Cover news reporter Yang Fan
On September 16, the fantasy love movie "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell", directed by Zheng Xiaolong and written by Wang Xiaoping, released the final poster and finalized trailer, officially announcing the nationwide release on October 15. The film starred Guan Xiaotong, Dylan Sparks, Hu Jun, SNH48 Lin Siyi, Wang Jia, Zou Zhaolong, Jiang Wenyou, and Sophie Marce and Vincent Perez.
Zheng Xiaolong's film Turandot is based on the opera of the same name. In 1924, the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini adapted the three-act opera Turandot based on the fairy tale "The Three Mysteries of Durandot", which he completed only the first draft during his lifetime, and after his death, Franco Alfano completed the whole play according to the draft. The play became popular after its premiere in 1926, and as Puccini's most influential work, Turandot tells the story of an Eastern world imagined by Westerners.
"Illuminate the darkness. Dreamlike... What is this that is born in the night, that is, that the world dies at dawn, and that the world craves and longs for? This is one of the three puzzles that princess Turandot gave to the prince in the opera "Turandot", as a romantic and bloody death game, the answer is born, and the wrong answer is cut. The story of the film is a "magic change" to the original work, and the riddle is replaced by a curse.
According to the plot released by the film, the film mainly tells the love story of the Great Khan (Jiang Wen) in order to rescue his daughter Turandot (Guan Xiaotong), who is possessed by the curse of the tricolor bracelet, and the orphan Caraf (Dylan Sprows), who has wandered to the khanate since childhood, will not hesitate to save his sweetheart Turandot at the cost of his life.
In the fixed poster of synchronous exposure, The Princess Turandot played by Guan Xiaotong has her eyebrows locked; the "blue-eyed" Karaf played by Dylan Sprose has a resolute look; the image of Jiang Wen Khan appears, not angry and arrogant, which is his signature look, which makes people involuntarily think of the Qin Shi Huang and Cao Mengde he played. Let's not say that he took over the film to repay the human debt owed to director Zheng Xiaolong, and the double braided shape alone has triggered heated discussions and discussions among many fans.
From Zhang Yimou's version of "Turandot" staged in the Forbidden City, to the "Turandot" opera scene in "007: Quantum of Crisis" and "Mission Impossible 5", this super big IP has been spied on by filmmakers for many years, and Zheng Xiaolong is the first person to put it on the big screen as a whole.
However, some netizens are not too optimistic about the form of the movie "Turandot", which is an old bottle of new wine. Someone said, "There are too many elements in this movie, and it feels like everything wants to be forced inside." "Some people also pointed out that Chinese and foreign co-productions have always been unpopular and the box office has not exploded, and the "Great Wall" that zhang Yimou and Hollywood failed to cooperate in the past is an example." I hope Jiang Wen can have good luck this time. ”
From the perspective of the cast, the starlight of "The Great Wall" is definitely no less than that of "Turandot": Matt Damon, Andy Lau, Zhang Hanyu, William Dafoe, Huang Xuan, the result of the box office directly hit the street, in China and Hollywood on both sides of the word of mouth are not flattering. It is also after this film that the old strategist who is painfully thinking about it has adjusted his strategy and begun to drift away from commercial blockbusters, and in recent years, he has ushered in the second spring of his career.
Sino-US co-production, investment of 500 million yuan "The Great Bombing" was also known as a heavyweight war epic masterpiece, Bruce Willis, Adrian Brody two Hollywood superstars joined forces, plus Liu Ye, Xie Tingfeng, Zhang Junning, Liu Xiaoqing, Chen Weiting, Song Chengxian and other Chinese and Korean big names, before the release of the fast deer money laundering black screen, directly banned in the mainland, hurriedly released abroad after being directly ridiculed as the "big net" level. By the way, one of the main actors in this film is Fan Bingbing.
Who else remembers the film "The Legend of the White Ghost"? At that time, this co-production film starring Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen and "Fairy Sister" Liu Yifei was also the limelight, and the filmmakers were confidently released in the same period as "Wolf Warrior", and the result was abused to find teeth, and the domestic box office was only 45 million.
On the co-production "Street Fighter List", you can also see "The Mystery of the Dragon Card" starring Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, "24 Hours: The End of the Road" starring Ethan Hawke, Xu Qing and Paul Anderson, Sam Neil, Chen Xiaochun and Wang Ji starring in "Finding the Dragon and The Treasure", Luc Besson as the screenwriter and executive producer, Zhao Youting, Ni Ni, Dave Battista, Wu Zhenyu, Sienna Gelli, Yulea Shelton starring in "The Warrior's Gate", Li Bingbing, Kenan Lutz, Wu Zun, Kelsi ... "Enigma Nest" starring Glamour...
There are actually many reasons why co-productions are easy to fail, such as the filmmakers spend most of their investment on the salaries of foreign celebrities, resulting in a shrinking of production funds and rough polishing of the script; the film's positioning is vague, both want to please domestic audiences, and want to be recognized by foreign countries, and the results are that neither side has gained benefits; the patchwork of Eastern and Western cultural elements has led to no unified style, and eventually become a "stitching monster".
Zheng Xiaolong has been deeply involved in the field of TV drama for many years, starting from directing "Longing" and "Beijingers in New York" 30 years ago, until "The Biography of Zhen Huan" and "The Biography of Mi Yue", he has brought us a lot of popular boutique dramas. And "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" is one of his few film works, so many people are worried about whether he can master this grand theme that spans China and the West, especially in the field of co-productions that will overturn if they are not careful.
In October, the Chinese film industry has two big suspense, first, how much can "Changjin Lake" rush to the box office? Second, can Jiang Wen and Sophie Marceau spark a spark?
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