Amidst a Snowstorm of Love wins:
1. Members Favourite Drama of The Year
2. Outstanding Drama of The Year
3. Outstanding Director of The Year
4. Outstanding Producer of The Year
Northwest Years wins Outstanding Realism Drama of the Year.
Source: WeChat
On 8 August 2024, weibo of movie “The Hutong Cowboy” announced that the movie will be released on National Day, 1 October 2024. The movie is directed by Ning Hao and Xu Lei , starring Ge You , Li Xueqin , Yang Haoyu , Liu Mintao , and Wu Lei. It is a sequel to the feature film “Hello Beijing” (in the movie “My People, My Country” in 2019) and “Beijing Good Man” (in the movie “My People, My Homeland” in 2020).
Summary of the movie according to Douban: Taxi driver Zhang Beijing (Ge You) is not successful enough, and everything goes wrong. Even the speech he carefully prepared for his son’s (Wu Lei) wedding was replaced by his stepfather (Jia Bing). Full of resentment, he had an argument with single mother Xiaoqin (Li Xueqin). Unexpectedly, his anger was filmed by passers-by and spread across the Internet and unexpectedly became popular. The sudden attention made Zhang Beijing gain everything he wanted before. However, after experiencing the absurd ups and downs of fame and fortune, Zhang Beijing finally realized that the warm and true feelings of fireworks and the world are what he really needs.
In this movie, Wu Lei will make a special appearance as Zhang Xiaojing, Zhang Beijing’s son. Ge You and Wu Lei will play father and son for the first time and people anticipate what kind of encounter will be there.
Source: The Hutong Cowboy weibo, 163.com
Wu Lei will be starring in 2 new movies that were announced at the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival.
The first one is “Dongji Island”. This movie will be directed by Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang, starring Zhu Yilong and Wu Lei. The film tells the story of Chinese fishermen on Dongji Island who participated in international rescue at sea during World War II, showing the kindness and braveness of ordinary people. It will officially start shooting at the end of June. The shooting will last for five months. It was said that Dongji Island is China’s most difficult water movie to shoot so far and will have 1:1 restoration of the Lisbon Maru. In the interview, Guan Hu revealed that the leading actors of “Dongji Island” have to do a lot of underwater training. Now the leading actors have the ability to hold their breath dynamically for four and a half minutes. Liang Jing (the movie producer) said that “Dongji Island” will probably be released at the end of 2025 or in 2026.
The 2nd movie is “The Decisive Moment” directed by Zhang Disha, starring Huang Bo, Wu Lei, and Gao Ye. This movie is a science fiction adventure masterpiece, spanning 60 years and three generations of astronauts, paying tribute to the 70th anniversary of China’s aerospace industry. The script won the 2019 Chinese Science Fiction Film and Television Venture Capital Conference Jury Award and the Best Visual Effects Creativity Award. The story focuses on the future time and space. On the way back to Earth, three Chinese astronauts encountered a complex situation and lost contact with the ground. At a critical moment, they received an electronic signal, and their fate will be completely changed by a mysterious code hidden in this signal. The shooting will start in August this year. Wu Lei will be filming “The Decisive Moment” after he filmed “Dongji Island”.
Source: Sina movie weibo, Dongji Island weibo, The Decisive Moment weibo.
The 21st Movie Channel Media Focus Unit is about to begin and there are 22 shortlisted films which will compete in Shanghai on June 21 for the most media-focused film, director, screenwriter, leading actor and actress, supporting actor and actress, new director, new actor, visual effects, music, as well as children’s films, cartoons, documentaries and other Awards. The closing ceremony where they announce the list of awards recipients will be broadcast on CCTV6 on 21 June, 8 pm CST.
Source: Movie Channel Media weibo
People’s Cultural Tourism Research Institute and Micro Hotspot Research Institute released “Movie Network Attention“. In April 2024, Dwelling By The West Lake ranked first in the popularity index with 91.97, and the popularity peak value reaches 95.31.
Source: People’s Travel Weibo
In recent years, from the camping craze to tree-hugging therapy, young people are constantly walking out of the “small grid” and rushing to a world without a ceiling. Under the fast-paced pressure of modern society, everyone needs a way to find peace of mind and self-recovery. The popularity of travel variety shows and the rise of farming literature also verify this phenomenon.
The variety show market has never lacked well-planned content, but it is often the down-to-earth fireworks and sense of reality that are the key to winning the audience’s resonance.
Take Wu Lei’s “Ride Now” as an example. The program originated from a cycling Vlog from Quanzhou to Xiamen. It soon became a hot topic and gradually became a personal variety show. In early May, the third season was launched and the number of views increased rapidly. It can be seen that by hitting the emotional points of the audience, celebrity Vlogs can also evolve into micro-variety show.
The success of “Ride Now” is inseparable from the word “real”. First of all, it is the reality of the natural situation. The snowfields of Ulan Butong, the blue waves of Sailimu Lake in Xinjiang, and the volcanoes in Vanuatu, the cycling trip outlines the beauty of mountains and rivers and the vastness of the world.
Secondly, the plot is real. Not relying on scripts, not relying on creating conflicts or deliberately preaching, but focusing on recording and records faithfully. Magnifying the sense of life and personal experience, but can silently present the growth in the journey better.
Finally, the emotion is real. Breaking away from the commonplace publicity routines and the standby state under the flash, Wu Lei returns to the perspective of an ordinary young man in his twenties: by letting the body go out first, he finds an outlet to reconcile with internal friction and anxiety – the motivation to move forward often comes from returning to the original intention.
“Ride Now” is essentially a self-healing journey for contemporary young people. Some people ride bicycles, some people hike; some people farm, some people garden; some people do city walk, and some drive long distances… This is not only a powerful response to the modern lifestyle, but also a self-healing to resolve internal friction. Approaching and getting close to nature is a way to resolve internal friction, a way to understand the world, and a proof of serious life.
Source: People JoyWork’s weibo
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