Jin Kidd's new film launches willing to compromise for censorship, Jiashi Nianhua invested 2.5 billion yuan in three years to film
At the press conference on the afternoon of September 23, Jin Kidd signed a contract with China film company "Jiashi Nianhua" to start shooting his first high-cost large-scale film "No God." At the press conference, Jiashi Nianhua also announced the 2015 strategic plan, the company's "West Lake Xiaolou" film investment fund will invest a total of 2.5 billion yuan in three years to promote film projects.
Kim Kidd, a well-known South Korean art film director, is also about to enter the China market. At a press conference held in Beijing on the afternoon of September 23, Kim Kidd signed a contract with China film company "Jiashi Nianhua" to start filming his first high-cost large-scale film "No God". At the same time, Hong Kong famous director Cheng Xiaodong also signed a contract with the company to shoot the magic blockbuster "The Seal of Souls." Hong Kong director Liu Zhenwei will also develop the story of the classic mythical character Nezha and shoot the family fun 3D comedy "The Troubles in the East China Sea".Jiashi Nianhua invested 2.5 billion yuan in three years to film and film production. At the "Driving Protection" industry development conference of Jiashi Nianhua Fund
, Jiashi Nianhua Film and Television Production Company announced its 2015 strategic plan. According to President Lou Xiaodong, the company's "West Lake Xiaolou" film investment fund will promote film projects in the form of 500 million yuan in the first phase, 800 million yuan in the second phase, and 1.2 billion yuan in the third phase, for a total of three periods in three years, thereby achieving the goal of "driving protection" industry development. At the same time, in order to solve the current problem of financing difficulties for new directors and the constraints of good films on capital, Lou Xiaodong also announced that 100 million yuan will be allocated from the investment fund and the establishment of a "Jiayinghui" film and television fund, aiming to clear funding obstacles and pave the way for the new generation of filmmakers in China. Directors Cheng Xiaodong and Jin Kidd were hired as the "Creative Director" and "Artistic Director" of the "Jiayinghui" Film and Television Fund, and formally signed the contracts on the spot.
In addition,"Jiayinghui" will establish boutique studios in five major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen that provide premiere screenings and special movie-watching activities for art films. "Nowadays, Chinese art films are generally struggling to survive. We hope to strive for more development space for them in this way and lay a more solid foundation for the blooming of China's film market." Lou Xiaodong said.
Kim Kidd's blockbuster "No God" in China is willing to compromise for censorship.
Fans familiar with Kim Kidd's films all know that his films are full of lust and extreme violence, and often challenge ethics. They are controversial even in South Korea. Now, Jin Kidd is coming to challenge the strict censorship system of China's film system. His upcoming new film "No God" focuses on the experience of a prince of a certain country fighting five ethnic tribes. It is based on Buddhism and pays attention to the interest relationship between political power and religion. Jin Kidd said that "No God" was a script he wrote in ten years of traveling in China, Japan and South Korea.
. In the early years, South Korean films also had censorship restrictions, but it was precisely because of the abolition of the censorship system that South Korean films were able to take off and develop to the point where they can now compete with Hollywood in their local market. Although he is optimistic that China film market will become the center of the world, he also knows that the current censorship problem of China films has not been resolved. But Jin Kidd is willing to make changes to China's censorship system. He looks back on his early creations, mostly small-cost art films. He also admits that he has a new concept and hopes to make more big-budget films that are popular with the public. For this reason, he is willing to try his best to modify his creations to comply with the system. He hopes that his film's box office will gain greater recognition internationally and that it will be successful in China. However, he also emphasized that his films have always focused on people, time and space, and this will not change.
Cheng Xiaodong's new magic film uses young fresh meat Liu Zhenwei to film Nezha. Legend has it that
Hong Kong famous director Cheng Xiaodong will film the new magic film "The Seal of Psychic Souls", which will feature three teenagers fighting with exotic demon beasts and discovering the shocking secrets between the ladyboys. The plot. Cheng Xiaodong called it an "Oriental Hollywood" movie and a family fun blockbuster. Director Cheng said that in addition to senior actors, he would definitely find a popular young man to star in, but he would not disclose who this young man was, worried that "I told you what to do if he was snatched away." He also complained reluctantly,"Now 300 directors on the market are competing for those dozen fresh meat..."
Although Liu Zhenwei himself was in Yinchuan filming the final chapter of "The Journey to the West", another new film of his that was about to be launched was first exposed at the press conference that day. This new 3D magic film "Troubles in the East China Sea", written and directed by Liu Zhenwei, tells the story of Nezha's fearless rape against the evil dragon king and eliminating the evil for the people. This is also a special effects action comedy. Liu Zhenwei said that he found a special perspective of humanity to write about Sun Wukong when filming "The Journey to the West", and this time he would also film Nezha in this way. Gan Huiyin, the producer of "Troubled in the East China Sea", revealed that the film is currently in preparation for casting selection and is expected to start shooting early next year.
On the same day Jin Kidd appreciated Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Cheng Xiaodong's criticism of Hollywood's "Computers Can't Compare to People"
, a video special themed by Cheng Xiaodong, Liu Zhenwei and Jin Kidd was also played at the event site, which reviewed the outstanding achievements of the three famous directors in the film field. achievements. Jin Kidd also expressed his affection for China films as the Romans did. He revealed that the first China film he saw was Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum". Over the years, he had learned a lot from a group of China directors and learned about people and things in China. At the same time, he also named several directors he admired: Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye, Lu Chuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, and Luo Zhiliang. When asked about "the China actresses that I would like to work with most," Jin Kidd said Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi were "positive" movie stars in his eyes,"But only if they think my film is good can I have the opportunity to cooperate with them."
Cheng Xiaodong analyzed the development of Chinese action films in recent years and said: "The script and technology have definitely improved, but the action aspect still needs to continue to move forward, and young action directors also need to accumulate more experience." But he believes that Chinese-language action movies always have an advantage, which is "creativity." "Hollywood has always been learning our action designs, but they will never learn the best, because we update our ideas every year. How they learn and use them is old. Even the 'motion capture technology' that Hollywood has increasingly loved in recent years is to put the movements we design into computers and then do them, but no matter how we do it, it will not be faster than us. Computers are objects, and our talents are the most important thing."
Editor: vian