Big names rise

After the release of "Cold War", it gained an excellent reputation and won the title of "Best Hong Kong Film" after "Infernal Affairs", injecting a new vitality into the stagnant Hong Kong films in recent years.

The decline of Hong Kong films is a reality, and there are many reasons for it. It is unrealistic to want to return to the golden age of Hong Kong films, but Hong Kong films are not without success. People like Chen Kexin, Chen Jiashang, Wang Jing and others went north to abandon the habitual Hong Kong It is a way of life to adapt to and cater to the mainland market, and it is also a way of life to stick to Hong Kong-style gunfight movies and Hong Kong-style comedies like To Qifeng and Eric Tsang.

After all, mainland audiences, especially those in the age group like He Mu, almost all grew up watching pirated discs of Hong Kong movies. They are the main force of consumption in the movie market today, and they have a deep affection for Hong Kong movies. A Hong Kong-style movie with a strong enough lineup can also win a high box office, just like this "Chill".

Moreover, the mainland has very strict supervision over movies about police and gangsters. There are almost no such movies with a strong sense of presence in mainland movies. At this time, the advantages of Hong Kong movies are reflected. They dare to shoot the plots they dare to shoot, and they dare to blow up the buildings in the mainland that they dare not blow up. Coupled with the big-name stars and wonderful acting skills, such a movie will naturally be more attractive than similar themes in the mainland, and it can achieve high box office. No wonder.

The success of "Cold War" is reproducible, but not universal. Its success is based on the bold selection of materials. It is the premise of high-level police struggles that have never been involved in Hong Kong-produced police and gangster films before, and the quality of the film is good enough and the schedule is very suitable. Next, if Hong Kong films want to continue to develop and rejuvenate, cooperation with the mainland is the first priority, because here is the most potential market in the world, and the market is the box office, which is money. Only when the money is in place, can there be unlimited Make a good movie without worrying about the future.

So even Johnnie To, who has always stuck to Hong Kong, started cooperating with mainland companies after testing the waters with two romance films.To co-produce mainland gangster-themed movies, Yinhe Pictures chose Hairun Film and Television, which is famous for producing gangster dramas, as the director. Johnnie To acted as the director, and Sun Honglei and Koo Tianle from Mainland China and Hong Kong were recruited as actors.He Mu has always admired Director Johnnie To.In addition, this is the first time for him to jump out of the small area of ​​Hong Kong and try mainland police and criminal themes. He Mu hopes that he can bring some new ideas and bold attempts to mainland police and criminal movies.

Although Yinhe Pictures and Hairun Films and Television can afford this movie about anti-drug policemen and drug dealers, Yinhe does not have the ability to distribute TV dramas in the mainland, and Hairun's distribution of TV dramas is okay, but it basically has no friendship with theaters. Although from this cooperation It can be seen that Hairun's ambition to enter the film industry, but Hairun's weakness is lack of distribution capabilities, so they must find another partner with strong distribution capabilities.Several major mainland film companies such as Bona and Light are their candidates, because He Mu has shown great interest in this film.So Mizuki also participated in the competition for the distribution rights of this film, and finally won the distribution rights. Although the film has not yet been finished, Mizuki has already included it in next year's release plan.

Mizuki teamed up with Yinhe and Hairun, while Zhou Xingchi brought his "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" into the arms of Huayi Brothers.The first press conference was held recently, and a veil of mystery was removed, and the file was set for the first day of the Lunar New Year. It was made clear that the two films would not change the schedule of He Mu's "Zibuyu 3". A head-to-head duel is very likely to be a life-and-death situation.It is not known who will die and who will live.

Zhou Xingchi's strength is unquestionable. In 04, "Kung Fu" beat Lao Mouzi's "House of Flying Daggers" and Feng Xiaogang's "A World Without Thieves" won the annual box office champion. Since 08, "Yangtze River No. [-]" There will be no more works after that, thousands of fans who like him can't wait to see any video related to the word "Zhou Xingchi". Even if he doesn't appear in himself, they will definitely go to the theater to support.And Zhou Xingchi has not admitted that he will not appear in that movie until now, so his fans still have a little luck.

And He Mu is not weak either. Although his debut time is short and his directorial work is only the "Zibuyu" trilogy, the domestic box office of his two "Zibuyu" has reached 16.29 billion.What is this concept?

Let's put it this way, only counting the domestic box office, among the Chinese directors, there are only two Chinese directors with a cumulative box office higher than He Mu, one is Zhang Yimou and the other is Feng Xiaogang.

From the 400 million box office of "Red Sorghum" to the 5.68 million box office of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", Zhang Yimou's 16 Chinese films have a total box office of 18.4 billion in the mainland. The most important thing is that many of these 2008 films have won awards abroad. Both film and box office have a good harvest, coupled with the honor of directing the opening ceremony of the [-] Beijing Olympic Games, Zhang Yimou is worthy of the title of "National Teacher".

However, Feng Xiaogang, who is the king of commercial films and the originator of Lunar New Year, is even better at the box office. From 97 million in "Party A and Party B" in 3300 to 2 million in "If You Are the One 4.45", the total box office of Feng Xiaogang's 11 works in the mainland is as high as 21.3 The average box office of a single film is nearly 1942 million, which is the well-deserved king of the box office. Feng Xiaogang did not have a new film released last year. He put all his energy on the new film "30", which will be released soon. If according to Huayi If he shouted the slogan of one billion box office, then Feng Xiaogang's personal box office will reach 1942 billion. Even if the star-studded "2" can reach the box office level of "Zibuyu 30", the [-] billion director is still him.

Losing to Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou on the mainland box office list, He Mu doesn't feel ashamed, no matter how he is now ranked third, and he is still young, only two movies are counted, wait until "Zibuyu 3" is released After that, it is not difficult to catch up with Lao Mouzi. He has no plans to start filming after joining LeTV.What makes He Mu most proud is that his "Zibuyu" is still the highest-grossing Chinese film in the world, and "Zibuyu 2" is the movie with the highest number of viewers in the mainland, and after its release in Japan, the global box office has already been very high. It is approaching the global box office of the first film, and it is very likely to break the global box office record of Chinese films.

In fact, in November, everyone has already smelled the smell of gunpowder in the Lunar New Year. Some people say that this year's Lunar New Year should start with the unexpected dark horse "Chill" of Hong Kong movies. According to this statement, Li Wenhua's "A Little Thing" also It's a Lunar New Year movie.

The two most conspicuous in this gunpowder are Huayi Brothers and Shuimu Forest. In addition to the head-to-head battles of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "Zibuyu 3" on the first day of the new year, Huayi Brothers also have Feng Xiaogang's "1942" and Jackie Chan's "Twelve Zodiac" has two major lethal weapons. In the first half of the Lunar New Year file, Shuimu Forest is slightly weaker. There are only three small and medium-budget films, "A Little Thing", "Lost in Thailand", and "Panda Burning Incense". He Mu Put all the chances of a comeback on the finale of "Zi Bu Yu".

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