollywood blockbusters.

This is the choice of the entire film market and cannot be directly intervened by humans unless the table is turned over.

Fortunately, "The Blade of the Assassin" continued to lead in cumulative box office for the time being, and the media seized on this and continued to report it extensively.

Lu Yang led the creative team to visit the capital, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other cities one by one...

Hollywood.

Warner Corporation headquarters.

In the original time and space, Christopher Nolan was preparing for "Interstellar", and because of Gu Wei's advance.

This has caused Nolan to feel a little embarrassed at the moment, especially after "The Dark Knight Rises" was released. Nolan, who had taken a year off, had to think about his next work.

After all, Warner has been urging the company to do so. Although "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" will be released at the end of the year, for a large company like Warner, it is no problem to launch several special effects blockbusters at the same time.

For example, Edge of Tomorrow, which is currently being filmed and directed by Doug Liman and stars Tom Cruise;
Godzilla 2014, directed by British director Gareth Edwards;
And the original science fiction film "Jupiter Ascending" directed by Lana Wachowski and Andy Wachowski, etc.

These are all projects that Warner is currently working on. Although some of them are produced in cooperation with other companies, this also shows the hard power of Warner.

Just producing several special effects blockbusters at the same time and shooting dozens of movies at the same time is something that Tomorrow's Star Film and Television Company cannot compare with.

"Nolan, do you have any good ideas? Just say it directly."

In the office, Mike looked at Nolan across from him and couldn't help but sigh.

Over the past few months, the company has submitted more than a dozen scripts to him, but he wasn't interested in any of them.

Although many of the films Nolan had previously shot were based on scripts he had written, the other party had not come up with any good ideas, which made Mike, the head of Warner Bros., very unhappy.

"Mike, the end of the Batman series gave me some new ideas. I don't think I will touch this subject again in the short term." Nolan said in a flat tone, holding a cup of coffee.

"Is there not a single suitable script among these dozen or so?" Mike said helplessly, and then he took two deep puffs of the cigar in his hand.

"NO, these scripts are too bad. They are so bad that I have no intention of filming them at all." Nolan commented bluntly, and then he took out a document from his bag and raised it, "I think this script is very good."

"It seems that you have made a decision. Tell me about it." Mike raised his eyebrows and said with some surprise.

“This is a screenplay based on Andy Weir’s novel of the same name.

It tells the story of Mark Watney, an astronaut who landed on Mars and lost contact with his team due to a sandstorm. Mark, alone, faced many difficulties such as damaged spacecraft and insufficient supplies. He had to find ways to survive on Mars and wait for rescue..."

Listening to Nolan's talk, Mike remained noncommittal. After all, there were too many novels or scripts of this type in Hollywood, and he didn't find any highlights in them.

"And then?" Mike held a cigar in his left hand and knocked on the table with his right hand, making a "dong dong" sound.

"This is the script written by Gu!" Nolan said with a smile, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Well, what's your name?" Mike straightened his back on the sofa and his expression became serious.

“The Martian!!”

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(End of this chapter)