Text | Rhino Entertainment, author | Nan Rumin, editor | Pu Fang After experiencing a small climax during the Qingming festival, the film market began to cool down rapidly. At this time, it is necessary to "destock old films" to maintain firepower. In the past two years, the poli

text | Rhino Entertainment, author | Nan Rumin, editor | Pu Fang

After experiencing a small climax during the Qingming festival, the film market began to cool down rapidly again. At this time, it is necessary to "destock old films" to maintain firepower.

In the past two years, the policies of the entire film market have ushered in a period of relaxation, and some films that have been stuck for a long time are finally about to be released, including " Crossing the Angry Sea ", " Solid as a Rock ", etc. excellent work. After corresponding corrections, these movies can return to the market and even play a role in saving the market. This is undoubtedly a win-win situation, and this situation is still ongoing this year.

Comparing who has been suppressed longer

Among the movies released in the past, there are many movies that have been suppressed for 2, 3 years, or even 5 or 6 years. Each of these movies has its own set of problems. In the entire film market this year, the direction of rescuing stock films has not changed. Some backlogged films can return to the market, which is undoubtedly a timely help for film investors. Judging from the current market policies, some backlogged movies should be "shipped" as soon as possible while seizing the release window period.

Judging from the current situation this year, there are still some backlog films to be released this year. Of course, the overall number cannot be compared with last year. Judging from the backlog time, the time for each film is different, ranging from 2 to 10 years. Judging from the results, no matter how long it takes, as long as there is a chance to re-release, the wait will be worth it.

There are various backlogged movies in recent years. The reasons for the backlog are also different. Most of them have encountered censorship problems to some extent. However, now that the policy is relatively loose, some movies can still get a chance to be released through adjustments. In addition, there are some film copyright issues, such as the bankruptcy of the producer, etc., which prevents the film from getting back on track. Of course there are some films, perhaps just because they can never find a suitable fit.

Take a look at some of this year's backlog of movies, like "What's in the Zoo?" "This kind of comedy should have been created three years ago, and it may have been looking for a suitable schedule. Now it was released in January this year, and it has achieved excellent results and successfully exceeded the 100 million mark. It seems that the film's backlog strategy is still very effective, and it has obtained an excellent release node.

"The Oriole Behind!" is currently being screened during the Qingming Festival. "" is also a movie that has been backlogged for a long time. The film was once titled " victim ", and a pilot trailer was released in January 2021, but there has been no news since. Next, the official announcement was made that the film would be scheduled for the Tomb Sweeping Day in 2022, but it was actually delayed for another two years and released during this year's Tomb Sweeping Festival. Perhaps due to the scale of the suspense crime, the film's release plan was delayed.

In this competition of "who can hold on longer", the real leader is undoubtedly ": The Siege of Kowloon Walled City " which will be released on May 1st. It is currently difficult to find a truly accurate development time for the film. Judging from the film filing information, the film was filed and announced in 2018, but the film had a large-scale film conference as early as 2016 and started shooting in 2017. It has been 7 years now.

In short, the film is a movie that has been in the pipeline for a long time. The images of actors such as Louis Koo and Sammo Hung in the trailer look very young compared to today. It is obvious that the film was shot a long time ago. No matter what happened during the film, it will finally see the light of day again. From a time perspective, the backlog of "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" is quite long.

And the " Wandering Blade " that comes after the May 1st episode is also a big problem. The film was launched in 2020, and then completely disappeared from the public eye. It is unknown whether it experienced censorship or other reasons. And just 4 years later, the film was suddenly announced and officially announced in mid-May. The backlog has been so long, and now it is like the sun has cleared up. The current timing of the film's release is very good, as it coincides with the murder of a minor in Handan, so there must be some leverage.

What other films are in the backlog waiting to be released?

As mentioned before, a series of backlogged movies have been released one after another in recent years, especially the release of Wu Ershan's "Feng Shen" last year, which proved that the so-called backlogged movies are not necessarily bad movies, nor are they necessarily impossible. Get a good market. However, although many backlogged movies have been released in recent years, there are still a lot of films that are still in the backlog, and some of them still have no hope of being released.

(Part of the backlog of movies)

It can be seen from the above part of the film list that although many movies can regain the opportunity to be released through adjustments and waiting, there are still many good projects in the "queuing channel", and there are even many Some big projects on the head.

Let's first watch Stephen Chow's movie "Mermaid 2". It's hard to imagine that the sequel to the former mainland box office champion never got a chance to be released. You must know that in 2016, Stephen Chow was one against three. In the end, " mermaid " broke the mainland box office record with an astonishing result of 3.3 billion+. Later, Stephen Chow quickly started the sequel. It was completed as early as 2018, but now it has been 6 years and has never been released. There were several news in the middle, but it still ended without any problem.

The same is true for Lu Chuan's super-large production "749 Bureau". The film also encountered numerous ups and downs, and even the project was interrupted due to financial problems during the filming stage. It is still very rare for such a leading project to encounter shutdowns. Although the film was completed in 2019, the financial problems it faced in the later period seemed to be more serious, resulting in that there is still no clear release information.

The film "Boyhood" by the great director Chen Kaige also had a troubled life. The film was completed as early as 2019, but it encountered a series of problems later. However, the film was once extremely close to being released, and was even officially announced to be released on August 17, 2023, but in the end it had no choice but to withdraw. It is said that the quality of the film is excellent and worth looking forward to. I hope it can return to the big screen as soon as possible.

In other respects, movies such as Zhang Meng's "The Flower", Cai Shangjun's " Under the Ice", Xu Haofeng's " Hidden on the Back of the Blade ", and even projects that were completed in 2016, have been almost 10 years ago. . At present, these films have basically disappeared, as if they were films from the "last century". As time goes by, the chances of these films being released are getting smaller and smaller.

Including Hong Kong movies such as "Wind Forest", which have also been highly anticipated by audiences in recent years. Whether it is director Mak Chun-lung or the combination of Tony Leung Ka-fai, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Liu Qingwan, they are all guarantees of quality. "Flames on the Plains", which was scheduled and canceled at the same time, has also disappeared for a long time. The combination of Zhou Dongyu + Liu Haoran is still highly anticipated by the audience.

In short, there will always be a backlog of movies, and the backlog of movies will always be trying to find a release, but these movies are actually exciting. I hope that more backlogged movies will return to theaters this year and participate in the rescue effort.