Director Wu Ershan is very strict with actors. Different from the current popular production process of "IP+ big investment+traffic star", Shen Feng carries out the creative concept of "first-class star+performing artist+cutting-edge actor" and speaks with scripts and acting skills.
In order to find qualified people, the production team found 1400 qualified interviewers in the global 15000 Chinese resumes. After 20 interviews and screening by the director himself, after 24 weeks of closed training, the selected actors finally selected 16 actors, 6 of whom can play important roles.
Actors' training programs include performance, film analysis and other actors' foundations, as well as the modern version of the six arts of gentlemen: traditional culture (ritual, calligraphy, mathematics), drum music (music), archery (archery), equestrian (imperial), and other fitness courses are needed.
The Release Time and Plot of Trilogy of the Gods
On July 20, 2023, the first part of Fengshen was successfully released, and many viewers began to care when they could see the second and third parts. Director Wu Ershan said that if all goes well, the next two films will be released in the summer of 2024 and 2025.
The structure of the film trilogy is basically the same as the mythical story of "apotheosis": 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 merchants and defeated the Ten Commandments. The third part tells that Ji Fa ordered 800 vassals to join the Jin Meng League and began to attack. Immortals such as Yuan Shi Tian Zun and Tian Tong Zu Shi all participated in the final decisive battle, and finally Ji Fa defeated Yin Shou and established the Zhou Dynasty.