The vigorous summer program officially began in July.
In the first half of 2021, the mainland box office was 27.6 billion yuan, and there is still a big gap between catching up with the 64.1 billion yuan of box office in 2019.
The summer program has always been highly expected by the audience and the industry, and whether it can complete the box office KPI for the whole year depends on its performance.
Looking at the film list in July this year, the keywords of "main theme" and "animation" are the most eye-catching.
In order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party, this month's "1921", "Revolutionaries", "Chinese Doctors" and "Sniper" formed the most important four "main theme" tribute new works.
These four films can be described as a gathering of stars, bringing together the "top match" lineup of current domestic films.
Of course, the summer program can not be less than animation, domestic animation this year in terms of the number of hit a new high, including "City of Figurines", "White Snake 2: Green Snake Robbery" and other more than 14 cartoons, released in this summer.
There are also some highlights in youth films and action movies, "What to do when the second brother comes" and "The Sky of the Burning Wild Boy" are quite innovative, and Director Chen Musheng's posthumous work "Fury And Serious Cases" is also worth looking forward to.
At present, there are still few new films scheduled for August, only two youth films, "Midsummer Future" and "Five Teenagers Who Splash water". Affected by the epidemic, Hollywood blockbusters continue to lack positions, which may also affect the overall performance of summer vacation files.
Looking at the film list in July, it is not a small pressure to give birth to a single film with a box office of 5 billion yuan + such as "Nezha's Devil Boy Descending" or "Wolf Warrior 2". The entire summer program still lacks one or two domestic blockbusters that are enough to lead the market.
There is news in the industry that "Chosin Lake" may be scheduled for the summer, but this is currently unknown.
What are the new mainland films to look forward to in July? Come and see!
《1921》
Release date: July 1
Directors: Huang Jianxin, Zheng Dasheng
Starring: Huang Xuan, Ni Ni, Wang Renjun, Liu Haoran
Genre: Drama
As a key film "celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China", "1921" was released on July 1, which was very suitable.
Director Huang Jianxin previously created the trend of commercial films with the main theme, from "The Great Undertaking of the Founding of the People's Republic" and other "Jianzitou Trilogy" to "My Motherland and Me", this time to "1921" He can be said to be familiar with it.
The film's starring cast is quite strong: Huang Xuan and Ni Ni play the revolutionary couple Li Da and Wang Huiwu, and Chen Kun partners Li Chen to play Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao.
In addition, young actors such as Liu Haoran, Wang Junkai, Han Dongjun, Zhang Chao, Zhang Yunlong, and Hu Xianxu will play a major representative of the CPC.
There are countless more star-showing stars, which is the strongest lineup of domestic films at present.
The film cuts from the perspective of the era and "cross-section" of the year of 1921, focusing on enthusiastic young people from all over the world with an average age of only 28 years old, breaking through the monitoring and tracking of various complex forces in the world, and gathering in Shanghai to hold the "First Congress of the Communist Party of China" to witness the founding of the Communist Party of China.
It was the spark of 100 years ago that developed into the trend of the wilderness, which created the Kangzhuang Avenue in China today.
The Revolutionary
Director: Xu Zhanxiong
Starring: Zhang Songwen, Li Yifeng, Tong Liya, Peng Yuchang
If "1921" depicts a group portrait story, then "Revolutionary" shows a revolutionary hero - Li Dazhao more intensively.
As one of the main founders of the Communist Party of China, Li Dazhao not only lived in the literature and historical materials, but also in a grain of grain, a blood and a tear.
The film tells the story of Li Dazhao's active change of China and his enthusiastic pursuit of the revolutionary road, showing his words and deeds under multiple identities such as father, husband, teacher and friend, and opponent, and restoring the image of a flesh-and-blood revolutionary, with fireworks and human touch.
The male protagonist is played by "old drama bone" Zhang Songwen, and his vivid and full acting skills add a lot to this film.
Wolfwalker
Release date: July 3
Directed by: Tom Moore, Rose Stewart
Voiced by: Ono Cornifsee, Eva Whittaker
Type: Animation
There are not many imported films in the summer of July, and "Wolf Walker", which has won many international honors such as the Academy Award nomination for best animation, is a rare animation word-of-mouth masterpiece.
The film tells the story of Robin, the hunter's daughter Robin, who meets the "WolfWalker" who can turn into a wolf and has magical healing powers during the wolf epidemic.
Wolfwalker continues the ornate hand-drawn style of the secrets of the Book of Kells and the Song of the Sea, and is the final chapter of the "Irish Legend Trilogy".
The film's magnificent and fantastic hand-drawn style complements the light and flexible theme music, and fans who like animation should arrange it quickly!
The Chinese Doctor
Release date: July 9
Director: Liu Weiqiang
Starring: Zhang Hanyu, Yuan Quan, Zhu Yawen, Li Chen
At present, the most "selling" movie in the Summer Program in July is this "Chinese Doctor".
Based on the real events of the fight against the new crown epidemic, the film focuses on the white-clad soldiers who marched backwards and paid tribute to the anti-epidemic heroes of the current era.
In the 2019 National Day file, Liu Weiqiang's "Captain China" won 2.9 billion yuan at the box office, and this new work gathered the original team of "Captain China" from director to star, intending to continue to write a new chapter of this "main theme blockbuster".
Zhang Hanyu, together with Yuan Quan, Li Qin and Zhang Tianai, seamlessly transitioned from the "heroic crew working state" to the "anti-epidemic mode", and the main creative team can be said to be full of tacit understanding.
President Zhang Jingyu, played by Zhang Hanyu in the film, is based on Zhang Dingyu, the winner of the national honorary title of "People's Hero" and the president of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, a hero of the fight against the epidemic.
As the head of a hospital, Zhang Dingyu dragged the sick body suffering from "frostbite", silently endured the huge blow of his wife who was also infected with new crown pneumonia, insisted on fighting in the front line of the fight against the epidemic, and treated thousands of patients.
Yuan Quan played Wen Ting, director of the Department of Critical Care Medicine, in the movie "Chinese Doctor", in order to truly restore the state of medical staff under the anti-epidemic work, she wore protective clothing for 8 hours continuously and contributed to the "disfigurement performance".
I believe that every Chinese can find their own resonance in the not-so-distant "anti-epidemic" story.
City of Figurines
Directors: Ding Liang, Lin Yongchang
Voiced by: Zhu Guangzu, Zhang Ming
The behind-the-scenes team of the domestic animation "City of Figurines" has created the famous "Bear Haunting" series of animations. This time, inspired by the Terracotta Warriors, one of the Eight Wonders of the World, they created a vast underground world dedicated to the figurines.
Figurines from different dynasties, strange ancient creatures, ingenious dungeons, vivid and interesting cultural relics... It forms a magnificent and mysterious "city of figurines".
The ancient legendary mythical beast "犼" will launch a earth-shaking battle with the warriors. This domestic animation with a full Chinese style is full of mysterious and unknown colors.
"New Big Head Son and Little Head Dad 4"
Directors: He Cheng, Liu Kexin
Voiced by: Ju Ping, Dong Hao
"Big Head Son" is a childhood memory of four generations of audiences in the 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s. Since 2014, the series has launched three "New Big Head Sons" animated films in succession.
In order to be close to the times, the fourth part of the series will focus on the frontiers of science and technology, adding many elements such as game programming and artificial intelligence, and the big head son's family will appear in a new cross-dress image.
《University》
Directors: Sun Hong, Ke Yongquan, Wang Jing
Starring: Qian Yi, Cai Zheng, Song Yuntian, Yan Yunzhou
Type: Record
Through the words, deeds and life choices of qian Yi, Cai Zheng, Song Yuntian and Yan Yunzhou, the film "University" shows the Tsinghua spirit of "self-improvement and generous morality".
The experiences and choices of the four Tsinghua people in the film will resonate a lot, and both Tsinghua and non-Tsinghua audiences can find their young selves in the film.
The Stupid Bird Adventure
Release date: July 10
Director: Yuan Yipeng
Voiced by: Li Shanshan, Gong Dafang
"Stupid Bird Adventure", named after family fun, is an animation that focuses on young children.
The film tells the story of a newborn sandpiper who failed to learn to fly due to the danger encountered while practicing flying, and in order to reunite with his family, he had to embark on an adventure to paradise valley on foot.
Judging from the story, the film is positioned as inspirational and affectionate, like a road cartoon of the road adventure type.
"What to do when the second brother comes"
Release date: July 16
Director: Zheng Fenfen
Starring: Hu Xianxu, Deng Enxi, Zheng Wei
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Three years ago, "Take My Brother Away" harvested many fans, and the interaction between Peng Yuchang and Zhang Zifeng brothers and sisters with laughter and tears was impressive.
Nowadays, the "second brother" created by the original class creator has come again, but the main actors have been replaced by Hu Xianxu, Deng Enxi and Zheng Wei.
The same is the family theme, this time focusing on the story of reorganizing the family: the eldest brother listens to the wind and the little sister listens to the rain and the second brother Li Sheng, who encounters the "surprise attack", three adolescent teenagers live under the same roof, they are noisy and noisy, and re-understand the meaning of the family.
The film focuses on the overlooked "blind spot" in contemporary family relationships: behind the "rebellious brothers and sisters" is the lack of affection in their youth. The reason for the "second brother from heaven" is the desire of the family? Everyone in the sweet family is "secretly troubled"?
In the context of the release of the three children of the whole people, the film of "second brother" is actually a bit of an inexplicable scene.
"The Descending Dragon of Jigong"
Directors: Liu Zhijiang, Qiao Yu
The domestic animation "Jigong's Descending Dragon Descending" mainly tells the story of the dragon descending arhat who was reincarnated as a prodigy Li Xiuyuan before becoming Jigong.
Li Xiuyuan, a mischievous and mischievous teenager, wants to become a big hero, but he always makes chickens and dogs jump outside the village.
When the real crisis came, no one believed him because of his mischievous mischief, until Li Xiuyuan learned that he was the reincarnation of the great hero Descending Dragon Arhat, and after the disaster, he once again realized that he had regained his golden body and shouldered the mission of saving Cangsheng.
In the trailer, a passage of "My name is Li Xiuyuan, the dogs in the village are suspected, who dares to provoke me, give him a hook fist" slip, people can't help but string the stage to the "Nezha's Demon Boy Incarnation" that year.
The story direction of "Jigong" is also somewhat similar to that of "Nezha", and the highlight is the deconstruction and subversive reproduction of the characters' past lives and present lives.
Ji Gong, who is also a well-known classic figure, "broken shoes and broken hats", will continue to write the miracle of the rise of the national comic like "Nezha" and "Great Sage"?
"Burning Wild Boy's Sky"
Release date: July 17
Director: Zhang Yibai, Han Yan
Starring: Peng Yuchang, Xu Enyi, Zhang Youhao
Genre: Song and dance, drama
Domestic youth films? I'm tired of watching it. Youth song and dance films? Seems a bit new.
"Burning Wild Boy's Sky" is such a youth song and dance film, it tells a group of smelly "salted fish teenagers" and a group of jagged "weed girls", breaking prejudice and barriers, dancing together youth story.
The film continues the youthful and comedic elements of the episode "The Sky of the Wind Dog Boy". The two leading actors, Peng Yuchang and Zhang Youhao, reappeared, reminiscent of the Daxing village brothers who dared to love and hate in the series.
Zhang Yibai, the director of the film, once said bluntly: "Song and dance films in the Chinese film industry are a taboo, and its requirements for actors, the audience's acceptance, resources, experience, and funds are all a test." ”
In terms of music and dance, the investment in this play is not small, and the top Japanese choreographer Akane is invited as a special dance director and choreographer, and Zhang Yadong is appointed as the music director and composer.
The genre breakthrough of this film is quite innovative, but whether the audience can accept it is still unknown.
Whitesnake 2: Green Snake Robbery
Release date: July 23
Director: Wong Ka Kang
Voiced by: Tang Xiaoxi, Zhang Fuzheng
Two years ago, "White Snake: Origins" made the audience shine, not only gained a good reputation, but also had a box office of 455 million, which is the highest box office work of the light-chasing animation.
"White Snake 2: Green Snake Robbery", which was released in the summer this time, is obviously more ambitious.
Both films are based on the classical Chinese myth and legend "The Legend of the White Snake", but the new film is set in the late Tang Dynasty to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, telling the story of Xiao Bai's growth after being suppressed by the Leifeng Pagoda, Xiao Qing enters the city of Shuluo to rescue Xiao Bai.
Tribute to the poster of Xu Ke's version of the movie "Green Snake", I have to say that it is very flavorful!
Bakken Bear 2: Agent Gold
Director: Zhang Yang
Starring: Tang Shuiyu, Mengziyan, Xu Jiaqi
Unlucky, funny, stupid, this summer to see the unreliable agent Bear Beacon, probably can save you all your unhappiness.
The classic IP "Bakken Bear" (also known as "Unlucky Bear"), which was once popular in South Korea, has been popular all over the world since its birth in 2002.
As the second film in the series, Bakken, who is inseparable from "unlucky", accidentally fell into the trap of the dark forces, and thus lost his chip and completely turned back into an ordinary polar bear.
Despite losing his superpowers and making the mission difficult, Bakken bravely faces unknown dangers. In the process of searching for the chip, he gradually let go of his obsession; and with the encouragement and care of XiaoDi and his partners, he calmly accepted his imperfect self and finally defeated the evil forces.
Sniper
Release date: July 30
Director: Zhang Yimou, Zhang Mo
Starring: Chen Yongsheng, Zhang Yu, Liu Yitie
The film was co-directed by Zhang Yimou and Zhang Mo's father and daughter for the first time, with the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea as the background of the "cold gun and cold cannon" movement, and the information exposed by this film is not much at present, and the overall is still slightly mysterious.
In the past two years, Zhang Yimou's output has been quite high, from last year's "One Second" to this year's May Day's "On the Cliff", the latter box office has also exceeded 1.1 billion to become the annual dark horse, with the blessing of the big director "Sniper", is expected to complete the box office breakthrough again.
The film tells a deadly duel between the Chinese Volunteer Sniper Squad and the elite SNIPER Team of the US Army, showing the heroic story of the volunteer soldiers on the Korean battlefield who won a difficult victory.
"Sniper" was filmed in jilin Baishan, and was filmed on full ice and snow, paying tribute to the "loveliest person" on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. This is the first time that director Zhang Yimou has challenged the film shooting of the whole war scene, I don't know what kind of surprises will be brought by the "old man" with strong creative power?
"Fury: Serious Cases"
Director: Chen Musheng
Starring: Zhen Zidan, Nicholas Tse, Qin Lan
Genre: Action, Drama
"Heavenly Love", "Who Am I", "New Police Story", "Anti-Drug"... Since entering the industry, director Chen Musheng has made too many classic police action films, and has been rated by many fans as one of the directors who are best at shooting action scenes, and he has been nominated for the Hong Kong Academy Awards five times.
In 2020, Chen Musheng unfortunately died of nasopharyngeal cancer at the age of 58, "Anger and Serious Case" is his last directorial work, and it is regrettable that he can meet the audience this time.
"Anger and Serious Case" is a photo of Chen Musheng and Zhen Zidan and Nicholas Tse
Leading actors Zhen Zidan and Xie Tingfeng, one is a policeman who enforces justice, the other is a cold-blooded and cruel bandit, two tough guys stage a fierce fight, and the highlights of various hot gun battles and drag racing fierce battles are even more dazzling.
Zhen Zidan once said that "Anger and Serious Case" is the most satisfactory actual action film he has ever made since the film, and Nicholas Tse also admitted that "it has not been so cool to play for a long time", and listed this film as his most satisfactory movie in ten years.
"Rushing Out of the Earth"
Director: Hu Yibo
Voiced by: Zhang Lei, Yan Mengmeng
"Rushing Out of the Earth" is the first work of the new "National Style Science Fiction" series launched by Caitiaoya Pictures after the "Chinese Mythology" series ("The Devil Boy of Nezha" and "Jiang Ziya").
The original work of the film, the 2011 animated drama "Star Trek", has a certain accumulation of word of mouth. This kind of breakthrough in mythical ancient style, trying Chinese style and future science fiction challenges is a breakthrough in domestic animation.
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