Start shooting now! Wu Jing and Yuan Heping have joined forces, can hard-core martial arts films really continue to be brilliant?

Bluestone Films

2024-06-10 11:07Published in Fujian film and television creators

Report! Wu Jing finally has a new move!

Recently, at the 2024 Cultural Power Construction Summit Forum held in Shenzhen, Wu Jing's new style was out of the circle.

At the forum, Wu Jing grew long hair and a beard, looking completely "alternative tough guy".

At the scene, Wu Jing also gave an answer to his new look - he is going to make a new movie, which is to prepare for the new movie.

In order to better play the new role in the new movie, Wu Jing specially kept his hair up, so that it was convenient to put on the hood when filming.

is just the information revealed by Wu Jing's few words on the forum, which directly made the animation industry and the film industry explode at the same time.

There are three main messages.

First, the new movie is called "Dart Man: The Wind Rises in the Desert", which is an adaptation of Xu Xianzhe's top Chinese comics.

Second, starring Wu Jing, other lineups may also include Nicholas Tse, as well as heavyweight predecessors.

Third, the director is Yuan Heping, and he also serves as the martial commander of this movie.

I have to say that these three pieces of information exploded one by one, no wonder the movie hasn't officially started filming yet, and just a few sentences can make the discussion explode directly.

Below, Qingshi will chat with everyone.

Friends who are familiar with Guoman will definitely not be unfamiliar with this name, because the original comic of "Dart Man" is really too "cow".

The comic "Dart Man" is a hard-core martial arts comic created by Chinese cartoonist Xu Xianzhe, and this comic shocked many industry bigwigs with just the prologue.

After the official serialization, it amazed Tian Xiaopeng, Ma Boyong and other industry gods.

From the perspective of a dart warrior, the work tells the story of a bodyguard mission that took place in the last years of the Sui Dynasty and connected the inextricable relationship between temples and rivers and lakes.

The sense of power created by the rough lines and large close-ups in the manga is perfectly combined with the sense of speed displayed by the jumping storyboards and smooth movements, and the rushing madness is very captivating.

Later, the trend of "Dart Man" blew to Japan, a big comic country, and appeared on Japan's CCTV NHK 3 times, and was praised by the Japanese media as "a world-class Chinese animation boutique".

The well-known Japanese manga artist we are familiar with, Rumiko Takahashi, the author of "Inuyasha", is its "tap water".

The former editor-in-chief of "Crayon Xiaoxin", Kurihara Kazuji, only glanced at the style and setting, and immediately ran to China regardless of it, and the first sentence on Weibo was - the Japanese want to promote Chinese comics!

In 2023, the anime "Dart Man" will be launched, and it will be able to get a high score of 8.3 on Douban under the high expectations of the original work, which is not uncommon in the field of Chinese comics.

Such a top-level Chinese comic, of course, there will be no shortage of fans.

After the progress of the movie was announced, the question of whether Wu Jing could play the role of "Sword Horse" also sparked a discussion among some fans.

The discussion point is actually simple, and the shape fit is a little worse.

Adaptability is a point that has to be talked about in live-action comics.,After all, it's a live-action comic.,There's a draft of a comic there.,There's a reference for the casting of the live-action version.。

Although "Dart Man" has no film and television works before, it has been in mobile games, and Wang Qianyuan, who is almost a template carved out of the comics, was invited to play the sword horse.

At that time, as soon as the promotion of the mobile game came out, fans were pleasantly surprised and satisfied.

"It can't be said that it has nothing to do with Wang Qianyuan, it can only be said that it is exactly the same."

By the way, Yanzi Niang in the mobile game is played by Liu Yan, and she has also received a lot of praise.

It is precisely for this reason that some fans are not satisfied with Wu Jing's decision to play the sword horse.

If it is only from the perspective of appearance similarity, maybe Wu Jing is not the most suitable.

But film and television works are not only similar in appearance, but more importantly, there are gods.

The god of swords and horses has an extremely important performance, that is, action scenes.

Whether it's a comic or an anime, the action scenes of "Dartman" are the main event.

And Wu Jing is currently the leader of action scenes in the Chinese film field.

He has been practicing martial arts at the age of 6 at the Shichahai Sports School in Beijing, and has a deep foundation in martial arts, and at the age of 12, he began to participate in international exchange activities with the martial arts team.

After officially entering the Beijing Wushu team, he has won the martial arts championship many times.

In 1995, 21-year-old Wu Jing starred in his first movie "Kung Fu Kid Breaking Love" under the recommendation of coach Wu Bin, and thus began his acting career as an action actor.

By the way, Wu Jing's debut movie was with Yuan Heping.

According to incomplete statistics, Wu Jing has starred in nearly 50 film and television works over the past 20 years, creating many classic film and television images.

His martial arts movements are fast, accurate, ruthless, steady, floating, and smart, and he is a perfect fusion of speed and moves, and is undoubtedly the absolute spokesperson of Chinese action movies.

In martial arts film and television works, he has had many impressive roles.

For example, in "Tai Chi Grandmaster", with traditional martial arts movements, his image of a "martial arts boy" stands.

In "Xiao Li Flying Knife", the seemingly ruthless but honest and kind "fast sword" Ah Fei also impressed the audience.

In Hong Kong action movies, he portrayed the image of a baby-faced ruthless killer.

In "Slaying the Wolf", whether it is the clip of him "hunting" Zhang Zhiyao, or the peak duel with Donnie Yen in the alley, it makes people watch it both scary and loved.

Especially in the fight scene with Donnie Yen, there is a long period of free play in the middle, and the fight without tricks is completely a real fight between the two.

It is said that in this super wonderful 45-second fight scene, Wu Jing's arm was in the same position, breaking four wooden sticks.

The natural health in "The True Colors of Men" made his martial arts action scenes play to the fullest.

With this role, Wu Jing was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Horse Awards.

Looking back on Wu Jing's acting career, from a martial arts champion to a screen star, from a martial arts star to an action movie director, Wu Jing has embarked on a path that others cannot reproduce.

And these experiences also laid a solid foundation for him to play the sword horse.

What's more, in addition to the actor Wu Jing with high box office appeal, the movie "Dartman: The Wind Rises in the Desert" also came up with the top lineup of Chinese martial arts movies.

Judging from the current main creative lineup of "Dartman: The Wind Rises in the Desert", this movie can be said to have taken out the top lineup of Chinese martial arts movies.

Wu Jing, who has a super box office appeal, we said earlier, the director and martial artist of the movie is the "Eighth Master" Yuan Heping.

Yuan Heping has the title of the world's No. 1 martial artist.

Yuan Heping was born in 1945, and his father was the first martial arts instructor in the history of Chinese cinema, Yuan Xiaotian.

Because he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he also likes the job of martial arts guidance, Yuan Heping naturally entered the film industry and also started the work of martial arts guidance.

At this time, the Hong Kong film industry was in its golden age, Yuan Heping went from martial arts to director, and made a "Serpentine Trickster" that made Jackie Chan popular overnight.

In the film, the hard bridge and hard horse are really kung fu, and the humorous action design completely highlights Jackie Chan's flexible skills.

This characteristic is vividly demonstrated in "Drunken Fist".

He and Tsui Hark's "Qimen Dunjia" integrates martial arts action and folk spells, and the bizarre and gorgeous imaginative style is unforgettable.

The film was also nominated for Best Action at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Later, Yuan Heping also designed "Shadowless Feet" for Jet Li, and the classic move of volleying seven feet became the classic move of Huang Feihong in everyone's heart.

Not to mention "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" and "Jingwu Hero", Jet Li's profound basic skills and Yuan Heping's wonderful action choreography are combined, each of which can be said to be textbook-level.

It is worth mentioning that after being replaced by Donnie Yen starring Huang Feihong, Yuan Heping can also adjust his martial arts movements according to his personal characteristics.

The stick battle between Huang Feihong and Nalan Yuanshu in the film has become one of the classic scenes of Chinese action movies.

is not only a Hong Kong movie, Yuan Heping also worked as an action director for "The Matrix";

designed poetic light skills and action scenes for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon";

In "Kung Fu", everything Stephen Chow wants can be concretized.

Next, there are "Huo Yuanjia", "Ip Man", "The Grandmaster" and so on, even in the field of TV dramas, he also represents "Water Margin".

And the combination of him and Wu Jing is also an absolute strong combination.

Wu Jing's first film work was "Kung Fu Boy Breaking Love" directed by Yuan Heping, and later collaborated on "Xiao Li Flying Knife".

In the movie "My Father and Me", "Riding the Wind" directed by Wu Jing also invited the eighth master to serve as the action director.

For the re-cooperation between Wu Jing and Ba Ye, in fact, there is another reason why everyone's expectations are full:

It's been too long, too long since theaters have seen such a hardcore martial arts action movie.

As we all know, martial arts films are a unique film genre in China, and martial arts films have been groping for progress since director Zhang Shichuan filmed "The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple" in 1928.

The first outbreak of Chinese martial arts movies can be traced back to the 60s of the last century, the "new century of martial arts" led by Hu Jinquan, Zhang Che, and Chu Yuan.

"The Drunken Man", "One-Armed Knife", "Dragon Gate Inn", "Meteor Butterfly Sword", "Chu Liuxiang", "The Sword of the Third Young Master", ......

There is no doubt that it has been brilliant.

But admittedly, it did decline.

Compared with that era, the plight of martial arts films today is also clear and clear.

There are no martial arts actors who can fight, there are no good stories with chivalrous bones, and there are no directors who are the first to be "chivalrous".

In the Dragon Boat Festival in 2022, "No One in My Eyes" starring Xie Miao was launched, and the movie won the second place in popularity on the whole network within seven hours of its launch, and also received nearly 30 million box office, and netizens also gave high praise:

"It's like a martial arts novel spread out in front of me."

It's a pity that there are still obvious shortcomings in the plot, although the second part has tried hard to lean in the direction of theatrical movies, but it still failed to meet the expectations of fans.

This time, Wu Jing teamed up with Yuan Heping to attack hard-core martial arts action films, and solved the current dilemma of martial arts films.

In fact, as early as the appearance of the "Wolf Warrior" movie, we already knew that Wu Jing had already embarked on another avenue as a Chinese actor.

What he wants to do is to broaden the boundaries of Chinese films and tell their own stories.

The subsequent "The Wandering Earth" is a strong proof of this.

Now that he is cooperating with Yuan Heping, what he wants is to give a new life to the once brilliant hard-core martial arts films.

"Wu Jing opened the door to Chinese military films, the door to science fiction films, and now it is beginning to revive martial arts films again! Expect! ”

At the sub-forum on the high-quality development of the film industry at the 2024 Cultural Power Construction Summit Forum, Wu Jing mentioned "martial arts movies", how to continue the spirit of martial arts, and he said a lot.

It needs someone to pass it on, and it also needs someone to support it, such as the most important directors and actors.

Actors must do their basic skills in place, in order to better cooperate with the director to show "martial arts".

He also said that the movie "Dartman: The Wind Rises in the Desert" will have heavyweight seniors in the role.

Because he hopes to pass on the professional skills and spirit of his predecessors in film, and make movies that can stay in time.

The five words "heavyweight senior" have also sparked speculation among fans, who will be able to join as a surprise?

Jackie chan? Jet li? Donnie?

Could it be them?

In addition, Wu Jing also founded the "Shadow Martial Arts", and 15 students conducted 60 days of special training in the first phase.

The training content is both civil and military, not only emphasizing the importance of movement, but also inviting Liu Tianchi to help out in the performance workshop and giving full acting lessons to the action actors.

This time in the movie, maybe we can see more martial arts action actors with professional martial arts level and acting skills, playing the outpost for the next revival of martial arts movies.

Bluestone Film Editorial Department | Lao Meng

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