Chapter 924: Has Hong Kong Comics Begun?

Nie Feng actually found William Chan, and as for Bu Jingyun, it was Gao Weiguang...

One of the actors in "The Storm" must be a Hong Kong actor - it is a co-production after all!

After picking and choosing, only William Chan can beat him.

Xie Tingfeng... is too short!

As for Gao Weiguang, it was purely because of his looks that he was superior. In addition, he worked too hard. When we first met, producer Ma Rongcheng said he was too fair and too refined.

Gao Weiguang asked the director for a few days without taking a shower or washing his hair. When they met again, he was so dirty that he was shocked!

Oh, and the directors are Wong Chi-hyung, the art director of the "Ip Man" series, and Kwok Chi-kin.

The two of them are considered regular partners, and they have jointly directed movies such as "The Legend of Monkey King" and "Mr. Monster"...

By the way, let’s talk about a little incident. They originally wanted to ask Peng Yuyan to play Bu Jingyun, but Zhong Lifang rejected it directly. The original words were like this, ‘Don’t push yourself too far! ’

"The Prequel", which cost HK$150 million, has been filmed and is in the final stages of production. It is expected to be released in the summer of 2013, and there is a high probability that the cost will be recovered...

Ma Rongcheng really wants Golden Harvest to film "Heroes of China" again...

"Heroes of China" is Ma Rongcheng's famous work. It was officially published in 1982. In the 1980s, it was together with "Dragon Tiger Gate", "Drunken Master" and "Tathagata Palm" as the four famous Hong Kong comics and has countless fans.

What we know better is the version of Ekin Cheng + Nicholas Tse + Christine Yang. At the end of the film, the special effects scene of Ekin Cheng and Wu Zhenyu fighting on the Statue of Liberty is very spectacular...

In fact, ATV has produced two TV series, both starring He Jiajin, "Heroes of China" and "Heroes of China"...

"Chinese Heroes" is set against the background of the poor and weak at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. It tells the story of Chinese people who were bullied by foreigners and Chinese workers who were sold as piglets and sent as hard labor abroad. How the Chinese, led by the Chinese heroes, relied on their powerful martial arts to fight against the Japanese. , Westerners, and the story of punishing traitors. Among them, Chinese heroes, Hua Jianxiong, Arhat, Ghost Servant, Born Slave, Invincible and other characters are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people...

To be honest... Shen Xudong is not very optimistic about this theme and story!

The reason is very simple. There is no market for stories about Chinese workers and Chinese people...

After all, the third generation of Chinese Americans now dare to fight in groups with black people.

In addition, the story of "Heroes of China" is too nonsense. The protagonist's setting is a lone star who is destined to commit a crime, and he will live his whole life alone without a partner. Unless he dies first, whoever gets close will die. The design of the fight is also a bit fantasy. But it happens to be set in the Republic of China period.

This is very easy to cause drama!

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"The Hong Kong comic market is too small. The popularity of "Dragon Tiger Gate" and "Legend of the Emperor" in the mainland is too small. I have no idea of ​​​​stimulating Hong Kong comics!"

Zhong Lifang came over and chatted with Shen Xudong about "Chinese Heroes", and by the way, "Dragon and Tiger Gate", "Legend of the Emperor" including "The Black Panther Biography", "Dragon and Tiger Five"...

Shen Xudong decisively refused...

He has only heard the names of these works and has never read them at all!

But he knew that "Dragon Tiger V", a work with the villain protagonist as the first point of view, killed his own grandfather, and several goddess-level female characters were pleased by him, and other people's children were all his children...

I know this comic because I went to the forum before and someone discussed the "book-tearing plot". Among them, "Dragon and Tiger Five" was mentioned, directly saying that "a comic like Huang Yulang's words is absolutely psychopathic!" ’

"In the future, if you make movies with an investment of more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars, they will be based on the taste of mainland audiences... Do you expect the local box office in Hong Kong to recover the cost?"

"Mainly action movies, police and gangster movies, and martial arts movies..."

Zhong Lifang immediately asked: "What about light love comedies?"

"Who plays?"

"Stephy Teng!"

Shen Xudong thought for a while and said: "... Stephy Tang's appearance and acting skills are just up to standard... If you want to do it, the main market should be in the Cantonese area."

"good…"

"Besides "The Wind and Cloud", are there any other high-profile works this year?"

"...two sequels to "Thugs in Suits" and "Slay the Wolf 2", "Death Notice" and "Special Identity"..."

"Death Notice" is "Dark One"...

Find a group of familiar faces to star, and arrange some new people to make it a pure Hong Kong movie!

The director is He Juetian…

Golden Harvest has criticized many new directors in Hong Kong in recent years!

Much better than the original time and space!

The Academy Awards of the original time and space not only encircle the territory, but also draw boundaries in Hong Kong. New actors, directors, and screenwriters in "Corridor of Justice", "Drifting in the Water", "Hand-Rolled Cigarettes" and "Falling Flowers" were all excluded , including Huang Zihua, a dissident in the cross talk circle.

I only know how to praise those old people...

Shen Xudong didn't pay attention to these. He just said: "You and Chen Xi will discuss the specific release time."

"Also, if I make more cult films, I will put them on PPTV!"

"Cult film?"

"It's like Nanyang magic, Oriental magic and so on... I also saw a Maoshan magician making money in the United States..."

"Third-level movie?"

"...Okay, it's a third-level film..."

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The most popular person among the media at the celebration banquet was of course Xu Zheng. In addition to the huge sales of "囧囧", the most important thing is that when Xu Zheng faced reporters, he was polite and answered all questions...

"Box office is not the only criterion for a movie. I don't judge the quality of a movie by its box office. Some movies don't do that well at the box office, but I still think it is a great movie. Some movies do very well at the box office. , but I may not particularly like it.”

"Of course I have to thank Xudong. He told me that I must make movies with a clear genre. Only with a clear genre can the audience clearly understand what my characteristics are in many blockbusters."

“‘囧’ is a pure comedy with an entertainment orientation.”

"Did the dividends come out?"

"It can't be that fast...the theater checkout is three months after the movie is released..."

"Then...how much money can you share this time?"

"I'm not sure exactly. I did some calculations that day and it should be about 60 million..."

"Are you satisfied?"

Xu Zheng smiled: "Of course I am satisfied..."

"Should we continue to be embarrassed in the next part?"

"...There are no specific plans yet... I will have a good chat with Xudong in a while!"

In addition to Xu Zheng, Ning Hao was also surrounded by the media. The question asked to him was very simple, "When will "One Shot to the End" reach one billion? ’

"I don't know, it depends on the theater statistics... Actually, I am also very confused. I have never been a box office director, and box office is not what I pursue. How to tell a story well is my goal. I At first, I just wanted to make fun and interesting things..."

"My creations are very free. They don't have any requirements for me. They just tell me, you can do whatever you want, as long as it can pass the review and be released!"

"The story "One Shot to the End" is a short story told by Xudong...and then I expanded it..."

"What about the next work?"

"There are two projects in progress..."

The two of them are very happy, but the frustrated ones are in Huayi...

Huayi celebrated the success of "Zodiac" - the box office exceeded 300 million!

Feng Xiaogang also made an appearance, but only for a short time - he was busy with the Spring Festival Gala!