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As the shoot of Iron Sky: The Ark starts to wind down towards the end, the hardest days are still ahead. The last few days we would spend between few studios, but mainly in the… Read more

You know, sometimes filmmaking can be quite a damn dumb. At least, it can look like it. Like, yesterday. We have a person standing on a rotating platform, wearing an astronaut’s uniform, surrounded by huge… Read more

It’s very quiet right now. She is sleeping next to me, only her silent, deep breaths fill the air. Outside, the waves wash smoothly to the beach as the sun creeps slowly just below the… Read more

The last shooting week in China dawned upon us through a thick cloud of pollution. The beach outside had a slim snow veil covering it, although it disappeared as the sun warmed the air up.… Read more

Having the wife over has few unquestionable advances to it. One of them is the best sleep I’ve had in weeks. We had a day off the next day, and I slept good 13 hours,… Read more

The Long Separation is finally over. Annika came over to China, and we will leave back home from here together. Somehow, we survived this five month separation almost without scratches, but I wouldn’t suggest you… Read more

Woke up after yet another refreshing four hours of sleep in the middle of the night and spent the wee morning hours watching as the sky turned gray over the cold Qingdao seaside landscape, writing… Read more

Even more people are dropping in sick: now my assistant David and our 3rd ad Barron both checked out for recovery. This made the day especially complicated, since not only did we have two teams… Read more

This chaos is killing me. Shooting simultaneously in two studios is a clusterfuck if I’ve ever seen one. Add complicated wire stunts and constantly breaking down special props vehicles to the game, and sugarcoat it… Read more

The flu came down hard on our crew. Lei, the 1st AD, dropped out of the game for a day, and we had to run the set with our 3rd AD Barron in the lead.… Read more