After more than a year of delay, the new version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" directed by Wang Jing has finally been fully unveiled.
At the end of 2019, Wang Jing announced on her personal social platform that "I am going to make a new Yitian Dragon Slayer movie, and Zhang Wuji finally went to Dadu to find Zhao Min." ”
This news immediately triggered a heated discussion among netizens, unexpectedly, after 26 years, Wang Jing finally remembered the end of "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens".
In the 1990s, Jin Yong's works once again set off a boom in Hong Kong, and films also entered the golden age of Hong Kong films.
In 1992, Wang Jing directed and filmed the movie "Deer DingJi", which gathered a strong starring lineup such as Zhou Xingchi, Wu Mengda, Wen Zhaolun, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhang Min and so on.
The film was well received after its release, with a box office of 41 million, ranking third in Hong Kong that year.
A year later, Wang Jing filmed another "Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens", and found Jet Li, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhang Min, and Li Zi to star, and the supporting roles were also big names.
Hong Jinbao made a cameo appearance as Zhang Sanfeng, the head of Wudang, and many stars such as Wu Zhenyu, Liang Jiaren, and Wu Yaohan also participated in the film.
The film is based on Jin Yong's novel "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", which is based on a "drastic axe" adaptation, telling the story before and after Zhang Wuji's "Battle of the Bright Top".
At the end of the film, Zhao Min, played by Zhang Min, finally said:
Zhang Wujie, if you want to save the six major factions, come to most of them to find me.
Originally, this ending was prepared for the sequel, but I did not expect that the movie encountered Waterloo in that year.
Due to the excessive adaptation of the plot, it caused a large number of bad reviews in that year, the cost of the film exceeded 50 million Hong Kong dollars, but the box office was only 11.85 million Hong Kong dollars, and the originally planned sequel was not finished.
But as the saying goes, as long as you live long enough, you can see anything.
No, the sequel to "Dragon Slayer" (hereinafter referred to as "New Leaning Heaven") is really coming.
After Wang Jing announced the project, the preparations for "New Leaning Heaven" began, but its secrecy work was done very well, except for a few posters, no more relevant information was released.
After announcing the project, Wang Jing rarely revealed the materials of the film on her personal platform.
When the character poster was first released, the casting of the film was only partially public.
Lin Feng plays Zhang Wuji, Wen Yongshan plays Zhao Min, and the new generation of "crystal girl" Qiu Yinong plays Zhou Zhiruo, and the most curious candidate for Xiao Zhao has not yet been announced.
Now, the movie finally released the latest poster, how about the poster itself, we will talk about this later. However, there is also a surprising "happy" place, that is, "Xiao Zhao", who has been hiding for 2 years, has finally appeared.
She is Yun Qianqian, who was recognized by Wang Jing as "the most potential Reiki newcomer in the mainland".
However, this "most spirited" casting completely broke my fantasy about Xiao Zhao.
In the original work, Xiao Zhao's role is actually not much, but it is the most beautiful of all female characters.
First, let's take a look at what Xiao Zhao looks like in "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens", which is played by the most impressive "crystal girl" Qiu Shuzhen.
Before this, Qiu Shuzhen became a sexy muse in the eyes of all Hong Kong men with "Naked Lamb", but in "The Demon Sect Lord", she showed playfulness and cuteness in addition to sexiness.
In the film, she is ripped off her veil and then looked back at the picture, which has become one of the classic pictures in the history of Hong Kong cinema.
I have to say that although this version of Xiao Zhao has almost nothing to do with the original work, under Qiu Shuzhen's interpretation, it has still become the most absolute Xiao Zhao in the hearts of many people.
With such a pearl in front, this time shooting the sequel, Xiao Zhao's candidate is particularly important.
Judging from Xiao Zhao's appearance on the poster, it is not too much to say that it is Nezha.
If the poster can not see this "most spirited" Xiao Zhao, in the recent Wang Jing participated in the variety show "Director Please Advise", Yun Qianqian also participated, in which she restored the 93-year Qiu Shuzhen version of Xiao Zhao.
Although the shape and makeup are completely reproduced, under the influence of filters, it looks unreal.
Judging from the appearance in her other film and television works, there is indeed a lot of distance from Qiu Shuzhen, and the private life photos are beautiful and beautiful, but they are still not recognizable enough.
In fact, this Yun Qianqian is not the first time to appear in Wang Jing's movie, in addition to this unaired "New Leaning Heaven", he has also cooperated in 6 works.
There are "Chasing the Dragon 2" released in theaters, there are "Sun Wukong Vs Pansi Cave", "New Hedong Lion Roar", etc., and there are also web dramas such as "Love Trap Liaozhai Painting Skin".
These works, except for Douban, did not have a score, with an average score of 3.74.
Emmm, just, the big guys judge for themselves.
In fact, not only Xiao Zhao's style is not good, but every character in the poster does not look very good.
First of all, the poster itself has a strong online game style, and the layout design of the central flowering and the "True Three Kingdoms Matchless" of the May 1st file have the same magic, and the various big IP networks that Wang Jing has filmed are also very similar.
Then there is the styling of the main actors, in the "Demon Sect Lord" of that year, there are three classic pictures.
One is Xiao Zhao turning around, one is Zhao Min turning back, and the other is Zhi Ruo unveiling.
Playing Zhao Min in "New Yitian" is Wen Yongshan, she is a rare actress who combines immortality and heroism, and her previous appearances in "The Tale of The Sea Muyun" can be amazed every time she appears.
But this time her Zhao Min was a little disappointed.
The appearance is not amazing enough, coupled with the fact that the shape looks very "cheap", it seems that this Zhao Min has no aura at all.
Another important character is Zhou Zhiruo, played by Qiu Yinong, who previously released a photo of her side face on Wei-Bo, dressed in red and red lips, looking very emotional.
However, she has also acted in many Wang Jing's films before, and the style is pure sexiness, such as the rabbit in "Chasing the Dragon 2" and Xiao Qian in "Qiannu Ghost".
After the big version of the poster came out, I can only say that I can hardly see the shadow of Zhou Zhiruo that we are familiar with, and I hope that the texture of the big screen movie can be better.
Lin Feng, as the oldest Zhang Wuji, in fact, there is no need to worry about acting, that is, to see the state of the time, and there is no more to say.
The shape of the Golden Retriever King and the Green Wing Bat King is directly cut from the online game, although Xu Jinjiang's Golden Retriever King is still classic, but the old Golden Retriever King and tibetan mastiff dress is really unbearable.
Judging from the aesthetic downgrade of the two crystal girls in "New Heaven", it already foreshadows the bumpy fate of this movie. When the movie is released, the discussion about casting is bound to set off a wave of "bloody rain".
In fact, after several failed attempts, we should have known long ago that "emotional movies" and "big IP movies" are no longer popular, and the audience's requirements for movies are getting higher and higher, and simply relying on feelings cannot make the audience pay.
In short, the movie is not on, it is useless to say more, I hope to be able to be punched in the face.
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