The number one cinema understands Miss (topcinema original, strictly prohibited to reprint)
2021 is coming to an end, and many movies have been released this year, and some movies that were originally planned to be released this year have temporarily changed their plans, or even lost news.
Among them, there are 4 blockbuster-level, highly anticipated Hong Kong films that have been slow to move, and even "dud" or "disappeared" after several years of filming, which always makes fans worry and inevitably guess the reason.
These four movies, it can be said that each of them is a "prepared" heavyweight film, since the news of shooting has made fans hi and hi, but who can think of delaying the following.
The first is "Tomorrow's War".
This movie is a science fiction film that Gu Tianle attaches great importance to, as early as "The Wandering Earth", Gu Tianle was plotting, previously called "Contradiction War", and later renamed "Tomorrow's War".
The story of Tomorrow's War is set in 2055, when the Earth is plagued by pollution and global warming problems, when a meteorite hits the Earth, bringing with it a fast-growing tentacle-like alien creature that purifies the Earth while killing all life. The task of saving the planet fell to an elite force. While battling alien creatures, they also discover a shocking conspiracy...
New director Wu Xuanhui directed, although his name is relatively unfamiliar, but he is a famous visual effects artist in Hong Kong, specializing in computer special effects for movies and advertising, representative works such as "Cast Name", "Ghost Domain", "Big City Small Things", etc., which are very well-known in the industry.
The film also spent a lot of time and money, is a painstaking work, just the preparation took 3 years, in 2015 released a pilot trailer, in 2019 released a formal trailer, at that time also let many people shine.
The film's previous external reports were filmed for 4 months, post-production for 18 months, costing HK$450 million to produce, the main special effects are produced by Gu Tianle's Tianxia company, as the film's lead actor, producer, Gu Tianle is also quite large.
Not only that, the cast is also very luxurious: including Gu Tianle, Liu Qingyun, Liu Jialing, Zhang Jiahui, Xie Junhao, all of them are movie emperors and movie queens, which is simply a hard dish!
In the trailer, the shapes of several leading actors have been exposed, whether it is the mecha shape or Zhang Jiahui who has raised his nose, which makes people look forward to it very much, and the appetite is also hung up.
However, the release date of the film on the Douban of "Tomorrow's War", although it is still stuck in 2021, but there is no news until now, needless to say, this year is not waiting.
There are always netizens who will ask when it will be released every once in a while, and someone left a message in July this year: "We are still changing the camera, it is too torturous." This project was taken over at the end of 19 years, and it is not yet finished. ”
This message that seems to be a post-special effects staff has made everyone come forward to inquire, wanting to inquire more about the film, if it is really a participant, then it means that the post-special effects of "Tomorrow's War" are indeed beyond the imagination of everyone before.
Doing special effects is indeed time-consuming and expensive, now it seems that this year is definitely no drama, I hope that "Tomorrow's War" can withstand loneliness, and finally be able to live up to expectations, which is also a science fiction dream of Gu Tianle.
The second is "Wind Forest Volcano", which also has Gu Tianle and Liu Qingyun.
This film that makes many people look forward to it, three years of preparation, dragged on for three years, in February this year in the film release plan released by Erdong Pictures, "Wind Forest Volcano", which has been delayed before, finally appeared, when it was shown to be released in December 2021.
However, by now that halfway through December, there is still no news, no need to guess, this year is still no play.
The reason why this film is highly anticipated is that it brings together Leung Ka Fai, Jin Chengwu, Gu Tianle, Liu Qingyun, Gao Yuanyuan, and a group of golden supporting roles in Hong Kong films, which can be described as another luxurious lineup of police films after "Infernal Affairs".
Director Mai Junlong, a famous rich second generation in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, debuted in the entertainment industry in his early years, singing and dancing and acting, and was once an untamed young man. He is also The ex-boyfriend of Gillian, playing tide cards, and is Chen Guanxi's former nemesis.
But then he transformed into a director and made a movie, which made people see another side of Mak Junlong: in 2013, his first film "Zombie" achieved good results and reputation, received multiple nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and was considered a creative cross-border director.
"Wind Forest Volcano" is the second film directed by Mai Junlong, just the preparation has been 3 years, the title of the film "Wind Forest Volcano" is derived from "Sun Tzu's Art of War", Mai Junlong said that the title also represents a cold balance, he wants to subvert the conventional police film, presenting a more international and humane world on the big screen.
Previously, When Interviewed by the media, Mai Junlong revealed early that he would make "Wind Forest Volcano" into an epic police quadrilogy, dare to call himself an "epic", and make a quadrilogy, which shows his great attention and confidence in this movie.
As we all know, "Infernal Affairs" is only a trilogy, "Wind Forest Volcano" to make a four-step, to put it bluntly, it is to challenge the "Hong Kong police film benchmark" of "Infernal Affairs".
The film has always maintained a high degree of mystery, but the plot summary reveals the general content: a sudden explosion kills a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, drawing a struggle between drug traffickers and anti-drug dealers...
The film is quite expensive, the production cost is hundreds of millions, in the film Hong Kong Causeway Bay fell a snow, and in order to achieve this dream scene, the crew specially built a 1:1 "Causeway Bay" in a steel factory in Huizhou, Guangdong Province.
Mai Junlong said at the film's press conference in 2017 that the core of the film is to portray human nature: "On the surface, it is a character, a policeman, a killer, a gangster, but the complexity is people, and people are a complex thing." ”
Now, there is still no news, and we can only continue to wait.
The third part, "When the Wind Rises Again", wang bombs the lineup of police films.
This one was filmed in 2017 and has not been released for 4 years.
This is a blockbuster film about the anti-corruption + police gangster theme of the four major Chinese detectives in Hong Kong, the starring lineup of Aaron Kwok and Liang Chaowei's duel, plus the director is Weng Ziguang (before his "Blood In Search of Plums" swept the 2016 Hong Kong Film Awards), there are four major Golden Film Awards in the whole movie (Leung Chao-wai, Aaron Kwok, Hui Guanwen, Tai Bao) combined, quite exciting.
Set in Hong Kong in the 1970s, when the Independent Commission Against Corruption was established, the story opens a chapter before the end of the colonial era through the hunt for the corruption inspector general by investigation director Li Zichao (Hui Guanwen). History alternates, the INDEPENDENTCAC is globally wanted for these corruption inspectors, and finally, Lei Le and Nan Jiang only cover the sky with their hands.
Aaron Kwok plays Lei Le, based on Lu Le, the head of the four Chinese detectives, and Leung Chao-wai plays Nan Jiang, who is based on Lan Gang, who served as the Chief Inspector of Hong Kong Island and once exchanged with Lu Le on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Garrison Police District.
The other two inspectors, Fat Han and Yan Hong, are played by Chow Man Kin and Tam Yiu Man, based on Detective General Han Sen of Hong Kong's New Territories District and Inspector General Yan Xiong of the Mong Kok Police Station.
The title of the film, "When the Wind Rises Again", uses the name of Zhang Guorong's song, which has both a sense of the times and poetry, which can be described as well-intentioned. Director Weng Ziguang explained that he sees the passing of an era implied by the wind, and it is also the advent of a new trend.
This play is also the second cooperation between Aaron Kwok and Liang Chaowei after more than 30 years. In 1988, they had a small cooperation in the TVb period, and in the TV series "Urban Equation", the young Aaron Kwok and the cameo Liang Chaowei were once in the same frame.
Before the film released a large number of stills, the sense of picture and space is full, the two major movie emperors just show their faces on the stills, there is already enough gunpowder.
In October this year, someone posted a trailer for a film that seemed to be played within the industry, which was also full of texture, but the film has not been publicly finalized so far, and I don't know when it will really "rise again".
The fourth part, "Mermaid 2".
The movie "The Mermaid" directed by Stephen Chow once became the box office champion in the history of Chinese films, and also turned newcomer Lin Yun from an ordinary girl into a "star girl" who held the moon overnight.
Therefore, "Mermaid 2" has attracted much attention since its inception, and everyone looks forward to his ability to continue the "invincible" Zhou Xingchi phenomenon in the industry.
In March 2018, Zhou Xingchi appeared in Shenzhen in a low-key manner to shoot "Mermaid 2" and filmed in an amusement park.
At that time, the heroine Lin Yunfawen in "Mermaid" exposed the news of her "entering the group" and received the official "certification" of "Hello Shanshan" forwarded by Zhou Xingchi's assistant, confirming that she would continue to play the role in "Mermaid 2".
After that, Lin Yun was met on the Shenzhen Road, and once again confirmed the news that she was filming "Mermaid 2" in Shenzhen.
"Mermaid 2" filmed in the amusement park was closely followed by many enthusiastic fans, and many people rushed to the shooting location, but the scene has long been a non-entry shooting mode. The scene pulled up a cordon, and there were strong men guarding the content of the shooting.
Someone still met the director Zhou Xingchi who came out of the shooting location: still a very low-key and simple style, wearing his favorite sweatshirt and sweatpants, wearing a baseball cap and mask, or the iconic hair color of silver gray, slightly different, this time Star Ye wore a pair of very fashionable shoes.
"Mermaid 2" once again continues the amusement park scene in "Mermaid", and it can be seen that Zhou Xingchi is quite "fond of amusement parks".
In "The Mermaid", the amusement park is the place where Shanshan, played by Lin Yun, and Liu Xuan, played by Deng Chao, "date", and the filming is happy and romantic. This time, I don't know what surprise Zhou Xingchi will create in the film?
The starring role of "Mermaid 2" has also been rumored many times, and in addition to the already confirmed Lin Yun, there are various rumors flowing out. There have been news that Wu X, Lin Xinxin, Luo X, etc., the actor who was filmed on the set was Allen of "Happy Twist".
In addition, Zhang Mei'e, a mass actor who once starred in "Journey to the West" as one of the "Four Beauties", is famous for "you are not empty, you are kidney deficiency", and also appeared on the set of "Mermaid 2", participating in filming, and she also posted a photo of herself and Zhou Xingchi.
She also confirmed to the media that Allen replaced Deng Chao in the first part and played the male protagonist Liu Xuan.
Zhou Xingchi's assistant Chen Zhenyu revealed at the time that the movie "Mermaid 2" will use a large number of newcomers without any acting experience.
Although this movie has also been finished for a long time, but there has been no finalized news, some people speculate that on the one hand, it may be that the film's post-special effects take time, on the other hand, it may be the legendary "bad artists" Wu Moumou and Luo Moumou who participated in the filming of the film, they have all starred in many movies of Zhou Xingchi, and they have also starred in "The Mermaid".
The story summary of "Mermaid 2" is: Long Tianna and Long Jianfei appear with a "wormhole plan" that can travel through space at will, Liu Xuan returns to the mall, and the mermaid Shanshan accidentally hits and bumps into an astronaut, and behind the entangled four-corner relationship, there is still a shocking conspiracy.
In August this year, someone left a message on the Internet saying that Wu Moumou was the second male number, and said that "the only remedy, his scenes are all flashed, large-scale reshoots." According to the introduction of the film, the role of Long Jianfei appeared, which was played by Wu Moumou in "Mermaid".
This news was not confirmed by the filmmakers.
If this is true, Stephen Chow is too big, because changing actors to make up for the most headache and waste of money, if it is a problem with a very important role, it is not a reshoot, or even a reshoot or other more serious consequences.
But in any case, I still hope to wait until "Mermaid 2".
After half a day, these 4 Hong Kong movies that have not been released for a long time, which one are you most looking forward to? Why?