Recently, Zhou Libo, who has been low-key for a long time, finally has a new action.
In November last year, Zhou Libo announced his work plan for 2021 on social platforms, including mentioning that he would "direct a comedy animation movie." ”
This time as a director, it is a relatively rare promise to fulfill since Zhou Libo's "accident".
In 2019, he promised fans that he would return to the TV screen in the second half of the year, but everyone has not waited until now.
Before Carnegie's performance, Zhou Libo regarded New York as the first stop of his world tour, and as a result, only two performances ended hastily, and the "world tour" was shelved.
Why did Zhou Libo, who was on a par with Guo Degang, fall here? It all started with his involvement in the "gun poisoning case".
After the news of Zhou Libo's arrest spread back to China, it quickly became a hot topic in the entertainment industry.
After more than a year of trial, the US prosecutors finally withdrew the charges against Zhou Libo because of flaws in the acquisition of evidence.
Although the case is over, Zhou Libo's comeback road is not smooth. In particular, his act of voluntarily requesting the court to test him for drugs is regarded as "sending people's heads thousands of miles".
The drug test report that detected the component of "methamphetamine" completely blocked Zhou Libo's comeback road.
After many days, after the news of Zhou Libo's transformation as a director came out, fans who liked him were very excited. Of course, compared to his past glory, this experience may not be worth mentioning, but at least it is a good start.
Through the boot scene photos, it is known that the animated film directed by Zhou Libo is called "Invincible Ping Pong Rabbit".
Many people have a sense of déjà vu just by listening to the name.
In fact, the film has been established as early as 2012, the film's production company Rice Grain Film and Television invested heavily, inviting Disney gold producer Bill Burton to serve as an executive producer, and the director is Mike Johnson, an internationally renowned director who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Film.
At that time, Zhang Qinghao, the owner of Rice Grain Film and Television, spent 50 million US dollars to create "Invincible Ping Pong Rabbit", setting a record for investment in domestic animation films at that time.
There is also a young director in the director team who is more familiar to the audience, he is the post-80s director Song Yuefeng, who became famous with "Dragon Valley: Dawn Breaker".
The movie "Invincible Ping Pong Rabbit" was originally scheduled to be released in 2016, but nine years later, the film is still on the trailer.
The reason why "Invincible Ping Pong Rabbit" was able to restart was because it found the "receiver".
In the photos of the film's opening scene, we see that in the column of production companies, in front of Melee Pictures, is a company called Ximan Culture.
Through the inquiry of relevant websites, it was learned that Ximan Culture was a new company established in September 2020, and there was only one shareholder when it was first established, that is, Zhang Rui, the daughter of Zhou Libo.
In December last year, Zhang Rui withdrew, and the shareholders became two companies, Manling Film and Television and Manshen Culture.
Comic Collar Film and Television, which accounts for 94% of the shares, is a sole proprietorship company, and the shareholder is Hu Jie, the wife of Zhou Libo.
In the producer column, Hu Jie's name is also ranked before Zhang Qing, the boss of Rice Grain Film.
Hu Jie became the main investor in this film, and it makes sense that the inexperienced Zhou Libo can become a director.
Zhou Libo has laid out such a big game in two mouths, whether he wants to give up the plan to return to the stage and completely transform into a director, or whether he wants to think of it as a springboard and return to the public stage through a roundabout way, we do not know.
Of course, no matter what kind of identity, first of all, you should shoot a high-quality work, and the rest is a later story.