"The First Part of Fengsheng" is finalized, with Shen Teng, the "roadblock", can the box office sell for 3 billion?
Thousands of calls began to come out, and the "Fengshen Trilogy" finally had news.
"The First Part of Fengshen " is scheduled for July 20, and the second and third parts will be released in the summer of 2024 and 2025.
"Fengshen Trilogy" is a well-deserved blockbuster, with a total investment of up to 3 billion, from preparation to release, after many years.
The first script planning meeting in 2014, the preparation of the group in 2016, the project was launched in May 2017, the start was launched in September 2018, and it was completed in January 2020, and it was originally planned to be released in the summer of 2020, but this delay was 3 years, although it was late, but fortunately it came.
Ten years of grinding a sword, director Wuershan wants to make a Chinese super blockbuster to young audiences, this persistence is worth looking forward to.
So what are the advantages and disadvantages of this super epic blockbuster of fantasy war?
Let's first talk about the advantages of the "Fengshen Trilogy".
First, director Wuershan's signboard.
Urshan has been fascinated by the story of "Romance of the Gods" since he was a child, and he had this idea back in 2001, but did not say it at the time.
Now it seems that "Painted Skin 2" and "Dragon Hunting" are his training works, and everything is to prepare for the "Fengshen Trilogy".
Wu Ershan, who studied art, has a unique aesthetic in fantasy themes, and the box office results set by "Painted Skin 2" and "Dragon Hunting" are also his confidence.
Second, a strong lineup behind the scenes
Jiang Zhiqiang, who single-handedly created the blockbuster era of Chinese-language films, served as the producer, and the idea of making a trilogy was also proposed by him.
No matter how good the special effects are, no matter how gorgeous the art, there must be a good story, so two big coffees were invited as screenwriting consultants.
One is James Chamuse, who collaborated with Ang Lee on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and the other Reed, the screenwriter of the Chinese films "Farewell My Concubine" and "Alive" are all him.
The art director and stylist is Tim Yip, who has participated in many works such as "Words of the Daming Palace", "Rouge Button", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and so on.
The Shang Dynasty is too far away for us to refer to.
In order to set the tone for the art of the "Fengshen Trilogy", he and director Wuershan visited many local museums and ruins to collect as much information as possible.
On the basis of land and water paintings, elements such as bronze, yin and yang five elements, and classical mythology are integrated to create a unique aesthetic system of the film and create a deep and magnificent sense of epic.
In terms of special effects, they spent several years creating a living divine beast, and the fantasy gluttony, ink unicorn, dragon beard tiger, nine-tailed white fox, and thunder Zhenzi were all meticulously digitally designed.
How powerful the special effects of the movie are, it is said that Guo Fan once went to visit the class, and after returning he sighed that "The Wandering Earth" was like a product of a handicraft workshop compared to "Feng Shen".
Third, there is no need to be a popular "traffic star", audition amateur training
In the cast, Wu Ershan continued the old team of "Finding the Dragon", Chen Kun, Huang Bo and Xia Yu played Yuan Shi Tianzun, Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao, respectively.
Fei Xiang previously collaborated with Wu Ershan in "Painted Skin 2", this time playing King Shu.
Li Xuejian plays Xibo Hou Jichang, Xu Huanshan, Wang Luoyong plays Bi Gan, Gao Shuguang plays Wei Ziqi, Yuan Quan plays Empress Jiang, and Yang Jue plays Bo Yikao.
Other important characters are newcomers, such as Yang Jian, Nezha, Ji Fa, and members of the "Proton Brigade".
They are selected from around the world, initially 1,400 out of 15,000, and then interviewed by Urshan himself, and the final 20 are selected for training.
They spent a few months at the Fengshen Performing Arts Training Camp to learn martial arts, horsemanship, fighting and traditional Chinese culture, which will become a valuable experience for them after entering the industry.
Now many of the actors who came out of the training camp have come out, such as Yu Shi, This Sha, Chen Muchi and so on.
After talking about the advantages, let's also talk about the disadvantages.
First, the fantasy blockbuster market collapsed
Domestic fantasy blockbusters, once like domestic horror films, have become the label of bad films, and everyone avoids them.
In 2008, Chen Jia's "Painted Skin" earned 232 million, ending the era of costume blockbusters and ushering in the prologue of fantasy blockbusters.
After that, this type of film ran all the way, such as "Painted Skin 2" 702 million, "Monster Hunt" 2.436 billion, "Dragon Hunt" 1.679 billion.
There are also adaptations based on the theme of Journey to the West, Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West" and "Journey to the West", and the animated film "The Return of the Great Sage" and so on.
Then behind the high box office, it began to usher in a word-of-mouth crisis, such as Zheng Baorui's "Journey to the West: The Great Trouble in the Heavenly Palace", "Journey to the West: Three Dozen White Bone Essences" and "Journey to the West: Daughter's Country".
Coupled with a large number of shoddy works such as "The Legend of Fengshen ", "Asura" and "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell" have struck, after which fantasy blockbusters are no longer sought after by the audience and have become bad films among everyone.
If the people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to bring the team, and whether the "Fengshen Trilogy" can make the audience regain confidence.
Second, and Shen Teng's movie is rigid
"The First Part of Fengshen " is scheduled for July 20, and the same schedule is Shen Teng's "Super Family" (July 21).
Shen Teng is the box office leader in the comedy market, and the box office of the last two works is very good, "Walking on the Moon Alone" 3.103 billion and "Manjiang Hong" 4.544 billion.
Although "Fengshen Family" and "Super Family" are not the same type of films, they are also competitors in the same schedule, and if the reputation is not hard, it may not be able to beat Shen Teng, the "roadblock".
There are many factors for the success of a movie, director, actors, story, schedule, publicity, etc., of course, the most important thing is word of mouth, I hope that "The First Part of Fengshen " can be recognized by the audience.
This time the trailer, there is still no news of "Daji", it is said that "Daji" will be played by Nana, a mixed-race beauty born in 97.
Her profession is a model, once the heroine of Jay Chou's "Confession Balloon" MV, just looking at the appearance or passing, I don't know if I can perform the charm of "Daji".
In the current impetuous environment, director Wuershan can spend nearly 10 years to polish his work, which is very rare.
As director Wuershan said: "Quality (quality) equals workload, sweat will not betray you." "I hope he can make an oriental magic epic blockbuster that truly belongs to us."
Of course, the box office pressure he faces is not small, and generally he has to return to 3 times the total investment, so the 3 billion investment of "Fengshen Trilogy" must be sold at least 9 billion.
The first part is the most critical, if the start is unfavorable, it is difficult for the next two to have a chance to turn over, can "The First Part of Fengshen " sell for 3 billion, can it return the book? Let's wait and see! (Reported by: XI)