rising director

Now the name of Wan Xiaohu on the Internet.It's rather messy, such as Hu Dao, Hu Ge, Hu Master, Hu Master, but as more and more people know that Wan Xiaohu is his own boss, Jiang Hu called Wan Xiaohu Boss Wan.Compared with other titles, Boss Wan is obviously taller.Soon the caliber was unified.

"It looks a bit jerky than Hollywood cartoons, but it's much more comfortable than those two-dimensional cartoons in Japan. At least the 3D effect is not bad." [Spirit of Saber] said.

"This prequel is well done. CCTV 7 has already made a preview, and the first episode of "Qin Shi Mingyue: Hundred Steps Flying Sword" will be broadcast in the afternoon prime time in July. I look forward to more exciting events!" [qhu] said.

"This 3D picture doesn't look very good. I don't understand why we have to do 3D animation, but the plot is okay. When Qin Wang's four guards fought Gai Nie, the scene was so gorgeous!" [Yang Yingfeng r-78] admiration.

"It's such a pity for Jing Ke, the success is on the verge of failure. By the way, this brat Jing Tianming is the future hero, right?" [Spearman] asked.

"Why is there only one episode? What about the next one?" [Shrimp is a bit salty] puzzled.

"When I saw it upstairs, I didn't pay attention to the homepage of "Qin Shi Mingyue" on mme time. This is a prequel, and a single episode made for testing is equivalent to a movie trailer. The real plot is on CCTV 7 It’s set to play. But it seems that there are only ten episodes, and one episode is only 22 minutes. It’s too little.” [Still invisible] replied.

"Ten episodes are quite a lot. This kind of animation is burning money every minute. That is to say, Wan Xiaohu can afford it when he is the director and the boss at the same time. No ordinary person would dare to waste like this. The total cost of ten episodes is estimated to Enough to make a blockbuster movie. "Qin Shi Mingyue" is a sincere work." [First Love-Broken Love] sighed.

There is nothing wrong with feeling. Since "Qin Shi Mingyue" was produced in 3D, Wan Xiaohu's ulterior motives were not to drink, but mainly to obtain technical reserves, so he did not hesitate to invest heavily in costs.They have all invested in it, and Tiger Ruiya has also invested nearly 3000 million yuan.

This is just the first one, and every subsequent one is a big deal.

And the first broadcast copyright fee sold to CCTV can only recover less than one-tenth of the investment.

However, Wan Xiaohu is very confident in "Qin Shi Mingyue". After selling the broadcast rights for a few rounds, and then selling them overseas, and then producing audio-visual products, the cost should be recovered within two years.It doesn't matter if you can't get it back, the money earned by "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" is enough to support this big production.

The most important thing is that through the production of "Qin Shi Mingyue", the strength of Abao Animation has become stronger and stronger, the accumulation of technology has become more and more sufficient, and more and more talents have been cultivated.

Pave the way for Wan Xiaohu to make animated films in the future.

This is the kingly way.

In short, "Qin Shi Mingyue: Jing Ke Biography" is hot, and "Infernal Affairs 3: Ultimate Infernal Affairs" is also hot.

After "Infernal Affairs" was released, it shocked Asia. Mak Siu-fai and Zhuang Qiang continued their efforts. First, they worked on the prequel "Infernal Affairs 2". Although it was not as sensational as the first one, it still made a lot of money.Then there is the third part of this sequel.

This film is more star-studded than the previous two films, bringing together Andy Lau, Leung Chiu-wai, Chen Daoming, Liming, Anthony Wong Chau-sang, and Zeng Zhiwei as best actor. This is definitely the first time in the history of Hong Kong films.

However, compared with the rave reviews of the first two films, the third one will be more criticized. The blindly commercialization and rush to work, blindly pursuing the title of movie star, instead, the story is left behind.

"Tiger, the three parts of "Infernal Affairs" have been filmed. I don't think I can make such a story anymore. I have finished all I want to say. Hey, there shouldn't be a sequel to "Infernal Affairs". I feel that this last one is too rushed. It’s a little bit more, but it has the meaning of smashing the signboard.” A few days after the film was released, Mai Zhaohui ran to the capital to find Wan Xiaohu.

Wan Xiaohu is currently busy editing "Wanted Warrant" and doesn't pay much attention to the outside world. After hearing this, he said: "The trilogy is indeed enough, and a change of taste is also good. Why, you came to me, you must have a new plan."

Mai Zhaohui nodded: "After Qiang and I finished filming this movie, we started to compile other movie scripts. There are currently two scripts. I want to discuss with you which one to shoot first." He is the contracted director of Dandelion. After signing contracts for ten movies, one of them was naturally to discuss with Wan Xiaohu.

"Which two books?"

"One is to learn from you. Qiang and I also fell in love with a manga, which is the Japanese "Initial D", which tells the story of a racing driver. We have already planned the outline of the script. The last time I asked Zhao Liu Xiaoyang (dandelion publishing director) ) mentioned that he has already bought the rights to the film. The other one is about a murder case...the name is already in mind, it is called "City of Hurting."

After Mai Zhaohui briefly finished the script outline, Wan Xiaohu thought for a while and said: "Well, I think these two movies are quite interesting, you can decide for yourself, whichever one you want to shoot first."

Mak Siu-fai's talent as a director has been unstoppable since "Infernal Affairs". "Initial D" and "Scarred City" are both very good box office movies, and they can be done.

0241【Propaganda Documentary】

In the first ten days of the month, Wan Xiaohu edited and completed a 120-minute copy of "Wanted", and then flew to the United States with the copy for post-production.Subtitles, soundtracks, and sound effects editing will all be done in Hollywood.With the company of Jessica Alba, the days in the United States are not boring.

32 special effects teams headed by Dragon Hero Digital Matte Company subcontracted all the special effects shots of the movie.

Wan Xiaohu sits in the town, coordinates and directs, and asks for details according to the composition he wants.

This year is a big year for Chinese movies, and several famous directors have started shooting blockbuster movies, waiting for the decisive battle at the last moment. "Wanted" is an international blockbuster. Whether it can compete with a group of martial arts blockbusters in China is still open to question, so it needs to be more carefully produced.

Just like MmeTime.com's monthly movie feature report, in 2004 there are ten must-see Chinese-language movies.

"The tenth "Peacock", filmed by Gu Changwei and directed by You. The schedule is at the end of the year."

Last year, in 2003, a lot of interesting things happened in the Chinese film industry. The more interesting thing is that the three famous photographers collectively changed their careers to become directors.Wan Xiaohu's old partner Lu Detective Lv Le filmed "Beauty Grass" and invited Shu Qi and Liu Ye to join in. As a result, it was released in Beijing for less than 4 box office in 30 days, which was a disaster.

Hou Yong, who has filmed "My Father and Mother", filmed "Jasmine Blossoms", let Zhang Yi play the triangle alone, and invited Chen Chong and Jiang Wen to help out, but was scolded by the director of Shanghai before the filming was finished. , I think the casting is too bad, and it doesn't have the flavor of the story of the magic city at all.

The last one is Gu Changwei, who shot "Red Sorghum", "Ju Dou", "Farewell My Concubine", and "Sunny Day". He didn't invite stars or make a lot of publicity. The filming of "Peacock" still attracted a lot of attention. .

"The first "World", Jia Zhangke finally surfaced. Schedule 8, 9, 10 are all possible."

As a representative of the first generation of directors.Jia Zhangke's talent is unquestionable. With the trilogy of "Xiaowu", "Platform" and "Ren Xiaoyao", he has won international reputation. Like Wang Xiaoshuai, he is the first generation of directors. Commercial van directors are the complete opposite.

Artistic directors these days are definitely not as famous as commercial directors.So even if Cannes won the award, Jia Zhangke is still an underground director, with flowers blooming inside the wall and fragrant outside the wall.Fortunately, the fragrance of flowers has finally spread into the country, and the 800 million invested "World" is not a small cost, and it is inevitable that it will attract attention.

"The eighth "Jianghu" is even better than "Infernal Affairs". The schedule is October."

"The seventh part of "Crazy Racing". Ning Hao and Huang Bo will continue their crazy missions in July."

"The first part of "2046" has been called out for a long time, and the schedule is October."

This is a work directed by Wang Jiawei. As an art director who emphasizes quality rather than quantity, one of Wang Jiawei's characteristics is his exquisiteness.Very thoughtful about details.In other words, this guy is too inked. "2046" has been filmed for three or four years, and the filming stopped.It was finally completed, and the scheduled start time was pushed back again and again. It was originally scheduled for May [-]st, and then it was pushed back to the summer file.Now the latest saying is that Wang Jiawei will deliver in October.

"The fifth "Kung Fu", can Stephen Chow continue his glory? The schedule is December."

Before "Infernal Affairs", Master Xing's "Shaolin Soccer" broke the highest box office record of a Hong Kong film in Hong Kong with 6000 million Hong Kong dollars.Although many people gave "Infernal Affairs" the title of the Hong Kong film's rescue, thinking that "Infernal Affairs" activated the Hong Kong film's police and gangster theme, but "Shaolin Soccer" also has a lot of titles.

Now three years have passed, Master Xing will make a comeback with "Kung Fu".

"For the fourth film "A World Without Thieves", Feng Xiaogang is aiming at celebrating the New Year. The schedule is December."

"The third "The Promise", Chen Kai followed suit. The schedule is unknown."

"The second part of "House of Flying Daggers", Zhang Yimou fights again. The schedule is July."

"The first "Wanted", Wan Xiaohu challenges the world. The schedule is January."

These ten movies in the second half of this year.Two big battles are inevitable, "Crazy Racing" and "House of Flying Daggers" are both competing for the summer slot, and "Kung Fu", "A World Without Thieves" and "Wanted" are competing for the Lunar New Year slot.However, the competition is mostly rational. The car race is in early July and the ten sides are at the end of July.Kung Fu is in early December, No Thieves is in December, and the arrest warrants are arranged in January next year, each staggered by a week or two.

As for North America, "Wanted" unceremoniously occupied the Christmas file, and it was first released on December 12.

The battle will be the comedy movie "Meet Your Father-in-Law 2". Besides, there are not many strong opponents in the entire Christmas schedule. It is a relatively very favorable release period, which shows Paramount's "Wanted" Pay attention to.

And so, the month ends in sweltering heat.

Come July.

Dandelion Films' second production of the year, "Crazy Racers," opens Friday, July 7.As a companion piece to Stone, which was all the rage that year, it has attracted countless audiences to the cinema from the very beginning.

The box office was announced three days later, and it got 1800 million yuan, which has a very good reputation.And in the second week, it won 3000 million yuan in a single week, and the total box office was 4800 million yuan. For a movie with a cost of less than 1200 million yuan, the cost was paid back in ten days.

"After Wan Xiaohu, another commercial genius of the first generation of directors was born. Ning Hao in 77 was only three years older than Wan Xiaohu. Chinese films have entered the era of the new generation of directors!"

"Crazy phenomena are by no means accidental. Commercial movies ushered in the dawn. Racers with multi-line narratives are once again leading the box office trend!"

"The first generation of directors began to seize power, and the dawn of Chinese film is coming!"