The three movies "A Chinese Ghost Story", "One-armed Knife" and "Dragon Gate Inn" are all in the Golden Harvest remake plan.

These works have set off a movie-watching frenzy in different eras, and Golden Harvest feels that it is time to innovate!

These remakes are aimed at Weinstein Pictures' so-called Asian film project, and they have been promoting it for so long, which shows that there is something wrong with it.

Weinstein Pictures has curated eight Asian films: the Chinese costume action blockbuster "Mulan", the remake of the Japanese classic "Seven Samurai", the epic masterpiece "Shanghai", a film with an undecided title by Tony Jia, a trilogy of Hong Kong action films...

Hollywood can do it, there's no reason why Golden Harvest can't do it!

Of course, in time for the financial crisis, this so-called Asian film project did not come to fruition at all.

But Golden Harvest is different, relying on the expanding film market in the mainland, as long as the quality is passed, it is difficult to say whether it will make money or not, but it should not lose money.

Shen Xudong nodded and admitted: "..."A Chinese Ghost Story" is indeed in the remake project, but... We can't think of a new entry point for the time being. ”

"A new entry point?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "It is impossible to copy it as it is, Xu Ke's version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", the actors, choreographers, lyrics, songs, soundtracks, and costumes are all top-notch, and they are already absolute classics in the public's impression, we have no way to surpass them!" ”

Actually, the original work of Liao Zhai does not have a "A Chinese Ghost Story", it is called "Nie Xiaoqian"...

Compared with "Painted Skin" and "Infant Ning", "Nie Xiaoqian" is not a famous story at all, just an ordinary little story, not special, but a scholar saved a female ghost, later married her, and gave birth to a child, without explaining the specific background of the times.

The second half of the original book is all about how Xiaoqian honored the old man in Ning Caichen's house, slowly changed from a ghost to a human, and was finally accepted, and passed on the lineage to the Ning family.

But after the adaptation of Li Hanxiang and Xu Ke, "Nie Xiaoqian" became a big IP in one fell swoop!

Yang Shoucheng on the side nodded: "That's... The combination of Zhang Guorong + Wang Zuxian really can't be surpassed! ”

Jiang Zhiqiang also said: "Confucianism and Taoism save the wind and dust, and the story itself is impeccable!" ”

Truly...

"A Chinese Ghost Story" puts aside ghosts and gods and returns to the world, which is a cruel and helpless story:

In the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty when "blood and weeds, jackals are crowned", a scholar who has the ambition to save the world but struggles helplessly in reality, and a woman who was born in a family but has fallen into the dust meet in the rivers and lakes, poetry coincides, and mutual love is born.

The scholar hated himself for not being able to save the country, but he thought that at least this woman must save herself, so with the help of his friends, he went through a lot of hardships to save the girl who was about to be sold to a bully, but in the troubled times, everyone was precarious like a wanderer in the wind, the scholar could not give the girl a home, a stable life, the two could only be separated again after a short period of love, forgotten in the rivers and lakes, and never saw each other again.

So, the road is boundless...

Ten miles of flat lake frost sky, inch by inch of green silk sorrowful year.

Look at each other for the moon-shaped, only envy the mandarin duck and not the immortal.

Shen Xudong scratched his head: "But we are doing the Chat Zhai series, and we are thinking of an entry point to link "Painted Skin" with "A Chinese Ghost Story"..."

"Did you think of it?"

Shen Xudong hesitated for a moment, but still admitted: "We think that the key to connecting the stories of Liaozhai is to have a character who can participate in everything from beginning to end..."

"Pu Songling?"

"The role of the storyteller... We did think about it at first, but he could only tell the story, and he couldn't get involved..."

"Then you..."

"Added the role of a monster hunter..."

Jiang Zhiqiang: "Hunting demons... Oh, you have turned ghosts into demons! ”

"In order to pass the trial..."

Pu Songling described the ghost in "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai" as follows: "Tiptoeing through the window and peeking at it, I saw a ghost, with a green face and a skin, like a vibrating clothes, draped over the body, and then turned into a woman." "Obviously, this is a green-faced caracal. If it is faithful to the original book, then the movie "Painted Skin" can only be made into a ghost movie.

That's impossible to pass the trial!

So, Xiao Yui transformed from a green-faced caracal into a vixen...

Nie Xiaoqian of "A Chinese Ghost Story" also has to be a fox demon...

Aunt Liu interjected again: "Sissi can play Nie Xiaoqian!" ”

"Of course Sissi can play Nie Xiaoqian, but I don't think this role is challenging for her..."

Liu Yifei was puzzled: "Challenged? ”

"Ahem..."Shen Xudong coughed lightly, and then suggested kindly: "Are you interested in challenging yourself?" Acting grandma... This character is very interesting and can help you open up new ways of acting..."

Liu Yifei was surprised: "Grandma? The big-tongued dryad? ”

Shen Xudong shrugged: "Do you want to get rid of the fixed image of the immortals, playing the dryad will definitely shatter your inherent impression in the minds of the audience!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Yifei actually nodded...

"No, he's kidding..."

Yang Shoucheng hurriedly stopped her thoughts...

He knew that Liu Yifei had been pondering the transformation and didn't want to bear the title of Heavenly Immortal anymore...

But, what are you kidding?

Let Liu Yifei play the tree demon grandma?

Yes, the transformation is very thorough, but the movie is directly ruined - if you look like that, why not do it yourself?

"I'm not kidding, Shen Xudong has a straight face: "In "A Chinese Ghost Story", the dryad lets the female ghosts seduce men and then eat them, which is a means of exculpation..."

"Exoneration?"

"Well, if you meet mortals and eat them, they are innocent and harmful, and they are wanted by the heavenly court, first let the female ghosts seduce mortals, and then eat these mortals who are obsessed with ghosts and want to commit adultery, so that the nature of the matter has changed, and it is no longer to kill innocent people, but to become these mortals who are eaten for committing adultery, which is the retribution they deserve!"

Shen Xudong explained it seriously, and Yang Shoucheng was not right when he heard it...

Jiang Zhiqiang interjected: "No, I talked to Xu Ke, and he said that "A Chinese Ghost Story" is actually the relationship between Miss Dance and college students, and the dryad is the bustard..."

"But we're going to push the envelope!"

……

Of course Shen Xudong is...

Let Liu Yifei play the Dryad, that... Who plays Nie Xiaoqian?

This topic was temporarily suspended, and Shen Xudong remembered one thing: "Actually, when we were doing the remake project, there were two films that I liked very much, but... Zhong Lifang and Golden Harvest don't like it..."

Jiang Zhiqiang immediately asked: "What film?" ”

""Three Heroes of the East" and "The Legend of Modern Heroes"..."

Jiang Zhiqiang thought for a while, a little uncertain: "The two films directed by To Qifeng?" ”

"Yes!"

These two films are unique, introducing a lot of gothic, punk, and some Cthulhu elements in the sci-fi setting, plus very avant-garde costume design, creating a feeling that is difficult to experience in other films.

Jiang Zhiqiang nodded: "These two movies are really powerful, they open up new ideas, history and modernity, martial arts and firearms, spells and technology, there is nothing that cannot be integrated, nothing that cannot be matched..."

"Three Heroes of the East": Anita Mui, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung incarnate peerless masters, and fight the villain boss Qing Dynasty on the streets of Hong Kong!

"The Legend of Modern Heroes" continues the setting, but the story is mixed with "Mad Max" and becomes a story of finding water and fighting against evil forces...

Speaking of this, he shook his head again: "It's difficult to remake, where can you find a combination comparable to Anita Mui, Yang Ziqiong and Zhang Manyu?" ”

Shen Xudong smiled bitterly: "This is also the reason why they oppose me." ”

(End of chapter)