After returning from the United States, Zhang Ning set the tone for Romance of the Dragon and Snake to be filmed in 3D.

In addition, this 3D uses the world's top IMDx3D playback technology.

While this is an exaggeration, some people find it incredible.

3D movies haven't been popularized until now, let alone IMDX3D.

And, judging by the first IMDX3D movie in the United States, the Polar Express didn't make much money either.

On the contrary, compared with the production cost of more than 100 million US dollars, the Polar Express has suffered a miserable loss.

However, Zhang Ning ignored all of this.

Judging from the latest Polar Express box office figures, the Polar Express is broadcast on more than 2,000 ordinary screens in the United States, but only 76 screens with IMDx3D technology. But what is very shocking is that with only 76 3D screens, the box office he contributed is actually 1/3 of the total box office of the Polar Express.

It has to be said that although the Polar Express failed, the IMDx3D technology is eye-catching.

If there were not only 76 screens in IMDX3D at that time, but 700, or 1,000, Zhang Ning could be sure that the Polar Express would never lose so badly. It's just a pity that the big failure of the Polar Express box office has covered up the only bright spot, IMDx3D technology.

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"Director Yuan, what do you think about the casting candidates for the Dragon and Snake Romance Male No. 1."

Returning to China from the United States, the Romance of the Dragon and Snake was officially established.

However, before the project was established, Zhang Ning had not yet decided on the issue of male No. 1.

"Hehe, Director Zhang, you are the director, and you wrote the Romance of the Dragon and Snake, and you have the most right to speak. I'm just a martial arts instructor, and I may be able to do martial arts instruction, but it's not my specialty in how to film and how to cast. ”

"Haha, Director Yuan, don't be modest. As you know, our Romance of the Dragon and Snake is to show the true kung fu, especially with the addition of 3D effects, we must also beat the momentum of our Chinese kung fu under the 3D lens. My idea is to find an actor with a kung fu foundation, you are a martial arts instructor, and in this regard, you can also build yì for me. ”

"Okay, then I'll recommend a few."

"Jackie Chan is a little older, and he is not very suitable for the role in the Romance of the Dragon and Snake, or Jet Li."

Jet Li can almost be as famous as Jackie Chan, Yuan Heping has also worked with Jet Li a few times before, "Lian Jie's popularity is good, and he has recently developed in Hollywood, plus his martial arts foundation is also good, some difficult actions have been done, I have worked with him a few times, and I am still relatively familiar, Director Zhang, what do you think?" ”

"Jet Li."

Zhang Ning thought for a while and shook his head, "I also like Jet Li's previous plays, but Jet Li is also older now." In addition, it is not very suitable for the role of Wang Chao. ”

In the book Romance of the Dragon and Snake, Wang Chao looks like the big boy next door, giving people a lot of intimacy.

But Jet Li's appearance is obviously inconsistent with Wang Chao.

"Otherwise, how about Donnie Yen, Donnie Yen has been fighting hard lately."

"Forget it, Donnie Yen, I personally don't like it very much."

Originally, Zhang Ning still liked Donnie Yen, especially Chen Zhen in Jingwumen, Donnie Yen's performance was very good. It's just that as Donnie Yen became more and more famous in later generations, there were more and more scandals about Donnie Yen. Of course, this scandal is not about any unspoken rules or anything like that, this scandal is about Donnie Yen's character, and quite a few celebrities have a very unpleasant relationship with Donnie Yen.

"Oh, that can only recommend Zhao Wenzhuo."

Seeing that Zhang Ning denied a few in a row, Yuan Heping recommended another one, "Yue Wenzhuo's kung fu foundation is no less than Donnie Yen, and his appearance is okay, Director Zhang, what is your opinion?" ”

"Zhao Wenzhuo is not bad."

But Zhang Ning still shook his head, "It's a pity that Zhao Wenzhuo's popularity is very average, and Zhao Wenzhuo has been tepid." In addition, Zhao Wenzhuo looks a little old, is there any other candidate. ”

"Alas, Director Zhang, you have directly denied more than half of the kung fu stars in China. If you ask me to recommend it again, I can't think of any other candidates. ”

Yuan Heping seemed a little helpless.

"Director Yuan, recommend a few more. There are so many martial arts practitioners in China, and there are many actors with martial arts foundations, I don't believe that there are few suitable ones. ”

"I've said all the right ones, although some of the rest have some good kung fu foundations. Like Fan Shaohuang, Qian Xiaohao, etc., in fact, their kung fu foundation is good, but they have never entered the first-class actors. ”

Yuan Heping couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Alas, this casting problem is really troublesome."

Zhang Ning had a headache.

When I was filming the bad guys, why didn't I feel it?

However, the villains are completely different from the Romance of the Dragon and Snake.

Because of the subject matter, even if Zhang Ning wants to shoot, a lot of well-known directors don't want to take it.

In the end, Zhang Ning was angry and directly chose a newcomer, even the leading actors, they are all new and cannot be new.

"Director Yuan, you can help me think about it again."

"No, I can't think of it."

Yuan Heping kept shaking his head.

After a while, he suddenly patted his head, "Hey, Director Zhang, there is a person who doesn't know if it's suitable." ”

"Who?"

"Wu Jing."

"Wu Jing is Jet Li's younger brother, although he is not very popular now, he still has acting skills. It's just a pity that Wu Jing has been filming TV series before, and there are few particularly well-known movies, which are not particularly eye-catching. ”

"Okay, just choose Wu Jing."

Didn't think much about it.

In terms of appearance, Wang Chao in the Romance of the Dragon and Snake is very consistent with Wu Jing.

In addition, Wu Jing is also a kung fu actor, and his foundation in all aspects is also good.

Although Wu Jing has not made any movies now, Zhang Ning knows that Wu Jing has made many good movies after 2005 in the future, such as killing the wolf, and directing and acting the wolf warrior, which are very good.

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One qiē, all in the midst of intense progress.

After the casting, the entire Dragon and Snake Romance crew was officially completed and entered the official filming.

However, although it is a movie, the progress of making a movie is far slower than that of a TV series.

Often a shot, an action, in order to present the most perfect effect, Zhang Ning has to shoot dozens of times.

Especially when it comes to kung fu shots, although Zhang Ning has never filmed kung fu dramas before, nor has he made 3D films. But after watching countless 3D movies in later generations, especially 3D blockbusters such as Avatar and Transformers, Zhang Ning will put the 3D effects in it as a reference from time to time, which also makes Zhang Ning more refined when shooting.

Sometimes, even when Yuan Heping felt that he could, Zhang Ning still asked for constant reshoots.

This also caused even actors such as Wu Jing, who had been practicing martial arts since childhood, to shout that Zhang Ning was perverted every time they took a break after filming.

This is simply not filming, this is killing people.

Zhang Ning doesn't care about this.

No matter how tired he is, Zhang Ning has to shoot the most perfect effect.

He wants to make the Romance of the Dragon and Snake truly shock the whole United States and the world.

Let the dragon and snake tell them, it's not just Hollywood that can make blockbusters that shock people's vision.

China, too.

Moreover, a visual blockbuster with Chinese kung fu elements will be more eye-catching than a Hollywood blockbuster.