1905 Film Network News Recently, the mythical epic film "Fengshen Trilogy" directed by Wu Ershan once again announced the cast. Chen Kun and Yuan Quan joined the heavyweights, playing Yuanshi Tianzun and Queen Jiang respectively. Coupled with the previously public lineup, Huang Bo, Fei Xiang, Li Xuejian, Xia Yu, Yu Shi, the real gods fighting, people are looking forward to it. What is the origin of this director who can hire a super cast lineup?
Maybe some viewers are a little unfamiliar with the name Wuershan, but his works have long been well-known, such as "Knife Smile", "Painted Skin 2", "Looking for the Dragon" and so on. In addition to these well-known movie works, director Wu Ershan is also soft when winning awards. He has won the "International Film Critics Award" at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea and the "Best Director Award" at the Geneva International Film Festival in Switzerland. In 2012, his film "Painted Skin II" broke the box office record in Chinese film history with a box office of 700 million. Therefore, with the blessing of blockbusters and awards, it is not surprising that director Wu Ershan can invite Chen Kun, Li Xuejian, Fei Xiang and other big names.
It is reported that the first part of the "Fengshen Trilogy", "The Demon of the Trilogy of Conferred Gods" will meet the audience in 2020. Earlier, director Wu Ershan said in an interview with the media, “The Romance of the Gods” is a work that highly combines traditional Chinese mythology. In terms of cultural value, look at it from the perspective of Chinese popular culture and traditional culture. It is a top cultural resource.", "China does not lack this resource. So many traditional stories have been passed down for thousands of years. There must be reason for it, not because it is curious, but because it is eternal."
In addition, according to Uzbekistan According to director Ershan, this "Fengshen Trilogy" has a unique aesthetic system, based on Taoist water and land paintings in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, fusing the aesthetic elements of Shang and Zhou bronzes and the landscape of the Song Dynasty, and fusing the aesthetic forms of Chinese classics Re-creation.
The second and third parts of "The Trilogy of the Gods" are scheduled to be released in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
