Hong Kong's film and television industry has entered a cold period. Not only has it been reported that the Hong Kong drama "Anti-Black" has been completely suspended, but it turns out that even the director of the Hong Kong Film and Television Awards, Liu Weiqiang, is also implicated!
He originally planned to "join forces" with Nicholas Tse to start a large-scale production, but there were rumors that the project would be postponed indefinitely. Just as he once said that the film market is in a downturn, and starting filming recklessly will only lead to death together.
It is said that Liu Weiqiang, who has been stationed in the Mainland in recent years, wanted to invite the best actor Nicholas Tse to form a golden team to shoot an action movie last year. It is expected to shoot in Zhongshan, Dongguan and other places.
was already at the stage of preparation and shooting. However, later I saw the movie "Breaking Point ", a collaboration between best actor Nick Cheung Ka Fai and William Chan . The original budget was 200 million yuan, but in the end the mainland box office was only 200 million yuan. 100 million yuan was shocking, and he was deterred by it.
[Hong Kong actors from the Mainland lose their advantage due to the homogenization of themes]
In addition to being affected by the climate, the theme of Lau Wai-keung's new film actually revolves around law enforcement officers and action scenes, which is not uncommon. In addition, local first-line actors no longer have an advantage over mainland audiences. Even the popular Tony Leung and Aaron Kwok are completely incomparable with their ability to withstand the box office compared to their glory days.
In fact, when Liu Weiqiang was interviewed by the media a few years ago, he pointed out that the film market was also in a slump 20 years ago. He decided to invest tens of millions to produce the movie " Infernal Affairs ", which was absolutely the opposite at that time.
Under the premise of cooperating with Nicholas Tse this time, considering the various uncertain factors, it is rumored that after many discussions with investors, he decided to postpone the new work indefinitely.
As for Ting Fung's other film "The Fury", it was originally scheduled to be completed before the Lunar New Year. However, towards the end of the filming, too many sets were involved, resulting in serious overruns. In the end, the film was not officially completed until last month.
It is known that in order to complete the filming as soon as possible, the crew reportedly asked film graduates to help rush the work at a friendly price. Fortunately, the filming was successfully completed in the end.
[" Feng Linhuoshan " " Looking for Qin Ji " Where did they go? 】
"Fenglin Huoshan" directed and written by Mak Chun-lung, was produced as early as 2017 at a cost of HK$400 million, and starred Louis Koo, Lau Ching-wan, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gao Yuanyuan and Tony Leung . It cost a total of 8 The filming was completed in 2 months, but the post-production and dubbing work of the film has not yet been completed.
As of February this year, when asked about the progress of the new film, Mak Junlong said that 20% of the post-production work was still unfinished. Some mainland film and television platforms predicted that the film would not be released until 2025.
Hong Kong media received the news and immediately asked Mak Junlong to confirm that "Wind Forest" has not been released for many years. He said through his manager: "I don't want to respond at the moment."
On the other hand, Louis Koo will be starring in the classic drama "The Story of Qin" that year. The adaptation was adapted for the big screen and started shooting in April 2019 despite all difficulties. The entire filming took three months to complete.
However, while many movie fans are looking forward to watching the "finished product", the film has been delayed in confirming the release date. As a result, it took more than four years.
He only revealed his plan to release "The Legend of Qin" within this year just a few months ago, but he made it clear: "The (release) schedule depends on the entire market, including film schedules and competitors, etc. It is not as simple as releasing it whenever you want. , there are many factors that are beyond my control!”
[It is rumored that the production of “Anti-Black” has been suspended due to financial problems]
After it was reported that the production of “Anti-Black” was completely suspended due to financial problems, one of the actors in the play, Chen Wei, attended an event a few days ago. Said: "Actually, I haven't received any news about joining the cast since the press conference." Jiang Jiamin, another actor in the
drama, responded that he knew very little and the work has always been left to the manager: "I know the manager has always been there Help me arrange the audition for "Anti-Black". As for the actual situation, I really don't know. "
Chen Ying, who also participated in the filming of the show, also responded: "I don't know about this. I'll wait for the company to deal with it. "
Now it seems, After the epidemic, the market situation is still unclear. All industries are in depression, and the film industry is even worse.
Due to poor box office performance, investors are afraid to make big bets rashly, and companies are more cautious than before when opening shows. They are afraid to make risky investments, fearing that they will lose their money in a matter of minutes, which will also affect the livelihood of actors.
