cover news reporter Zhou Qin
The TV series "A Family with Children" is a childhood memory for countless people. On January 15, the movie "A Family with Children: The Master of the Divine Dog" held its premiere in Beijing. The producer revealed that it plans to develop a new IP film project of "A Family with Children" this year. The original cast members include Song Dandan, Gao Yalin, Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan, and You Haoran. will return. Related topics topped the list of hot searches on the evening of the 15th and continued to dominate the list.
Previously, "Love Apartment", "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" and "Want to See You" were all remakes of TV series and movie versions, but their reputations were mostly negative. Can the movie version of with an emotional halo continue the classic? In the end, it comes back to the core issue: whether you can tell a story well.
Stills from the TV series "A Family with Children" According to the official Weibo account of the cctv TV series
The original cast of "A Family with Children" will return
Insider: It has not yet entered the implementation stage
"A Family with Children" is a sitcom about children. The comedy tells various interesting stories between the parents and their three children after the union of two divorced families. The drama was put into production on April 29, 2004. There are four parts in total. The first, second and third parts have 100 episodes each, and the fourth part has a total of 67 episodes. In the play, Song Dandan plays mother Liu Mei, Gao Yalin plays father Xia Donghai, Yang Zi (parts 1 and 2) plays Xia Xue (parts 3 and 4 are played by Dan Lin), Zhang Yishan plays Liu Xing, and You Haoran plays Xia Yu.
Since its broadcast in 2005, "Family with Children" once became the TV series with the highest ratings during the same period in CCTV's lunchtime slot. To this day, the classic lines, jokes, scenes, plots, etc. in the play are still popular on the Internet, forming various hot memes, widely welcomed by the public, and can be called a national IP. In the Douban score, the first two films scored 9.0 and 9.1 points respectively, which is enough to illustrate the popularity of this TV series.
html On January 15th, "A Family with Children: The Divine Dog Head" held its premiere in Beijing. The chief planner and producer Zhang Linshu revealed at the premiere event that this year he plans to develop a new IP film project for "A Family with Children". The original cast members Song Dandan, Gao Yalin, Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan, and You Haoran will return. This news also triggered public discussion, and on the evening of the 15th, it topped the list of hot searches and continued to dominate the list. Many netizens expressed their expectation, "If it is the original cast, you really must go see it." However, some netizens held objections, saying that "I am really afraid of changing the classics beyond recognition" and "it is good to leave some good things in the past." html On January 16, a cover news reporter also learned from insiders that the movie version of "Family with Children" is currently only a preliminary plan and has not yet entered the implementation stage, so there is currently no way to disclose more details. Can themovie version continue the classic?
Content is still king to attract goodwill
In recent years, it has become a trend to remake popular TV series into movies. However, judging from past examples, word-of-mouth has mostly failed.
stills from the TV series "Family with Children" According to the official Weibo of cctv TV series
On December 30, 2023, the movie "Twinkle Twinkle Star" was released, but the "Snowing Field" was launched with topics such as "embarrassing" and "ugly" It was once on the Weibo hot search list. "Twinkle Twinkle Star" was originally a popular TV series in 2022. It caused a lot of enthusiastic responses during the broadcast and was released in a movie version. The male protagonist's secret love story touched many people. The line in the play "Zhang Wansen, it's snowing" "" once became a hot meme on the Internet. However, many plots and character settings in the movie version are very different from those in the drama version, which disappointed many viewers who were looking forward to the plot of the drama version. The TV series version of "Twinkle Twinkle Shining Star" scored 6.8 on Douban, while the Douban score of the movie version dropped to 5.9. In the Douban hot review of the movie version, a netizen wrote, "The plot seems to treat the audience as Ruozhi."
At the end of 2019, the TV series "Want to See You" became a big hit once it was released. In addition to multi-dimensional time travel, Mobius strips and reverse murder cases, the voice conveyed in the drama also touched many people: "You don't have to be a certain person just because you are a certain person." They are a minority and feel that they are not worthy of being loved and that they do not need to change for anyone.” The film version released in 2022 still has the same production team, but it suffered a critical collapse after its release. The Douban score was only 6.1 points, in sharp contrast to the 9.2 points for the drama version.Many drama fans complained, "The core of this IP is 'I want to see you', rather than trying to engage in these random time travels."
In addition, "Wulin Gaiden", "Love Apartment", "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom", "The Best of Us", "Why is the Shengxiao Silent", "Corridor Pavilion", etc., have all had drama versions before them, and then launched movie versions, but the reputation Speaking of which, it has not caught up with the drama version. The TV series version is longer. When the length is reduced to a movie of about 2 hours, some character lines or stories must be cut off. In addition, the movie version also faces a generally shorter production cycle, higher budget requirements and box office pressure. brings the feelings of the drama version, which is a bonus point for the movie. How to make the audience enter the theater with a good impression of the drama version and write heartfelt praise for the movie. The test is whether the producer can ensure that the content is king. can only achieve word-of-mouth praise and continuation of classics by putting content as king, telling a story well, and actors providing convincing performances.
