It's December, and "Now You See Me" has been officially approved as a project at Optoelectronics, and several location crews have gone to Omen and Singapore to find suitable location locations.
Although the Bank of France appeared in the original film, it did not go to France for filming. Instead, it was filmed in New Orleans, a city with French colonial culture.
Didn't even go to Las Vegas.
But now Tang An has to shoot on location, because the architectural styles in the mainland, Omen, and Singapore are completely different.
The exterior scenes were shot in Omen and Singapore, and the studio was set up in the mainland.
Over in Singapore, Tang An has already contacted Star Pictures through Bernard. The two parties have collaborated on "Painted Skin", so it should be no problem to ask them for a little help.
Star Pictures also attaches great importance to Tang An, a major domestic director, and promises to do its best to cooperate with Tang An's filming. They also want to introduce more mainland blockbusters in the future.
After the film project was approved, the outside world finally knew the title of Tang An's new film.
"Director Tang An's new film has been revealed, the title is "Now You See Me"!"
"700 million director Tang An's new film is officially approved by Optoelectronics, and it is suspected to tell the story of a thief!"
"Today, according to the news our reporter learned from the Optoelectronics Department, director Tang An's new film has been officially launched, but the specific theme and cast have not been announced!"
"According to Huayi insiders, Tang An's new film will tell the story of a group of shocking thieves. Let's wait and see who are the members of the thieves team!"
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There isn't much that can be found from Optoelectronics, just a film title, producer, director and classification.
There is only one category label: crime!
Combined with the film title, it’s clear at a glance!
"I thought it was some kind of movie, but it turns out it's about thieves, but I don't know if it's ancient or modern!"
"Isn't that just like "Crazy Stone" and "A World Without Thieves"? They are both thieves!"
"It shouldn't be that simple. The title of the film is so arrogant and shocking. Why don't you move!"
"I hope it's the same movie as "Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Eleven"!"
""Now You See Me", the filming is so shocking, could there be a heist of the century and rob a Swiss bank!"
"I originally thought it was some new type. It was probably a group of people robbing casinos and banks. I'm tired of seeing it!"
"I don't know yet whether it was a theft or a robbery, but since there are two words called "magic thief", it should be a real-time theft using high technology, and it is unlikely to be a tug tut tug with an AK!"
"Do you think this demon thief uses magic? Or does it have some special function?"
"You also have special powers, why don't you talk about magic and make a god come out!"
"If you have magic, you can turn stone into gold, and you can even steal a hammer!"
"Magic is too ridiculous. Are Chinese people riding broomsticks and flying around in the sky with magic wands? Why don't you talk about magic!"
Just one title immediately stirred up the entire Lunar New Year movie market, stealing the limelight from several movies currently being released.
In December, with the release of two meaty movies "Lust, Caution" and "Apple", as well as the comedy film "The Call of Duty", Hollywood action blockbusters "Die Hard 4", "The Bourne Supremacy" and other movies, domestic
The movie market is bustling again.
There is a new movie released every two days, and the movie is quite big. Apparently many of them have been transferred from the National Day and summer movies.
Without Zhang Yimou, there was quite a scene like a bunch of demons dancing around.
"Lust, Caution" is about to be released and has grossed RMB 130 million at the box office in the Mainland.
With the proliferation of pirated video tapes and online videos, it can still exceed 100 million. The Oscar for Best Director is really not something that can be denied.
Of course, there are also many viewers who just want to watch meat and go home disappointed, yelling and swearing, and instead want to watch it online again.
Compared with "Lust, Caution", the equally large-scale "Apple" is a bit miserable.
The box office on the first day just exceeded one million, and on the first weekend it was 3.2 million. After all, Li Yu is not Li Bing, and Fan Binbin is not the same as Xiong Da.
Fortunately, Fan Binbin did not participate in the battle in person, otherwise the box office loss would not have been huge, and it would have been in vain for others to see it!
The classic spy series movie "The Bourne Supremacy" was released in mid-November. It earned just 10 million yuan in the first four days of the weekend, and 9 million yuan in the second week, with a total box office of just over 20 million yuan.
Compared with the equally classic "Mission: Impossible", this series can be said to be neither well-received nor popular, and the protagonist was even changed later!
Anyway, this series is about "who am I", "where do I come from" and "where do I want to go".
"Die Hard 4" is similar, with 10 million in 4 days, more than half a month after its release, and a total box office of just over 25 million.
It can be said that the appearance of "Die Hard" redefined action movies. Before that, the protagonists of action movies were muscular heroes who looked righteous and invincible across the world.
Each time, terrorists or bold gangsters planned a seemingly foolproof plan, but the protagonist was always overlooked in the execution.
The protagonist always appears in the wrong place at the wrong time. He has no prominent background, is not an invulnerable iron man, and has no hidden special identity.
The protagonist is beaten to death every time by the bad guys, exhausted physically and mentally, and covered with scars, but he always stands up again in the end and continues to fight. In the end, the protagonist is covered in wounds, even if he can't walk, he can still walk.
Pull out your own pistol and kill your opponent with one shot.
But this time, the fourth part is much more exaggerated. The protagonist actually killed a latest fighter jet with his bare hands. It was so exciting.
But it's no wonder that Bruce Willis has played his first movie at the age of 33 and is now 52 years old. He is also old. He can't win without cheating!
The first comedy film was finally released on November 30th. The comedy film "Love Call Transfer" starring Xu Zheng and Ge You is definitely very interesting. The first weekend's 4-day result of 12 million is not bad.
Although the audience was full of curses, claiming that this movie was completely an advertisement for China Mobile and several major mobile phone companies.
There are China Mobile brands everywhere, Nokia ringtones, Bird, ZTE...
The third story is even funnier. The story of Ge You, a farmer who has never seen a mobile phone, uses his mobile phone to pick up girls and make money.
The specific plot is as follows:
Mobile phones also have signals in mountainous areas.
Mobile phones can make calls to China Telecom’s landlines.
If your mobile phone cannot be recharged in the village, you can ride to the mobile business center in the town to recharge.
Mobile phone recharge cards are divided into 50 and 100 cards.
Mobile phone bills are very expensive, only 50 yuan for a short call.
Bird mobile phones are not afraid of falling.
Good people are rewarded and fools are blessed.
In mountainous areas, whoever has a mobile phone is awesome!
In a mountain village that doesn't even have electricity (people just have signal, which is awesome) if a person's mobile phone runs out of money, he will immediately recharge it, and then he will get fifty without any hesitation.
To be honest, if you just watch it with your eyes and don't think about it in depth, and don't think about it, it's still very funny.
Looking at the audience leaving the screening hall with smiles in twos and threes, Tang An patted Yang Mi next to him and said, "Let's go, the movie is over, I'll take you back!"
"Brother An, it's only around 10 o'clock, let's go somewhere else to have some fun!" Yang Mi said reluctantly.
"It's getting late. When you get home at 11 o'clock, you have to rush to Hengdian tomorrow and start shooting the day after tomorrow. You have to be energetic and don't make mistakes on the first day. It will be embarrassing then!"
"But there's no show for me on the first day!"
"That won't work either. Being listless before filming on the first day will be even more detrimental!"
"Ah... Then, Brother An, take me for a midnight snack and then go back after eating!"
"What kind of late night snack are you having? You've already had a meal, but if you eat a medium-sized bucket of popcorn, you'll really look like a pig if you eat any more." Tang An smiled and patted her belly twice.
Yang Mi tilted his head and thought for a moment, and suddenly an idea came to him. He took Tang An's hand and said coquettishly, "Brother An, please take me to eat skewers. When we came just now, there was a tricycle selling skewers under the nearby overpass. Now, There should be more.”
What Chuan Chuan is, isn’t it Malatang?
The old billionaire took his girl to Tianqiao to eat skewers!
It seems pretty good...
He left immediately, helped Yang Mi straighten his knitted hat, put on his scarf, and came to the foot of an overpass near the cinema.
There is no need to worry about the urban management at this time of night, and there are almost no pedestrians. If you look around, there are three tricycles on this road, selling different snacks.
There was no need for the boss to greet him, Yang Mi went up and chose a lot of things on his own.
Without even looking at it, I took a few skewers of each item, whether I could eat it or not.
Seeing that it was almost done, Tang An quickly held her hand down and said, "Okay, okay, it's a waste if you can't finish it!"
"Boss, that's all. Please help us hurry up and go back to bed. Thank you!"
He took Yang Mi to find a small table and sat down, taking off his scarf and putting it on his lap.
"Brother An, look."
Yang Mi suddenly tugged on his sleeve and smiled narrowly.
"What's wrong?" Tang An didn't know why.
"They all laughed when they heard you say you had to go back to bed."
"Just laugh." Tang An shrugged.
"I was going back to sleep, don't you want to sleep?"
"What they mean...is..."
"What is it?"
...
After teasing for a while, the boss quickly brought the skewers over.
A large enamel bowl, the soup inside is floating red with a layer of chili oil, which is refreshing to eat in the winter.
"Eat quickly!"
Tang An said, first he took a bunch of chicken feet and took one bite...
hiss!
This boss is either from Western Sichuan or from southern Hunan!
Yang Mi was even more unbearable. He opened his mouth wide, flapped his tongue up and down, and kept taking in big gulps of air. Beads of sweat immediately appeared on his forehead.
"Brother An is so hot!"
Then he took the remaining half of the bunch of tofu into his mouth.
Then, the second string, the third string...
After a while, there were seven or eight sticks left on the table.
That's how it is with spicy food. The more you eat, the more you want to eat it. The more you eat, the less spicy it becomes and the more flavorful it becomes.
Tang An quickly held her hand and continued to eat. Once he stopped, he couldn't stand it anymore.
"boss!"
He shouted and called the boss over, "Boss, can you change the soup for us to a less spicy one?"
"Okay, okay."
When the boss saw Yang Mi's face turned red and his whole body was hissing...hissing...he understood, and without saying a word, he replaced it with a big bowl of soup.
I wiped my hands, took another roll of toilet paper from under the car, put it in a box and brought it over.
"Girl, wipe your sweat. It's very windy at night. Don't catch a cold."
Tang An pulled some toilet paper to help her dry the sweat on her face, but then beads of sweat continued to appear.
After thinking about it, he went to a nearby convenience store and bought two boxes of yogurt. Yang Mi felt better after drinking it.
"If you can't eat spicy food, eat less. Sweating in the winter can easily lead to colds!"
"But it feels good to eat spicy food."
After eating almost half of it, Tang An packed up the rest and sent Yang Mi back.
I returned to Xu Manyun's house again and bought some things downstairs in the community.
When I opened the door and went in, the light in the study room was still on.
"Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
Xu Manyun turned around and smiled, "It's nothing, I still have some things to do. It's the end of the year and I need to consolidate all the finances."
"Let's have something to eat. There's no rush for these two days. We'll do the same thing tomorrow."
"I have an audition tomorrow, so I'll go to bed first. You should go to bed early too!"
After giving instructions, Tang An washed his face and went to bed.
Huayi has almost found all the actors and is waiting for Tang An to make a decision.
Early the next morning, Tang An came to Huayi and went directly to a temporarily vacated conference room for auditions.
Zhao Jun from the production department handed several documents to Tang An. There were only a few roles in total, all of which were carefully selected by Hua Yi.
Originally, three to four actors were prepared for each role, but Tang An chose one for each after reading it over.
Most of these actors in the entertainment industry know each other, and you can tell if they are suitable at a glance, so don’t bother auditioning one by one.
"Call everyone in!" Tang An put down the script and ordered Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun, the dignified deputy director of the production department, was willing to listen to Tang An's command and made a phone call to let the actors in another conference room come in.
Not long after, the door opened from the outside and eight actors came in one after another.
"Hello, Director Tang!"
"Hello everyone!" Tang An nodded.
Deng Chao, Liu Ye, Tang Yan, Deng Kai, Wu Gang, Yu Hewei, Liao Fan, Yu Nan.
At first, Tang An was a little surprised that Hua Yi could find Liu Ye. Although he usually played the third role in big productions, it was for Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, which was normal in the industry. Now for Deng To be a matchmaker is to take the initiative to put down your posture.
After all, the current Deng Chao is not as good as him on the big screen. The two Best Actor trophies of Golden Horse and Golden Rooster are not given in vain.
After asking carefully, I found out that I haven't received any good films in the past two years. "Heaven's Mouth" was cast by Wu Yanzu and Zhang Zhen, and the "Hold the Call" I just received was also cast by Louis Koo and Zhang Jiahui.
The No. 3 role is going to have no box office and no awards, so why not come to Tang An and play the No. 2 role?
As for Yu Nan, she came in through connections, and is the girlfriend of fifth-generation director Wang Quan.
But he does meet the requirements, he is capable, but he is three or four years older.
Although there are some differences from the original character, there is no big problem.
Tang An never refuses favors. As long as he meets the requirements, why not sell favors if he can!
Instead of using your own people, hire outsiders. Do you have to do this to make yourself more fair and selfless?
After looking at them one by one, Tang An stood up.
"There are 8 roles today, and the selection of each of you has been carefully considered. There are no other competitors. As long as you show your best and meet my requirements, you can get the role!"
No one had any objection to Tang An's words. In fact, almost everyone in the entertainment industry knew that Tang An didn't have to audition every time and just hired people.
Although it's a bit strange that he is so familiar with actors, it's normal for great directors to be different from ordinary people!
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I reviewed the movie several times today, and I just found some time to review it when filming is about to start...
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