Chapter 1024 Casting? (14)
When it comes to Chinese-foreign co-productions, most people's first impression is, "The Chinese-American co-production "Journey to the West" will be officially launched in the second half of this year. I will continue to play the Monkey King Sun Wukong. I will use the artistic image of the Monkey King to work hard to create a positive energy." The image, style and style are both blooming to promote Chinese culture. I hope everyone can pay more attention to it. ’
Then I thought, 'Adaptation is not random editing, drama is not nonsense'...
Okay, no more. Teacher Zhang Jinlai, if you use the standard of "an old artist with both virtue and skill", then he is not very good.
If you compare it with the average level in the entertainment industry, then he is a breath of fresh air.
If compared with the same acting family, the Monkey actor and the Hou actor are really very different!
Some people say he's pretending, but no one says he's good at it.
In the entertainment industry, there are many people who are more pretentious than him, and they are more talented than him...
Bringing it back, co-productions are actually not easy to make.
So far, the only successful Chinese-foreign co-productions are "The Meg" and "Wolf Totem", the latter of which was adapted into Prairie Bagua + Animal World...
Many people feel that the co-productions with the biggest losses should be "The Great Wall" and Wanda...
Actually, it’s really not the case. The worst thing is that Kemei Pictures...
Bet on Europa Pictures and make "Warrior's Gate", produced and written by Luc Besson, starring Zhao Youting, Ni Ni, Wu Zhenyu, Uriah Shelton, Xi Mengyao and other Chinese and foreign stars, with an investment of 330 million, and the final box office was 2,000 Ten thousand…
It created the most shameful record of losses for a Sino-French co-production.
Don't worry, there will be "Valerian" after that - "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" with an investment of 200 to 210 million US dollars has a global box office of 240 million US dollars, which directly destroyed Kemei Pictures...
The operator of "Legend of White Ghost" is Zhang Lun. He has previously made "BJ Waiting", which was also a co-production. It cost 50 million and was shot in BJ, Paris, Lijiang and other places. The final box office was 3.29 million...
But then he bet on a movie called "Big Tsunami: Shark Escape 3D", which sold for $37 million worldwide.
Then he tinkered with "Legend of White Ghost". Why did Liu Yifei take this film?
Because the casting director of this drama is Ouyang Baoping, who is Liu Yifei's favorite - she was the casting director of "The King of Kung Fu" and later "Mulan".
"I heard that Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen were involved in this movie, so I came here..."
"When you take on a role, give more consideration to the production team. Not every team is reliable!"
"I took all the photos..."
Liu Yifei waved her hand: "Just think of it as a lesson learned..."
"Who is the director of "Dew Beauty"?"
"Director Gao Xixi."
Hearing the name, Shen Xudong became excited: "...I wish you good luck!"
Gao Xixi is probably the type of director that Shen Xudong dislikes the most. If he is given a lot of good themes, he can make them into rubbish. "New Three Kingdoms", "The Great Battle", including "Snow and Ice Knife Company", life is endless and diarrhea is endless. I heard that he is going to film "Era of the Three Kingdoms" again...
"Don't you like it?"
"...What does it have to do with me? I'm not the producer..."
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News about the Xiangshan Film Festival is still a hot topic in the industry, but it has just been transferred to the venture capital unit.
"Test Room", based on the SAT cheating case, has received investment from Tianmei Media. The director is Bid for the Olympic Games. In addition, Bid for Olympic Games is a person who is very good at tracking hot news and has strong execution ability...
In addition, Qi Yukun's "Breaking Silence" received investment from Bad Monkey; Qiu Sheng's "Birds in the Suburbs" and Bai Xue's "Spring" were invested by Shen Xudong Studio;
Enlight Media invested in Deng Chao's "The Breakup Master" and Hao Jie's next work "My Youth"...
What is more surprising is that Hong Kong director Huang Jin's "One Thought of Nothingness" and "Lucky Me" also received investment from Golden Harvest...
It is normal for the industry to pay attention to venture capital units. There is one more way to make money - new directors who do not engage in comedy are not rich second generations. There is only one way - to rely on directors and big companies and adopt support plans.
Ning Hao, the head of the Venture Capital Association, said publicly, "Young directors do not necessarily have to have market thinking. They will shoot whatever is popular. Following the market is the logic of businessmen. Real creators and artists should be creative about things that interest them." and expression of opinions. ’
'We must believe in the inclusiveness of the Chinese market. The market is huge and there are many types. Everyone has their own choices and needs. As long as you have your own uniqueness and your favorite audiences and opposite audiences can see it, we are not worried. There is no need to follow trends. ’
As for the outside audience, they are still paying attention to the Xiangshan Film Festival. In addition to a bunch of fans of idols, many people are concerned about the news of Shen Xudong's next film announced at the Xiangshan Film Festival - "Northeast Sherlock" starring Zhao Benshan. , Fan Wei…
The story introduction has not yet been made public, but the official Weibo has released the "poster": in black and white, Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei sit melancholy on chairs, with a line of small words at the bottom: "De Biao, why don't we start over!" ’
"Ma Dashuai"...
The first part of "Ma Dashuai" is an absolute classic TV series!
Using almost line drawing techniques, various situations at the grassroots level are vividly displayed: arranged marriages, daughters escaping from marriage, being framed in the city, expensive medical treatment, being bullied by village bullies, children out of school, veteran cadres chatting about officialdom, fake mourning...
Many scenes here are not allowed to be broadcast on television today, and are not even suitable for public discussion.
Fan Debiao, the most ruthless person in northern Liaoning!
Of course, Biao Xue is not so popular at this stage - in the original time and space, Biao Xue is popular, and the UP host "De Biao's Bizarre Adventure" is indispensable. The video is well edited, and the dim picture is in line with the texture of old movies. In addition to the work "Ma Dashuai", especially the character of Fan Debiao, although there are many laughs, the overall tone is also tragic.
No matter if you pinch it out and put it in any BGM, it will have an internal flavor.
The second is the so-called "Northeast Steampunk". The Northeast is a special region with a unique situation of decline of China's old industrial base. When paired with old Hong Kong movies or world classic movies, the contrast is strong, but there is no sense of violation...
Yes, it's not popular, but that doesn't mean netizens don't know it - who hasn't seen the scene where Vander Biao swallows the light bulb?
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In fact, compared to another project in hand, "Total War: The Great Wall," "Northeast Sherlock" was actually a project that was only proposed last year.
The problem is that the former is a pure special effects production, and special effects template design and rendering take time...
"Northeast Sherlock" is much simpler. The script is fully developed, the actors' schedules are discussed, and filming can start immediately!
But... Shen Xudong hasn't had enough yet...
He doesn't want to film for the time being, and he's not stuck in a gentle land - after the film festival, Reba went to film, and there was no girl around Shen Xudong at all...
Shen Xudong has nothing to do - neither works nor wants to appear in public.
Zhang Yi asked him to help with the casting for "Parasite".
Everything else is easy to say, but the actor who plays the younger sister is hard to find...