The online drama "Anti-Black" co-starred by Chen Guokkun, Jordan Chan , Zhang Jiansheng and Li Canchen was broadcast in 2017 and was very popular among netizens. It has been played a total of 5 billion times on major streaming platforms around the world.
After six years, at the end of last year, the producers and directors Chen Guokun and Song Benzhong finally announced the start of filming the second season! In addition to the original cast,
will also join Xie Tianhua, MC Jin, Chen Ying, Fei Ma, Guan Zhibin , Wu Haokang, Chen Shancong and others this time. The original 32 episodes will be increased to 60 episodes, with a total investment of more than 200 million. Hong Kong dollars became the largest investment in the history of Hong Kong TV dramas.
"Anti-Black 2" held its opening ceremony in November last year and is expected to be broadcast in 2025. However, the filming of the series was suddenly suspended due to financial problems recently. It is currently actively looking for "new investors" to invest, and it is hoped that it will be available by the end of April. Shooting resumes.
"Anti-Black 2" held an opening ceremony in November last year, and then officially started filming. However, due to financial problems recently, production needed to be stopped immediately.
According to an actor who participated in the filming: ""Anti-Black" encountered difficulties, and some money was not available. The director went to the mainland to find out more. There is no news yet when work will resume, and all plans should have changed. The series was originally The filming was expected to take a year, but now it may be shortened. The worst thing is that our actors have all arranged their schedules for the crew, and now they are not working every day. I don’t know when we will resume work!”
At the same time, he exploded! : "The most important thing is that one of the strong men is gone. When we were talking about "Anti-Black 2", he and the crew couldn't agree on many details except for the salary. This drama does not have Li Canchen, and the mainland boss took the opportunity to say that the product was not right. , no longer investing. "
In fact, Director Song originally wanted the original cast to perform in "Anti-Gangster 2". However, he had already publicly stated that Li Canchen, who had participated in the investment and performance in the previous film, would not participate this time. At that time, Director Song only explained that it was a "business decision" and did not say much about other reasons.
The first season of "Anti-Black" received a very good reputation. Song Benzhong has always been interested in filming a sequel, and has been actively looking for investors and actors to join for 6 years. During this period, it was even rumored that "Brother Crow" Zhang Yaoyang would also participate in the sequel.
However, due to the epidemic problem in the early years, many investors also refused to invest money.
However, the crew planned to hold a press conference first to build momentum and then raise funds. At that time, many people in the industry also knew that the series had already conducted many large-scale auditions.
"Anti-Black 2" alone involves more than a hundred actors, a strong lineup, and a very large-scale production. The director made a sky-high investment of nearly 200 million to scare away many "financiers."
Shao Brothers, who was involved in the project, did not dare to be impulsive and was only willing to invest 10 million. As a result, the production of "Anti-Gadster 2", which was in full swing, was suddenly suspended due to financial problems.
After resources are limited, in addition to postponing the filming, the crew will also shorten the filming cycle from one year to half a year.
The actors have also put a lot of effort into this drama. For example, Chen Ying, who played a role in "Anti-Gangster 2", played a Japanese overseas Chinese. Earlier she said that she was learning Japanese for the role and hoped to be able to It is a pity that everyone's long-term efforts will be wasted at any time if the series is not scheduled to resume filming to make the characters more three-dimensional through accents!
