Shanghai has entered the film festival time and is overwhelmed with film-related releases. On June 14, Shanghai Film Group announced a series of new content and new trends at the "Light of Shanghai Film" series of events.
The "Little Pig Demon" who became popular in 2023 due to the new year animation "Chinese Tales" will have his own big movie. At the press conference, the first animated film of "Qi Tan Universe" was officially named "Summer of Little Monsters: Once Upon a Time in Langlang Mountain" and announced that it will hit the big screen in the summer of 2025. The big movie will revolve around the new adventure of the little pig demon. It is an independent story developed simultaneously with the short film. It will be directed by the original crew of the animated short film, with Chen Liaoyu serving as the producer and art director, and Yu Shui serving as the film director and screenwriter.
The film adapted from the Mao Dun Literary Award novel "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" written by Sun Ganlu has been announced to be directed by Chen Sicheng and written by Zhang Ji. This is also a work that Shanghai Film Group focuses on developing after " Blossoms " and highlights the characteristics of Shanghai style. At the press conference, Chen Sicheng said that he is a fan of the original work of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains". The novel has many characters and a vast plot. How to extract the clues more wonderfully is the biggest difficulty in this adaptation: "Different from other spy novels, "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" "Picture" has the atmosphere of Shanghai. The screenwriter and I both like the city of Shanghai. Shanghai is my second hometown. I am confident that this will be a movie that is different from previous spy films. "
It is based on reality. "Snow Dragon" adapted from the incident invited young director and screenwriter Zhang Mo and screenwriter Liu Yi to join. The film tells the story of the Chinese scientific research ship "Snow Dragon" rescuing dozens of foreign tourists from the Russian scientific research ship in the Antarctic waters in 2013. The movie is shot in Antarctica and will use virtual shooting technology at the Haopu Film and Television Base. AI technology will be integrated into the production process to improve production efficiency and optimize visual effects.
The Shanghai Film Art Center created by Shanghai Film Group Corporation was also unveiled on the same day. No. 200 Xinhua Road, adjacent to Shanghai Cinemas, the century-old garden mansion was officially renamed Shanghai Film Art Center after a protective renovation by Shanghai Film. The installation modern dance drama "Talk, Fragrance and Shape" co-created and performed by actor and director Huang Bo and Beijing Modern Dance Company's artistic director Gao Yanjinzi will be the first show at the Shanghai Film Art Center.
On February 29 this year, under the new wave of global technological change, Shanghai Film Group released the new "inew" strategy, which includes exploring the one-stop solution of "ai + film and television base". Recently, the Shanghai Science and Technology Film City AI Creation Ecological Center was launched in Songjiang. The project was jointly initiated and established by the Shanghai Songjiang District Government and Shanghai Film Group. It was physically launched at Shanghai Film Haopu Film and Television Base and was managed by Shanghai Film Production Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Shanghai Film Group. Operations, as the public service platform of Shanghai Science and Technology Film City in the field of AIGC, will build an ecosystem integrating creativity, technology and capital. At the same time, Shanghai Film and Television Park will also take "ai + cultural tourism" as its direction and launch activities such as the "AI Cheongsam Design Competition" and "Immersive Qipao Garden" under the theme of the "Paradise Qipao" Cheongsam Culture and Art Festival in September.
Shanghai Film Group’s two competitions to discover the power of “ai + film and television” creative talents were awarded at the press conference. Among them, the "Global AI Movie Marathon Competition" has attracted more than 700 teams from more than 180 cities around the world to participate since its launch in Los Angeles in April this year. 8 awards in the two major tracks of "Science Fiction Universe". "" Havoc in Heaven " Legendary 60-year AI Painting Competition" also selected 5 award-winning works from more than 3,000 entries." The outstanding works of this AI Painting Competition and the works of specially invited artists are all in Shanghai Film Studio City will be on display. Also on display at the same time are the character design, scene design, creative storyboards and other precious historical creative materials
(This article comes from China Business News)
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