in 2019 is less than two months away, and the Lunar New Year's booth has quietly ignited. Unlike previous years that were squeezed out of the Spring Festival stalls, this year's Lunar New Year stalls have a tendency to regain their courage. Not only are they rich in genres and themes, but there are also many famous directors, and the competition is fierce.
The Lunar New Year file in a broad sense starts at the end of November each year and continues until the end of the New Year's Day holiday. As one of the four key schedules, the Lunar New Year stall was once a big ticket warehouse in the domestic film market. However, since Stephen Chow’s "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" swept the Spring Festival stalls in 2013, many blockbuster films directly “abandon the Lunar New Year and go to the Spring Festival”. The heat was quickly crushed by the Spring Festival stalls.
Compared with the decline of the Lunar New Year gear in the previous two years, this year’s Lunar New Year gear has become lively again. According to the statistics of Maoyan Professional Edition, from November 29th to December 31st, a total of 26 films were released during this period, covering various types such as action, comedy, love, and art. The return of the great director and IP of
is a major highlight of this year's Lunar New Year file. As the creator of the Chinese New Year film, Feng Xiaogang has been a big winner in the New Year file for many years. The big shock in the film and television industry caused by "Mobile 2" in 2018 is still there. Director Feng, who has been absent from the New Year file for a year, finally brings his new film. "Only Yun Knows" is back. This time Feng Xiaogang didn't play a comedy and changed it to sensationalism. He told a love story based on his friend's real experience. Besides Huang Xuan and Yang Caiyu, Feng Xiaogang's wife Xu Fan also came to support. The film will be released on December 20, and it will compete with the Kung Fu film "Ip Man 4" starring Donnie Yen. As the finale of the "Ip Man" series, this time Ip Man will set off on Wall Street and fight to the death in the US Marine Corps barracks to prove Chinese Kungfu to the world.
This year's Lunar New Year file has several crime films starring powerful actors. Young director Li Fei’s "Two Tigers" is set on November 29, and will be the first shot of the 2019 Lunar New Year. This black comedy-style work has a strong performance lineup, including Ge You, Zhao Wei, Qiao Shan, Yan Ni, Pan Binlong Everyone will be on stage. "The Whistleblower" released on December 6 was led by Lei Jiayin and Tang Wei. It was also the first time director Xue Xiaolu challenged crime and action types. The film "Manslaughter" adapted from the Indian film "Manslaughter", directed by Malaysian newcomer director Ke Wenli, starring Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo, Chen Chong and others, will be released on December 20, confronting Donnie Yen and Feng Xiaogang .
In addition, there are a few more literary and artistic films in the Lunar New Year file. Diao Yinan was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival, "The Gathering of South Station" will finally meet with domestic audiences, starring Hu Ge, Gui Lunmei, Liao Fan, Wan Qian and others. The movie "People Caught by Light" gathers actors such as Huang Bo, Wang Luodan, Tan Zhuo, Bai Ke, Huang Lu, Huang Jue, etc. The plot has a hint of mystery, and it discusses the human nature and emotions of the moment. The new film "Lanxin Theater" directed by Lou Ye and starring Gong Li will be released on December 7. However, there has been news that the film may be withdrawn from the Lunar New Year file recently, and the film party has not yet responded to this. In addition, it has recently been reported that Guanhu's new film "Yaobai" is expected to be released at the end of November, but the film party has not yet responded.
"The Lunar New Year holiday has a New Year's Day holiday, which is also the peak time for audience consumption at the end of the year. There have also been phenomenal films such as "Looking for the Dragon" and "Predecessor 3: Goodbye to the Ex" before. There are a lot of new year festival films this year, but the specifics are still It depends on word of mouth." Jiang Yong, a film industry expert, said that he is more optimistic about "Ip Man 4". "There have been no martial arts movies for a long time, and the "Ip Man" series is already a relatively mature IP, and the previous few films have been very successful at the box office. "
film critic "Twenty-Two Island Owners" believes that the capacity of this year’s Lunar New Year archives will not be particularly large. "If the quality of these films is particularly good, why not move to the Lunar New Year archives? But the Lunar New Year archives are already relatively mature. , very audience-based schedule, as long as the movie is not bad word of mouth, more or less there will be some return "
author: Yuan cloud
