"Hello, Jonathan. ”

Matthew shook hands with Jonathan Nolan, who walked into the office, and then invited, "Please sit here." ”

Jonathan Nolan greeted him, put down his briefcase first, and then sat down on a single sofa.

"Your office is simple. Jonathan Nolan looked around, the office area is not small, but there are not many layouts, and the most eye-catching thing is the movie posters hanging on the wall, which are all those movies that Matthew has invested in. He was also an acquaintance of Matthew, joking, "I thought billionaires' offices were all glittering." ”

Matthew laughed, "Shiny things are not good for the eyes. He turned to the point, "Jonathan, how do you have time to come over?"

Jonathan Nolan is the younger brother of Christopher Nolan, originally a writer, and later involved in the screenwriting industry, Christopher Nolan's early films, most of which were adapted from Jonathan Nolan.

Nolan's big family, the mode of shooting and producing movies is basically Jonathan Nolan is responsible for writing, Christopher Nolan adapts and shoots, and Emma Thomas manages the daily work of the crew as a producer.

"Chris and I have a new project in mind, and I've just finished writing the script. Jonathan Nolan obviously didn't come to Matthew on an impromptu basis, and said directly, "I came from London specifically to submit the script to Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures on behalf of Chris, and before leaving, Chris, who was busy promoting "The Dark Knight Rises" overseas, called me and asked me to prepare an extra script copy, and I will hand it over to you by the way." ”

With that, he opened his briefcase, took out a thick stack of scripts, handed it to Matthew, and said, "Chris said that you made a pact with him that you would continue to work together after the Batman series ended. ”

Matthew took the script and confessed, "Well, we have such an agreement. ”

He and Christopher Nolan were both very happy with the previous collaboration, a good director wants to use good actors, and a good actor also wants to meet a good director.

Christopher Nolan, I'm afraid it's too early to say that the name is great, but there are so many excellent works, and he is certainly already on the path to greatness.

Matthew looked down at the script, and there was only one line of printed words on the cover of the script - "Flora's Letter"!

This should be the name of the script?

He frowned slightly, he had basically seen Christopher Nolan's movies, especially since "Batman: Time to War", and some had seen them more than once, and he never remembered that Christopher Nolan had made such a film.

"Flora's letter?" Matthew repeated the name, suddenly thinking of a girl he had seen on the Inception crew, and asked, "Jonathan, the name of the script is fake, right? Is Flora Chris's daughter?"

It's not the first time that Christopher Nolan's film projects have taken a fake name, for example, the pseudonyms of his previous works include Roy's First Kiss (The Dark Knight), Oliver's Arrow (Inception) and Manus Rex (The Dark Knight Rises), which also contain the names of his children.

Jonathan Nolan nodded, "We haven't thought of a name yet, and for the sake of secrecy, I just used my niece's name instead." ”

Immediately, he briefly talked about the project.

The script was originally based on an idea by Christopher Nolan and was handed over to Steven Spielberg around 2005, who intended to direct it himself and invited Jonathan Nolan to write the screenplay.

But after the first draft of the script was completed, Spielberg was busy with the schedule and budget of "Robot Apocalypse", and DreamWorks ran into a series of troubles, Spielberg finally abandoned the plan to direct the project, and the script returned to Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan.

After all the post-production on The Dark Knight Rises, Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan talked about the project they had forgotten, and the two eventually decided to do the film themselves.

However, many of the ideas of the time, in the current era of continuous technological development, made the Nolan brothers feel outdated, so Christopher Nolan asked Jonathan Nolan to rewrite the script on the original basis in order to make the story as scientific as possible.

This remastered version of the script is a typical space science fiction genre, and the original concept of the story came from the California Institute of Technology physicist Kip S. Thorne, who did a lot of amazing research and work on the potential possibilities of theoretical wormholes and time travel.

According to Jonathan Nolan, Kip Thorne gave a number of important suggestions as he wrote the script.

In preparation for another sci-fi space film, The Martian, Matthew has also heard of Kip Thorne's name, who is said to be one of the most prominent scientists in the field of black holes and general relativity, and has long been friends with Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, and enjoys a supreme position in the theoretical physics community.

It can be said that the current script has changed drastically from the one Steven Spielberg wanted to direct.

When the project preparation period comes, Christopher Nolan also plans to invite Kip Thorne to give a lesson to the whole crew for a while.

Jonathan Nolan didn't stay long, quickly said goodbye and left, telling Matthew before leaving that if there was a problem, call Christopher Nolan directly.

Matthew is in principle willing to continue working with Christopher Nolan, and after filming "Inception", the two have expressed their intention to work together more than once.

Now getting the script that Christopher Nolan specially asked Jonathan Nolan to send is enough to prove that Christopher Nolan is very sincere.

Frankly speaking, a big director and a big star, the former has a wider range of choices when looking for a partner to work with.

In the days that followed, Matthew deliberately took the time to read the script sent by Jonathan Nolan carefully.

This script is somewhat similar to The Martian in genre and also falls into the category of hard sci-fi.

It's clear that Christopher Nolan is also ready to get into the genre of hard sci-fi movies after filming soft sci-fi like superheroes.

The story of the script is a bit more complicated than Matthew's past popcorn films.

This story takes place in the near future, the earth's climate is no longer suitable for food growth, water resources are depleted, famine is rampant, humanity is facing the threat of extinction, the earth may be destroyed at any time, and humanity must find a way out of the earth.

Surviving scientists have discovered a mysterious "rift in space" through which to travel to outer space in search of hope for the continuation of life, and an expedition team has traveled beyond the solar system with the goal of finding a planet suitable for human settlement.

The hero and heroine are selected as part of the plan to save the future of mankind, and must go to the outer solar system to find another planet suitable for human habitation.

Aboard the spacecraft, called the Endurance, the expedition members faced a challenge that had never been seen before, and that the human mind had never seen before.

However, while passing through the wormhole, they discovered that one hour on the ship was equivalent to seven years on Earth, and even if the expedition team were able to complete their mission, the salvation they could provide would be too late for the people living on Earth.

The male protagonist must choose between reuniting with his children and saving the future of humanity.

Very traditional Hollywood model, saving the world and family feelings are the eternal themes.

After reading the script, Matthew naturally recalled the pirated movie he had seen on the other side of the Pacific, which was the last movie he watched by Christopher Nolan, which was called "Interstellar" in Chinese.

As for what the original English name was, he didn't know, anyway, the English title couldn't be "Flora's Letter".

The main plot of this script is basically the same as "Interstellar" that still has some memories.

Of course, there are differences, such as the son, not the daughter, who has an emotional resonance with the male protagonist.

In retrospect, the actor's shrewd and lovely daughter, right...... It seems to be named Murphy, and it should be played by McKenzie Foy.

In the script, it's a son.

This is not a big problem, it is too easy for a similar character to change gender.

In addition, the former heroine should have been Anne Hathaway, but during the filming of "Inception", Anne Hathaway annoyed Christopher Nolan, who has refused to work with her anymore, and even Selena Kyle in "The Dark Knight Rises" has been replaced.

To take the project or not to take it? Matthew didn't think about it for too long and decided to continue working with Christopher Nolan.

Christopher Nolan is still in a period of rising directorship, and the chances of directors making good films during this period are very high, and the cooperation between the two can be said to be a strong combination.

Also, Christopher Nolan is also one of the few directors he can remember his name, which at least shows that he was hit in the head by a hammer, and Christopher Nolan is still a first-line director in Hollywood.

The memories of living on the other side of the Pacific are not endless, and with the partnership with Christopher Nolan, it undoubtedly gives the future an extra layer of insurance.

And then there is the scale of production of this film, Jonathan Nolan roughly mentioned that it must be the first-line level of Hollywood, so that his salary and other income will also be guaranteed.

All things considered, it should be a wise choice to continue to work with Christopher Nolan on "Interstellar".

By the way, I have to find an opportunity to communicate with Christopher Nolan that what the actor wants is a little son, he must be changed to a little daughter.

How cute is a daughter or something?

However, Matthew also has some doubts about the cooperation of this project, such as he is about to shoot "The Martian", and then "Interstellar", will the two films cause the roles to be similar?

He specifically called Christopher Nolan to communicate the problem, and Christopher Nolan had read the original "The Martian" book and thought it wasn't a problem, these were two completely different characters.