Chapter 445: The Grand Casting

The entertainment industry has never been able to hide secrets.

The fact that Guangying Times has recalled all its actors to the company with great fanfare naturally cannot be concealed from those who are interested.

There is no need to hide the new film plan.

On the second day after the actors returned to the company, major entertainment media dug up the situation of Guangying Times' new film project.

Two projects were approved together, and both were blockbusters with an investment of more than 150 million yuan, and there are 2 more in preparation.

This news instantly ignited the mainland Internet.

In the past two years, various blockbusters have emerged in the mainland, and movie fans are more or less afraid of the word "blockbuster".

There is no way, these "blockbusters" are really worse than one another.

Not to mention the distant past, in January this year, the historical biographical blockbuster "Confucius" starring Chow Yun-fat, Zhou Xun, and Chen Jianbin was just released.

Then the reputation collapsed, and it was scolded so badly.

Chow Yun-fat, a Hong Kong actor, played Confucius with many flaws, and Zhou Xun's Nan Zi was incomprehensible. There is no point in discussing the creation of this movie, and this movie should not have been made at all.

Even under the pressure of official propaganda and administrative orders, the box office of this movie did not actually exceed 100 million (the propaganda said it exceeded 100 million, but it was actually more than 90 million.)

Now movie fans are a little scared by the word "blockbuster".

Among ten blockbusters, eight are bad movies, and the remaining two are not good enough to be boutiques.

The only exception is the blockbuster of the Light and Shadow Era!

From "Painted Skin 1" to "Gravity" to "Along with the Gods" to "Painted Skin 2", although the number of blockbusters produced by the Light and Shadow Era is not large, the quality is really good.

In addition, the reputation of movies such as "Whose Youth Is Not Confused" and "Those Years" produced by the Light and Shadow Era is also very good.

Now domestic movie fans and audiences are really looking forward to the new movies of the Light and Shadow Era!

Now two blockbusters have been announced in one go, which makes everyone happy!

On the forum of Light and Shadow Era, countless friends gathered here and enthusiastically discussed the news exposed by the entertainment media.

Those who can hang out in this group are of course fans of Light and Shadow Era's company and career.

They may be die-hard fans of an actor under its banner, or they just simply like to watch movies produced by Light and Shadow Era.

But the same thing is that they are full of expectations for Light and Shadow Era's new films.

"Two blockbusters! I'll be blessed next year!"

"I can't wait to see these two movies. Now only the movies of Light and Shadow Era and Huayi are worth looking forward to."

"Light and Shadow Era's movies all use mainland actors, and there are rarely actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Finally, we can stop watching those old faces."

"The blockbusters shot by directors and actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan are really not good. We still have to watch the blockbusters made by our mainland!"

"Is there any insider who knows what the themes of these two blockbusters are? Is it the same oriental fantasy and magic as "Painted Skin"? "

"My aunt's son works at Light and Shadow Era. I heard from him that Light and Shadow Era is going to make a big move this time. These two blockbusters will be very special!"

"How special is it? Talk about it in detail!"

"This. He kept his mouth shut when I asked him again."

"Speechless."

The fans of Light and Shadow Era were discussing it enthusiastically, and ordinary netizens and passers-by also showed a lot of interest in this news.

After all, Light and Shadow Era does produce many high-quality films. Even ordinary netizens who don't like the films produced by this company don't think that all the films produced by Light and Shadow Era are bad. They just think they don't suit their taste.

What if their new films suit their taste?

With this expectation, from portal websites and forums such as Tieba and Hupu to emerging social platforms such as Penguin Weibo, Sohu Weibo, and Sina Weibo, they are all eagerly discussing the new moves of Light and Shadow Era.

At this time when netizens are buzzing, Light and Shadow Era has quietly started auditions for two films.

There are 20 to 30 actors in the company, and it is not troublesome to audition. It only takes one or two days. The shooting team led by Liu Meichuan and Zhang Guorong has almost selected the actors they like.

Liu Meichuan will be responsible for the shooting of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", and Zhang Guorong will be responsible for the shooting of "Shushan Xianxia Zhuan".

After years of experience, the two have become well-known directors in China and can basically make their own decisions.

Wu Yuan only received a list of actors from the two-person team after the casting was over.

Wu Yuan, who had already arrived in Brazil and was enjoying the South American style, also took the time to look at the casting list while traveling.

In "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", in addition to Yu Yi, the co-lead actor Changsheng was taken by Zhu Yilong.

Liu Meichuan boldly used newcomers to play the leading roles, which is why young directors dare to use people.

As for Meng Qi and San Qi, the mother and daughter, none of the female artists in the company wanted to play the role of Meng Qi, and she died in the script, so there was obviously no subsequent role.

So in the end, this role still needs to be publicly auditioned to find a suitable actor.

San Qi was fiercely competitive, and almost every female actress in the company wanted to play it. After all, this character survived to the end and became the new Meng Po, and maybe there would be more roles in subsequent movies.

In the end, after a fierce competition, this innocent and lovely girl role was taken by Yang Rong.

Yang Rong's current fame is not much greater than Zhu Yilong.

It can be said that the two leading actors of this movie are newcomers. In addition to Yu Yi, a TV drama star, and the two veteran actors who played Meng Qi and Shushan Sword Elder joined in the later stage, the starlight of this movie seems too dim.

After Liu Meichuan's casting results came out, many senior executives of the company were somewhat dissatisfied.

After all, this is a blockbuster with an investment of more than 150 million yuan. There is not a single first-line movie actor, which is really frightening to watch.

However, after the lawsuit was brought to Wu Yuan, Wu Yuan still agreed to this casting.

Guangying Times has passed the stage where actors are needed to support the box office of the movie.

Now the brand of Guangying Times can attract box office by itself.

Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" also boldly used Huayi's own young actors as the leading actors, and it also sold well at the box office.

At least by doing so, most of the production costs can be used on special effects and shooting, which is much better than giving all the money to big-name actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The casting of the movie "Shushan Xianxia Zhuan" is also very intense.

Zhang Guorong, who has always been known for being easy to talk to in the company, also had a headache for a long time before deciding on the leading actor.

The role of the male protagonist Taiwu Zhenren Li Wei was finally taken by Zhu Yawen, who was the top brother of the company?

In fact, it would be better for Hu Ge to play this role, but unfortunately Hu Ge is not a contracted actor of Guangying Times.

Fat water should not flow to outsiders.

In addition, the role of the eldest brother, who has a lot of scenes, was taken by Yuan Hong, whose appearance is still quite good.

As for the eldest sister and the younger sister.

The actresses in the company almost fought for these two roles! (End of this chapter)