"It is understood that Poly Media Group and Xinghao Media are preparing to put the classic scene "Havoc in Heaven" in Journey to the West on the big screen, and Liu Dong will play the Monkey King!"

"Shocked, kung fu superstar Liu Dong will take over the filming of "Havoc in Heaven", with an estimated investment of up to 500 million!"

"Poly Media said that it will let the audience see a different Monkey King and a different haunting palace!"

"The classic oriental mythological blockbuster reappears on the big screen, spending 500 million yuan to create a new visual feast!"

"The remake of "Journey to the West" will use Hollywood's top special effects team, which will create special effects comparable to "Avatar". ”

"According to internal knowledge and disclosure, "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace" will be played by Zhou Yanfa as the Jade Emperor, and Guo Fucheng will play the Bull Demon King, which can be called the most luxurious lineup in recent years!"

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Poly and Xinghao's movements are still very fast, and it took more than a month to get all the actors, and the crew was formed.

On March 22nd, the spring equinox, the filmmaker of "Havoc in Heaven" held a start-up press conference in Beijing!

Regent Hotel, all major media were present.

Now that the New Year has just passed, the smoke of the Spring Festival has dissipated, and the domestic film market has ushered in a low tide.

The movies that are still being released are the Hollywood action blockbuster "Die Hard", and the romantic movie "Beijing Meets Seattle" starring Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo.

"Beijing Meets Seattle" was released on the first day yesterday, but it got more than 20 million box office, compared with the investment of 30 million, it can be regarded as a big hit.

However, a low-budget commercial romantic comedy is not as noteworthy as a big production with an investment of 500 million, and basically the well-known domestic media have sent people over.

Adaptation of "Journey to the West", or the most classic "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", the memory of four or five generations, it can be said that if you find 100 people on the street, at least 99 people know Sun Wukong and know that Monkey King is havoc in the Heavenly Palace!

The press conference began soon, and director Zheng Baorui took a group of leading actors to the stage.

"Stuck scratch... Stuck eras..."

"It's really starring Liu Dong, Fa Ge and Guo Fucheng!"

"It's quite appropriate for Fa Ge to play the Jade Emperor, the Lord of Heaven must be majestic!"

"Guo Fucheng plays the Bull Demon King, I don't know what this movie has changed, the Bull Demon King has become the main character!"

"And Chen Qiaoen, what role will she play? Could it be the Queen Mother!"

"Yang Mi is also in it, and what else is ...... Rundong?"

The reporters kept taking pictures and talking about it.

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Zheng Baorui sat in the middle, and Liu Dong, Zhou Yanfa, Guo Fucheng, Yang Mi, Chen Qiaoen, and He Yandong sat on both sides.

"Hello everyone, welcome all media friends to come to the new film conference of the movie "Havoc in Heaven......"

As soon as the tirade was finished, a reporter immediately questioned it.

"Director Zheng, why did the filmmaker ask you to remake "Havoc in Heaven" this time? As far as I know, your directing style is distinct and strong, and the previous works such as "Dog Eat Dog", "Military Rooster", "Accident", "Driver" and other works have a sharp cut style, will you continue your own style this time!"

Zheng Baorui was famous for making cut films in the early days, and after joining the Galaxy Image, his style became more obvious, more than Du Qifeng and You.

Murderous, ruthless, violent, and even perverted.

The pinnacle of personal films is "Dog Bites Dog" and "Accident".

Especially the latter, it is hard to imagine that a film starring Ren Xianqi and Gu Tianle at the same time can be shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival, and Gu Tianle was also nominated for the best actor.

In fact, Zheng Baorui doesn't have much confidence in directing this movie.

He made a third-level film, a gangster who ran the field at the age of 19, followed so many directors as assistants and did chores, and what he learned the most was low-cost suspense, horror and even love DZ films.

But no matter what Xinghao thinks, this is a great opportunity for Zheng Baorui, who has successfully transformed from a second-rate cut director to a first-line commercial director.

"To be honest, when Xinghao Wang Dong came to me to make this movie, I was blinded at that time. I entered the industry at the age of 19, starting from the field worker who was responsible for sweeping the floor and buying food, I never thought that I would shoot such a big theme, and I was also thinking in my heart, what does "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace" have to do with me? ”

"Later, I thought that they might also want to make something different when they came to me, and if they dared to take this risk, why didn't I dare? But after actually entering, I realized that Havoc in Heaven is not just a movie for me, it is actually a project. The biggest challenge for me this time was how I managed to complete the film safely with more than 3,000 crew members. ”

"When I decided to make it, it was clear to me that this film must not be my personal thing, but a subject that meets the public's tastes and family fun. To be honest, I've never tried to talk about balance in a movie, in fact, I have a lot of room to shoot what I want in this genre, but I have to make something that more people can accept, decent, not hard!"

One of the words that Zheng Baorui mentions the most is "balance", he needs to find a balance between being faithful to the original book and changing and innovating, and more importantly, he needs to find a balance between his personal style and the audience's taste.

"So is this remake completely faithful to the original book or completely subverted, can Director Zheng reveal the plot?"

"I don't think the remake of a classic is to figure out the original author's thinking, and I don't know what Mr. Wu Chengen thought when he wrote "Journey to the West", but if we make it now, we should shoot how we think of the classic "Journey to the West". This direction is also a direction that all of us creatives affirm, because we don't want to be too far away from the audience, let alone let the audience look up. ”

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Then the audience aimed at the actor Liu Dong.

"Hello Liu Dong, you have remade classic characters such as Zhang Wuji, Xiang Yu, and Cold-blooded before, so how do you feel about starring Sun Wukong this time?"

"To be honest, I've been worried since I took on this movie!" Liu Dong said with a little distress.

"Why are you distressed?" the reporter immediately replied.

"The role of Monkey King is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, once you don't play it well, you will be scolded for a lifetime!" Liu Dong said frankly.

"In order to figure out the Monkey King, I watched all the movie animations about King Kong and monkeys once, and I also went to the zoo to observe the activities of the monkeys, and as a result, I now jump around at home every day, jumping from the sofa to the coffee table, jumping from the dinner table to the kitchen stove, and I am almost scolded to death by my family!"

Everyone smiled, as if they saw Liu Dong being naughty and mischievous at home like a bear child.

"Do you have any other sources of inspiration? Are you worried that you won't be able to act in a new way?"

"Actually, I happened to see a TV series in which the children were jumping around like me, and at that time I thought that the Monkey King in everyone's mind should be so innocent and simple, like a child, so I put this into my understanding of the character. ”

"I think about it every day, when I walk and when I eat. At that time, my teachers and teachers said to me, "Why do you scratch the back of your hands like a monkey while talking?" and even the way I walked was different, because I kept telling myself that I was a monkey.

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