China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 148 Excitement, Casting, Sensation

Regarding the re-screening of "Assassin" and "Super Body", theaters and theaters are still more welcome. There is no other reason, the main reason is that there are really no films worth mentioning in March, and there are no good movies in theaters. The attendance rate cannot be too high and it is impossible to earn a lot.

Let's take a look at what movies will be released in March?

"Li Tianyou's bloody battle against Siping", "Protecting Baby", "Tengyue Soul", "Children in the Empty Nest", "Rural Environmental Protection Incident", "Ivy", "Promise", "Good Luck".

It is no exaggeration to say that there is not a single hit among them, and these films simply cannot attract audiences into the theater. On the contrary, several of Li Mu's films are very popular, especially "Inception" with a global box office reaching After 9.56 million US dollars and directly reaching the seventh box office in global film history, it is no exaggeration to say that the popularity of Li Mu's old movies is rapidly heating up driven by "Inception".

Therefore, in the process of communication between the film distributor and theater chains and theaters, the original plan of only re-screening "Assassin" and "Super Body" gradually became a re-screening of "Taken", "Super Body" and "Assassin". There are three films, and the rankings of the three old films are not low, all reaching nearly 20%.

March, which was originally quite bleak, has become "Li Muyue"!
Under the propaganda of countless netizens bringing their own dry food, the news of the re-screening of Li Mu's three films is spreading rapidly.And these groups that vigorously promote the news of rescreening are roughly divided into several different groups.

First of all, they must be fans of Li Mu or Liu Yifei. For these people, the idol's movie will be re-screened, and of course I must strongly support it.

The second is people who simply want to see more Chinese films appear on the top [-] list of global film history. These people belong to the real tap water. They are not very fans of Li Mu or other stars, but they are fans of Huaxia and Huaxia movies.

And there are fans of Li Lianhua.

That's right, Li Lianhua's huge fan base has been extremely active in this large group of spontaneous film promotion.

"Brothers and sisters have worked hard, but we still have to continue to work hard. If possible, try to buy tickets for theater support."

"Sisters, keep working hard! This time is really important to Lotus."

"A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Needless to say, "Super Body" is the leading heroine movie, Lotus is the absolute protagonist, and "Assassin" Lotus is also the most outstanding heroine. This time, if it is true that the two movies starring Lotus will be included in the top [-] movies in history , everyone may wish to think about that scene, who else in China will be able to compete with Lotus for coffee?"

"Awesome! If these two films are really included in the top [-] movies in history, my good guy, there are only three movies in Asia on the list, and two of them have lotus as the leading actress. Thinking about it is really exciting!"

"It's a pity that the combined box office of the two movies can't keep up with the box office of "Inception", God, 9.56 million US dollars! Liu Yifei is really lucky, isn't she? And she acted in "Taken", and this year she will be in "Taken" Taken 2" and "Doomsday Collapse", in the future there will be no actresses in China who can compare with them."

"It can't be compared, who made Li Mu like this one?"

"I heard that these three films will be released this year. Li Mu's most important thing is "Gravity". Some people even spread that Li Mu's expectation for this film is that the global box office will exceed 10 billion US dollars! It's a pity that director Li Mu this time I found Gong Li to act."

"Yeah, it's great to have Lianhua play the role in "Gravity". I've read this novel, and the role is really suitable for Lianhua."

"Don't think too much about it for the time being. The most important thing now is whether "Super Body" and "Assassin" can enter the top [-] film history, even if they can only stay there for a year."

……

During the period when the three films were preparing for re-screening, the film "The Founding of a Country" was officially launched. With more than 170 stars participating, the lineup of this film is staggering.

Li Mu didn't have many roles, but he didn't leave in a hurry after his own roles were filmed, but wandered around the set for a few days, during which time he got in touch with a lot of celebrities.

But in fact, among the big stars he came into contact with, Li Mu himself was the biggest one.

Cheng Long was also on the set, and the two naturally chatted about the casting of the TV series "Mythology". The eldest brother is still worried about the delay in choosing the heroine Princess Yushu.

The best candidate in his mind is of course Kim Hee Sun, but the problem is that it is impossible for Kim Hee Sun to act in your TV series!
Then Li Mu introduced his artist Chen Dong (Bai Bing) to Cheng Long.

"Uncle Long, in fact, there is a girl named Chen Dong in my company, who looks quite like Kim Hee-sun. On the day of the audition, I will call her to learn a classic dance of Kim Hee-sun in "Mythology" for you to see."

"Really? Don't lie to me, I've wanted to make "Mythology" for a long time, but I couldn't find a suitable candidate for Yushu, so I dragged it until now."

"Of course it's true. Anyway, you'll know it during the audition."

"well."

……

The auditions for "Mythology" and "Celebrating More Than Years" were held on the same day, and the location was at Nortel. It can be said that this was another big event that caused a sensation in the Chinese entertainment industry.

"Mythology" is a TV series version of a classic movie, and it has its own traffic. In addition, the producer is Cheng Long, the screenwriter includes Li Mu, and there are many male and female characters in the play. More roles mean more opportunities.

"Celebrating More Than Years" is an adaptation of a popular novel, and the first screenwriter is also Li Mu. Everyone in the circle knows what the words screenwriter Li Mu represent.And the most important thing is that I heard that Mr. Chen Daoming has been invited to participate in this film, and the heroine is even rumored to be played by Liu Yifei himself.

This is amazing.

Let's not talk about what kind of celebrity Chen Daoming is in the TV circle, let's talk about the heroine.

Will Liu Yifei come to play the heroine?Who is Liu Yifei? One of the heroines of "Inception"!

What movie is "Inception"?Seventh in the top [-] global film history!

And there is also a very good "Taken" series under his name!

She's coming to play the heroine of a TV series?Too extravagant, isn't it?

What do you think Li Mu is thinking?Already in this coffee position, come to act in a TV series?

But in any case, one thing is very clear, that is, Li Mu attaches great importance to this "Celebrating More Than Years".

So is the drama that Li Mu attaches so much importance to poor?I heard that this play contains a large number of characters, this will undoubtedly be a very rare opportunity for actors and actresses in the entertainment industry.

On the day of the official audition, most of the male and female celebrities in the entertainment circle rushed to the scene, and the momentum seemed not to be inferior to the casting of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".

However, "The Founding of a Country" has a strong lineup, but most of the actors are middle-aged and elderly men, while the audition scenes of "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Mythology" are completely different. You can only see Yingying Yanyan, full of handsome men and beautiful women.

The first audition was the "Mythology" crew.

In the "Mythology" audition, except for Brother Hu's Yi Xiaochuan, who was decided by Cheng Long himself, most of the other roles were actually decided by Li Mu.

Li Mu invited the actors according to the cast list of his previous life, and the result was naturally very suitable for Cheng Long:
Zhang Shi played Gao Yao (Zhao Gao), Jin Sha played Lu Su, Chen Zihan played Lu Zhi, and Ren Quan played Yi Dachuan. After an audition, Cheng Long praised Li Mu for his sharp vision. All the actors invited were very suitable for the role setting. This is just a smile.

At the audition scene that day, many actors who will develop well in the future but are not yet well-known, such as Tang Yan, Liu Shishi, Tong Liya, etc. came.

Tang Yan and Liu Shishi had already finished filming "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" at this time, but the TV series hadn't had time to broadcast, so they were naturally not well-known.

As for Tong Liya, she doesn't even count as an [-]th-tier actress now, so she came to audition today for a very, very tricky role.

As soon as Cheng Long saw Tong Liya, he immediately said to Li Mu next to him: "This girl is very beautiful, but her skin is a bit dark, otherwise she can play an important role."

Li Mu said to Tong Liya, "Can you dance classical dance?"

Tong Liya hurriedly said: "Yes, I used to be an actor of the Huaxia Song and Dance Troupe, and I was still dancing "Loulan Girl" on CCTV."

"Then you can dance a piece of classical dance first!" Li Mu said to her.

"Okay!" Tong Liya nodded.

After speaking, she jumped up on the spot.

Tong Liya's dancing skills are good, and her eyes are smart and charming, so she immediately left a very deep impression on Cheng Long.The fly in the ointment is that modern attire cannot perfectly present that classical beauty, but her performance still greatly exceeds Cheng Long's expectations.

"What do you think of letting her play Concubine Yu?"

Concubine Yu is a very important role in the play. In the original time and space, Zhang Meng became popular with this role. Not only was she awarded the title of "The Most Beautiful Concubine Yu", but she was also rated by countless netizens as a role that crushed the heroine.

Ask yourself Li Mu thinks that Tong Liya probably can't play Zhang Meng, so he whispered to Cheng Long: "I think it's very suitable for this girl to play Concubine Yu!"

Well, there seems to be no causal relationship between the two. The reason why Li Mu also supports Tong Liya to play Concubine Yu is purely because Tong will develop better later, and it just so happens that Zhang Meng's face will collapse later.

When the audition was about to end, Cheng Long finally met the girl Li Mu said looked very much like Kim Hee Sun,
Different from other actors who auditioned, Chen Dong (Bai Bing) entered the audition room wearing ancient costumes.Following Li Mu's gesture, the staff at the scene turned on the audio equipment and began to play background music, while Chen Dong nodded to Cheng Long, Li Mu and others, and then danced slowly.

Cheng Long looked a little dumbfounded, and saw him excitedly saying to Li Mu: "Like, it really looks alike, where did you find such a person? Princess Yushu is her!"

……

In the afternoon, it was the audition for the "Celebrating More Than Years" group. Of course, Mr. Chen Daoming didn't need to audition like newcomers, but he still came to the audition scene in person. First, he signed the contract by the way, and second, he wanted to see the selection of this drama. angle process.

The cast of "Celebrating More Than Years" Li Mu generally followed the cast of the previous life, but did not completely copy the original version.

For example, the male lead Li Mu was replaced by his own actor Wang Kai, and the female lead was of course replaced by Liu Yifei. The original male lead Zhang Ruoyun became the supporting role Fan Sizhe this time, which is the role played by Guo Qilin in the original version.

In addition, Li Mu invited Yu Feihong for the role of the eldest princess Li Yunrui. In fact, the original version of Li Xiaoran is also good, but it is also a basic operation in the showbiz to use more familiar people.

Li Mu has not dealt with Li Xiaoran, but he has dealt with Yu Feihong, that is, the last time "The Way to Steal the Key" was casting, and Li Mu eliminated him in the end.

This time when Li Mu chose the role of Li Yunrui, he immediately thought of Yu Feihong. It happened that Yu Feihong was also very interested in this role, so the two hit it off. Finally, with a big wave of Li Mu's hand, the role was confirmed. .

The rest of the characters remain largely unchanged from the original.

Xin Zhilei plays Begonia Duoduo, Li Chun plays Si Lili, and Song Yi plays Fan Ruoruo.

In the afternoon, when Chen Daoming, Liu Yifei, Yu Feihong, Wang Kai, Yu Rongguang and other celebrities appeared at the audition scene, it inevitably caused a great commotion among the actors.

Although there have been rumors that this drama was tailor-made by Li Mu for his girlfriend Liu Yifei, and although it has been rumored that Mr. Chen Daoming will star in it, no one has come forward to confirm these rumors.

But it's different now, now that Chen Daoming and Liu Yifei have all arrived at the scene, then those previous rumors are confirmed.

So, is the cast of "Celebrating More Than Years" really so strong?
The cast of "Celebrating More Than Years" not only aroused widespread attention in the entertainment industry, but also caused a huge sensation in the Internet literature circle.

For so many years, male-frequency novels have always been very hip in terms of film and television adaptations, but now they are better. It really is nothing but a blockbuster!
It turned out to be this kind of top production!

Li Mu wrote the script himself, the queen of tens of billions of box office Liu Yifei, the national first-class actor Chen Daoming, the goddess Yu Feihong, the hottest niche student Wang Kai, the famous actor Yu Rongguang and others starred in it—is this drama so awesome that it exploded?

As for how Liu Yifei got her title of Ten Billion Queen, of course it was calculated by her fans: the total box office of "Inception" + "Taken" + "Assassin" exceeded 16 billion US dollars, although Liu Yifei was in "Assassin" "It's just a few minutes of appearances, but fans don't care so much. In short, it is 108 billion in RMB. Isn't this an actress with a box office of [-] billion?

That's not enough. In 05, the US dollar exchange rate was more than 8 yuan.

In short, the filming of "Celebrating More Than Years" has stimulated the online literary world a lot. It is rumored in the circle that Li Mu loves reading online novels very much, and when he encounters a good work, he doesn't care whether the novel is finished or not. Is it just the beginning? , people will directly pay to buy the copyright.

There are also rumors that Li Mu will actually reward the leader of the novel author, so during this period of time, many great writers who started from the beginning secretly researched in the reader group which readers might be Li Mu himself.

On the second day of the audition, Tong Liya received a call from the crew of "Mythology" in the rental house, and the crew informed her to go to Huashang Media to sign the actor contract as soon as possible.

Tong Liya was very happy after the audition was successful. As a result, when she happily rushed to Huashang Media, and when she heard Chen Zhixi tell her the film company's salary, Tong Liya couldn't help trembling slightly.

How come there are so many?

When Chen Zhixi told her the name of the character, she didn't even pay much attention, she didn't even read the script, even if she paid attention, she didn't know who was who until the other party mentioned money.

It wasn't until this time that she finally realized that she had won the grand prize, and a character who was originally a mediocre character turned into an important female supporting role with a lot of roles!

……

In mid-March, "Taken 2" completed all the post-production work, and the schedule was tentatively set for June and July of the summer vacation.After watching the original film, Li Mu expressed his satisfaction with the quality of the film. The overall feeling of this version is better than that of the previous life, but compared with "Taken 1", it still lacks some sense of surprise.

In addition, "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Mythology" have also been launched one after another. In addition to "Latent", which has been launched some time ago, there are three TV series under the name of Li Mu's company that are being produced at the same time.

Since mid-March, the three films "Taken", "Assassin" and "Super Body" have been re-screened across the country. At this time, Li Mu has also flown to the United States to complete the filming of "Manchester by the Sea". .

(End of this chapter)