An exclusive interview with Wu Ershan, the director of ＂Feng Shen I＂, was adapted to make ＂Feng Shen＂ more in line with modern people’s emotions and values

Time Network News is directed by Wu Ershan, and the mythical epic film "Feng Shen I" starring ChristianRandPhillips, Li Xuejian, Bo Huang, Yu Shi, Chen Muchi and Na Ran is being released. A few days ago, the film’s director Wu Ershan accepted an exclusive interview with Time.com to share the behind-the-scenes story of the film.

The first part of "Feng Shen" opened the prelude of "Feng Shen Trilogy", which tells the story that Wang Yinshou, a merchant, colluded with da ji, a fox demon, and was tyrannical and heartless, causing a scourge. Jiang Ziya, the immortal of Kunlun Mountain, went down the mountain with the "list of gods" to find a common master in the world to save the whole people. Ji Fa, the son of Xibohou, gradually discovered the true colors of Yin Shou, and turned out to sing songs. The forces of all parties are surging, and the signs of changes are beginning to appear …

The story of "the list of gods" is a household name, and it is also a big IP that many domestic film and television works love very much. Wu Ershan, the director, said, "The core of the story hasn’t changed much, such as the tyranny of the Shang king, the gall of the Wen king, the digging of the heart by Bigan, and the admonition of the Queen Jiang. However, we have to do a new look at the original story from a contemporary perspective and contemporary values, and we have to reorganize his story line and the logic of the story. "

"For example, there is a very important plot in the original, which may be unknown to everyone, and that is why da ji went into the Shang Dynasty to destroy it. Because Yin Shou wrote a poem and molested Nu Wa. Many people don’t know why. What’s wrong? Is it that big? From the perspective of contemporary people, this is nothing, and it is a little bold. According to the current audience in China, this is actually a trivial matter, and it is not enough to overthrow a dynasty. Including da ji, she has been instilling many evil ideas into Yin Shou, and the setting that women are femme fatale. This is unacceptable to the contemporary audience, especially to me. It is very demeaning to women and a concept that is disrespectful to women. These things need to be adjusted and redesigned to make it more in line with our modern people’s feelings and values. "

"For example, I like the Ji Chang family in the original story very much. I like Ji Chang very much, a father who bears the burden of humiliation. But I don’t think the description of him in the original is convincing enough-why did he endure the pain to eat his son’s meat? In the original, he cheated Yin Shou, then escaped and returned to his hometown to survive. But I think this father is too cunning. We reset the logic of his doing this thing in order to protect his second son, because he has already lost a son, and he wants to protect the surviving son. He can only accept such humiliation and do what he doesn’t want to do, and then the son is determined to rescue him. He is not a sly father. "

It has been several years since the start of the project and the release of the first part of the project, so that many viewers have been worried about the fate of this project. However, Wu Ershan said that the progress of the trilogy of deities was basically within his plan. "Three continuous shooting, fairy epic, our original plan is to complete it in 8 to 10 years, because we predict that this work is very difficult. There was no epidemic at that time. We planned for 8 to 10 years at that time, and this year is the tenth year, so I think it is basically objective. "

"The longest film I shot before was" Searching for Dragons ",which took five months. But it took 18 months to make the trilogy of gods. At the peak of our crew, there were 2,800 crew members working at the scene in one day. In a year and a half, more than 8,000 staff members participated in the pre-filming of the film. "

The first part of "Feng Shen" was released smoothly, and many viewers began to care when they could see the second and third parts. Wu Ershan said that if all goes well, the latter two films will be released in the summer of 2024 and the summer of 2025. The structure of the film trilogy is basically the same as that in the mythical story of "deifying": The second part will tell the story of Ji Fa defending his homeland in Xiqi, and Xiqi, under the protection of Jiang Ziya and other Kunlun immortals, fought against the army of Yin and Shang, and defeated the Ten Commandments. The third part tells that Ji Fa ordered 800 vassals to join the Mengjin League, and began to attack. Immortals, such as Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Patriarch, all participated in the final decisive battle, and finally Ji Fa defeated Yin Shou and established the Zhou Dynasty.