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The premiere process of "The Monkey King" is the same as Wu Yuan's previous films.

When the premiere officially began, the creative team headed by Wu Yuan walked to the screen first, greeted the important guests in the main hall, and then briefly talked about their thoughts on filming this movie and the interesting things that happened in it.

The shooting of a movie is naturally a tedious and energy-consuming task. During the months-long shooting process, many interesting things happened in the crew.

So this session of sharing interesting stories is quite interesting.

For example, Zhang Yishan talked about a scene in the movie where he and Tang Yan paid tribute to Zhizunbao and Zixia Fairy. The two watched "A Chinese Odyssey" dozens of times before filming, for fear that they would mess up the tribute if they did not perform well.

As for how the tribute was specifically made, it was to the plot of "A Chinese Odyssey". Zhang Yishan left a suspense, allowing the guests to discover it themselves when watching the movie later.

After all, there are still many classic shots in the two parts of "A Chinese Odyssey", and it is not easy to guess without any hints.

Wu Yuan also talked about the mental journey that led to the birth of this movie. He simply loved watching "Journey to the West" since he was a child, and the Monkey King Sun Wukong was also his childhood idol. So after becoming a director, he always wanted to make a movie related to Sun Wukong. Then a few years ago, after the animated movie "The Return of the Great Sage" became a hit, it aroused his idea again, and this led to the movie "The Great Sage".

Of course, this is the official statement.

In fact, the movie "The Monkey King" is a movie that will inevitably appear in the second phase of the fairy-xia movie universe in the era of light and shadow.

Because the company's screenwriter department is planning on introducing more characters from Chinese classical legends in the second phase of the Xianxia movie universe.

This was a plan formulated by the company after Wu Yuan decided to introduce Lu Dongbin into the fairy-xia universe. Wu Yuan then improved it a bit, thinking that this kind of character from classical fairy-xia legends, especially those with classic images, was too difficult to innovate. It would be better to set them as modern people who have inherited the legacy of these immortals, forming a new heroic team to resist the crisis of the new era.

This team will coexist with the team of the first stage of the Xianxia Universe, that is, the team that survived from the Tang Dynasty through freezing, getting lost, etc. to the modern era and performed great power in "War of the Demon Tide".

Well, similar to the Avengers and X-Men in the Marvel Comics universe, they are different teams in the same universe, but in some cases they may also cooperate to resist super-large crises.

The protagonist Sun Wukong and his girlfriend A Zi in "The Monkey King" are the first members of this new superhero team and have inherited the legacy of Sun Wukong and Fairy Zixia.

The company will continue to release sequels later. The second part is tentatively planned to be about the story of the successor of Marshal Tianpeng or the Altar Purifier Zhu Bajie, and it is likely that Lei Datou will play the role.

The third part may be related to Yang Jian. After all, in modern mythology and legends, Erlang Shen is the most powerful character in heaven. He is evenly matched with Sun Wukong and can be the second core of this team.

It's a bit similar to Iron Man and Captain America in "The Avengers". Maybe there will be a civil war event in the future.

All in all, the emergence of the movie "The Monkey King" was inevitable, but Wu Yuan was itching to direct it himself, without much sentiment involved.

But in front of the public, you must sell a lot of emotions.

After all, that’s what everyone buys into!

It would be a waste if we don’t sell such a great sentiment as the Monkey King!
Anyway, before watching the movie, all the audience didn't know that the Monkey King was just a supporting role in the movie. Even Mr. Liu Xiao Ling Tong talked on stage about his feelings about playing the Monkey King again after nearly 20 years.

"This time, at the invitation of Director Wu, I once again play the role of Sun Wukong. I will use the artistic image of the Monkey King to create a new artistic image that will satisfy Director Wu and the audiences at home and abroad who like the Monkey King!" "The Sun Wukong I play this time is very special. He is the Sun Wukong who has obtained the true scriptures and returned from the West a thousand years later. He is the modern Sun Wukong. I will not spoil the rest."

"The way to act is to immerse yourself in the role and devote yourself to it wholeheartedly. When I was a child, my family had more monkeys than my brothers and sisters. I grew up with monkeys. I am not acting, I have completely regarded myself as Sun Wukong."

"Nowadays, many young people brag that they can act better than me. Come up and give it a try. If you want to perform the essence of the Monkey King, you must immerse yourself in this art for decades. It is impossible for you to catch up with me!"

What is an international superstar?

Wu Yuan, who was standing in the middle, gritted his teeth and tried not to laugh.

I can only say that Teacher Liu is really humorous. It makes sense that those Liu scholars find all kinds of funny things from his past interviews every day. This "old artist" really is not very good at speaking, or he is a little too pretentious.

It can only be said that the role of "Sun Wukong" has indeed brought him too much honor and sense of accomplishment. He has become somewhat lost in this role and even regards himself as Sun Wukong himself.

Otherwise, how can one say something like “Adaptation is not random editing, dramatization is not nonsense, XXX wants to apologize to the national audience”.

Fortunately, at the premiere of "The Monkey King", Teacher Liu learned from his mistakes, and although his remarks were a bit arrogant, he did not say anything that could be considered a "quotation".

The media at the scene were also very respectful and responded with smiles. The atmosphere was very good.

Wu Yuan usually doesn't like to complain or make long speeches at premieres, so after the creators and guests shared their filming experiences and thoughts, the main course of today's premiere was finally served.

As a round of applause rang out, the lights in the main hall and several adjacent screening rooms were turned off. The digital projector that had been prepared long ago started up after the key was entered, and a movie with a dragon logo slowly lit up on the screen.

It is worth mentioning that "The Monkey King" is not a 3D version of the movie this time, only a 2D IMAX version is provided, which means that the audience on site does not need to wear 3D glasses to watch it.

Wu Yuan has always been a pioneer director of 3D IMAX in China. It can even be said that he led Chinese-language films into the 3D IMAX era. However, his new film this time gave up 3D. This was secretly recorded by many self-media people at the scene, who planned to talk about it on the Internet after the screening!
But the most important thing now is to watch the movie first.

After the dragon logo and the logo of the film production company disappeared one after another, the film officially began playing.

The feature film begins with a shot looking down at the ground from an altitude of ten thousand meters. A figure dressed in golden armor is flying fast in the sky.

"It's Sun Wukong!"

“It’s Mr. Liu Xiao Ling Tong!”

"It's still that familiar look!"

In the audience, suppressed exclamations rang out, and pairs of expectant eyes were fixed on the big screen. (End of this chapter)