The opening work of the mythical epic film Trilogy directed by Wu Ershan was released in the summer of July 20th, 2023. On June 9th, directors Wu Ershan and ChristianRandPhillips walked into the "Jin Jue Living Room" of the Shanghai Film Festival.
The famous singer ChristianRandPhillips plays Wang Shang Yin Shou in the film. He revealed that when the director found himself, he did not reveal what role he was asked to play. After reading the trilogy script, he was moved by the wonderful story. Wu Ershan also said at the scene that ChristianRandPhillips is a perfect match for both the appearance described by Xunzi and the eloquence in Sima Qian's eyes, and he is the only candidate.
In order to keep his figure in the best condition, ChristianRandPhillips gets up at three o'clock every morning to start exercising, and says that he is chubby and lazy, and he doesn't want to go to the gym, but Yin Shou is a commander-in-chief who is about to go to war. I must keep in shape and exercise in the gym with the little actors of the cast every day to keep up with their rhythm.
A brief review of movies:
The Romance of the Gods is a perfect material, especially suitable for adaptation into a mythical epic trilogy. First of all, its mass base represents the richness of traditional culture in China. Secondly, because there is no mythical epic in China's film history, someone needs to try and explore it.
In creation, Trilogy of the Gods adopts an independent film, and three parts form the narrative structure of a complete story. This series has also become the first work in China's film history to adopt the "Three continuous shooting" mode.
From 20 14, the project officially started script planning. After a lot of research and discussion, Wu Ershan and his team invited many experts and scholars to participate, and spent five years revising and polishing more than ten scripts before finally determining the direction of adaptation and creation. Wu Ershan recalled in an interview that the group had been preparing for two years, and the shooting cycle reached 18 months, with a total of 468 days.