It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 1176 The battle for main theme movies officially begins!

"This morning, New Classics Media announced that the romantic comedy film "It Started With a Kiss," directed by Chen Yushan and starring Wang Dalu and Lin Yun, has officially wrapped up filming."

"China Film Group today officially announced the main creative team of the main theme movie "Eight Hundred". Actors Huang Zhizhong, Ou Hao, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Wu, Li Chen and others will co-star in the film, which tells the story of the 88th Regiment of the 524th Division of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army staying in Shanghai and fighting a bloody battle with the Japanese army for four days and nights in the Sihang Warehouse, which is separated from the Western Concessions by a river."

"Director Guan Hu said in a post that The Eight Hundred will be the first film in Asia to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras, and promised to show the harshness and cruelty of war in the most moving details!"

"The adventure film script "The Climbers" submitted by Jingxi Culture and Shanghai Film Group was officially approved today."

“Several co-production companies issued notices, officially announcing that The Climbers has been successfully approved.

The film tells the story of the Chinese mountaineering team's first ascent of Mount Everest in 1960, but they were questioned because they lost their cameras and had no film records.
So in 1975, the mountaineering team leader Fang Wuzhou, with the assistance of his former teammate Qu Songlin and meteorologist Xu Ying who had returned from studying abroad, led Yang Guang, Li Guoliang and other ambitious young team members to try to climb Mount Everest again in countless difficulties, and finally overcame the difficulties in the harsh environment and reached the summit of Mount Everest! "

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Most of November has passed, and time has entered the second half of the month in the blink of an eye.

There is nothing worth paying attention to in the cinema market. Venom is still the only movie that is leading the trend.
However, the latest project, "The Climbers", a collaboration between Shanghai Film Group and Jingxi Culture, has brought a lot of heated discussion and noise in the circle.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this film is actually a branch of the mainstream theme.

After all, it is about climbing Mount Everest. In addition, the plot presents the connotations of "clearing one's own name" and "bringing glory to the country". Wouldn't this be a mainstream movie in China?
And from the information that has been revealed so far, the plot of this movie clearly connects the emotions of the male and female protagonists with national sentiments, and also connects personal values ​​with national honor.

"Don't be afraid of difficulties and eliminate doubts for the country!"

When this slogan was shouted out, what was received was a large number of actors' audition resumes.

After all, in this era of mainstream movies, who wouldn’t want to take advantage of this excellent opportunity and become the pig standing on the vent?
"Feiyue Films produced "The Captain", Alibaba and Bona cooperated to launch "The Bravest" and "My People, My Country", China Film Group won "The Eight Hundred", and Shanghai Film Group and Jingxi Culture chose to cooperate in the development of "The Climbers"..."

Inside the crew of "Boundary Breaker", Wang Changtian, who came to visit the set, was counting on his fingers.

The more he calculated, the more shocked he was!
"Wow, you really got it right. Main-theme movies have become another trend after youth movies. They are starting to emerge in large numbers."

Chen Fei laughed, looking forward to it for some unknown reason: "Next year's National Day will be very interesting. If I'm right, everyone will go there for October 10st."

"Of course! Main-theme films should be released during the National Day holiday, right?"

"It seems that another dispute is about to begin."

Fade Chen murmured to himself, the anticipation in his heart becoming stronger and stronger.

However, his words made Wang Changtian inexplicably excited: "Fight! Fight hard! Let's see who is the winner in the end!"

Fade Chen gave him a glare and said jokingly, "Boss Wang, you are just here to watch the fun, aren't you?"

"Haha, let alone me, I'm sure a lot of people are looking forward to it right now, right? With so many mainstream films being released at the same time, the scene must be spectacular."

"Aren't you going to mix in some light?"

"Forget it. Our temple is too small to defeat you big Buddhas. Let's just drink some soup and study other projects."

Wang Changtian came well prepared this time. As he was speaking, he suddenly took out a project book from his briefcase.

"Can you help me take a look at this project? I think it's pretty good and I want to give it a try."

"Oh? A new film project?"

Chen Fei took it curiously and looked down at it.

This is a family drama about a father who was wrongfully imprisoned in the 80s and 90s, and who, after being released from prison, helped his son regain his interest in learning and eventually achieve career success.

Looking at the names of the characters such as "Ma Fei", "Ma Haowen", and "Lao Meng", many memories immediately emerged in Chen Fei's mind.

Isn’t this the “Galaxy Tutorial” starring Deng Chao?

"The script was written by Yu Baimei. He plans to continue his collaboration with Deng Chao and co-direct the film... In fact, this script has a lot of 'main theme' flavor, because it includes subplots such as the Asian Games torch relay, flood relief, and rocket launches..."

Chen Fei nodded as he listened.

He probably had guessed why Wang Changtian had brought this project to him. When the time came, Dianjing Digital's support would definitely be indispensable in terms of the movie's special effects.

More than half an hour later, he put down the script, turned around and said:

"I won't go into detail about the advantages, but will simply talk about some of the flaws and loopholes."

"Yeah, you talk, I'm listening."

Perhaps because he was afraid that he would not be able to remember, Wang Changtian even took out a recorder from his bag.

"The plot rhythm is rather hasty, many scenes are not self-consistent, and the script structure is inherently flawed. This is the first point. For example, Ma Haowen's quality education of his son should be an important plot of the film, but it lacks specific content, which is the biggest weakness of the film.

In addition, the film's presentation of quality-oriented education and exam-oriented education is too presumptuous, even absurd, and out of touch with reality, which can easily mislead children's education. This will cause the film to be criticized by the outside world after its release. This is the second point.

Then there is also a didactic tone, which is too strong and some of the lines are particularly awkward, which is not a good thing.

Finally, if my analysis is correct, part of the plot in this script was inspired by Interstellar? We need to pay special attention to this point, otherwise it may appear as a poor imitation..."

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In the afternoon, when the crew of "Boundary Breaker" continued to start filming, Wang Changtian had already left.

He must pay attention to the shortcomings that Chen Fei mentioned.

He planned to have a good talk with Yu Baimei after returning to see if some of the shortcomings could be remedied.
According to Chen Fei, if the script is not modified, even if it is filmed, the box office performance will not be very high.

But if we make some changes, we might be able to reach 10 billion, or even higher!

Overnight, just as TV series such as "Ever Night" and "So You Are Still Here" were on the air, "Sito" starring Da Tiantian also officially came to an end!
The cumulative number of views on Youku alone exceeded 17 billion, and the total number of views on the entire network reached 43 billion.

Douban opened with a score of 8.2, with 17 people rating the drama, and the final score stabilized at 8.0.

At the same time, the reading volume of the main topic on Weibo reached 50.3 billion, and the heroine Jing Tian continued to dominate the Weibo topic list and the hot search list of the heroine in the drama...

Looking at the overall picture, the performance of "Sito" is undoubtedly perfect!

On the other hand, the movie "Entrepreneurial Age", which was also released in October, has now been completely silent.

The ratings were poor, the plot was poor, the actors' acting was poor... "three poor things came together" and Yang Ying was silenced on the spot.

……

……

There is a lot of filming content for "Breakers" that needs to be completed in China, and more and more people are participating in the guest appearances.

Even Liu Yifei started to join the group, while Xiao Shitou was handed over to Liu Xiaoli for care.

Just like that, in a blink of an eye, November has come to its last day.

"Ok! Let's stop shooting today. Everyone, pack up and go back to have a good rest for a few days. Then we'll move to the next location..."

After nearly a month of hard work, the filming of the domestic plot has finally come to an end. The next part will focus on Chen Fei and Chen Long taking on various extreme challenges and their training before the challenges.

Chen Fei plans to spend two months to complete this part of the scene.

After all, they need to travel all over the country, and even to various regions around the world, and a lot of time will be wasted just for the crew to change locations.

Fortunately, he had plenty of time and was not afraid of wasting it.

As for Chen Long, he doesn't care about this at all.

He is now very enthusiastic about the "Eight Extreme Challenges" and he wishes he could just keep filming with Chen Fei, go wild together, and complete various dangerous challenges together!
As for the filming of "Vanguard", Tang Jili has already informed him that it will start after June.

As a result, he had plenty of time to travel around the world with Chen Fei.

"Brother, do you want to go back to Yanjing with us? Or go back to Hong Kong?"

Taking advantage of the rest time in the next few days, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei will naturally go home to see their baby.

"You guys go ahead and don't worry about me. I still have to go to the Magic City. Ren Zhonglun wants me to audition."

Audition?

Chen Fei was slightly stunned, and the name "The Climber" unconsciously popped up in his mind, and also the personal relationship between Chen Long and Chairman Ren Da appeared...

Of course, this has nothing to do with him.

"Okay, then Yifei and I will go back first."

"Goodbye, brother."

"Yeah, you two should be careful on the road."

After saying goodbye to each other, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei immediately took a car to the airport. They picked up their tickets, checked in, and checked in their luggage... In less than half an hour, they were on the plane smoothly.

"I haven't seen Little Shitou for nearly ten days. I don't know if he still recognizes me as his mother. Formula milk is definitely not as good as breast milk..."

Liu Yifei talked on and on, her heart full of longing and guilt for her precious son.

Chen Fei comforted him softly, "After you go back this time, you can spend more time with your precious son. You don't have many scenes left anyway. I will call you when I need you. You just need to make up for the ending scene."

"Mmm Good."

The two were whispering when they suddenly felt their bodies shake slightly, and then the plane started to fly.

Pulling down the sun visor, Liu Yifei found an eye mask and put it on, then covered herself with a blanket and prepared to rest.

Fade Chen stretched out a hand and patted her back gently. He took out his phone, connected to the plane's Wi-Fi, and started checking today's hot news.

Currently, the news that filming of "My Motherland and Me" started some time ago is still at the top of the hot search list.

The momentum of this movie is really huge!

In addition to the chief director Chen Kaige, seven other directors including Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, Huang Jianxin and Gu Changwei were found to be responsible for directing and filming.

In terms of actor selection, the company was very generous and invited 114 first-, second- and third-tier film and television actors in the circle.

Huang Bo, Du Jiang, Ge You, Wang Qianyuan, Song Jia, Zhu Yilong, Wang Dong, Chen Feiyu, Ou Hao, Kara Hui, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhou Dongyu, Han Dongjun, Simon Yam, Wang Yaohui, Wei Chen, Jiang Wu, Hu Jun...

The huge cast is really dazzling!
In a trance, Chen Fei inexplicably recalled the moment when "The Founding of a Party" was officially announced.

At that time, hundreds of actors from the entire film and television industry also rushed forward, just wanting to show their faces in the feature film. The number of actors even soared to a staggering 177!
Now that "My Motherland and I" has announced the start of filming, the number of actors has reached 114, which can be said to be a barely replica of the glory of "The Founding of a Party".

I just wonder if these 114 actors will all choose to perform for free like the original 177 actors?
In addition to the news that "My Country, My Parents" has started filming, the official announcement of the completion of "The New King of Comedy" is also currently ranking No. 2 on the hot search list.

"After intense filming, director Zhou Xingchi's new film "The New King of Comedy" was officially completed yesterday afternoon! This film continues the consistent style of Zhou Xingchi's works and vividly presents the story of small people chasing their dreams.

During the filming process, Zhou Xingchi strictly controlled every detail, striving to present the most exciting pictures and the most touching stories to the audience, and the leading actors such as Dong Chengpeng and E Jingwen also devoted themselves to the film, giving the characters fresh vitality. "

"On the day the film was wrapped, the atmosphere was very lively. Stephen Chow and the main creative staff celebrated this important moment together. Everyone was full of expectations for the future of the film. I believe this film will become another classic in Stephen Chow's comedy works, bringing more joy and touching moments to the audience."

"This morning, the official Weibo account of The New King of Comedy released a hand-painted comic poster with the theme of Snow White, and announced in a low-key manner that the film will be released during the 2019 Spring Festival."

Netizens have mixed reactions to the completion and release date of "The New King of Comedy".

“I am looking forward to it. I hope that the classic of The King of Comedy can be passed down forever and continue to carry forward the core of the combination of comedy and tragedy.”

"Can Ma Ke and Ru Meng recreate the feelings and friendship between Yin Tianchou and Liu Piaopiao that day? I just hope that all lovers in the world can finally get married, and I also hope that every actor who pursues his dream can successfully realize his dream."

"When I saw Dapeng, I thought of The Pancake Man. It's really disgusting. I wouldn't want to watch this movie even if it was directed by Zhou Xingchi."

"We don't owe Master Xing movie tickets this time! No one can blackmail me morally!"

"Two months of shooting, two months of post-production, and then it will be released directly during the Spring Festival? Oh my god, is it so rushed? Isn't this movie a bit too hasty? Don't make a terrible movie, that would be embarrassing."

"What's 'The New King of Comedy'? I think it should be 'The New King of Bad Movies'!"

It is normal for a movie to be controversial, and there is nothing wrong with that.

However, the controversy surrounding "The New King of Comedy" arises from all aspects.

Cast, shooting time, release date, plot setting...

Looking at it, it seems that this movie is full of controversy.

If the movie can perform well at the box office after its release, it will undoubtedly eliminate all these controversies.

But if the box office performance is not good and the quality of the film is not high enough, then we will be in big trouble!

Because once the foundation of the "myth" begins to collapse, the follow-up will most likely be a devastating demise!
At this time, in the post-production editing department of China Film Group.

When Zhou Xingchi was reviewing the materials and organizing people to start the editing work of "The New King of Comedy", La Peikang also came over curiously.

His purpose was simple and direct. He just wanted to see whether the progress here was going smoothly and whether it could be released in time for the Spring Festival.
"Teams 1 and 2 are responsible for refining the shots for the leading female role... Teams 3 and 4 are responsible for the leading male role... Team 5 will focus on the shots for the other supporting roles. As for the dubbing and music teams, they will immediately search the entire network for suitable dubbing roles according to my requirements..."

Seeing Zhou Xingchi arranging the tasks in an orderly manner, La Peikang couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

"As expected of an experienced director! He is so efficient at his work!"

While muttering to himself, the post-production progress of "Shanghai Fortress" emerged in his mind.

Compared to Zhou Xingchi, Teng Huatao is undoubtedly much worse in terms of experience in film post-production and editing skills.

Therefore, the post-production progress of "Shanghai Fortress" will appear to be relatively slow.

However, there is no problem in releasing it during the summer vacation.

"Boss, what's the matter with you coming here?"

After arranging all the work content, with the reminder of his assistant, Zhou Xingchi finally noticed La Peikang standing at the door and hurriedly went to greet him.

"Nothing, I just came to take a look."

La Peikang laughed and invited him to dinner.

Zhou Xingchi naturally would not refuse. After all, this "The New King of Comedy" and "The Mermaid 2", which has not yet completed post-production, have already been booked by China Film.

Therefore, La Peikang is now his biggest financial backer and Party A!
How could he refuse the invitation from the financial sponsor?

……

The opening of this year's Lunar New Year holiday did not spark much heated discussion among film and television industry insiders and netizens.

因为11月30号和12月1号上映的、总计16部电影，竟然没有一部首日票房能破亿！

Not to mention breaking 100 million, there isn’t even 10 million!
This poor situation undoubtedly makes the entire domestic cinema market appear somewhat sluggish.

Fortunately, Hollywood imported blockbusters are about to be released, which gives the theater market some expectations.

On December 12, with the simultaneous release of the character posters and trailer for Aquaman, the global publicity craze finally spread to the Chinese-language cinema market.

"The new DC superhero movie Aquaman, produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, will be officially released in theaters nationwide on December 12, two weeks ahead of North America and ahead of the world!"

"As one of the key events of the Wanda Film 100-Day Film Festival, the Aquaman IMAX media screening will be held today at the Wanda Cinema CBD store in the capital!
The film will lead the audience to understand the background of Aquaman and the story of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. Chinese-American director James Wan presents an unknown and unique world. Jason Momoa and Amber Heard join forces to play Aquaman and Aquaman, and Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson and other powerful actors join in to help..."

"Director James Wan previously achieved a box office record of over $20 billion in the global cinema market with his "Hunger Games" series of films! This time, the sci-fi action blockbuster "Aquaman" directed by him fully demonstrates the passion of superheroes!
The leading male character, Aquaman Arthur, is born with supernatural powers. With half human and half Atlantean blood, he shoulders the heavy responsibility of unifying the land and sea. The film also includes many exciting action scenes such as Queen Atlanna's counterattack on land and Aquaman's first submarine battle..."

Although "Aquaman" is a movie owned by DC, Chen Fei still made a grand appearance at the premiere event held in mainland China.

The reason is simple. After all, he and James Wan are good friends and partners.

The latter invited him enthusiastically, so he naturally had to go to the scene to support him.

But what made Warner and DC depressed was that after Chen Fei attended the mainland premiere of "Aquaman", Marvel fans suddenly found a very "novel" angle to mock them.

"James Wan is a partner of Walton Pictures and has been in charge of Walton's horror and thriller films for many years. Now he has suddenly become the director of Aquaman. Could it be that Director Chen Fei sent him there?"

"I think it's very possible! Director Chen must have felt that DC was too pitiful, so he was kind enough to ask James Wan to give them some guidance."

"We'll know after the movie is released. DC has released so many movies before, but except for a few, all the others have failed. If this one is successful, it means that Director Chen has contributed to it!"

"Yes, that's it!"

"I suggest that DC can also invite Director Chen to be the Chief Content Officer to lead this DC Superhero Movie Universe which is in such a mess."

When these feedbacks from fans and netizens reached the ears of DC and Warner executives, they were immediately embarrassed.

Although they are very reluctant to admit that DC received help from Chen Fei, it is well known that James Wan called Chen Fei for help and advice from time to time during the filming of "Aquaman".

Even Jason Momoa, the leading male actor in "Aquaman", was made famous by Chen Fei using "Game of Thrones".

So when faced with the mocking voices online, they had no way of refutation.

Jeff Jones, president of DC Films, is even ready to make some moves.

Although Marvel and DC are competitors, it doesn't mean that he can't invite Chen Fei to serve as DC's Chief Content Officer!

He plans to wait until Aquaman is officially released before making a decision. If the box office performance is good enough, he will apply to Warner and give it a try.

Who knows, maybe it will work?
……

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