Chapter 563 Director Chen’s Ambition
In the industry, with the completion of "New Police Story 2013".

Another work by Lu Yang, "The Blade of the Assassin", has also confirmed its premiere, which will be held on the 20th, three days before the movie is released.

At the same time, Xingchen Film and Television Company has sent invitation letters to the heads of major companies in the industry.

At this time, Brother Chen Kai took the invitation letter of "The Blade of the Assassin" in his hand and looked at it.

Sitting opposite him were Chen Hong, Xu Haofeng, Zhang Ting and others.

Everyone is discussing important matters together.

Brother Chen Kai has been very low-key recently and rarely attends any events. He only showed up at the last symposium.

"I am going to try to use 3D technology to shoot a new movie this time. What suggestions do you have for choosing a special effects team?"

Putting down the invitation letter in his hand, Brother Chen Kai expressed his thoughts.

"Forehead."

Everyone knows Director Chen's personality. He said he was asking for suggestions, but I'm afraid it was just superficial work. In the end, don't we have to honestly follow the other party's ideas?

Thinking of this, several people looked at each other, but no one spoke.

"There aren't many special effects teams to choose from. Overseas, there's Hollywood, and domestically, there's..."

Chen Hong didn't finish her words, but her meaning was very clear. When it comes to special effects in China, the best company is naturally Xingchen Film and Television. This is also recognized by the industry, and the other party's strength is not inferior to those in Hollywood.

"Producer Chen is right. There are only so many choices. I think Xingchen Films is good. Compared with Hollywood, it is very cost-effective."

The person who spoke was Zhang Ting, the screenwriter of Chen Kaige's new movie and also one of the investors.

"Xingchen Films, Gu Wei?" Brother Chen Kai was also thinking about this question, but then he thought of his own movie "Search", which was ridiculed by netizens after its release as plagiarism and reference to the other party's "A Night Alone on the Beach", and he felt uncomfortable.

I am the only winner of the Palme d'Or in China, but how could I be considered a plagiarist by the audience?
Coupled with the recent online public opinion that "Farewell My Concubine" was not filmed by him, Brother Chen Kai now has an urge to prove himself!
But times are changing, and even if we shoot one or two art films, we cannot gain recognition from the audience at the box office.

So after much thought, Brother Chen Kai decided to follow the trend and make a 3D special effects blockbuster.

But once they let Xingchen Films be responsible for the special effects production of their new movie, if it sells well at the box office after its release, will the audience feel that they owed the high box office to the other party?
No, no, I, Brother Chen Kai, am in a high position and I cannot allow others to complain about me behind my back.

It was absolutely impossible to cooperate with Xingchen Film and Television. After just a moment, Brother Chen Kai made up his mind, "Forget Xingchen Film and Television. Let's consider Columbia."

Well, seeing this, Zhang Tingting was speechless. Since you have made the decision, why do you need us to give you suggestions?
It seems like he's just teasing us!
It has to be said that these big directors in the mainland have a common problem, that is, they are stubborn and extremely eager to prove themselves, and at the same time, they also want to slap the audience in the face.

"That's no problem. Let's follow Director Chen's idea." Xu Haofeng directly seconded the suggestion. He didn't even want to make a suggestion, as he thought the other party wouldn't listen.

Just like Jiang Wen’s “One Step Away”, I heard that the other party didn’t even listen to Gu Wei’s advice.

Haha, all great directors are the same.

After the script was finalized, the investors were confirmed, and the special effects team was also confirmed, Brother Chen Kai did not hide anything and quickly announced his latest work.

Following the announcement of new films by Gu Wei, Feng Xiaogang and Jiang Wen this year, Chen Kaige’s new film has finally surfaced.

Chen Kaige's new film is confirmed to be directed by a film of the same name adapted from the novel "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain". He is currently trying to form a team and is expected to start filming at the end of this year.

This film is the first true martial arts film directed by Chen Kaige, and he intends to try 3D shooting technology, with special effects technology support provided by Columbia.

In the industry, many celebrity artists are about to take action.

Counting the top five directors in mainland China, Zhang Yimou likes to train newcomers, and has produced a group of "Mou girls" and "Mou boys".

Feng Xiaogang has Huayi behind him, and his criteria for hiring people have always been the people from Huayi and Hong Kong Island.

Gu Wei is a frequent star in Hollywood blockbusters. Apart from Liu Yifei, Huang Xiaoming, Cheng Long and others, there are only a handful of people from the mainland who have starred in his films.

We finally have "The Wandering Earth", but there are not enough spots available.

As for Jiang Wen's movies, Ge You and Zhou Yun are almost becoming regular characters. In the new movie "One Step Away", apart from the above two people, only Wen Zhang has been confirmed to join, and the auditions for other roles have not even started yet.

As a result, Brother Chen Kai's new movie immediately became a hot topic in the circle.

Just kidding, although everyone has doubts about whether "Farewell My Concubine" was directed by Brother Chen Kai, and is still scared of the terrible movie "The Promise", but what if this movie is okay, then wouldn't that be money made.

"I plan to buy this martial arts novel, hire a front-line leading actor and a behind-the-scenes team, promote it to the international market, and release it in mainstream theaters in North America."

At the press conference, Brother Chen Kai did not hide his ambition at all.

“Although I can’t make science fiction films, I think I can try to make a breakthrough in Hollywood with martial arts films.”

"The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain is a small book with a large structure and many characters. This time, the casting will also follow the original work and focus on group drama."

Listening to Chen Kai's confident words, everyone suddenly realized that there seemed to be a lot of potential, after all, martial arts films are indeed one of the weapons that opened up the domestic market in North America. Not to mention the group dramas, as we all know, in general movies, the most outstanding ones are mostly the male and female protagonists, and some supporting roles can also stand out.

But ensemble dramas are different. There are almost no fixed male and female protagonists. Whether one can be recognized by the audience and become a hit depends entirely on one's acting skills.

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Brother Chen Kai.

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Online, there is an endless stream of discussions among netizens regarding the casting of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain".

In addition, this year's Golden Horse Awards also announced the list of judges, award presenters, hosts, etc.

Thanks to the 50th anniversary of the Golden Horse Awards, this year's event has received a lot of attention.

It can be seen from the fact that the Golden Horse Awards just started registration on July 7st, but the film festival officials couldn't wait to announce the list of participating guests.

"The jury and guest lineup for this year's Golden Horse Awards have been officially announced. The list is as follows."

“Oscar-winning director Li An serves as the jury president.

Mainland China's top actress Li Binbin has been invited to join the judging panel and participate in the final judging round;
Mainland actor Huang Bo will still host the closing ceremony and awards ceremony."

The media reprinted the news from the official website of the Golden Horse Awards, saying that directors including Feng Xiaogang, Jia Zhangke, Zhao Yanzi, Zhou Xingchi, Chen Kexin and others have all confirmed that they will participate in the competition for this year's Golden Horse Awards.

Later, Li An said in an interview that he would continue to communicate with some big directors from the mainland and try to invite them to the event in person, otherwise this would be the biggest regret of this Golden Horse Film Festival.

Qi Lingyun: "Who are some of the big directors?"

The best equipment gets the worst blow: "Who else could it be? Look at the list. Only Feng Xiaogang, one of the five major directors from the mainland, went. Gu Wei, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and Jiang Wen have not indicated that they will go."

Ting Feng Nian Jiu Yan: "Haha, why should we give them face? If you know something, do you think of our mainland's great director?"

Even so, netizens' focus on this year's Golden Horse Awards remains high.

In comparison, September's Golden Rooster Awards suddenly seemed dull.

As for the Golden Rooster Awards, seeing that the Golden Horse Awards had overshadowed them, some people began to pay attention to Gu Wei.

"Boss Han, why are you scolding me?"

At Xingchen Film and Television Company, Gu Wei, who was editing "The Revenant", immediately became unhappy after receiving a call from Han Sanping.

"Hey, I'm just telling you, it's up to you whether to go or not, anyway, my mission is completed." Han Sanping said happily.

Actually, Han Sanping didn't want to make this call on behalf of Jinji at first, but the other party went through many twists and turns to find the leader above, and the leader gave him orders, so he could only pretend to do it.

After saying that, he immediately hung up the phone.

"Beep, beep." After hearing the phone being hung up, Gu Wei shook his head. If he wanted to participate in the Golden Rooster Awards, it would be impossible unless he traveled through time again.

After saying that, Gu Wei put the matter behind him and continued editing the movie.

Because I need to visit the set of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" with Liu Yifei in the next two days, and the premiere of "Knife of the Assassin" is about to be held, and there is also the Venice Film Festival in August.

Therefore, his schedule was very tight and he had no time to think about random things, let alone attend unnecessary activities.

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In the circle, movies and TV series are very popular, with new projects being launched, established, started and completed all the time.

In the field of animated films, "Devouring the Stars" has been announced to be completed by the end of the year and will most likely be released during the Spring Festival.

However, even for animated films produced by Star Pictures, not many netizens paid attention to it online, because everyone's attention was turned to the Hollywood animated films "Frozen 2" and the sequel to "Despicable Me".

The former has Liu Yifei's participation in dubbing, while the latter has the bonus of box office and word-of-mouth of the first two films, and has received a lot of attention.

However, in the domestic animation industry, the release of "Devouring the Stars" is of great significance, and many people in the industry are looking forward to it.

You must know that the domestic animation industry has always been tepid, and it can even be said to be somewhat sluggish.

Only the cartoons for young people during Children's Day and the Spring Festival can make some money, the rest are huge losses.

If domestic films have taken off step by step since 2002, domestic animated films are still in their infancy.

This animated film produced by Xingchen Film and Television Company can be said to be the expectation of the domestic animation film industry in recent years. If even a work by Xingchen Film and Television, a company with a large scale and excellent production, and with participation from companies such as Disney, cannot guarantee box office success, then the industry would be really disappointed.

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(End of this chapter)