At the end of February, the crew of "The Legend of Wesley" left for Egypt to shoot exterior scenes. New Arts City paid special attention to the last exterior scene. Before leaving, Boss Lei specially told Teddy Luo Bin that this time the reshoots must be done in a big way. , don¡¯t worry about funds, and fully cooperate with Zhou Wen¡¯s action design to show the most sophisticated and magnificent side of New Art City.
Boss Lei¡¯s generosity is entirely due to the confidence given by Zhou Wen. The action scenes in Nepal are well-designed. The explosiveness and enjoyment of each action can be compared with "Brothers of the Dragon and Tiger Brothers". As the finale of the desert drama, Boss Lei expected Zhou Wen to After watching the scene of Process Long, I will definitely have a new understanding and innovation.
Looking at the whole "Brothers and Dragons", the most thrilling scene is when Cheng Long jumps into a hot air balloon, which makes the audience excited and excited. There is also such a scene in "The Legend of Wesley", but the shocking action of jumping out of the plane has been It was replaced by computer special effects, which virtually reduced the visual impact. Although Zhou Wen didn't say anything, Boss Lei also knew that he was self-defeating.
Boss Lei wanted to reshoot this sequence of scenes, but Zhou Wen was out of schedule. Zhou's "A Chinese Ghost Story" was ready to start shooting. As the chief director and action director, Zhou Wen didn't have any extra time to work on it.
So Boss Lei took remedial measures in a timely manner and asked Teddy Luo Bin to fully cooperate with Zhou Wen, regardless of financial issues, as long as he shot the hot scenes Zhou Wen wanted, even if it exceeded the budget.
Before leaving, Boss Lei personally practiced for Zhou Wen, held his hand tightly and said enthusiastically: "Don't worry about the funds, I have already said hello to Binny. He will fully cooperate with you, and he must make a film that surpasses "Brother Dragon" "Tiger Brother" scene, Awen, the future of Xinyi City is entirely dependent on you!"
"Do your best!" Zhou Wen said and waved his hand and led the entire crew to the security check.
Looking at Zhou Wen¡¯s back, Boss Lei said with emotion: ¡°Hey, if we had asked Zhou Wen to cooperate from the beginning, we wouldn¡¯t have ended up like what we are now. I hope repairing the situation after the situation has been overcome will have some effect.¡±
The day after Zhou Wen went to Egypt, the selection of the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards officially began. The first round of selection was held by 50 professional judges and 50 senior citizens. The selection results were published in the "Film Fortnightly" magazine of the same period.
"A Better Tomorrow", "Rivals 2", and "Rivals 3", three films directed by Zhou Wen and directed by martial arts are all on the list. Among them, "A Better Tomorrow" has a great reputation and won the best picture and best director. , Best Art Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Newcomer, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Action, and Best Soundtrack were nominated for ten nominations, which can be said to have pioneered the establishment of the Academy Awards. The most nominated film ever.
"Rivals 2" followed closely behind, with eight nominations including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Newcomer, Best Screenplay, Best Action, Best Editing, Best Score and Best Film Song. .
In comparison, the results of "Rivals 3" were slightly worse, with only four nominations for Best Newcomer, Best Cinematography, Best Soundtrack and Film Song.
At first, everyone didn¡¯t feel anything, but when they saw the list of nominees for Best Newcomer, everyone was dumbfounded, because Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Caier, and Li Ming directly occupied half of the places.
?Among them, Zhou Xingchi was nominated for his outstanding performance in "Rivals 2". Although Xing Zai doesn't have many roles in the film, the lack of opportunities makes his role valuable. In a sense, Xing Zai's popularity even exceeds Andy Lau's best supporting role in the film.
The moment the list came out, people in the industry finally understood Zhou Wen's dominance. This guy only participated in the filming of three movies last year, but almost all the newcomers who participated in the show were nominated for Best Newcomer. In addition to admiration, everyone admired him. I am even more envious of the newcomers who have signed with Zhou, because their future stardom is basically guaranteed. As long as they don't make any big mistakes, they will definitely become first-line artists in the entertainment industry in the future.
It is said that Guo Fucheng did not eat for two days after reading the list. If he hadn't secretly signed a contract with TVB, he should have a place in the nomination list now, because Zhou Wen paid a lot of attention to him at the beginning, but life is like this, the opportunity is fleeting, and he can't blame anyone for not grasping it. I can only blame myself for not being able to withstand the temptation
? If the nomination for Best Newcomer is already amazing. Then the subsequent Best Film Song nominations were completely dominated by Zhou!
Six songs, "Romantic Purple Flower", "Happy Horse", "Happy Worship", "Wings of Dreams", "It's Better to Dance" and "Practice Dance" directly occupied the list of best movie songs, even Zhang Guorong "Love of the Year" were all rejected.
The one-sided situation has caused various dissatisfaction among musicians in the industry, but they dare to be angry but dare not speak out, and whoever dares to jump out will be embarrassed. The two giant Buddhas of Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui are not fuel-efficient.¡¯s lamp, no one can shake its dominance in the industry.
After a brief period of envy, jealousy and hatred, colleagues in the industry finally calmed down and continued to watch the movie with a gloating attitude. It is conceivable that this year's Academy Awards will be quite exciting, with the Best Newcomer and Best Film Song appearing every week. The lively scene of his own people beating his own people is a typical psychological comfort of not being able to eat grapes.
"Awen's strength is a bit exaggerated. According to the current situation, the Best Newcomer and Best Movie Song awards will never escape his grasp."
In the film studio, Xu Ke, who was busy with the computer special effects of "The Legend of Wesley", grinned and said to Wu Yusen: "I'm not convinced. I worked very hard to win awards back then, but Awen easily got a bunch of nominations. How can we old guys survive?"
Wu Yusen was also lamenting: "It shows that the gap between us and him is very big, and it fully reflects his proficiency in combining business and literature. His progress is terrible. Last year, there was only one "Boxing Fighter" Shortlisted, this year¡¯s troika is neck and neck, and he can be seen on almost every major list.¡±
Xu Ke nodded and analyzed: "Yes, aside from best newcomer and best song, best action, best screenwriter, best supporting actor, best photography, best editing, best actress, here are He has to win at least three, among which Best Action and Best Actress have the best chance of winning."
"It's too scary!" Wu Yusen sighed and said, "Old Monster Xu, if we don't work hard, we will be laughed at by the juniors."
"Grandma, I won't sleep tonight, no matter what, I have to complete one-third of the workload!" Xu Ke said angrily!
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In the CEO conference room of Jiahe, Mr. Zou burst out laughing after reading "Movie Biweekly", patted the newspaper and said, "It's interesting. The Academy Awards have been held for five times, and this year's is the most interesting and intense one. It¡¯s a pity that some of our Jiahe works are not included!¡±
As the leading player in the Hong Kong film industry, Golden Harvest's position at the Hong Kong Film Awards this year is quite embarrassing. This is not unrelated to the fact that Golden Harvest took the international development route last year, so that companies such as Xinyi City, Zhoushi, Debao, Yindu, and Magnum They are all competing for the Academy Awards, but Golden Harvest has nothing else to do except watch movies, because only Golden Harvest's "The Best Lucky Star" was nominated for Best Action Design. This sad feeling made Mr. Zou feel ashamed.
But there is nothing we can do about it. In order to speed up Jiahe¡¯s development, sometimes we have to sacrifice some resources.
"Hey, this year is basically a war between Xinyi City and Debao." Mr. He sighed helplessly.
Mr. Zou said meaningfully: "Actually, it's interesting to think about it. Their two families are dog-eat-dog, and we happened to be watching a show. They will both lose for sure today. I feel that in the face of the powerful alliance between New Art City and Zhou's, Debao will definitely There will be some big moves.¡±
Hearing this, Mr. He became interested, leaned forward and said, "You mean, the two of them will fight over a few key awards?"
"Yes, even though Zhou has been nominated more, there is only one Best Actress that really matters. Debao suffered a bad loss when he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, and he will definitely find a way to regain his face." Zou The gentleman smiled happily.
"Ha, that's really it!" Mr. He pointed to the list of Best Actress and said: "Zhong Chuhong defeated Zhang Aijia at the Golden Horse Awards. This is probably to compensate for Zhong Chuhong's multiple nominations. However, at the home court of the Academy Awards, Debao will definitely support Zhang Aijia, and maybe he has already started secretly doing things now!"
The Zhou family is famous for its action films. In previous years, Chengjiaban, Hongjiaban and Yuanjiaban competed for the best action design. This year, Yuanjiaban, headed by Zhou Wen, competed with Cheng Xiaodong and Liu Jiaban. However, whether it was Cheng Xiaodong's "Qi" "Fate", "Royal Warrior" or Liu Jiaban's "North and South Shaolin" are completely no match for "A Better Tomorrow" and "Rivals 2", so no one had any hope for the best action design from the beginning. This movie Zhou Wen will definitely win the Little Golden Man this year!
The battle for Best Actor and Best Actress has always been a hot topic for the media and the public. There is a strong lineup of nominated actors, including Chow Yun-fat and Dilong from "A Better Tomorrow", Tony Leung Ka-fai from "Fire Dragon", Tony Leung Chiu-wai from "Underground", Xu Guanwen from "Chocolate" , Li Xiuxian of "Brothers", except for Tony Leung Chiu-wai, these six are not fuel-efficient, especially Tony Leung Jiahui has also won the title of Best Actor, no one knows the outcome until the last minute.
Compared with the battle for Best Actor, the competition for Best Actress is entirely focused on Zhang Aijia and Zhong Chuhong. The two debuted at about the same time. In terms of acting skills, the two are equally matched. In terms of popularity, Hong Gu is even better. However, Zhang Aijia¡¯s versatility can make up for the lack of popularity. Downbeat, if Taiwan lost in the away game due to luck, coming to Hong Kong at home, Zhang Aijia was full of energy with the strong support of Debao.