(Observer News)
According to Hong Kong media reports on the 7th, Disney recently registered for many works of its Marvel Studio for the Oscar and other film awards, among which Liang Chaowei, a Hong Kong actor who played "Wen Wu" in "Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" (hereinafter referred to as "Shangqi"), will challenge the "Best Supporting Actor" award, and Chinese actors Chen Fara and Yang Ziqiong will register for the "Best Supporting Actress" award.
At the same time, the US media reported that Marvel recently announced that it will shoot the sequel to "Shangqi", and the director and screenwriter of the previous work have confirmed their return.
Although the next Academy Awards will be held in March next year, and the shortlist will not be announced until February, the filmmakers have now begun to actively solicit votes for their own works, hoping to win the attention of voting members and get the finalists.
In Disney's Oscar campaign, many works of Marvel Studios participated in the registration, among which Liu Simu, who played the male protagonist "Shangqi" in "Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings", will participate in the nomination of "Best Actor", while The Hong Kong film emperor Liang Chaowei, who first entered Hollywood and received many praises, challenged the Oscar "Best Supporting Actor", and the rest such as Okafina, Zhang Meng'er, Yang Ziqiong, Chen Fara, etc. also all signed up for the supporting role award.
According to the US media The Hollywood Reporter and other local time reported on the 6th, Marvel announced that the sequel to "Shangqi" has been confirmed in development, and the previous writer and director Destin Creighton will return.
Destin Creighton has signed a multi-year exclusive, comprehensive cooperation agreement with Marvel Studios and Hulu Streaming to create multiple film and television projects. In addition to directing the sequel to Shangqi, he will also work on a new Marvel Universe series project for Disney+ Streaming, which aims to focus on "the experiences of groups that have traditionally been overlooked by pop culture."
The deal appears to be similar to the deal that Black Panther director Ryan Coogler signed earlier with Marvel to develop a Disney+ streaming series set in Black Panther's hometown of Wakanda in addition to directing the Black Panther sequel.
As of now, "Shangqi" has collected $224.5 million at the North American box office, temporarily ranking first in the Annual North American Box Office. With a cumulative gross of $432 million worldwide, it is temporarily ranked 8th in the global box office annual list and 5th in Hollywood movies.
However, since the establishment of the project, "Shangqi" has been boycotted by most of the Chinese mainland netizens because the prototype role is derived from the "Yellow Peril Theory" Fu Manchu and other reasons. And the film has not been granted the "Dragon Label" (film release license) by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China, becoming the first film in the "Marvel Universe" not to be allowed to be released on the mainland.
The US media has reported that the lack of box office from Chinese mainland means that the final income of "Shangqi" may be greatly affected, because since the release of "Avengers" released in 2012, Chinese mainland has been the second largest box office source after Marvel movies in North America.
Global box office rankings
In addition to "Shangqi", Marvel was also nominated for the lead actress of another film this year, "Eternal Family", and Chinese actor Chen Jing challenged the nomination for the "Best Actress" award.
On the other hand, Warner's "Dune" was also nominated for taiwanese actor Zhang Zhenjin for "Best Supporting Actor".
According to the analysis of taiwan media "United News Network", Hollywood blockbusters like to invite Asian stars to join in recent years to increase the appeal of the Chinese market. Their roles and performances in the film will also become the focus of media attention, but with the Oscar convention, science fiction action films rarely have actors get a chance to be shortlisted.
Some foreign media also believe that due to the influence of the film genre, chinese actors have little chance of being shortlisted, and the emphasis is on participation.
This article is an exclusive manuscript of the Observer Network and may not be reproduced without authorization.