On September 5, 2010, Xu Ke's costume suspense action film "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 67th Venice International Film Festival and premiered in Venice; then on September 29, 2010, it was released Chinese mainland, winning the box office for three consecutive weeks, and finally the mainland box office was 300 million. At the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards the following year, "Di Renjie's Empire of Heaven" was nominated for 14 awards, including Best Film, and finally won the Best Director Best Actress and Best Sound Effects, Costume Design, Art Direction, and Visual Effects, a total of 6 awards, which was the biggest winner of the Academy Awards. [Among them, Liu Jialing won the first film queen, and Liang Chaowei became the first film queen couple in the history of the Academy Awards.] 】
"Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" is produced by Huayi Brothers Media Co., Ltd., directed by Xu Ke, written by Zhang Jialu, and starring Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, Liu Jialing, Deng Chao, Liang Jiahui. This film mainly tells the story of Di Renjie's imprisonment for opposing Wu Zetian's accession to power for 8 years, when a series of carcretion monsters occurred in the imperial court, and the imperial court was helpless; at this time, Wu Zetian had to make an exception to use Di Renjie, who was still in prison, and authorized the story of solving the case. The time setting of the film is 8 years after Di Renjie was imprisoned, when Tang Gaozong was no longer there, and Wu Zetian was about to become emperor; at the beginning of the story, Wu Zetian's sixty-six-zhang Tongtian Floating Tu built with a lot of money to prepare for the enthronement ceremony would be completed; and Wu Zetian established himself as emperor in 690 AD, changed Tang to Zhou, and set the capital Luoyang, called Shendu; Di Renjie was given the Dragon Gong during The reign of Emperor Gaozong, which is the only relic that has the ability to control Wu Zetian. [Originally, Di Renjie opposed Wu Zetian's imprisonment after Emperor Gaozong's death, so the story takes place in the eighth year after Emperor Gaozong's death.] 】
In "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire", Andy Lau plays Di Renjie in this period; he is not only a detective who is good at reasoning and solving cases, but also a court official who is trusted by the former emperor, and he is also a martial arts master, who uses the dragon to be magical. As a weapon, the Kang Long Gong is definitely a unique artifact, it can hear the flaws of the opponent's weapons, so it can easily break the opponent's weapons if it finds the weakness; at the same time, it is given to Di Renjie by Tang Gaozong, which can restrain Wu Zetian and has a supreme sacred status, just like the later Song Dynasty story "The Golden Whip of the Emperor Who Fights the Emperor and the Emperor"; combining these two magics, the Kang Dragon Gong itself or even more magical power, which should be reflected in the later Di Renjie movies.
【A total of 24 films in the planned Di Renjie series】
1. Di Renjie's Psychic Shrine (not filmed)
2. The Bronze Warrior of Di Renjie (not filmed)
3. Di Renjie's Smiling Night Fork (not filmed)
4. Di Renjie's Giant Spirit Palm (not filmed)
5. Di Renjie's Deadly Feast (unshot)
6. The Kunlun Golden Dome of Di Renjie (not filmed)
7. Di Renjie's lover Vine (not filmed)
8. Di Renjie's Ghost Valley (unpicted)
9. Di Renjie's Five Ghosts Shoot Door (not filmed)
10. Di Renjie's Nine-Tailed Fox (not filmed)
11. Di Renjie's Garou Luo (not filmed)
12. The Seven-Faced Man of Di Renjie (not filmed)
13. Di Renjie's Empire of Heaven (2010)
14. Di Renjie's Mirage (not filmed)
15. Di Renjie's Murderous Phoenix (not filmed)
16. The Dragon King of Di Renjie (2013)
17. Di Renjie's Nine Ding Divine Pearls (not filmed)
18. Di Renjie's White Brow Daoist (not filmed)
19. Di Renjie's Linglong Pagoda (not filmed)
20. Di Renjie's Heavenly Fire (not filmed)
21. Di Renjie's Goryeo Beauty (unshot)
22. Di Renjie's Thunderbolt Fan Yin (not filmed)
23. The Golden Scroll of Di Renjie (unpicked)
24. Di Renjie's Four Heavenly Kings [Released This Month]
In the three "Di Renjie" series of movies that have been filmed, "Di Renjie's God Dragon King" Di Renjie has just been transferred from the local to the Dali Temple in the capital, and finally solved the big case before he was given the title of Kang Long, when Tang Gaozong was still there, Wu Zetian was called the Queen of Heaven; the upcoming "Di Renjie's Four Heavenly Kings", judging from the trailer, the story is mainly centered on the Kang Dragon Gong, at this time Di Renjie has been in charge of the Dali Temple, becoming a major minister in the DPRK, all before he was imprisoned for 8 years, so the time is in "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" More than 8 years ago. [In "Di Renjie's God Dragon King", Wu Zetian calls himself Hongu, and in "Di Renjie's Four Heavenly Kings", he becomes a widow, and if I guess correctly, Tang Gaozong died in this episode!] 】
In this way, "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" is the canonical biography of the "Di Renjie" series of movies, then "Di Renjie's God Dragon King" and "Di Renjie's Four Heavenly Kings" are prequels. The main biography is Andy Lau playing Di Renjie, the prequel is replaced by Zhao Youting because of his youth, and the story time is concentrated in the short time from Di Renjie to the short time before he goes to prison; then, in the future "Di Renjie" series of movies, is it possible for Andy Lau to return?
Before the "Di Renjie" movie came out, the TV drama version of "Detective Di Renjie" in recent years was also popular, and Di Renjie in the film was middle-aged and elderly, which was more in line with Andy Lau's role setting in "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire". Judging from the three "Di Renjie" movies that have been filmed, Di Renjie also has more opportunities to do more big cases after the time of the story of "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire", so from the perspective of timeline, Andy Lau is more suitable for return. 【Even the shape is exactly the same!】 】
In 2010, "Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire" was released in 2013, and "Di Renjie's God Dragon King" was released, in the middle, Xu Ke went to shoot "Wise Tiger Mountain 3D" and "Journey to the West", and also supervised the production of "Qimen Dunjia", and it was not until 2018 that he was on "Di Renjie's Four Heavenly Kings". In addition to "Di Renjie", Xu Ke also has a filming plan for "Famen Temple Code", if according to the progress of one film a year, the remaining 21 films will have to be 21 years; and Xu Ke was born in 1950, he is 68 years old, if he wants to get it all done, how can he get 88 years old. [Xu Ke was born in Vietnam and only came to Hong Kong at the age of 16; as a Fellow Hong Konger, his chances of returning as a director Andy Lau are still relatively large, but if he changes directors, it is difficult to say; after all, Andy Lau is also 57. 】
"Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire", as the first part of the "Di Renjie" series, opened up the market for the series, made a very clear and clear time positioning, but also left a lot of regrets that were inconvenient to repair. In "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire", Andy Lau's Di Renjie has a kung lung and a martial art, but he is definitely not a first-class master, and he should not be a first-class master. Therefore, in the dangerous process of handling the case, he needs a first-class martial arts master like Li Yuanfang to assist and protect his safety; and in the movie, the master who can help him, Pei Donglai, the young secretary of Dali Temple played by Deng Chao, and Shangguan Jing'er, played by Li Bingbing, are dead. In the next two "Di Renjie", Di Renjie has Chi Zhenjin, the secretary of the Dali Temple, who is the first in the world of martial arts, and Sha Tuozhong, who is proficient in medical skills, and the combination of the two protectors of one article and one martial arts plus his own invincible wisdom brain is the most perfect; therefore, even if there is a sequel, it is more reasonable to use this combination. [Although many viewers prefer Andy Lau's Di Renjie! 】
In addition, the most important decision-maker is the producer of the film, although he has also had many good cooperation with Andy Lau before, but who will be used in the future, who knows? [No matter who Di Renjie uses in the future, Liu Jialing, who plays Wu Zetian, becomes the only soul figure that runs through the whole series; Wu Zetian took the throne at the age of 67 and died at the age of 82, Liu Jialing is 53 years old this year and can act until death; she is the biggest winner! 】