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【Movie】
Theater box office
According to Beacon Professional Edition, as of about 15:30 on December 8, the top five movies occupying the Friday box office are "The Lighting Store", "The Secret", "Goodbye Li Cola", "Breaking Point" and "Walking Through the Angry People". ocean". Among them, "The Lighting Store", "The Secret" and "Breaking Point" are new films this week.
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2023 is coming to an end, and pre-sales for New Year’s Eve movies have begun. In recent years, topical movies have appeared in the pre-sale stage every New Year's Eve, such as the 2018-2019 New Year's Eve movie "The Last Night on Earth." Judging from the current pre-sale situation this year, the most popular movie is "Twinkle Twinkle Star".
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【TV drama】
New drama information
Poster of "The Return of the Boy Who Breaks the Sphere"
Produced by Xinli Media and adapted from the novel Tian Can Tu Tu, starring He Luoluo and Ding Xiaoying , "The Return of the Boy Who Fights Beyond the Sky" is scheduled to be broadcast exclusively on Tencent Video from December 8. The premiere will be updated for 9 consecutive days for members, with 2 updates every day. Episode, the first update is 4 episodes.
The criminal investigation suspense web drama "The Murder Deep" starring Ma Sichao and Liu Yitong is scheduled to be watched on iQiyi VIP members from December 8. Starting from December 15, it will be free of charge for two movies every Friday and Saturday at 12:00. set.
The anti-special spy drama "Huamei" is scheduled to be released on CCTV-8 prime time starting from December 12. It will be broadcast on both Tencent Video and Youku. It will star Peng Xiaoran, Liu Xueyi, and Suga Renzi, with special starring roles such as Ding Yongdai and Kong Lin. .
Starring Liu Haocun and Lin Yi, the contemporary online drama "Derailment" adapted from Priest's Jinjiang Literature City novel of the same name is scheduled to be broadcast exclusively on Youku from December 14th .
The costume drama "Water Dragon Song" adapted from Teng Ping's martial arts novel "Thousand Tribulation Eyebrows" held a launch ceremony in Hengdian on December 8. The starring actors Luo Yunxi, Xiao Shunyao, Ao Ziyi, Xu Zhengxi, Lin Yun, Chen Yao, Bao Shang'en and others made appearances. on site.
The original urban love science fiction comedy "Filter" starring Tan Jianci, Li Landi and Gao Hanyu will be launched on December 7 and will be broadcast exclusively on Tencent Video.
"The Distance between Us and the Court" poster
The contemporary TV series "The Distance Between Us and the Court" with a theme involving crimes held a launch ceremony on December 7 and officially announced the starring lineup: Gong Jun and Ren Min lead the starring roles, and Bao Beier is a special guest star.
Starring Wu Lei and Zhao Jinmai, Jiaxing Media's new drama "In the Blizzard Time" released its first trailer on December 7 ; adapted from Cang Yue's novel of the same name, the ancient puppet drama "Seven Nights of Snow" starring Li Qin and Zeng Shunxi also The pilot trailer was released on the same day.
The launch ceremony of the urban love comedy web drama "My Bad Girlfriend" starring Xing Zhaolin and Lu Yangyang was held in Qingdao on December 6 .
"Return to the South China Sea" starring Pan Yueming and Zhang Yuqi scored 7.1 on Douban; "Extraordinary Doctor" starring Zhang Wanyi and Jiang Peiyao scored 7.6 on Douban; "Black and White Code" starring Wang Ziqi and Tian Yu scored 6.8 on Douban; Han Dongjun The starring film "Love Like Fire" scored 7.8 on Douban.
Top 10 overseas broadcast OSTs of dramas aired in 2023
In today's era where the default for watching dramas online is to skip the opening and ending credits, viewers who go out of their way to listen to the theme song and interludes can be said to be "true love". Which songs from the domestic dramas going overseas this year are popular with overseas audiences? This week Kankan collects and sorts the playback data on YouTube, which can also reflect from one aspect which drama series are popular in overseas markets.
1. "Black Moonlight", "Long Moon Ember", total YouTube views 20.65 million;
2. "Otherwise it will be like this for ten thousand years", "Long Moon Shining", with a total of 15 million views on YouTube;
3. "FOREVER STAR", "Can't Hide Secretly", total YouTube views 12.65 million;
4. "I just want to hide you secretly" and "I can't hide you secretly", with a total of 9.2 million views on YouTube;
5. "Go Where the Wind Is", "Go Where the Wind Is", with a total of 8.9 million views on YouTube;
6. "Nothing is as good as you", "Sauvignon Blanc", total YouTube views 7.15 million;
7. "THE STARRY LOVE", "Stars Fall into Sugar", total YouTube views 4.95 million;
8. "I have someone I like", "Can't Hide Secretly", total YouTube views 4.75 million;
9. "I Think I Will", "When I Fly to You", total YouTube views 4.2 million;
10. "BE YOUR LIGHT", "Can't Hide Secretly", total YouTube views 4.05 million.
"The Boy Who Calls the Dragon"
"The Boy Who Calls the Dragon" poster
The youth campus drama "The Boy Who Calls the Dragon" is scheduled to be released on December 10. The drama is directed by Ding Hei and stars Zhang Ruoyun and others. The two previously collaborated on "Police Honor", which was both popular and well-received. The collaboration between the two has further raised market expectations. In Japanese movies, there have been works such as "Dragon Sakura" that depict a senior high school teacher leading a group of students to achieve a counterattack in life. In the core of the story, you can see the similarities with "The Boy Who Sings the Dragon" from the synopsis. Summer Vacation The school drama "The Days Chasing the Light" starring Guo Jingfei has also been broadcast. The series has good reputation and ratings. It can be seen that keywords such as high school senior year and college entrance examination are always valid topics for Chinese people. This is what everyone wants. It was an impressive period that I experienced, and therefore, being made into a film and television drama tested the down-to-earth ability of the leading actors and creators. "The Young Man Who Ming Dragon" mainly tells the story of English teacher Lei Ming and psychology teacher Sang Xia, who teach students in accordance with their aptitude and lead a class of high school students with poor grades to counterattack. In recent days, a large number of trailers and specials have been released, all of which show the seriousness of the crew, especially Zhang Ruoyun. It is said that he The white hair style in the play was designed and requested by myself.
Currently, more than 4 million people have made reservations for this drama on Youku. Please wait and see with the author.
"Love in the Red Dust"
"Love in the Red Dust" Poster
Another work "Love in the World" by "News Queen" director Zhong Shujia was broadcast. The play is adapted from Bei Qing's novel "Red Dust" and tells the love story between Song Xingchen, who enters a belated rebellious period at the age of 30, and Su Qingche, the captain of the rescue team.
Because it is airborne, the current popularity is not high, and neither Guli Nazha nor Xu Kaicheng are actors who can take the lead with their acting skills, especially Xu Kaicheng, who has acted in puppet dramas for many years, and his name is still a bit unfamiliar to many viewers. . Nazha is beautiful, and her acting is just passable.
This novel is relatively old, and the character setting also overlaps with several previously aired dramas. So far, the drama has indeed received a mediocre response.
"More than just liking you"
"More Than Like You" Poster
Produced by Mango TV and Linekang Pictures, starring Wei Zheming and Huang Riying, "More Than Like You" is adapted from Jinjiang Literature City Mo Yanchuan's novel of the same name, with the film and television industry as the workplace background, and in the narrative atmosphere of a romantic idol atmosphere. It tells a romantic and sweet story about how a new screenwriter and an aloof and arrogant producer went from secret love to chasing his wife. The cumulative views of Mango TV exceeded 470 million, and the popularity of Tencent Video exceeded 21,000.
Although there is no innovation in the content of this drama, it has a fairly accurate grasp of the core audience of sweet pet dramas: mainly young and mature women between the ages of 18 and 35, so the content can be said to be almost customized, young and domineering. CEO, a young female writer, the CEO went from being aloof to pursuing his wife in the crematorium, and is capable of causing ambiguity. It can also be seen from the evaluation feedback that everyone does not have too deep expectations for Xiaotian drama, but it is easy to gain favor. In particular, some people have noticed that the male lead Wei Zheming has worked in the office before, so he still has a certain degree of CEO psychology. Research.
It’s not easy to be a worker. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Watching some sweet dramas is good for the body and mind.
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【Variety Show】
"Walk Forward"
In the fourth episode broadcast this Saturday, three environmental activists, Hu Ge, Liu Tao, and Chen Long, "divided into three groups" to explore the grassland degradation problem and the current status of grassland restoration in Qinghai Goluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture from different perspectives and dimensions. Among them, Hu Ge followed local herders Lewang and Bart to climb snow-capped mountains and monitor glacier snow lines; Liu Tao talked with scientific researchers from the Northwest Plateau Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and participated in grazing experiments; Chen Long found the original site of the Dari County Forest and Grass Station. The station manager, Luo Rigai, worked with the local grassland rangers to investigate the problem of pikas over-gnawing the grassland.
Hu Ge posted on Weibo recalling his feelings during the recording of "All the Way"
Hu Ge mentioned in his narration, "When we live in the city, as long as we turn on the faucet, water will flow out. We don't think about the problem of glacier degradation in distant places." In fact, the melting of every glacier is related to To everyone’s living water in the country.
"Beautiful Departure"
Stills of "Beautiful Departure"
The rural public welfare documentary program "Beauty is Starting" is scheduled to be broadcast on Dragon TV on December 11. Yuan Chengjie, Zhu Jie, Deng Cuiwen, Huang Ying, Chang Lei, and Liu Ye transform into "Beauty Discovery Officers" and travel to Honghe County in Yunnan, Libo in Guizhou, etc. Beautiful villages with their own characteristics, look for beautiful rural characters, and listen to their wonderful stories of helping rural revitalization. It aims to use young role models to promote the valuable experience of rural areas, attract young people to pay attention to rural development, and then deeply participate in the strategic plan of rural revitalization, creating a common Revitalized new situation of cooperation.
"Beauty Master"
On December 7, the variety show "Beauty Master" premiered on Tencent Video. As a professional makeup competition variety show, the Chinese version of "Beauty Master" is a localized adaptation based on the model of Warner's show "Makeup Stars of Tomorrow". The first season of "Makeup Stars of Tomorrow" was launched in 2019. Since then, there will be one season every year. , has currently been aired in its fifth season.
In the program, eight passionate local makeup artist contestants passed multiple rounds of industry assessments, creative thinking, elimination duels and other competition systems to convey their own definition of beauty, show their unique creativity and stories, and compete for the "Tomorrow's Future of China's makeup industry". Star" launched the "Battle of Honor", and also brought to the audience cosmetic works with Chinese characteristics, conveying a more diverse and more confident Chinese culture to the world.
The professional judges of the competition are served by well-known makeup stylists Li Dongtian and Xin Miao (Chen Qixin). They will comment on the contestants based on the theme set for each issue, combined with professional skills and beauty trends. The program will also invite actors including Zhao Lusi and singer Jikejun Yi Yi, special effects makeup artist Xiao Jin, fashion designer Lan Yu and others participated in the review and discussion as flying guests.
"Flash Founder"
The so-called "entrepreneurship" not only requires courage and courage, but also requires continuous learning to break one's own inherent thinking and cognition. This issue of "Flashing Founders" welcomes four founders who have successfully "broken the circle" through entrepreneurship.
Among them, Li Ke was the mother of a child with language delay. For the sake of her children, she gave up her job as a CEO and devoted herself to child care. In order to find the way for the company to survive and gain a foothold, she led her employees to study lesson plans over and over again and visited various institutions to study.
【Documentary】
"Reminiscences of a Journey to Hunan"
The young humanistic wandering documentary "A Journey to Hunan" will premiere on Hunan Satellite TV and Mango TV at 19:30 on December 10. The program has Mango freshman Zheng Fangyi as the lead for the entire season. With the desire to visit Hunan's cultural destinations, he reads the masterpieces of 10 literary artists, immersing himself in the humanistic picture of Hunan through walking and roaming, and presenting the spiritual outlook of Hunan.
"If I have any other achievements, I often think, teach me to think about life, teach me to miss life, teach me wisdom and character, it is not a certain person, but it is really this river." Shen, a famous Hunan writer This wonderful sentence written by Cong Wen in "Records of a Travel to Hunan: Struggle on the Beach" is exactly the meaning of the program's focus on interviewing the creators behind these 10 literary and artistic masterpieces.
Six-episode documentary documentary "Iron Army - The Story of the New Fourth Army"
The six-episode documentary "Iron Army - The Story of the New Fourth Army" (hereinafter referred to as "Iron Army") produced by the Yancheng Committee of the Communist Party of China and Jiangsu Radio and Television Station was broadcast this week. "Iron Army" looks back at history from the historical heights of the new era. Under the broad perspective of the world's anti-fascist war and the main battlefield in the East, it shows the arduous battle history of the New Fourth Army and the touching heroic stories, from different aspects. It interprets the New Fourth Army's spiritual characteristics of obeying the party's command, being loyal to the people, not afraid of sacrifice, and fighting bravely, and demonstrates the iron-blooded military spirit of this people's army under the leadership of the party.
"Iron Army" includes 6 episodes, including "March East to Resist Japan", "Fighting Behind Enemy Lines", "Love Between Fish and Water", "Unite to Defend the Enemy", "Cultural Powerhouse" and "Pure Heart", each episode is 50 minutes. The documentary took two years to shoot, spanning more than 20 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government), interviewing more than 160 people from all walks of life at home and abroad, and conducting rescue interviews with more than 120 New Fourth Army veterans aged over 90. The film restores the touching historical moments and interprets the profound theme connotation through the memories of those who have experienced it, the comments of experts, the confirmation of physical objects, and the on-site visits.
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