Chapter 278: Fairy Tale

The 3D blockbuster "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" announced its casting.

Li Lianjie was invited and joined first, and then Bonayo announced that Chen Kun would participate and play an important role.

There were rumors in the outside media that Bona gave the role to Chen Kun in order to win over Chen Kun, who had just left Rong Xinda.

Some people also revealed that Chen Kun is about to join Bona and the two sides are negotiating the contract.

"I saw many different personalities in Chen Kun and found that he is a multifaceted person, so I plan to create two different roles for him, that is, one person plays two roles."

Although the crew is still in preparation, Xu Ke, who was interviewed, is still promoting his own concept of shooting this movie. When talking about casting, he made the following comment on Chen Kun.

In addition to male characters, when talking about the selection of female characters, Xu Ke expressed his optimism about Zhou Xun.

"She has a heroic spirit that I have only seen in Lin Qingxia before."

“I discovered this when I was filming ‘Women Are Not Bad’.”

"The script is still being adapted, and specific characters will be created based on the characteristics of Chen Kun and Zhou Xun."

After the failure of "Seven Swords", Xu Ke also realized that the Hong Kong martial arts style has been gradually eliminated by the times. When he started making martial arts movies again, he also compromised with the market.

Not only did they choose to shoot it in 3D version, but the actors were also chosen to be more similar to those in mainland China, and we hope it will achieve good box office results.

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Although the box office of "My Beautiful Boss" was not high, it still benefited from the success of "Aftershock".

"The movie My Beautiful Boss produced by Starlight is expected to exceed 50 million at the box office."

"Lu Zheng said in an interview with reporters that he was very satisfied with the current box office data."

"My Beautiful Boss may become the first film produced by Starlight that does not lose money."

Lu Zheng's courage to rise to the challenge also brought Jingtian considerable publicity.

In addition, Southern Metropolis Daily also made statistics on the movies released in the first half of this year, including those that have just been launched.

"Hong Kong films were completely wiped out in the first half of the year, and the box office was terrible."

"This year, there are many duplicate types of films approved for film projects, and new films plagiarize each other and rehash leftovers on a large scale."

I have to say, the title is quite attractive.

Gu Wei couldn't help but click in to take a look. He was shocked when he saw it.

Wow, there are four new movie projects based on the theme of "Guan Yu" alone.

Zhen Zidan's "Guan Yunchang", Sun Honglei's "Guan Gong", "The Martial Saint Guan Yunchang" invested by Juli Company and "The Legend of the Martial God" starring Gu Zai.

"Four different Guan Gongs, together they grabbed Guan Gong and pulled him hard."

"There are three Hongmen Banquets at the same time. No one else can do that."

"There are quite a few Sun Wukong ones, but there is no innovation at all."

Netizens keep complaining, but it does not affect the determination of companies in the industry at all.

Filming these familiar characters has a fan base. No matter how the movie is, a little publicity can attract many audiences to go to the cinema and pay.

After all, although originality is novel, box office success cannot be guaranteed.

Just like the movie "The Insider" which was invested with 1.5 million yuan, its box office on the first day was only more than million yuan after it was released in mainland China.

The movie "Full Alert" starring Aaron Kwok was invested 100 million yuan by Far EasTone, but the box office on the first day was less than 7 million.

The complete failure of Hong Kong films in the first half of the year has alarmed other companies in the industry.

After all, Hong Kong films invested in by major companies such as China Film, Light Media, Huayi Brothers, and Orange Sky almost all suffered losses. If it were other companies, who knows how many would have gone bankrupt.

In addition, a post titled "Domestic fantasy dramas are dead" was also widely discussed by netizens.

"With the introduction of Hollywood technology, media coverage of Chinese-made films and TV series has seen great growth, but looking at the fairy-tale films and TV series shot in the past two years, we generally have a problem.

There are just too many flaws, too many gimmicks, embarrassing 50-cent special effects, and too many bad movies with poor reputations.

On the contrary, the previous "The Legend of Zu" and "The Chinese Paladin" have become classics in the hearts of the audience. At first, I thought they were the beginning, but I didn't expect them to be the peak."

"That's right, they are all old-fashioned themes, nothing new, and the most important thing is that they are terrible after being filmed."

"Can't we change our taste? If that doesn't work, we can just shoot some online novels, like "Battle Through the Heavens", "Douluo Dalu", "Mortal's Journey to Immortality" and so on."

"At Xingchen Films, most of these copyrights are in your hands, so hurry up and film them."

As soon as the post came out, it was widely discussed by netizens, and many people went to Xingchen Film and Television Weibo to leave messages.

"If Director Gu is not available, we can find other directors to shoot. We believe in the strength of Xingchen Films."

"Yifei is free now, why don't you shoot two more TV series? I've watched The Chinese Paladin several times."

"You bought the copyright but didn't film it, planning to keep it for appreciation?"

In this way, Gu Weiren sat at home and was repeatedly tagged by netizens.

"Boss, netizens are tagging you and Yifei?"

Wang Chen came to the office and reported on the situation of several other TV series, and joked by the way.

"I see, but I am powerless. There are too many projects launched this year and the company is short of employees. We can only wait until next year."

Gu Wei was also amused by netizens. People kept giving him suggestions, which was quite interesting.

"'Ode to Joy' is about to be completed, and 'Father and Daughter' will be finished soon. A TV station has already contacted me to inquire about the post-production time." The two TV series "My Captain, My Regiment" and "Crossing the Guandong" that the company had previously invested in both achieved very high ratings, and now many people are eyeing the company's TV series.

"You go and discuss it first. The post-production will take some time. The fastest one won't be ready until the end of the year."

Originally, Gu Wei was planning to ask Wang Changtian's Guangguang for help in introduction, but now it seems that he underestimated his influence.

After finishing these things, Gu Wei now focuses on the special effects of "2012" every day. Since the company has no movies released in September, he can also take some time to watch the excitement of other companies.

“Well, the competition is indeed fierce next month, with The Mystery of the Phantom Flame, Fist of Fury, Reign of Assassins, and Zhang’s The Hawthorn Tree.

I heard that Sylvester Stallone and Li Lianjie’s The Expendables has also passed the review, but I don’t know which month it will be released.”

Song Ge, who was standing next to him, was more familiar with the situation and gave a brief account of it.

"It's a pity for Despicable Me 2. After the global box office exceeded 9 million US dollars, there was no movement. I guess there is no hope of exceeding billion."

Speaking of this movie, Wang Chen said with regret that after all, according to the momentum at the time, it would have had a high probability of making a breakthrough, but now its box office has been surpassed by "Toy Story 3".

"There's also Frozen coming out in mid-September, maybe that will give us a surprise."

Gu Wei suddenly said calmly.

Song Ge and Wang Chen were at a loss as to what to do, and they were both stunned.

"Can this animated film break 1 billion? That's unlikely."

After a while, Wang Chen asked in a tone of disbelief.

It’s no wonder he had this idea. Although the two consecutive animated films had large investments, the combined box office of 2 billion US dollars made him a little skeptical.

"Maybe it's possible. Animated movies have been very popular in Europe and the United States in the past two years. The market is much better than that of live-action special effects blockbusters."

What Song Ge said was true. Starting from this year, several Hollywood animated films with box office exceeding one billion US dollars will appear in the next few years.

...

In early August, Ning Hao’s “The Golden Robbery” was quietly announced to start filming in Shanghai.

It’s not that Ning Hao wants to keep a low profile, the key is that there are few famous actors who have joined the show, and the most famous one is Guo Tao, who plays a supporting role.

As for Lei Jiayin and Tong Liya, the former has no representative works yet, and the TV series starring the latter has not been broadcast yet. The two of them together have only a few fans.

Most of the media reporters present relied on the reputation of Ning Hao and Xingchen Film and Television.

"I will try my best to perform and live up to Director Ning Hao's expectations."

At the scene, Tong Liya answered reporters' questions carefully.

"'Capital Love Story' will be released at the end of the year, and I hope the audience will support it."

Tong Liya got a few interview questions thanks to her sweet looks, but the male lead Lei Jiayin was in a bit of a bad situation.

Everyone's eyes were on Ning Hao the whole time, and he was a nobody the entire time.

"Once the movie is released and the box office is good, people will naturally pay attention to it. Now I put all my attention on the script."

After the interview, Ning Hao encouraged the two of them.

After all, they were the male and female protagonists chosen by him. Ning Hao still recognized their acting skills. What they lacked now was the opportunity to show their faces.

"Director, we will try our best."

Tong Liya had previously worked at the bottom of the entertainment industry, and was well aware of the unspoken rule of flattering the powerful and trampling on the weak, so she said it immediately.

After saying this, he secretly made up his mind.

"Yaya, you must seize this opportunity. You can do it."

Lei Jiayin next to him also had a serious expression and clenched his fists.

Here, "The Great Earthquake" is still setting domestic box office records.

"Breaking through 500 million is not a problem, and 600 million is also very hopeful."

In the past half month, Feng Xiaogang has been the most popular person in the circle and has made bold statements frequently.

Even while filming the movie If You Are the One 2, Feng Xiaogang still accepted media interviews from time to time.

"If You Are the One 2 is expected to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, and the filming time is now more than halfway through."

While eating from the bowl, he also kept his eyes on the pot. For a time, this movie also attracted attention in the circle.

On the other hand, Huayi Company also announced that "The Mystery of the Phantom Flame", directed by Xu Ke, was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival and is in the main competition unit.

This is also the first Chinese-language film to be shortlisted for Venice this year.

Regardless of what everyone’s private relationships are like, at least on such major issues, everyone is united.

On Weibo, directors including Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen and Gu Wei all sent their congratulations.

“I wish Director Xu good luck in Venice and hope he wins the grand prize.”

Everyone's format is quite uniform and no one talks nonsense.

Huayi Company has ushered in its most glorious period since its listing, which is also a sign that Huayi Company is about to reach its peak.

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(End of this chapter)