Sohu Entertainment News (Harme/Wen) The remaining month of 2021 is over, and as of November 21, the total box office of the film for the whole year is 43.8 billion yuan, more than double the 20.3 billion in 2010 and about 20 billion yuan worse than the 64.15 billion in 2019.
After the impact of the epidemic, the recovery of the film market is not small, but the sustainability is not enough, which is mainly manifested in the hit box office of the hot slot, the box office of a single film is also refreshing the historical record, but the Spring Festival file, other months after the May 1st file, the market is very cold, the enthusiasm of the audience to enter the theater is not high, and the filmmakers have spent a year in the mood of hope and disappointment.
This year, there are still repeated impacts of the epidemic. But the most fundamental reason is the shortage of good movies.
In fact, before the epidemic, the film industry had already peaked, the capital retreat led to a reduction in new projects year by year, some companies were short of funds, and the overall output was decreasing. The pandemic has only exacerbated the situation, delaying some of the projects that are starting. This impact, not only in 2021, may continue into 2022, 2023.
We have sorted out the head movies that may be released in 2022 and the key movies that have been filed in 2021, can these more than 100 new films bring the film market in 2022 back to the pre-epidemic level, or even reach a new high?
Happy Twist, Han Han, Xu Zheng, and Ning Hao supported the Spring Festival stalls
In the Spring Festival of 2021, there are seven popular movies released, including "Hello, Li Huanying", "Detective Chinatown 3", "Assassination of a Novelist", "Bear Haunting Wild Continent", "Surging Crowds", "New God List: Nezha Reborn", and "Samurai Order", with a total box office of more than 7.8 billion yuan, an increase of about 32% over 5.9 billion yuan in 2019, setting a new record in film history. The box office created in these seven days accounted for about 18% of the total box office of the year.
In the 2022 Spring Festival stall, it is foreseeable that the competition will also be fierce. So far, 11 movies have been finalized, including 4 comedies, 5 animations, and 2 feature films.
In recent years, comedy has become the most competitive genre in the Spring Festival file, and the four comedies in 2022 include Han Han's new film "Four Seas", Liu Zhenwei's "Drama like Life", starring Wang Zhi, Wang Ning, Wei Xiang, etc., and "Super Powerful Family" and "This Killer Is Not Calm" by the Happy Twist Team.
Among them, "Super Family", directed by Song Yang and starring Allen and Shen Teng, is produced by Happy Twist Company.
Directed by Xing Wenxiong, starring Ma Li and Wei Xiang, and supervised by Yan Fei and Peng Damo, "This Killer Is Not Calm" is produced by Xinli Media and Xihong Film and Television.
The five animations are "Bear Haunting, Return to Earth", "Pleasant Goat and Gray Wolf Basket Out of the Future", "I Am a Tyrannosaurus Rex", "Jurassic Paradise", and "Dart Master Tiger Dun".
The most anticipated feature film is "Miracle" directed by Wen Muye, director of "I Am Not a Medicine God" and starring Yi Yanqianxi. The supervising producer of this film is Ning Hao, and the main producer is Ning Hao's Bad Monkey Company.
There is also a feature film called "My Heart Is Flying" dedicated to the Winter Olympics, starring Meng Meiqi. The film is supervised by Xu Zheng, and the main producer behind it is Xu Zheng's Zhenle Dao Company.
It can be seen that outside the animation, the ones that support the Spring Festival file are the happy twist team, Han Han, Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, these creative forces, and the companies behind them are Happy Twist, Tingdong Pictures, Bad Monkey, and Zhenle Dao.
Not only the Spring Festival, but also the weight of these teams in the film industry is getting heavier and heavier.
In addition to the two Spring Festival films, Happy Twist also has three projects of "Lone Moon", "Good Man Is Difficult", and "My Dad is Clairvoyant" have been filed. Among them, "Lone Moon" is directed by Zhang Eating Fish and starring Shen Teng and Ma Li.
Han Han's Tingdong Pictures also produced four new works for newcomers, namely "Forgetting Each Other", "The King of the Long Sky", "Young and Promising", and "Playing with Fire". Among them, "Remembering Each Other" is directed by Liu Yulin, the daughter of Liu Zhenyun, starring Liu Haocun and Song Weilong, and has been scheduled for 2022 Qixi.
Ning Hao's Bad Monkey Pictures "72 Change Film Project" has signed more than a dozen promising young directors, all of whom have new films in preparation. Ning Hao himself also has two comedies in preparation, "National Star" and "Very Pregnant", of which "National Star" will invite Andy Lau, who helped him make his debut film, to star.
Xu Zheng's Zhenle Dao is also like Ning Hao's company, not only investing in his own films, but also digging up new directors, and the future project has what can be written by "Sunshine New World" and "The Best Day" written by Song Haolin and Miao Kejin.
In addition, guan hu's seven impressions company should be added. Seven Impressions has been filed for the "Dongji Island", "Little White Boat", "Murder of Magnolia" three projects, of which "Dongji Island" is a main theme blockbuster, written by Dong Runnian, Chen Shu, Zhang Ji, Guan Hu may have personally directed, the film is based on the Lisbon Pill Shipwreck during World War II.
Bona, Light, China Film to support 2022?
In addition to comedy, the main theme of the film, love movie, animation will still be the main genre throughout 2022.
The main theme is represented by Bona Pictures and Chinese films, and love movies and animation films are the best at light media. Therefore, throughout 2022, we must look at Bona, China Film, and Guangguang, and former head companies such as Huayi, Beijing Culture, and Jiaying have rarely seen their names in the new film filing parties.
Bona launched "Chosin Lake" and "Chinese Doctor" in 2021, and in 2022, there were "Chosin Lake's Watergate Bridge", "Nameless", "Ordinary Heroes", "Chasing Dragons III: Chinatown", "Don't Call Me "God of Gamblers", "The End of the Sea is Grassland", "Cover Girl".
Among them, "Chosin Lake Water Gate Bridge" has already finished most of the filming when filming the first part, and it can be completed after the re-shooting this winter.
"Nameless" is a spy film focusing on underground workers, directed by Cheng Er, and rumored to be starring Liang Chaowei, Zhou Xun and Zhu Yawen.
"Ordinary Hero" is adapted from the rescue of a boy with a broken arm in Hetian, Xinjiang, directed by Chen Guohui, starring Li Bingbing, Feng Shaofeng, Lin Yongjian and so on.
The key project of China Film in 2022 is "The Great War, The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", according to the records of Douban Movie, this main theme blockbuster will be directed by Chen Kaige, Huang Jianxin participated in the screenwriting, and Wu Jing, Li Xuejian, Wang Zhiwen, Han Dongjun, Du Jiang and other stars.
Another major theme blockbuster of China Film, "Iron Horse", was filed by Wu Jing's Dengfeng International and China Film. Judging from the synopsis of the story, "Iron Rider" is likely to be an expanded version of "Riding the Wind" in "My Father and Me", because it tells almost the same story, the screenwriters are Yu Baimei, and it is very likely that Wu Jing will continue to direct and act himself.
Light has stockpiled more than a dozen animated films, among which "The Return of the Great Sage" director Tian Xiaopeng's new work "Deep Sea" may be released in 2022. The romance film reserves "Ten Years of One Pint of Warm Words", which is set for February 14, 2022. The main theme of the movie reserves Zhang Yimou's "Rock Solid" and "Sniper", both waiting for the scheduled release.
Among the newly filed movies, all the films that Guangguang is preparing to develop are small and light love and youth movies, including "Whose Youth Is Not Confused 2", "Unplanned Sister-Brother Love", "Thank You for Loving Me", "Her Little Pear Vortex", "Dating List", "So Many Years", "Teacher, Goodbye" and so on.
In addition to the above major genres, crime, police bandits, suspense films have become more and more mainstream, the key films in 2022 are Qiu Litao's "Sweeping Drugs 3", Lin Delu's "Hidden World", Peng Shun's "Crisis Route", Gao Zibin's "Hunting Drugs", Chen Zhuo's "Wandering Blade", Li Yu's "Broken Bridge", etc., these films have the participation of star actors and actresses, and have a certain audience base.
For example, Peng Shun's "Crisis Route" invited Andy Lau to star, Lin Delu's "The Hidden World" starred Han Geng and Wang Qianyuan, Gao Zibin's "Hunting Poison" starred Yang Zi and Wang Qianyuan, and Li Yu's "Broken Bridge" starred Ma Sichun and Wang Junkai.
There are a few science fiction films, including Liu Cixin as the screenwriter, perhaps directed by Li Shaohong's "Take Her Eyes", directed by Zhang Rongji, director of "Flying Backst the Light", "Hear Please Answer" starring Jiang Qinqin, Chen Sino, Wang Qianyuan, Guo Tao, etc., and the comedy "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" with science fiction elements that has been filmed and is waiting to be released.