鈥楾hrones鈥 director aims to scale 鈥楪old Mountain鈥
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Alan Taylor, director of 鈥淕ame of Thrones,鈥 says that his new film 鈥淕old Mountain鈥 will dig into American history and depict a piece of the story of early Chinese immigrants moving to America during the late 1850s gold rush.
The new film is part of a gigantic film incubation project with Starlight Culture, a Hong Kong-listed Chinese film company. Shooting is scheduled to start and finish in 2020.
鈥淗istory is my real interest,鈥 Taylor said on Tuesday at the Shanghai International Film Festival, explaining how he found this 鈥淐hinese story.鈥 His wife is a Chinese-American and has always wanted to tell the story of the early Chinese immigrants鈥 integration into the United States.
The film 鈥淕old Mountain鈥 will tell the story of a shrewd widow who helps smuggle an unruly Chinese girl into the US and into a fiercely violent world dominated by male chauvinism. Facing their life battle together, the two women finally establish a profound relationship.
鈥淵ou will be surprised when you open the history books of the US. The history of those early Chinese immigrants in the gold rush who helped build the Pacific Railway is almost completely wiped out,鈥 said Taylor. 鈥淏ut even for me, the subject is too heavy to handle. It was not until I found these two women, so subtle and so real, that I convinced myself to do the movie.鈥
He said the film is both 鈥渧ery American鈥 and 鈥渧ery Chinese.鈥 It depicts the typical American West, with early Chinese immigrants as the leading characters. In addition, Chinese-Malaysian Hollywood movie star Michelle Yeoh will join as co-producer.
鈥淗istory is grand. But fundamentally my film is only about human nature. It is not painful nor agonizing, but very uplifting when you see how people turn from 鈥榯ough鈥 to 鈥榮oft鈥 and make deep connections with their souls and hearts,鈥 he said.
Taylor is known for his work on TV such as 鈥淕ame of Thrones.鈥 He has also directed films like 鈥淭hor: The Dark World鈥 and 鈥淭erminator: Genisys.鈥
Among other projects in Starlight鈥檚 Sino-US incubation plans are Roland Emmerich鈥檚 鈥淩ebirth,鈥 鈥淓mpress Wu鈥 by Robert Zemeckis and 鈥淏ad Boys鈥 by Sylvester Stallone.
Starlight has developed its business in Hollywood in recent years. It has signed up with Hollywood directors, including Emmerich, Taylor, Zemeckis and Gary Gray, according to Peter Luo, CEO of Starlight.
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