Chapter 281 The Silver Hand Trilogy (Part )
Wu Baige was a man of action, and he quickly reached an agreement with a Hollywood company. Then the Hollywood company found Feng Kan and spent two million US dollars to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "Face/Off".
After receiving the novel, the Hollywood company immediately found someone to adapt it into a script. Wu Baige was worried, so he hired a translator to follow the script creation process. Eastern and Western thinking is different. If the Hollywood screenwriters were allowed to adapt it, who knows what it would turn out to be.
However, it would not work if there were no Western ideas at all, after all, this is Hollywood.
Wu Baige was only the director of this film, and his say was not very high. Therefore, he compromised when writing the script, and the script looked even darker and more explicit.
Wu Baige didn't care about these things, and was even a little happy. Dark scripts are often more likely to win awards. Explicit plots are easier to attract audiences. Whether it's awards or box office, they are what he urgently needs now.
These are areas he cannot touch. He is just a director, he has to be responsible for his good friend Xu Ke and cannot let Xu Ke lose money.
After finishing the script, Wu Baige immediately began to prepare the crew.
He chose Nicolas Cage and John Travolta for the two heroes in "Face/Off". These two actors have similar looks and good acting skills, which makes it easier to act out the plastic surgery plot.
Wu Baige also wanted Liu Hongmin to help revise the script, so he asked Xu Ke to help.
Xu Ke rejected his idea, "I heard that Mr. Liu is writing a novel recently, so it's better not to bother Mr. Liu with this matter."
Wu Baige did not give up. "Mr. Xu, it won't take long to correct the script."
Xu Ke smiled and said, "I know I can't wait long, but Mr. Liu will be in seclusion when he is writing a novel in order to let his thoughts flow. At this time, unless there is something important, even Mrs. Liu cannot disturb him."
Wu Baige smiled and said, "We still have a month to form a crew, so we can wait until Mr. Liu finishes writing."
"Mr. Liu is writing the sequels to Dark Gate and Frozen Throne. These two series are trilogies, so the new novel is also a trilogy, at least 400,000 to 500,000 words. Not to mention one month, even two months may not be enough to finish it."
When Wu Baige heard this, he immediately became depressed, "This is too unfortunate."
"That's right!" Xu Ke said with a smile, "So, don't think about Mr. Liu. If you feel unsure about the script, then find a few more screenwriters to check for any deficiencies and fill in the gaps."
"Okay!" Wu Baige gave up the idea of asking Liu Hongmin for help.
He knows his abilities. He is a first-rate director in Hong Kong. The reason why Hollywood recognizes him is entirely because he is a genre film director.
Under the guise of violence, he can focus on describing the friendship between characters, the relationship between people and the times, and a kind of confusion about the real society, but it is better to be positive. He is good at expressing emotions through objects. For example, the "white doves" and "churches" that often appear in his films are beautiful symbols.
"Aesthetics of violence" is his directing style. Many Hollywood movies have also tried this style, but few are better than Wu Baige. That's why Hollywood film companies invite John Woo to make movies.
Liu Hongmin was typing on the keyboard in his study, writing a new book. The name of this trilogy was named "Ashebringer" by Liu Hongmin. The first part of the trilogy is "Ashebringer", which mainly tells the story of Mograine's family.
This is also a family broken up by education. Alessandro Mograine is a strict father who treats his eldest son Renault, who inherited the title, very harshly, belittling him everywhere and denying his excellence. However, he loves his youngest son Darien, who does not need to inherit the title.
Such differential treatment became the cause of the subsequent tragedy.
At the beginning of the story, Alessandro accepted the transfer order and went to Blackrock Mountain to fight the Blackrock Orcs. When he came back, he happened to catch up with the outbreak of the Scourge, so he temporarily rested in Nanhai Town. Just after two days of rest, he felt a huge energy coming from the northwest.
After sending people to investigate, they learned that the undead summoned Archimonde and destroyed Dalaran. Archimonde did not clean up the remaining human forces in Lordaeron, but went directly to Kalimdor. However, there were too many demons and undead left. Alessandro fought with the undead for a while, but suffered heavy casualties.
So, Alessandro thought of a dark crystal he had seized from an orc warlock and wanted to make it into a powerful weapon. With the help of Fairbanks and others, he purified the dark crystal into a holy light crystal. Then Alessandro took the holy light crystal to Ironforge, and the king of Ironforge, Magni Bronzebeard, made it into a magical weapon out of grief for the loss of his brother Muradin.
When Alessandro rushed back to Southshore, Dalaran had already been recaptured by Lordaeron General Garithon. So Alessandro continued northward to Brill. When they arrived, they found out that the children who had been placed there had fled to Hearthglen.
At this time, an army of undead came from the direction of Lordaeron, and the angry Alessandro led his troops to annihilate the army. During the battle, Alessandro felt that the artifact was like a part of his body, and he used it freely and with destructive power. Nothing could escape the blade.
So he named it "Ashbringer".
In Hearthglen, Alessandro reunited with the children and the survivors of the Silver Hand. Then, Alessandro began to gather the Silver Hand to launch a counterattack against the undead. He first reunited with Garithos and together they counterattacked Lordaeron.
After taking over Lordaeron, Alessandro returned to East Wilder, intending to recover all the territory of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
During this period, he gradually made peace with Saidan Dathrohan and others. After a year of fighting, the number of undead did not decrease, but the Silver Hand was constantly losing. And Lordaeron, where Garithon was stationed, was also reoccupied by a group of awakened undead. They called themselves the Forsaken, and fought against both the living and the Scourge undead.
During this difficult time, a meeting was held within the Silver Hand.
Maxwell Tyrosus proposed recruiting warriors from other races to fight against the Scourge together; Abidis proposed recruiting from the civilians of Tyr's Hand, the last human town in the plague land ravaged by the Scourge; and Fairbanks proposed uniting with the Forsaken to fight against the undead together.
After careful consideration, Alessandro agreed to Abidis's suggestion and formulated a plan to attack Lordaeron.
After the Silver Hand arrived at the Hand of Tyr, it immediately received reinforcements.
But he didn't expect that Saidan Dathrohan was no longer the original Dathrohan, but the dreadlord Balnazzar. Balnazzar contacted Varimathras in Lordaeron and revealed the plan to the Forsaken.
The Silver Hand recaptured the Scarlet Monastery and established a base in Tirisfal Glades. While monitoring the Forsaken, Balnazzar used magic to arouse Raynor's dissatisfaction with his father and made a plan to assassinate Alessandro.
(End of this chapter)
