Since the 2008 science fiction comedy " Yangtze River 7 ", the "king of comedy" of Hong Kong, China, has begun to completely turn behind the scenes, and he has never appeared in a movie ever since.
However, because he is so famous and very popular at the beginning, even if he turns behind the scenes, Stephen Chow still attracts high attention from domestic audiences, and the movie directed by him is also highly anticipated by the audience.
In 2013, " Journey to the West to Demons ", written and directed by Stephen Chow, finally broke the global box office record of Chinese-language films with a score of 218 million US dollars.
Three years later, in 2016, Stephen Chow launched the " Mermaid " written and directed by himself. The film was released during the Spring Festival that year. It was screened for two months and finally ended with RMB 33.91. This result made it successfully break the box office record in Chinese film history and become the highest-grossing movie in China. It is also the first film in China to achieve a box office of over 3 billion yuan.
That is, shortly after the great success of "The Mermaid", Stephen Chow said that there will be a sequel to the film. In 2018, the sequel of "Mermaid" " Mermaid 2" was officially put into filming. Three months later (in June of the same year), the sequel was officially completed.
"Mermaid 2" is still written and directed by Stephen Chow himself. It mainly tells the story of Long Tianna and Long Jianfei appearing with the "wormhole project" that can travel through space at will. Liu Xuan (Allen ) returns to the mall as a result. Mermaid Shanshan (Lin Yun ) accidentally becomes an astronaut. Behind the entangled four-corner relationship, there is a story of shocking conspiracy.
Compared with the previous work, this sequel has replaced some of the starring roles, but the plot of the story continues. The most important thing is that it is still written and directed by Stephen Chow, so the audience is still looking forward to it.
"Mermaid 2" was announced to be completed in June 2018, but more than four years have passed, and there has been no news of the film being scheduled.
There has been no news of the release schedule for more than four consecutive years, and the audience thought that "Mermaid 2" had disappeared. Fortunately, Huayi Brothers, the producer of the film, recently released its semi-annual report for 2022, which shows that "Mermaid 2" has entered the post-production stage and it is likely to be released in the fourth quarter of this year.
The fourth quarter of each year is from October to December, and now 2022 has entered the end of August. If "Mermaid 2" is confirmed to be released in the fourth quarter of this year, domestic viewers will only have to wait for three months to see the film.
As a sequel to the former box office champion, as a movie written and directed by Stephen Chow, can "Mermaid 2" shake the champion status of "Changjin Lake" after its release?
The answer is almost impossible.
Although "Mermaid 2" is highly anticipated, Stephen Chow did not star in this film. Moreover, Stephen Chow's previous work " New Comedy King " disappointed the audience.
and the predecessor of "Mermaid 2" won the box office championship in Chinese film history, but its reputation is not very good. Many people think it is a bad movie and its laughter is far less than that of Stephen Chow's other works.
And the reason why "Changjin Lake" can become the box office champion is because it occupies the right time, place and people. The story background of the film is touching, the director and cast are very strong, and it also inspires the patriotism of the Chinese people.
Therefore, it is almost impossible for "Mermaid 2" to surpass "Changjin Lake".
