Chapter 227 Selection List

In the past two days, another big director in the circle launched a new movie.

After Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture, he announced his latest movie "The Orphan of Zhao" in a high-profile manner.

The crew spent a huge amount of money to build an ancient Spring and Autumn Period city called "Zhao's Orphan City" in Xiangshan.

The investor of the city is Xiangshan County Tourism Development Co., Ltd., which has invested 3500 million yuan and covers an area of ​​152 acres.

The terrain of the entire city is high in the east and low in the west, with major scene buildings such as Taoyuan Palace, blacksmith shop, school, Gongsun's house, market, military camp, Tu'an Mansion, square, and Sui Villa.

“赵氏孤儿城年底将完工，《赵氏孤儿》会在2010年1月1日开机拍摄拍，拍摄时间为3-4个月。”

As expected of Director Chen, every movie he makes is a big deal.

Even though Brother Chen Kai announced that the script was still in the preparation stage and the cast had not yet been selected, it still could not resist the enthusiasm of celebrities in the circle.

Many people started to get active and started asking around for information about roles. Some female stars were even more direct and started to fight with each other just to increase their own popularity.

Well, there is nothing that can be done about it. As one of the big domestic directors, Zhang Yimou is busy promoting "Three Guns" and I heard he is also preparing for another movie.

Gu Wei's Sino-US co-production is indeed very exciting, but there has been no news about casting and project establishment, which really makes people wait for so long.

Now that Brother Chen Kai has finally confirmed his new movie, you can imagine how fierce the competition will be.

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Starting with "Avanti" in 1979, China has selected films to participate in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film almost every few years.

In the competition for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, nine films are shortlisted from the registered films in the first round, five are nominated from the nine films in the second round, and then the final result is selected in the third round of voting.

This year's selection list has been finalized, and Chen Kaige has won the final spot with "Mei Lanfang". Some netizens have already started to fantasize about it.

Everyone was looking forward to Brother Chen Kai winning this honor, which also caused dissatisfaction among other directors.

"This year's domestic Oscar campaign is unfair, and some people are maliciously suppressing good films."

Lu Chuan complained bitterly in front of the media. The release of his movie was originally postponed, and the box office was a mess after its release. Now the spot has been taken by "Mei Lanfang". He was very angry.

This statement instantly attracted a lot of people's attention.

Before Brother Chen Kai even had a turn to speak, Jiang Wen couldn't stand it anymore.

"Don't you even look at what you've filmed? You still have the nerve to participate in the Oscars. Don't embarrass yourself."

Jiang Wen, who has a hot temper, did not hold back and directly confronted Lu Chuan in front of the media.

For a moment, netizens were all happy.

After reading the report, Gu Wei also felt that this guy was not smart.

After seeing Jiang Wen's speech, Lu Chuan became furious and started to scold him directly.

Coupled with netizens fanning the flames, news hits the headlines almost every day.

After failing to win an Oscar, Lu Chuan was unwilling to be left out and took Nanjing! Nanjing! to the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain.

The result was a bit unexpected, winning the Golden Shell Award for Best Film.

Now, Lu Chuan felt that he was back on track and announced his plans for his next new movie.

Netizens don’t have the time to pay attention to the awards of this fake film festival. Instead, they are focusing on Lu Chuan’s new girlfriend Qin Lan.

The paparazzi took a photo of the two of them together and posted it online. Netizens began to mention Huang Xiaoming, after all, they were a couple before.

...

The success of "The Founding of a Republic" and "The Whistleblower" made other companies pay attention to the characteristics of "main theme" and "tribute film", and many small projects were launched.

The people above were also busy and held a seminar specifically for the two films to explore new models for main-theme blockbusters.

Han Sanping called Gu Wei over and asked him to refuse directly. They were all so idle that they felt itchy if they didn't have a meeting for a day.

After finishing the meeting, China Film Group started promoting "No Man's Land". It was not easy for this movie to be released.

Netizens are also looking forward to it.

"I heard that the movie was revised several times and a lot of content was deleted. It's a pity that we can't see the original version."

"It's good enough that it can be released. I guess it's quite explicit."

The leading actors Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Yu Nan, including Chen Minghao and others, update their posts on Weibo every day to increase the popularity of "No Man's Land".

There are those who look forward to it, and there are also those who despise it.

The style of Ning Hao's previous films has always been black comedy. Now the style has changed. The key is that the actors involved have hardly changed. Many people think that this movie will not be successful.

"A group of people who perform comedy, if they suddenly change their style, they definitely won't be able to perform well."

Ning Hao doesn't have time to deal with these people. He has been busy with publicity and roadshows during this period.

The movie is scheduled to be released on November 11, which is not far from the Lunar New Year holiday, and there are many movies released during the same period.

The domestic film is "My Tang Dynasty Brothers", which is scheduled to be released on November 11th. The director is Yang Shupeng, and the starring actors include Hu Jun, Jiang Wu, Wang Xiao, etc.

"Mars Is OK" directed by director Liu Yiwei was also released on the same day. The starring actors of this movie are Huang Lei, Xie, Guan Yue, Wang Jing, Liu Yiwei and others.

In addition, there are movies such as "Panda Warrior" and "Visitors from the Sui Dynasty".

However, the most popular one is "Mulan". The film brings together Zhao Yanzi, Chen Kun, Hu Jun, Fang Erdai and others. It has been highly anticipated before it was released.

Other imported blockbusters produced by China Film include "District 9", "Guinea Pig Force" and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon".

There was fierce competition among more than a dozen domestic and foreign films, and it was still unclear who would win. Ning Hao came over to the Xingchen Film and Television office.

"Director, please save enough time for the premiere. The competition is too fierce and the pressure is too great."

This movie is the one Ning Hao has invested the most effort in ever, and he was a little worried before it was released.

"Haha, you get scared sometimes too."

Gu Wei joked.

"I'm not afraid of domestic films, but I can't say for imported films, especially District 9, which was released in Hollywood in August and received good reviews and box office. It is considered the biggest competitor."

"Okay, after I finish your premiere, I'll also prepare for a new movie."

"That Sino-US co-production?"

"Well, it's time to start, and make it big this time."

Hearing this, Ning Hao felt jealous. After all, he was a big director and he mentioned big production as soon as he opened his mouth. For Gu Wei to say the word "big production", the investment must be huge, and it was calculated in US dollars.

"I'm so jealous. There are so many scripts in the company. I can pick one to shoot, whether it's 100 million or 200 million. It's no problem."

Seeing Ning Hao's expression, Gu Wei could guess what he was thinking.

"Forget it. The investment is too big and there is pressure when shooting. I'd better just make some low-budget movies."

As the two chatted, they mentioned Xu Zheng.

"The director wrote a script himself and showed it to me some time ago. It's pretty good."

"Xu Zheng is also going to join the directing industry?"

"A good actor can become a director. There are many actors in the industry who have crossed over into other fields. Xu Zheng talked to me about this. In a few years, he will be older and his acting range will become narrower and narrower. It is normal for him to consider this aspect."

"That's right. There are more and more new actors and actresses, and there is pressure in that industry."

Gu Wei felt a little emotional. More and more people are joining the ranks of directors, and they are not far from those few who write books.

"What's the script? How much is the investment?"

Going straight to the point, Gu Wei asked with a little curiosity.

"A low-budget comedy about the Spring Festival travel rush, with a maximum investment of a few million yuan."

"He's been filming for so many years, and he doesn't even make a few million?"

After saying that, Gu Wei realized that Xu Zheng definitely had enough money, and the other party probably valued the reputation of Xingchen Film and Television.

"He's not short of money, but he wants to direct the film himself, and he wants your name to be listed as the director on the production list."

Wow, that's quite an ambition, but this movie should be the one in my memory. You'd be a bastard if you don't make money.

"Tell him to come over when you have time, bring the script, and ask me to be the nominal producer. The conditions must be high. Talk to him first."

There are many low-budget movies in the circle, and it is impossible for Gu Wei to get them all. Since there is an opportunity, he must not miss it.

Not only this one, Gu Wei will not miss the subsequent series.

"Well, I'll ask him to come over after I'm done with this."

...

About 40 years ago, TVB began to shoot Jin Yong martial arts dramas on a large scale. For a time, it was like a "star-making machine", making a large number of young actors famous.

The 76 version of "The Book and the Sword" made Zheng Shaoqiu famous, the 83 version of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" made Liu Dehua one of the "Five Tigers of TVB", and the 84 version of "The Deer and the Cauldron" made Liang Chaowei famous overnight.

In mainland China, in the 06 film The Return of the Condor Heroes, Nie Yuan and Huang Xiaoming competed for the role of Yang Guo, and a single step difference became the watershed in their star journeys.

This is also known as "using drama to promote people". Sometimes all it takes to become famous is a movie or a hit TV series.

The current phenomenon in the industry is that there is an oversupply of TV dramas and a scarcity of movie roles.

Zhu Yawen, who was selected by Lu Yang to play the leading actor in "Love Is Not Blind", has been reported by the media a lot recently.

Although he became famous with "Crossing the Guandong", he has never had the opportunity to enter the film industry. This time, he cherishes the invitation from director Lu Yang very much.

Since I got the script, I hardly went out and stayed at home studying the role.

"It has a bit of a bitch flavor, and is a bit sissy, which is quite difficult."

Zhu Yawen was talking to himself at this moment, when suddenly the sound of a key click in his hand interrupted his thoughts. He then picked up his phone and started looking at it.

In the 02-level QQ group, Zhu Yawen has become the person who has been tagged the most in the past few days.

Zhou Yang and Jiang Yiyan both auditioned but were rejected. It's hard to say what others thought about Zhu Yawen getting the leading actor role.

"Old Zhu, he keeps silent all day, and even after getting a role, he doesn't come out to treat us to a meal."

Zhou Yang's personality is like that of a man, she is always noisy in the group.

"No problem, call Yifei, and let's go out and get together."

"Okay."

Liu Yifei has also been studying the script of "2012" at home these days. When she saw the message in the group, she readily agreed.

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(End of this chapter)