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There is finally news about the much-anticipated " three-body " movie!
At the opening forum of the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival held on June 16, Wang Changtian, chairman of Enlight Media, revealed that Enlight is working with Trisolaris Universe Company to develop a movie version of "The Three-Body Problem" directed by Zhang Yimou. The film has already been Entering the preliminary stage.
"Director Zhang Yimou's movie version of The Three-Body Problem" quickly became a trending topic on Weibo.
netizens said, "I hope Zhang Yimou will treat the female characters in the original work well" and "cherish the "Three-Body" project." Many netizens suggested "let Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li play Ye Wenjie."
The "Three-Body" movie will be directed by Zhang Yimou
When talking about Chinese science fiction, Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem" is an unavoidable topic.
On January 15, 2023, the TV series version of "The Three-Body Problem" will be broadcast on cctv-8, Tencent Video, and Migu Video. One hour after the drama was launched, the popularity on the site exceeded 25,000, becoming the fastest drama on Tencent Video to reach 20,000 after its launch, and breaking the Tencent Video drama's first-day popularity record in one fell swoop. Since then, the foreign version of the "Three-Body" series has also been launched on Netflix. But audiences still want to see "The Three-Body Problem" on the big screen.
Now, the movie "The Three-Body Problem" has finally made new progress.
html On the morning of June 16, at the "Opening Forum: A New Journey on the Road of Light and Shadow" of the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival, Enlight Media Chairman Wang Changtian announced: "The Three-Body Problem" jointly developed by Light and Trisolaris Universe The movie, which has been confirmed to be directed by Zhang Yimou, has entered the early stage of .
Photo by reporter Wen Menghua
Enlight Media has mentioned in its annual reports in recent years that there are 40 movies in the preparation/production stage, among which "The Three-Body Problem" (new) is listed as .
In Wang Changtian’s view, science fiction movies represent the level of a country’s film industry. Chinese science fiction movies still have a lot of room for development. He said frankly that he hoped that the "Three-Body" movie would not only capture the essence of the "Three-Body" novel, but also bring about breakthroughs and innovations, leading Chinese films to achieve gains in the international market in the future.
According to media reports, Liu Cixin sold the copyright of "The Three-Body Problem" for 100,000 yuan. According to the Yangcheng Evening News, in 2009, the second year after the publication of "The Three-Body Problem", Zhang Fanfan and Song Chunyu spent only 100,000 yuan to buy the movie "The Three-Body Problem" from Liu Cixin, who had not yet left the entertainment industry at the time. Copyright .
According to the China Securities Journal, Youzu Networks acquired the company of Zhang Fanfan, the original "Three-Body" film and television drama copyright holder, for 120 million yuan in early 2018, won the copyright of "The Three-Body Problem", and formed the Three-Body Problem Universe Company , carries out IP project promotion and implementation work.
Previously, Youzu Pictures announced that it has officially started filming a movie of the same name adapted from the science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem", directed by Zhang Fanfan. However, after many years, the audience has not been waiting for the movie version of "The Three-Body Problem" that they have been waiting for. The producer Youzu Pictures announced that the "Three-Body Problem" movie has been postponed indefinitely.
As Lin Qi, the founder and chairman of Youzu Networks, was poisoned by Xu Yao, the then CEO of Youzu Pictures and Three-Body Universe Company in 2020, there is no news about the "Three-body" movie . Moreover, due to the delay in obtaining a public release license and failure to refund advertising fees, Youzu Pictures was also fined with an execution of 1.42 million yuan in 2021 due to an advertising dispute for "The Three-Body Problem". In 2023, there were media reports that Trisolaris Universe Company would decouple from Youzu.
Wang Changtian : The light of AI
can never cover up the light of humanity
html On June 14, the Daily Economic News and Shanghai Film co-organized the Maritime Forum with the theme of "When IP Meets AI, Opening Up New Visions of Light and Shadow", leading the 26th The Shanghai International Film Festival aims to explore how artificial intelligence technology can empower the film and television industry and promote the innovation and cross-border integration of IP.“I remember this time last year, we were all elated that cinema was going to change dramatically, and that we held the key to that change." Wang Changtian, an old friend of the Maritime Forum and chairman of Guangguang Media, said at the scene, "Last year I advocated that everyone in the company should use AI. Now I don't need to emphasize it anymore. Everyone consciously uses AI in their own work." One year of actual use of
has given Wang Changtian new thinking about AI. “At least in the film field, AI is still a tool after all. It can indeed provide some help in image design and dynamic storyboarding of animated films, but this tool is still extremely immature and is far from being able to achieve the effect of screen projection in the film industry. "
In addition, Wang Changtian believes that the widespread use of AI will bring a large amount of homogeneous content, and the unique human aesthetics in film production will become a scarce resource. "At present, AI still presents search and integration functions, and its unique creative capabilities are still Can't do it. The light of AI can never cover up the light of humanity. "
As of the close of trading on June 14, Guangguang Media's stock price was reported at 9.34 yuan, with a total market value of 27.4 billion yuan.
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