1905 movie network news Yuan Heping, the "master of the first generation" in the martial arts film industry, is going to March into the second dimension, challenging to adapt the martial arts animation IP and put it on the big screen in the form of a live-action version? This is a heavy news that the film was exposed at the press conference on June 19th. As an important behind-the-scenes helm of the film, director Yuan Heping and producer Zhang Jiazhen also attended the event.
What project is Yuan Heping’s opportunity to enter the second dimension this time? He selected "Painting Bad Men in Jianghu" as the original 3D martial arts animation IP of China, with a fan base of more than 80 million according to statistics. The world view of the story is based on various historical events and folklore of the Five Dynasties and Ten Countries, aiming at creating a romantic historical legend of Chinese martial arts.
Yuan Heping was attracted by the original story.
Accepting the challenge of adapting the animated IP and shooting a live-action version of the martial arts movie Bad Man, Yuan Heping admitted that he was attracted by the original story at first: "Bad Man is cool, and both the characters and the stories are very interesting." Of course, Yuan Heping is very confident about his second debut. He laughs that the effect of the live-action version of Bad People will definitely surpass the animation and TV series version through the unique artistic presentation of the film. Not only that, I will also design more wonderful martial arts actions for this film: "The characters should have a cool feeling and beautiful actions, and of course they will be well integrated with the characters and the story itself."
Since he broke the dimensional wall, Yuan Heping also had an interaction with Li Xingyun, the protagonist in Bad People, and answered all his questions about character design, modeling design and plot design. Of course, as the project has just started, the director can’t reveal more information, but Yuan Heping revealed that he likes the modeling design in animation very much, and it should be used in the live-action version.
At the end of the conference, "Painting Bad People in Jianghu" also exposed concept posters and pilot trailers. Xu Lin, CEO of Yingcentennial, the chief producer, also revealed that the company chose to develop the cartoon "Painting Bad Men in Jianghu" because it saw the active performance of Marvel Comics and DC in the film market at present, hoping to fill the gap in the field of film reform in China at present.