The king of internal entertainment, who disappeared for 4 years, finally made a comeback

Recently, there was an amazing news.

Director Chen Kexin revealed at the Shanghai Film Festival that his film "Alone" will be released soon.

This film also has a more familiar name, "Li Na".

Preparations began in 2014 and started in 2018, experiencing twists and turns such as three years of epidemic and name change.

Stumbling along the way, worrying about the hearts of countless fans.

Until the completion in 2019, four years have passed now.

The Chinese women's volleyball movie "Winning the Championship" launched after Chen Kexin was released three years ago.

And this "Li Na" has not been heard from.

Even the entries on Douban have disappeared.

Only a 7-minute short film "Be Yourself" remains.

The reason for this is a lot of discussion, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Unexpectedly, after four years, the news of the resurrection actually came out.

For fans, this is indeed good news.

In fact, recently, many national films that have been backlogged for many years have moved.

Some let out the wind, and some officially announced that the file was set.

Domestic films seem to have ushered in an unexpected "resurrection year".

However, whether it is a mule or a horse, it still has to be walked.

Uncle Yu will come to pick it up today——

This resurrection year of domestic films is not worth looking forward to.

Let's first see what domestic "resurrection films" are worth looking forward to this year.

The most heavyweight is the "Fengshen Trilogy" directed by Wu Ershan.

The first part has been scheduled for July 20.

It has been 4 years since the completion in 2019.

The film side once typed slogan, which is the "Chinese version of "The Lord of the Rings".

The lineup is strong, gathering Huang Bo, Fei Xiang, Chen Kun, Li Xuejian and other famous actors.

The investment is staggering, and it is said that the trilogy totals 3 billion.

The crew built 500 acres of location in Qingdao, equivalent to 47 standard football fields.

Among them, it includes important scenes such as Chaoga City, Wine Pond Meat Forest, and Juxian Pavilion.

And these are just the early shooting materials.

A large number of special effects production in the later stage is a huge overhead.

On the "Fengshen Trilogy", it took eight years for Wuershan to direct.

5 years of preparation and shooting, 3 years of production.

In 2019, the film released a 30-second pilot trailer.

Since then, few promotional materials have been released, which is quite mysterious.

Fortunately, with the film finalized, the audience will soon be able to unveil it.

"Boyhood", set for August 17.

Completed in 2019, waiting time of 4 years.

This is the "small era" that belongs to director Chen Kaige.

Starring, there are Liu Haoran, Chen Feiyu, Zhang Xueying, Wen Qi.

Due to the focus on the 60s of the last century, the subject matter of this film is particularly sensitive.

But the thickness of the script was strongly supported by Yu Dong, chairman of BoeNex.

"It's a bit risky to shoot this story, but I don't hesitate."

In the four years since the film disappeared, Director Chen can be described as wearing a liver.

He has directed "Me and My Motherland" and "Changjin Lake".

Now, finally, the resurrection of the flesh of the heart is waiting.

Not only Director Chen himself was excited, but the hearts of netizens were also restless.

"Director Chen's most awesome script after "Farewell My Concubine"

"The Last Truth", set for August 18.

It was completed in March 2021 and waited for 2 years.

The story defends an "iron case" and clears the fog.

Starring Huang Xiaoming and Yan Ni, it was originally scheduled to be released in December 2021.

However, it has been withdrawn due to the epidemic and market factors.

In addition to the mainland, Hong Kong films have also gradually released stocks.

"Don't Call Me a "God of Gamblers", which has been shelved for 4 years, is scheduled for June 21.

The long-haired brother dreamed back to "Alang's Story".

"Assassination Storm", which has disappeared for 5 years, is scheduled for August 18.

The pre-announced homicide case that caused a sensation in the city once again challenged the scale of domestic entertainment.

Directed by Qiu Litao, Wu Zhenyu, Gu Tianle, Zhang Zhilin on the same stage.

In addition, although many movies have not yet been finalized, they have also gained popularity.

For example, "Hot Search", which was completed early last year.

Focus on the network environment and keep abreast of the times.

Hot search events are constantly reversed, which is a relatively close to the current theme.

According to director Xin Yukun, the film has been successfully reviewed and is expected to be released within this year.

At the same time, another movie also appeared on the hot search for a long time.

"Rock Solid" may really be coming.

Since its completion in 2019, this film has been the most anticipated work of the National Master.

First, the scale of legend is extremely large.

Police, officials, wealthy businessmen, there is an undercurrent between the three.

The circumstances include, but are not limited to, hiding corpses in the wall, smashing people with wrenches, and nearly 10 billion in corruption and bribery.

Second, the road to the release of the film is quite bumpy.

The first trailer clearly says "waiting for release in 2020", but it is four years to wait.

Like his old classmate Director Chen, the national teacher has also been walking non-stop in recent years.

Director "Above the Cliff", "Sniper", etc., and supervising the production of "Me and My Hometown".

I hope that this "rock solid" persistence can be exchanged for "solid as a rock".

Xu Haofeng's "Hidden by the Back of the Knife" also came out with news.

There is news that it will be released at the end of this year.

It has been exactly six years since it was completed in 2017.

Xu Haofeng's unique martial arts style made the audience look forward to it.

The film was scheduled to be released on July 19, 2019.

Arrived, but suddenly encountered "market reasons" withdrawal.

The factors behind it have always been divergent.

Some say that it is because the action scenes are too realistic, resulting in bloody and violent.

It is said that it was the director Xu Haofeng who disagreed with the producer, and the film was also shelved.

Of course, in addition to the above, there are many movies that are still unknown.

For example, "Inglis", which disappeared for 6 years.

This film is a feature film directed by Chen Chong again after 17 years.

Gather Wang Zhiwen, Yuan Quan, Huo Siyan, Wang Chuanjun and other actors.

Just sweeping the story synopsis makes people smell the forbidden breath.

Another example is the two works directed by Cao Baoping.

A "Wading Through the Sea of Rage" was originally the most anticipated movie of 2021.

Led by Huang Bo and Zhou Xun, two actresses.

Another "She Kills", which started in 2017.

Starring Fan Bingbing and Huang Xuan.

To this day, the poster of Douban is still "Start today".

In addition, "Flame on the Plain" that has undergone name change and withdrawal, Lu Chuan's "749 Bureau", Zhang Meng's "Gun Waist Flower"...

Each one is on the list of "annual expected films".

The old film is resurrected, and a thousand calls come out.

However, when it comes to quality, you have to put a question mark first.

It's not that Uncle Yu deliberately poured cold water, but there are too many living examples.

The backlog of films caused by the epidemic in the past three years has deeply disturbed the global film industry.

Audiences are hard to look forward to the release, but they are often disappointed.

Korean movies are the hardest hit.

"Negotiations", "Extraordinary Declaration", "Alien + Man" and other films have attracted countless attention with cast + cost + theme.

But after the release, they all showed their horses' feet, and the ratings were bad.

The "Very Declaration" of the top lineup, Douban 6.3

What's more, we have a big X factor -

Schrödinger's cuts.

No, the film has not yet been resurrected, and netizens are worried -

"Resurrection is deletion"

Check out the Hidden by the Knife entry, there are two long versions.

The domestic release version is 14 minutes less than the film festival version.

According to legend, it was the producer who was dissatisfied with the smooth rhythm.

In order to cater to the taste of the public and strive for the arrangement of films, it is mandatory to cut it.

Deletion is like dismembering a movie.

Even cutting out the roles assigned to the part can destroy the original narrative.

Movies like "Boyhood" point to sensitive times, like a buried landmine.

There are also many crime films, which will also face scale problems.

Almost every "resurrection film" is dancing on the tip of the knife.

Even if it is not cut, the value of the film is likely to be greatly reduced due to the delay.

After all, the value of a movie is time-sensitive.

For example, emotional value.

In March this year, "More Than Endless" was released three years after its completion.

The "next medicine god" in the mouth of this media pounced fiercely.

It only won 56.47 million box office, and only 7.0 points on Douban.

This is a film that focuses on journalists with anti-discrimination as the fulcrum.

If it is released during the three years of the epidemic, it will undoubtedly resonate more with the audience.

Unfortunately, by the time it was released, the epidemic had already been "turned over".

Without the resonance of real emotions, the news feelings in the movie become painless.

Delays in release may also make the film lose its technical value.

The biggest selling point of the "Fengsheng" series was the top level of domestic special effects at that time.

However, four years later, there have been breakthroughs in various technologies.

In the film industry, which is seriously involved, if you do not advance, you will retreat.

As a result, "Feng Shen" has not yet been released, and there is a groundbreaking "escape".

Many stars who participated in the film avoided talking about this film.

The C position on the poster is Fei Xiang, who has been far away from internal entertainment for many years.

The publicity strategy has also been greatly changed.

The "Oriental Lord of the Rings", which was once hyped, is no longer mentioned.

Even, the film side tried to avoid comparisons with "The Lord of the Rings".

All kinds of behaviors reveal the industry's distrust of this film.

At the same discount, there is also the value of innovation.

In the years after the withdrawal of "Fengshen ", "Nezha: The Devil Child Descends" and "Jiang Ziya" have been released successively.

A national manga sealed god universe, the first to see the prototype.

The story of "The God List" has made people feel a trace of aesthetic fatigue.

This problem must also plague "Flames on the Plain".

In 2021, which was originally scheduled to be released, it is just in time for the "Northeast Renaissance".

The old factory area, pink street, and the wave of layoffs have re-entered the mainstream narrative.

Should have been the first to eat crab, but was preempted by others to taste the sweetness.

The phenomenal "Long Season" has undoubtedly become a mountain.

Not to mention, the TV series version of "Moses on the Plain", adapted from the same novel, has also been broadcast.

It's hard to say if there is a new interest in the subject matter.

Of course, some people will say that talk is better than nothing.

Old films are queued up for revival, bringing a thriving trend of mainland films.

However, this may ultimately be an illusion.

"It's not that there are many new films, it's that there are too many old films backlog."

For those videos that "disappear", we always seem to have some kind of filter.

Juxtapose scale with courage and wait with quality.

This is actually a misunderstanding.

For example, the withdrawal statement of "Hidden by the Knife" is unknown.

According to rumors from all parties, it is likely to be caused by the film party itself.

Later, "technical reasons" became popular.

The longer the film disappears, the thicker the filter will be.

On the other hand, behind the resurrection lies the extremely unhealthy fixation norms of the mainland film industry.

The mature film industry is composed of three rings: production, publicity and screening, which affect the whole body.

The gear removal, gear shifting, and airborne landing like a child's play have long disrupted the schedule of the three parties.

Not only does it add more costs, but it is also very likely to lead to the circuit breaker of the capital chain.

And looking at Hollywood's cinema rankings, they are all very planned.

Blockbusters with a certain production scale are often finalized a year or two in advance.

From the film side to the theater, there is enough time to arrange publicity and warm-up step by step.

Want a temporary shift period?

Sorry, even if your café is bigger, the schedule still can't be moved.

Just like next month's "Mission Impossible 7" hit "Oppenheimer".

Tom is no longer satisfied with the IMAX shooting of his new film, and he can't change the file.

To change gears, adjustments must be made very early.

Recently, due to the Hollywood screenwriters' strike, the progress of many films has been delayed.

The advance notice of changing the file in advance can be as little as one year or as much as five years.

There will be almost no temporary gear withdrawal, airborne landing.

Of course, we love to see movies come back to life.

They also send a positive signal for the post-pandemic era.

However, Uncle Yu would like to see that we can rebuild healthy and mature industry norms.

And under this industry norm, the real rise of domestic films keeps pace with the times.

After all, more important than resurrection is rebirth.

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Assistant Editor: Sanjuro