Donnie Yen is the Hollywood man! They all came to fulfill Bruce Lee’s wishes.
Special feature of 1905 film network A few days ago, the John Wick film series officially announced that it will develop a new personal derivative film that plays Kane, the blind assassin, in "Rush After 4", and Donnie Yen will also return to the leading role, and it is planned to start in Hongkong, China next year.
The great significance behind this is that it will be the first time that Donnie Yen has played the leading role in Hollywood, which also means that China action actors have entered the core stage of Hollywood blockbusters.
Donnie Yen made a series of stunts to kill john wick in "Rush to Kill 4", which was vigorous and outstanding. The film broke $400 million at the global box office and was a great success. Therefore, there is a new film about Donnie Yen’s personal role.
In addition, Donnie Yen also has a new Hollywood film Kung Fu, which plays the leading role, exposed at the beginning of this year. The film was adapted from the American drama of the same name in the 1970s, by John Wick.Dead waiter 2directorDavid LeitchDirecting
His widow once revealed that the story concept of the American TV series Kung Fu was put forward by Bruce Lee before his death, and he also intended to play the leading role, which was tailor-made for him, but was changed because the film considered that "the American audience was not ready to accept Asian actors". As a fan of Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen can star in the movie version of Kung Fu, which is also an unfinished wish for his idol.
Donnie Yen has been able to become an influential and leading actor in China in Hollywood, after going through hardships and paying a lot of efforts.
At the beginning of 2000, Donnie Yen broke into Hollywood for the first time through Highlander 4: The Ultimate Battle. Although he had a good kung fu, his development there was not smooth, and all he got was the role of "playing soy sauce". He once described Blade 2 as the worst shooting experience of his career, and the producers showed him no respect on the set.
Back in Hongkong, Donnie Yen made a series of action films with personal style, especially the series was not only popular in China, but also popular in North America, and it was a box office hit, which expanded Donnie Yen’s popularity overseas. With his participation in Extreme Agent 3: The Ultimate Return and John Wick, Hollywood has increasingly recognized this kung fu star from China.
Talking about the experience of China filmmakers in Hollywood, Donnie Yen said: "We are now respected, and the roles and contents we received are better than in the past. Of course, we won them back for many years, which also proves that China is strong and has a strong market." He said that his role and content must respect China culture, hoping to use his influence to eliminate the "stereotype" on Hollywood screen.
It is understood that the story of the movie version of Kung Fu is different from that of the original series. Instead of the protagonist crossing the ocean from China to the United States, he came to China from the United States to find his relatives and tell his story of fighting survival.
The story of the Donnie Yen version of Kung Fu is different from the original version.
After Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen won glory for China action filmmakers and further brought China Kung Fu to the world stage. The new legal action theme starring him has been finished, and Fuse 2 and Ip Man 5 are under development, and they are expected to be excellent works.
At this moment, the film is going abroad, and the world audience can see different Hong Kong-made action films.
At present, the film has earned 570 million RMB at the box office in mainland China and 70 million HK dollars at the box office in Hong Kong, China, which has surpassed the top four in the box office of Chinese films in Hong Kong’s film history, and is the highest score of Hong Kong-made action movies in the past five years on the platform of Cat Taodou. The bloody story of the tornado leading the four young people to defend the fortress and the action scene of madness and high combustion have played a new style of Hong Kong action movies.
Recently, after the premiere of the "midnight screening" unit at Cannes Film Festival, the freshness of rotten tomatoes has increased from 83% to 90%, and IMDB is 7.5, which has been well received by many foreign professional media.
Screen International said that "this magnificent and energetic film was regarded as a heavenly shower by Hong Kong action movie fans", The Hollywood Handle commented that it was "an extraordinary crime action movie, which broke the boundaries of action movies", and Casey’s Movie Mania praised the film for its nostalgia for "old-school Hong Kong martial arts movies and gangster movies".
Fortress Besieged in Kowloon Castle was released in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Britain in May, entered France in September and landed in North America in October. The film copyright was also sold to global film markets such as Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea and India, expecting more overseas audiences to feel and respond to the movie.
The popularity of the film also successfully promoted the development of the trilogy of Kowloon Castle. The prequel "Dragon Head of Kowloon Castle" will focus on the tornado and the young past of Chen Zhan, Chen Luojun’s father. The third part "The Final Chapter of Kowloon Castle" will tell a brand-new story of raymond lam,, and, when the castle was demolished in 1993.
Now, the IP of "Kowloon City Village" movie has taken shape. I hope that the creative team can live up to expectations, improve the quality of the last two films, and continue to win a sigh of relief for China action movies in the international film industry.
Now, those who devote themselves to the inheritance and development of Hong Kong-made action films, not long ago, took their new films to Udinese for the world premiere, and the films were invited as the closing films of the 26th Far East Film Festival in Udinese, Italy, and were shortlisted for the competition.
As the action director and leading star of Customs Front, Nicholas Tse said that his action design style is "truth". "If there is no danger in an action movie, it is not called an action movie, but I still think it is the essence of the film industry. Especially, China and Hong Kong movies have come to the world stage because of action movies."
"In addition to producing local stories and Hong Kong directors, Hong Kong films can also go to different places to make movies." The director of Fortress Besieged in Kowloon City also suggested that Hong Kong filmmakers should go out and make movies instead of being confined to the local area. As a super trump card in Hong Kong film genre, action movies should also try their best to integrate into the world context.
Well-known producers who have pushed Huo Yuanjia and others to the international market are already making an action blockbuster with Hong Kong investment and international cooperation — — The Furious is currently being filmed in Thailand.
Fury is starring China, Indonesian joe taslim and Thailand, and each actor is a top action master.
Xie Miao, an action actor who partnered with Jet Li as "father and son" and made his debut, has been widely praised by action movie fans for his two series of movies in recent years, and has become the mainstay of mainland movie stars. Next, he will not only "cheat" with Nicholas Tse in the movie, but also continue to make "Arrogant 3".
Joe taslim and Yayan Rui ‘an’s masterpiece series, the first one to be praised as "action movie" by the industry, is the first Indonesian film to enter the IMDb TOP 250. Xie Miao joined forces with them, and the martial arts scene from fist to flesh must have been guaranteed.
This film is also the first director’s film. He is the action director of Fortress Besieged in Kowloon Castle, and he has cooperated with Donnie Yen all the year round. All the wonderful action scenes come from his design. What is the strength of this transformation as an action film director?
Producer Jiang Zhiqiang expressed his confidence in the project in an interview. "I will make an action movie that will make a sensation in the world, to prove that Hong Kong can still contribute something to the film industry." "Even if it fails, Fury must have the standard of" Raid "or better".
Nowadays, it’s a cliche that the creation of action movies is declining, and there are still many filmmakers who are striving for China’s Kung Fu to go global. In the future, they will shoot an action biopic "Bruce Lee", make seven action movies in the series of "swords, spears, swords, and sticks", and have set up a special training camp for action performances in "Shadow Martial Hall" to train new people. ……
The word "Kung Fu" was included in the English dictionary and became a common language in the world because of Bruce Lee’s brilliant achievements in Hollywood in the 1970s. He said, "I am from China! In order to win a sigh of relief for China Wushu, I decided to put China Kung Fu on the screen and strive for glory for China Wushu. "
Half a century later, generations of action filmmakers in China have inherited Bruce Lee’s lifelong wish to promote China Kung Fu on the screen. Facing the changes in the current global film industry environment and pattern, action movies should also use new shooting modes, new story ideas and new action style to reach the hearts of audiences all over the world.