Chapter 148: Excitement, Casting, Sensation
Regarding the re-release of "Assassin" and "Super Body", theaters and theaters are still relatively welcome, for no other reason, the main reason is that there are really no films worth mentioning in March, and without good films, the attendance rate of theaters cannot be too high and it is impossible to make much money.
Let's take a look at the films that will be released in March?
"Li Tianyou's Bloody Battle of Siping", "Protecting the Treasure Baby", "Tengyue Soul", "Children in the Empty Nest", "Rural Environmental Protection Incident", "Ivy League", "Promise", "Good Luck".
It is no exaggeration to say that none of these movies can be played, and these movies simply cannot attract audiences into the theater, on the contrary, several of Li Mu's movies are very popular, especially after the global box office of "Inception" reached 956 million US dollars and directly entered the seventh box office in global film history, it is no exaggeration to say that several of Li Mu's old movies are heating up rapidly under the drive of "Inception".
As a result, in the process of communication between the film distributor and theaters and theaters, the original plan of only re-screening "Assassin" and "Super Body" gradually became a re-screening of "Hurricane Rescue", "Super Body", and "Assassin", and the schedule of the three old films is not low, all of which have reached nearly 20%.
The originally bleak March has become "Li Muyue"!
Under the publicity of countless netizens bringing their own dry food, the news of the re-screening of Li Mu's three movies is spreading rapidly. And these groups that vigorously promote the news of the re-release are roughly divided into several different groups.
First of all, it must be a fan of Li Mu or Liu Yifei, for these people, the idol's movie is about to be re-screened, and of course he must strongly support it.
The second is simply people who want to see more appearances of Chinese movies on the top 100 list of global film history, these people belong to the real tap water, they are not very fans of Li Mu or any other star, but they are fans of Huaxia and Chinese movies.
There are also fans of Li Lianhua.
That's right, in this spontaneous film promotion group, Li Lianhua's huge fan base is extremely positive.
"Brothers and sisters have worked hard, but we still have to continue to work hard, and try to buy tickets to support the theater if possible."
"Keep up the good work, sisters! This time is so important for the lotus. ”
"A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Needless to say, "Super Body", the big heroine movie, Lotus is the absolute protagonist, and "Assassin" Lotus is also the most brilliant heroine. This time, if you really send the two Lotus-starring movies to the top 100 in film history, everyone might as well think about that picture, who else in China can compete with Lotus for coffee at that time? ”
"Awesome! If these two movies really enter the top 100 in film history, good guys, there are a total of three movies on the list in Asia, and the heroines of two of them are Lotus, it's really exciting to think about! ”
"It's a pity that the box office of the two movies together can't catch up with the other people's "Inception", God, 956 million US dollars! Liu Yifei's luck is too good, right? And "Hurricane Rescue" is played by her, and this year she will be on "Hurricane Rescue 2" and "Doomsday Collapse", and there will be no actress in China who can compare with others in the future. ”
"It's incomparable, who makes Li Mu like this?"
"I heard that these three films will be released this year, and Li Mu's most important thing is actually "Gravity", and some people even rumored that Li Mu's expectation for this movie is that the global box office will exceed 1 billion US dollars! It's a pity that Director Li Mu found Gong Li to play this time. ”
"Yes, how good it is for "Gravity" to play Lotus, I have seen this, the role is really very suitable for Lotus."
"Don't think about it so much for the time being, the most important thing now is whether "Super Body" and "Assassin" can be among the top 100 in film history, even if they can only stay on it for a year."
During the period when the three films were preparing for re-screening, the movie "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" was officially launched. With more than 170 celebrities participating, the lineup of this film is staggeringly luxurious.
Li Mu didn't have many scenes, but he didn't leave in a hurry after filming his role, but wandered around the set for a few days, during which he came into contact with a lot of celebrities.
But in fact, among the celebrities he came into contact with, Li Mu himself was the biggest one.
Cheng Long was also on the set, and the two naturally chatted about the casting of the TV series "Myth", and the eldest brother was still worried about the delay in the selection of the heroine Princess Yushu.
Of course, the best candidate in his heart is Kim Hee-sun, but the problem is that it is impossible for Kim Hee-sun to play a TV series for you!
Then Li Mu introduced his own artist Chen Dong (Bai Bing) to Cheng Long.
"Uncle Long, in fact, there is a girl named Chen Dong under my company's name, who looks quite like Kim Hee-sun, and on the day of the audition, I will call her to learn a classic dance of Kim Hee-sun in "Myth" for you."
"Really? Don't lie to me, I have wanted to shoot "Myth" for a long time, but I couldn't find a suitable candidate for Yushu for a long time, so it has been delayed until now. ”
"Of course it's true, anyway, you'll know when you audition."
"Okay."
The auditions for "Mythology" and "Celebrating More Than Years" were held on the same day, and the location was at Nortel, which can be said to be another big event that caused a sensation in the Chinese entertainment industry.
"Mythology" is a TV series version of the classic movie, which itself has its own traffic, plus the producer is Cheng Long, the screenwriter includes Li Mu, and there are many male and female characters in the play, and more roles mean more opportunities.
"Celebrating More Than Years" is a popular adaptation, the first screenwriter is also Li Mu, what the words screenwriter Li Mu represent, everyone in the circle knows. And the most important thing is that I heard that Mr. Chen Daoming has been invited to participate in this film, and the heroine is even rumored to be played by Liu Yifei herself.
That's a big deal.
Let's not talk about what kind of coffee position Chen Daoming is in the TV circle, let's talk about the heroine.
Liu Yifei is here to play the heroine? Who is Liu Yifei? One of the heroines of "Inception"!
What movie is Inception? Seventh in the top 100 film history in the world!
And there is also a very good "Hurricane Rescue" series under their name!
She is going to play the heroine of the TV series? Is it too extravagant?
What do you think Li Mu thinks? It's already this coffee position, and you're still going to act in a TV series?
But no matter what, one thing is very clear, that is, Li Mu attaches great importance to this "Celebrating More Than Years".
So can the drama that Li Mu attaches so much importance to be bad? I heard that this drama contains a large number of characters, which will undoubtedly be a very rare opportunity for actors and actresses in the entertainment industry.
On the day of the official audition, most of the male and female stars in the entertainment industry rushed to the scene, and the momentum seemed to be no less than the casting of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic".
However, the lineup of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" is strong and strong, but most of the actors are middle-aged and elderly men, but the audition scenes of "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Mythology" are completely different.
The first to audition was the crew of "Mythology".
Except for Brother Hu's Yi Xiaochuan, who was personally made by Cheng Long, most of the other roles were set by Li Mu. ap
Li Mu invited the actors according to the cast list of his previous life, and the result was naturally very much in line with Cheng Long's mind:
Zhang Shi plays Gao Yao (Zhao Gao), Jin Sha plays Lu Su, Chen Zihan plays Lu Pheasant, Ren Quan plays Yi Dachuan, after an audition, Cheng Long praised Li Mu for his sharp vision, and the invited actors were all very in line with the role setting, Li Mu just smiled at this.
There were also a lot of actors who would develop well in the future, but are not well-known now, such as Tang Yan, Liu Shishi, Tong Liya, etc.
Tang Yan and Liu Shishi had already finished filming "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" at this time, but the TV series had not yet had time to be broadcast, and the two naturally were not famous.
As for Tong Liya, she is not even counted as the eighteenth line now, so what she came to audition for today is actually a very, very tricky role.
As soon as Cheng Long saw Tong Liya, he immediately said to Li Mu next to him: "This girl is very beautiful, but her skin is a little dark, otherwise she can arrange an important role." ”
Li Mu said to Tong Liya when he heard this: "Do you know how to dance classical dance?" ”
Tong Liya hurriedly said: "Yes, I used to be an actor in the Huaxia Song and Dance Troupe, and I also skipped "Loulan Girl" on CCTV. ”
"Then you should do a classical dance first!" Li Mu said to her.
"Good!" Tong Liya nodded.
After saying that, she jumped up on the spot.
Tong Liya's dancing skills are good, and her eyes are smart and charming, so she left a very deep impression on Cheng Long at once. The fly in the ointment is that modern clothing cannot perfectly present that classical beauty, but her performance still greatly exceeded Cheng Long's expectations.
"What do you think of letting her play Yu Ji?"
Yu Ji is a very important role in the play, and Zhang Meng became popular with this role in the original time and space, not only won the title of "The Most Beautiful Yu Ji", but was also rated by countless netizens as the role of crushing the heroine.
asked himself Li Mu that Tong Liya probably couldn't play Zhang Meng, so he whispered to Cheng Long: "Let this girl play Yu Ji, I think it's very suitable!" ”
Well, there seems to be no causal relationship between the two, and the reason why Li Mu also supports Tong Liya to play Yu Ji is purely because Tong will develop better in the future, and it just so happens that Zhang Meng's face will collapse later.
When the audition was about to end, Cheng Long finally saw the girl who looked very much like Kim Hee-sun in Li Mu's mouth,
Unlike other auditioning actors, Chen Dong (Bai Bing) entered the audition room in ancient costumes. With a gesture from Li Mu, the staff at the scene turned on the audio equipment and began to play background music, while Chen Dong slowly danced after nodding to Cheng Long, Li Mu and others.
Cheng Long was a little dumbfounded, only to see him say to Li Mu excitedly: "Like, really like, where did you find such a person?" Princess Yushu is her! ”
In the afternoon, it was the audition of the "Celebrating More Than Years" group, of course, Mr. Chen Daoming did not need to audition like the rookie actors, but he still came to the audition site in person, first, he signed the contract by the way, and second, he also wanted to see the casting process of the play.
The casting of "Celebrating More Than Years" Li Mu generally followed the cast of his previous life, but he did not completely copy the original.
For example, the actor Li Mu was replaced by the actor Wang Kai under his own name, the heroine was of course replaced by Liu Yifei, and the original actor Zhang Ruoyun became a supporting role Fan Sizhen this time, that is, the role played by the original Guo Qilin.
In addition, the role of the eldest princess Li Yunrui Li Mu invited Yu Feihong, in fact, the original version of Li Xiaoran is also good, but the entertainment industry uses more familiar people is also a basic operation.
Li Mu has never dealt with Li Xiaoran, but he has dealt with Yu Feihong, that is, the last time "The Method of Stealing the Key" was casting, and Li Mu finally eliminated others.
This time, Li Mu thought of Yu Feihong for the first time when he chose the role of Li Yunrui, and it happened that Yu Feihong was also very interested in this role, so the two hit it off, and finally Li Mu waved his hand, and the role was decided.
The rest of the characters remain largely unchanged from the original.
Xin Zhilei as Begonia Blossom, Li Chun as Si Li, and Song Yi as Fan Ruoruo.
In the afternoon, when Chen Daoming, Liu Yifei, Yu Feihong, Wang Kai, Yu Rongguang and other celebrities appeared at the audition scene one after another, it inevitably caused a great sensation among the actors on the scene.
Although there has been news that this drama is tailor-made by Li Mu for his girlfriend Liu Yifei, although it has been rumored that Mr. Chen Daoming will act, but no one has come forward to confirm these rumors before.
But now it's different, now that Chen Daoming and Liu Yifei are all on the scene, it can be regarded as confirming the previous rumors.
So, is the cast of the drama "Celebrating More Than Years" really so strong?
In addition to attracting widespread attention in the entertainment industry, the cast of "Celebrating More Than Years" has also caused a huge sensation in the online literature circle.
For so many years, the male frequency has always been quite strained in film and television adaptations, but now it's good, it's really a blockbuster!
It's such a top-notch production right away!
Li Mu personally wrote the script, starring Liu Yifei, the queen of the 10 billion box office, Chen Daoming, a national first-class actor, Yu Feihong, the most popular student, Wang Kai, and the famous actor Yu Rongguang - is this drama so awesome that it explodes?
As for how Liu Yifei's title of 10 billion queen came about, of course, it is an account calculated by her fans: the total box office of "Inception" + "Hurricane Rescue" + "Assassin" exceeds 1.6 billion US dollars, although Liu Yifei only appeared for a few minutes in "Assassin", but fans don't care so much, in short, it is 10.8 billion when converted into RMB, and this is not a 10 billion box office actress?
That's not all, the dollar exchange rate in 05 was more than 8 yuan.
In short, the preparation for the filming of "Celebrating More Than Years" has stimulated the online literary industry a lot, and it is rumored in the circle that Li Mu loves to watch the Internet very much, and when he encounters a good work, he doesn't care whether it is finished or not, whether he only writes the beginning, people will directly pay to buy the copyright.
There are also rumors that Li Mu will actually reward the author of the alliance, so during this time, many great god authors have secretly studied which reader in the readership group may be Li Mu himself.
On the second day of the audition, Tong Liya received a call from the crew of "Mythology" in the rental house, and the crew informed her to go to Huashang Media as soon as possible to sign the actor contract.
Tong Liya was very happy when the audition was successful, but when she happily rushed to Huashang Media, when she heard Chen Zhixi say the salary offered to her by the drama party, Tong Liya couldn't help but tremble slightly.
How can there be so many?
She didn't even pay much attention to the name of the character when Chen Zhixi told her the character, she didn't even read the script, and even if she did, she didn't know who was who, until the other party mentioned money.
It wasn't until this time that she finally realized that she had won the jackpot, and a role that was originally very tricky turned out to be an important supporting actress with a lot of scenes at this time!
In mid-March, "Hurricane Rescue 2" completed all the post-production work, and the schedule was tentatively set for June and July in the summer season. Li Mu expressed satisfaction with the quality of the film after watching the original film, this version gave him a better overall feeling than the version in his previous life, but compared with "Hurricane Rescue 1", it still lacks some sense of amazement.
In addition, "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Mythology" have also been launched, plus "Latent", which has been launched some time ago, so that there are three TV series in production under the name of Li Mu's company at the same time.
Since mid-March, the three films "Hurricane Rescue", "Assassin" and "Super Body" have begun to be re-screened nationwide, and at this time, Li Mu has also flown to the United States to complete the filming of "Manchester by the Sea".