Chapter 675 Suggestion to Act as a Tree Demon

Three movies, "A Chinese Ghost Story", "One-Armed Swordsman" and "Dragon Inn", are all in Golden Harvest's remake plan.

These works have set off a movie-watching frenzy in different eras, and Jiahe feels it’s time to introduce something new!

The remakes of these works are aimed at the so-called Asian Film Project of Weinstein Pictures. They have been promoting it for so long, which shows that this matter has something going on.

Weinstein Pictures has planned eight Asian films: the Chinese costume action blockbuster "Mulan," a remake of the Japanese classic "Seven Samurai," the epic "Shanghai," and an untitled film starring Tony Jaa. Film, Hong Kong Action Movie Trilogy…

If Hollywood can do it, there's no reason why Golden Harvest can't do it!

Of course, due to the financial crisis, this so-called Asian movie plan never came to fruition.

But Golden Harvest is different. Relying on the mainland's expanding film market, as long as the quality is good enough, it's hard to say whether it will make money, but it should not lose money.

Shen Xudong nodded and admitted: "..."A Chinese Ghost Story" is indeed in the remake plan, but...we can't think of a new entry point for the time being."

"New entry point?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "It is impossible to copy it exactly as it is. The actors, director, lyrics, music, soundtrack, and costumes of Xu Ke's version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" are all top-notch, and it is already an absolute classic in the public's mind. There is no way for us to surpass it!"

In fact, there is no "A Chinese Ghost Story" chapter in the original Liaozhai novel, it is called "Nie Xiaoqian"...

Compared with "Painted Skin" and "Ying Ning", "Nie Xiaoqian" is not a famous novel at all. It is just an ordinary short story, not special. It is just a scholar who saved a female ghost, later married her, and... After giving birth to a child, no specific background was given.

The second half of the original work is all about how Xiaoqian respected the elderly in Ning Caichen's family, slowly transformed from a ghost into a human, and was finally accepted, and continued the family lineage of the Ning family.

But after the adaptation by Li Hanxiang and Xu Ke, "Nie Xiaoqian" became a big IP in one fell swoop!

Yang Shoucheng on the side nodded: "That's right...the combination of Leslie Cheung + Wang Zuxian, there is really no way to surpass it!"

Jiang Zhiqiang also said: "The story of two Confucian and Taoist heroes saving Feng Chen is impeccable!"

really…

"A Chinese Ghost Story" puts aside ghosts and gods and returns to the human world. It is a cruel and helpless story:

In the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, when "blood smeared on the weeds and jackals were all tasseled", a scholar who had the ambition to save the world but struggled helplessly in reality met a woman who came from a noble family but fell into the world. They had similar poems and fell in love with each other.

The scholar hated himself for not being able to save the country, but he thought that at least he must save this woman, so with the help of his friends, he went through all kinds of hardships to save the girl who was about to be sold to the bully. However, in troubled times, everyone is precarious. Like flowers floating in the wind, the scholar could not give the girl a home or a stable life. After a brief love, the two could only be separated again, forgetting each other in the world, and never saw each other again.

Therefore, the road is confusing with people...

The sky is covered with frost over the ten-mile flat lake, and every inch of blue hair is filled with worries about the past.

Looking at each other in the shape of the moon, we only envy the mandarin ducks but not the immortals.

Shen Xudong scratched his head: "But we are working on the Liao Zhai series, and we are thinking of an entry point to connect "Painted Skin" with "A Chinese Ghost Story"..."

"Did you think of it?"

Shen Xudong hesitated for a moment, then admitted: "We feel that the key to connecting the Liao Zhai stories is to have a character who can participate in everything from beginning to end..."

"Pu Songling?"

"The role of the storyteller... we did consider it at the beginning, but he can only tell, and there is no way to participate personally..."

"That you…"

"A role as a monster hunter has been added..."

Jiang Zhiqiang: "Catch monsters...Oh, you turned ghosts into monsters!"

"In order to pass the trial..."

Pu Songling described the ghost in "Painted Skin" in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio": "I peeked out of the window and saw a ferocious ghost with a green face, holding up his skin like a vibrating garment, draped it over his body, and then turned into a ghost. Woman." Obviously, this is a green-faced ferocious ghost. If it is true to the original work, the movie "Painted Skin" can only be made into a ghost movie.

That is impossible to pass trial!

So, Xiao Wei transformed from a green-faced ferocious ghost into a vixen...

Nie Xiaoqian from "A Chinese Ghost Story" must also be a fox demon...

Aunt Liu interjected again: "Sissi can play Nie Xiaoqian!"

"Of course Sissi can play Nie Xiaoqian, but I don't think this role is challenging for her..."

Liu Yifei was confused: "Challenging?"

"Ahem..." Shen Xudong coughed lightly, and then gave a friendly suggestion: "Are you interested in challenging yourself? Playing the role of grandma... is a very interesting role, and it can help you open up new acting avenues..."

Liu Yifei was surprised: "Grandma? That big-tongued tree demon?"

Shen Xudong shrugged: "You want to get rid of the fixed image of a fairy. Playing a tree demon will definitely shatter your inherent impression in the minds of the audience!"

Hearing this, Liu Yifei actually nodded...

"No, he was joking..."

Yang Shoucheng quickly stopped her idea...

He knew that Liu Yifei had been thinking about transformation and no longer wanted to bear the title of immortal...

But, who are you kidding?

Let Liu Yifei play the role of the tree demon grandma?

Yes, the transformation is complete, but the movie is ruined directly - if you look like that, why don't you do it yourself?

"I'm not joking. Shen Xudong said with a serious face: "In "A Chinese Ghost Story", the tree demons let the female ghosts seduce men and then eat them. This is a way to avoid guilt..."

"Exoneration?"

"Well, if you eat mortals when you meet them, you are harming innocent people, and you will be wanted by heaven. Let the female ghosts seduce mortals first, and then eat these mortals who are obsessed with ghosts and want to commit adultery. The nature of the matter is It has changed, and instead of killing innocent people, these mortals have been eaten for committing adultery, which is the retribution they deserve!"

Shen Xudong explained it seriously, and Yang Shoucheng felt completely wrong...

Jiang Zhiqiang interjected: "No, I talked to Xu Ke, and he said that "A Chinese Ghost Story" is actually the relationship between Miss Wu and a college student, and the tree demon is the madam..."

"But we have to introduce new things from the old!"

…

Of course Shen Xudong is talking nonsense...

Let Liu Yifei play the role of Dryad, then... who will play Nie Xiaoqian?

This topic was temporarily suspended. Shen Xudong remembered something: "Actually, when we were working on the remake plan, there were two films that I liked very much, but... Zhong Lifeng and Jiahe didn't like them..."

Jiang Zhiqiang immediately asked: "What movie?"

""Three Heroes of the East" and "The Legend of Modern Heroes"..."

Jiang Zhiqiang thought for a while, feeling a little unsure: "The two films directed by Johnnie To?"

"right!"

These two movies are very unique. They introduce a lot of Gothic, punk and some Cthulhu elements into the sci-fi setting of the Republic of China. Together with the very avant-garde costume design, they create a feeling that is difficult to experience in other movies.

Jiang Zhiqiang nodded: "These two movies are really great. They have opened up new ideas. History and modern times, martial arts and firearms, spells and technology. There is nothing that cannot be integrated, and there is nothing that cannot be matched..."

"The Three Heroes of the East": Anita Mui, Michelle Yeoh, and Maggie Cheung transform into peerless masters and fight against the villain boss Qing Dynasty old man on the streets of Hong Kong!

"Modern Heroes" continues the setting, but the story is mixed with "Mad Max" and becomes a story of finding water and fighting against evil forces...

Speaking of this, he shook his head again: "It's difficult to remake it. Where can you find a combination that can compete with Anita Mui, Yang Ziqiong and Maggie Cheung?"

Shen Xudong smiled bitterly: "This is also the reason why they oppose me."