In 2009, in order to make a good film of "A Generation of Grandmasters", Wong Kar Wai was looking for masters in the north and south.
After being recommended, he was able to meet with Xu Hao.
After some conversation between the two, Xu Haofeng was hired on the spot as the screenwriter and martial arts consultant of "Generation Grandmaster".
Subsequently, "Generation Grandmaster" was a great success, winning many awards including Best Screenplay, Best Action Design and so on, of which Xu Haofeng naturally contributed.
It is said that the reason why the Sunglasses King invited him on the spot was because Xu Haofeng was quoted and talked about martial arts knowledge, so that he was considered to be an old cannon who was well versed in martial arts.
Whether the rumors are true or not is unknown, but Xu Haofeng practices shape and intention boxing, writes martial arts novels, compiles martial arts scripts, and shoots martial arts movies, and the name of the old cannon of martial arts is absolutely worthy of the name.
It's just that the hardcore martial arts movie road that this old cannon insists on is turbulent and displaced, which makes people sigh.
"The Trail of Wokou", "Arrow Warrior Liu Bai Ape", "Master" won the word of mouth and lost the box office; "The Back of the Knife Hides" and "Poetry Eyes Weary Tianya" were hidden by the snow; the rumored "Tianya Mingyue Knife" also ended without a problem.
Fortunately, the old cannon did not give up.
Public information shows that Xu Haofeng's sixth film "Treasure Land in Front of the Door" has passed the record.
According to the 1905 Film Network information, the film will be written and directed by Xu Haofeng.
Although the information known is limited, there are three key points to watch:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > familiar taste</h1>
One of the characteristics of Xu Haofeng's filmmaking is to adapt his own literary works and tell the story of the martial arts dispute from a small place.
Adapted from The Lost Martial Forest, The Trail of the Wokou is about the controversy surrounding the Professor's Wokou.
"Master" is adapted from the novella of the same name, telling the story of the dispute caused by the male protagonist going north to open a martial arts center.
"The Arrow Soldier Liu Bai Ape" is adapted from his short film "The Legend of Liu Bai Ape", which tells the intricate martial arts disputes.
"Hidden Behind the Knife" is also adapted from the novel of the same name, telling the story of the Great Wall Knife Technique.
The introduction shows that "Treasure Land in Front of the Gate" tells that during the Republic of China period, the director of the Jinmen Yiwuguan died, and the eldest disciple became the new curator, but its various new practices caused industry riots, and everyone invited the son of the old curator to return to Tianjin to compete, and the new curator was afraid of the failure of the competition and took more drastic behavior, so that the wuxing gave birth to events that would not have happened in the previous generation.
The same is the story of martial arts and the dispute between martial arts, which is still a familiar taste of Xu Haofeng's movies.
Although it is uncertain whether the script is adapted from Xu Haofeng's novel, from the perspective of the content and the position of screenwriter, this is a high probability event.
Of course, the most familiar flavor of Xu Haofeng's movies is the hard bridge hard horse, realistic action moves.
The most representative "The Trail of Wukou", "Arrow Warrior Liu White Ape" does not say, even the "Master" under the Capital Bureau, Xu Haofeng is only fine-tuned, still adhere to the distinct self-style.
This is also the reason why its films are not good at the box office but have a good reputation.
I just don't know, after several setbacks, can Xu Haofeng still insist, and will he make corresponding compromises?
In other words, this is a big attraction of "Treasure in front of the Door".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > different pieces</h1>
Public information shows that the main producers of Xu Haofeng's "Master", "Hidden behind the Knife", and "Poetry Eyes Tired of Heaven" are all Beijing culture.
"Back of the Knife" was withdrawn from the film, and the director gave up the right of signature, and later was announced to accrue profit and loss; while "Poetry Eye" was involved in the company's false declaration of investment amount.
Obviously, the two are still hidden, and the producers who are in an eventful autumn cannot be separated.
However, fortunately, the producer of "Treasure Land in front of the Door" has become "Auxiliary Film Culture and Art Co., Ltd."
And this "auxiliary movie" does not know if it is checked, and it is frightened when it is checked.
Although it was established in June this year, it is not small.
Xiang Zuo, 37, is a supervisor of the company, which means that behind him are the famous Xiang Huaqiang and the powerful China Star Group.
More importantly, the company looks up at the word "auxiliary", the meaning of which should be understood without detail.
On September 23, Xiang Zuo, who participated in the Beijing International Film Festival, posted on Weibo that he was looking forward to the first film produced by "Auxiliary Film", "Treasure Land in Front of the Door", and gave the time to release.
This directly proves that the above information is true and valid.
Of course, it also ensures the reliability of the production of "Treasure in front of the Door".
In view of Xu Haofeng's previous encounters, for "Treasure in front of the Door", some fans said not to become a "technical reason trilogy".
Now it seems that fans are too worried, the "auxiliary movie" should be very reliable, and Xu Haofeng's new movie should be stable.
So, the biggest question also comes: will Xiang Zuo star?
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Xiangzuo will star? </h1>
As the eldest son of the big man Xiang Huaqiang, Xiang Zuo has been in the show business circle for a long time.
Following Jet Li, Zhen Zidan, Wu Jing and other big names, he has participated in many movies such as "Huo Yuanjia", "Letter of Submission", "Kill the Wolf" and so on, and even worshiped Jet Li as a teacher, becoming his only public disciple.
However, although the opportunity is very powerful, people are also humble and hardworking, but they have never been able to get the care of acting skills, and there has not been much brilliant performance, and Xiang Huaqiang and his wife are naturally anxious.
At the age of 25, the couple followed Xiang Zuo's advice and decided to focus on training him to become a martial arts actor.
So, Xiang Zuo began 8 hours a day, up to 6 years of hard training.
In the end, while practicing a body of tendon meat, he also has a good skill.
Subsequently, he was praised and starred in movies such as "Thunder Zhenzi of the Legend of the Fengshen God" and "My Boxing King Boyfriend".
Although the film's word-of-mouth box office performance is extremely bad, Xiang Zuo has become a veritable martial arts student.
In May 2021, he also made an open pact with the internet celebrity Yaoshui brother for his master Li Lian, a duel in the boxing ring, and successfully defeated his opponent.
Therefore, in this sense, Xiang Zuo's appearance in the martial arts movie "Treasure Land in Front of the Door" can also be regarded as a professional counterpart.
Considering the very connotative word "auxiliary", "Treasure Land in front of the Door" starring Xiang Zuo is also no problem.
But did director Xu Haofeng agree? Because he has his own casting preferences.
As a director with a certain degree of martial arts attainment, Xu Haofeng has his own ideas about martial arts movements, and in order to insist on himself, he will not even use special action guidance.
For the starring choice, he prefers to have no martial arts basic actors in order to perform the action techniques he needs.
Xu Yang in "The Trail of Wu Kou", Liao Fan in "Master", Zhang Aoyue in "Hidden behind the Sword", and Chen Kun in "Poetry Eyes Tired of Heaven", this is not the case.
It is said that in order to fully meet his martial arts movement requirements, he has carried out strict training for the main actors, and Yu Yang, Liao Fan and others have had painful experiences in this regard.
From this point of view, Xiang Zuo obviously does not meet Xu Haofeng's casting criteria.
The contradiction is that as a producer and has a special status, Xiang Zuo must have a considerable right to speak.
However, from another point of view, Xu Haofeng has been silent for several years and needs opportunities; and after xiang Zuo's several consecutive bad films, he has also fallen into a downturn and has to rely on variety shows to mix his face.
In a sense, both belong to frustrated people and have the need to huddle together for warmth.
Therefore, mutual compromise and adjustment is an inevitable result, otherwise it would not have passed the record, and Xiang Zuo would not have issued a document to disclose it.
Xiang Zuo's starring in "Treasure Land in Front of the Door" should be a matter of certainty, but the difference between the male protagonist and others.
Therefore, "Treasure Land in Front of the Door" is another point to see: how does the martial arts old cannon join hands with kung fu xiaosheng?
With that in mind, if the two really join forces, this pair of unexpected combinations may bring unexpected effects.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the last two beep sentences</h1>
Wuxia movies have not fallen, but some are lonely, there are still a large number of fans, as long as the work is wonderful enough, the box office is not a thing.
Perhaps under the special effects bombing of various diffuse bombings, Xu Haofeng's realistic actions can become a breeze and bring different fireworks.
Therefore, if you can't hope to come to "Hidden Behind the Knife" and "Poetry Eyes Are Tired of the End of the World", just look forward to "Treasure Land in Front of the Door"!