During one heated meeting, a frustrated Lawrence told Jiang to his face that the script was the worst thing he had ever read.
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Lawrence, who envisioned the film as an epic and fun adventure in the same vein of Raiders of the Lost Ark, also attempted to rewrite the script, which he believed had potential but found convoluted and full of plot holes, but faced pushback from Jiang over his proposed changes. At one point Lawrence joked about building a large wall to hide a resort on a beach from view of the film cameras due to a mistranslation he found a wall actually being built when he arrived to shoot at the location. There were also communication difficulties between him and Jiang, as well as other members of the crew, partially due to Lawrence's translator's fear of offending Jiang. In interviews Lawrence has revealed the difficulties he encountered during his time filming the movie, including cultural clashes between the Chinese crew and the overseas talent, disagreements with the film's cinematographer over their working styles which resulted in filming slowing down to a crawl, and frustration over Jiang's control over various aspects of the film production, such as casting, the set and costume design, and an insistence on shooting on location, which was often a cold and wet experience. ĭespite his role as producer of the film, Jiang rarely appeared on set, preferring to liaise with Lawrence via the film's co-producer and assistant director. Much of the film was shot on location in Fujian and outside of Beijing, as well as on soundstages in the capital. Jiang also formed a production and visual effects company, Fontelysee Pictures, to work on the movie. Filming began in 2009 in China under the helm of commercial and music video director Jonathan Lawrence. Catwoman director Pitof was ultimately hired to direct, though he also dropped out over disagreements with Jiang before filming started. When Jiang refused, both Frakes and Kershner left the production. Jiang tried to persuade Irvin Kershner to direct the film, but the director preferred to film a version pitched by Frakes that was set in the modern day. Steve Polites, who played the male lead of Atlas, signed up for a potential trilogy of films. Initially Monica Bellucci was set to star in the film as the Mermaid Queen, although she eventually dropped out and Sharon Stone was courted and then replaced with Olga Kurylenko, who was reportedly paid $1 million for the role. According to Jiang, the screenplay eventually went through 40 drafts and took over four years to complete using a total of ten screenwriters. In 2007 Jiang hired James Cameron collaborator Randall Frakes to develop the story and write the initial script. The film was reported to be a major US-Chinese co-production, with its production budget reported to be over $130 million, though according to some cast and crew members the film's budget was actually much less, at least initially. The original title of the film was Mermaid Island.
A cinephile, he believed that with his wealth he could make an epic film in the same vein of those from Hollywood filmmakers Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Peter Jackson. The film is the pet project of Chinese billionaire realtor Jon Jiang (Jiang Hongyu), who came up with the story and financed part of the film's budget. Jean-Michel Casanova as The Pirate Captain.Jonathan Kos-Read as The King of the Ocean.After his village is caught up in the conflict, a Greek hero named Atlas sets out with his friend Trajin to rescue Atlas's father and bring back the holy Temple of Poseidon, which has been stolen by an army of mermen knights. The eight mermaid kingdoms have reigned as the protectors of the oceans since the creation of Earth, but the current peace comes under threat from the re-emergence of the Demon Mage and his legions.
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