In early October, the weather in Vancouver was quite cool, with a persistent drizzle falling from the grey skies above. People walking the streets with their umbrellas could feel the gradually approaching chill of winter, and yet inside the soundstage of Flame Film, there was a bustling atmosphere of fervent activity.
After a mass resignation of crew members, Wang Yang and The Producers' Stephen Cauley, who was equally responsible for the crew's operations, rapidly recruited new staff willing to go to South Africa. After all, it wasn't the Middle East; there were no wars there, and terrorists like Bin Laden probably wouldn't target it. If there were to be a second round of attacks, South Africa might even be safer than America. It seemed that local security was the only real concern.