Chapter 392: The Martian in Its Infancy

"Oh? Me?" Matt Damon was very surprised, "Daniel, are you kidding?"

"Of course not." Wu Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "I do have plans for the next movie, and it's a science fiction movie. You are my first choice for the leading actor."

What Wu Yuan was talking about was the movie "The Martian".

The original novel of "The Martian" will be posted on Andy Weir's personal website this year for free reading.

Afterwards, at the strong request of many readers, he will publish the work on the Amazon platform, which will eventually trigger a reading craze, and then the copyright of the novel will be bought by Random House for six figures in 2013.

It was also four days after Random House bought the copyright that the novel was spotted by 20th Century Fox and the film copyright was bought.

Obviously, Wu Yuan will not miss this opportunity this time. He has instructed John to contact Andy Weir, who has just posted "The Martian" on his personal website, and intends to buy the adaptation rights of this movie first.

In fact, he thought about changing "The Martian" into a Chinese-language film, and then filming it in China to continue to expand the domestic science fiction film market.

However, it is very difficult to really implement this plan.

Unless he filmed "The Martian" before 2009 and stole the film before Andy Weir had the idea of ​​the novel.

Otherwise, once Andy Weir published the novel this year, it would be impossible to change it into a Chinese-language film and film it in China.

Even if Wu Yuan took the lead and took the copyright before 20th Century Fox, Andy Weir would not agree to Wu Yuan changing the place where the story took place from NASA in the United States to the Chinese National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

A very simple truth.

Even if Liu Cixin's Three-Body Story was sold to a Hollywood film company, Liu Cixin would not agree to Hollywood changing all the protagonists to Americans and changing the background of the story to take place in the United States.

The same goes for Andy Weir.

The four words "respect the original work" are not just talk.

After choosing to shoot Gravity first, if Wu Yuan still wants to take advantage of The Martian, he can only choose to make this movie a Hollywood blockbuster.

As for his domestic film plans, it doesn't mean he can't shoot other science fiction films without The Martian.

Wu Yuan has basically decided on his directorial route for the next decade.

In the field of commercial films, he should focus on science fiction films. The next ten years will be an era of leapfrog development of film technology, and the development of special effects technology is changing with each passing day. Making science fiction films is the most effective way to stimulate the audience's visual perception and get high box office.

At the same time, science fiction films are the least difficult to watch, and there are not many themes with racial and cultural barriers, which can be sold globally at the same time.

In the field of art films, he will not give up. He will make an art film every two or three years, which can be regarded as a change of mind and maintain the shooting feel. He can't really degenerate into a machine that can only make commercial films to make money.

And his next movie in the United States is basically determined to be The Martian.

Matt Damon is naturally his best partner.

He didn't need to change actors when Matt Damon had already proved that he could make a good movie.

"Yes, Matt, you are the designated male lead of my next movie, if you are willing." Wu Yuan looked at Matt Damon with a smile.

"Of course I am willing!" Matt Damon said in surprise: "It's my honor."

He never thought that he could get a script for the male lead after making a cameo appearance in "Interstellar" with the help of Universal.

This is Wu Yuan's new film!

Whether "Interstellar" is a big hit or a flop, Wu Yuan will still be a first-line director in Hollywood.

After many successes, he is no longer a director who can't get up after falling down once.

Hollywood has a high tolerance for him, and the audience is also very tolerant of him.

How can a director never experience box office failure in his life?

Like Wu Yuan, who has been very productive in the past eight years, but none of his films have bad box office results, he is an abnormal director in Hollywood, and only Spielberg can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Cameron also made the box office failure "The Abyss".

Matt Damon asked excitedly: "Can I know what kind of story this movie tells?"

"I can't reveal too much now." Wu Yuan laughed and said ambiguously: "I can only say that this will still be a science fiction film, a movie about interstellar rescue."

"It is expected to start shooting at the end of 2010 or the first half of 2011, and strive to be completed before 2012."

"I hope you can reserve this time in advance."

"No problem." Matt Damon nodded firmly: "I haven't negotiated the schedule for 2011 yet, I will reserve it for you."

This is the good thing about big directors. Even if they don't say anything, just say they want to find you to act, Hollywood's first-line actors will make time for you without saying a word.

Wu Yuan counted on his fingers. He will shoot "Interstellar" this year, and he will also shoot a Chinese film at the end of the year or the first half of next year. He will take a break in the second half of next year, and shoot "The Martian" the year after. The time is well arranged.

"That's settled then." He narrowed his eyes and patted Matt Damon's shoulder.

I don’t know if Matt Damon will be noticed by Yimou after filming his version of The Martian, and will be urged to release The Great Wall in advance.

I don’t think so.

After meeting Matt Damon, the Iceland scenes of Interstellar began to be filmed.

The crew found a place in Iceland that didn’t look like the Earth at all.

Bare and cold is the general tone of the atmosphere of this set.

The all-gray background looks like an alien planet made of ice and stone.

And the astronauts in Matt Damon’s experiment came to this planet because of the exploration mission, and they will eventually die on this planet.

As a first-line actor in Hollywood, Matt Damon can easily handle such a thing as a cameo.

It didn’t take much effort, just more than a week, for the crew to complete the filming in Iceland.

They came and went in a hurry.

Without leaving any pollution or garbage, the crew packed their luggage after a short stay in Iceland and flew to Calgary, Canada.

In the next month, the crew of "Interstellar" will complete the final filming here.

The 30,000 acres of corn fields that have been planted for more than half a year are finally going to be put into formal work.

When all the crew members took several buses and came to the corn fields through a road specially built to the filming location.

Even though he had heard about this a long time ago, the leading actor Mads Mikkelsen was still shocked by the endless corn fields.

"Daniel, this is really a big deal."

"I have never heard of a film crew that can actually plant 500 acres of land for the filming of a movie."

"This is really crazy."

"Have you always been so reckless when making movies?"

"No." Wu Yuan smiled and patted Mads Mikkelsen on the shoulder: "You are wrong, Mads."

"Planting this corn field is actually a cost-saving behavior."

"Although it costs a lot of money, after the corn is harvested and sold, it can not only make up for the cost, but also make a small profit."

"I am a director who is very good at saving money. The word "reckless" has never appeared in my dictionary."