Big names rise

There are three major directors in the mainland, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, and now Jiang Wen. These directors are either experienced or talented, and they are the most trustworthy directors. However, it is not so easy to invite one of them to come out , I am afraid that only the most downcast Chen Kaige is easy to please.

Lu Wei also recommended Chen Kaige to He Mu and Han Sanping. After all, they had created the brilliance of "Farewell My Concubine" together. It's just that after "The Promise", Director Chen never recovered, but the subsequent works are still in the Above the standard, now Chen Kaige is making a movie called "Search" with a small investment. It is adapted from the Qiqi novel "Death of the Net" (also known as "Please Forgive Me"). "Gao Yuanyuan from the crew, and Wang Xueqi from He Mu's year-end friend Wang Xueqi and so on.

Now Chen Kaige is in an embarrassing situation. He once had a more glorious past than Zhang Yimou. Before that, Lao Mouzi was his photographer, but now he has been far away from Lao Mouzi. He strongly hopes to pass some success. However, "Mei Lanfang" and "Orphan of Zhao" were not as successful as expected, so his directing ability was questioned time and time again, and now he can only shoot "Search" "For a medium-scale film like this, he wants to make a peerless masterpiece that re-establishes his image as a great director, but the problem is that no one is willing to give him this opportunity now, and even a slightly larger investment will not find him, but would rather find him. Those directors who went north from Hong Kong to seek gold.

If He Mu offered the script of "Dust Settled" with both hands, Chen Kaige would definitely burst into tears. This is a godsend opportunity that can be compared with "White Deer Plain". "Looks down on him.I would rather choose Wang Quanan, who was favored by the Berlin Film Festival.

Chen Kaige has experience in managing large-scale epic blockbusters and has a brilliant international reputation, but whether his current state can be compared with before, his appeal is also a problem. Even if "Dust Settled" is not as huge as "Wolf Totem", Investment, but certainly not small, although this is not a movie that should be considered at the box office.But commercial behavior cannot be completely ignored. After all, the box office is also one of the criteria for testing the success of a movie. He Mu can't completely trust the current Chen Kaige. Maybe the director of Kaige can prove some of his own strength and value after "Search".

In order to observe and test Chen Kaige up close, He Mu contacted Chen Kaige through Gao Yuanyuan and asked whether "Search" had confirmed the distributor. The investors of this film are 21st Century Shengkai and Xinli Media, neither of which has the ability to distribute. Chen Kaige must find another distribution company to release this movie.If he hasn't decided yet, Mizuki hopes to act as an agent for the release of the film, perhaps this is the prelude to the next collaboration.

Chen Kaige may have heard some rumors from Lu Wei, and he immediately agreed to He Mu's suggestion. Immediately, Mizuki took over the promotion and distribution of "Search", and the film will be finished in about a month.His wife, Chen Hong, was still puzzled, hadn't she almost made an agreement with Huaxia Films before, why did she suddenly switch to Mizuki again.Chen Kaige smiled and said, "You don't understand, this movie must be filmed well. There was a scene in the morning that I didn't feel very satisfied with, so why not shoot it again? Oh, by the way, where did Yuanyuan and Zhao Youting go? "

It has been six years since the preparation of "Wolf Totem". According to Han Sanping, it is estimated that it will still not be able to start this year.It may have to wait until next year, which means that He Mu's schedule is quite vacant again. Even if "Dust Settled" is not as troublesome as "Wolf Totem", it still requires a year or two of preparation time.He Mu is not in a hurry to confirm the director yet, if he doesn't make a film, then he has to use the best resources, including the director and the behind-the-scenes team.

In 2012, there were not many new films that Mizuki decided to make. Only two sequel films, "Zibuyu 12" and "Art School Girl 2", have been filmed and released in 3. Mizuki is a company that prefers to make sequel movies in China. , They are more respectful of the Hollywood film industry model, learning from foreigners to control foreigners. In addition, Chen Kaige's "Search" will not be a big problem when it is released in 12.

Xu Zheng's "Lost in Thailand" has not yet started filming. He said that he hopes to improve the script before shooting. In fact, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang's schedule is too full. Filming will only start in March and April. Xu Zheng promises to try his best to make this movie catch up with the Lunar New Year file. The Lunar New Year file has always favored comedies. It should be good, this is a Mizuki movie that is basically confirmed to be released in 3.

Zhao Wei's "To Our Dying Youth" has already received an official reply from He Mu. Since the filming of "Wolf Totem" and "Cold Heart 12" originally scheduled to start shooting in 3 have been postponed, He Mu's schedule is relatively empty. , so I agreed to Zhao Wei, and Zhao Wei also recruited the popular idol Han Geng to play the male number two. As expected, Zhao Wei is really good at picking people. Very good, so the fanaticism is very high. With him joining, there is no need to worry about not being able to attract fans. Han Geng proved that he can act in Gao Xiaosong's "The Great Wusheng" before, and Zhao Wei is also sure that he will not fail. The role, this is what defines him.

With He Mu and Han Geng as two male gods, Zhao Wei no longer has to worry about the box office. Some people say that a single He Mu can be worth [-] million box office. With the investment scale of "To Youth", [-] million box office is enough, so Zhao Wei can do whatever he wants In the selection of actresses and supporting actors, choose actors who are not well-known but more suitable for the role, and there is no need for her to play in person to add gimmicks.

The script and casting work of this film has basically been completed, and it may be launched earlier than "Tai囧", but the release date has to be postponed. Graduated college students are the most attractive, so this part of the audience is regarded as the largest potential audience for "To Youth". It is scheduled for April and May of 13, and there is no hope of seeing it this year.

In addition, the script of "Big Card 2" has been created, Wu Jing, Wu Lei and Huang Bo both promised to return, but the director Ning Hao has not announced to continue directing, and even if Ning Hao returns to China, because Huang Bo still has "Tai囧" to film, Therefore, the filming of "Big Card 2" will have to wait until the second half of the year, and it will only be released in 13 years.

Tao Quduo has no plans to make a film this year. He has almost plunged into the preliminary work of "Tomb Raider Notes". If he really wants to create a blockbuster series of adventure action films with Chinese characteristics that can break out of China, its first part is very important. The foundation must be laid well in order to go far. Therefore, the preparations for "Tomb Raider Notes" cannot be overstated. It is precisely because of this that the official shooting of this film has not been confirmed, and the choice of actors is even more of a mystery.

In contrast to "Tomb Raider Notes" is "Shook and Beta". Although the cartoon has not yet started, the preparation work has made great progress. It will definitely start this year. Meet.

Because "Tomb Raiders Notes" does not have any substantive work, in line with the principle that those who can do more work, He Mu added another burden to Lao Tao, that is, to be the producer of "The Great Footprint of Shennongjia".

This is one of the three monster movie scripts written by Dewey Cook. The name has been confirmed, the script is still being perfected, and the director is not yet in place, but it has been confirmed that it will start this year. This monster movie has the lowest requirements for special effects. The difficulty of filming is relatively small. It can be regarded as Mizuki’s test of the Chinese monster series. As for the director and starring candidates, He Mu has some preliminary intentions and will talk to those people later. This movie is also starting this year. Years can meet with the audience.

He Mu still has a script outline in his hand, which was handed over to him by Feixing. After writing, it will be handed over to He Mu. This script must be handed over to Mizuki to shoot. If He Mu wants to act, the shooting time can be arranged according to He Mu's schedule. This is also a movie that is likely to be released in 13 .

Because many of the films made by Mizuki last year were released in the same year, the source of Mizuki’s films is in short supply this year. Most of the films I invest in are 13 years or even later to complete the production and promotion cycle. I have established a long-term cooperative relationship with Mizuki. Youth Tree said that the second part of "Quiba" should also be completely completed in 13, and it is estimated that there will be no drama in 12.

On the contrary, "The Expendables 2" will definitely be released globally in 12, but the buyout price of this film is several times higher than that of the first film, which is very high. Whether it is still worth Mizuki's shot remains to be discussed.

Mizuki released 12 films last year, with a total domestic box office of more than 20 billion, of which 8 participated in the production, and 5 were produced and distributed solely by Mizuki. However, in 2012, Mizuki can produce not many films, and most of them are concentrated in 2013. Even in 2014, this is a very helpless thing.

Every company will have a bad year, just like Huayi’s performance in 2011 was lackluster, maybe 2012 will be Shuimu Forest’s bad year, and there are only three Mizuki self-produced films that will be released this year ("Girls in Art School" 3", "Zibuyu 2", "Lost in Thailand"), and two films released by other companies ("Sediq Bale", "Search").It’s already at this time, and if you start preparing for blockbuster films, you will definitely not be able to catch up with the release this year. If you want to increase the company’s film distribution, it would be a wiser choice to invest in some films with a short production cycle.

At this time, He Mu's friend and his assistant director, Wang Mingfei, the assistant director of Zhang Yimou's "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", came to him...

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ps: It was updated today, and the name of the sub-volume has been changed to "Xiao Nian", and the next volume will be called "Giant"~