The just-concluded Golden Rooster Award made two "topics".
First of all, at the opening ceremony, actors Du Jiang and Zhou Dongyu delivered a heated speech:
This decade is a good era for our Chinese films; In China, it is a blessed place for our filmmakers.
But after Xi Meijuan won the Golden Rooster Award, her acceptance speech spoke the hearts of many filmmakers:
These three years have been the hardest for us filmmakers.
The two completely different statements before and after triggered heated discussions among the audience.
Corresponding to these two topics, some netizens took stock of the box office figures of several movies recently released in theaters:
The five new films released on November 4 have a box office of 3440 yuan for "Red-crowned Crane", 1518 yuan for "Bursting Butterfly", 1344 yuan for "Love in Jinggang", 158 yuan for "Spring Water Stars", and 75 yuan for "See Lu when Lin Shen".
The single-day box office of these 5 movies did not exceed 10,000, the total number of moviegoers was three digits, and there was no Douban score.
There are many reasons for the "film shortage" in mainland cinemas, and if we do not study them in detail, a very important reason is that in recent years, more and more domestic films "are difficult to get the opportunity to be released in theaters after filming", resulting in more and more "missing movies", and various "withdrawals" and "file changes" seem to have become commonplace.
In this issue, let's talk about the domestic films that have been filmed in the past 5 years but have not been released for various reasons——
"Flames on the Plain"
Fire on the Plain
Adapted from the well-known novel "Moses on the Plain" by Northeast writer Shuang Xuetao, starring Liu Haoran and Zhou Dongyu, gathering powerful actors such as Mei Ting, Yuan Hong, Lv Yulai, and produced by Diao Yinan, the director of "Daylight Fireworks".
The film focuses on the realistic crime theme of the changes of the times and the direction of personal destiny, and has been regarded as one of the most anticipated crime literary films in recent years. It was started on March 26, 2020, finished on June 10, and was originally scheduled to be released on December 24, 2021, but it was later renamed "Flame on the Plain", and announced the withdrawal 5 days before the original scheduled release, and there is no news so far.
Speculate on the reason for the "disappearance" of the movie: it involves the plot of the crime, the background of the era, and religious topics.
"More than Endless"
The Best Is Yet to Come
A realistic film directed by young director Wang Jing (not Hong Kong director Wang Jing), starring Bai Ke, Miao Miao and Zhang Songwen, based on real people, tells the story of Han Dong, a newspaper intern reporter who is not deeply involved in the world, trying to change the fate of 100 million people through a news report.
The film goes hand in hand with multiple propositions. From an individual perspective, focus on the life and journalistic ideals of a young man who aspires to become a journalist; From the social level, explore the unfair treatment of hepatitis B virus carriers, personal pursuit and social mission, put it on a Beipiao ethnic group, use journalism work as the background and throughout the film, and arouse the resonance of audiences at different levels.
The film was launched in 2019, was shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival, and won the Fei Mu Honorary Unit Best Director Award at the Pingyao International Film Festival, and received a lot of industry recognition, and was evaluated as: another "I am not the God of Medicine", but three years have passed and so far has not been released.
Speculate on the cause of the "disappearance": The reality theme has encountered trial problems.
"The Thing My Dad Didn't Say"
Silence of Smoke
The original name of the film is "Smell the Smoke", directed by Japanese director Yojiro Takita who filmed "The Undertaker", and it is also his first Chinese film, starring Zhang Guoli, Han Geng, Xue Haojing, adapted from the short story collection of the same name by writer Xin You.
The story tells that the century-old shop "Tongshunxiang" operated by the Liu family has inherited the unique ice crystal cake making process for generations, but his father Liu Tingshen (played by Zhang Guoli) has always refused to pass on the secret recipe to his son Liu Jiansan (played by Han Geng), and misunderstanding and estrangement arose between father and son. Seeing that San was angry and chose to leave his father to go out to fight, many years later, seeing San who returned home to visit because his father was seriously ill, finally discovered that the secret that his father had hidden for many years turned out to be related to himself.
As early as 2016, the producer announced the information of the film, started in September 2018, finished in December of the same year, and was originally scheduled to be released on August 30, 2019, starring Han Geng also went to the variety show "Happy Base Camp" for promotion, but in November 2019, the film announced the withdrawal of the file, and there was no news after that.
Speculated on the cause of the "disappearance": It is suspected to be due to the influence of Xu Qing, one of the leading actors.
"Trident"
A crime-themed film adapted from Lv Zheng's novel of the same name, directed by Gao Qunshu and starring Huang Zhizhong, Jiang Wu, Guo Tao, Ou Hao and Han Geng, tells the story of three old policemen who are facing retirement or taking a back seat, but are accidentally involved in a financial scam, become "sharp knives", and insert into the story of a criminal group.
According to reports, the film invited the action director team of the Korean films "Yellow Sea" and "Extreme Escape", and hired more than a dozen Korean action actors, and on October 8, 2019, the film was started, and it was completed on January 7, 2020.
The TV series version of the same name has been broadcast as early as 2020, but the movie version has not been released so far, and the film party originally planned to release it in 2021, but there has been no follow-up since.
Speculate on the cause of the "disappearance": the scale of the plot of the crime theme, and the theme involves anti-gang crime.
"Mermaid 2"
In 2016, "Mermaid" swept nearly 3.4 billion box office in the Spring Festival, setting the highest box office record for a film directed by Stephen Chow in the mainland, and 6 years have passed since the film's release, but the second part is still missing.
So far, the film has only released a few set photos, official stills and trailers are difficult to find, except for the use of the previous actress Lin Yun, who was criticized for her acting skills, only know that the starring role has been replaced by the happy twisted Allen.
"Mermaid 2" has not appeared for a long time, and it is inseparable from the decline of "emotional consumption" in recent years. In 2019, Stephen Chow's "New King of Comedy" completely broke the myth of Xingye in the Waterloo of word of mouth and box office, and also slowed down the pace of "Mermaid 2".
Coupled with the fact that the starring Wu Yifan is now in prison, this film is afraid to face a lot of modifications.
Speculate on the cause of the "disappearance": the project is stagnant, and the influence of starring Wu Yifan.
"The Eighth Suspect"
Dust To Dust
Hong Kong's emerging director Li Zijun directed a police and bandit crime film, starring Dapeng, Lin Jiadong, Zhang Songwen, Qi Xi, Sun Yang, and produced by "Wisdom Teeth" director Zheng Baorui.
Based on the real incident of the armed banknote robbery case in 1995, it tells the story of the criminal gang led by "Master" Chen Xinwen, after the armed robbery of the money delivery vehicle to commit a shocking crime, the main culprit disappeared into the vast sea of people, and the police persevered to start a 21-year pursuit of the suspect.
Comedian-turned-Dapeng subverts the drama path in this film, playing a fierce bandit, in order to shape the "eighth suspect" in the film, he challenges to gain 20 pounds and then quickly lose, from his 30s to his 50s, and speaks Cantonese the whole time.
The film was completed in August 2019 and was originally scheduled to be released in 2020, but there has been no news since.
Speculation on the cause of the "disappearance": the scale of the plot of the crime theme.
Operation Fox Hunt
Fox Hunt
Starring Tony Leung and Duan Yihong, the story is based on a real case and tells the story of the cross-border pursuit of financial crime suspects included in the international "red notice" list by the Fox Hunting Special Action Group of the Economic Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security.
Tony Leung plays the villain Dai Yichen in the film, a sinister and evil "red notice" economic crime suspect who absconded overseas with 17.48 billion yuan of stolen money. Charming and dangerous, the appearance seems to be polite, but in fact it contains evil intentions, and the mind and behavior are unpredictable.
Duan Yihong plays Ye Jun, the captain of the fox hunting team, and leads two members of the "fox hunting team" to Paris to carry out a mission, arrest the "red notice" economic crime suspect played by Tony Leung, and face off against the fugitive. "Chasing" Dai Yichen for seven years, during which he experienced many dangers and did not flinch.
Director Zhang Lijia once filmed the sci-fi movie "Machine Blood" starring Jackie Chan, and invited "Bond Girl" Olga Coriranko who had starred in "007: Quantum of Solace" to star, which started on May 24, 2019, was originally scheduled to be released on January 8, 2021, and suddenly withdrew 5 days before the release, and has not been followed since then.
Speculated cause of "disappearance": Suspected producer involved in financial fraud.
"Poetry Tired of the World"
At a time when martial arts films have long been in decline, director Xu Haofeng is like an outlier.
Xu Haofeng has many identities, novelist, lover of Chinese art, film critic, professor of Beiying, and is also a screenwriter and director. Before becoming a director, he worked as a screenwriter and martial arts consultant for Wong Kar-wai's "A Generation of Grandmasters". As a director, he has filmed three alternative martial arts films "The Trail of the Wokou", "The Arrow Warrior Liu White Ape" and "Master".
Anyone who has seen Xu Haofeng's movies knows that his martial arts movies are very "subversive".
In Xu Haofeng's martial arts world, there is no flying cornice, going to the sky and entering the earth, but only a duel of wisdom and skill between flashes and moves. Xu Haofeng tries to restore a real martial arts world without stunts, special effects and hanging wire. The action style pursues hard bridges and hard horses, while being almost realistic at the same time.
Set in the Yuan Dynasty, "Poetry Eyes Tired of the World" tells the story of swordsmen who make a living from martial arts being involved in martial arts and court disputes. Starring Chen Kun, Zhou Xun, Song Jia, Geng Le, Huang Jue, just for the lineup, it is quite exciting.
The film officially started on May 26, 2018, and was completed on September 30 of the same year, but it could not be released, and the film released a behind-the-scenes production special in May this year, and there was no follow-up after that.
Speculated on the cause of the "disappearance": Suspected of being caught in a funding dispute, the producer changed hands of the project.
"Medodo Mystery Adventure"
Charlie IX & Dodomo
Adapted from the best-selling book of the same name "Charles IX" by Leo Phantom, the original book has sold more than 70 million copies since its release in 2011, with a single maximum sales of 3 million copies, and the film is directed by Wang Jing, the director who filmed "The Great Ming Tribulation", starring Qin Hao and Liu Yan.
The story tells that Mododo, a crappy schoolboy who fantasizes about becoming an adventurer's detective, receives a gift from his grandfather on his birthday, a dog with a long royal pedigree certificate named "Charles IX". But this does not seem to be a simple dog, imaginary troubles ensue, and huge and unknown secrets of good and evil unfold.
The film started on August 8, 2017, formerly known as "Charles IX", scheduled to be released on July 13, 2018, and then renamed "The Mystery Adventure of Mododo", and withdrew on the eve of its release, waiting for four years, and there has been no news so far.
Speculate on the reason for the "disappearance": It is suspected that the plot has been modified, and the "404" that was not found in the original trailer became "408" in the trailer released later, which means that there will be modifications.
"Xu Sanguan Selling Blood"
Adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Yu Hua, directed by Yu Hua's son Yu Haiguo, starring Yan Bingyan, Li Naiwen , Cao Kefan, prepared by the famous producer Zhang Weiping, and also invited Takeshi Hamada (director of photography), Takayasai (lighting), Osamu Onodera (sound effects) and other behind-the-scenes production masters from the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film "Undertaker" team.
As early as 2015, the project has been set up, the film was originally at the press conference of Yu Hua's new book "We Live in a Huge Gap", Yu Hua personally officially announced that his son Yu Haiguo will direct the film version of "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", one of the producers Chen Lizhi once revealed that the film has been filmed and edited, and the Korean director's adaptation of "Xu Sanguan" has been released in the same year, but there is no news about the domestic version.
Speculate on the reason for the "disappearance": If it is filmed according to the original work, it should be difficult to have a chance to be released in the mainland without deletion and modification.
"Homesickness"
The Return
Mainland actress Qin Hailu's directorial debut focuses on veterans of the national army forgotten by the times, telling the story of the lonely old man Jiang Sheng who has been wandering in a foreign land for many years, his later life is lonely, and only the old songs of the red envelope field can immerse him in homesickness.
The film was once released at the Shanghai Film Festival in 2019, starring Chang Feng is an old drama bone in the Taiwanese film industry, with this film won the Shanghai Film Festival actor at the age of 96, originally scheduled to be released on September 12, 2019, but there is no news since the withdrawal.
The author saw this film at the Shanghai Film Festival that year, under the torrent of history, director Qin Hailu focused on the personal fate of ups and downs, the film is easily reminiscent of Bai Xianyong's novel "Taipei People", the protagonist Jiang Sheng is a veteran of the national army in Taiwan for 49 years, for him, Taipei is not home, the mainland can not go back, the film has a strong sense of historical reflection.
Presumably the cause of the "disappearance": unknown.
"Evil"
The Possessed
The movie "Zhong Evil" debuted at the FIRST Film Festival in 2016 and was called the most frightening domestic horror film of the decade.
A large number of low-angle candid perspectives are used to create a sense of realism, and the cold and dark tones of the film form a rough and gloomy sense of reality. The localized temperament of non-professional actors and the pseudo-documentary style of the film itself are completely natural, which is one of the reasons for the success of "Zhong Evil".
The film was later refilmed, once scheduled for Qingming in April 2018, but suddenly announced at the end of March that it was withdrawn due to "technical reasons", director Ma Kai Weibo said that "everyone still needs to wait some more time", but this wait is 4 years, so far there is no news.
Presumably the reason for the "disappearance": the subject matter involves feudal superstition.
"Guns and Cannon Waist Flower"
Guns and Kidneys
Director Zhang Meng's "Northeast Trilogy" is the last part, starring Wang Qianyuan, Huang Jingyu, Zhang Liang, Chen Yihan, Zhang Lanxin.
The film is a small character black comedy, the young Amon (played by Huang Jingyu) returns to his hometown to avoid debts, and finds that it has become a deserted industrial area. I accidentally learned that an international crew was looking for such a location, so he jointly operated the "Gun Waist Flower" barbecue restaurant Lao Fan (played by Wang Qianyuan) to take work together and make oil and water from it. However, the developer Lao San (Zhang Liang) also targets this virgin land, and his intrusion changes Amon and Lao Fan's originally seamless landscaping plan.
The film began filming in 2016 and was completed in 2018, but there has been no news since.
It is speculated that the reason for the "disappearance": one is that it has encountered a trial problem, and the other is that the producer Wanda Pictures is not satisfied with the finished version, and director Zhang Meng refuses to modify it, resulting in the project being shelved.
By the way, director Zhang Meng also had a 2014 "Victory" that was not released, influenced by starring Huang Haibo.
"Twenty Years of the Northeast Past"
Love Song to the Days Forgone
The film is adapted from Kong Ergou's popular novel "Once Upon a Time in the Northeast: 20 Years of the Underworld", which is a morbid and cruel underworld story, and also a thick epic that reflects more than 20 years of social changes, and has launched an online drama version and a number of online movie versions, and the theatrical movie version is written and directed by Kong Ergou himself.
The starring actors brought together actors such as Xia Yu, Zhang Jingchu, Hu Jun, Wu Yue, Zhang Xinyi, Ma Yuke, Yu Ailei and other actors, who once announced that they would set the May 1st file in 2019, and then suddenly announced that they would withdraw due to "market reasons", and there has been no news since the withdrawal.
Speculate on the reason for the "disappearance": The theme of gangster crime cannot pass the trial.
"Rock Solid"
Under the Light
After Zhang Yimou's "Codename Jaguar" in his early years, he first tested the commercial police film "Rock Solid".
The film is led by Lei Jiayin and Zhou Dongyu, and at the same time gathers Zhang Guoli, Yu Hewei, Tian Yu, Sun Yizhou and other old, middle-aged and young generations of drama bones on the same stage, and the acting skills and traffic are guaranteed.
The movie is an anti-black theme realistic police and bandit film, the plot tells the story of Su Jianming, a technical policeman played by Lei Jiayin, in order to investigate the case, despite the dissuasion of his father Zheng Gang (played by Zhang Guoli), he rushed to the "Hongmen Banquet" of wealthy businessman Li Zhitian (played by Yu Hewei), and watched a rampant drama in which Li Zhitian fooled others and put his hands into hot pot. Subsequently, foreshadowings such as hiding corpses in the cracks of the wall, wrenches smashing people, nearly 10 billion private grants and acceptances, and mysterious "old man's resources" were pulled out one after another, and the undercurrent behind the simple criminal incident on the surface...
The film was completed as early as 2019 and was originally scheduled to be released in 2020, but it failed to meet the audience.
Judging from the trailer, the content of the film is quite large, and the plot involves: officialdom, business, crime, anti-gang, human nature and other elements. It is worth mentioning that the colorful neon style presented in the trailer and the dark crime elements in the film will obviously become another bold exploration of color aesthetics by director Zhang Yimou.
Speculate on the reason for the "disappearance": the theme of anti-gang crime and evil, suspected of encountering trial problems.
"749 Bureau"
Director Lu Chuan once directed the film "Nine-Story Demon Tower" adapted from the novel "Ghost Blowing Lights", although the reputation of this film was not successful, it received 600 million box office, and Lu Chuan also had the opportunity to start filming this foreign film "749 Bureau".
In "Nine-Story Demon Tower", the movie once mentioned a mysterious organization "749 Bureau", which specializes in studying and dealing with unsolved human mysteries and supernatural phenomena, and the setting is somewhat similar to Marvel's "S.H.I.E.L.D.". Director Lu Chuan once mentioned in an interview: This organization is not a movie fiction, but a real prototype, and Lu Chuan himself has really worked in the real 749 Bureau.
The movie "749 Bureau" is inspired by director Lu Chuan's work experience in 749 Bureau after graduating from Military Academy, with suspenseful and tense adventure stories, bloody action scenes, the core of the story of teenagers' growth, and romantic plot elements.
According to the plot synopsis previously exposed on the Internet, it happened in 2030 in the "near future", and the entire city faced a huge disaster, and the soldiers of the third squad of the "749 Bureau" bravely faced and defused this disaster. The starring is Wang Junkai, in addition to Zheng Kai, Miao Miao, Li Chen and others participating in the performance.
The movie was completed in 2019, and in early 2020, the producer boss Song Ge said in an interview that "749 Bureau", "Li Huanying" and "Bathing God" have all been prepared for release, but the other two have already been successfully released, but "749 Bureau" has not yet been heard.
Speculated on the cause of the "disappearance": the suspected producer's capital chain was broken, resulting in the stagnation of the project in the later stage.
"She Kills"
The Perfect Blue
Cao Baoping, the director who can make crime films in China, is another reality-themed crime masterpiece after "Scorching Sun", focusing on female crime stories, and is also the second part of the "Burning Heart Series" directed by Cao Baoping, starring Fan Bingbing, Huang Xuan, Wang Ziwen, Xin Zhilei, Li Qin.
The film tells the story of a human struggle under love and revenge. The story begins decades ago on a poetic youth campus, where four college girls dream about the future when an accident puts their friendship to the test like never before. Seven years later, because of this accident, the girls' respective lives have changed dramatically. By chance, the events of that year were traced again. Under love and revenge, a battle of human nature is being staged...
The film started on December 28, 2017 and was officially completed on May 9, 2018, and there is no information so far.
Speculate on the reason for the "disappearance": the theme is difficult to pass the trial, and the influence of starring Fan Bingbing.
"Wading Through the Sea of Rage"
Across The Furious Sea
After "She Kills", Cao Baoping filmed this "Wading Through the Sea of Anger".
The film will star Huang Bo and Zhou Xun, and the story is adapted from the novel of the same name created by writer Lao Huang.
The story tells the story of fisherman Lao Jin's daughter Jin Lina studying in Japan, but she didn't expect to get the news of her daughter's death. At the same time, Jin Lina's boyfriend and suspect Li Miaomiao fled back to China under the protection of her parents. Since then, Lao Jin has embarked on a path of revenge alone, trying to wade through the turbulent sea in his hearts in order to reach the other side of love and forgiveness.
This film is the third film in Cao Baoping's "Burning Heart Series" series, which is comprehensively upgraded on the basis of continuing the core of the series, using a murder case of a young girl to dissect the hidden truth of human nature behind the two families of the suspect and the victim. Judging from the synopsis, the story is very similar to the Jiang Ge case in reality, and the actor Huang Bo and the actress Zhou Xun are on the same stage, which is very exciting.
The film was completed in 2019, and the first short trailer was released in 2020, announcing that it was scheduled for the summer vacation of 2021, but there was no follow-up news, and there was a patch trailer in theaters this year, but there was still no release information.
Speculate on the cause of the "disappearance": the problem of the scale of the plot of the crime theme.
"The Tip of the Knife"
Seven Killings
Adapted from the spy war novel of the same name created by the Mai family, co-directed by Gao Qunshu and Mai Jia, co-starring Zhang Yi, Lang Yueting, Huang Zhizhong, Cheng Taishen and Huang Lu.
It tells the story of the Anti-Japanese War in 1940, when the four sides of the Japanese and puppet countries infiltrated each other, and Nanjing collapsed into a hell on earth. CCP ace agents Jin Shenshui (played by Zhang Yi) and Lin Youying (played by Lang Yueting) and a group of agents with their own intentions, walking with the tip of the knife with a mortal heart, fell into the seven killings.
In January 2018, the film officially started, the film was completed in May of the same year, and the first pilot trailer was released in 2018, and there was no news since.
Presumably the cause of the "disappearance": unknown.
"Under the Ice"
The Conformist
Director Cai Shangjun won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the 68th Venice Film Festival with "Mountains of People", and then wrote and directed this reality crime film "Under the Ice", starring Huang Bo, Song Jia and Xiao Shenyang.
The story takes place in a remote town located on the border of China and Russia, Wang Haibo (played by Huang Bo) is an intelligence trafficker who wandered there, and by chance, Wang Haibo got a gun, and he decided to use this gun to kill him. After thinking about it, Wang Haibo decided to rob the casino.
However, things were not as simple as Wang Haibo imagined, and in the end, Wang Haibo's robbery plan not only failed, but also caused human lives. In order to avoid being pursued by the police, Wang Haibo embarked on an escape journey to a small town in the Russian Far East.
There, Wang Haibo, who has no relatives and no reason, meets a woman named Bingbing (played by Song Jia). Bing Bing's appearance is indifferent, his life is mysterious, and in the closed and cold town, two equally lonely souls gradually approach each other.
The film was shortlisted for the 2017 Shanghai Film Festival, and starring Huang Bo won the Shanghai Film Festival actor with this film, but there was no follow-up news.
Presumably the cause of the "disappearance": unknown.
"Boyhood"
The ambitious masterpiece of the fifth generation director Chen Kaige, starring Liu Haoran, Chen Feiyu, Zhang Xueying, Wen Qi, Zhao Xiaotang, etc., tells the story of several teenagers who strive for self-improvement and struggle with fate in their growing years.
The original name of the film is "Blossom in the Dust", which was completed as early as 2019, and it seems to be a period drama from the stills, and there is no news so far.
Speculation on the cause of the "disappearance": historical factors.
"Birdsong Song"
Cry of The Birds
Adapted from the novel "Tree King" by writer A Cheng, the fifth generation director Tian Zhuangzhuang returned to the film industry after many years, starring Zhang Yu, Zhou Qi and Li Wanda, telling the story of the 60s of the 20th century, when the peasant "Tree King" Xiao Pimple fought with the young people represented by Li Li, and finally failed to cause the giant tree to be cut down, and Xiao Pimple also died of depression.
The film started filming in 2019 and was completed in early 2020, and now, more than two years have passed, but there is no news of its release. Director Tian Zhuangzhuang revealed in a video interview: The film has been submitted for review for two years and has not received a reply.
Presumably the cause of the "disappearance": Delay in passing the trial due to unknown factors.
"Wind Forest Volcano"
Sons of the Neon Night
Every year, the most anticipated Chinese film is selected, and "Wind Forest Volcano" will definitely be selected.
The film was launched as early as 2016, and after being exposed by the media, it was highly anticipated by fans and audiences.
On Douban, the film has been nominated for the most anticipated Chinese film of the year for many consecutive years.
The film is a rare Hong Kong police and bandit production, with an investment of up to 400 million Hong Kong dollars alone, and the starring cast brings together the four major actors of Jin Chengwu, Koo Tianle, Liu Qingyun, Leung Ka Fai, and the national goddess Gao Yuanyuan, written and directed by "Zombie" director Mak Junlong
The film tells the story of the struggle between drug traffickers and anti-drug dealers triggered by an explosion, and the social chaos created by it. Anti-drug themed police and bandit films are actually not uncommon, but the most special thing about this film is that director Mai Junlong puts his story in an overhead worldview.
The film spent a lot of money to restore the real scene of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong in three months according to the true ratio of 1:1, turning Hong Kong into a "city of ice and snow" with gray tones. According to director Mai Junlong, the film may be made into a four-part grand crime epic.
The film was completed as early as 2017, and then entered a long post-production stage, and then there were many news of finalization, but there has been no follow-up so far. In the latest interview, director Mak Junlong said: "In fact, the production has been largely completed, there are still a few post-production processes, and the release time depends on the arrangements of the distributor and investors. ”
Speculation about the cause of the "disappearance": It was rumored that there was a serious overrun during the filming of the film, resulting in a tight budget in the later stage, and another gossip media reported that the film starred Ren Xianqi, but he clashed with the director on the set, and the starring Takeshi Kaneshiro had a frozen relationship with director Mai Junlong and refused to participate in the post-production makeup.
"Inglis"
English
As early as 2017, "Inforce" was reported to be completed, but five years have passed, and it has not been finalized.
The film is directed by Chinese actress Chen Chong, starring Wang Zhiwen, Yuan Quan, Huo Siyan and Wang Chuanjun.
The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous writer Wang Gang, and the original book once won the Mao Dun Literature Award.
The story tells the story of a group of boys and girls at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain who meet an English teacher like a martyr.
His kindness and grace make teenage children fall in love with "Inglis", and the protagonist Liu Ai dreams of having a thick English dictionary and longing to speak pure English. As a result, he became friends with his English teacher, and wrote an unforgettable growth experience together during those absurd years.
At the same time, the emotional entanglement between his parents and the principal continues, and violence in the adult world continues to occur. Hiding in the corner, Liu Ai looked at the absurd world of adults with the eyes of an examiner, and described to people one by one the group portraits of intellectuals in that particular era in an innocent and humorous tone.
Like Chen Chong's directorial debut "Sky Bath", "Inglis", as the second Chinese-language work directed by Chen Chong, is also about the tragedy and the people in Shanghai who go to the countryside to Tibet or Xinjiang. The ambition is great, but it is estimated that the difficulty of passing the trial should not be small.
Speculation on the cause of the "disappearance": historical factors.
"Fengshen Trilogy"
Fengshen Trilogy
The story of "Romance of the Gods" is a household name in China and has been adapted into film and television works many times.
However, compared with "Journey to the West", one of the four famous books, "Fengsheng" has few successful cases in movies. The theme of the last "Fengshen ", or that - invite "half" first-line actors in the entertainment industry to create the epic bad film "Fengshen Legend".
And this time to challenge this theme is the director Wu Ershan, who has filmed "Painted Skin 2" and "Dragon Hunting".
According to Wu Ershan's ideas, he adapted the original novel "Romance of the Gods" with a hundred chapters into the capacity of three films, ensuring that the stories of each are independent and interconnected under the premise of ensuring the capacity of each plot.
And the film adopts the production method of three consecutive films, which is rare in Chinese films, to ensure the state of the actors and the coherence of shooting, which also means that the filming and production difficulty of the film has been greatly improved, and it took five years to prepare for it alone.
The film will use Hollywood's production team and technical experience to explore and improve the industrial process of Chinese films.
The cast is quite against the sky, Huang Bo as Jiang Ziya, Fei Xiang as Shang Wang Yinshou, Li Xuejian as Xibo Hou Jichang, Xia Yu as Shen Gongbao, Chen Kun as Yuan Shi Tianzun, Yuan Quan played by Queen Jiang.
Such a huge film project is the first time in the field of Chinese-language film, and director Wu Ershan's ambition can be seen.
The film was completed in 2018, the first trailer was released in 2019, and the trilogy was originally planned to be released in 2020, 2021, and 2022, but there is no exact news so far.
Speculate on the cause of the "disappearance": stuck in the late submission process, but does not rule out the problem of the capital chain.
Limited by space, this article only roughly inventories some movies with high attention.
In fact, in addition to the above movies, there are also movies such as "Looking for Qin", "Ghost Blowing Lantern Star Art", "Super Family", "Playground", "Star Seeker", "No Other Love" starring Gu Tianle.
I will not introduce them one by one here, and interested audiences can understand by themselves.