Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, June 18 (Reporter Xu Xiaoqing) "The script is being polished. We first respect the original work, respect the director, and give director Zhang Yimou enough creative space." The relevant person in charge of Enlight Media said at the Shanghai International Film Festival on the 18th Introduced the latest progress in the film preparation of "三级".
On June 18, 2024, at the Shanghai International Film Festival Jinjue Film Forum, the relevant person in charge of Enlight Media introduced the "Three-Body" film project. On the day when Xinhua News Agency published
, at the special forum "Potential and Imagination of Global Diversified Development of IP" at the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival Jinjue Film Forum, "The Three-Body" novel IP development official team "Three-Body Universe" and its partner Guangguang The media released the latest news about director Zhang Yimou directing the "Three-Body" movie.
Director Zhang Yimou himself responded earlier, "The Three-Body Problem is a science fiction masterpiece. It may be difficult to make it into a movie. We are still polishing the script. I will go all out and continue to work hard. I hope We have lived up to expectations. "
" We have found a new breakthrough, which is that director Zhang Yimou will lead us to movies. "The relevant person in charge of Enlight Media said that Enlight Media has had many communications with director Zhang Yimou about the "Three Body" movie project. Recently, Director Zhang accepted this "task", which is a major opportunity for the "Three-Body" movie. This is a project that respects the original work and the director, and also requires huge investment.
The trilogy of novels "The Three-Body Problem" written by the famous science fiction writer Liu Cixin, depicts the "Three-Body Civilization" beyond the earth's civilization in a magnificent way, and is known as a milestone in Chinese science fiction literature. In recent years, multilingual versions of the "Three-Body" trilogy have been published and distributed around the world.
In 2023, the 4th "Another Planet" Science Fiction Conference was held in Shanghai, and Liu Cixin was interviewed at the scene. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Xiaoqing
"Three-Body Universe" CEO Zhao Jilong said that looking back on the past ten years, the global sales of the novel "The Three-Body Problem" trilogy have exceeded 30 million copies, gradually going global, penetrating into Europe, America, Southeast Asia, etc. Multiple mainstream markets. It is estimated that the current number of global "fans" of the "Three-Body" novel IP has exceeded 300 million.
The film and television adaptation of the "Three-Body" trilogy has always attracted much attention. Domestic works currently available on the market include long-form TV series, cartoons, etc.
Zhao Jilong said that the film and television version of "The Three-Body Problem" must take the road of quality. "It is very important to make this movie solidly. Only when the first one is done well can we have subsequent works." said the relevant person in charge of Enlight Media.
On the Chinese big screen, Liu Cixin's novel is currently "incubating" a more mature science fiction IP called "The Wandering Earth". The current movie "The Wandering Earth 3" has been scheduled for 2027. The first " The Wandering Earth " released in 2019 had a box office of more than 4.6 billion yuan, and " The Wandering Earth 2" released in 2023 also received more than 4 billion yuan at the box office. At the same time, " Alone on the Moon " and "Crazy Alien" are also at the top of the box office list. The popularity of China's domestic science fiction blockbusters once surpassed some Hollywood science fiction blockbusters released at the same time.
"Relying on advanced technology to achieve the audio-visual effects of science fiction blockbusters, this is still in its infancy. We are considering more based on the cross-generational and cross-regional communication trend of the 'Three-Body' IP, and spreading positive news through film shooting. The values embody the concepts of coexistence, harmony, and tolerance that Chinese culture focuses on," said Zhao Jilong.
The picture shows the installation work at the entrance of the 2023 "Jianfa Trisolaran Immersive Art Exhibition" - the model of the Trisolaran battleship "Natural Selection". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shen Bohan
The release of the "Three-Body" film project has aroused heated discussions online and offline. Some "fans" and industry insiders believe that the film and television development of Chinese science fiction IP in the past few years is "still a few cases", and it is far from "enjoyable" in terms of quantity and quality improvement. There are still various difficulties and challenges to be overcome in the film and television production of domestic high-quality science fiction. The "Three-Body" film project may be of great significance to Chinese science fiction film and television works.
"In the context of an era where technology is changing the world, Chinese audiences are more urgent than ever in the need for more and better science fiction film and television works to build Chinese people's imagination of the future and cultivate a new science fiction aesthetic." Science fiction content production organization "Future Affairs Management" Ji Shaoting, founder of the Bureau, believes.
"Based on the success of this movie, we hope that the "Three-Body" movie project will form a series." Zhao Jilong looks forward.
(Source: Xinhua News Agency)
